Greece national under-21 football team

The Greece national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

Greece Under-21
Nickname(s)Εθνική Ελπίδων
("National team of Hopes")
AssociationHellenic Football Federation
Head coachGiannis Goumas
CaptainDimitris Nikolaou
Most capsGiorgos Karagounis (39)
Top scorerNikos Liberopoulos &
Lampros Choutos (15)
First colours
Second colours
Biggest win
Greece 6–0 Luxembourg
(Greece; 1993)
Greece 6–0 Latvia
(Greece; 1999)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 7–0 Greece
(Hungary; 1976)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances4 (first in 1988)
Best resultRunners-up, 1988, 1998
Greece U-21 team at 5 September 2011

The under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, so technically it is up to an U-23 competition. To be eligible for the Greece National Team, all the football players must hold Hellenic (Greek) nationality and comply with the provisions of Article 15 of the regulations governing the Application of FIFA Statutes. A list of 35 football players must be submitted to the UEFA administration 30 days before the European Under-21 Football Championship opening match. Only 22 of the 35 players listed are authorised to take part in the final tournament and 3 of them must be goalkeepers.

As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the U-21s, senior side and again for the U-21s, as Sotiris Ninis has done recently. It is also possible to play more than one country at youth level or different at youth level and different at senior level (providing the player is eligible). But a football player can represent only the senior national team that capped him first.

Also in existence are national teams for Under-20s (for non-UEFA tournaments), Under-19s and Under-17s. Greece also has a women's national team.

History

The first time that Greece's national team of hopes were formed was in 1968, with the aim of participating in the first Balkan Youth Championship that took place at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki.

In their maiden match she played with the corresponding team in Turkey and it was a draw without goals.

The first eleven were the following: Tourkomenis, B. Intzoglou (59' Dimitriou), Chaliambalias, Kyriazis, Athanasopoulos, Karafeskos, Filakouris, Sarafis (46' Stoligas), K. Papaioannou, Koudas, Kritikopoulos (70' Alexiadis).

In the following years, Greece won twice the Balkan Youth Championship (1969 and 1971), and they fought twice (1988 and 1998) in the final of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Competition Record

As of 13 October 2020

Competition Pld W D L
UEFA U-21 Championship2251024281

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record
Year Position
1978Did Not Qualify
1980Did Not Qualify
1982Did Not Qualify
1984Did Not Qualify
1986Did Not Qualify
1988
1990Did Not Qualify
1992Did Not Qualify
1994Quarter finalist
1996Did Not Qualify
1998
2000Play-Off for Final Tournament
2002Quarter finalist
2004Did Not Qualify
2006Did Not Qualify
2007Did Not Qualify
2009Did Not Qualify
2011Play-Off for Final Tournament
2013Did Not Qualify
2015Did Not Qualify
2017Did Not Qualify
2019Play-Off for Final Tournament
Total4/20'

Honours
Winners (2): 1969, 1971
Third place (2):, 2015, 2018

Results and schedule

The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2019
6 June 2019 Friendly Greece  3–0  Georgia Athens, Greece
18:45 (UTC+2)
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
10 June 2019 2021 Euro U-21 Qualification Greece  5–0  San Marino Athens, Greece
16:00 (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
5 September 2019 Friendly Germany  2–0  Greece Zwickau, Germany
18:15 (UTC+2)
Stadium: GGZ-Arena Zwickau
Attendance: 4.512
Referee: Dennis Higler
10 September 2019 2021 Euro U-21 Qualification Greece  1–0  Lithuania Athens, Greece
 Report Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium
10 October 2019 2021 Euro U-21 Qualification Czech Republic  1–1  Greece Ostrava, Czech Republic
17:00 (UTC+2) Adam Hložek  76' Report Giannis Bouzoukis  45' Stadium: Městský stadion
Referee: Jörgen Daugbjerg Burchardt
14 October 2019 Friendly Greece  0–2  Ukraine Athens, Greece
15:30 (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium (Athens)
15 November 2019 2021 Euro U-21 Qualification Scotland  0–1  Greece Tynecastle, Edinburgh
21:00 (UTC+2) Report Dimitris Nikolaou  90' (pen.) Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Referee: Bojan Pandžić

