On a chilly night in Donetsk, the Greek National Team warmed the hearts of its supporters as Dimitrios Salpingidis netted a quality strike to post a 1-0 win over Ukraine at the Donbass Arena on Wednesday.
After a score-less draw in Athens on Saturday, Greece secured their spot in next summer’s FIFA World Cup in South [...]

So after finishing second behind Switzerland in Group 2 of UEFA’s qualifying for South Africa 2010, all that stands in Greece’s way now is Ukraine. I realize saying “all that” could sound a bit derogatory, but I use that phrase to emphasize how close Greece is to a return to the grandest stage of international [...]

Left to rue their missed chances, Greece’s hopes of qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa was dealt a huge blow yesterday in Chisinau as a late goal from Moldovan substitute Valeriu Andronic kept the visiting Greeks in check with a 1-1 draw at the Zimbru Stadium.

I am deeply saddened to return to the Greece Blog on the heels of a bitter (to say the least) 2-0 loss to Switzerland on Saturday night in Basel. My big return was supposed to be capped with a huge celebration of a big win in Basel, but somebody (I’ll deal with him in a [...]

I’ll be honest, on those boring summer days during my youth I used to watch reruns of that Bill Cosby hosted show “Kids Say the Darndest Things”. For those who aren’t too familiar with the show, it was an hour of LOL moments by kids attempting to answer questions from Mr. Cosby. Nowadays, a lot [...]

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Four days after being held to a 1-1 draw in Tel-Aviv, Greece hosts Israel in the second half a double-date when both sides rekindle their challenge for top spot on Wednesday.
The Greeks’ hopes of qualifying for just their second World Cup Finals are still intact, but Saturday night’s draw with Group 2 [...]

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Greece’s lead at the top of the Group 2 standings took a hit as Israel provided a come-back display to hold the Greeks to a 1-1 draw in Ramat Gan.
Theofanis Gekas revealed his skill-set was not rusty when he opened the scoring ahead of the interval, but Israel pegged back just after [...]

Usually you would see one of Chris’ articles start off with a link to goal.com, but I’m soon to be part of that global football family, so some articles from this point on will include a familiar line such as the one below…
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Ramat Gan plays hosts to a table-topping battle this weekend [...]

One glance at Greece’s roster for a midweek friendly with Denmark in Athens next week and it is clear that Otto Rehhagel is not yet ready to abandon his veteran core of players. After Vangelis Moras was a surprise inclusion in the pre-liminary squad list, featuring Greek players plying their trade abroad, Rehhagel stuck to [...]

Limited support for the Greek National Team from Athenians in recent matches has forced the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) to abandon Athens for Greece’s World Cup Qualifier with Israel on April 1st, 2009.
While the EPO had originally planned to schedule Greece’s final two qualifying fixtures in Crete, the lack of support shown in Greece’s last [...]