Greek national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Ethniki (National) Galanolefki (Sky blue-white) Piratiko (Pirate Ship) |
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| Association |
Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) (Ελληνική Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία - ΕΠΟ) |
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Head coach | Michael Skibbe |
| Captain | Vasilis Torosidis |
| Most caps | Giorgos Karagounis (139) |
| Top scorer | Nikos Anastopoulos (29) |
| Home stadium | Karaiskakis Stadium |
| FIFA code | GRE |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 42  (24 November 2016)
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| Highest | 7 (January 2014) |
| Lowest | 66 (September 1998) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 50 (15 December 2016) |
| Highest | 7 (August 2004) |
| Lowest | 78 (May 1963, November 1963) |
| First international | |
 Greece 1–4 Italy  (Athens, Greece; 7 April 1929) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Greece 8–0 Syria  (Athens, Greece; 25 November 1949) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Hungary 11–1 Greece (Budapest, Hungary; 25 March 1938) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1994) |
| Best result | Round of 16, 2014 |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1980) |
| Best result | Champions, 2004 |
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1920) |
| Best result | Group Stage, 2004 |
| Confederations Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2005) |
| Best result | Group stage, 2005 |
The Greek national football team (Greek: Εθνική Ελλάδος, Ethniki Ellados) represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus. Greece is one of only ten national teams to have been crowned UEFA European Champions.
At the UEFA Euro 1980 Greece made their first appearance in a major tournament and although they did not make it through the group stage, their qualification to the then eight-team tournament gave them a position in the top eight European football nations that year. Greece had to wait until 1994 to experience their first FIFA World Cup participation, but after an undefeated qualifying run they produced a poor performance in the final tournament, losing all three group matches without scoring.
The UEFA Euro 2004 marked a high point in Greece's football history when they were crowned European champions, in only their second participation in the tournament, against all the odds. The Greeks, dismissed as rank outsiders before the tournament, defeated some of the favourites in the competition including defending European champions France and hosts Portugal, with Greece beating the latter in both the opening game of the tournament and again in the final. Their triumph also gave them a qualification for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.
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