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Greece national football team results

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Chronological review of the Greek's national football team results (2010 – present time):

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2010–2011: Euro 12 Qualification

Greece qualified for Euro 12 final tournament, topping group F with 24 points (7 wins and 3 draws).

Euro 2012 Main Tournament

Greece finished second in Group A of Euro 2012, reaching the knock-out stage of the tournament. Germany won Greece 4-2 at the quarter-final and moved on to the semi-finals. This was the second best performance at European Championships for Greece, after the Euro 2004 triumph.

2012–2013: World Cup 14 Qualification

Greece finished in second place in Group G, resulting in 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. The second round of qualification games was on knock-out games at 15–19 November against Romania.

FIFA World Cup 2014 Main Tournament

Greece played in Group C against Colombia, Japan and Ivory Coast. The Greek world cup 2014 Squad

For the first time ever, Greece qualified for the Round of 16, finishing the group stage in 2nd place with 4 points. Greece then faced Costa Rica on June 29 but was disqualified after losing 3-5 at penalties.

2014–2015: UEFA Euro 16 Qualification

On July 2014, after the end of the world cup, head coach Fernando Santos resigned and Claudio Ranieri was hired as his replacement.

Greece started their EURO 2016 qualification campaign on September 7, in Group F. On November 14, 2014, Greece lost at home 1-0 to Faroe Islands, a black night in the history of Greek Football. That was the last game with Ranieri as head coach as he was sacked after failing to win in 4 matches.
On February 2015, Sergio Markarián was appointed as the new Head Coach although his arrival did not change much, with Greece again being defeated by the Faroe Islands. Markarian was told to leave the team during the summer of 2015. Kostas Tsanas who was the Greece-U21 coach, was the provisional head coach of greek national team until the end of the qualification stage.

Greece finished in bottom place in their Euro Qualifying group, earning just one victory against Hungary in the final round, and failing to qualify for the tournament.

2016–2017: 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification

On 29 October 2015, the Hellenic Football Federation hired Michael Skibbe as the new head coach of the national team. Greece was drawn in Group H, with Belgium, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Estonia.

References

Greece national football team results Wikipedia