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Greece national team. UEFA (Europe). Nickname: Εθνική (‘Ethniki’ [National]). Home jersey: white, with blue trim.
-Greece is in Group C (with Colombia, Ivory Coast, and Japan) ‘2014 FIFA World Cup Group C‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification: 3rd qualification out of 18 possible tries (1930, did not enter ; 1950, did not enter). Greece has qualified for the World Cup in: 1994, 2010, 2014.
Previous WC: 2010, Group Stage / 1-0-2.
Population of Greece: 10.8 million {2011 census}. Capital and largest city: Athens, pop. 3.7 million (metro-area pop.) {2011 census}.
-Greece coach, Fernando Santos. Fernando Santos.
-Greece squad captain, Giorgos Karagounis. Giorgos Karagounis.
Below: Theoretical Best XI for Greece (with 3 other player-options further below) -
Photo and Image credits above -
Greece home jersey badge, photo from
Greece 2012-14 home jersey, photo from pjwapparel.com/2012-2014-Greece-Home-Jersey.
Greece/EU map, by NuclearVacuum at ‘File:EU-Greece.svg‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Greece map by Lencer at ‘File:Greece location map.svg‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Coach,
Fernando Santos, photo unattributed at standard.co.uk/sport/football/secret-of-greek-success—–smoking.
Goalkeeper,
Orestis Karnezis (Udinese/Granada), photo by Vladimir Rys/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Defenders,
Vasilis Torosidis (Roma), photo by Warrenfish at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vasilis_Torosidis_MLS_AllStar_2013.jpg.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund), photo by Reuters via sports.terra.com.
Dimitris Siovas (Olympiacos), photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
José Holebas (Olympiacos), photo by AFP/Getty Images via uefa.com.
Midfielders,
Giannis Maniatis (Olympiacos), photo unattributed at redarchivesblog.blogspot.com.
Giorgos Karagounis (Fulham), photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Alexandros Tziolis (PAOK/Kayserispor), photo by kayserispor.org.tr.
Forwards, attacking MFs,
Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK), photo from gazzetta.gr/sites/default.
Konstantinos Mitroglou (Fulham), photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Georgios Samaras (Celtic), photo by Getty Images/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Other player-options,
Loukas Vyntra DF/CB/RB (Levante), photo by Manuel Queimadelos Alonso/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Andreas Samaris MF/CM (Olympiacos), photo unattributed at greekbulldog.blogspot.com.
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos LW/AMF/RW (Bologna), photo by Getty Images via goal.com/it/news/2/serie-a.
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Thanks to the contributors at ‘2014 FIFA World Cup qualification‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Thanks to the contributors at ‘Greece national football team‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Thanks to http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/, for player-position details.
Thanks to Soccerway.com, for recent squad line-ups (with positions-on-the-field graphics), at int.soccerway.com/international/europe/wc-qualifying-europe/2014-brazil/1st-round/r15653/.
