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This article provides details of international football games played by the Greece national football team from their inception in 1929 to 1959.[1]
The Greece national team was officially created in 1929, however, the first appearance of a Greece national team came 33 years earlier, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, where a Greece XI was beaten by a Denmark XI, either 0–9 or 0–15, at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome in a demonstration game.[2] Greece also participated in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, as the Athens City selection, which ended in another humiliation at the hands of the Danish, losing the final 0–9. Greece also participated in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris in 1919, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics of Antwerp (recognized as first official by FIFA).[3]
Between their first official match in 1929 and 1959, Greece played in 70 matches, resulting in 17 victories, 10 draws and 43 defeats.[4] Throughout this period they played in the Balkan Cup six times between 1929 and 1936 with their best result being a second-place in the 1934–35 edition. Greece also participated in three Mediterranean Cups in 1949, 1950-53 and 1953-58, with Greece never doing better than a second-place finish in the second edition.
Results
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Win | |
| Draw | |
| Defeat | |
1896 Olympic Games
| 12 April 1896 1896 Summer Olympics | Greece | 0–9 or 0–15 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:40 | Report | Stadium: Podilatodromio Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Prince George of Greece and Denmark (Greece) | ||
| Note: The International Olympic Committee does not acknowledge that football was played at the 1896 Olympics; however, there is incontrovertible evidence that this match was played as a demonstration sport. | ||||
1906 Intercalated Games
| 23 April 1906 1906 Intercalated Games semi-finals | Athens City | 5–0 | | Athens, Greece |
| Report | Stadium: Podilatodromio Referee: Carl Anderson (Denmark) |
| 24 April 1906 1906 Intercalated Games Final | Athens City | 0–9 | | Athens, Greece |
| Report | Stadium: Podilatodromio Referee: Goster Drake (Sweden) | |||
| Note: The Athens team withdrew from the final at half-time, because they were losing 0-9 at home and wanted to avoid further humiliation. | ||||
1919 Inter-Allied Games
| 25 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage | Italy | 9–0 | | Paris, France |
| Sardi Cevenini Santamaria Asti |
Report | Stadium: Stade Pershing |
| 26 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage | France | 11–0 | | Paris, France |
| Nicolas Rénier Dubly Darjeu Petit |
Report | Stadium: Stade Pershing |
| 28 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage | Greece | 3–2 | | Paris, France |
| ? |
Report | ? |
Stadium: Stade Pershing |
1920 Summer Olympics
| 28 August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics first round | Sweden | 9–0 | | Antwerp, Belgium |
| 17:30 | Olsson Karlsson Wicksell Dahl |
Report | Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Charles Barette (BEL) | |
| Note: Recognised by FIFA as Greece's first international game. Not recognised by the Hellenic Football Federation. | ||||
Greece national football team
1929
| 7 April 1929 Friendly | Greece | 1–4 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:30 | Nahmias |
Report | Volk Busini Tansini |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ferenc Kann (Hungary) |
| 30 June 1929 Friendly | Bulgaria | 1–1 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 18:00 | Staykov |
Report | G. Andrianopoulos |
Stadium: Levski Field Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia) |
1930
| 26 January 1930 1929–31 Balkan Cup | Greece | 2–1 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:30 (UTC+2:00) | G. Andrianopoulos D. Andrianopoulos |
Report | Vujadinović |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria) |
| 2 March 1930 Friendly | Italy B | 3–0 | | Naples, Italy |
| Ludueña Vojak |
Report | Stadium: Campo Vomero Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Adolf Miesz |
| 25 May 1930 1929–31 Balkan Cup | Romania | 8–1 | | Bucharest, Romania |
| 14:00 | Wetzer Vogl Raffinsky Dobay |
Report | V. Andrianopoulos |
Stadium: Stadionul Oficiul Naţional de Educaţie Fizică Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jovan Ružić (Yugoslavia) |
| 7 December 1930 1929–31 Balkan Cup | Greece | 6–1 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:00 (+2:00) | Tsolinas Messaris |
Report | Peshev |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jovan Ružić (Yugoslavia) |
