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Greece Under-21
Nickname(s)	Εθνική Ελπίδων; ("National team of Hopes")
Association	Hellenic Football Federation
Head coach	Nikos Nioplias
Captain	Grigorios Makos
Most caps	—
Top scorer	Demis Nikolaidis (14)
Home colours	Away colours
Biggest win
	Greece 6 - 0 Luxembourg ; (Greece; 1993); Greece 6 - 0 Latvia ; (Greece; 1999)
Biggest defeat
	Hungary 7 - 0 Greece ; (Hungary; 1976)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 1988)
Best result	Runners-up, 1988, 1998

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 insist 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 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 (providing 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 national team.

[edit] Greece National Team Competition Record

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA U-21 Championship	136	59	28	49	212	169

[edit] History

European Championship 1988: Runners-up,
European Championship 1994: Quarter finalist,
European Championship 1998: Runners-up,
European Championship 2002: Quarter finalist

[edit] Current Squad

As of 01/09/2009

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
GK	Lamprou Kostantinos	September 18, 1991 (1991-09-18) (age 18)	Feyenoord
GK	Stratilatis Kyriakos	January 5, 1988 (1988-01-05) (age 21)	Levadiakos FC
GK	Koutzavasilis Fotis	March 11, 1989 (1989-03-11) (age 20)	PAOK FC
DF	Argyriou Anestis	January 4, 1988 (1988-01-04) (age 21)	Panthrakikos F.C.
DF	Argyropoulos Leonidas	May 29, 1990 (1990-05-29) (age 19)	Asteras Tripoli
DF	Boukouvalas Michail	January 14, 1988 (1988-01-14) (age 21)]	Larissa
DF	Papadopoulos Kyriakos	February 23, 1992 (1992-02-23) (age 17)	Olympiacos FC
DF	Papazoglou Anastasios	September 24, 1988 (1988-09-24) (age 21)	Panserraikos FC
DF	Siovas Dimitrios	September 16, 1988 (1988-09-16) (age 21)	Panionios FC
DF	Skondras Ioannis	February 21, 1990 (1990-02-21) (age 19)	Atromitos FC
MF	Dimoutsos Elini	June 18, 1988 (1988-06-18) (age 21)	Panathinaikos FC
MF	Ioannidis Georgios	May 4, 1988 (1988-05-04) (age 21)	Iraklis Thessaloniki
MF	Papadopoulos Ioannis	March 9, 1989 (1989-03-09) (age 20)	Olympiacos FC
MF	Rizogiannis Pantelis	February 1, 1988 (1988-02-01) (age 21)	Skoda Xanthi FC
MF	Siakas Georgios	March 23, 1988 (1988-03-23) (age 21)	Panserraikos FC
MF	Soiledis Aristides	February 8, 1991 (1991-02-08) (age 18)	Olympiacos FC
MF	Tachtsidis Panagiotis	February 15, 1991 (1991-02-15) (age 18)	AEK FC
FW	Giantsis Dimitris	March 4, 1988 (1988-03-04) (age 21)	Iraklis Thessaloniki
FW	Koutsianikoulis Vassileios	August 9, 1988 (1988-08-09) (age 21)	PAOK FC
FW	Mitroglou Konstantinos	March 12, 1988 (1988-03-12) (age 21)	Olympiacos FC
FW	Papazoglou Athanasios	March 30, 1988 (1988-03-30) (age 21)	PAOK FC
FW	Pavlis Michail	September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22) (age 20)	AEK FC

[edit] Recent Players

1986-born
(eligible to 2009 UEFA U21 Champ)

1987-born
(eligible to 2009 UEFA U21 Champ)

1988-born
(eligible to 2011 UEFA U21 Champ)

1989-born
(eligible to 2011 UEFA U21 Champ)

1990-born
(eligible to 2011 UEFA U21 Champ)

Sotiris Ninis

[edit] See also

[edit] External links