Greece national football team results (1929–1959)

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This article provides details of international football games played by the Greece national football team from their inception in 1929 to 1959.[1]

The Greece national team was officially created in 1929, however, the first appearance of a Greece national team came 33 years earlier, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, where a Greece XI was beaten by a Denmark XI, either 0–9 or 0–15, at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome in a demonstration game.[2] Greece also participated in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, as the Athens City selection, which ended in another humiliation at the hands of the Danish, losing the final 0–9. Greece also participated in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris in 1919, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics of Antwerp (recognized as first official by FIFA).[3]

Between their first official match in 1929 and 1959, Greece played in 70 matches, resulting in 17 victories, 10 draws and 43 defeats.[4] Throughout this period they played in the Balkan Cup six times between 1929 and 1936 with their best result being a second-place in the 1934–35 edition. Greece also participated in three Mediterranean Cups in 1949, 1950-53 and 1953-58, with Greece never doing better than a second-place finish in the second edition.

Results

Key
Win
Draw
Defeat

1896 Olympic Games

12 April 1896 1896 Summer Olympics Greece  0–9
or 0–15
 Denmark Athens, Greece
15:40 Report Stadium: Podilatodromio
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Prince George of Greece and Denmark (Greece)
Note: The International Olympic Committee does not acknowledge that football was played at the 1896 Olympics; however, there is incontrovertible evidence that this match was played as a demonstration sport.

1906 Intercalated Games

23 April 1906 1906 Intercalated Games semi-finals Athens City Greece 5–0 Ottoman Empire Thessaloniki Athens, Greece
Report Stadium: Podilatodromio
Referee: Carl Anderson (Denmark)
24 April 1906 1906 Intercalated Games Final Athens City Greece 0–9  Denmark Athens, Greece
Report Stadium: Podilatodromio
Referee: Goster Drake (Sweden)
Note: The Athens team withdrew from the final at half-time, because they were losing 0-9 at home and wanted to avoid further humiliation.

1919 Inter-Allied Games

25 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage Italy  9–0 Greece Greece Paris, France
Sardi
Cevenini
Santamaria
Asti
Report Stadium: Stade Pershing
26 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage France  11–0 Greece Greece Paris, France
Nicolas
Rénier
Dubly
Darjeu
Petit
Report Stadium: Stade Pershing
28 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage Greece Greece 3–2  Romania Paris, France
? Report ? Stadium: Stade Pershing

1920 Summer Olympics

28 August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics first round Sweden  9–0 Greece Greece Antwerp, Belgium
17:30 Olsson 4', 79'
Karlsson 15', 20', 21', 51', 85'
Wicksell 25'
Dahl 31'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Charles Barette (BEL)
Note: Recognised by FIFA as Greece's first international game. Not recognised by the Hellenic Football Federation.

Greece national football team

1929

7 April 1929 Friendly Greece 1–4 Italy Italy B Athens, Greece
15:30 Nahmias 60' Report Volk 35', 65'
Busini 68'
Tansini 80'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ferenc Kann (Hungary)
30 June 1929 Friendly Bulgaria  1–1 Greece Sofia, Bulgaria
18:00 Staykov 63' (pen.) Report G. Andrianopoulos 15' Stadium: Levski Field
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia)

1930

26 January 1930 1929–31 Balkan Cup Greece 2–1  Yugoslavia Athens, Greece
15:30 (UTC+2:00) G. Andrianopoulos 55'
D. Andrianopoulos 59'
Report Vujadinović 18' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria)
2 March 1930 Friendly Italy B Italy 3–0 Greece Naples, Italy
Ludueña ?', ?'
Vojak ?'
Report Stadium: Campo Vomero
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Adolf Miesz
25 May 1930 1929–31 Balkan Cup Romania  8–1 Greece Bucharest, Romania
14:00 Wetzer 8', 34', 75', 76', 80'
Vogl 43'
Raffinsky 57' (pen.)
Dobay 77'
Report V. Andrianopoulos 15' Stadium: Stadionul Oficiul Naţional de Educaţie Fizică
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jovan Ružić (Yugoslavia)
7 December 1930 1929–31 Balkan Cup Greece 6–1  Bulgaria Athens, Greece
15:00 (+2:00) Tsolinas 4', 50', 51', 60'
Messaris 10', 15'
Report Peshev 56' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jovan Ružić (Yugoslavia)

