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:Greece at the UEFA European Championship

{{Short description|International football delegation}}

Greece have qualified for only four out of seventeen UEFA European Championships, but crowned themselves European champions in 2004. At Euro 2004 they beat hosts and heavily favored Portugal in the final, resulting in their first major tournament win.

Overall record

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style="color:white;"

! style="background:#005DAA;" colspan=9|UEFA European Championship record

! style="width:1%; background:#005DAA;" rowspan="30"|

! style="background:#005DAA;" colspan=7|Qualification record

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! style="width:60px; background:#005DAA;"|Year

! style="width:60px; background:#005DAA;"|Round

! style="width:60px; background:#005DAA;"|Position

! style="width:20px; background:#005DAA;"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

! style="width:20px; background:#005DAA;"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! style="width:20px; background:#005DAA;"|{{Tooltip|D*|Drawn}}

! style="width:20px; background:#005DAA;"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! style="width:20px; background:#005DAA;"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

! style="width:20px; background:#005DAA;"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

! style="width:20px; background:#005DAA;"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

! style="width:20px; background:#005DAA;"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! style="width:20px; background:#005DAA;"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

! style="width:20px; background:#005DAA;"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! style="width:20px; background:#005DAA;"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

! style="width:20px; background:#005DAA;"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

{{flagicon|France}} 1960

|colspan=8|Did not qualify

|2

|0

|1

|1

|2

|8

{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} 1964

|colspan=8|Did not enter

|colspan=6|Withdrew

{{flagicon|Italy}} 1968

|colspan=8 rowspan=3|Did not qualify

|5

|2

|1

|2

|7

|8

{{flagicon|Belgium}} 1972

|6

|1

|1

|4

|3

|8

{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} 1976

|6

|2

|3

|1

|12

|9

{{flagicon|Italy}} 1980

|Group stage

|8th

|3

|0

|1

|2

|1

|4

|6

|3

|1

|2

|13

|7

{{flagicon|France|1974}} 1984

|colspan=8 rowspan=5|Did not qualify

|8

|3

|2

|3

|8

|10

{{flagicon|West Germany}} 1988

|8

|4

|1

|3

|12

|13

{{flagicon|Sweden}} 1992

|8

|3

|2

|3

|11

|9

{{flagicon|England}} 1996

|10

|6

|0

|4

|23

|9

{{flagicon|Belgium}} {{flagicon|Netherlands}} 2000

|10

|4

|3

|3

|13

|8

style="background:Gold;"

|{{flagicon|Portugal}} 2004

|Champions

|1st

|6

|4

|1

|1

|7

|4

|8

|6

|0

|2

|8

|4

{{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} 2008

|Group stage

|16th

|3

|0

|0

|3

|1

|5

|12

|10

|1

|1

|25

|10

{{flagicon|Poland}} {{flagicon|Ukraine}} 2012

|Quarter-finals

|7th

|4

|1

|1

|2

|5

|7

|10

|7

|3

|0

|14

|5

{{flagicon|France|1974}} 2016

|colspan=8 rowspan=3|Did not qualify

|10

|1

|3

|6

|7

|14

{{flagicon|Europe}} 2020

|10

|4

|2

|4

|12

|14

{{flagicon|Germany}} 2024

|10

523198
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} 2028

|colspan=8 rowspan=2|To be determined

|colspan=6 rowspan=2|To be determined

{{flagicon|Italy}} {{flagicon|Turkey}} 2032
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!style="background:#005DAA;"|Total

!style="background:#005DAA;"|1 Title

!style="background:#005DAA;"|4/17

!style="background:#005DAA;"|16

!style="background:#005DAA;"|5

!style="background:#005DAA;"|3

!style="background:#005DAA;"|8

!style="background:#005DAA;"|14

!style="background:#005DAA;"|20

!style="background:#005DAA;"|129

!style="background:#005DAA;"|61

!style="background:#005DAA;"|26

!style="background:#005DAA;"|42

!style="background:#005DAA;"|189

!style="background:#005DAA;"|144

:* Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

File:POR-GRE 2004-07-04.svg, where Greece defeated hosts Portugal 1–0.]]

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!style="background:#005DAA; width:20%;" colspan="9"|Greece's European Championship record

width=10%|First Match

|width=23%|{{center|1={{fb|NED}} 1–0 {{fb-rt|GRE}}
(Naples, Italy; 11 June 1980)}}

width=10%|Biggest Win

|width=23%|{{center|1={{fb|POR}} 1–2 {{fb-rt|GRE}}
(Porto, Portugal; 12 June 2004)
{{fb|FRA|1974}} 0–1 {{fb-rt|GRE}}
(Lisbon, Portugal; 25 June 2004)
{{fb|GRE}} 1–0 {{fb-rt|CZE}}
(Porto, Portugal; 1 July 2004)
{{fb|POR}} 0–1 {{fb-rt|GRE}}
(Lisbon, Portugal; 4 July 2004)
{{fb|GRE}} 1–0 {{fb-rt|RUS}}
(Warsaw, Poland; 16 June 2012)}}

