Greece national under-17 football team

Greece Under-17
Nickname(s)	Εθνική παίδων ; ("National team of Kids")
Association	Hellenic Football Federation
Head coach	Vasilis Papadakis
Captain	Aristidis Andrikopoulos
European Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1985)
Best result	Runners-up (1985)
Medal record
Men's football
UEFA European U17 Championship ; Formerly U-16 Championship

The Greece national under-17 football team is the Under-17 years of age team of the Greece national football team.

This team is for Greek players aged 17 or under at the start of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (From 1982 to 1997 it was an Under-16 event).

History

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
1982	did not qualify
1984	did not qualify
1985	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	8	5	Squad
1986	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	7	Squad
1987	Group stage	3	0	3	0	1	1	Squad
1988	did not qualify
1989	Group stage	3	0	2	1	4	5	Squad
1990	did not qualify
1991	Semi-final	3	2	2	1	7	2	Squad
1992	did not qualify
1993	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	5	Squad
1994	did not qualify
1995	did not qualify
1996	Semi-final	5	3	1	2	7	8	Squad
1997	did not qualify
1998	Quarter-final	3	2	1	1	5	2	Squad
1999	Group stage	3	1	0	2	1	4	Squad
2000	Semi-final	3	2	2	2	9	13	Squad
2001	did not qualify
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2002	did not qualify
2003	did not qualify (Elite round)
2004
2005
2006	did not qualify
2007	did not qualify (Elite round)
2008
2009
2010	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4	Squad
2011	did not qualify (Elite round)
2012	did not qualify
2013	did not qualify
2014	did not qualify (Elite round)
2015	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	3	Squad
2016	did not qualify (Elite round)
2017
2018
2019	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	6	Squad
~~2020~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[1]^[2]
~~2021~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[1]^[2]
2022	did not qualify
2023
2024
Total	14/18	63	35	10	18	102	65

Results and schedule

The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2024

15 February 2024 (2024-02-15) Friendly tournament	Turkey	3–1	Greece	Poreč, Croatia
12:30 13:30 (EEST)	Altundag 26' Özdemir 36' Sen 45'	Report	Karargyris 72'	Stadium: Sport Center Zelena Laguna

6 March 2024 (2024-03-06) 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Greece	0–2	Ukraine	Patras, Greece
14:00 EEST		Report	Redushko 75' Bogdanov 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Referee: Damian Kos (Poland)

9 March 2024 (2024-03-09) 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Greece	0–1	Slovakia	Patras, Greece
14:00 EEST		Report	Lusale 85'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Referee: Damian Kos (Poland)

12 March 2024 (2024-03-12) 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Switzerland	2–0	Greece	Patras, Greece
14:00 EEST	Kabashi 6' Rufener 60'	Report		Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz (Spain)

17 September 2024 (2024-09-17) Friendly	Greece	1–2	Cyprus	Athens, Greece
12:00 EEST	Christopoulos 4'	Report	Avraam 45', 47'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium

19 September 2024 (2024-09-19) Friendly	Greece	2–2	Cyprus	Athens, Greece
12:00 EEST	Sidiropoulos 21', 37'	Report	Savva 33' Kontopoulos 90'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium

9 October 2024 (2024-10-09) Friendly	Finland	2–0	Greece	Tammela, Finland
15:00 EEST	Katz 26' (pen.) Palmula 41'	Report		Stadium: Jari Litmanen Areena Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)

11 October 2024 (2024-10-11) Friendly	Finland	2–0	Greece	Tammela, Finland
12:00 EEST	Rantasalmelle 71' Sirenin 89'	Report		Stadium: Jari Litmanen Areena Referee: Miika Pesonen (Finland)

13 November 2024 (2024-11-13) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Romania	0–3	Greece	Buftea, Romania
12:00 EET		Report	Krommydas 35', 59' Berdos 71'	Stadium: Football Centre FRF Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

16 November 2024 (2024-11-16) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Greece	3–0	Azerbaijan	Tunari, Romania
12:00 EET	Ioannou 47' Souvlatzis 59' Kapellas 71'	Report		Stadium: Tunari Stadium Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)

19 November 2024 (2024-11-19) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Greece	2–2	Hungary	Tunari, Romania
12:00 EET	Siozios 11' Theocharis 48'	Report	Lakatos 31' Lavdas 45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tunari Stadium Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

2025

14 January 2025 (2025-01-14) Friendly	Turkey	0–1	Greece	Istanbul, Turkey
12:00 EET		Report	Nempis 79'	Stadium: TFF Riva Facility Referee: Halil İbrahim Ekmekçi (Turkey)

16 January 2025 (2025-01-16) Friendly	Turkey	3–3	Greece	Istanbul, Turkey
11:00 EET	Ertem 3' Çakmakkaya 30' Fırat 83'	Report	Tsiokos 12' Souvlatzis 63' Lompas 90+5'	Stadium: TFF Riva Facility Referee: Yusuf Burak Özyüzer (Turkey)