1931

15 March 1931 1929–31 Balkan Cup Yugoslavia  4–1 Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
15:00 Hitrec 35'
Tomašević 38', 75', 83'
Report Migiakis 52' Stadium: Stadion Beogradski S.K.
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Costel Rădulescu (Romania)
25 October 1931 1929–31 Balkan Cup Bulgaria  2–1 Greece Sofia, Bulgaria
15:30 Peshev 20'
Angelov 83'
Report Kitsos 10' Stadium: Yunak Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jovan Ružić (Yugoslavia)
29 November 1931 1929–31 Balkan Cup Greece 2–4  Romania Athens, Greece
15:00 Angelakis 34', 39' Report Bodola 13', 18', 84'
Sepi 51'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia)
13 December 1931 Friendly Greece 2–4  Hungary Amateurs Athens, Greece
15:00 Mallios 14' (pen.)
V. Andrianopoulos 71'
Report Kovács 24'
Lutz 40' (pen.)
Jiakombe 52'
Tczech 64'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 4,413
Referee: Stavros Hatzopoulos (Greece)

1932

27 March 1932 Friendly Greece 1–2  Bulgaria Athens, Greece
15:30 Simeonidis 33' Report Panchev 50'
Angelov 71'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia)
26 June 1932 1932 Balkan Cup Yugoslavia  7–1 Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
17:30 Tirnanić 5'
Glišović 15'
Zečević 51', 84'
Živković 51' (pen.), 62' (pen.)
Vujadinović 80'
Report Kitsos 4' Stadium: Beogradski SK Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Denis Xifando (Romania)
28 June 1932 1932 Balkan Cup Greece 0–3  Romania Belgrade, Yugoslavia
17:30 Report Ciolac 6'
Schwartz 9'
Bodola 16'
Stadium: Beogradski SK Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Stefan Chumpalov (Bulgaria)
2 July 1932 1932 Balkan Cup Bulgaria  2–0 Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
17:30 Angelov 71'
Peshev 85' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Beogradski SK Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Radu Istrate (Romania)

1933

3 June 1933 1933 Balkan Cup Greece 3–5  Yugoslavia Bucharest, Romania
17:00 Simeonidis 4'
Raggos 60'
Pierrakos 89'
Report Kodrnja 12', 20', 72'
Živković 42', 79'
Stadium: Stadionul ONEF
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Denis Xifando (Romania)
8 June 1933 1933 Balkan Cup Romania  1–0 Greece Bucharest, Romania
18:00 Dobay 24' Report Stadium: Stadionul ONEF
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia)
10 June 1933 1933 Balkan Cup Bulgaria  2–0 Greece Bucharest, Romania
Todorov 85', 88' Report Stadium: Stadionul ONEF
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania)

1934

4 February 1934 Friendly Greece 1–0  Bulgaria Athens, Greece
15:00 Danelian 30' Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stavros Hatzopoulos (Greece)
25 March 1934 1934 FIFA World Cup qualifying Italy  4–0 Greece Milan, Italy
15:00 Guarisi 40'
Meazza 44', 71'
Ferrari 69'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland)
23 December 1934 1934–35 Balkan Cup Greece 2–1  Yugoslavia Athens, Greece
15:00 Vazos 39'
L. Andrianopoulos 67'
Report Sekulić 12' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania)
27 December 1934 1934–35 Balkan Cup Greece 2–2  Romania Athens, Greece
15:00 L. Andrianopoulos 14'
Choumis 75'
Report Dobay 5'
Ciolac 13'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria)

1935

1 January 1935 1934–35 Balkan Cup Greece 1–2  Bulgaria Athens, Greece
13:30 Vazos 51' Report Lozanov 44'
Panchev 84'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Bora Vasiljević (Yugoslavia)
16 June 1935 1935 Balkan Cup Bulgaria  5–2 Greece Sofia, Bulgaria
17:30 Peshev 23'
Angelov 26', 28', 63'
Lozanov 68'
Report Choumis 21', 74' Stadium: Yunak Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania)
21 June 1935 1935 Balkan Cup Greece 1–6  Yugoslavia Sofia, Bulgaria
17:30 Baltasis 49' Report Živković 31', 70'
Marjanović 33'
Vujadinović 49'
Glišović 81', 83'
Stadium: Yunak Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria)
24 June 1935 1935 Balkan Cup Greece 2–2  Romania Sofia, Bulgaria
16:00 Choumis 10', 15' Report Bodola 26'
Gruin 26'
Stadium: Levski Field
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria)

