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Greece Ranks 12th in FIFA World Ranking

The Greek men's national football team ranks 12th, according to the most recent World Ranking published by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the organization that ranks the national football teams of the member nations of FIFA based...

Greek Coach Who Discovered Mitroglou

Nobody can doubt that the Greek striker Kostas Mitroglou is a gifted and talented player. His recent transfer to Fulham F.C proves it. The Greek explosive striker penned a contract that will keep him at the Cottagers for 4...

02/02/2014: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Olympiakos It still stretched its gap at the top of the Super League to 14 points, as PAOK lost at Platanias. PAOK dropped three more points losing 2-1 at Hania to Platanias that has climbed out of the bottom three....

Most Expensive Transfer in Greek Football History Finally Sealed

“Fulham Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Greek international Konstantinos Mitroglou, on a four-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed sum, which will see the player at Craven Cottage until the summer of 2018.” These were the...

Fulham Closing in on Greek Striker Kostas Mitroglou

Greek 25-year-old explosive striker, Kostas Mitroglou is one step closer to completing his transfer to the English football club Fulham. The “Cottagers” will sign the Greek hitman for 15 million euros. Greek champions Olympiacos have reached agreement with Fulham on...

Former Greek Football Star in Custody

Former Greek AEK Athens’s player who was also briefly chairman, Thomas Mavros is in custody due to the debts of the football club. Mavros is regarded as having been one of the best professional football players in Greece, having scored a...

Mitroglou Signs New Contract with Olympiakos

The Greek striker Kostas Mitroglou is set to sign a new contract with Olympiakos, which should keep him in Piraeus until the summer of 2017. This move by Olympiacos is like a Christmas present for the club's fans. The most important and...

Arsenal to Rival Liverpool in Battle for Olympiacos Striker Mitroglou

Arsenal and Liverpool are ready to battle for the signature of Olympiacos forward Konstantinos Mitroglou, according to the Daily Star. The 25-year-old frontman has been scoring goals for fun for both club and country this season, and has caught the...

Olympiacos Handed Manchester United in Today's Champions League Draw

The knockout stage of the 2013/14 Champions League campaign has finally taken shape, with only 16 of the continent's finest left in the hunt for Europe's top prize. The event took place in Nyon of Switzerland, at 1pm. The...

PAOK Handed Benfica's Difficult Challenge in Europa League's draw

PAOK have been drawn against Benfica in the last-32 stage of the Europa League. Following the announcement of the 2013/14 Champions League round of 16 fixtures, Monday afternoon brought the turn of the Europa League to take centre stage....

Greece Widens the Gap From Switzerland in UEFA's Country Coefficient Rankings

  Greece “climbed” in UEFA’s Country Coefficient Ranking after Olympiacos won and progressed to the knock-out phase of Champions League. Olympiacos Piraeus F.C’s win over Anderlecht combined with the qualification of the Greek team in top 16 of the Champions...

Olympiacos Beats Anderlecht 3-1; Passes to 16 of Champions League

Olympiacos Piraeus beat Anderlecht 3-1 in Karaiskaki stadium in Greece passing to the knockout stages of the Champions League. The Group C soccer match was full of suspense, while 3 players of Anderlecht got red cards leaving the team with 8...

Mundial 2014: Greece Handed a Balanced Group

The highly anticipated draw for the final stage of World Cup 2014 that will take place the forthcoming summer in Brazil, brought Greece in Group C along with Colombia, Japan and Ivory Coast. The event took place in Bahia,...

From Battles On the Football Pitch to Battling for Life

Giorgos Karaiskos, a Greek expat and former professional footballer, is struggling to stay alive as he faces a major health problem. Giorgos Karaiskos was born in Budapest on the 10th of August 1954 and came from Hungary to Greece...

Tie With Romania Puts Greece in World Cup

It wasn't a win but a 1-1 tie with Romania at their rival's home ground the night of Nov. 19 was good enough to give Greece, which won the first game in Athens of the playoff series by a...