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Greece national under-21 football team
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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.
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The under-21 competition rules stipulate 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 (provided 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.
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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; the match ended in a goalless draw.
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.
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Competition Record
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As of 23 September 2022
UEFA European U23 Championship record
UEFA European U21 Championship record
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Honours
Third (1): 1972
Winners (2): 1969, 1971
Third (2): 2015, 2018
Results and schedule
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The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
2024
| 10 September 2024 2025 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualification Group G | Faroe Islands  | 0–4 |  Greece | Klaksvík, Faroe Islands |
| 17:30 (19:30 EEST) | Report |
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Stadium: Við Djúpumýrar Attendance: 253 Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium) |
| 11 October 2024 Friendly | Slovakia  | 2–1 | Greece | Nitra, Slovakia |
| 15:30 (16:30 EEST) | Report |
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Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary) |
| 15 October 2024 2025 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualification Group G | Croatia  | 3–2 | Greece | Koprivnica, Croatia |
| 18:00 (19:00 EEST) | Report |
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Stadium: Ivan Kušek-Apaš City Stadium Referee: Sandi Putros (Denmark) |
2025
| 21 March 2025 Friendly | Greece | 0–0 |  Albania | Serres, Greece |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium |
| 25 March 2025 Friendly |  Bulgaria | 1–1 | Greece | Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria |
| 18:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Hristo Botev |
| 4 June 2025 Friendly |  Serbia | 2–3 | Greece | Loznica, Serbia |
| 19:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Lagator Stadium |
| 9 September 2025 2027 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualification – Group F |  Malta | v | Greece | |
| Report |
| 10 October 2025 2027 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualification – Group F |  Germany | v | Greece | |
| Report |
| 14 October 2025 2027 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualification – Group F |  Latvia | v | Greece | |
| Report |
| 14 November 2025 2027 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualification – Group F | Greece | v |  Georgia | |
| Report |
| 18 November 2025 2027 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualification – Group F | Greece | v |  Northern Ireland | |
| Report |
2026
| 27 March 2026 2027 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualification – Group F | Greece | v | Malta | |
| Report |
| 26 September 2026 2027 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualification – Group F | Georgia | v | Greece | |
| Report |
| 1 October 2026 2027 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualification – Group F | Greece | v | Latvia | |
| Report |
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Euro 2027 Under-21 Championship qualification
2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
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Coaching staff
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Managers
The following table provides a summary of the complete record of each Greece team manager including their results regarding European Under-21 Championship.
- Key: Pld–games played, W–games won, D–games drawn; L–games lost, %–win percentage
Last updated: 4 June 2025. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.
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Players
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Current squad
- As of 4 June 2025
The following 23 players were called up for a friendly match against Serbia on 4 June 2025.[1]
Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
Recent call-ups
Following are listed players called up in the previous twelve months who are still eligible to represent the under-21 team.
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Player records
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Former squads
See also
References
External links
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