Greece national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Greece women's national under-17 football team.
Greece Under-17
Nickname(s)Εθνική παίδων
("National team of Kids")
AssociationHellenic Football Federation
Head coachVasilis Papadakis
CaptainAristidis Andrikopoulos
First colours
Second colours
European Championship
Appearances13 (first in 1985)
Best resultRunners-up (1985)
Medal record
Men's football
UEFA European U17 Championship
Formerly U-16 Championship
1985 Hungary Team
1991 Switzerland Team

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
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
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
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
2022 did not qualify
2023
2024
2025
2026 to be determined (Elite round)
13/23 66 37 10 19 113 67

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.

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 4–2 Greece  Poreč, Croatia
16:00 EET
  • Menshykov 39' (pen.)
  • Muradyan 43'
  • Mokris 52' (o.g.)
  • Gololobov 90+5'
  • Kyriazidis 6'
  • Chaldezos 22'
 Stadium: Sports Center Zelena Laguna
19 February 2025 (2025-02-19) Friendly tournament  Croatia 1–0 Greece  Poreč, Croatia
13:15 EET
  • Benkotić 8'
 Report Stadium: Sports Center Zelena Laguna
19 March 2025 (2025-03-19) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification Denmark  3–1  Greece Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, France
19:00 EET
  • Panduro 10'
  • Al-Najar 65'
  • Primpong 90'
 Report
  • Souvlatzis 71'
 Stadium: Plaine Des Sports
Referee: Oguzhan Çakir (Turkey)
22 March 2025 (2025-03-22) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification Greece  3–1  Finland Dax, France
19:00 EET
  • Ioannou 33', 53'
  • Nempis 57'
 Report
  • Rantasalmi 11'
 Stadium: Stade André Darrigade
Referee: Rares Vidican (Romania)
25 March 2025 (2025-03-25) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification Greece  1–5  France Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, France
17:00 EET
  • Nempis 5'
 Report
Stadium: Plaine Des Sports
Referee: Oguzhan Çakir (Turkey)
16 September 2025 (2025-09-16) Friendly  Armenia 1–3 Greece  Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 EEST
  • Ervandyan 86'
 Report
  • Chaldezos 26'
  • Souvlatzis 68'
  • Nempis 75'
18 September 2025 (2025-09-18) Friendly  Armenia 2–2 Greece  Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 EEST
  • Harutyunyan 36'
  • Ghazaryan 75'
 Report
  • Papasarafianos 20', 66'
27 October 2025 (2025-10-27) 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification Greece  3–4  Iceland Tbilisi, Georgia
13:00 EET
  • Nempis 7'
  • Moysiadis 40'
  • Souvlatzis 59'
 Report
  • Garðarsson 6'
  • Guðjónsson 10', 25', 60'
 Stadium: David Petriashvili Stadium
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger (Switzerland)
30 October 2025 (2025-10-30) 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification  Georgia 1–2 Greece  Tbilisi, Georgia
16:00 EET
Report
  • Souvlatzis 56'
  • Papasarafianos 70'
 Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium II
Referee: Patryk Gryckiewicz (Poland)

Euro 2026 Under-17 Championship qualification

2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Group 14

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iceland 2 2 0 0 9 4 +5 6 Round 2 League A
2  Greece 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 3
3  Georgia (H) 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0 Round 2 League B
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Honours

Greece national under-17 football team honours[3]
Type Competition Titles Winners Runners-up Third place Ref.
International UEFA European Under-17 Championship 0 1985 1991 [4]
  •   record
  • S Shared record

Players

Current squad

As of 30 October 2025

The following 21 players were called up for the 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches to be played on 24 and 30 October 2025 in Georgia.[5]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Christos Gitonas (2009-09-28) 28 September 2009 3 0 Panathinaikos U17
12 1GK Konstantinos Sidirellis (2009-03-12) 12 March 2009 0 0 Augsburg U17
1GK Georgios Nikolaidis (2009-02-28) 28 February 2009 1 0 PAOK U17
2 2DF Georgios Siozios (2009-02-11) 11 February 2009 16 1 Olympiacos U19
3 2DF Nikolaos Chaldezos (2009-07-04) 4 July 2009 7 2 PAOK U17
4 2DF Vasilios Lavdas (captain) (2009-01-22) 22 January 2009 15 0 Panathinaikos U19
5 2DF Theodoros Kalpakis (2009-01-12) 12 January 2009 10 1 PAOK U19
11 2DF Konstantinos Karangelis (2009-06-07) 7 June 2009 2 0 Stuttgart U17
15 2DF Giannis Tsialis (2009-03-27) 27 March 2009 2 0 PAOK U17
17 2DF Anastasios Kitos (2009-02-20) 20 February 2009 1 0 Borussia Dortmund U17
6 3MF Konstantinos Papadakis (2009-04-27) 27 April 2009 4 0 Bayer Leverkusen U17
8 3MF Alexandros Moysiadis (2009-02-05) 5 February 2009 17 1 Olympiacos U17
10 3MF Christos Kostoglou (2009-06-27) 27 June 2009 2 0 Borussia Dortmund U17
16 3MF Zacharias Petousis (2009-05-07) 7 May 2009 2 0 Panathinaikos U17
18 3MF Giannis Gkersos (2009-02-02) 2 February 2009 2 0 PAOK U17
20 3MF Sarafianos Papasarafianos (2009-01-31) 31 January 2009 4 3 Aris Thessaloniki U17
7 4FW Iason Nempis (2009-02-09) 9 February 2009 14 6 Panathinaikos U19
9 4FW Konstantinos Souvlatzis (2009-08-31) 31 August 2009 16 6 PAOK U19
14 4FW Marios Matera (2009-01-17) 17 January 2009 6 0 PAOK U17
19 4FW Kyriakos Tounousidis (2009-05-26) 26 May 2009 1 0 Torino U17
21 4FW Gabriel Kodrasi (2009-01-02) 2 January 2009 3 0 Asteras Tripolis U19

Former squads

See also

References

  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. ^ "Hellenic Football Federation". epo.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  4. ^ Bovi Diogo, Julio; Di Maggio, Roberto; Garin, Erik; King, Ian; Stokkermans, Karel (2 July 2025). "European U-16/U-17 Championship". rsssf.org. Online. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Κλήσεις Εθνικής Παίδων για προκριματικά EURO U17". epo.gr. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
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