Greece national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Greece women's national under-17 football team.

Greece Under-17

Nickname(s)	Εθνική παίδων ("National team of Kids")
Association	Hellenic Football Federation
Head coach	Vasilis Papadakis
Captain	Aristidis Andrikopoulos
First colours Second colours
European Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1985 )
Best result	Runners-up (1985)
Medal record Men's football UEFA European U17 Championship Formerly U-16 Championship 1985 Hungary Team 1991 Switzerland Team

The Greece national under-17 football team is the Under-17 years of age team of the Greece national football team.

This team is for Greek players aged 17 or under at the start of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (From 1982 to 1997 it was an Under-16 event).

History

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
1982	did not qualify
1984
1985	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	8	5	Squad
1986	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	7	Squad
1987	Group stage	3	0	3	0	1	1	Squad
1988	did not qualify
1989	Group stage	3	0	2	1	4	5	Squad
1990	did not qualify
1991	Semi-final	3	2	2	1	7	2	Squad
1992	did not qualify
1993	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	5	Squad
1994	did not qualify
1995
1996	Semi-final	5	3	1	2	7	8	Squad
1997	did not qualify
1998	Quarter-final	3	2	1	1	5	2	Squad
1999	Group stage	3	1	0	2	1	4	Squad
2000	Semi-final	3	2	2	2	9	13	Squad
2001	did not qualify
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2002	did not qualify
2003	did not qualify (Elite round)
2004
2005
2006	did not qualify
2007	did not qualify (Elite round)
2008
2009
2010	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4	Squad
2011	did not qualify (Elite round)
2012	did not qualify
2013
2014	did not qualify (Elite round)
2015	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	3	Squad
2016	did not qualify (Elite round)
2017
2018
2019	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	6	Squad
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [1] [2]
2021
2022	did not qualify
2023
2024
2025
	Total	14/18	63	35	10	18	102	65

Results and schedule

The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2024

Greece   v   Cyprus

17 September 2024 (2024-09-17) Friendly	Greece	1–2	Cyprus	Athens, Greece
12:00 EEST	Christopoulos 4'	Report	Avraam 45', 47'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium

Greece   v   Cyprus

19 September 2024 (2024-09-19) Friendly	Greece	2–2	Cyprus	Athens, Greece
12:00 EEST	Sidiropoulos 21', 37'	Report	Savva 33' Kontopoulos 90'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium

  Finland v Greece  

9 October 2024 (2024-10-09) Friendly	Finland	2–0	Greece	Tammela, Finland
15:00 EEST	Katz 26' (pen.) Palmula 41'	Report		Stadium: Jari Litmanen Areena Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)

  Finland v Greece  

11 October 2024 (2024-10-11) Friendly	Finland	2–0	Greece	Tammela, Finland
12:00 EEST	Rantasalmelle 71' Sirenin 89'	Report		Stadium: Jari Litmanen Areena Referee: Miika Pesonen (Finland)

  Romania v Greece  

13 November 2024 (2024-11-13) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Romania	0–3	Greece	Buftea, Romania
12:00 EET		Report	Krommydas 35', 59' Berdos 71'	Stadium: Football Centre FRF Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

Greece   v   Azerbaijan

16 November 2024 (2024-11-16) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Greece	3–0	Azerbaijan	Tunari, Romania
12:00 EET	Ioannou 47' Souvlatzis 59' Kapellas 71'	Report		Stadium: Tunari Stadium Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)

Greece   v   Hungary

19 November 2024 (2024-11-19) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Greece	2–2	Hungary	Tunari, Romania
12:00 EET	Siozios 11' Theocharis 48'	Report	Lakatos 31' Lavdas 45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tunari Stadium Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

2025

  Turkey v Greece  

14 January 2025 (2025-01-14) Friendly	Turkey	0–1	Greece	Istanbul, Turkey
12:00 EET		Report	Nempis 79'	Stadium: TFF Riva Facility Referee: Halil İbrahim Ekmekçi (Turkey)

  Turkey v Greece  

16 January 2025 (2025-01-16) Friendly	Turkey	3–3	Greece	Istanbul, Turkey
11:00 EET	Ertem 3' Çakmakkaya 30' Fırat 83'	Report	Tsiokos 12' Souvlatzis 63' Lompas 90+5'	Stadium: TFF Riva Facility Referee: Yusuf Burak Özyüzer (Turkey)

Greece   v   Slovenia

13 February 2025 (2025-02-13) Friendly tournament	Greece	3–2	Slovenia	Poreč, Croatia
13:15 EET	Berdos 26' (pen.) Nempis 38' Kalpakis 88'	Report	Husić 13' Videnovič 84'	Stadium: Sports Center Zelena Laguna

  Ukraine v Greece  

16 February 2025 (2025-02-16) Friendly tournament	Ukraine	4–2	Greece	Poreč, Croatia
16:00 EET	Menshykov 39' (pen.) Muradyan 43' Mokris 52' (o.g.) Gololobov 90+5'		Kyriazidis 6' Chaldezos 22'	Stadium: Sports Center Zelena Laguna

  Croatia v Greece  

19 February 2025 (2025-02-19) Friendly tournament	Croatia	1–0	Greece	Poreč, Croatia
13:15 EET	Benkotić 8'	Report		Stadium: Sports Center Zelena Laguna

Denmark   v   Greece

19 March 2025 (2025-03-19) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Denmark	3–1	Greece	Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, France
19:00 EET	Panduro 10' Al-Najar 65' Primpong 90'	Report	Souvlatzis 71'	Stadium: Plaine Des Sports Referee: Oguzhan Çakir (Turkey)

