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Greece have qualified for only four out of seventeen UEFA European Championships, but crowned themselves European champions in 2004. At Euro 2004 they beat hosts and heavily favored Portugal in the final, resulting in their first major tournament win.

Overall record

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	2	8
1964	Did not enter									Withdrew
1968	Did not qualify									5	2	1	2	7	8
1972										6	1	1	4	3	8
1976										6	2	3	1	12	9
1980	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	1	4		6	3	1	2	13	7
1984	Did not qualify									8	3	2	3	8	10
1988										8	4	1	3	12	13
1992										8	3	2	3	11	9
1996										10	6	0	4	23	9
2000										10	4	3	3	13	8
2004	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	7	4		8	6	0	2	8	4
2008	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	1	5		12	10	1	1	25	10
2012	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	5	7		10	7	3	0	14	5
2016	Did not qualify									10	1	3	6	7	14
2020										10	4	2	4	12	14
2024										10	5	2	3	19	8
2028	To be determined									To be determined
2032
Total	1 Title	4/17	16	5	3	8	14	20		129	61	26	42	189	144

Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Greece's European Championship record
First Match	Netherlands 1–0 Greece  (Naples, Italy; 11 June 1980)
Biggest Win	Portugal 1–2 Greece  (Porto, Portugal; 12 June 2004)  France 0–1 Greece  (Lisbon, Portugal; 25 June 2004)  Greece 1–0 Czech Republic  (Porto, Portugal; 1 July 2004)  Portugal 0–1 Greece  (Lisbon, Portugal; 4 July 2004)  Greece 1–0 Russia  (Warsaw, Poland; 16 June 2012)
Biggest Defeat	Greece 1–3 Czechoslovakia  (Rome, Italy; 14 June 1980)  Greece 0–2 Sweden  (Salzburg, Austria; 10 June 2008)  Germany 4–2 Greece  (Gdańsk, Poland; 22 June 2012)
Best Result	Champions at the 2004 UEFA European Championship
Worst Result	Group stage at the 1980 and 2008 UEFA European Championship

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	3	5
France	1	1	0	0	1	0
Germany	2	0	1	1	2	4
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	1
Poland	1	0	1	0	1	1
Portugal	2	2	0	0	3	1
Russia	3	1	0	2	2	3
Spain	2	0	1	1	2	3
Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	2
Total	16	5	3	8	14	20

Euro 1980

v t e Greece squad – UEFA Euro 1980
1 Konstantinou 2 Kyrastas 3 Iosifidis 4 Kapsis 5 Firos 6 Livathinos 7 Terzanidis 8 Nikoloudis 9 Ardizoglou 10 Galakos 11 Damanakis 12 Gounaris 13 Xanthopoulos 14 Koudas (c) 15 Mavros 16 Kouis 17 Ravousis 18 Nikolaou 19 Kostikos 20 Anastopoulos 21 Poupakis 22 Papafloratos Coach: Panagoulias

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to final
2	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3	Advance to third place play-off
3	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
4	Greece	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Netherlands	1–0	Greece
Kist 65' (pen.)	Report

Greece	1–3	Czechoslovakia
Anastopoulos 14'	Report	Panenka 6' Vízek 26' Nehoda 63'

Greece	0–0	West Germany
	Report

Euro 2004

v t e Greece squad – UEFA Euro 2004 winners (1st title)
1 Nikopolidis 2 Seitaridis 3 Venetidis 4 Dabizas 5 Dellas 6 Basinas 7 Zagorakis (c) 8 Giannakopoulos 9 Charisteas 10 Tsiartas 11 Nikolaidis 12 Chalkias 13 Katergiannakis 14 Fyssas 15 Vryzas 16 Kafes 17 Georgiadis 18 Goumas 19 Kapsis 20 Karagounis 21 Katsouranis 22 Papadopoulos 23 Lakis Coach: Rehhagel

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Greece	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Russia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

1. ^ Tied on head-to-head result (Greece 1–1 Spain) and overall goal difference (0). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.

Portugal	1–2	Greece
Ronaldo 90+3'	Report	Karagounis 7' Basinas 51' (pen.)

Greece	1–1	Spain
Charisteas 66'	Report	Morientes 28'

Russia	2–1	Greece
Kirichenko 2' Bulykin 17'	Report	Vryzas 43'

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

France	0–1	Greece
	Report	Charisteas 65'

Semi-finals

Greece	1–0 (a.e.t./s.g.)	Czech Republic
Dellas 105+1'	Report

Final

Portugal	0–1	Greece
	Report	Charisteas 57'

Euro 2008

v t e Greece squad – UEFA Euro 2008
1 Nikopolidis 2 Seitaridis 3 Patsatzoglou 4 Spyropoulos 5 Dellas 6 Basinas (c) 7 Samaras 8 Giannakopoulos 9 Charisteas 10 Karagounis 11 Vyntra 12 Chalkias 13 Tzorvas 14 Salpingidis 15 Torosidis 16 Kyrgiakos 17 Gekas 18 Goumas 19 Antzas 20 Amanatidis 21 Katsouranis 22 Tziolis 23 Liberopoulos Coach: Rehhagel

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Greece	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Greece	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Ibrahimović 67' Hansson 72'

Greece	0–1	Russia
	Report	Zyryanov 33'

Greece	1–2	Spain
Charisteas 42'	Report	De la Red 61' Güiza 88'

Euro 2012

v t e Greece squad – UEFA Euro 2012
1 Chalkias 2 Maniatis 3 Tzavellas 4 Malezas 5 K. Papadopoulos 6 Makos 7 Samaras 8 A. Papadopoulos 9 Liberopoulos 10 Karagounis (c) 11 Mitroglou 12 Tzorvas 13 Sifakis 14 Salpingidis 15 Torosidis 16 Fotakis 17 Gekas 18 Ninis 19 Papastathopoulos 20 Holebas 21 Katsouranis 22 Fortounis 23 Fetfatzidis Coach: Santos

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Greece	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Russia	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Poland (H)	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

1. ^ Head-to-head result: Greece 1–0 Russia.

Poland	1–1	Greece
Lewandowski 17'	Report	Salpingidis 51'

Greece	1–2	Czech Republic
Gekas 53'	Report	Jiráček 3' Pilař 6'

Greece	1–0	Russia
Karagounis 45+2'	Report

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Germany	4–2	Greece
Lahm 39' Khedira 61' Klose 68' Reus 74'	Report	Samaras 55' Salpingidis 89' (pen.)

Goalscorers

See also

• Greece at the FIFA Confederations Cup
• Greece at the FIFA World Cup

References

1. "Full-time Greece-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
2. "Full-time report Greece-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
3. "Full-time report Greece-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
4. "Full-time report Poland-Greece" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
5. "Full-time report Greece-Czech Republic" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
6. "Full-time report Greece-Russia" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
7. "Full-time report Germany-Greece" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

• Greece at the UEFA European Championship
• Countries at the UEFA European Championship