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England National Football Team Match No. 784

England 2 Greece 2 [0-1]

Saturday, 6 October 2001

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records England Pre-Match Greece Pre-Match

 

Match Summary
Status: World Cup 2002 UEFA Preliminary Group 9 qualification match.
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester, capacity 68,936.
Attendance: 66,009.
Goals: Greece - Angelos Charisteas, 36th min.
England - Teddy Sheringham, 68th min.
Greece - Demis Nikolaidis, 69th min.
England - David Beckham, 93rd+ min.
Cautions: England - Paul Scholes, 8th min., unsporting behaviour.
Greece - Theo Zagarakis, 14th min., dissent.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - Dick Z.G. Jol, 45 (29-Mar-1956), Netherlands, FIFA-listed 1993;
Assistant referees - J Pool & J W Vanveluwen, Netherlands;
Fourth official - J Wegereef, Netherlands
Conditions: Kickoff at 3:00 pm BST.
Miscellany: None.
Statistics:

Type

England

Greece
Goal Attempts - -
Attempts on Target - -
Hit Bar/Post - -
Corner Kicks Won - -
Offside Calls Against - -
Fouls Conceded - -
Time of Possession - -
Statistics:

-

England Team
Ranking:

9th in FIFA ranking of 19 September 2001; 7th in Elo world ranking before this match and 7th after this match.

Colours: White shirts with red stripe down left side, white shorts with red stripe down right side, white socks - The "2001" home shirt.
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson, 53, appointed 31 October 2000, took post 12 January 2001, 
9th match, W 7 - D 1 - L 1 - F 23 - A 7.
Captain: David Beckham, 10th captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Martyn, A. Nigel 11-Aug-1966 35 G

Leeds United AFC

 18 0 1992-2002
2-Neville, Gary A. 18-Feb-1975 26 D Manchester United FC 48 0 1995-active
3-Cole, Ashley, sub off 79th min. 20-Dec-1980 20 D Arsenal FC 7 0 2001-active
4-Gerrard, Steven G. 30-May-1980 21 M

Liverpool FC

 8 1 2000-active
5-Ferdinand, Rio G. 07-Nov-1978 22 D Leeds United AFC 18 0 1997-active
6-Keown, Martin R. 24-Jul-1966 35 D Arsenal FC 40 2 1992-2002
7- Beckham, David R.J. 02-May-1975 26 M

Manchester United FC

 46 5 1996-active
8-Scholes, Paul 16-Nov-1974 26 M Manchester United FC 39 13 1997-2004
9-Fowler, Robert B., sub off 67th min. 09-Apr-1975 26 F

Liverpool FC

 21 5 1996-active
10-Heskey, Emile W.I. 11-Jan-1978 23 F

Liverpool FC

 19 3 1999-active
11-Barmby, Nicholas J., sub off 46th min. 11-Feb-1974 27 M

Liverpool FC

 23 4 1995-2001

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
18-Cole, Andrew A. sub on 46th min. for Barmby 15-Oct-1971 29 F

Manchester United FC

 15 1 1995-2001
17- Sheringham, Edward P. sub off 67th min. for Fowler 02-Apr-1966 35 F Tottenham Hotspur FC 42 11 1993-2002
16-McManaman, Steve, sub off 79th min. for Cole 11-Feb-1972 29 M

Real Madrid CF, Spain

 37 3 1994-2001
Formation:

4-4-2
Martyn -
G Neville, Keown, Ferdinand, Ashley Cole (McManaman) -
Beckham, Gerrard (Carragher), Scholes, Barmby (Andrew Cole) -
Heskey, Fowler (Sheringham).
Substitutes
Not Used:		 12-Gareth Southgate, 13-Richard Wright, 14-Jamie Carragher, 15-Danny Murphy.

Greece Team
Ranking:

59th in FIFA ranking of 19 September 2001; 51st in Elo world ranking before this match and 49th after this match.

Colours: Blue shirts with white panel across the top of the shirt, blue shorts, blue socks.
Coach: Otto Rehhegal, 63, appointed 9 August 2001, first match in charge 5 September 2001,
2nd match, W 0 - D 1 - L 1 - F 3 - A 7.
Captain: Theo Zagarakis.

Greece Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Nikopolidis, Antonis 14-Oct-1971 29 G Panathinaikos FC 15 0 1999-active
2-Patsatzoglou, Christos 19-Mar-1979 22 D Olympiakos Piraeus CFP 10 0 2000-active
3-Fyssas, Panayiotis 12-Jun-1973 28 D Panathinaikos FC 6 0 1999-active
4-Dabizas, Nikolaos 03-Aug-1973 28 D Newcastle United FC, England 47 0 1994-active
5-Vokolos, Leonidas 31-Aug-1970 31 D Panathinaikos FC 5 1 1998-active
6-Konstantinidis, Konstantinos 31-Aug-1972 29 M Hertha BSC Berlin, Germany 32 1 1995-active
7-Zagarakis, Theodoros, sub off 57th min. 27-Oct-1971 29 M AEK Athens 62 0 1994-active
8-Kasapis, Michalis 06-Jun-1971 30 D AEK Athens 34 0 1994-active
9- Charisteas, Angelas, sub off 73rd min. 09-Feb-1980 21 F FC Aris Thessaloniki 7 4 2001-active
10-Karagounis, Georgios 06-Mar-1977 24 M Panathinaikos FC 13 1 1999-active
11-Nikolaidis, Themistokles, sub off  86th min. 17-Sep-1973 28 F AEK Athens 31 12 1995-active

Greece Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
13-Basinas, Angelos, sub on 57th min. for Zagarakis 03-Jan-1976 25 M Panathinaikos FC 22 2 1999-active
16-Lakis, Vassilis, sub on 73rd min. for Charisteas 10-Sep-1976 25 M AEK Athens 11 2 1999-active
17-Machlas, Nikolaos, sub on 86th min. for Nikolaidis

16-Jun-1973

 28 F AFC Ajax, Netherlands 56 17 1993-active
Formation: 5-3-2

Nikopolodis -
Patsatzoglou, Dabizas, Konstantinidis, Vokolos, Fyssas -
Charisteas (Lakis), Zagarakis (Basinas), Karagounis -
Kassapis, Nikolaidis (Machlas).
Substitutes
Not Used:		 12-Stelios Venetidis, 14-Georgios Georgiadis, 15-Kostas Chalkias, 18-Vizis Vryzas.

Match Report

 

 

 

Source Notes

Sources

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