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
Total	14/18	63	35	10	18	102	65

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.

2024

17 September 2024 (2024-09-17) Friendly		1–2	Cyprus	Athens, Greece
12:00 EEST	Christopoulos 4'	Report	Avraam 45', 47'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium

19 September 2024 (2024-09-19) Friendly		2–2	Cyprus	Athens, Greece
12:00 EEST	Sidiropoulos 21', 37'	Report	Savva 33' Kontopoulos 90'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium

9 October 2024 (2024-10-09) Friendly	Finland	2–0		Tammela, Finland
15:00 EEST	Katz 26' (pen.) Palmula 41'	Report		Stadium: Jari Litmanen Areena Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)

11 October 2024 (2024-10-11) Friendly	Finland	2–0		Tammela, Finland
12:00 EEST	Rantasalmelle 71' Sirenin 89'	Report		Stadium: Jari Litmanen Areena Referee: Miika Pesonen (Finland)

13 November 2024 (2024-11-13) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	Romania	0–3		Buftea, Romania
12:00 EET		Report	Krommydas 35', 59' Berdos 71'	Stadium: Football Centre FRF Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

16 November 2024 (2024-11-16) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification		3–0	Azerbaijan	Tunari, Romania
12:00 EET	Ioannou 47' Souvlatzis 59' Kapellas 71'	Report		Stadium: Tunari Stadium Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)

19 November 2024 (2024-11-19) 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification		2–2	Hungary	Tunari, Romania
12:00 EET	Siozios 11' Theocharis 48'	Report	Lakatos 31' Lavdas 45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tunari Stadium Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

2025

14 January 2025 (2025-01-14) Friendly	Turkey	0–1		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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)

27 October 2025 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

v

Iceland

30 October 2025 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Georgia

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Euro 2026 Under-17 Championship qualification

2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Group 14

Pos	Team	Qualification
1		Round 2 League A
2	Iceland	Round 2 League A
3	Georgia (H)	Round 2 League B

First match(es) will be played: 24 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 25 March 2025

The following 20 players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification to be played between 19 and 25 March 2025.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Loukas Stamellos	(2008-03-28) 28 March 2008	6	0	Panathinaikos U17
12	1GK	Ioannis Kechlimparis	(2008-05-23) 23 May 2008	5	0	VfB Stuttgart U17
	1GK	Georgios Nikolaidis	(2008-06-27) 27 June 2008	3	0	Olympiacos U17

2	2DF	Georgios Siozios	(2009-02-11) 11 February 2009	15	1	Olympiacos U17
3	2DF	Dimitrios Kappatos	(2008-01-18) 18 January 2008	4	0	Olympiacos U17
4	2DF	Traianos Mokris	(2008-01-09) 9 January 2008	16	0	PAOK U17
5	2DF	Angelos Vyntra	(2008-02-26) 26 February 2008	13	0	Panathinaikos U19
15	2DF	Theodoros Kalpakis	(2009-01-12) 12 January 2009	6	1	PAOK U17
19	2DF	Giannis Gazis	(2008-11-12) 12 November 2008	9	0	Panathinaikos U17
21	2DF	Vasilis Lavdas	(2009-01-22) 22 January 2009	12	0	Panathinaikos U17
22	2DF	Dimitrios Kyriazidis	(2008-07-13) 13 July 2008	6	1	PAOK U17

6	3MF	Konstantinos Theocharis	(2008-05-21) 21 May 2008	15	1	Panathinaikos U17
7	3MF	Stavros Ioannou	(2008-02-22) 22 February 2008	14	3	Panathinaikos U17
16	3MF	Grigoris Minasidis	(2008-08-08) 8 August 2008	10	0	Asteras Tripolis U19
17	3MF	Alexandros Moysiadis	(2009-02-05) 5 February 2009	13	0	Olympiacos U17
20	3MF	Leonidas Ilias Tsiokos	(2008-12-10) 10 December 2008	13	1	Eintracht Frankfurt U17

9	4FW	Konstantinos Souvlatzis	(2009-08-31) 31 August 2009	12	3	PAOK U17
10	4FW	Dimitrios Berdos (captain)	(2008-05-27) 27 May 2008	19	2	PAOK U17
11	4FW	Georgios Krommydas	(2008-07-10) 10 July 2008	13	2	PAOK U17
14	4FW	Iason Nempis	(2009-02-09) 9 February 2009	10	4	Panathinaikos U17
23	4FW	Maximos Lompas	(2008-06-08) 8 June 2008	5	1	Utrecht U17

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.
^ "Εθνική Παίδων: η αποστολή για το Round 2". epo.gr. Retrieved 11 March 2025.

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] "Εθνική Παίδων: η αποστολή για το Round 2". epo.gr. Retrieved 11 March 2025.

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