Greece National Football Team

Greece National Football Team  represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece.

Greece's victory shot them up in the FIFA World Rankings from 35th in June 2004 to 14th in July 2004. This is one of the largest upward moves in a single month in the top echelon of the rankings. The triumph of Greece at Euro 2004 is the biggest sporting achievement in the country's history for a men's team sport.

After the 2010 World Cup, Greece moved from 13th to 12th in the FIFA World Rankings. Russia, Croatia and France dropped lower than Greece while Uruguay and Chile jumped ahead of the Greeks.

Having gone through the qualifying stages of Euro 2012 unbeaten, Greece secured a place in the finals qualifying top of their group on 11th October after going one goal down to Georgia only to score two goals in the last 10 minutes. Because of their surprising 2-0 victory over heavily favored Croatia, and their 2-1 comeback victory over Georgia, Greece jumped three places in the FIFA World Rankings and ranked 8th, which tied their record which they set back in 2008.

Current Squad
The Final 23-man Squad for the UEFA Euro 2012.

Goal Keeper
1  Kostas Chalkias 30 May 1974   PAOK
12 Alexandros Tzorvas 12 August 1982  Palermo
13 Michalis Sifakis 9 September 1984  Aris Thessaloniki


Defender
3  Giorgos Tzavelas 26 November 1987  Monaco
4  Stelios Malezas 11 March 1985  PAOK
5  Kyriakos Papadopoulos 23 February 1992  Schalke
8  Avraam Papadopoulos 3 December 1984  Olympiacos
15 Vasilis Torosidis 10 June 1985  Olympiacos
19 Sokratis Papastathopoulos 9 June 1988  Werder Bremen
20 José Holebas 27 June 1984  Olympiacos


Midfielder
2   Giannis Maniatis 12 October 1986  Olympiacos
6   Grigoris Makos 18 January 1987  AEK Athens
10  Giorgos Karagounis (captain) 6 March 1977  Panathinaikos
16  Giorgos Fotakis 29 October 1981  PAOK
18  Sotiris Ninis 3 April 1990  Panathinaikos
21  Kostas Katsouranis 21 June 1979  Panathinaikos
22  Kostas Fortounis 16 October 1992  Kaiserslautern
23  Giannis Fetfatzidis 21 December 1990  Olympiacos


Forward
7   Giorgos Samaras 21 February 1985  Celtic
9   Nikos Liberopoulos 4 August 1975  AEK Athens
11 Kostas Mitroglou 12 March 1988  Atromitos
14 Dimitris Salpigidis 18 August 1981 PAOK
17 Theofanis Gekas 23 May 1980  Samsunspor

                                                                 Kostas Chalkias

                                                               Alexandros Tzorvas

                                                            Michalis Sifakis

                                                            Giorgos Tzavelas

                                                              Grigoris Makos

                                                           Giannis Maniatis

                                                             Giorgos Samaras