Greece national under-21 football team explained

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.

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.

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.

Competition Record

As of 23 September 2022

Competitionwidth=50Pldwidth=50Wwidth=50Dwidth=50L
UEFA U-23 Championship14608
UEFA U-21 Championship2121003577

UEFA European U23 Championship record

UEFA European U21 Championship recordwidth = 1% rowspan=6Qualification record
YearRoundPositionwidth=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25
1972Semi-finals 3rd/4th 4 2 0 2 7 5 +22 2 0 0 3 0 +3
1974Did not qualify4 1 0 3 4 7 -3
19764 1 0 3 4 9 -5
Total0 titles1/3420275+2104061116-5

UEFA European U21 Championship record

UEFA European U21 Championship recordwidth = 1% rowspan=28Qualification record
YearRoundPositionwidth=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25
1978Did not qualify4 0 1 3 1 13 -12
19804 2 0 2 5 6 -1
19824 0 1 3 2 7 -5
19846 3 2 1 6 4 +2
19864 2 0 2 6 8 -2
1988Final Runners-up 6 1 3 2 8 8 06 4 1 1 15 5 +10
1990Did not qualify6 1 1 4 3 11 -8
19926 1 1 4 6 13 -7
1994Quarter-finals 6th 2 0 1 1 2 4 -28 6 2 0 23 6 +17
1996Did not qualify8 3 0 5 12 12 0
1998Final Runners-up 3 2 0 1 4 1 +310 6 1 3 16 11 +5
2000Did not qualify12 8 2 2 33 13 +20
2002Group stage 8th 3 0 1 2 3 6 -310 6 1 3 18 8 +10
2004Did not qualify8 3 3 2 10 7 +3
200612 6 2 4 18 9 +9
20072 0 0 2 1 4 -3
200910 5 3 2 20 13 +7
201110 6 1 3 13 12 +1
201310 4 1 5 14 15 -1
20158 5 0 3 20 10 +10
201710 4 1 5 13 14 -1
201912 8 1 3 26 7 +19
202110 5 1 4 10 11 -1
202310 5 2 3 16 10 +6
2025In progress8 4 2 2 10 7 +3
Total0 titles4/24143561719-2198973071319236+83

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.

2024

Euro 2025 Under-21 Championship qualification

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

See main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group G.

Coaching staff

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

ManagerGreece tenurePldWDLWin %Major competitions
2004–2007 2006 European Championship – Failed to qualify
2007 European Championship – Failed to qualify
2007–2009 2009 European Championship – Failed to qualify
2010–2012 2011 European Championship – Play-offs
2013 European Championship – Failed to qualify
2012–2015 2015 European Championship – Failed to qualify
2015
2015–2019 2017 European Championship – Failed to qualify
2019 European Championship – Play-offs
2019–2021 2021 European Championship – Failed to qualify
2021–2022 2023 European Championship – Failed to qualify
2022–2024
2024–
Totals
Last updated: 27 August 2024. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called for the friendly match against on 19 November.[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.INJ

Withdrew due to injury
PRE Included in preliminary roster

Player records

Top appearances

width = 6% Rankwidth = 27% Playerwidth = 40% Club(s)width = 16% Year(s)width = 11% U-21 caps
1Giorgos KaragounisPanathinaikos, Apollon Smyrnis1993–199839
2Georgios AlexopoulosPanathinaikos1996–199833
3Dimitrios PapadopoulosAkratitos, Burnley2000–200227
Anastasios LagosPanathinaikos2011–2014
5Vasilios LakisPaniliakos1996–199825
Ioannis AmanatidisStuttgart, Greuther Fürth2000–2003
7Dimitrios MavrogenidisAris Thessaloniki, Olympiacos1996–199824
Apostolos VelliosEverton, Blackpool, Lierse2011–2014
Elini DimoutsosPanathinaikos, OFI, Panetolikos2008–2010

Top goalscorers

width = 6% Rankwidth = 27% Playerwidth = 40% Club(s)width = 16% Year(s)width = 11% U-21 goals
1Nikos LiberopoulosKalamata, Panathinaikos1994–199815
Lampros ChoutosOlympiacos1999–2002
3Giorgos KaragounisPanathinaikos, Apollon Smyrnis1993–199811
Dimitrios PapadopoulosAkratitos, Burnley2000–2002
5Nikos KarelisErgotelis, Amkar Perm, Panathinaikos2010–20149
6Efthymis KoulourisAnorthosis, PAOK, Atromitos2016–20187
Antonis PetropoulosHaidari, Egaleo, Panathinaikos, OFI2005–2008
Vangelis MantziosPanionios2003–2005
Lazaros ChristodoulopoulosPAOK, Panathinaikos2005–2008
Nikolaos IoannidisBorussia Dortmund II2015–2016

Former squads

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Εθνική Ελπίδων: κλήσεις για φιλικό με την Ουγγαρία . epo.gr . 6 November 2024.

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