This is a list of Greece international footballers – football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 players who have played for the Greece national football team

Greece national football team

The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...

. All players with 40 or more official caps are listed here.

This table takes into account all Greece matches played up to and including 12 November 2011. Members of the Euro 2004-winning side are denoted in bold. Those currently available for selection are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Theodoros Zagorakis Theodoros Zagorakis -Kavala:Zagorakis was a defensive midfielder who usually operated on the right hand side of midfield. He started his career with Kavala, the club that also produced Zisis Vryzas, with whom he became close friends...	1994–2007	120	3
2	Giorgos Karagounis Giorgos Karagounis Giorgos Karagounis is a Greek footballer who currently plays for Panathinaikos . He is best remembered for scoring the first goal of UEFA Euro 2004, a very long range effort that helped his team to win the opening game of the tournament, in which the Greeks surprisingly emerged as champions.His...	1999-	113	7
3	Angelos Basinas Angelos Basinas Angelos Basinas is a Greek international footballer and the former captain of his country's national team. He played as a defensive midfielder for Arles-Avignon in the Ligue 1 until 22 October 2010.-Panathinaikos:...	1999–2009	100	7
4	Stratos Apostolakis Stratos Apostolakis Efstratios "Stratos" Apostolakis , nicknamed The Turbo, was a Greek footballer.The former Defender was no stranger to controversy as a player, his switch from Olympiacos to Panathinaikos in 1990 led to the cancellation of the Greek Super Cup as the authorities feared riots.As a footballer though...	1986–1998	96	5
5	Antonis Nikopolidis	1999–2008	90	0
6	Kostas Katsouranis Kostas Katsouranis Konstantinos "Kostas" Katsouranis is a Greek footballer who currently plays for Panathinaikos FC and the Greek national team as a defensive midfielder.-Panachaiki:...	2003-	88	9
7	Angelos Charisteas Angelos Charisteas Angelos Charisteas was born on 9 February 1980 in Strymoniko, Serres, but originates from Mani. He is a Greek football player who currently plays as a striker for Panetolikos F.C.... *	2001-	87	25
8	Dimitris Saravakos Dimitris Saravakos Dimitrios "Dimitris" Saravakos , nicknamed O Μικρός is a Greek former football player, considered to be one of the best Greek football players of all time. He started his career in Panionios and later he moved on to Panathinaikos FC, where Saravakos gained fame and matured as a footballer,...	1982–1994	78	22
9	Stelios Giannakopoulos Stelios Giannakopoulos Stylianos "Stelios" Giannakopoulos , popularly known as Stelios, is a retired Greek footballer who is currently president of the Greek Professional Footballers Association...	1997–2008	77	12
10	Tasos Mitropoulos Tasos Mitropoulos Anastassios "Tasos" Mitropoulos is a Greek politician and retired football midfielder.Mitropoulos was born in Volos, and started his football career at local team Aris Petroupoli. In 1976 he joined Ethnikos Piraeus, where he played five seasons...	1978–1994	77	8
11	Panagiotis Tsalouchidis Panagiotis Tsalouchidis Panagiotis Tsalouchidis is a Greek former footballer who played professionally from 1983 to 1999 for Veria, Olympiacos and PAOK, making 500 league appearances in Greek football. Tsalouchidis also represented Greece at international level, earning 75 caps between 1987 and 1995, and representing his...	1987–1995	76	16
12	Nikos Anastopoulos Nikos Anastopoulos Nikos Anastopoulos is a Greek former football player, one of the most prolific strikers in the Greek league during the late 1970s and the 1980s. With 29 goals he is the all time highest scorer for the Greek national football team. Since retiring as a player he has become a football manager...	1977–1988	75	29
13	Nikos Liberopoulos	1996-	73	13
14	Giourkas Seitaridis	2002-	72	1
15	Giannis Kalitzakis	1987–1999	71	0
16	Stelios Manolas Stelios Manolas Stylianos "Stelios" Manolas is a retired Greek football defender.Arguably the best football defender ever to come out of Greece, Manolas, a product of AEK Athens FC's youth academy...	1982–1995	71	6
17	Vassilis Tsiartas Vassilis Tsiartas Vassilios Tsiartas is a retired Greek international football player who played as an attacking midfielder. Although he was famed for his lackadaisical playing style, his ability was never in question and he was in many ways the epitome of a player who wears the number 10 shirt...	1994–2005	70	12
