Greece women's national football team
Appearance
Association | Hellenic Football Federation | |||
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
Head coach | Alexandros Katikaridis[1] | |||
Captain | Eleni Kakambouki | |||
Most caps | Natalia Chatzigiannidou (161)[2][3][4][5] | |||
Home stadium | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | |||
FIFA code | GRE | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
Current | 58 3 (13 December 2024)[6] | |||
Highest | 50 (September 2008) | |||
Lowest | 74 (September 2014) | |||
First international | ||||
Italy 6–0 Greece (Viterbo, Italy; 3 July 1991) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
Greece 14–0 Lebanon (Pegeia, Cyprus; 12 March 2015) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
Belgium 11–0 Greece (Leuven, Belgium; 13 September 2014) |
The Greece women's national football team represents Greece in international women's football. The only international tournament the team took place in were the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Automatically qualified as hosts, Greece lost all three matches in their group without scoring a goal.
Results and fixtures
[edit]- The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2024
[edit]25 February Friendly | Turkey | 1–2 | Greece | Manavgat, Turkey |
15:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Emirhan Sport Complex |
5 April UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying – Group C3 | Greece | 1–0 | Faroe Islands | Heraklion, Greece |
20:00 | Report | Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Rita Vehapi (Kosovo) |
9 April UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying – Group C3 | Andorra | 0–3 | Greece | Andorra la Vella, Andorra |
20:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Estadi Nacional Referee: Jurgita Mačikunytė (Lithuania) |
31 May UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying – Group C3 | Greece | 2–2 | Montenegro | Heraklion, Greece |
18:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Fatemeh Zangeneh (Norway) |
4 June UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying – Group C3 | Faroe Islands | 0–2 | Greece | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
18:45 | Report | Stadium: Tórsvøllur Referee: Laura Mauricio (Switzerland) |
12 July UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying – Group C3 | Greece | 6–0 | Andorra | Heraklion, Greece |
20:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Roxana Recorean (Romania) |
16 July UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying – Group C3 | Montenegro | 2–3 | Greece | Podgorica, Montenegro |
20:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Camp FSCG Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany) |
25 October UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs | Greece | 0–0 | Belgium | Heraklion, Greece |
19:00 | Report | Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Ainara Acevedo (Spain) |
29 October UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs | Belgium | 5–0 | Greece | Leuven, Belgium |
21:15 |
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Report | Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 5,812 Referee: Volha Blotskaya (Belarus |
28 November Friendly | Slovakia | 2–1 | Greece | Senec, Slovakia |
18:30 | Report | Spyridonidou 66' | Stadium: NTC Senec Referee: Milica Milovanović (Serbia) |
1 December Friendly | Slovakia | 1–2 | Greece | Senec, Slovakia |
14:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: NTC Senec Referee: Vesna Miletic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
2025
[edit]21 February 2025 UEFA Women's Nations – League B – Group 2 | Greece | v | Slovenia |
25 February 2025 UEFA Women's Nations – League B – Group 2 | Turkey | v | Greece |
Coaching staff
[edit]Current coaching staff
[edit]This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2021) |
Position | Name | Ref. |
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Head coach | Alexandros Katikaridis | [1] |
Assistant coach | Katerina Tsiapanou | [7] |
Goalkeeping coach | Lampros Spintzos |
Manager history
[edit]This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2021) |
- Xanthi Konstantinidou (2002–04)
- Vangelis Koutsakis (2011–14)[8][9]
- Dimosthenis Kavouras (2014–18)[10]
- Antonios Prionas (2018–20)[11][12]
- Georgios Kyriazis (2020–2023)[13][14][15][16]
- Alexandros Katikaridis (2023–present)
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- The following 26 players were named to the squad for the Friendly matches against Slovakia on 28 November and 1 December 2024.[17]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Zoi Nasi | 28 April 2000 | 13 | 0 | Panathinaikos | |
GK | Dimitra Giannakouli | 8 May 1998 | 13 | 0 | AEK | |
GK | Chrysa Grigoriadou | 21 April 1997 | 0 | 0 | Asteras Tripolis | |
DF | Anastasia Gkatsou | 13 October 1997 | 30 | 1 | Panathinaikos | |
DF | Maria Palama | 14 June 2000 | 35 | 0 | MTK | |
DF | Maria Kapnisi | 3 June 1999 | 10 | 1 | AEK | |
DF | Maria Paterna | 8 April 2000 | 26 | 0 | OFI | |
DF | Maria Gkouni | 26 September 2004 | 8 | 0 | PAOK | |
DF | Stela Kotsaki | 2 September 1997 | 15 | 0 | REA | |
DF | Maria Georgoula | 28 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | REA | |
DF | Fani Doiranli | 7 August 1998 | 4 | 0 | PAOK | |
MF | Chrysanthi Voila | 8 January 2002 | 1 | 0 | MTK | |
MF | Eleni Kakambouki (captain) | 10 May 1987 | 108 | 2 | PAOK | |
MF | Athanasia Moraitou | 2 April 1997 | 59 | 1 | Union Berlin | |
MF | Tatiana Georgiou | 4 January 1996 | 38 | 0 | AEK | |
MF | Eleni Stefatou | 18 June 1998 | 1 | 0 | AEK | |
MF | Eleni Saich | 9 February 2001 | 3 | 0 | Asteras Tripolis | |
MF | Νasia Peiou | 22 December 1996 | 1 | 0 | OFI | |
MF | Eleni Markou | 29 March 1995 | 69 | 9 | Union Berlin | |
FW | Dimitra Proxenou | 27 August 2001 | 2 | 0 | Asteras Tripolis | |
FW | Anastasia Spyridonidou | 11 June 1997 | 51 | 19 | Panathinaikos | |
FW | Vasiliki Giannaka | 13 October 2004 | 24 | 0 | Växjö | |
FW | Thomai Vardali | 9 January 1995 | 14 | 1 | PAOK | |
FW | Veatriki Sarri | 1 January 1998 | 53 | 9 | Everton | |
FW | Sophia Koggouli | 26 July 1991 | 79 | 23 | AEK | |
FW | Despoina Chatzinikolaou | 21 October 1999 | 16 | 1 | AEK |