1931
| 15 March 1931 1929–31 Balkan Cup | Yugoslavia | 4–1 | | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 15:00 | Hitrec Tomašević |
Report | Migiakis |
Stadium: Stadion Beogradski S.K. Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Costel Rădulescu (Romania) |
| 25 October 1931 1929–31 Balkan Cup | Bulgaria | 2–1 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 15:30 | Peshev Angelov |
Report | Kitsos |
Stadium: Yunak Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jovan Ružić (Yugoslavia) |
| 29 November 1931 1929–31 Balkan Cup | Greece | 2–4 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:00 | Angelakis |
Report | Bodola Sepi |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia) |
1932
| 27 March 1932 Friendly | Greece | 1–2 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:30 | Simeonidis |
Report | Panchev Angelov |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia) |
| 26 June 1932 1932 Balkan Cup | Yugoslavia | 7–1 | | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 17:30 | Tirnanić Glišović Zečević Živković Vujadinović |
Report | Kitsos |
Stadium: Beogradski SK Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Denis Xifando (Romania) |
| 28 June 1932 1932 Balkan Cup | Greece | 0–3 | | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 17:30 | Report | Ciolac Schwartz Bodola |
Stadium: Beogradski SK Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Stefan Chumpalov (Bulgaria) |
| 2 July 1932 1932 Balkan Cup | Bulgaria | 2–0 | | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 17:30 | Angelov Peshev |
Report | Stadium: Beogradski SK Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Radu Istrate (Romania) |
1933
| 3 June 1933 1933 Balkan Cup | Greece | 3–5 | | Bucharest, Romania |
| 17:00 | Simeonidis Raggos Pierrakos |
Report | Kodrnja Živković |
Stadium: Stadionul ONEF Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Denis Xifando (Romania) |
| 8 June 1933 1933 Balkan Cup | Romania | 1–0 | | Bucharest, Romania |
| 18:00 | Dobay |
Report | Stadium: Stadionul ONEF Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia) |
| 10 June 1933 1933 Balkan Cup | Bulgaria | 2–0 | | Bucharest, Romania |
| Todorov |
Report | Stadium: Stadionul ONEF Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania) |
1934
| 4 February 1934 Friendly | Greece | 1–0 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:00 | Danelian |
Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Stavros Hatzopoulos (Greece) |
| 25 March 1934 1934 FIFA World Cup qualifying | Italy | 4–0 | | Milan, Italy |
| 15:00 | Guarisi Meazza Ferrari |
Report | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 20,000 Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland) |
| 23 December 1934 1934–35 Balkan Cup | Greece | 2–1 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:00 | Vazos L. Andrianopoulos |
Report | Sekulić |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania) |
| 27 December 1934 1934–35 Balkan Cup | Greece | 2–2 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:00 | L. Andrianopoulos Choumis |
Report | Dobay Ciolac |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria) |
1935
| 1 January 1935 1934–35 Balkan Cup | Greece | 1–2 | | Athens, Greece |
| 13:30 | Vazos |
Report | Lozanov Panchev |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bora Vasiljević (Yugoslavia) |
| 16 June 1935 1935 Balkan Cup | Bulgaria | 5–2 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 17:30 | Peshev Angelov Lozanov |
Report | Choumis |
Stadium: Yunak Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania) |
| 21 June 1935 1935 Balkan Cup | Greece | 1–6 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 17:30 | Baltasis |
Report | Živković Marjanović Vujadinović Glišović |
Stadium: Yunak Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria) |
| 24 June 1935 1935 Balkan Cup | Greece | 2–2 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 16:00 | Choumis |
Report | Bodola Gruin |
Stadium: Levski Field Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria) |
1936
| 17 May 1936 1936 Balkan Cup | Romania | 5–2 | | Bucharest, Romania |
| 17:30 | Bodola Schwartz Dobay |
Report | Vazos Simeonidis |
Stadium: Stadionul Republicii Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany) |
| 21 May 1936 1936 Balkan Cup | Bulgaria | 5–4 | | Bucharest, Romania |
| 17:30 | Panchev Rafailov Angelov Lozanov |
Report | Migiakis Vikelidis Choumis |
Stadium: Stadionul Republicii Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany) |
1938
| 22 January 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification | Mandatory Palestine | 1–3 | | Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| 15:00 | Neufeld |
Report | Vikelidis Migiakis |
