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CURRENT SQUAD

No.   Position Player
30 Greece GK Alexandros Tzorvas
1 Greece GK Konstantinos Chalkias
1 Greece GK Michail Sifakis
35 Greece DF Vasileios Torosidis
31 Greece DF Nikos Spiropoulos
25 Greece DF Giourkas Seitaridis
24 Greece DF Loukas Vyntra
22 Greece DF Christos Patsatzoglou
21 Greece DF Avraam Papadopoulos
18 Greece DF Vangelis Moras
16 Greece DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos
15 Greece DF Sokratis Papastathopoulos
13 Greece DF Stelios Malezas
55 Greece MD Athanasios Prittas
29 Greece MD Konstantinos Katsouranis
26 Greece MD Giorgios Karagounis
22 Greece MD Alexandros Tziolis
7 Greece MD Sotiris Ninis
17 Greece ST Theofanis Gekas
9 Greece ST Georgios Samaras
9 Greece ST Angelos Charisteas
9 Greece ST Dimitrios Salpingidis
9 Greece ST Pantelis Kapetanos
 

CLUB INFORMATION

Greece will be appearing in just their second World Cup finals, hoping to make it out of the first round and better their performance at USA 94.

They have a wily operator in German coach Otto Rehhagel, who led the side to their shock triumph in the 2004 European Championships and is one of the longest-serving managers in world football at present.

He is known for his cautious approach to matches, so don't expect a flurry of goals when Greece are playing, but they will be difficult to beat.


Coach: Otto Rehhagel
Nickname: None
Honours: 2004 European champions
Previous World Cup appearances: 1 (1994)
Best World Cup finish: Round 1 (1994)
LAST FIVE RESULTS:
22/06 Greece 0-2 Argentina
17/06 Greece 2-1 Nigeria
12/06 Korea Rep 2-0 Greece
18/06 Greece 1-2 Spain
14/06 Greece 0-1 Russia
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