Founded 1926 Fifa 1927
Up against the hosts Portugal, and the ‘ near hosts’ Spain, I cannot see Greece progressing. Word is that Greek footballers are not good travellers. On the positive side, Greece will fancy their chances of beating Spain, just as they did in their group 6 qualification game.
First European finals in 24 years. 1980
| Group A | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal (17) Q | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Greece (33) Q | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Spain (3) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Russia (29) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| (Fifa Ranking) |
| Group 6 | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | |
| Greece | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 18 | |
| Spain | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 17 | |
| Ukraine | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | |
| Armenia | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
Coach: Otto Rehhagel
Men to watch: Vassilis Tsartas, Demis Nikolaidis and Zisis Vryzas
Goalkeepers
Konstantinos Chalkias (Panathinaikos)
Theofanis Katergiannakis (Olympiakos)
Antonios Nikopolidis (Panathinaikos)
Defenders
Paraskevas Antzas (Olympiakos)
Nikolaos Dabizas (Newcastle United)
Traianos Dellas (Roma)
Panagiotis Fyssas (Panathinaikos)
Giannis Goumas (Panathinaikos)
Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Panathinaikos)
Christos Patsatzoglou (Olympiakos)
Giourkas Seitaridis (Panathinaikos)
Stylianos Venetidis (Olympiakos)
Midfielders
Angelos Basinas (Panathinaikos)
Giorgios Georgiadis (Olympiakos)
Stylianos Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers)
Pantelis Kafes (Olympiakos)
Giorgios Karagounis (Internazional)
Konstantinos Katsouranis (AEK Athens)
Vassilios Lakis (AEK Athens)
Vassilios Tsiartas (AEK Athens)
Theodoros Zagorakis (AEK Athens)
Forwards
Ioannis Amanatidis (Stuttgart)
Angelos Charisteas (Werder Bremen)
Lampros Choutos (Olympiakos)
Themistoklis Nikolaidis (Atletico Madrid)
Dimitris Papadopoulos (Panathinaikos)
Zisis Vryzas (Perugia)
In 1988, which team qualified for the final stages, but then lost all their matches?
Greece
England
Sweden
Spain
Romania
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