Greece - Group C
Greece National Football Team, 12th in FIFA World Ranking, is in Group C at FIFA World Cup 2014. Giorgos Karagounis is captain and Fernando Santos is the head coach of Greece. Greece played their first international match against Italy in 1929 and match was won by Italy by 4-1. Greece made their biggest victory over Syria in 1949, the match was won by 8-0. Greece only appeared in 1994th 2010th world cup, this is their third appearance FIFA World Cup. Greece were the European Champions in 2004. In 1938 Hungary had defeated Greece by 11-1, which is the biggest defeat of this team.
Greece Squad List for FIFA World Cup 2014
| No |
Pos |
Player Name |
Age and DOB |
Caps |
Goals |
| 1 | GK | Orestis Karnezis | 11 July 1985 (age 28) | 19 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Panagiotis Glykos | 3 June 1986 (age 28) | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Stefanos Kapino | 18 March 1994 (age 20) | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Giannis Maniatis | 12 October 1986 (age 27) | 30 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Giorgos Tzavellas | 26 November 1987 (age 26) | 13 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Kostas Manolas | 14 June 1991 (age 22) | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vangelis Moras | 26 August 1981 (age 32) | 19 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Loukas Vyntra | 5 February 1981 (age 33) | 50 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Vasilis Torosidis | 10 June 1985 (age 28) | 66 | 7 |
| 19 | DF | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | 9 June 1988 (age 25) | 47 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | José Holebas | 27 June 1984 (age 29) | 22 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Alexandros Tziolis | 13 February 1985 (age 29) | 49 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Panagiotis Kone | 26 July 1987 (age 26) | 16 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Giorgos Karagounis (captain) | 6 March 1977 (age 37) | 135 | 10 |
| 16 | MF | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 19 December 1986 (age 27) | 19 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Giannis Fetfatzidis | 21 December 1990 (age 23) | 19 | 3 |
| 21 | MF | Kostas Katsouranis | 21 June 1979 (age 34) | 111 | 10 |
| 22 | MF | Andreas Samaris | 13 June 1989 (age 24) | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 15 February 1991 (age 23) | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Giorgos Samaras | 21 February 1985 (age 29) | 74 | 8 |
| 9 | FW | Kostas Mitroglou | 12 March 1988 (age 26) | 32 | 8 |
| 14 | FW | Dimitris Salpingidis | 18 August 1981 (age 32) | 76 | 13 |
| 17 | FW | Theofanis Gekas | 23 May 1980 (age 34) | 72 | 24 |
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