13 February 2025 (2025-02-13) Friendly tournament	Greece	3–2	Slovenia	Poreč, Croatia
13:15 EET	Berdos 26' (pen.) Nempis 38' Kalpakis 88'	Report	Husić 13' Videnovič 84'	Stadium: Sports Center Zelena Laguna

16 February 2025 (2025-02-16) Friendly tournament	Ukraine	v	Greece	Poreč, Croatia
16:00 EET				Stadium: Sports Center Zelena Laguna

19 February 2025 (2025-02-19) Friendly tournament	Croatia	v	Greece	Poreč, Croatia
13:15 EET				Stadium: Sports Center Zelena Laguna

19 March 2025 (2025-03-19) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Denmark	v	Greece
		Report

22 March 2025 (2025-03-22) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Greece	v	Finland
		Report

25 March 2025 (2025-03-25) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Greece	v	France
		Report

Euro 2025 Under-17 Championship qualification

2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Group A3

Pos	Team	Promotion
1	France (H)	Qualified for the final tournament and 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2	Greece	Possible Qualification for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup if among best 4 runners-up
3	Denmark
4	Finland

First match(es) will be played: 19 March 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Achievements

UEFA European Under-17 Championship

UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1985 – 2nd place
UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1991 – 3rd place
UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1996 – 4th place
UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 2000 – 4th place

Players

Current squad

As of 10 February 2025

The following 25 players were called up for the friendly tournament in Poreč, Croatia to be played between 13 and 19 February 2025.^[3]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Ioannis Kechlimparis	(2008-05-23) 23 May 2008 (age 16)	1	0	Stuttgart U17
1GK	Loukas Stamellos	(2008-03-28) 28 March 2008 (age 16)	6	0	Panathinaikos U17
1GK	Giannis Christodoulopoulos	(2008-01-07) 7 January 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Olympiacos U17

2DF	Angelos Vyntra	(2008-02-26) 26 February 2008 (age 16)	8	0	Panathinaikos U19
2DF	Giannis Gazis	(2008-11-12) 12 November 2008 (age 16)	6	0	Panathinaikos U17
2DF	Antonios Dimakopoulos	(2008-10-07) 7 October 2008 (age 16)	3	0	Panathinaikos U17
2DF	Theodoros Kalpakis	(2009-01-12) 12 January 2009 (age 16)	1	1	PAOK U17
2DF	Dimitrios Kyriazidis	(2008-07-13) 13 July 2008 (age 16)	1	0	PAOK U17
2DF	Vasilis Lavdas	(2009-01-22) 22 January 2009 (age 16)	8	0	Panathinaikos U17
2DF	Traianos Mokris	(2008-01-09) 9 January 2008 (age 17)	13	0	PAOK U17
2DF	Dimitrios Potouridis	(2008-03-05) 5 March 2008 (age 16)	0	0	Olympiacos U17
2DF	Georgios Siozios	(2009-02-11) 11 February 2009 (age 16)	10	1	Olympiacos U17

3MF	Konstantinos Theocharis	(2008-05-21) 21 May 2008 (age 16)	10	1	Panathinaikos U17
3MF	Stavros Ioannou	(2008-02-22) 22 February 2008 (age 16)	9	1	Panathinaikos U17
3MF	Maximos Lompas	(2008-06-08) 8 June 2008 (age 16)	2	1	Utrecht U17
3MF	Alexandros Moysiadis	(2009-02-05) 5 February 2009 (age 16)	8	0	Olympiacos U17
3MF	Leonidas Ilias Tsiokos	(2008-12-10) 10 December 2008 (age 16)	9	1	Eintracht Frankfurt U17
3MF	Emmanouil Chnaris	(2008-03-24) 24 March 2008 (age 16)	7	0	OFI
3MF	Grigoris Minasidis	(2008-08-08) 8 August 2008 (age 16)	5	0	Asteras Tripolis U17

4FW	Georgios Krommydas	(2008-07-10) 10 July 2008 (age 16)	8	2	PAOK U17
4FW	Marios Matera	(2009-01-17) 17 January 2009 (age 16)	1	0	PAOK U16
4FW	Dimitrios Berdos	(2008-05-27) 27 May 2008 (age 16)	14	2	PAOK U17
4FW	Iason Nempis	(2009-02-09) 9 February 2009 (age 16)	6	2	Panathinaikos U17
4FW	Konstantinos Souvlatzis	(2009-08-31) 31 August 2009 (age 15)	7	2	PAOK U17
4FW	Nikolaos Chaldezos	(2009-07-04) 4 July 2009 (age 15)	1	0	PAOK U17

Former squads

References

^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ "Εθνική Παίδων: 25 παίκτες σε τουρνουά στην Κροατία". epo.gr. Retrieved 12 February 2025.

External links

Greece U-17 at HFF (in Greek)
Greece U-17 at UEFA
UEFA European U-17 Championship at uefa.com

[2020_Cancellation-1] "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[2] "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[3] "Εθνική Παίδων: 25 παίκτες σε τουρνουά στην Κροατία". epo.gr. Retrieved 12 February 2025.

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