# Greece at the UEFA European Championship

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

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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1960 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 1964 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1968 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 1972 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 1976 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 1988 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 |
| 1992 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| 1996 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 9 |
| 2000 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 2020 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 |
| 2024 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 8 |
| 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2032 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 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
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

## Euro 2004
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head result (Greece 1–1 Spain) and overall goal difference (0). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.

### Knockout stage
#### Final
## Euro 2008
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

## Euro 2012
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Poland (H) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: Greece 1–0 Russia.

### Knockout stage
#### Quarter-finals
## Goalscorers

| Player | Goals | 1980 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
| Angelos Charisteas | 4 | | 3 | 1 | |
| Giorgos Karagounis | 2 | | 1 | | 1 |
| Dimitris Salpingidis | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Nikos Anastopoulos | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Angelos Basinas | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Traianos Dellas | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Theofanis Gekas | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Georgios Samaras | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Zisis Vryzas | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Total | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 |