Greek national football team (U-20 men)
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
1977 | not qualified |
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1989 | |
1991 | |
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2009 | |
2011 | |
2013 | Round of 16 |
2015 | not qualified |
2017 | |
2019 |