Greece

Nothing would think that this country can win the European Cup. Being team championed the least, hit the Greek world success by becoming champions of Euro 2004 and made it the first time in the history of football.

Under the care of German coach Otto Rehhagel Greece managed to penetrate the qualifying session and the 2010 World Cup marks the second participation in the great four-yearly event was. Although the post-Euro 2004, 'King' Otto had lost the confidence of the public because the Greeks continued to fail to qualify slumped in 2006 World Cup and was eliminated in the first round of Euro 2008.

Games team nicknamed The Pirates Ship is not too bad in qualifying live. Greece successfully beat weak teams such as Luxembourg, Latvia and Moldova without penetration. But things turned around when he met a Swiss who led Giorgos Karagounis et al swallow his first defeat with a score of 2-1. Greece itself close to qualifying to sit on the 2nd position and won the league playoffs against Ukraine.

Otto Rehagel gait in Greece began nine years ago when he was appointed to replace Vassilis Daniill. The man who once led Kaiserlautern won the German League Cup will be undergoing World Cup debut in 2010. Thanks to his success brought Greece won Euro 2004 champion, Rehhagel was recognized for his achievement with the Greek national team since taking over in 2001.

Greece can count on the veteran defender who is now in uniform Liverpool, Sotirios Kyrgiakosl has the highest flight hours amongst his colleagues. Also there are still veteran Benfica midfielder, Giorgos Karagounis, as well as Greece and the skorer top kualifkasi session, Theofanis Gekas.

Data Team
Nickname: The Pirate Ship
Confederation: UEFA
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Captain: Giorgos Karagounis
Most caps: Zagorakis Theodoros (120)
Top Skorer: Nikos Anastopoulus (29)
World Cup appearances: 1994 & 2010
Achievements
- World Cup Winners: --
- European Champion: 2004
- Confederations Cup Winners: --

List Of Player
No	Pos	Nama Pemain	Umur	Caps	Gol	Asal Klub
1	GK	Alexandros Tzorvas	27	5	0	Panathinaikos
2	GK	Michalis Sifakis	25	1	1	Aris FC
3	DF	Giorkas Seitaridis	28	16	0	Panathinaikos
4	DF	Nikos Spiropoulos	26	16	0	Panathinaikos
5	DF	Vangelis Moras	28	9	0	Bologna
6	DF	Loukas Vyntra	28	26	0	Panathinaikos
7	DF	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	21	10	0	Genoa
8	DF	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	30	55	4	Liverpool
9	DF	Vasilis Torosidis	24	25	2	Olympiakos
10	DF	Avraam Papadopoulus	25	11	0	Olympiakos
11	MF	Angelos Basinas	33	100	4	Portsmouth
12	MF	Christos Patsatzoglou	30	41	1	Omonia
13	MF	Kostas Katsouranis	30	66	7	Panathinaikos
14	MF	Giorgios Karagounis	32	90	6	Panathinaikos
15	MF	Alexandros Tziolis	24	16	0	Panathinaikos
16	MF	Georgios Fotakis	28	1	0	PAOK
17	MF	Grigoris Makos	22	2	0	AEK Athens
18	MF	Sotiris Ninis	19	3	1	Pananthinaikos
19	FW	Georgios Samaras	24	31	5	Glasgow Celtic
20	FW	Angelos Charisteas	29	81	23	FC Nurnberg
21	FW	Dimitis Salpigidis	28	33	3	Panathinaikos
22	FW	Theofanis Gekas	29	45	20	Hertha Berlin
23	FW	Ioannis Amanatidis	28	35	3	Eintracht Frankfurt