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  Greece national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Greece national football team is the national football team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation.
Greece's first appearance in a major tournament was the 1980 European Championship, but their first win in a major tournament did not come until the first match of Euro 2004, a 2-1 win over the hosts Portugal.
Greece were the highest ranked seed in the 'pots' for qualification to 2008 European Football Championship in Switzerland and Austria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greece_national_football_team   (1088 words)

  
 Hellenic Football Federation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) (Greek: Ελληνική Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία) is the governing body of football in Greece.
It organizes the football league, Hellenic National League, whose first division is named Alpha Ethniki (i.e.
This article about a football (soccer)-related organization is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hellenic_Football_Federation   (99 words)

  
 Football around the world: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The football association (the fa) is the governing body of football in england (and the crown dependencies of jersey, guernsey and the isle of man)...
The iran national football team is the national team of iran and is controlled by the islamic republic of iran football federation and is one of the strongest...
The football association of ireland (fai) is the organising body for the sport of association football (soccer) in the republic of ireland....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fo/football_around_the_world.htm   (5036 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | FOOTBALL | Fifa v Greece: Your questions answered
The vice president of the Hellenic Football Federation, who is also the president of the National Football League, Victor Mitropoulos, has been accused of embezzlement in connection with his stewardship of a club back in 1993.
The Hellenic Football Federation says this is an unwarranted interference into the way it runs its affairs.
It says national football organisations must be autonomous and, unless the Greek federation tells it that is being left alone then Greece will be banned from international competition.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/football/1298506.stm   (580 words)

  
 TheFA.com - Greek triumph
Their detailed understanding of English football and its history was also a surprise - references to Busby and Shankly among others were frequent and accurate, sadly along with the knowledge of hooliganism and the tragic events of Hillsborough.
Both The FA and the British Embassy were keen to ‘officially’ congratulate the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) on their victory, which appealed to the traditional British support of the underdog.
HFF President Vassilis Gagatsis commented that his country was "proud to be honoured in this way by the inventors of the game we all love", and the reception given to all the UK visitors was warm and enthusiastic.
www.thefa.com /TheFA/InternationalRelations/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2005/02/IntRelns_Greek2004.htm   (889 words)

  
 HELLENIC FOOTBALL FEDERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
SINCO S.A. has come to an agreement with the Hellenic Football Federation (H.F.F.) and has undertaken the Exclusive sponsorship for the Organization of the Greek Football Cup.
Following this agreement for the yearly periods 2005-2006 and 2006-2007, the Greek football cup institution has been renamed "SINCO GREEK CUP"...
FC Barcelona forward Ronaldinho has capped a memorable year by winning the Ballon d΄ Or, or European Footballer of the Year award, at the annual ceremony in Paris.
www.epo.gr /default_uk.asp   (176 words)

  
 Iran Daily - Sports
ATHENS, Greece, June 21--The Greek football federation (EPO) on Monday enlisted the backing of world football governing body FIFA to resolve a Ôpolitical conflictÕ with the Greek government that has resulted in a state fund freeze.
FIFA President Joseph Blatter held an emergency meeting on Monday with EPO President Vassilis Gagatsis in Zurich to discuss the Ôprecarious situationÕ in Greek football, citing Ôcontinuing political conflictsÕ that are preventing the federation from focusing on football issues, a FIFA statement said.
The federation is also disappointed with the bonus money given by the state to Greece's victorious Euro 2004 squad, which translated into 170,000 euros per player, an EPO spokesperson told AFP.
www.iran-daily.com /1384/2305/html/sports.htm   (2294 words)

  
 uefa.com
European football's governing body said in a statement on Thursday that there were no indications that the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) had been involved in any irregularities.
UEFA appointed a disciplinary inspector to look into allegations made by Ruben Hayrapetyan, president of the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA), to the UEFA match delegate that approaches were made to Armenia to fix the game in Greece's favour.
As the situation stands at present, it is, however, clear that there was nothing irregular about the EURO 2004™ qualifier in question, and there are no indications from which it could be inferred that either the Hellenic Football Federation or its president were involved in any irregularities.
www.uefa.com /news/newsId=117488,printer.htmx   (292 words)

  
 Football | Greece to face bribery inquiry
Uefa said it had appointed a disciplinary investigator to examine claims made by Ruben Hayrapetian, president of the Football Federation of Armenia, to the Uefa match delegate that approaches were made to Armenia to fix the game in favour of Greece.
Suren Bagdasarian, a spokesman for the Armenian federation, said the manager of Armenia's Under-21 team received a call from Sukiasian, who allegedly claimed that he had been "ordered" by the president of the Greek federation to offer money for an Armenian defeat.
Hayrapetian then brought team officials to the federation office and made a tape-recorded call to Sukiasian in which the former player offered $1m (£630,000) for a Greek win, Bagdasarian said.
football.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4751109-103,00.html   (491 words)

