Greece national under-23 football team

Greece
Nickname(s)	Ethniki (National); Galanolefki (Sky blue-white)
Association	Hellenic Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	Vacant
Most caps	11 players (3)
Top scorer	Giannis Taralidis (2)
Home stadium	Olympic Stadium
FIFA code	GRE
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Sweden 9–0 Greece ; (Antwerp, Belgium; August 29, 1920)
Biggest win
	none
Biggest defeat
	Sweden 9–0 Greece ; (Antwerp, Belgium; August 29, 1920)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 1920)
Best result	Round 1: 1920, 1952, 2004

Greece national under-23 football team represents Greece in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overaged players. The team is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF).

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Olympics Record
Year	Host	Round	Pos.	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1896	Athens	No football tournament
1900	Paris	Did not qualify
1904	St. Louis
1908	London
1912	Stockholm
1920	Antwerp	Preliminary Round	-	1	0	0	1	0	9
1924	Paris	did not qualify
1928	Amsterdam	did not qualify
1932	Los Angeles	No football tournament
1936	Berlin	Did not qualify
1948	London	Did not qualify
1952	Helsinki	Preliminary Round	-	1	0	0	1	1	2
1956	Melbourne	Did not qualify
1960	Rome
1964	Tokyo
1968	Mexico City
1972	Munich
1976	Montreal
1980	Moscow
1984	Los Angeles
1988	Seoul
1992	Barcelona
1996	Atlanta
2000	Sydney
2004	Athens	Round 1	15th	3	0	1	2	4	7
2008	Beijing	Did not qualify
2012	London
2016	Rio de Janeiro
2020	Tokyo
2024	Paris
Total		3/19	15th	5	0	1	4	5	18

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
4FW	Giorgos Andrianopoulos	1900	0	Piraikos Syndesmos
4FW	Yiannis Andrianopoulos	1900	1	Piraiki Enosi
4FW	Georgios Chatziandreou	1899	1	Piraikos Syndesmos
1GK	Dimitris Demertzis		0	Panathinaikos
3MF	Sotiris Despotopoulos		0	Panionios
4FW	Theodoros Dimitriou	1899	1	Apollon Smyrnis
1GK	Antonis Fotiadis	1899	1	Apollon Smyrnis
2DF	Agamenon Gilis	1899	1	Apollon Smyrnis
3MF	Dimitris Gotis	1899	1	Apollon Smyrnis
4FW	Georgios Kalafatis	1890	1	Panathinaikos
2DF	Nikos Kaloudis	1899	1	Piraiki Enosi
3MF	Apostolos Nikolaidis	1896	1	Panathinaikos
4FW	Theodoros Nikolaidis	1899	1	F.C. Goudi Athens
3MF	Christos Peppas	1899	1	Piraiki Enosi
	Vasilis Samios		0	Apollon Smyrnis
	Ioannis Stavropoulos		0	Panathinaikos

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
3MF	Thanasis Bebis	(1928-06-26)26 June 1928 (aged 24)	1	0	Olympiacos
3MF	Giorgos Darivas	(1926-03-12)12 March 1926 (aged 26)	1	0	Olympiacos
4FW	Babis Drosos	(1927-03-19)19 March 1927 (aged 25)	1	0	Olympiacos
4FW	Pavlos Emmanouilidis	1929 (aged 23)	1	1	AEK Athens
2DF	Youlielmos Arvanitis	1920 (aged 32)	1	0	AEK Athens
3MF	Ioannis Ioannou	1931 (aged 21)	1	0	Ethnikos Piraeus
2DF	Kostas Linoxilakis	(1933-03-05)5 March 1933 (aged 19)	1	0	Panathinaikos
4FW	Ilias Papageorgiou	1925 (aged 27)	1	0	AEK Athens
1GK	Nikos Petzaropoulos	(1927-01-17)17 January 1927 (aged 25)	1	0	Panionios
3MF	Kostas Poulis	1928 (aged 24)	1	0	AEK Athens
2DF	Ilias Rosidis	(1927-02-03)3 February 1927 (aged 25)	1	0	Olympiacos
1GK	Michalis Delavinias	(1921-01-01)1 January 1921 (aged 31)	0	0	AEK Athens
3MF	Babis Kotridis	(1928-10-30)30 October 1928 (aged 23)	0	0	Olympiacos
2DF	Andreas Mouratis	(1926-11-29)29 November 1926 (aged 25)	0	0	Olympiacos
4FW	Panagiotis Patakas	(1929-01-01)1 January 1929 (aged 23)	0	0	AEK Athens
4FW	Lakis Petropoulos	1929 (aged 23)	0	0	Panathinaikos