2020
TBD 2021 Euro U-21 Qualification Greece  v  Czech Republic
Report
TBD 2021 Euro U-21 Qualification Greece  v  Scotland
Report
3 September 2020 2021 Euro U-21 Qualification Croatia  5–0  Greece Varaždin, Croatia
20:00 (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Varteks
Referee: Marco Di Bello
7 September 2020 2021 Euro U-21 Qualification San Marino  0–1  Greece Serravalle, San Marino
21:30 (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: San Marino Stadium
Referee: Jason Barcelo
8 October 2020 2021 Euro U-21 Qualification Lithuania  2–0  Greece Marijampolė, Lithuania
18:30 (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Sūduva Stadium
Referee: Kateryna Monzul
13 October 2020 2021 Euro U-21 Qualification Greece  0–1  Croatia Athens, Greece
17:00 (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Euro 2021 Under-21 Championship qualification

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
Main article: 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 10 6 3 1 20 4 +16 21 Final tournament — 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 6–0
2  Croatia 10 6 2 2 37 7 +30 20 1–2 — 1–2 5–0 7–0 10–0
3  Scotland 10 5 3 2 16 5 +11 18 2–0 2–2 — 0–1 0–0 2–0
4  Greece 10 5 1 4 10 11 −1 16 0–2 0–1 1–0 — 1–0 5–0
5  Lithuania 10 3 1 6 9 15 −6 10 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 — 3–0
6  San Marino 10 0 0 10 0 50 −50 0 0–6 0–7 0–7 0–1 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Coaching staff

Managers

The following table provides a summary of the complete record of each Greek manager including their results regarding European Under-21 Championship.

Giannis Goumas is the current U-21 Greek national team manager
Key: Pld–games played, W–games won, D–games drawn; L–games lost, %–win percentage
Manager Greece tenure Pld W D L Win % Major competitions
Stelios Aposporis 2004–2007 18 9 1 8 050.0 2006 European Championship – Failed to qualify
2007 European Championship – Failed to qualify
Nikos Nioplias 2007–2009 19 9 5 5 047.4 2009 European Championship – Failed to qualify
Georgios Georgiadis 2010–2012 19 10 2 7 052.6 2011 European Championship – Play-offs
2013 European Championship – Failed to qualify
Kostas Tsanas 2012–2015 18 9 2 7 050.0 2015 European Championship – Failed to qualify
Michalis Iordanidis 2015 1 1 0 0 100.0 —
Antonis Nikopolidis 2015–2019 32 15 5 12 046.9 2017 European Championship – Failed to qualify
2019 European Championship – Play-offs
Giannis Goumas 2019– 10 4 1 5 040.0
Totals

Last updated: 13 October 2020. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 1998 will be eligible until the completion of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[1]

The following players were named in the squad for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifiers, played on 8 October 2020 and 13 October 2020.[2]

Caps and goals updated as of 13 October 2020 after the match against  Lithuania and  Croatia. Names in bold denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Konstantinos Tzolakis (2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 2 0 Olympiacos
1GK Christos Mandas (2001-09-17) 17 September 2001 0 0 Atromitos
1GK Marios Siampanis (1999-09-28) 28 September 1999 7 0 Aris
2DF Kostas Apostolakis (1999-05-28) 28 May 1999 7 0 APOEL
2DF Alexandros Katranis (1998-05-04) 4 May 1998 17 1 Hatayspor
2DF Dimitris Nikolaou (Captain) (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 21 1 Empoli
2DF Apostolos Diamantis (2000-05-20) 20 May 2000 2 0 OFI
2DF Giorgos Liavas (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 3 0 Panetolikos
2DF Apostolos Konstantopoulos (2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 1 0 Panetolikos
2DF Stefanos Evangelou (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 13 0 Górnik Zabrze
2DF Odysseas Lymperakis (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 1 0 OFI
3MF Giannis Fivos Botos (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 6 0 Go Ahead Eagles
3MF Giannis Oikonomidis (1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 3 1 Atromitos
3MF Spyros Natsos (1998-06-09) 9 June 1998 4 0 Atromitos
3MF Charis Tsingaras (2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 4 0 PAOK
3MF Marios Vrousai (1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 10 2 Olympiacos
3MF Giorgos Xenitidis (1999-09-04) 4 September 1999 0 0 Jeunesse Esch
3MF Abdul Rahman Weiss (1998-06-14) 14 June 1998 5 0 OFI
4FW Anastasios Douvikas (1999-08-02) 2 August 1999 9 0 Volos
4FW Dimitris Emmanouilidis (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 4 1 Fortuna Sittard
4FW Giannis Papanikolaou (1998-11-18) 18 November 1998 5 0 Raków Częstochowa
4FW Fotis Ioannidis (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 1 0 Panathinaikos
4FW Theodosis Macheras (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 2 0 AEK Athens
4FW Georgios Koutsias (2004-02-08) 8 February 2004 1 0 PAOK

Former squads

See also

References
  1. "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2019-21" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. "Greece U-21 current squad at the HFF's website" (in Greek). epo.gr.
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