Stadium: Maccabiah Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mohammed Youssef (Egypt) |
| 20 February 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification | Greece | 1–0 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:30 | Vikelidis |
Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mika Popovic (Yugoslavia) |
| 25 March 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification | Hungary | 11–1 | | Budapest, Hungary |
| 15:00 | Zsengellér Titkos Vincze Nemes |
Report | Makris |
Stadium: Hungária körúti stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Denis Xifando (Romania) |
1948
| 23 April 1948 Friendly | Greece | 1–3 | | Athens, Greece |
| 16:30 | Vikelidis |
Report | Kırcan Küçükandonyadis Gülesin |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy) |
1949
| 15 May 1949 Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup 1949 | Greece | 1–2 | | Athens, Greece |
| 16:45 | Xenos |
Report | Kılıç Esel |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohammed Al Sayed (Egypt) |
| 18 May 1949 Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup 1949 | Greece | 1–3 | | Athens, Greece |
| 16:45 | Chatzistavridis |
Report | El-Sabbagh Hamdain |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Agostino Gamba (Italy) |
| 25 May 1949 Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup 1949 | Greece | 2–3 | | Athens, Greece |
| 16:45 | Stafylidis Xenos |
Report | Baldini Galassi |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohammed Al Sayed (Egypt) |
| 25 November 1949 Friendly | Greece | 8–0 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:15 | Papantoniou Vasileiadis Maropoulos Nembidis |
Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yiannis Tsitsis (Greece) |
1950
| 17 February 1950 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup | Egypt | 2–0 | | Cairo, Egypt |
| 15:30 | El-Attiyah |
Report | Stadium: Prince Farouk Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy) |
1951
| 8 April 1951 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup | Italy | 3–0 | | Palermo, Italy |
| 15:30 | Armano Ghiandi Galli |
Report | Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ismail Kassib (Egypt) |
| 14 October 1951 Mediterranean Games 1951 | Syria | 0–4 | | Alexandria, Egypt |
| Report | Lekatsas Mouratis |
Stadium: Muhammad Ali Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohammed Al-Sayed (Egypt) |
| 14 October 1951 Friendly | France | 1–0 | | Marseille, France |
| 15:00 | Jean Saunier |
Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome |
| 18 October 1951 Mediterranean Games 1951 | Egypt | 0–2 | | Alexandria, Egypt |
| Report | Kotridis Lekatsas |
Stadium: Muhammad Ali Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Al-Fauzi (Syria) |
| 25 November 1951 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup | Greece | 1–0 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:00 | Darivas |
Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Sulhi garan (Turkey) |
1952
| 29 February 1952 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup | Greece | 3–1 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:30 | Darivas |
Report | Sargın |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ferruccio Bellè (Italy) |
| 16 May 1952 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup | Turkey | 0–1 | | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Report | Papageorgiou |
Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Guido Agnolin (Italy) |
| 15 July 1952 Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics | Denmark | 2–1 | | Tampere, Finland |
| 19:00 | P.E. Petersen |
Report | Emmanouilidis |
Stadium: Ratina Stadium Attendance: 4,372 Referee: Waldemar Karni (Finland) |
| 25 July 1952 Unofficial friendly | Great Britain | 2–4 | | Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| Grierson Slater |
Report | Emmanouilidis Papageorgiou |
Stadium: Kaurialan kenttä Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Yrjö Kaivola (Finland) | |
| Note: Recognised by the Hellenic Football Federation. Not recognised by FIFA. | ||||
1953
| 26 April 1953 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup | Greece | 0–0 | | Athens, Greece |
| 16:30 | Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland) |
| 9 May 1953 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier | Yugoslavia | 1–0 | | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 15:30 | Matošić |
Report | Stadium: JNA Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria) |
| 18 October 1953 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup | Greece | 0–0 | | Athens, Greece |
| 16:30 | Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy) |