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Georgios Abaris	(1982-04-23)23 April 1982 (aged 22)	2	0	Iraklis
2	2DF	Aris Galanopoulos	(1981-09-13)13 September 1981 (aged 22)	1	0	Kalamata
3	3MF	Panagiotis Lagos	(1985-07-18)18 July 1985 (aged 19)	3	0	Iraklis
4	2DF	Vangelis Moras	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 22)	3	0	AEK Athens
5	2DF	Spyros Vallas	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 22)	3	0	Olympiacos
6	3MF	Ieroklis Stoltidis*	(1975-02-02)2 February 1975 (aged 29)	3	1	Olympiacos
7	4FW	Anestis Agritis	(1981-04-16)16 April 1981 (aged 23)	1	0	Egaleo
8	3MF	Konstantinos Nebegleras*	(1975-04-14)14 April 1975 (aged 29)	3	0	Iraklis
9	4FW	Dimitris Salpingidis	(1981-08-18)18 August 1981 (aged 22)	3	0	PAOK
10	4FW	Nikolaos Mitrou	(1983-07-10)10 July 1983 (aged 21)	2	0	Panionios
11	4FW	Dimitrios Papadopoulos	(1981-10-20)20 October 1981 (aged 22)	3	1	Panathinaikos
12	2DF	Christos Karipidis	(1982-12-02)2 December 1982 (aged 21)	0	0	PAOK
13	3MF	Fanouris Goundoulakis	(1981-07-13)13 July 1981 (aged 23)	0	0	Panionios
14	3MF	Georgios Fotakis	(1981-10-29)29 October 1981 (aged 22)	1	0	Egaleo
15	3MF	Miltiadis Sapanis*	(1976-01-28)28 January 1976 (aged 28)	3	0	Panathinaikos
16	2DF	Loukas Vyntra	(1981-02-05)5 February 1981 (aged 23)	3	0	Panathinaikos
17	3MF	Giannis Taralidis	(1981-05-17)17 May 1981 (aged 23)	3	2	Olympiacos
18	1GK	Kleopas Giannou	(1982-05-04)4 May 1982 (aged 22)	1	0	Olympiacos

29 August 1920 First round	Sweden	9–0	Greece	Antwerp, Belgium
10:00 CET (UTC+1)	Olsson 4', 79' Karlsson 15', 20', 21', 51', 85' Wicksell 25' Dahl 31'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium^[A] Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Charles Barette (Belgium)

Greece national under-23 football team

Summer Olympics

Players

Olympic Squads

1920 Summer Olympics

1952 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

Overage players in Olympic Games

Olympic match record

Goalscorers

Other appearances

Mediterranean Games

See also

External links

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15 July 1952 Preliminary round	Denmark	2–1	Greece	Tampere, Finland
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Petersen 36', 37'	Report	Emmanouilidis 85'	Stadium: Ratina Stadion Attendance: 4,372 Referee: Wolf Karni (Finland)

11 August 2004 Matchday 1	South Korea	2–2	Greece	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30CET (UTC+1)	Dong-jin 43' Vyntra 64' (o.g.)	Report	Taralidis 78' Papadopoulos 82'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 25,152 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

14 August 2004 Matchday 2	Greece	0–2	Mali	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30CET (UTC+1)		Report	Berthe 2' N'Diaye 45'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 17,123 Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

17 August 2004 Matchday 3	Greece	2–3	Mexico	Volos, Greece
20:30CET (UTC+1)	Taralidis 83' Stoltidis 90+3'	Report	Marquez 47' Bravo 70', 86'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 21,597 Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)