The Greece Squad for the matches against Albania and England  May 2001
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Alexandris, Alexis	21 October 1968	32	F	Olympiacos CFP	39	10
Basinas, Angelos	3 January 1976	25	M	Panathinaikos AO	19	2
Charisteas, Angelas	9 February 1980	21	F	AS Aris Thessaloniki	4	3
Dabizas, Nikolaos	3 August 1973	27	D	Newcastle United FC, England	43	0
Eleftheropoulos, Dimitris	7 August 1976	25	G	Olympiacos CFP	10	0
	Dimitris Eleftheropoulos withdrew from the squad before the Albania match because of injury.
Fyssas, Panagiotis	12 June 1973	27	D	Panathinaikos AO	3	0
Georgiadis, Georgios Charalambous	8 March 1972	30	M	Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Constantinoupoliton	35	10
	Georgios Georgiadis was suspended for the England match.
Giannakopoulos, Stylianos	12 July 1974	26	M	Olympiacos CFP	12	3
Goumas, Ioannis Athanasiou	24 May 1975	25	D	Panathinaikos AO	15	0
Karagounis, Georgios	6 March 1977	24	M	Panathinaikos AO	9	0
Katergiannakis, Theofanis	16 February 1974	27	G	AS Aris Thessaloniki	6	0
Konstantinidis, Konstantinos	31 August 1972 born in West Germany	28	M	Hertha, Berliner SC von 1892 eV, Germany	29	1
	Konstantinos Konstantinidis withdrew from the squad before the Albania match because of injury.
Konstantinidis, Pantelis	16 August 1975	25	M	Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Constantinoupoliton	10	0
Lakis, Vasilios	10 September 1976	24	M	Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos FC	9	2
Liberopoulos, Nikolaos	4 August 1975	25	F	Panathinaikos AO	32	7
Machlas, Nikolaos	16 June 1973	27	F	Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax, Netherlands	53	17
Mavrogenidis, Dimitris	23 December 1976 from Uzbekistan	24	D	Olympiacos CFP	23	1
Nikopolidis, Antonios	14 October 1971	29	G	Panathinaikos AO	13	0
Ouzounidis, Marinos	10 October 1968	32	D	Paniliakos AO	49	4
Patsatzoglou, Christos	19 March 1979	22	D	Olympiacos CFP	9	0
	Christos Patsatzoglou was suspended for the England match.
Venetidis, Stylianos	19 November 1976	24	D	Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Constantinoupoliton	18	0
	Venetidis withdrew from the squad just before the England match because of injury.
Vokolos, Leonidas	31 August 1970	30	D	Panathinaikos AO	4	1
Vryzas, Zisis	9 November 1973	27	F	AC Perugia Calcio Srl, Italy	21	3
Zagarakis, Theodoros	27 October 1971	29	M	Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos FC	58	0
Zikos, Vassilios	1 June 1974	26	M	Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos FC	14	0
	Zikos was drafted into the squad on 28 May but walked out of the squad.

Squad details correct up to and including Greece's match against Albania on 2 June 2001.

Diary

Wednesday, 16 May 2001 - Greece coach Vasilis Daniil has announced a 24-player squad for the two World Cup 2002 home preliminary matches against Albania on 2 June and England on 6 June.  Newcastle United defender Nikos Dabizas returns to the squad after a long-term injury.  Ajax striker Nikos Machlas and Paniliakos defender Marinos Ouzounidis also have returned.  Perugia forward Zisis Vrizas has been recalled after a highly successful season in Serie A.  The squad is without Olympiakos defender Grigoris Georgatos, who withdrew himself from selection  because he felt he was not psychologically fit to play as a result of his anguish over his club side's loss in the Greek cup final, and the country's finest striker, Demis Nikolaidis of Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos Athens, who has boycotted the national side for the past 18 months in protest against alleged corruption in Greek football.

Saturday, 26 May 2001 - Greece's top goalkeeper Dimitris Eleftheropoulos will miss the World Cup preliminary matches because of a knee injury which has caused him severe pain, according to a statement issued by his club side, Olympiakos. Vasilis Daniil will use his second-choice goalkeeper, Antonis Nikopolidis of Panathinaikos.

Monday, 28 May 2001 -  Vasilis Daniil announces a revised squad following the injury withdrawals of Olympiakos goalkeeper Dimitris Eleftheropoulos and Hertha Berlin midfielder Costas Konstantinidis.  Daniil has given a late call to Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos Athens midfielder Andreas Zikos.

Saturday, 2 June 2001 - Greece beat Albania 1-0, with a goal from Nikos Machlas, but midfielders Christos Patsatzoglou and Giorgos Georgiadis earned their second yellow cards of the preliminary competition and will be suspended for the match against England.

Wednesday, 6 June 2001 - Press reports reveal that midfielder Andreas Zikos, who did not play against Albania, walked out of the Greece squad earlier this week after he was told he would not make the bench as a possible substitute in the England match.  Defender Stelios Venetidis aggravated a previous injury in the squad's last training session last night and will not be available for tonight's match.

Greece Form: last six games
L D D L D W   f 9:a 12 success: 43%
388	15 November 2000 - Greece 0 Slovakia 2 [0-1] Diagoras Stadio, Rodos	S.Nemeth, P.Nemeth	Fr	HL
389	13 December 2000 - Greece 1 Yugoslavia 1 [0-1] Pigadia Stadio, Xanthi	Vokolos Basinas OG		HD
390	28 February 2001 - Greece 3 Russia 3 [2-1] Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion	Charisteas (2), Basinas (pen) Buznikin (2), Khokhlov		HD
391	28 March 2001 - Greece 2 Germany 4 [2-2] Olympiakó Stádio Spiros Louis, Athína	Charisteas, Georgiadis Rehmer, Ballack (pen), Klose, Bode	WCP	HL
		Deisler
392	25 April 2001 - Croatia 2 Greece 2 [0-1] Stadion Varteksa, Varandin	Vlaovic, Rapaic Alexandris (2)	Fr	AD
393	2 June 2001 - Greece 1 Albania 0 [0-0] Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion	Machlas	WCP	HW

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