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
First colours	Second colours
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
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

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	N'Guessan 9', 62' Azizi 59' Ameline 73' Kamara 88'	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	Bartishvili 49'	Report	Souvlatzis 56' Papasarafianos 70'	Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium II Referee: Patryk Gryckiewicz (Poland)

2026

11 February 2026 (2026-02-11) Friendly tournament	Ukraine	3–1	Greece	Poreč, Croatia
16:00 EET	Huram 40' Trokhym 51' Shukalovych 55'	Report	Siozos 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Sports Center Zelena Laguna

13 February 2026 (2026-02-13) Friendly tournament	Greece	0–2	Croatia	Poreč, Croatia
13:15 EET		Report	Zuzic 15' Ruso 30'	Stadium: Sports Center Zelena Laguna

16 February 2026 (2026-02-16) Friendly tournament	Israel	0–0	Greece	Poreč, Croatia
16:00 EET		Report		Stadium: Sports Center Zelena Laguna

25 March 2026 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Greece

v

Montenegro

28 March 2026 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Sweden

v

Greece

31 March 2026 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Norway

v

Greece

Euro 2026 Under-17 Championship qualification

2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Group 14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	2	2	0	9	4	+5	6	Round 2 League A
2	Greece	2	1	1	5	5	0	3	Round 2 League A
3	Georgia (H)	2	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 17 February 2026

The following 24 players were called up for the friendly matches to be played between 11 and 16 February 2026 in Croatia.^[5]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Christos Gitonas	(2009-09-28) 28 September 2009	4	0	Panathinaikos U17
1GK	Konstantinos Kyriazis	(2009-02-28) 28 February 2009	1	0	Real Salt Lake U18
1GK	Georgios Nikolaidis	(2009-02-28) 28 February 2009	2	0	PAOK U17

2DF	Georgios Gousios	(2009-04-29) 29 April 2009	3	0	Olympiacos U17
2DF	Stefanos Tsigas	(2009-02-27) 27 February 2009	3	0	Panathinaikos U17
2DF	Theodoros Kalpakis	(2009-01-12) 12 January 2009	13	1	PAOK U19
2DF	Anastasios Kitos	(2009-02-20) 20 February 2009	4	0	Borussia Dortmund U17
2DF	Vasilios Lavdas (captain)	(2009-01-22) 22 January 2009	18	0	Panathinaikos U19
2DF	Andreas Poulopoulos	(2009-01-31) 31 January 2009	3	0	Werder Bremen U17
2DF	Georgios Siozios	(2009-02-11) 11 February 2009	19	2	Olympiacos U19
2DF	Aristarchos Tsalapatanakis	(2009-02-18) 18 February 2009	5	0	Olympiacos U17

3MF	Giannis Gersos	(2009-02-02) 2 February 2009	5	0	PAOK U17
3MF	Christos Kostoglou	(2009-06-27) 27 June 2009	5	0	Borussia Dortmund U17
3MF	Panagiotis Biniaris	(2009-07-25) 25 July 2009	3	0	Panathinaikos U17
3MF	Alexandros Moysiadis	(2009-02-05) 5 February 2009	20	1	Olympiacos U17
3MF	Konstantinos Papadakis	(2009-04-27) 27 April 2009	4	0	Bayer Leverkusen U17
3MF	Sarafianos Papasarafianos	(2009-01-31) 31 January 2009	7	3	Aris Thessaloniki
3MF	Zacharias Petousis	(2009-05-07) 7 May 2009	4	0	Panathinaikos U17
3MF	Giannis Neto	(2010-08-28) 28 August 2010	3	0	PAOK U17

4FW	Argyris Argyriou	(2009-03-05) 5 March 2009	3	0	PAOK U17
4FW	Gabriel Kodrasi	(2009-01-02) 2 January 2009	6	0	Olympiacos U19
4FW	Marios Matera	(2009-01-17) 17 January 2009	9	0	PAOK U17
4FW	Alexios Bairamidis	(2009-11-10) 10 November 2009	3	0	Panionios
4FW	Iason Nempis	(2009-02-09) 9 February 2009	17	6	Panathinaikos U19
4FW	Konstantinos Souvlatzis	(2009-08-31) 31 August 2009	17	6	PAOK U19

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.
^ "Hellenic Football Federation". epo.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
^ 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.
^ "Κλήσεις Εθνικής Παίδων για τουρνουά στην Κροατία". epo.gr. Retrieved 4 February 2026.

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] "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 τουρνουά στην Κροατία". epo.gr. Retrieved 4 February 2026.

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History

Results and schedule

2025

2026

Euro 2026 Under-17 Championship qualification

2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Group 14

Honours

Players

Current squad

Former squads

See also

References

External links