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GREECEHellenic RepublicPopulation: 11 millionMain language: GreekLife expectancy: 81 yearsGDP per person: $24700Capital city: Athens2014 FIFA WORLD CUP COUNTRY PROFILESAssociation founded: 1926No. footballers / registered: 760,621 / 359,221FIFA ranking (May-14): 10Highest FIFA ranking: 8 (Apr-08+)Continental titles: European Championship winners 2004FIFA WORLD CUP RECORDParticipations: 3 (1994, 2010, 2014)Best placing: Group stageBiggest win: 2-1 v Nigeria (2010)Biggest loss: 0-4 v Argentina & Bulgaria (1994)Qualified for 2014 edition as: UEFA play-off winners(v Romania)Australia's record against Greece (men's)Team P W D LSenior 9 3 3 3Under-23 1 0 1 0Under-20 1 0 0 1Group CDEMOGRAPHIC PROFILEAustralian residents born in GreecePopulation count (2011 census): 999001.9 per cent of overseas-born populationAge range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+per cent distribution 0.8 1.0 39.1 59.2Median age: 65.2 yearsSex ratio: 95.5 males per 100 femalesArrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000per cent distribution 81.0 16.9 2.0Australian citizenship rate: 97.3 per centMain localities of residence: Earlwood (NSW),Reservoir (Vic), Marrickville (NSW)FORM GUIDE06/09/13 Liechtenstein W 1-0 Vaduz10/09/13 Latvia W 1-0 Piraeus11/10/13 Slovakia W 1-0 Piraeus15/10/13 Liechtenstein W 2-0 Piraeus15/11/13 Romania W 3-1 Piraeus19/11/13 Romania D 1-1 Bucharest05/03/14 Korea Republic L 0-2 Piraeus31/05/14 Portugal - Lisbon03/06/14 Nigeria - Chester06/06/14 Bolivia - HarrisonNo. of matches played 12/06/13 to 12/06/14: 11PROVISIONAL 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD – GREECEPlayer Age Pos ClubPlayer Age Pos ClubStefanos Athanasiadis 25 For PAOK GREKonstantinos Manolas 22 Def Olympiacos GRELazaros Christodoulopoulos 27 Mid Bologna ITAKonstantinos Mitroglou 26 For Fulham ENGIoannis Fetfatzidis 23 For Genoa ITAVangelis Moras 32 Def Hellas Verona ITAKostantinos Fortounis 21 Mid Kaiserslautern GER Avffiam Papadopoulos 29 Def Olympiacos GRETheofanis Gekas 34 For Konyaspor TUR Dimitrios Papadopoulos 32 For Atromitos GREPanagiotis Glykos 27 GK PAOK GRESocratis Papastathopoulos 26 Def Borussia Dortmund GERJose Holebas 29 Def Olympiacos GRE Dimitrios Salpingidis 32 For PAOK GREStefanos Kapino 20 GK Panathinaikos GRE Georgios Samaras 29 For Celtic SCOGeorgios Karagounis 37 Mid Fulham ENG Andreas Samaris 24 Mid Olympiacos GRENikolaos Karampelas 32 Def Levante ESP Panagiotis Tachtsidis 23 Mid Torino ITANikolaos Karelis 22 For Panathinaikos GRE Vasileios Torosidis 29 Def Roma ITAOrestis-Spyridon Karnezis 28 GK Granada ESP Georgios Tzavelas 26 Def PAOK GREKonstantinos Katsouranis 34 Mid PAOK GREAlexandros Tziolis 29 Mid Kayserispor TURPanagiotis Kone 26 Mid Bologna ITAAlexandros Tzorvas 31 GK Apollon GREIoannis Maniatis 27 Mid Olympiacos GRE Loukas Vyntra 33 Def Levante ESPCOACH: Fernando Santos (Portugal) age 59 yearsCoach of Greece since 2010Previous FIFA World Cup experience (as coach): -OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 25