1936

17 May 1936 1936 Balkan Cup Romania  5–2 Greece Bucharest, Romania
17:30 Bodola 21', 85'
Schwartz 37', 75'
Dobay 77'
Report Vazos 31'
Simeonidis 76'
Stadium: Stadionul Republicii
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)
21 May 1936 1936 Balkan Cup Bulgaria  5–4 Greece Bucharest, Romania
17:30 Panchev 25', 76'
Rafailov 31'
Angelov 31'
Lozanov 73'
Report Migiakis 12'
Vikelidis 69'
Choumis 84', 86'
Stadium: Stadionul Republicii
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)
19 June 1936 Friendly Egypt  3–1 Greece Cairo, Egypt
Ambdin 22', 88'
Sakr 81'
Report Choumis 48' (pen.) Stadium: Prince Farouk Stadium

1938

22 January 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Mandatory Palestine  1–3 Greece Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
15:00 Neufeld 36' Report Vikelidis 15', 30'
Migiakis 73'
Stadium: Maccabiah Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohammed Youssef (Egypt)
20 February 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Greece 1–0  Mandatory Palestine Athens, Greece
15:30 Vikelidis 88' Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mika Popovic (Yugoslavia)
25 March 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Hungary  11–1 Greece Budapest, Hungary
15:00 Zsengellér 14', 23' (pen.), 24', 65', 81', 83'
Titkos 17', 65'
Vincze 26'
Nemes 36', 40', 51'
Report Makris 89' Stadium: Hungária körúti stadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Denis Xifando (Romania)

1948

23 April 1948 Friendly Greece 1–3  Turkey Athens, Greece
16:30 Vikelidis 70' Report Kırcan 9'
Küçükandonyadis 30'
Gülesin 74'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy)
28 November 1948 Friendly Turkey  2–1 Greece Istanbul, Turkey
14:30 Eken 3', 19' Report Fylaktos 44' Stadium: Dolmabahçe Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy)

1949

15 May 1949 Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup 1949 Greece 1–2  Turkey Athens, Greece
16:45 Xenos 49' Report Kılıç 33'
Esel 44'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohammed Al Sayed (Egypt)
18 May 1949 Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup 1949 Greece 1–3  Egypt Athens, Greece
16:45 Chatzistavridis 22' Report El-Sabbagh 3', 85'
Hamdain 5'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Agostino Gamba (Italy)
25 May 1949 Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup 1949 Greece 2–3  Italy Athens, Greece
16:45 Stafylidis 54'
Xenos 76'
Report Baldini 48'
Galassi 25', 68'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohammed Al Sayed (Egypt)
25 November 1949 Friendly Greece 8–0  Syria Athens, Greece
15:15 Papantoniou 15', 17', 60'
Vasileiadis 25', 73'
Maropoulos 27'
Nembidis 79', 89'
Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yiannis Tsitsis (Greece)

1950

17 February 1950 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup Egypt  2–0 Greece Cairo, Egypt
15:30 El-Attiyah 36', 87' Report Stadium: Prince Farouk Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy)
13 December 1950 Friendly Greece 0–1  France Athens, Greece
15:00 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Giovanni Galeati (Italy)

1951

8 April 1951 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup Italy  3–0 Greece Palermo, Italy
15:30 Armano ??'
Ghiandi ??'
Galli ??'
Report Stadium: Stadio La Favorita
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ismail Kassib (Egypt)
14 October 1951 Mediterranean Games 1951 Syria  0–4 Greece Alexandria, Egypt
Report Lekatsas 18', 23', 71'
Mouratis 75' (pen.)
Stadium: Muhammad Ali Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohammed Al-Sayed (Egypt)
14 October 1951 Friendly France  1–0 Greece Marseille, France
15:00 20'
Jean Saunier
Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
18 October 1951 Mediterranean Games 1951 Egypt  0–2 Greece Alexandria, Egypt
Report Kotridis 10'
Lekatsas 53'
Stadium: Muhammad Ali Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Al-Fauzi (Syria)
25 November 1951 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup Greece 1–0  Egypt Athens, Greece
15:00 Darivas ??' Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Sulhi garan (Turkey)

1952

29 February 1952 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup Greece 3–1  Turkey Athens, Greece
15:30 Darivas 15', 44', 80' Report Sargın 38' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ferruccio Bellè (Italy)
16 May 1952 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup Turkey  0–1 Greece Istanbul, Turkey
Report Papageorgiou 9' Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Guido Agnolin (Italy)
15 July 1952 Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics Denmark  2–1 Greece Tampere, Finland
19:00 P.E. Petersen 36', 37' Report Emmanouilidis 85' Stadium: Ratina Stadium
Attendance: 4,372
Referee: Waldemar Karni (Finland)
25 July 1952 Unofficial friendly Great Britain  2–4 Greece Hämeenlinna, Finland
Grierson 42'
Slater 58'
Report Emmanouilidis 29'
Papageorgiou 21', 78', 83'
Stadium: Kaurialan kenttä
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Yrjö Kaivola (Finland)
Note: Recognised by the Hellenic Football Federation. Not recognised by FIFA.

