OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 0
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GREECE<br />
Hellenic Republic<br />
Population: 11 million<br />
Main language: Greek<br />
Life expectancy: 81 years<br />
GDP per person: $24700<br />
Capital city: Athens<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1926<br />
No. footballers / registered: 760,621 / 359,221<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 12<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 8 (Apr-08+)<br />
Continental titles: European Championship winners 2004<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 3 (1994, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Group stage<br />
Biggest win: 2-1 v Nigeria (2010)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-4 v Argentina & Bulgaria (1994)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA play-off winners<br />
(v Romania)<br />
Australia's record against Greece (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 9 3 3 3<br />
Under-23 1 0 1 0<br />
Under-20 1 0 0 1<br />
Group C<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Greece<br />
Population count (2011 census): 99900<br />
1.9 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 0.8 1.0 39.1 59.2<br />
Median age: 65.2 years<br />
Sex ratio: 95.5 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 81.0 16.9 2.0<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 97.3 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Earlwood (NSW),<br />
Reservoir (Vic), Marrickville (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
06-09-13 Liechtenstein W 1-0 Vaduz<br />
10-09-13 Latvia W 1-0 Piraeus<br />
11-10-13 Slovakia W 1-0 Piraeus<br />
15-10-13 Liechtenstein W 2-0 Piraeus<br />
15-11-13 Romania W 3-1 Piraeus<br />
19-11-13 Romania D 1-1 Bucharest<br />
05-03-14 Korea Republic L 0-2 Piraeus<br />
31-05-14 Portugal D 0-0 Lisbon<br />
03-06-14 Nigeria D 0-0 Chester<br />
06-06-14 Bolivia W 2-1 Harrison<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 11<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – GREECE<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Orestis KARNEZIS GK 11-07-85 / 28 189cm 18 (0) Granada, Spain<br />
2 Ioannis MANI<strong>AT</strong>IS MF 12-10-86 / 27 178cm 29 (0) Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece<br />
3 Georgios TZAVELAS DF 26-11-87 / 26 183cm 13 (0) PAOK, Greece<br />
4 Konstantinos MANOLAS DF 14-06-91 / 22 186cm 8 (0) Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece<br />
5 Vangelis MORAS DF 26-08-81 / 32 193cm 18 (0) Verona, Italy<br />
6 Alexandros TZIOLIS MF 13-02-85 / 29 190cm 49 (1) Kayserispor, Turkey<br />
7 Georgios SAMARAS FW 21-02-85 / 29 192cm 73 (8) Celtic, Scotland<br />
8 Panagiotis KONE MF 26-07-87 / 26 184cm 15 (0) Bologna, Italy<br />
9 Konstantinos MITROGLOU FW 12-03-88 / 26 188cm 31 (8) Fulham, England<br />
10 Georgios KARAGOUNIS MF 06-03-77 / 37 176cm 134 (10) Fulham, England<br />
11 Loukas VYNTRA DF 05-02-81 / 33 184cm 49 (0) Levante, Spain<br />
12 Panagiotis GLYKOS GK 10-10-86 / 27 190cm 2 (0) PAOK, Greece<br />
13 Stefanos KAPINO GK 18-03-94 / 20 196cm 2 (0) Panathinaikos, Greece<br />
14 Dimitrios SALPINGIDIS FW 18-08-81 / 32 171cm 75 (13) PAOK, Greece<br />
15 Vasileios TOROSIDIS DF 10-06-85 / 29 185cm 65 (7) Roma, Italy<br />
16 Lazaros CHRISTODOULOPOULOS MF 19-12-86 / 27 182cm 18 (1) Bologna, Italy<br />
17 Theofanis GEKAS FW 23-05-80 / 34 179cm 71 (24) Konyaspor, Turkey<br />
18 Ioannis FETF<strong>AT</strong>ZIDIS FW 21-12-90 / 23 164cm 18 (3) Genoa, Italy<br />
19 Sokratis PAPAST<strong>AT</strong>HOPOULOS DF 09-06-88 / 26 186cm 47 (0) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
20 Jose CHOLEVAS DF 27-06-84 / 29 184cm 21 (1) Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece<br />
21 Konstantinos K<strong>AT</strong>SOURANIS MF 21-06-79 / 34 183cm 110 (9) PAOK, Greece<br />
22 Andreas SAMARIS MF 13-06-89 / 24 190cm 4 (0) Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece<br />
23 Panagiotis TACHTSIDIS MF 15-02-91 / 23 194cm 5 (0) Torino, Italy<br />
COACH: Fernando Santos (Portugal) age 59 years<br />
Coach of Greece since 2010<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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