page_title: Greece national football team
section_title: Most capped players
hierarchical_section_title: Greece national football team / Records / Most capped players
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Griechische Fußballnationalmannschaft vor dem freundschaftlichen Länderspiel gegen die Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft am 17. November 2010 im Wiener Ernst-Happel-Stadion (2:1) English: Greece national football team against the Austrian national football team (2:1)
context_page_description: The Greece national football team represents Greece in men's international football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece play most of their home matches in or near Athens, either in Athens at the Olympic Stadium in the Maroussi section of the city or in the port city of Piraeus at the Karaiskakis Stadium just outside Athens. Greece is one of only ten national teams to have been crowned UEFA European Champions.
  Greece had been mostly a small name in international football, and only from 1980s that experienced the first taste of football achievement, made their first appearance in a major tournament at UEFA Euro 1980 and although they did not make it through the group stage, their qualification to the then eight-team tournament gave them a position in the top eight European football nations that year. Greece did not qualify for another major tournament until the 1994 FIFA World Cup and after an undefeated qualifying campaign, they produced a poor performance in the final tournament, losing all three group matches without scoring.
caption: Greece's iconic midfielder and former captain Giorgos Karagounis is the most capped player in the history of the national team with 139 caps.
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