page_title: Greece national football team
section_title: European Champions: Euro 2004 triumph
hierarchical_section_title: Greece national football team / History / European Champions: Euro 2004 triumph
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Der Griechische Fußballnationalmannschaft Europameister 2004 Español: Selección de fútbol de Grecia campeón d'Europa en 2004 Italiano: Formazione della Nazionale della Grecia campione d'Europa 2004 English: Lineup of the Greek national football team, European champions in 2004
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 line-up in Euro 2004
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