Manager: Otto Rehhagel
Star Players: S Giannakopoulos, A Charisteas, N Dabizas
Honours: None
Qualification: Winners, Group 6

Otto Rehhagel, Greece’s German coach, has repeated the magical touch he displayed at Werder Bremen by steering Greece to only their second European Championship Finals.

The campaign got off to a slow start with 2-0 defeats at the hands of rivals Spain and Ukraine before Rehhagel’s side finally earned some points by beating both Armenia and Northern Ireland.

The pivotal moment of the whole group came with Greece’s stunning win in Zaragoza, Stylianos Giannakopoulos’ goal enough to bring his side back into contention.

The Greeks held their nerve to win all three of their final games by a single goal and, with a strong defence and vibrant attack, they shouldn’t be discounted from the Group A reckoning.

European Championship Record

Year

Year

1960: Did not qualify

1984: Did not qualify

1964: Did not qualify

1988: Did not qualify

1968: Did not qualify

1992: Did not qualify

1972: Did not qualify

1996: Did not qualify

1976: Did not qualify

2000: Did not qualify

1980: Group Stage

2004: Qualified


The Matches

Date

Opponents

Venue

Comp

KO

12 Jun 04

Portugal

Porto (Dragão)

ECF

2-1

16 Jun 04

Spain

Porto (Bessa)

ECF

1-1

20 Jun 04

Russia

Faro-Loulé (Algarve)

ECF

1-2

25 Jun 04

France

Jose Alvalade (Lisbon)

ECF

1-0

30 Jun 04

Czech Republic

Porto (Dragão)

ECF

1-0

25 Jun 04

France

Jose Alvalade (Lisbon)

ECF

7.45


The Squad

1 Antonios NIKOPOLIDIS
2 Giourkas SEITARIDIS
3 Stylianos VENETIDIS
4 Nikolaos DABIZAS
5 Traianos DELLAS
6 Angelos BASINAS
7 Theodoros ZAGORAKIS
8 Stylianos GIANNAKOPOULOS
9 Angelos CHARISTEAS
10 Vassilios TSIARTAS
11 Themistoklis NIKOLAIDIS
12 Konstantinos CHALKIAS
13 Theofanis KATERGIANNAKIS
14 Panagiotis FYSSAS
15 Zisis VRYZAS
16 Pantelis KAFES
17 Georgios GEORGIADIS
18 Ioannis GOUMAS
19 Mihalis KAPSIS
20 Georgios KARAGOUNIS
21 Konstantinos KATSOURANIS
22 Dimitrios PAPADOPOULOS
23 Vassilios LAKIS MD