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General Information for Greece

Ελληνική Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία
Founded
1926
FIFA entry
1927
Average height in 1988
1.82m
Average age in 1988
26
Confederation
UEFA
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Emblem
Jersey in 1988
No jersey in 1988

Coaches in 1988

Sofianidis, Alekos (Coach)

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Sofianidis, Alekos (Coach)

Day of Birth
1937-08-03
Day of Death
2010-07-06
Place of Birth
İstanbul (Turkey)
Height
1.73m
Matches
1 (0 / 1)
Goto coach Alekos Sofianidis

Papapostoulou, Miltos (Coach)

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Papapostoulou, Miltos (Coach)

Day of Birth
1935-09-09
Day of Death
2017-02-02
Place of Birth
Domokos (Greece)
Matches
11 (2 / 9)
Goto coach Miltos Papapostoulou

Players of Greece in 1988

FIFA Non FIFA
Name Day of Birth Position Current Club M S G M S G
Sarganis, Nikos 1954-01-15 Goalkeeper Greece Panathinaikos AO 5 0 0 0 0 0
Talikriadis, Ilias 1965-07-10 Goalkeeper Greece Olympiakos Piraios 4 1 0 0 0 0
Gitsioudis, Giannis 1962-03-17 Goalkeeper Greece PAOK Thessalonikis 2 2 0 0 0 0
Minou, Antonis 1958-05-04 Goalkeeper Greece AEK Athinon 1 0 0 0 0 0
Manikas, Antonis 1959-02-09 Goalkeeper Greece Panionios Neas Smyrnis 0 1 0 0 0 0
Oikonomopoulos, Spyros 1959-07-26 Goalkeeper Greece AEK Athinon 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kolomitrousis, Kostas 1964-03-30 Defender Greece AE Larisas 11 0 0 0 0 0
Mavridis, Kostas 1962-07-07 Centre Back Greece Panathinaikos AO 7 2 0 0 0 0
Manolas, Stelios 1961-07-13 Centre Back Greece AEK Athinon 6 0 2 0 0 0
Apostolakis, Stratos 1964-05-17 Centre Back Greece Olympiakos Piraios 5 1 0 0 0 0
Chatziathanasiou, Iakovos 1961-05-20 Right Back Greece Panathinaikos AO 4 0 0 0 0 0
Kourbanas, Nikos 1962-03-22 Defender Greece Panathinaikos AO 3 1 0 0 0 0
Georgamlis, Lysandros 1962-02-25 Defender Greece Panathinaikos AO 2 3 0 0 0 0
Michos, Petros 1959-02-17 Centre Back Greece Panionios Neas Smyrnis 2 2 0 0 0 0
Koutoulas, Giorgos 1967-02-09 Defender Greece AEK Athinon 1 1 0 0 0 0
Vakalopoulos, Pagonis 1965-01-24 Defender Greece Iraklis Thessalonikis 1 0 0 0 0 0
Papadopoulos, Giorgos 1967-11-13 Defender Greece Iraklis Thessalonikis 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tsalouchidis, Giotis 1963-03-30 Attacking Midfielder Greece Olympiakos Piraios 11 1 2 0 0 0
Mitropoulos, Tasos 1957-08-23 Attacking Midfielder Greece Olympiakos Piraios 9 0 3 0 0 0
Skartados, Giorgos 1960-04-07 Right Midfielder Greece PAOK Thessalonikis 7 1 1 0 0 0
Kofidis, Savvas 1961-02-12 Left Midfielder Greece Olympiakos Piraios 7 1 0 0 0 0
Bonovas, Andreas 1963-11-13 Midfielder Greece Iraklis Thessalonikis 6 1 0 0 0 0
Karapialis, Vasilis 1965-06-13 Midfielder Greece AE Larisas 3 2 0 0 0 0
Antoniou, Kostas 1962-04-19 Attacking Midfielder Greece Panathinaikos AO 3 1 0 0 0 0
Nioplias, Nikos 1965-01-17 Attacking Midfielder Greece OF Irakliou 2 3 0 0 0 0
Tsiolis, Sakis 1959-06-30 Midfielder Greece AE Larisas 1 3 1 0 0 0
Kanaras, Thanasis 1959-11-30 Midfielder Greece Panionios Neas Smyrnis 1 2 0 0 0 0
Batsinilas, Kostas 1963-02-12 Midfielder Greece OF Irakliou 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lagonidis, Kostas 1965-07-01 Midfielder Greece PAOK Thessalonikis 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mitsimbonas, Giorgos 1962-11-01 Midfielder Greece AE Larisas 1 0 0 0 0 0
Samaras, Ioannis 1961-05-03 Midfielder Greece Panathinaikos AO 0 1 0 0 0 0
Saravakos, Dimitris 1961-07-26 Centre Forward Greece Panathinaikos AO 10 0 1 0 0 0
Anastopoulos, Nikos 1958-01-22 Centre Forward Greece Panionios Neas Smyrnis 9 0 4 0 0 0
Tsiantakis, Nikos 1963-10-20 Left Winger Greece Olympiakos Piraios 2 0 0 0 0 0
Dimitriadis, Vasilis 1966-02-01 Striker Greece Aris Thessalonikis 1 3 0 0 0 0
Borbokis, Stefanos 1966-09-26 Centre Forward Greece PAOK Thessalonikis 1 1 0 0 0 0
Karasavvidis, Aris 1965-03-13 Striker Greece PAOK Thessalonikis 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ziogas, Michalis 1962-06-27 Striker Greece AE Larisas 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kavouras, Dimos 1962-07-09 Striker Greece APO Levadiakos 0 1 0 0 0 0

