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Greece
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Ethniki (National)
Galanolefki (Blue-white)
AssociationHellenic Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachStefanos Soilemes
Most capsTheophilos Triantafyllidis (59)
Top scorerTheophilos Triantafyllidis (30)
FIFA codeGRE
BSWW ranking50 Decrease (8 May 2023)[1]
First colours
Second colours
Biggest win
 Greece 9–1 Andorra 
(Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy; 10 July 2009)
 Greece 9–1 Algeria 
(Pescara, Italy; 5 June 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Russia 9–0 Greece 
(Moscow, Russia; 28 July 2017)

The Greece national beach soccer team represents Greece in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the HFF, the governing body for football in Greece.

Results and fixtures

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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

9 September 2023 (2023-09-09) 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games  France 8–1 Greece  Heraklion, Greece
12:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Karteros Beach Sports Center
Referee: Wilson Castanheira (Portugal)
10 September 2023 (2023-09-10) 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games Greece  3–11  Morocco Heraklion, Greece
16:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Karteros Beach Sports Center
Referee: Wilson Castanheira (Portugal)
11 September 2023 (2023-09-11) 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games Greece  1–5  Spain Heraklion, Greece
17:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Karteros Beach Sports Center
Referee: Hany Eleraky (Egypt)
19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) 2023 Euro Beach Soccer League – Division A – Group A Greece  2–5  Italy Alghero, Italy
19:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Main pitch
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)
20 September 2023 (2023-09-20) 2023 Euro Beach Soccer League – Division A – Group A  Belarus 7–2 Greece  Alghero, Italy
12:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Main pitch
Referee: Dario Minder (Switzerland)
21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 2023 Euro Beach Soccer League – Division A – Group A  Moldova 5–3 Greece  Alghero, Italy
16:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Pitch 2
Referee: Mehdi Sayoud (Belgium)
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) 2023 Euro Beach Soccer League – Division A – Relegation play-offs Greece  2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		  Moldova Alghero, Italy
16:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Pitch 2
Referee: Moreno Francesco Longo (Italy)
23 September 2023 (2023-09-23) 2023 Euro Beach Soccer League – Division A – Relegation play-offs  Azerbaijan 6–3 Greece  Alghero, Italy
16:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Pitch 2
Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (Italy)
24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) 2023 Euro Beach Soccer League – Division A – Relegation play-offs  France 3–2 Greece  Alghero, Italy
 Report
Stadium: Main Pitch
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)

2024

3 July 2024 (2024-07-03) 2024 Euro Beach Soccer League – Division B  Norway 0–4 Greece  Pisa, Italy
11:00 UTC+03:00 Report
Stadium: Italian Olympic Center
Referee: Sergio Romero (Switzerland)
6 July 2024 (2024-07-06) 2024 Euro Beach Soccer League – Division B Greece  7–4  Malta Pisa, Italy
11:00 UTC+03:00
Report
Stadium: Italian Olympic Center
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)

Current squad

As of 7 July 2024

The following players were named in the squad for the 2024 Euro Beach Soccer League, to be played 2 to 7 July 2024.[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Lamion Letso (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 32) 15 0 Greece AO Kefallinia
2 2DF Michail Lympousis (1993-01-14) 14 January 1993 (age 31) 30 7 Greece AO Atlas
3 2DF Dimitrios Paloumpis (2003-02-25) 25 February 2003 (age 21) 24 1 Greece Napoli Patron
4 2DF Theodoros Karmokolias (1999-11-19) 19 November 1999 (age 25) 9 0 Greece Panachaiki
5 2DF Georgios Karakasis (1987-08-27) 27 August 1987 (age 37) 30 5 Greece AO Kefallinia
6 4FW Konstantinos Koukovinis (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997 (age 27) 20 2 Greece AO Kefallinia
7 4FW Andreas Katsoulis (1993-08-25) 25 August 1993 (age 31) 30 26 Greece AO Kefallinia
8 4FW Dimitrios Alexandros Mikelatos (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 (age 36) 25 19 Greece Panachaiki
9 4FW Konstantinos Tsitsaris (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 31) 28 14 Greece AO Atlas
10 4FW Theofilos Triantafyllidis (captain) (1974-10-26) 26 October 1974 (age 50) 36 3 Greece AO Kefallinia
11 4FW Ioannis Skourtas (2003-12-20) 20 December 2003 (age 21) 23 11 Greece Napoli Patron
12 1GK Adam Tsekouras (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 (age 22) 27 1 Greece Panachaiki

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification (UEFA) record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
Brazil 2005 did not qualify No qualification matches
Brazil 2006
Brazil 2007
France 2008 Quarterfinals – 5 2 0 3 13 17 -4
United Arab Emirates 2009 Group stage – 2 0 0 2 8 12 -6
Italy 2011 Round of 16 – 4 2 0 2 22 21 +1
French Polynesia 2013 Round of 16 – 4 1 0 3 16 19 -3
Portugal 2015 Second stage 16th 8 1 0 7 27 38 -11
The Bahamas 2017 Second stage 14th 8 3 0 5 27 37 -10
Paraguay 2019 did not enter did not enter
Russia 2021
United Arab Emirates 2023 did not qualify Second stage 16th 7 1 0 6 22 32 -10
Seychelles 2025 to be determined To be determined
Total 0 titles – – – – – – – – 0 titles 3/6 38 10 0 28 135 176 -40

Euro Beach Soccer League

EBSL record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
1998 did not enter
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004 Division C Quarterfinals 5th 3 2 0 1 12 8 +4
2005 Division B Quarterfinals 7th 3 1 0 2 12 12 0
2006 Division A – 20 6 0 14 66 97 -31
2007 Preliminary round – 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5
2008 Stage 1 Quarterfinals – 3 1 0 2 12 17 -5
2009 Promotion final 2nd 5 3 0 2 26 12 +14
2010 Stage 1 Division B – 2 0 0 2 10 16 -6
2011 Stage 4 Division B – 2 1 0 1 7 6 +1
2012 Stage 2 Division B – 3 1 0 2 9 10 -1
2013 Promotion final 2nd 7 4 1 2 25 20 +5
2014 Stage 2 & 3 Division A – 6 1 1 4 14 31 -17
2015 Stage 1 Division A – 3 0 0 3 7 11 -4
2016 Stage 1 & 2 Division A – 6 0 0 6 14 35 -21
2017 Promotion final 4th 10 2 0 8 24 50 -26
2018 Stage 3 Division B – 3 1 0 2 10 12 -2
Portugal/Italy2019 Promotion final 4th 7 5 0 2 27 16 +11
Portugal 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Portugal/Moldova 2021 Promotion final 4th 9 5 0 4 31 29 +2
2022 Promotion final 3rd 5 3 0 2 17 12 +5
Italy 2023 Group Stage Division A 15th 6 1 0 5 14 28 -14
Italy/Georgia (country) 2024 to be determined
Total 0 titles 9/19 105 37 2 66 339 429 -90

Beach Soccer at the Mediterranean Beach Games

Mediterranean Beach Games record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
Italy 2015 Group stage 9th 5 2 1 2 21 16 +5
Greece 2019 Group stage – 3 1 0 2 13 13 0
Greece 2023 Group stage 7th 3 0 0 3 5 24 -19
Portugal 2027 to be determined
Total 0 titles 0/2 11 3 1 7 39 53 -14

References

  1. ^ "Men's National Teams Rankings". beachsoccer.com. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Κλήσεις Εθνικής Ποδοσφαίρου Άμμου". epo.gr. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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