Greece at the FIFA World Cup

The Greece national football team have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on three occasions, in 1994, 2010 and 2014.

Overview

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930	Did Not Enter								Did Not Enter
1934	Did Not Qualify								1	0	0	1	0	4
1938	Did Not Qualify								3	2	0	1	5	12
1950	Did Not Enter								Did Not Enter
1954	Did Not Qualify								4	2	0	2	3	2
1958									4	0	1	3	2	9
1962									4	1	0	3	3	8
1966									6	2	1	3	10	14
1970									6	2	3	1	13	9
1974									4	0	0	4	5	11
1978									4	1	1	2	2	6
1982									8	3	1	4	10	13
1986									6	1	2	3	5	10
1990									6	1	2	3	3	15
1994	Group stage	24th / 24 teams	3	0	0	3	0	10	8	6	2	0	10	2
1998	Did Not Qualify								8	4	2	2	11	4
2002									8	2	1	5	7	17
2006									12	6	3	3	15	9
2010	Group stage	25th / 32 teams	3	1	0	2	2	5	12	7	3	2	21	10
2014	Round of 16	13th / 32 teams	4	1	2	1	3	5	12	9	2	1	16	6
Total	Best: Round of 16	3/20	10	2	2	6	5	20	116	49	24	43	141	161

^* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

1994 United States

Greece squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Minou 2 Apostolakis 3 Kolitsidakis 4 Manolas 5 Kalitzakis 6 Tsalouchidis 7 Saravakos 8 Nioplias 9 Machlas 10 Mitropoulos (c) 11 Tsiantakis 12 Marangos 13 Karagiannis 14 Dimitriadis 15 Karkamanis 16 Alexoudis 17 Hantzidis 18 Karataidis 19 Kofidis 20 Atmatsidis 21 Alexandris 22 Alexiou Coach: Panagoulias

Round 1

Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6
Bulgaria	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
Argentina	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
Greece	3	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Win Tie Loss

21 June 1994	Argentina	4 – 0	Greece	Boston, United States
12:30	Batistuta 2', 44', 89' (pen.) Maradona 60'	Report		Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 54,456 Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)

26 June 1994	Bulgaria	4 – 0	Greece	Chicago, United States
12:30	Stoichkov 5' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Letchkov 65' Borimirov 90'	Report		Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 63,160 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

30 June 1994	Greece	0 – 2	Nigeria	Boston, United States
19:30		Report	George 45' Amokachi 90'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 53,001 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

2010 South Africa

Greece squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 Chalkias 2 Seitaridis 3 Patsatzoglou 4 Spyropoulos 5 Moras 6 Tziolis 7 Samaras 8 Papadopoulos 9 Charisteas 10 Karagounis (c) 11 Vyntra 12 Tzorvas 13 Sifakis 14 Salpingidis 15 Torosidis 16 Kyrgiakos 17 Gekas 18 Ninis 19 Papastathopoulos 20 Kapetanos 21 Katsouranis 22 Malezas 23 Prittas Coach: Rehhagel

Round 1

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
South Korea	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
Greece	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Win Tie Loss

12 June 2010	South Korea	2 – 0	Greece	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
13:30	Lee Jung-Soo 7' Park Ji-Sung 52'	Report		Stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Attendance: 31,513 Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

17 June 2010	Greece	2 – 1	Nigeria	Bloemfontein, South Africa
16:00	Salpingidis 44' Torosidis 71'	Report	Uche 16'	Stadium: Free State Stadium Attendance: 31,593 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

22 June 2010	Greece	0 – 2	Argentina	Polokwane, South Africa
20:30		Report	Demichelis 77' Palermo 89'	Stadium: Peter Mokaba Stadium Attendance: 38,891 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan

2014 Brazil

Greece squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup

1 Karnezis 2 Maniatis 3 Tzavellas 4 Manolas 5 Moras 6 Tziolis 7 Samaras 8 Kone 9 Mitroglou 10 Karagounis (c) 11 Vyntra 12 Glykos 13 Kapino 14 Salpingidis 15 Torosidis 16 Christodoulopoulos 17 Gekas 18 Fetfatzidis 19 Papastathopoulos 20 Holebas 21 Katsouranis 22 Samaris 23 Tachtsidis Coach: Santos

Round 1

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Greece	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Win Tie Loss

14 June 2014	Colombia	3 – 0	Greece	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
13:00	Armero 5' Gutiérrez 58' Rodríguez 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Mineirão Attendance: 57,174 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

19 June 2014	Japan	0 – 0	Greece	Natal, Brazil
19:00		Report		Stadium: Arena das Dunas Attendance: 39,485 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

24 June 2014	Greece	2 – 1	Ivory Coast	Fortaleza, Brazil
17:00	Samaris 42' Samaras 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Bony 74'	Stadium: Estádio Castelão Attendance: 59,095 Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

Win Tie Loss

29 June 2014 Round of 16	Costa Rica	1 – 1 (aet) (5 – 3 p)	Greece	Recife, Brazil
17:00	Ruiz 52'	Report	Papastathopoulos 90+1'	Stadium: Arena Pernambuco Attendance: 41,242 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
		Penalties
	Borges Ruiz González Campbell Umaña		Mitroglou Christodoulopoulos Holebas Gekas

External links

Greece at FIFA.com

Greece national football team

General	Hellenic Football Federation History 2004 European Champions Managers

Venues	Olympic Stadium (Athens) Karaiskakis Stadium Other

Statistics	Results World Cup record UEFA Euro 2004 Final

Players	Players (by caps) World Cup & Euro Championship squads Other players

World Cups	Summary 1994 2010 2014

European Championships	Summary 1980 2004 2008 2012

Other tournaments	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

Other teams	U-21 U-20 U-19 U-17 Olympic team Βeach soccer Futsal Women Military

Countries at the FIFA World Cup

Team appearances Teams with no appearances All-time table

AFC	Australia² China PR Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates

CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia

CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States

CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay

OFC	New Zealand

UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Israel² Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovakia¹ Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations. ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.

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