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Greek Amputee Football Association
GREEK AMPUTEE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LOGO
Nickname(s)Kuanolefkoi (Blue-whites)
AssociationGreek Amputee Football Association
ConfederationEAFF
Head coachGeorge Iordanidis
First colours
Second colours

The Greek Amputee Football Association (Greek: Ελληνική Ένωση Ακρωτηριασμένων Ποδοσφαιριστών, [Elliniki Enosi Akrotiriasmenon Podosfairiston] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) 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 ASC Castellani (disability sport association) and EAFF.[3][4] In February 2016, Amputee Football Hellas became the 14th European national team.

History

File:AMPUTEE FOOTBALL HELLAS.jpg
Amputee Football Greece.

The following players participated in the 1st national amputee football camp which was held at Sofiko city of Corinth, Greece in conjunction to EAFF[5][6][7] on 11th and 12 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.[8]

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.

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 October 2016 Friendly Amputee Football Greece Greece 1-0 Greece AEK Futsal Anthousa
18:30 UTC +2 9' Dimitris Agrianitis Stadium: Fair Play
Attendance: ?
24 October 2016 Friendly Amputee Football Greece Greece 0-1 Greece AEK Futsal Anthousa
18:50 UTC +2 Stadium: Fair Play
Attendance: ?

Kit providers

Kit provider Period
Italy GIVOVA 2016–present

Players

Current squad

As of 13 November 2016.

The following players comprise the Greek national amputee football squad.
Caps and goals accurate as of 13 November 2016.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Alexandros Theodoridis (Captain) (1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 36) 0 0 Greece free agent
12 1GK Dimitris Vouvopoulos (1979-03-18) 18 March 1979 (age 45) 0 0 Greece free agent
6 2DF Petros Tsikoureas (1981-07-22) 22 July 1981 (age 43) 0 0 Greece free agent
5 2DF Georgios Lazaridis (2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 (age 23) 0 0 Greece free agent
9 2DF Vasilis Mpakogiannis (1985-06-27) 27 June 1985 (age 39) 0 0 Greece free agent
10 2DF Thanasis Syrmas[9] (1970-09-19) 19 September 1970 (age 54) 0 0 Greece free agent
11 3MF Tasos Tsigas (1984-05-12) 12 May 1984 (age 40) 0 0 Greece free agent
3 3MF Nikolaos Papakyrgiakis (1990-06-04) 4 June 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Greece free agent
13 3MF Ioannis Vasiadis (1951-08-09) 9 August 1951 (age 73) 0 0 Greece free agent
8 3MF Dimitris Agrianitis (1982-04-06) 6 April 1982 (age 42) 0 0 Greece free agent
4 4FW Lazaros Marigkos[10] (1985-01-05) 5 January 1985 (age 39) 0 0 Greece free agent
14 4FW Nikolaos Papaggelis (1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 (age 26) 0 0 Greece free agent

Recent call-ups

The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past 10 months, but are not part of the current squad.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
7 3MF Thodoris Alexas (1979-08-09) 9 August 1979 (age 45) 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

References

  1. ^ "Amputee Football Greece". facebook (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 21 January 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  2. ^ Θάνος Σαρρής. "Εσύ τι δικαιολογία έχεις; (gTV)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 23 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  3. ^ Άρης Μαυρόπουλος. "Amputee Football στη Βαρσοβία οι Καστελλάνοι!". ΑΣΑμεΑΚαστελλάνοι - ASCCastellani (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 20 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  4. ^ Μιχάλης Τσαμπάς. "Το ομορφότερο... γκολ του κόσμου!". Gazzetta Weekend Journal (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 5 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  5. ^ R.G. Hofmann. "World Amputee Football Federation". worldamputeefootball.com. Online. Retrieved 13 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  6. ^ UEFA. "Amputee football gains UEFA support". uefa.org. Online. Retrieved 13 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  7. ^ Rob Daly. "Amputee football has a bright future". uefa.org. Online. Retrieved 13 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  8. ^ Πέτρος Παπαμακάριος. "Μπορείς να παίξεις ποδόσφαιρο χωρίς πόδι;". SPORT24 (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 16 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  9. ^ Δημήτρης Στούμπης. "Με το εθνόσημο ο Σύρμας". Δημοκρατική - Η εφημερίδα της Ρόδου από το 1982 (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 13 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  10. ^ Θανάσης Πολυμένης. "Ο Δραμινός Λάζαρος Μαρίγκος στην Εθνική Ομάδα Ακρωτηριασμένων Ποδοσφαιριστών". Πρωϊνός Τύπος - Καθημερινή ανεξάρτητη εφημερίδα της Δράμας από το 1951 (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 27 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
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