1953

26 April 1953 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup Greece 0–0  Italy Athens, Greece
16:30 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland)
9 May 1953 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier Yugoslavia  1–0 Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
15:30 Matošić 21' Report Stadium: JNA Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)
18 October 1953 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Greece 0–0 France France B Athens, Greece
16:30 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)
1 November 1953 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier Greece 1–0  Israel Athens, Greece
16:30 Bebis 53' Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Renzo Massai (Italy)

1954

8 March 1954 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier Israel  0–2 Greece Ramat Gan, Israel
15:45 Report Kokkinakis 61'
Kamaras 83'
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Referee: Buchmüller (Switzerland)
28 March 1954 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier Greece 0–1  Yugoslavia Athens, Greece
16:15 Report Veselinović 51' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Willy Rufli (Switzerland)
7 November 1954 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Greece 1–1  Egypt Athens, Greece
15:15 Kouiroukidis 50' Report El-Dhizui 5' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia)

1955

21 January 1955 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Egypt  1–1 Greece Cairo, Egypt
15:00 ?' Report Panakis 39' Stadium: Prince Farouk Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Édouard Harzic (France)
13 March 1955 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Spain B Spain 7–1 Greece Madrid, Spain
16:30 Badenes 7', 35', 51', 58'
Olmedo 33', 68'
Maguregui 82'
Report Emmanouilidis 37' Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Maurice Frédéric Guigue (France)
17 March 1955 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup France B France 1–0 Greece Marseille, France
Rosidis 52' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)
29 May 1955 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Greece 0–0 Italy Italy B Athens, Greece
17:30 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Borče Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia)

1956

22 April 1956 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Italy B Italy 7–1 Greece Naples, Italy
Muccinelli 7', 10'
Pozzan 9'
Brugola 35', 45', 80'
Grazena 62'
Report Panakis 49' Stadium: Stadio Vomero
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Louis Fauquemberghe (France)

1957

13 March 1957 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Greece 2–0 Spain Spain B Athens, Greece
Yfantis 2'
Panakis 43'
Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)
5 May 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier Greece 0–0  Yugoslavia Athens, Greece
16:30 (UTC+2:00) Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jacques Devillers (France)
16 June 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier Greece 1–2  Romania Athens, Greece
17:30 (+2:00) Panakis 29' Report A. Ene 15'
Ozon 78'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Édouard Harzic (France)
5 October 1957 Friendly Greece 2–1  France Athens, Greece
16:00 (UTC+2:00) Panakis 24'
Nestoridis 90'
Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Borče Nedelkovski (Yugoslovia)
3 November 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier Romania  3–0 Greece Bucharest, Romania
14:45 (UTC+2:00) Petschovsky 51' (pen.)
Tătaru 64'
Cacoveanu 67'
Report Stadium: Stadionul Național
Attendance: 54,465
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
10 November 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier Yugoslavia  4–1 Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
14:00 (UTC+1:00) Mujić 6', 61'
Krstić 9'
Petaković 67'
Report Nestoridis 28' Stadium: JNA Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

1958

1 October 1958 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying France  7–1 Greece Paris, France
20:30 (UTC+1:00) Kopa 23'
Fontaine 25', 85'
Cisowski 29', 68'
Vincent 61', 87'
Report Yfantis 48' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 37,590
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
3 December 1958 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying Greece 1–1  France Athens, Greece
15:00 (UTC+2:00) Marche 85' (o.g.) Report Bruey 71' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)

1959

15 November 1959 Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics qualification Yugoslavia  4–0 Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
14:00 (UTC+1:00) Mujić 31', 43'
Mihajlović 45'
Kostić 78'
Stadium: JNA Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Viktor Schicker (Switzerland)
2 December 1959 Friendly Greece 1–3  Denmark Athens, Greece
15:00 (UTC+2:00) Serafidis 58' Report Enoksen 52', 60'
Pedersen 68'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 9,335
Referee: Louis Fauquemberghe (France)

Head to head records

References

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