Greece   v   Finland

22 March 2025 (2025-03-22) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Greece	3–1	Finland	Dax, France
19:00 EET	Ioannou 33', 53' Nempis 57'	Report	Rantasalmi 11'	Stadium: Stade André Darrigade Referee: Rares Vidican (Romania)

Greece   v   France

25 March 2025 (2025-03-25) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Greece	1–5	France	Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, France
17:00 EET	Nempis 5'	Report	N'Guessan 9', 62' Azizi 59' Ameline 73' Kamara 88'	Stadium: Plaine Des Sports Referee: Oguzhan Çakir (Turkey)

  Armenia v Greece  

16 September 2025 (2025-09-16) Friendly	Armenia	1–3	Greece	Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 EET	Ervandyan 86'	Report	Chaldezos 26' Souvlatzis 68' Nempis 75'

  Armenia v Greece  

18 September 2025 (2025-09-18) Friendly	Armenia	v	Greece	Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 EET

Greece   v   Iceland

27 October 2025 (2025-10-27) 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Greece

v

Iceland

  Georgia v Greece  

30 October 2025 (2025-10-30) 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Georgia

v

Greece

Euro 2026 Under-17 Championship qualification

2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Group 14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Round 2 League A
2	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Georgia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Round 2 League B

First match(es) will be played: 24 October 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Honours

Greece national under-17 football team honours ^[3]

Type	Competition	Titles	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Ref.
International	UEFA European Under-17 Championship	0		1985	1991	[4]

•   record
• ^S Shared record

Players

Current squad

As of 17 September 2025

The following 24 players were called up for the friendly matches to be played on 16 and 18 September 2025. ^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Christos Gitonas	(2009-09-28) 28 September 2009 (age 15)	1	0	Panathinaikos U17
	1 GK	Odysseas Lazaridis	(2009-07-01) 1 July 2009 (age 16)	1	0	Atromitos U17
	1 GK	Georgios Nikolaidis	(2009-02-28) 28 February 2009 (age 16)	0	0	PAOK U17
	2 DF	Georgios Gousios	(2009-04-29) 29 April 2009 (age 16)	1	0	Olympiacos U17
	2 DF	Theodoros Kalpakis	(2009-01-12) 12 January 2009 (age 16)	7	1	PAOK U19
	2 DF	Giannis Psyroukis	(2009-04-07) 7 April 2009 (age 16)	1	0	PAOK U17
	2 DF	Lefteris Kontekas	(2009-02-26) 26 February 2009 (age 16)	1	0	OFI
	2 DF	Vasilios Lavdas	(2009-01-22) 22 January 2009 (age 16)	12	0	Panathinaikos U19
	2 DF	Aristarchos Tsalapatanakis		1	0	Olympiacos U17
	2 DF	Athanasios Filippiadis	(2009-02-16) 16 February 2009 (age 16)	1	0	AEK U19
	2 DF	Nikolaos Chaldezos	(2009-07-04) 4 July 2009 (age 16)	4	2	PAOK U17
	3 MF	Giannis Gkersos	(2009-02-02) 2 February 2009 (age 16)	1	0	PAOK U17
	3 MF	Panagiotis Seferlis	(2009-01-02) 2 January 2009 (age 16)	1	0	Olympiacos U17
	3 MF	Christoforos Lazaridis	(2009-02-20) 20 February 2009 (age 16)	1	0	PAOK U17
	3 MF	Alexandros Moysiadis	(2009-02-05) 5 February 2009 (age 16)	14	0	Olympiacos U17
	3 MF	Konstantinos Papadakis	(2009-04-27) 27 April 2009 (age 16)	1	0	Bayer Leverkusen U17
	3 MF	Sarafianos Papasarafianos	(2009-01-31) 31 January 2009 (age 16)	1	0	Aris Thessaloniki U17
	3 MF	Zacharias Petousis	(2009-05-07) 7 May 2009 (age 16)	0	0	Panathinaikos U17
	4 FW	Konstantinos Papageorgiou	(2009-04-15) 15 April 2009 (age 16)	1	0	Olympiacos U17
	4 FW	Gabriel Kodrasi	(2009-01-02) 2 January 2009 (age 16)	0	0	Asteras Tripolis U19
	4 FW	Marios Matera	(2009-01-17) 17 January 2009 (age 16)	4	0	PAOK U17
	4 FW	Iason Nempis	(2009-02-09) 9 February 2009 (age 16)	11	5	Panathinaikos U19
	4 FW	Vangelis Paliouras	(2009-02-22) 22 February 2009 (age 16)	0	0	Atromitos
	4 FW	Konstantinos Souvlatzis	(2009-08-31) 31 August 2009 (age 16)	13	4	PAOK U19

Former squads

• 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads – Greece
• 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads – Greece
• 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads – Greece

See also

• Greece national football team
• Greece national under-23 football team
• Greece national under-21 football team
• Greece national under-20 football team
• Greece national under-19 football team

References

1. "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
2. "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
3. "Hellenic Football Federation". epo.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
4. Bovi Diogo, Julio; Di Maggio, Roberto; Garin, Erik; King, Ian; Stokkermans, Karel (2 July 2025). "European U-16/U-17 Championship". rsssf.org. Online. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
5. "Κλήσεις Εθνικής Παίδων για φιλικά στην Αρμενία". epo.gr. Retrieved 8 September 2025.

External links

• Greece U-17 at HFF (in Greek)
• Greece U-17 at UEFA
• UEFA European U-17 Championship at uefa.com