Recent call-ups
[edit]- The following players have been called up to a Greece squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Panagiota Chatzicharistou | 14 November 2000 | 9 | 0 | Panathinaikos | v. Belgium, 29 October 2024 |
DF | Markella Koskeridou | 15 May 2000 | 4 | 0 | PAOK | v. Belgium, 29 October 2024 |
DF | Dimitra Karapetsa | 2 January 2000 | 5 | 0 | Aris Limassol | v. Belgium, 29 October 2024 |
DF | Chara Dimitriou | 12 April 1990 | 38 | 0 | Panathinaikos | v. Turkey, 25 February 2024 |
DF | Danai-Eleni Sidira | 14 January 1991 | 78 | 11 | OFI | v. Turkey, 25 February 2024 |
MF | Maria Mitkou | 11 April 1994 | 59 | 2 | PAOK | v. Belgium, 29 October 2024 |
MF | Androniki Michalopoulou | 11 June 1998 | 5 | 0 | Pogoń Szczecin | v. Belgium, 29 October 2024 |
MF | Athanasia Tsaroucha | 29 September 2005 | 0 | 0 | SC Sand | v. Belgium, 29 October 2024 |
MF | Georgia Chalatsogianni | 4 April 2005 | 9 | 0 | PAOK | v. Montenegro, 16 July 2024 |
MF | Konstantina Strantzali | 16 September 2001 | 10 | 0 | OFI | v. Montenegro, 16 July 2024 |
MF | Marianna Rapani | 29 May 2005 | 1 | 0 | Mercer Bears | v. Montenegro, 16 July 2024 |
MF | Danai Kaldaridou | 3 September 1997 | 14 | 0 | Sion | v. Turkey, 25 February 2024 |
FW | Ioanna Papatheodorou | 27 November 2003 | 3 | 0 | Washington Huskies | v. Belgium, 29 October 2024 |
FW | Antigoni Papadopoulou | 17 December 2003 | 10 | 3 | PAOK | v. Belgium, 29 October 2024 |
FW | Vasiliki Moskofidou | 22 June 1991 | 23 | 7 | REA | v. Belgium, 29 October 2024 |
FW | Grigoria Pouliou | 23 October 2000 | 20 | 3 | Panathinaikos | v. Belgium, 25 October 2024 INJ |
FW | Ioanna Chamalidou | 11 October 1996 | 19 | 0 | Panathinaikos | v. Andorra, 9 April 2024 |
FW | Ifigeneia Georgantzi | 17 October 2000 | 9 | 0 | Asteras Tripolis | v. Turkey, 25 February 2024 |
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury |
Captains
[edit]This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2024) |
- Evangelia Brisimi (??–2000)
- Maria Lazarou (2001–2003)
- Eftichia Michailidou (2002–2008)
- Natalia Chatzigiannidou (2003–2020)
- Eleni Kakambouki (2020–present)
Records
[edit]- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Most capped players[edit]
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Top goalscorers[edit]
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Competitive record
[edit]FIFA Women's World Cup
[edit]FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
1991 | Did not enter | UEFA Women's Euro 1991 | ||||||||||||||
1995 | Did not qualify | UEFA Women's Euro 1995 | ||||||||||||||
1999 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -10 | |||||||||
2003 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -12 | |||||||||
2007 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 28 | -26 | |||||||||
2011 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -9 | |||||||||
2015 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 49 | -43 | |||||||||
2019 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | |||||||||
2023 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 28 | −16 | |||||||||
2027 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51 | 12 | 2 | 37 | 54 | 148 | -110 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
[edit]Summer Olympics record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
1996 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2000 | ||||||||
2004 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
2008 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2012 | ||||||||
2016 | ||||||||
2020 | ||||||||
2024 | Unable to qualify | |||||||
2028 | To be determined | |||||||
2032 | ||||||||
Total | Group stage | 1/8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Championship
[edit]UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | P/R | Rnk | |
1984 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
1993 | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | – | |||||||||
1995 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | -14 | |||||||||||
1997 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | |||||||||||
2001 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | -7 | |||||||||||
2005 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | +17 | |||||||||||
2009 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 36 | -29 | |||||||||||
2013 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -13 | |||||||||||
2017 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -10 | |||||||||||
2022 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -15 | |||||||||||
2025 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | [a] | 36th | |||||||||
2029 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 68 | 18 | 12 | 38 | 83 | 159 | -76 | 36th |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Nations League
[edit]UEFA Women's Nations League record | ||||||||||||
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Year | League | Group | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rnk | |
2023–24 | B | 3 | 4th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 29th | ||
2025 | B | 2 | To be determined | |||||||||
Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 29th |
Promoted at end of season | |
No movement at end of season | |
Relegated at end of season | |
* | Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs |
See also
[edit]- Sport in Greece
- Football in Greece
- Women's football in Greece
- Football in Greece
- Greece women's national football team
- Greece women's national football team results
- List of Greece women's international footballers
- Greece women's national under-20 football team
- Greece women's national under-19 football team
- Greece women's national under-17 football team
- Greece men's national football team
Notes
[edit]- ^ From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Εθνική Ομάδα Γυναικών - Προπονητής". epo.gr. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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- ^ "Antonios Prionas". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
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- ^ "FIFA Women's Century Club" (PDF). FIFA. 2009-08-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in English and Greek)
- FIFA profile