  
 Armenia Diaspora Conference Official Site
Head coach of Yerevan football team Pyunik Vartan Minasian called “logical” the 3:1 victory of his players against Macedonian Pobeda in the first qualification round of Champions League in Skopje on July 13.
The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) has used the country's annual football gala awards ceremony to highlight football's fight against intolerance and discrimination.
The president of the Hellenic Football Federation, Vasilios Gagatsis, has sent an official letter to his Armenian counterpart Ruben Ayrapetyan, saying that statements about an attempt "to buy" a match between the Armenian and Greek national teams in a qualifier of the 2004 European championship "have inflicted colossal damage on our reputation".
www.armeniadiaspora.com /sports/football   (1537 words)

  
 SI.com - Soccer - Armenia wants probe of alleged Greek bribery - Sunday September 7, 2003 10:59AM
Federation spokesman Suren Bagdasarian said on Sunday that Armenian players had reported several weeks ago that they had received telephone calls from unidentified people offering them money to allow the Greeks to win.
Airpateian then brought Bagdasarian and other officials to the federation office and made a call, which he tape recorded, to Sukiasian in which the former player offered $US1 million for a Greek win.
Hellenic Football Federation president Vasilios Gagatsis could not immediately be reached for comment.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2003/soccer/09/07/bc.eu.spt.soc.armenia.greece.ap   (292 words)

  
 ARIS The Emperor - ΟΛΟΚΛΗΡΗ Η ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗΣ ΤΟΥ CAS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
On 3 March 2005, FIFA confirmed to the HFF that its two decisions of 14 February 2005 had become final and binding and that, as a consequence, FIFA was not in a position to grant a payment plan.
On 2 June 2005, the Hellenic Football League wrote to the Secretariat of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.
This decision was confirmed by the Appeal Committee of HFF on 30 June 2005.
www.emperor.gr /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=2030   (5372 words)

  
 Greece History
While Greece had a team in the finals of the 1920 Olympic Games, the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) was a relative latecomer, only being formed in 1926.
One of the two giant nations of classical antiquity, along with Rome, Greece's recent rebirth as a footballing nation has seen the giants of the ancient world begin to make an impact on the world's most popular sport.
The history of Greece can be traced back as early as the Bronze Age, when Cycladic, Minoan and Mycenaean seafarers thrived in the area covered by modern Greece, but it was with the evolution of city states around 800 BC that Greece entered its first age of splendour.
www.freewebs.com /euromatchtips/greece_history.htm   (935 words)

  
 :: News ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Our main goal is to change the image of Greek football to the best possible one”, according to newly (re)elected president Mr.
Ioannis Ikonomidis, recently (re)elected General Secretary of the Greek Football Federation, will try to heal Greek Futsal’ wounds, after the teams’ strike late this season.
HFF’s General Secretary in convinced that the teams are willing to listen as well as explain to him their point of view, their problems of the past and their aspirations for the future, with the common goal being the official start of the Greek Championship.
www.futsalhellas.gr /english/News/index.asp?ID=115   (305 words)

  
 Will Rehhagel's reward be the Germany job? : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
If the call does come from the German football federation, perhaps Rehhagel could call Hiddink, who led the Dutch to the semi-finals of the 1998 World Cup, for some advice.
Rehhagel's approach here has reminded many observers of Hiddink and the way he knitted together a team of no-hopers into a unit whose workrate would wear their opponents into the ground.
It does not belong to any one person, but to all of us," said the then President of the Hellenic football federation, Vasilis Gagatzis at the time, showing the attitude of a country which desperately wanted a good showing in the year that Athens hosts the Olympic Games.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_864272,001301060000.htm   (571 words)

  
 Olympiacos -
Olympiacos was founded on March 10, 1925, when the members of the "Piraeus Football Club" and the "Piraeus Fan Club" decided, during a historical assembly, to dissolve the two clubs in order to establish a new unified one.
According to the current (March 2006) world club ranking of the International Federation of Football and Statistics, Olympiacos is No. 47 in the World.
In 1926 the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) was founded and in 1927 tried to organize the first Greek Championship.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Olympiacos   (3431 words)

  
 Sports Features Communications™ - Press Point
to discuss the precarious situation in Greek football where continuing political conflicts are preventing the HFF from focusing on the real issues facing organised football in the country.
, primarily addressed how discrepancies between national law and the HFF statutes have been exploited in multiple recourses to ordinary courts of law, which is prohibited by article 61 of the FIFA Statutes.
“It is disappointing because the federation behind the reigning European champions should be a role model organisation, but this is not the case.
www.sportsfeatures.com /PressPoint/show.php?id=23183   (172 words)

  
 news.ert.gr - Football - Greek Cup Final on May 10
News > Football)&body=The Greek Cup Final between Olympiacos and AEK was rescheduled for May 10, announced the Hellenic Football Federation.
The Greek Cup Final between Olympiacos and AEK to take place at the Pankritio Stadium was rescheduled for May 10, instead of May 6, as it had been initially announced.
"The Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) decided the Greek Cup Final between Olympiacos and AEK to be held on May 10 at 18.30pm, because Police could not deploy additional police forces before 9/5," read the HFF’s announcement.
news.ert.gr /en/newsDetails.asp?ID=17206   (474 words)

