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Greek Amputee Football Association
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Ethniki (The national)
Galanolefki (The sky blues and whites)
AssociationGreek Amputee Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachApostolis Baltoumas
CaptainTasos Tsigkas
FIFA codeGRE
First colours
Second colours
First international
Greece Greece 0–5 England England
(Athens, Greece; 9 June 2017)
Biggest win
Greece Greece 9–0 Albania Albania
(Athens, Greece; 13 July 2021)
Biggest defeat
Japan Japan 13–0 Greece Greece
(Warsaw, Poland; 24 June 2017)
European Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2017)
Best result10th, 2021
Tournoi des amputés à Bruges
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best resultWinners, 2018

The Greek Amputee Football Association (Greek: Ελληνική Ένωση Ακρωτηριασμένων Ποδοσφαιριστών, Elliniki Enosi Akrotiriasmenon Podosfairiston) is the Greek governing body of amputee football and represents Greece at international events and competitions.[1][2] The association was founded with the support of EAFF.[3] In February 2016, Amputee Football Greece became the 14th European national team.[4][5]

History

The following players participated in the first national amputee football camp which was held at Sofiko city of Corinth, Greece in conjunction to EAFF[6][7][8] in June 2016: (GK) Alexandros Theodoridis, Dimitris Vouvopoulos, (DF) Tasos Tsigas, Georgios Lazaridis, Vasilis Mpakogiannis, (MF) Nikolaos Papakyrgiakis, Ioannis Vasiadis, Dimitris Agrianitis and (FW) Nikolaos Papaggelis. The unofficial adapted training games against AEK Futsal were the first-ever friendly encounters for the newly formed team. These friendlies took place at Anthousa city of Pallini, Greece.[9][10] The national side participated in a charity tournament against Olympiacos soccer school staff and Greece homeless team on 8 January 2017; to raise poverty awareness and offer as many food supplies as possible to homeless people.[11][12][13] Greece participated in the Amputee Football Cup for the first time on 24 June 2017. The team competed against Japan and Poland in the opening day of the international friendly cup and faced France on the following day, losing in all three occasions.[14][15][16] The national side played a friendly game against Greece Euro 2004 Legends on 10 September 2017.[17] Greece participated in the European Championship for the first time in their history on 3 October 2017.[18] The Greeks won their first ever friendly cup at Bruge on 21 October 2018.[19][20] Greece finished tenth in the 2021 edition of the European amputee football championship.[21] In January 2022, the team obtained the Gazzetta Fair Play award after receiving 55,273 online votes by the fans.[22]

Kit providers

Kit provider Period
Italy GIVOVA 2016–2017
Italy LEGEA 2017–2021
Spain LUANVI 2021–

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies
9 June 2017 Friendly Greece Greece 0–5 England England Athens, Greece
18:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Zireinio
Attendance: ?
24 June 2017 Warsaw Cup Japan Japan 13–0 Greece Greece Warsaw, Poland
15:00 EET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Hala Piłkarska Bemowo
Attendance: ?
24 June 2017 Warsaw Cup Poland Poland 11–0 Greece Greece Warsaw, Poland
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Hala Piłkarska Bemowo
Attendance: ?
25 June 2017 Warsaw Cup France France 4–0 Greece Greece Warsaw, Poland
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Hala Piłkarska Bemowo
Attendance: ?
Euro 2017
3 October 2017 Group C England England 8–0 Greece Greece Istanbul, Turkey
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Attendance: ?
4 October 2017 Group C Russia Russia 10–0 Greece Greece Istanbul, Turkey
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Attendance: ?
5 October 2017 Group C Ireland Republic of Ireland 4–0 Greece Greece Istanbul, Turkey
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Attendance: ?
7 October 2017 Positions 9-12 Germany Germany 2–1 Greece Greece Istanbul, Turkey
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Attendance: ?
8 October 2017 Positions 9-12 Greece Greece 0–4 Georgia (country) Georgia Istanbul, Turkey
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Attendance: ?
9 October 2017 Positions 9-12 Greece Greece 0–0 Belgium Belgium Istanbul, Turkey
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Attendance: ?
Friendlies
20 October 2018 Bruges Cup Greece Greece 3–1 Netherlands Netherlands Bruges, Belgium
11:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Attendance: ?
20 October 2018 Bruges Cup Greece Greece 0–2 Belgium Belgium Bruges, Belgium
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Attendance: ?
21 October 2018 Bruges Cup Netherlands Netherlands 1–1 Greece Greece Bruges, Belgium
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Attendance: ?
21 October 2018 Bruges Cup Belgium Belgium 1–2 Greece Greece Bruges, Belgium
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Attendance: ?
11 May 2019 Friendly Greece Greece 3–0 Belgium Belgium Rhodes, Greece
11:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
12 May 2019 Friendly Greece Greece 0–0 Belgium Belgium Rhodes, Greece
11:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
27 September 2019 Friendly Greece Greece 5–1 Israel Israel Drama, Greece
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Attendance: ?
28 September 2019 Friendly Greece Greece 3–0 Israel Israel Drama, Greece
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Attendance: 2,000
13 July 2021 Friendly Greece Greece 9–0 Albania Albania Athens, Greece
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
14 July 2021 Friendly Greece Greece 9–0 Albania Albania Athens, Greece
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Euro 2021
13 September 2021 Group B Greece Greece 0–5 England England Kraków, Poland
00:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Garbarnia Stadium
14 September 2021 Group B France France 2–1 Greece Greece Kraków, Poland
00:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Garbarnia Stadium
17 September 2021 Positions 9-14 Israel Israel 1–3 Greece Greece Kraków, Poland
00:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Garbarnia Stadium
18 September 2021 Positions 9-12 Ukraine Ukraine 0–1 Greece Greece Kraków, Poland
00:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Garbarnia Stadium
19 September 2021 Positions 9-10 Greece Greece 0–1 Germany Germany Kraków, Poland
00:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Garbarnia Stadium

