Greece national futsal team

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Galanolefki (Sky blue-white)
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Association Hellenic Football Federation
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
FIFA code GRE
FIFA ranking 88 [1]
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First international
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24–0 Greece  Flag of Greece.svg
(Moscow, Russia; 18 December 1998)
Biggest win
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 4–13 Greece  Flag of Greece.svg
(Braga, Portugal; 7 November 2003)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24–0 Greece  Flag of Greece.svg
(Moscow, Russia; 18 December 1998)
FIFA World Cup
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UEFA Futsal Championship
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The Greece national futsal team is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for futsal in Greece and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. The greatest achievement of the Greece national futsal team is the qualification to the second preliminary round of the European Championships of 2014. The coach of the team is Stefanos Soilemes since 2008. The players are chosen from the Greek Futsal Super League, the Futsal Championship of Greece. The last years there is a player, Konstantinos Panou who plays in Spain. As the team is in position number 81 of the Futsal World Ranking has to pass through both the first and the second preliminary round in order to play to a competition like World Cup or Euro.

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Players

Current squad

As of 3 January 2025 [2]
No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
1 GK Nikolaos Aronis (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 27) Flag of Greece.svg AEK
1 GK Vasilis Charalampopoulos (1995-03-05) 5 March 1995 (age 29) Flag of Greece.svg Doukas
1 GK Dimitris Zervas (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 32) Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos

2 DF Andreas Tarnanidis (1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 (age 26) Flag of Greece.svg AEK
2 DF Spyridon Papakostas (2000-07-04) 4 July 2000 (age 24) Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
2 DF Vangelis Avlonitis (1998-12-22) 22 December 1998 (age 26) Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
2 DF Georgios Avlonitis (2003-07-12) 12 July 2003 (age 21) Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
2 DF Antonios Kontogeorgis (2001-12-09) 9 December 2001 (age 23) Flag of Greece.svg Salamina

4 FW Alexandros Adamopoulos (2004-01-17) 17 January 2004 (age 20) Flag of Greece.svg AEK
4 FW Marios Ntatis (1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 (age 30) Flag of Greece.svg AEK
4 FW Dimitrios Karydas (2000-01-25) 25 January 2000 (age 24) Flag of Greece.svg Doukas
4 FW Lampros Tsinas (1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 (age 28) Flag of Greece.svg Doukas
4 FW Seiti Ensi (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994 (age 30) Flag of Greece.svg Doukas
4 FW Konstantinos Papadopoulos (2004-09-28) 28 September 2004 (age 20) Flag of Greece.svg Doukas
4 FW Ioannis Zompolas Flag of Greece.svg Ermis Zografou
4 FW Vasilis Tzakidis (1999-11-30) 30 November 1999 (age 25) Flag of Greece.svg PAOK
4 FW Konstantinos Panou (1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 27) Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
4 FW Panagiotis Gousis (2000-11-16) 16 November 2000 (age 24) Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
4 FW Leandros Tanka Flag of Greece.svg Salamina

Coach

Coach of the team is Stefanos Soilemes since 2008. He is also the coach of the U21 Greece national futsal team. Stefanos Soilemes was born in Germany and came to Greece in 1992. He was a futsal player from 1997 to 2007, playing in teams like Iniochos and Keratsini and from 2000 he was a member of the Greece national futsal team. In 2007 he was the assistant coach of Sergey Stulov in the team and he took over the team in 2008. From 2012 until today he is also the coach of the Beach Soccer national Greek team.

Competition history

The Greece national futsal team remains unqualified for a major competition. The biggest achievement is the qualification to the second preliminary round of the European Championships of 2014. In this round the team defeated Poland and lost to Portugal and Serbia.[ citation needed ]

UEFA Futsal Euro 2018

The team trained for the first qualifying round of the Futsal Euro 2018. Greece played against Wales, Moldova and San Marino. The matches took place in Wales in the end of January 2017. The first of this group played against Spain, Serbia and Poland in a group that took place in Poland in March or April 2017. As a part of this preparation Greece national futsal team played against Bulgaria and Turkey in Chalkida in a tournament that took place in Chalkida, Greece in November 2016.

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References

  1. Futsal World Ranking
  2. "Κλήσεις Εθνικής Σάλας για προπονήσεις". epo.gr. Retrieved 5 January 2025.