Greece national futsal team

Greece
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Ethniki (National)
Galanolefki (Sky blue-white)
Piratiko (Pirate Ship)
Association Hellenic Football Federation
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
FIFA code GRE
FIFA ranking 70 [1]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Russia 24–0 Greece 
(Moscow, Russia; 18 December 1998)
Biggest win
 Albania 4-13 Greece 
(Braga, Portugal; 7 November 2003)
Biggest defeat
 Russia 24–0 Greece 
(Moscow, Russia; 18 December 1998)
World Cup
Appearances 0
UEFA Futsal Championship
Appearances 0

The Greece national futsal team is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for futsal in Greece and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. The greatest achievememnt of the Greek national futsal team is the qualification to the second preliminary round of the European Championships of 2014. The coach of the team is Stefanos Soilemes since 2008. The players are chosen from the Greek Futsal Super League, the Futsal Championship of Greece. The last years there is a player, Konstantinos Panou who plays in Spain. As the team is in position number 70 of the Futsal World Ranking has to pass through both the first and the second preliminary round in order to play to a competition like World Cup or Euro.

Roster

  • Theofilou Dimitrios
  • Stolis Petros
  • Manos Antonis
  • Kondylatos Spyridon
  • Darlas Dimitrios
  • Konstantinou Ilias
  • Panou Konstantinos
  • Malovic Konstantinos
  • Karmis Dimitrios
  • Karavidas Dimitrios
  • Gritzalis Spyridon
  • Bardis Panagiotis
  • Asimakopoulos Vasilis
  • Katevtsian Petros
  • Papaefstratiou Stratis
  • Gkayfilias Apostolis

Coach

Coach of the team is Stefanos Soilemes since 2008. He is also the coach of the U-21 Greek national futsal team. Stefanos Soilemes was born in Germany and came to Greece in 1992. He was a futsal player from 1997 to 2007, playing in teams like Iniochos and Keratsini and from 2000 he was a member of the Greek national futsal team. In 2007 he was the assistant coach of Sergey Stulov in the team and he took over the team in 2008. From 2012 until today he is also the coach of the Beach Soccer national Greek team.

Competition history

The Greek national futsal team has not ever qualified for a major competition. The biggest achievement is the qualification to the second preliminary round of the European Championships of 2014. In this round the team played against Portugal, Serbia and Poland, having two defeats and one win against Poland.

UEFA Futsal Euro 2018

The team currently is getting trained for the first qualifying round of the Futsal Euro 2018. The Greek national team will play against Wales, Moldova and San Marino. The matches will take place in Wales on the end of January 2017 in Wales. The first of this group will play against Spain, Serbia and Poland in a group that will take place in Poland on March or April 2017. As a part of this preparation Greek national futsal team played against Bulgaria and Turkey in Chalkida in a tournament that took place in Chalkida, Greece in November 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Futsal World Ranking


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