Greek national football team (U-20 men)

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Greece
Nickname (s) Εθνική Ελπίδων
(English National team of Hopes , German about Nationales Hoffnungs-Team )
Association Elliniki Podosferiki Omospondia
confederacy UEFA
Head coach Kostas Tsanas
captain Kostas Stafylidis
FIFA code GRE
(As of June 17, 2014)

The Greek U-20 national soccer team is a selection team of Greek soccer players. It is subject to the Elliniki Podosferiki Omospondia and represents it internationally at U-20 level , for example in friendly matches against the teams of other national associations or at the U-20 World Cup .

The team has only participated once in the finals of a U-20 World Cup; Since the U-19 national team was runner-up in the U-19 European Championship in 2012 , the U-20 team qualified for the 2013 World Cup in Turkey , where they only beat Uzbekistan 3-1 in the round of 16 (1 : 1) retired.

Participation in U20 soccer world championships

TunisiaTunisia 1977 not qualified
JapanJapan 1979
AustraliaAustralia 1981
MexicoMexico 1983
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 1985
ChileChile 1987
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia 1989
PortugalPortugal 1991
AustraliaAustralia 1993
QatarQatar 1995
MalaysiaMalaysia 1997
NigeriaNigeria 1999
ArgentinaArgentina 2001
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 2003
NetherlandsNetherlands 2005
CanadaCanada 2007
EgyptEgypt 2009
ColombiaColombia 2011
TurkeyTurkey 2013 Round of 16
New ZealandNew Zealand 2015 not qualified
Korea SouthSouth Korea 2017
PolandPoland 2019

See also