18	Nikos Dabizas Nikos Dabizas Nikolaos "Nikos" Dabizas is a retired Greek professional footballer and former Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and Larissa defender . He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football Championship winning squad....	1994-2004	70	0
19	Zisis Vryzas Zisis Vryzas Zisis Vryzas is a former football player, and had been the vice president of PAOK FC for the past 3 years. He was born 9 November 1973 in Kavala, city of northern Greece, located in the region of Macedonia . He played as a striker for various teams in Greece and abroad, as well as the Greek...	1994–2005	68	9
20	Savvas Kofidis Savvas Kofidis Savvas Kofidis is a Greek football coach and former midfielder player.-Career:He started his career in Iraklis, debuting in 18 January 1981 when Iraklis was participating in the Beta Ethniki. In Iraklis's team he played seven seasons before heading to Olympiacos...	1982–1994	67	1
21	Giorgos Georgiadis	1993–2004	61	11
22	Nikos Machlas Nikos Machlas Nikolaos Machlas is a Greek retired footballer and now chairman of OFI Crete. He finished his career as a striker for Cypriot team APOEL.-Club career:...	1993–2002	61	18
23	Mimis Papaioannou Mimis Papaioannou Dimitris "Mimis" Papaioannou was one of the star football players of AEK Athens FC. He was born in 1942 and began his career at Nea Genea in the town of Nea Nikomedia , Imathia Prefecture. He joined AEK in time for the 1963 season for the paltry sum of 140,000 drachmas...	1963–1978	61	21
24	Sotiris Kyrgiakos	2002-2010	61	4
25	Takis Fyssas Takis Fyssas Panagiotis "Takis" Fyssas is a former Greek international footballer. He is currently technical director of the Hellenic Football Federation.-Panionios:...	1999–2007	60	4
26	Nikos Sarganis Nikos Sarganis Nikos Sarganis is a legendary Greek retired football goalkeeper.Born on 15 January 1954, in Rafina, Attica, Sarganis started his football career as a fullback at Ilisiakos...	1980–1991	58	0
27	Theofanis Gekas Theofanis Gekas Theofanis Gekas is a Greek football striker who currently plays for the German club Eintracht Frankfurt. He has been the top goalscorer of the Greek League and the Bundesliga in previous seasons...	2005-	55	21
28	Demis Nikolaidis Demis Nikolaidis Themistoklis "Demis" Nikolaidis was the forty second president of AEK Athens F.C., and is considered one of the finest footballers Greece has ever produced. In his early childhood and teenage years he lived in the city of Alexandroupoli, in the north-east part of Greece...	1995–2004	54	17
29	Dimitris Salpigidis Dimitris Salpigidis Dimitris Salpigidis Dimitris Salpigidis Dimitris Salpigidis (Greek: Δημήτρης Σαλπιγγίδης, (born 18 August 1981, Thessaloniki) is a Greek football striker. He plays for PAOK FC and the Greek national team.-Playing career:...	2005-	53	6
30	Traianos Dellas Traianos Dellas Traianos Dellas is a Greek international footballer currently playing as a centre back for AEK Athens in the Greek Super League...	2001-2009	53	1
31	Giorgos Foiros Giorgos Foiros Giorgos Foiros is a retired Greek footballer and manager. He played center-back or sweeper. He was one of the very few players that was consistent in every game played. He played for the team of Aris Thessaloniki for many years and finished his career with Iraklis Thessaloniki. He made a total of...	1974–1982	52	0
32	Kostas Iosifidis	1974–1982	51	2
33	Petros Michos Petros Michos Petros Michos is a former Greek footballer that currently works as a manager. He started his career as a defender with Panetolikos but is better known for his many years with Olympiacos and the Greek national team in the 1980s....	1982–1988	51	0
34	Mimis Domazos Mimis Domazos Dimitris "Mimis" Domazos , is a retired Greek footballer born in Ambelokipi, Athens. His nickname is "The General".Mimis Domazos is considered by many to be the best footballer that Greece has ever produced...	1959–1980	50	4
35	Marinos Ouzounidis Marinos Ouzounidis Marinos Ouzounidis is a Greek football manager and former soccer player.-Playing career:Ouzounidis started his professional career playing for Greek club Skoda Xanthi as a defender from 1987 until 1992....	1992–2001	50	4
36	Georgios Samaras Georgios Samaras Georgios Samaras is a Greek footballer who plays for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Greek national football team. He is predominantly a left winger but can also play as a striker....	2006-	50	7