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Greece (2002)

Ελλάδα

Matches: 9; 9 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 4-3-2; 4 W · 3 D · 2 L
Goals: 11; 9 against
Goal difference: +2

General Information

Ελληνική Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία

Founded: 1926
FIFA entry: 1927
Average height in 2002: 1.83 m
Average age in 2002: 27.2 years
Confederation: United European Football Association (UEFA)
Continent: Europe
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

No jersey for this year

Jersey in 2002

Coaches in 2002

Otto Rehhagel(Coach)

Date of birth: 9 August 1938
Place of birth: Essen, Germany
Height: 1.77 m
Matches: 9 (3 official · 6 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza

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Players of Greece in 2002

33 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers3
Antonis Nikopolidis	14 January 1971	Goalkeeper	Panathinaikos AO	9	0	0
Dionysis Chiotis	4 June 1977	Goalkeeper	AEK Athinon	0	1	0
Nikos Michopoulos	20 February 1970	Goalkeeper	Crystal Palace FC	0	1	0
Defenders11
Nikos Dabizas	3 August 1973	Centre Back	Newcastle United	7	0	0
Takis Fyssas	12 June 1973	Left Back	Panathinaikos AO	6	1	3
Sotiris Kyrgiakos	23 July 1979	Centre Back	Panathinaikos AO	5	0	0
Giourkas Seitaridis	4 June 1981	Right Back	Panathinaikos AO	5	0	0
Traïanos Dellas	31 January 1976	Centre Back	AS Roma	4	0	0
Kostas Konstantinidis	31 August 1972	Centre Back	Hannover 96	4	0	0
Stelios Venetidis	19 November 1976	Left Back	Olympiakos Piraios	3	3	0
Giannis Goumas	24 May 1975	Centre Back	Panathinaikos AO	1	4	0
Giorgos Amanatidis	4 April 1970	Centre Back	Olympiakos Piraios	1	1	1
Michalis Kasapis	6 August 1971	Left Back	AEK Athinon	0	1	0
Tasos Katsabis	30 July 1973	Centre Back	Iraklis Thessalonikis	0	1	0
Midfielders9
Vasilis Tsiartas	12 November 1972	Attacking Midfielder	AEK Athinon	8	0	1
Theodoros Zagorakis	27 October 1971	Centre Midfielder	AEK Athinon	6	3	0
Stelios Giannakopoulos	12 July 1974	Right Midfielder	Olympiakos Piraios	6	2	1
Christos Patsatzoglou	19 March 1979	Defensive Midfielder	Olympiakos Piraios	4	1	0
Pantelis Konstantinidis	16 August 1975	Left Midfielder	Panathinaikos AO	4	0	0
Angelos Basinas	3 January 1976	Defensive Midfielder	Panathinaikos AO	3	5	0
Pantelis Kafes	24 June 1978	Defensive Midfielder	PAOK Thessalonikis	2	5	0
Georgios Karagounis	6 March 1977	Centre Midfielder	Panathinaikos AO	2	3	1
Vasilis Lakis	10 September 1976	Right Midfielder	AEK Athinon	1	4	0
Forwards10
Demis Nikolaidis	17 September 1973	Centre Forward	AEK Athinon	7	0	2
Angelos Charisteas	9 February 1980	Centre Forward	Werder Bremen	5	1	0
Zisis Vryzas	9 November 1973	Centre Forward	AC Perugia	1	6	2
Giorgos X Georgiadis	8 March 1972	Right Winger	PAOK Thessalonikis	1	6	0
Nikos Machlas	16 June 1973	Centre Forward	Sevilla FC	1	2	0
Nikos Lyberopoulos	4 August 1975	Centre Forward	Panathinaikos AO	1	1	0
Alexandros Alexandris	21 October 1968	Centre Forward	Olympiakos Piraios	1	0	0
Dimitris Nalitzis	25 January 1976	Centre Forward	AEK Athinon	1	0	0
Ioannis Amanatidis	3 December 1981	Centre Forward	VfB Stuttgart	0	1	0
Dimitris Papadopoulos	20 September 1981	Centre Forward	Burnley FC	0	1	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of Greece in 2002