width=10%|Biggest Defeat

|width=23%|{{center|1={{fb|GRE}} 1–3 {{fb-rt|TCH}}
(Rome, Italy; 14 June 1980)
{{fb|GRE}} 0–2 {{fb-rt|SWE}}
(Salzburg, Austria; 10 June 2008)
{{fb|GER}} 4–2 {{fb-rt|GRE}}
(Gdańsk, Poland; 22 June 2012)}}

width=10%|Best Result

|width=23%|{{center|Champions at the 2004 UEFA European Championship}}

width=10%|Worst Result

|width=23%|{{center|1=Group stage at the 1980 and 2008 UEFA European Championship}}

Head-to-head record

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width="30" |Opponent

! width="30" |{{Tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

! width="30" |{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}}

! width="30" |{{Tooltip|D|Matches drawn, including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out}}

! width="30" |{{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

! width="30" |{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

! width="30" |{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

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|align="left"|{{fb|Czech Republic}}

310235
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|align="left"|{{fb|France}}

110010
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|align="left"|{{fb|Germany}}

201124
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|align="left"|{{fb|Netherlands}}

100101
bgcolor=#FFFFCC

|align="left"|{{fb|Poland}}

101011
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|align="left"|{{fb|Portugal}}

220031
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|align="left"|{{fb|Russia}}

310223
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|align="left"|{{fb|Spain}}

201123
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|align="left"|{{fb|Sweden}}

100102
Total165381420

Euro 1980

{{main|UEFA Euro 1980}}

{{Greece squad UEFA Euro 1980}}

=Group stage=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1}}

{{:UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1|transcludesection=standings|showteam=GRE}}

{{:UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1|transcludesection=1-2}}

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{{:UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1|transcludesection=1-4}}

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{{:UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1|transcludesection=1-6}}

Euro 2004

{{main|UEFA Euro 2004}}

{{Greece squad UEFA Euro 2004}}

=Group stage=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2004 Group A}}

{{:UEFA Euro 2004 Group A|transcludesection=standings|showteam=GRE}}

{{:UEFA Euro 2004 Group A|transcludesection=a1}}

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{{:UEFA Euro 2004 Group A|transcludesection=a3}}

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{{:UEFA Euro 2004 Group A|transcludesection=a6}}

=Knockout stage=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2004 knockout stage}}

;Quarter-finals

{{#lst:UEFA Euro 2004 knockout stage|qf2}}

;Semi-finals

{{#lst:UEFA Euro 2004 knockout stage|sf2}}

;Final

{{main|UEFA Euro 2004 final}}

{{#lst:UEFA Euro 2004 final|final}}

Euro 2008

{{main|UEFA Euro 2008}}

{{Greece squad UEFA Euro 2008}}

=Group stage=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2008 Group D}}

{{:UEFA Euro 2008 Group D|transcludesection=standings|showteam=GRE}}

{{:UEFA Euro 2008 Group D|transcludesection=d2}}

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{{:UEFA Euro 2008 Group D|transcludesection=d4}}

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{{:UEFA Euro 2008 Group D|transcludesection=d5}}

Euro 2012

{{main|UEFA Euro 2012}}

{{Greece squad UEFA Euro 2012}}

=Group stage=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2012 Group A}}

{{:UEFA Euro 2012 Group A|transcludesection=standings|showteam=GRE}}

{{:UEFA Euro 2012 Group A|transcludesection=a1}}

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{{:UEFA Euro 2012 Group A|transcludesection=a3}}

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{{:UEFA Euro 2012 Group A|transcludesection=a6}}

=Knockout stage=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2012 knockout stage}}

;Quarter-finals

{{#lst:UEFA Euro 2012 knockout stage|qf2}}

Goalscorers

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! Player

! Goals

! 1980

! 2004

! 2008

! 2012

align="left"| {{sortname|Angelos|Charisteas}}

! 4

|

31
align="left"| {{sortname|Giorgos|Karagounis}}

! 2

|

11
align="left"| {{sortname|Dimitris|Salpingidis}}

! 2

|

2
align="left"| {{sortname|Nikos|Anastopoulos}}

! 1

| 1

align="left"| {{sortname|Angelos|Basinas}}

! 1

|

1
align="left"| {{sortname|Traianos|Dellas}}

! 1

|

1
align="left"| {{sortname|Theofanis|Gekas}}

! 1

|

1
align="left"| {{sortname|Georgios|Samaras}}

! 1

|

1
align="left"| {{sortname|Zisis|Vryzas}}

! 1

|

1
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! Total

! 14

! 1 !! 7 !! 1 !! 5

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Greece national football team}}

{{UEFA Euro Countries}}

Category:Countries at the UEFA European Championship