European Football Championship 1980 / Greece

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This article covers the Greek national team at the 1980 European Football Championship .

qualification

Final table group 6

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. GreeceGreece Greece  6th  3  1  2 013: 700  +6 07: 50
 2. Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary  6th  2  2  2 009: 900  ± 0 06: 60
 3. FinlandFinland Finland  6th  2  2  2 010:150  −5 06: 60
 4th Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union  6th  1  3  2 007: 800  −1 05: 70

Game results

05/24/1978 Finland - Greece 3: 0 (1: 0)
09/20/1978 USSR - Greece 2: 0 (1: 0)
10/11/1978 Greece - Finland 8: 1 (5: 0)
October 29, 1978 Greece - Hungary 4: 1 (0: 0)
05/02/1979 Hungary - Greece 0-0
09/12/1979 Greece - USSR 1: 0 (1: 0)

The Greek contingent

Number / name former club birthday
goalkeeper
01 Vasilios Konstantinou Panathinaikos Athens 11/19/1947
21st Eleftherios Poupakis OFI Crete 12/28/1946
22nd Stelios Papafloratos Aris Thessaloniki 01/27/1954
Defense
02 Ioannis Kirastas Olympiacos Piraeus 10/25/1952
03 Konstantinos Iosifidis PAOK Thessaloniki 01/14/1952
04th Anthimos Kapsis Panathinaikos Athens 09/03/1950
05 Georgios Firos Aris Thessaloniki 11/08/1950
12 Ioannis Gounaris PAOK Thessaloniki 07/06/1952
17th Petros Ravoussis AEK Athens 10/01/1954
18th Pantelis Nikolaou AEK Athens 07/17/1949
midfield
06th Spyros Livathinos Panathinaikos Athens 01/08/1955
07th Christos Terzanidis Panathinaikos Athens 02/13/1945
08th Takis Nikoloudis Olympiacos Piraeus 08/26/1951
11 Ioannis Damanakis PAOK Thessaloniki 10/02/1952
14th Georgios Koudas PAOK Thessaloniki 11/23/1946
16 Konstantinos Kouis Aris Thessaloniki 06/05/1955
attack
09 Christos Ardizoglou AEK Athens 03/25/1953
10 Maik Galakos Olympiacos Piraeus 11/23/1951
13 Charalambos Xanthopoulos Iraklis Thessaloniki 08/29/1956
15th Thomas Mavros AEK Athens March 31, 1954
19th Georgios Kostikos PAOK Thessaloniki 04/26/1958
20th Nikolaos Anastopoulos Panionios Athens 01/22/1958
Trainer
Alketas Panagoulias

Finals

Group 1

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany  3  2  1  0 004: 200  +2 05: 10
 2. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia  3  1  1  1 004: 300  +1 03: 30
 3. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  3  1  1  1 004: 400  ± 0 03: 30
 4th GreeceGreece Greece  3  0  1  2 001: 400  −3 01: 50
For placement 2 and 3, the better goal difference from all group matches is decisive.
June 11, 1980 in Naples (Stadio San Paolo)
Greece - Netherlands 0: 1 (0: 0)
June 14, 1980 in Rome (Stadio Olimpico)
Czechoslovakia - Greece 3: 1 (2: 1)
June 17, 1980 in Turin (Stadio Comunale)
BR Germany - Greece 0-0

In the first group game, the Greeks faced the Netherlands. After a penalty goal from Kist in the 65th minute, the Greeks could not go further and lost the game. The second group game against Czechoslovakia was also lost. Despite the brief equalization to 1: 1 by Anastopoulos, the Greeks lost 3-1 to goals from Vizek and Nehoda. In the third group game, already eliminated, the southern Europeans could look forward to a draw against eventual European champions Germany.

Greek goal scorers

Surname society Gates
1 Nikolaos Anastopoulos Panionios Athens 1