9 matches

20 Nov 2002Friendly · Apostolos Nikolaidis StadiumHvs.IrelandMatch report: Greece vs. Ireland 0–0Draw
16 Oct 2002European Championship 2004 · Group 6 · Apostolos Nikolaidis StadiumHvs.ArmeniaMatch report: Greece vs. Armenia 2–0Win
12 Oct 2002European Championship 2004 · Group 6 · NSC OlimpiyskiyAvs.UkraineMatch report: Ukraine vs. Greece 2–0Defeat
7 Sept 2002European Championship 2004 · Group 6 · Apostolos Nikolaidis StadiumHvs.SpainMatch report: Greece vs. Spain 0–2Defeat
21 Aug 2002Friendly · Stadionul FarulAvs.RomaniaMatch report: Romania vs. Greece 0–1Win
15 May 2002Friendly · Diagoras StadiumHvs.CyprusMatch report: Greece vs. Cyprus 3–1Win
17 Apr 2002Friendly · Zosimades National StadiumHvs.Czech RepublicMatch report: Greece vs. Czech Republic 0–0Draw
27 Mar 2002Friendly · Kostas Davourlis StadiumHvs.BelgiumMatch report: Greece vs. Belgium 3–2Win
13 Feb 2002Friendly · Kleanthis Vikelidis StadiumHvs.SwedenMatch report: Greece vs. Sweden 2–2Draw

Match Progress for Greece

4 W · 3 D · 2 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of Greece

84 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Cyprus	24	16	5	3	46
Hungary	23	10	7	6	33
Romania	23	7	7	9	23
Finland	20	11	3	6	34
Denmark	15	3	4	8	15
Portugal	14	5	5	4	18
Israel	13	10	3	0	22
Albania	13	6	3	4	13
Switzerland	13	2	4	7	12
Malta	12	8	3	1	26
Poland	12	1	4	7	6
Yugoslavia	12	0	2	10	7
Bosnia & Herzegovina	11	5	5	1	17
Russia	11	2	5	4	10
Soviet Union	11	2	0	9	4
Germany	11	1	4	6	10
Netherlands	11	1	2	8	5
Italy	11	0	4	7	2
Georgia	10	7	2	1	17
Bulgaria	10	5	2	3	13
Austria	10	4	4	2	19
Sweden	10	3	4	3	12
Belgium	10	3	4	3	10
Spain	10	1	2	7	10
Luxembourg	9	8	0	1	17
Northern Ireland	9	6	0	3	13
Norway	9	5	2	2	13
England	9	1	2	6	5
Latvia	8	5	2	1	13
Croatia	8	2	4	2	9
East Germany	8	2	0	6	7
Turkey	8	1	3	4	4
France	8	1	2	5	7
Moldova	7	6	1	0	13
Ireland	7	6	1	0	10
Slovenia	7	3	4	0	11
Slovakia	6	4	1	1	10
Armenia	6	4	1	1	7
Kosovo	6	3	3	0	7
Estonia	6	3	2	1	9
Scotland	6	3	0	3	8
Ukraine	6	2	2	2	3
Liechtenstein	5	4	1	0	8
Czechia	5	2	2	1	2
Gibraltar	4	4	0	0	16
Kazakhstan	4	4	0	0	12
Egypt	4	3	0	1	12
Canada	4	3	0	1	5
Belarus	4	2	1	1	6
Lithuania	4	2	1	1	4
Nigeria	4	2	1	1	4
Faroe Islands	4	2	0	2	11
Australia	4	1	1	2	5
South Korea	4	0	1	3	1
Iceland	3	2	0	1	4
Serbia	3	2	0	1	3
Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	6
Czechoslovakia	3	0	0	3	2
El Salvador	2	2	0	0	6
Ethiopia	2	2	0	0	6
San Marino	2	2	0	0	6
Bolivia	2	1	1	0	2
Wales	2	1	0	1	3
Montenegro	2	1	0	1	2
Japan	2	0	1	1	0
Argentina	2	0	0	2	0
Colombia	2	0	0	2	0
Paraguay	2	0	0	2	0
Honduras	1	1	0	0	2
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	2
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	2
Chile	1	1	0	0	1
Qatar	1	1	0	0	1
Poland (Olympic)	1	1	0	0	1
North Korea	1	0	1	0	2
Ecuador	1	0	1	0	1
Ghana	1	0	1	0	1
USA	1	0	1	0	1
Mexico	1	0	1	0	0
Morocco	1	0	1	0	0
Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	1
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0
Senegal	1	0	0	1	0
Total	551	227	135	189	691