Competitions

EAFF European Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Turkey 2017 Group C 12th 6 0 1 5 1 28
Poland 2021 Group B 10th 5 2 0 3 5 9
Total - 2/2 11 2 1 8 6 37

Head-to-head record

As of 19 September 2021, after the match against Germany.

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Against P W D L GF GA
Albania 2 2 0 0 18 0
Belgium 5 2 2 1 5 3
England 3 0 0 3 0 18
France 2 0 0 2 1 6
Georgia 1 0 0 1 0 4
Germany 2 0 0 2 1 3
Ireland 1 0 0 0 0 4
Israel 3 3 0 0 11 2
Netherlands 2 1 1 0 4 2
Poland 1 0 0 1 0 11
Japan 1 0 0 1 0 13
Russia 1 0 0 1 0 10
Ukraine 1 1 0 0 1 0
Total 25 9 3 13 41 76

Honours and achievements

European cups

Friendly cups

  • Tournoi des amputés à Bruges
    • Winners (1): 2018

Fair play awards

Players

Current squad

As of 28 March 2022.[23]

The following players comprise the Greek national amputee football squad.
Official and unofficial games count as caps. Caps and goals accurate as of 28 March 2022.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Alexandros Theodoridis (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987 (age 37) 18 0 Greece free agent
12 1GK Alexandros Ydraios (1979-03-18) 18 March 1979 (age 45) 5 0 Greece free agent
6 2DF Petros Tsikouras (1981-07-22) 22 July 1981 (age 42) 23 0 Greece free agent
5 2DF Georgios Lazaridis (2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 (age 23) 18 0 Greece free agent
9 2DF Vasilis Bakogiannis (1985-06-27) 27 June 1985 (age 38) 22 0 Greece free agent
7 2DF Aris Gidaris (1984-08-25) 25 August 1984 (age 39) 14 0 Greece free agent
11 3MF Tasos Tsigkas (Captain) (1984-05-12) 12 May 1984 (age 39) 22 0 Greece free agent
3 3MF Vasilis Panidis (1990-06-04) 4 June 1990 (age 33) 16 0 Greece free agent
13 3MF Ioannis Vasiadis (1951-08-09) 9 August 1951 (age 72) 9 0 Greece free agent
10 3MF Thanasis Syrmas[24] (1970-09-19) 19 September 1970 (age 53) 19 0 Greece free agent
4 4FW Lazaros Marigkos (1985-01-05) 5 January 1985 (age 39) 21 0 Greece free agent
8 4FW Dimitris Agrianitis (Vice-captain) (1982-04-06) 6 April 1982 (age 42) 22 0 Greece free agent

Recent call-ups

The following footballers were part of a national selection in the last year, but are not part of the current squad.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Dimitris Vouvopoulos (1979-03-18) 18 March 1979 (age 45) 7 0 Greece free agent
2DF Vasilis Toumaras (1984-08-25) 25 August 1984 (age 39) 14 0 Greece free agent
3MF Nikolaos Papakyrgiakis (1990-06-04) 4 June 1990 (age 33) 13 0 Greece free agent
3MF Thodoris Alexas (1979-08-09) 9 August 1979 (age 44) 0 0 Greece free agent
4FW Nikolaos Papaggelis (1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 (age 25) 0 0 Greece free agent
Notes
INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury
WD = Withdrew from this squad due to injury
PRE = Preliminary squad / standby

Coaching and technical staff

Position Name Nationality
Logistics manager Panagiotis Kaddas Greece
Technical director Aris Mavropoulos Greece
Head coach Apostolis Baltoumas Greece
Assistant coach Dimitris Petrounias Greece
Physiotherapist Christina Sourla Greece
Psychologist Dimitris Petrounias Greece
Kit manager Christos Moraitis Greece

Coaching history

Updated 27 March 2022

Full name Years active Pld W D L GF GA Win % Major competitions
Greece George Iordanidis 2016–2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Greece Apostolis Baltoumas 2017– 25 9 3 13 41 76 36.0%
Total 2016–present 25 9 3 13 41 76 36.0%

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