Greece - South Africa 2010 World Cup Finals

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Greece qualified for the 2010 World Cup Finals on 18th November, 2009.

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Greece in the World Cup Finals

World Cup Finals:
Greece make their 2nd appearance at the World Cup Finals.

Greece's Best World Cup Performance

Group Stage - USA 1994 (didn't score a goal).

Greece World Cup Preparations

Greece prepares for the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa.

Greece trained in Athens before moving to Bad Ragaz, Switzerland from May 21st to June 3rd; with games against two teams also qualified for the 2010 World Cup Finals.

The team return to Athens for a day, then fly to South Africa on June 4th.

Pre World Cup Friendly Matches:

Tue, 25th May: Greece vs North Korea (2:2) - Altach, Austria.

Wed, 2nd June: Greece vs Paraguay (0:2) - Winterthur, Switzerland.

Beverly Hills Hotel - Greece's World Cup Hotel.

Greece - 2010 World Cup Fixtures and Results

Group B

Group Stage

Saturday, 12th June:

South Korea vs Greece
Port Elizabeth (2:0)

Thursday, 17th June:

Greece vs Nigeria
Bloemfontein (2:1)

Tuesday, 22nd June:

Greece vs Argentina
Polokwane (0:2)

Knockout Stage

Greece 2010 World Cup Squad

Ethniki

Goalkeepers:

1 Konstantinos Chalkias (PAOK Salonika)
12 Alexandros Tzorvas (Panathinaikos)
13 Michalis Sifakis (Aris Salonika)

Defenders:

2 Giorgos Seitaridis (Panathinaikos)
4 Nikos Spiropoulos (Panathinaikos)
5 Vaggelis Moras (Bologna, Italy)
8 Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiakos)
11 Loukas Vintra (Panathinaikos)
15 Vasileios Torosidis (Olympiakos)
16 Sotiris Kyrgiakos (Liverpool, England)
19 Socrates Papastathopoulos (Genoa, Italy)
22 Stilianos Malezas (PAOK Salonika)

Midfielders:

3 Christos Patsatzoglou (Omonia)
6 Alexandros Tziolis (Siena, Italy)
10 Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos)
18 Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos)
21 Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos)
23 Athanasios Prittas (Aris Salonika)

Forwards:

7 Giorgos Samaras (Celtic, Scotland)
9 Angelos Charisteas (Nuremberg, Germany)
14 Dimitrios Salpingidis (Panathinaikos)
17 Theofanis Gekas (Hertha Berlin, Germany)
20 Pantelis Kapetanos (Steaua Bucharest, Romania)

Manager:
Otto Rehhagel (Germany)

Players to watch:
Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Giorgos Karagounis and Theofanis Gekas.

Destination Greece

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