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for Greece

Games Total: 152
Goals: 185
Goals Against: 216
Games W/D/L: 60/35/57
Avg. Goals / Match: 1.22
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 1.42

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 12; Fanis Gekas
Most Matches: 45; Georgios Karagounis
Most Yellow Cards: 11; Kostas Katsouranis
Most Red Cards: 1; Kyriakos Papadopoulos

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of Greece

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Karagounis, Georgios	Centre Midfielder	1999–2014	139	117	22	10	16	22	1	1
2	Zagorakis, Theodoros	Centre Midfielder	1994–2007	118	104	14	3	1	18	0	0
3	Katsouranis, Kostas	Defensive Midfielder	2003–2015	116	106	10	10	11	22	2	0
4	Torosidis, Vasilis	Right Back	2007–2019	101	95	6	10	12	18	0	0
5	Basinas, Angelos	Defensive Midfielder	1999–2009	99	75	24	7	3	13	0	0
6	Apostolakis, Stratos	Centre Back	1986–1998	95	89	6	5	0	7	0	0
7	Papastathopoulos, Sokratis	Centre Back	2008–2019	89	87	2	3	0	20	1	1
8	Nikopolidis, Antonis	Goalkeeper	1999–2008	89	86	3	0	0	0	0	0
9	Charisteas, Angelos	Centre Forward	2001–2011	88	75	13	25	2	7	0	0
10	Bakasetas, Anastasios	Attacking Midfielder	2016–2026	82	67	15	19	16	11	1	0
11	Salpingidis, Dimitris	Centre Forward	2005–2014	81	59	22	12	5	7	0	0
12	Samaras, Giorgos	Left Winger	2006–2014	80	61	19	9	10	13	0	0
13	Gekas, Fanis	Centre Forward	2005–2014	78	48	30	24	8	1	0	0
14	Saravakos, Dimitris	Centre Forward	1982–1994	75	66	9	22	0	2	0	1
15	Tsalouchidis, Giotis	Attacking Midfielder	1987–1995	75	71	4	16	0	8	0	0
16	Lyberopoulos, Nikos	Centre Forward	1996–2012	75	36	39	13	3	5	0	0
17	Giannakopoulos, Stelios	Right Midfielder	1997–2008	75	51	24	11	0	7	0	0
18	Mitropoulos, Tasos	Attacking Midfielder	1978–1994	75	65	10	8	0	14	1	1
19	Tziolis, Alexandros	Defensive Midfielder	2006–2018	74	49	25	2	4	7	0	0
20	Anastopoulos, Nikos	Centre Forward	1977–1988	72	66	6	27	0	1	0	0
21	Seitaridis, Giourkas	Right Back	2002–2010	72	68	4	1	4	11	0	0
22	Mantalos, Petros	Attacking Midfielder	2014–2025	71	52	19	7	8	11	0	0
23	Kalitzakis, Giannis	Centre Back	1987–1999	71	68	3	0	0	10	0	1
24	Tsiartas, Vasilis	Attacking Midfielder	1994–2005	70	50	20	12	2	2	0	0
25	Dabizas, Nikos	Centre Back	1994–2004	69	57	12	0	0	11	0	0
26	Manolas, Stelios	Centre Back	1982–1994	68	65	3	6	0	9	1	2
