Greece at the FIFA World Cup

The Greece national football team have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on three occasions, in 1994, 2010 and 2014 but have never been champions.

Overview

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter								Did not enter
1934	Did not qualify								1	0	0	1	0	4
1938	Did not qualify								3	2	0	1	5	12
1950	Did not enter								Did not enter
1954	Did not qualify								4	2	0	2	3	2
1958									4	0	1	3	2	9
1962									4	1	0	3	3	8
1966									6	2	1	3	10	14
1970									6	2	3	1	13	9
1974									4	0	0	4	5	11
1978									4	1	1	2	2	6
1982									8	3	1	4	10	13
1986									6	1	2	3	5	10
1990									6	1	2	3	3	15
1994	Group stage	24th / 24 teams	3	0	0	3	0	10	8	6	2	0	10	2
1998	Did not qualify								8	4	2	2	11	4
2002									8	2	1	5	7	17
2006									12	6	3	3	15	9
2010	Group stage	25th / 32 teams	3	1	0	2	2	5	12	7	3	2	21	10
2014	Round of 16	13th / 32 teams	4	1	2	1	3	5	12	9	2	1	16	6
2018	Did not qualify								9	4	4	1	13	6
2022	To be determined								To be played
Total	Best: Round of 16	3/21	10	2	2	6	5	20	116	53	28	44	154	167

^* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Greece's World Cup record
First match	Argentina 4–0 Greece (Foxborough, United States; 21 June 1994)
Biggest win	Greece 2–1 Nigeria (Bloemfontein, South Africa; 17 June 2010) Greece 2–1 Ivory Coast (Fortaleza, Brazil; 24 June 2014)
Biggest defeat	Argentina 4–0 Greece (Foxborough, United States; 21 June 1994) Bulgaria 4–0 Greece (Chicago, United States; 26 June 1994)
Best result	Round of 16 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Worst result	Group Stage at the 1994 and 2010 FIFA World Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Argentina	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
4	Greece	3	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: FIFA

Win Tie Loss

21 June 1994	Argentina	4–0	Greece	Boston, United States
12:30	Batistuta 2', 44', 89' (pen.) Maradona 60'	Report		Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 54,456 Referee: Arturo Angeles (United States)

26 June 1994	Bulgaria	4–0	Greece	Chicago, United States
12:30	Stoichkov 5' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Letchkov 65' Borimirov 90'	Report		Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 63,160 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

30 June 1994	Greece	0–2	Nigeria	Boston, United States
19:30		Report	George 45' Amokachi 90'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 53,001 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Win Tie Loss

12 June 2010	South Korea	2–0	Greece	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
13:30	Lee Jung-soo 7' Park Ji-sung 52'	Report		Stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Attendance: 31,513 Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

17 June 2010	Greece	2–1	Nigeria	Bloemfontein, South Africa
16:00	Salpingidis 44' Torosidis 71'	Report	Uche 16'	Stadium: Free State Stadium Attendance: 31,593 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

22 June 2010	Greece	0–2	Argentina	Polokwane, South Africa
20:30		Report	Demichelis 77' Palermo 89'	Stadium: Peter Mokaba Stadium Attendance: 38,891 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Greece	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Win Tie Loss

14 June 2014	Colombia	3–0	Greece	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
13:00	Armero 5' Gutiérrez 58' Rodríguez 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Mineirão Attendance: 57,174 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

19 June 2014	Japan	0–0	Greece	Natal, Brazil
19:00		Report		Stadium: Arena das Dunas Attendance: 39,485 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

24 June 2014	Greece	2–1	Ivory Coast	Fortaleza, Brazil
17:00	Samaris 42' Samaras 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Bony 74'	Stadium: Estádio Castelão Attendance: 59,095 Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Win Tie Loss

29 June 2014 Round of 16	Costa Rica	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Greece	Recife, Brazil
17:00	Papastathopoulos 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Arena Pernambuco Attendance: 41,242 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

No.	Name	Matches	World Cups
1	Giorgos Karagounis	7	2010 and 2014
	Georgios Samaras	7	2010 and 2014
	Vasilis Torosidis	7	2010 and 2014
4	Theofanis Gekas	6	2010 and 2014
	Kostas Katsouranis	6	2010 and 2014
	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	6	2010 and 2014
	Dimitris Salpingidis	6	2010 and 2014
8	José Holebas	4	2014
	Orestis Karnezis	4	2014
	Giannis Maniatis	4	2014
	Kostas Manolas	4	2014

5 players scored one goal each for Greece at a FIFA World Cup:

No.	Name	Goals	World Cup
1	Dimitris Salpingidis	1	2010
	Vasilis Torosidis	1	2010
	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	1	2014
	Georgios Samaras	1	2014
	Andreas Samaris	1	2014

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Greece national football team
General topics	Hellenic Football Federation History Managers
Venues	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium (until 1982) Olympic Stadium (since 1982) Karaiskakis Stadium (since 2004) List of football stadiums in Greece
Results	2000–19 2020–29
Players	List of Greece international footballers World Cup & Euro Championship squads Other footballers
FIFA World Cup tournaments	Summary 1994 2010 2014
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Matches	UEFA Euro 2004 Final Greece 0–1 Faroe Islands (2014) Faroe Islands 2–1 Greece (2015)
Rivalries	Turkey
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Countries at the FIFA World Cup
Team appearances All-time table
AFC	Australia² China Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates
CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay
OFC	New Zealand
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¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations. ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.