Euro 2008 team profile: Greece
Greece
The mastermind of 2004, Otto Rehnagel, is still in charge as Greece bid to become the first country to retain the championship. A qualifying record of ten wins from twelve shows they have carried the form through and there will be no 150/1 this summer.
Around half the squad is the same as four years ago, and once again organisation and experience will be their primary strength. Likely to be difficult to break down but lightning won't strike in the same place twice.
EURO 2008 GROUP D: GREECE - RUSSIA - SPAIN - SWEDEN
Coach:Otto Rehhagel
Goalkeepers:
Antonios Nikopolidis (Olympiacos CFP)
Konstantinos Chalkias (Aris Thessaloniki FC)
Alexandros Tzorvas (OFI Crete FC) | Defenders:
Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Giourkas Seitaridis (Club Atlético de Madrid)
Traianos Dellas (AEK Athens FC)
Loukas Vintra (Panathinaikos FC)
Nikolaos Spiropoulos (Panathinaikos FC)
Ioannis Goumas (Panathinaikos FC)
Vassilis Torosidis (Olympiacos CFP)
Christos Patsatzoglou (Olympiacos CFP)
Paraskevas Antzas (Olympiacos CFP)
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (AEK Athens FC) | Midfielders:
Angelos Basinas (RCD Mallorca)
Stelios Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers FC)
Georgios Karagounis (Panathinaikos FC)
Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos FC)
Konstantinos Katsouranis (SL Benfica) | Forwards:
Dimitrios Salpingidis (Panathinaikos FC)
Nikolaos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens FC)
Theofanis Gekas (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
Georgios Samaras (Celtic FC)
Ioannis Amanatidis (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Angelos Charisteas (1. FC Nürnberg) |
Qualifying Group C |
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| Greece | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 31 | | Turkey | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 24 | | | Norway | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 23 | | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 13 | | Moldova | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 12 | | Hungary | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 12 | | Malta | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 5 |
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