The Greece national football team is the national football team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation. They are the reigning European Champions and the current Unofficial Football World Champions.

Greece’s first appearance in a major tournament was Euro 1980, but their first win did not come until the first match of Euro 2004, a 2-1 win over the hosts Portugal. Greece went on to win the tournament, stunning defending champions France in the quarterfinals and the heavily favoured Czech Republic in the semifinals before beating Portugal for a second time, 1-0, in the final. Bookmakers were giving odds of about 80-1 to 150-1 for the Greeks before the tournament.

In the Qualification Round,Greece got the first place over Turkey in Group C.And now they will struggle in Group D against Sweeden, Russia and Spania.First match will be 10 June 2008 at 20:45 against Sweeden, on EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim - Salzburg stadium.

Greece Team Squad

Goalkeepers: Konstantinos Chalkias, Antonios Nikopolidis

Defenders: Georgios Anatolakis,Paraskevas Antzas, Traianos Dellas, Panagiotis Fyssas, Ioannis Goumas, Michalis Kapsis, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Christos Patsatzoglou, Giourkas Seitaridis, Nikos Spiropoulos, Vassilis Torosidis, Loukas Vintra

Midfielders: Angelos Basinas, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Pantelis Kafes, Georgios Karagounis, Konstantinos Katsouranis, Panagiotis Lagos, Alexandros Tziolis, Theodoros Zagorakis

Forwards: Ioannis Amanatidis,Angelos Charisteas, Theofanis Gekas, Nikolaos Liberopoulos, Evangelos Mantzios, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Dimitrios Salpingidis, Georgios Samaras

Otto Rehhagel - Manager Of Greece National Football Team in Euro 2008

Otto Rehhagel (born August 9, 1938 in Essen) is a German football coach and former football player. With Helmut Schön, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Udo Lattek and Hennes Weisweiler, he is one of the most successful German managers ever. He is currently manager of the Greece national football team, having led them to a shock European Championship title in 2004.

Rehhagel is the only person who, as player and as manager, has participated in over 1000 Bundesliga-matches. This also explains his nickname Kind der Bundesliga (child of the Bundesliga). In the Bundesliga, he holds the records for the most victories (387), most draws (205), most losses (228), and his teams have scored the most goals (1473) and conceded more (1142) than any others.

Rehhagel played for the local club Rot-Weiss Essen (1960–63), after the start of the Bundesliga for Hertha Berlin (1963–65), and until 1972 for Kaiserslautern. He played 201 games in the Bundesliga. As a player, Rehhagel was known as a tough-as-nails defender.

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Greece National Football Team [Wiki]

Otto Rehhagel [Wiki]