27	Vryzas, Zisis	Centre Forward	1994–2005	67	42	25	9	1	5	0	0
28	Kofidis, Savvas	Left Midfielder	1982–1994	65	45	20	1	0	0	0	0
29	Mitroglou, Kostas	Centre Forward	2009–2019	64	43	21	17	5	4	0	0
30	Masouras, Georgios	Left Winger	2018–2026	63	44	19	12	8	4	0	0
31	Machlas, Nikos	Centre Forward	1993–2002	61	45	16	18	0	2	0	0
32	Pavlidis, Vangelis	Centre Forward	2019–2026	61	40	21	10	5	6	0	0
33	Kyrgiakos, Sotiris	Centre Back	2002–2010	61	55	6	4	2	9	0	0
34	Georgiadis, Giorgos X	Right Winger	1993–2004	60	29	31	11	0	3	0	0
35	Papaioannou, Mimis	Centre Forward	1963–1978	59	56	3	17	0	1	0	0
36	Fyssas, Takis	Left Back	1999–2007	59	53	6	4	0	3	0	0
37	Kourbelis, Dimitris	Defensive Midfielder	2017–2026	58	48	10	4	2	16	0	0
38	Fortounis, Kostas	Attacking Midfielder	2012–2023	56	42	14	9	9	4	0	0
39	Vyntra, Loukas	Centre Back	2005–2015	56	34	22	0	1	7	1	0
40	Sarganis, Nikos	Goalkeeper	1980–1991	56	54	2	0	0	2	0	0
41	Tsimikas, Kostas	Left Back	2018–2026	55	52	3	2	5	7	0	0
42	Nikolaidis, Demis	Centre Forward	1995–2004	53	41	12	16	0	2	0	0
43	Dellas, Traïanos	Centre Back	2001–2009	53	52	1	1	1	9	0	0
44	Vlachodimos, Odysseas	Goalkeeper	2018–2026	53	53	0	0	0	2	0	0
45	Foiros, Giorgos	Centre Back	1974–1982	52	48	4	0	0	3	0	0
46	Iosifidis, Kostas	Left Back	1974–1982	51	48	3	2	0	1	0	0
47	Tzavellas, Giorgos	Left Back	2010–2023	50	39	11	3	1	12	1	0
48	Maniatis, Giannis	Defensive Midfielder	2010–2017	50	42	8	1	3	8	0	0
49	Ouzounidis, Marinos	Centre Back	1992–2001	49	48	1	4	0	3	0	0
50	Domazos, Mimis	Attacking Midfielder	1959–1980	49	48	1	4	0	1	0	0

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 10 duos of Greece

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Karagounis, Georgios	Gekas, Fanis	2007–2011	4	17
2	Karagounis, Georgios	Charisteas, Angelos	2008–2010	4	16
3	Torosidis, Vasilis	Gekas, Fanis	2008–2009	4	17
4	Seitaridis, Giourkas	Gekas, Fanis	2007–2008	3	13
5	Samaras, Giorgos	Gekas, Fanis	2009–2013	3	13
6	Katsouranis, Kostas	Mitroglou, Kostas	2012–2013	3	18
7	Torosidis, Vasilis	Mitroglou, Kostas	2013–2017	3	18
8	Pelkas, Dimitris	Masouras, Georgios	2021–2023	3	25
9	Bakasetas, Anastasios	Tzolis, Christos	2024–2025	3	30
10	Pavlidis, Vangelis	Tzolis, Christos	2024–2026	3	30

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 212 of 668 goals.