  
 FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Zürich, 2 August 2001 - FIFA, the Hellenic Football Federation and representatives of the Greek government today signed an agreement, which successfully concluded the long discussions to normalise the relations between Greek football and the country's governmental authorities in line with the FIFA Statutes and regulations.
Under the chairmanship of Jean-Fournet-Fayard (France), a member of the National Associations Committee of FIFA, today's meeting put the final touches to the agreement, which covers all controversial aspects that had almost led to the suspension of the Greek FA in late March this year.
By signing the agreement, the Greek government confirmed its commitment to adapt its legislation accordingly by mid January 2002 while the Hellenic Football Federation in turn will adopt revised statutes at their general assembly due to be held at the latest by the end of April 2002.
www.fifa.com /en/media/index/0,1369,28477,00.html?articleid=28477   (222 words)

  
 GREEK CLUB SIGNS LIBERIAN STRIKER
Doe, 19, a swift and sublime striker with lot of prospects, is making his first competitive move after a rousing beginning with Tonnerre KC of Cameroon that he powered to the 2002 CAF Cup finals.
The new team has Atromitos's 10,000-capacity stadium in the Athens suburb of Peristeri, which was given a facelift in the summer as their home ground and under the tutelage of Coach Georgios Parashos who recently signed a contract extension.
Atromitos, founded in 1923, have a decent fan base, despite their financial problems that prevented them satisfying the Hellenic Football Federation's licensing requirements for the season just ended, but it’s believed that the new nuptials would help stabilize the team and resolve several pecuniary obligations.
www.liberiansoccer.com /GREEKCLUBSIGNSLIBERIANSTRIKER20050829.htm   (438 words)

  
 Greece national football team
The Greece national football team is the national team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation.
The nickname was inspired by the opening ceremony, which was held just before the game, and involved a pirate ship floating on the football field.
Greece were portayed as the pirates who surprised the opponents and "stole" the win from their hands, a theme that would repeat itself throughout the tournament.
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/NFGreece.html   (884 words)

  
 Media Centre - 8,471 ticket passes for the 2006 World Cup...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Starting July 22 and until all stocks are exhausted, Vodafone Shops will be selling ticket passes for the 6 official home matches that the Greek national football team will play in the qualifying round of the 2006 World Cup.
This offer is open to any one who is interested, irrespective of the mobile telephony network they are using, and forms part of the Vodafone sponsorship of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO).
This Vodafone initiative further supports the monumental success of the National Football Men's Team in Euro 2004, that brought the cup to Greece.
www.vodafone.com /article_with_thumbnail/0,3038,CATEGORY_ID=210&LANGUAGE_ID=0&CONTENT_ID=251828,00.html   (312 words)

  
 Anticipation at fever pitch for fantasy final - [Sunday Herald]
The only prec edent of a major final in Greek footballing history was Panathinaikos playing in the 1971 European Cup final, but when it came to the national team, the Greeks have hardly had anything to cheer about.
In Germany itself, the media have followed the Rehhagel success story and the fairly large Greek population in the country are loving it.
Over the last couple of days Greeks have “bombarded” travel agents and the Hellenic Football Federation with requests for flights to Lisbon and tickets to the final – it is as if the whole country wants to swim across the Mediterranean to be at the Da Luz stadium at 7.45pm.
www.sundayherald.com /43136   (1023 words)

  
 Athens Sports Travel - Reviews, Tips, Photos - VirtualTourist.com
AEK is a major football club in Athens with a great history and a large base of supporters.
Athens is football crazy and supply 2 of the best-supported and most successful clubs in Greece, Panathinaikos and AEK, with giants Olympiakos next door in Piraeus.
The Hellenic Football Federation, or EPO (Elliniki Podosfairiki Omospondia), oversees the league.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Greece/Prefecture_of_Attica/Athens-426812/Sports_Travel-Athens-R-2.html   (1345 words)

  
 Open Directory - Sports: Soccer: UEFA: England: Non-League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
BBC - Stoke and Staffordshire - Non-League Football - News, results, fixtures, and photographs of the local clubs.
Leicestershire Football History - Historic league tables for Non-League football in Leicestershire and Rutland.
South West Football Archive - Current and historical results covering South West England football teams, both league and non-league, primarily those in Devon and Cornwall.
dmoz.org /Sports/Soccer/UEFA/England/Non-League   (918 words)

  
 Futsal Planet
The Hellenic Football Federation issued another scandalous statement today that reads:
"We inform you that according to the decisions made by the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Football Federation the Second Phase - Hellenic League Play Offs has been cancelled.
The Champion for this year's competition will be determined by the table of the Regular season.
www.futsalplanet.com /News/news-01.asp?id=4868   (133 words)

  
 Rehhagel staying with Greece through World Cup
Greece coach Otto Rehhagel will stay with the new European champions until after the 2006 World Cup finals, Greece's football federation said on Wednesday.
"Mr Rehhagel will stay with the Greek football federation for the next two years," said Vassilis Gagatsis, president of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO).
Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
www.rediff.com /sports/2004/jul/07otto.htm   (290 words)

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