| 1 November 1953 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier | Greece | 1–0 | | Athens, Greece |
| 16:30 | Bebis |
Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Renzo Massai (Italy) |
1954
| 8 March 1954 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier | Israel | 0–2 | | Ramat Gan, Israel |
| 15:45 | Report | Kokkinakis Kamaras |
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Referee: Buchmüller (Switzerland) |
| 28 March 1954 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier | Greece | 0–1 | | Athens, Greece |
| 16:15 | Report | Veselinović |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Willy Rufli (Switzerland) |
| 7 November 1954 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup | Greece | 1–1 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:15 | Kouiroukidis |
Report | El-Dhizui |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia) |
1955
| 21 January 1955 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup | Egypt | 1–1 | | Cairo, Egypt |
| 15:00 | Report | Panakis |
Stadium: Prince Farouk Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Édouard Harzic (France) |
| 13 March 1955 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup | Spain B | 7–1 | | Madrid, Spain |
| 16:30 | Badenes Olmedo Maguregui |
Report | Emmanouilidis |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Maurice Frédéric Guigue (France) |
| 17 March 1955 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup | France B | 1–0 | | Marseille, France |
| Rosidis |
Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy) |
| 29 May 1955 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup | Greece | 0–0 | | Athens, Greece |
| 17:30 | Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Borče Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia) |
1956
| 22 April 1956 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup | Italy B | 7–1 | | Naples, Italy |
| Muccinelli Pozzan Brugola Grazena |
Report | Panakis |
Stadium: Stadio Vomero Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Louis Fauquemberghe (France) |
1957
| 13 March 1957 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup | Greece | 2–0 | | Athens, Greece |
| Yfantis Panakis |
Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy) |
| 5 May 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier | Greece | 0–0 | | Athens, Greece |
| 16:30 (UTC+2:00) | Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jacques Devillers (France) |
| 16 June 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier | Greece | 1–2 | | Athens, Greece |
| 17:30 (+2:00) | Panakis |
Report | A. Ene Ozon |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Édouard Harzic (France) |
| 5 October 1957 Friendly | Greece | 2–1 | | Athens, Greece |
| 16:00 (UTC+2:00) | Panakis Nestoridis |
Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Borče Nedelkovski (Yugoslovia) |
| 3 November 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier | Romania | 3–0 | | Bucharest, Romania |
| 14:45 (UTC+2:00) | Petschovsky Tătaru Cacoveanu |
Report | Stadium: Stadionul Național Attendance: 54,465 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France) |
| 10 November 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier | Yugoslavia | 4–1 | | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 14:00 (UTC+1:00) | Mujić Krstić Petaković |
Report | Nestoridis |
Stadium: JNA Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy) |
1958
| 1 October 1958 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying | France | 7–1 | | Paris, France |
| 20:30 (UTC+1:00) | Kopa Fontaine Cisowski Vincent |
Report | Yfantis |
Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 37,590 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) |
| 3 December 1958 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying | Greece | 1–1 | | Athens, Greece |
| 15:00 (UTC+2:00) | Marche |
Report | Bruey |
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy) |
1959
| 15 November 1959 Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics qualification | Yugoslavia | 4–0 | | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 14:00 (UTC+1:00) | Mujić Mihajlović Kostić |
Stadium: JNA Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Viktor Schicker (Switzerland) |
Head to head records
References
- ↑ "World Football Elo Ratings: Greece". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings.
- ↑ "Games of the I. Olympiad". RSSSF. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ↑ Alexander Mastrogiannopoulos (25 September 2004). "Greece - International Matches 1929-1938". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ↑ "Greece national football team results". football.eu. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