Matches of Greece in 1988

Date Home Team Away Team Result Event Stadium FIFA
1988-02-17
Greece
Greece
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
3:2 c
Greece vs. Northern Ireland
Friendly
Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis
1988-03-23
Greece
Greece
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
0:4 c
Greece vs. Soviet Union
Friendly
Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis
1988-04-06
Greece
Greece
Austria
Austria
2:2 c
Greece vs. Austria
Friendly
Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
1988-05-19
Canada
Canada
Greece
Greece
0:1 c
Canada vs. Greece
Friendly
Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
1988-05-21
Canada
Canada
Greece
Greece
0:3 c
Canada vs. Greece
Friendly
Varsity Stadium
1988-05-23
Chile
Chile
Greece
Greece
0:1 c
Chile vs. Greece
Friendly
Varsity Stadium
1988-05-28
Canada
Canada
Greece
Greece
0:0 (4:2) c
Canada vs. Greece
Friendly
Varsity Stadium
1988-08-31
East Germany
East Germany
Greece
Greece
1:0 c
East Germany vs. Greece
Friendly
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
1988-09-21
Turkey
Turkey
Greece
Greece
3:1 c
Turkey vs. Greece
Friendly
İnönü Stadyumu
1988-10-19
Greece
Greece
Denmark
Denmark
1:1 c
Greece vs. Denmark
World Cup 1990 - Group 1
Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis
1988-11-02
Romania
Romania
Greece
Greece
3:0 c
Romania vs. Greece
World Cup 1990 - Group 1
Stadionul Steaua
1988-11-15
Greece
Greece
Hungary
Hungary
3:0 c
Greece vs. Hungary
Friendly
Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
12 Matches

Match Progress for Greece in 1988

Favorite Opponents of Greece

Opponent M W D L G
Romania
Romania
23 7 7 9 23
Cyprus
Cyprus
22 15 4 3 44
Hungary
Hungary
18 9 4 5 28
Finland
Finland
16 9 2 5 23
Portugal
Portugal
14 5 5 4 18
Israel
Israel
13 10 3 0 22
Albania
Albania
13 6 3 4 13
Poland
Poland
12 1 4 7 6
Switzerland
Switzerland
12 2 4 6 12
Russia
Russia
11 2 5 4 10
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina
11 5 5 1 17
Denmark
Denmark
11 1 3 7 7
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
10 0 2 8 5
Georgia
Georgia
10 7 2 1 19
Netherlands
Netherlands
10 1 1 8 3
Belgium
Belgium
10 3 4 3 10
Italy
Italy
9 0 4 5 2
Norway
Norway
9 5 2 2 13
England
England
9 1 2 6 5
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
9 6 0 3 13
Turkey
Turkey
8 1 3 4 4
Malta
Malta
8 6 2 0 19
Austria
Austria
8 3 3 2 14
Sweden
Sweden
8 2 3 3 8
Croatia
Croatia
8 2 4 2 9
Spain
Spain
8 1 2 5 7
Latvia
Latvia
8 5 2 1 13
France
France
7 1 2 4 6
Moldova
Moldova
7 6 1 0 13
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
7 6 0 1 13
Slovenia
Slovenia
7 3 4 0 11
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
7 4 0 3 8
East Germany
East Germany
7 2 0 5 7
Ireland
Ireland
7 6 1 0 10
Germany
Germany
7 0 1 6 6
Slovakia
Slovakia
6 4 1 1 10
Scotland
Scotland
6 3 0 3 8
Armenia
Armenia
6 4 1 1 7
Ukraine
Ukraine
6 2 2 2 3
Kosovo
Kosovo
6 3 3 0 7
Estonia
Estonia
6 3 2 1 9
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
5 4 1 0 8
Czechia
Czechia
5 2 2 1 3
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
4 2 0 2 11
Belarus
Belarus
4 2 1 1 6
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
4 4 0 0 12
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
4 4 0 0 16
South Korea
South Korea
4 0 1 3 1
Lithuania
Lithuania
4 2 1 1 4
Canada
Canada
4 3 0 1 7
Nigeria
Nigeria
4 2 1 1 4
Iceland
Iceland
3 2 0 1 4
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
3 0 0 3 0
Australia
Australia
3 1 0 2 2
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
3 0 0 3 2
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
3 1 1 1 6
Egypt
Egypt
2 2 0 0 7
Colombia
Colombia
2 0 0 2 0
Montenegro
Montenegro
2 1 0 1 2
San Marino
San Marino
2 2 0 0 6
El Salvador
El Salvador
2 2 0 0 6
Argentina
Argentina
2 0 0 2 0
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
2 2 0 0 6
Serbia
Serbia
2 1 0 1 1
Japan
Japan
2 0 1 1 0
Bolivia
Bolivia
2 1 1 0 2
New Zealand
New Zealand
1 1 0 0 2
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
1 0 0 1 4
Cameroon
Cameroon
1 0 0 1 0
Brazil
Brazil
1 0 0 1 0
North Korea
North Korea
1 0 1 0 2
Ecuador
Ecuador
1 0 1 0 1
Honduras
Honduras
1 1 0 0 2
Qatar
Qatar
1 1 0 0 1
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast
1 1 0 0 2
Paraguay
Paraguay
1 0 0 1 0
Poland
Poland (Olympic)
1 1 0 0 1
USA
USA
1 0 1 0 1
Chile
Chile
1 1 0 0 1
Mexico
Mexico
1 0 1 0 0
Senegal
Senegal
1 0 0 1 0
Ghana
Ghana
1 0 1 0 1
Morocco
Morocco
1 0 1 0 0
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