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Hard-Fought Win for Greece at Kosovo for the UEFA Nations League

The Greek National Team returned to winning ways in Kosovo, defeating the home side 2-1 on Sunday in round two of the 2020/2021 UEFA Nations League. With barely two minutes on the clock Kostas Fortounis sliced the ball across the...

Greece, UEFA Sign Agreement to Clean Up Football

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Aleksander Ceferin, the President of UEFA,  signed an accord on Tuesday offering assistance in reforming Greek football, which has been plagued by crowd control and funding problems in recent years. The accord establishes a roadmap...

PM Mitsotakis Announces FIFA-UEFA Memorandum for Greek Football

Speaking before the Greek Parliament on Thursday evening, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that his administration will seek an agreement with the international and European governing bodies of football to address issues with the country's troubled Superleague. Greece aims to draft...

Olympiacos Thrashes Krasnodar 4-0 in UEFA Champions League Qualifier (video)

Greece's Olympiacos practically clinched a place in the UEFA Champions League group stage after stunning Russia's Krasnodar 4-0 at Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus on Wednesday night. After a slow start with both teams trying to secure their box, it took...

AEK Secures Advance, Atromitos Ties, Aris is Out of UEFA Europa League Playoffs

The AEK football club beat CS Universitatea Craiova by 2-0 in Romania on Thursday in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2019-20, which practically secured them a spot in the playoffs for...

Greece Beaten by Relegated Estonia in UEFA Nations League (video)

An own-goal by Vasilis Lampropoulos condemned Greece to its third loss in six Nations League games, with Estonia winning 1-0 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens on Sunday. The Greeks struggled to create chances against some staunch defending by the...

Lackluster Greece Lose To Finland 2-0 in UEFA's Nations League

Devoid of passion and desire Greece slipped to a humbling 2-0 defeat against Finland on Monday night in Tampere for the UEFA Nations League Tournament. The impressive Finns, who lead Group 2 in League C with four straight wins, fully...

UEFA Bans Panathinaikos from European Football for 3 Years for Unpaid Debts

Panathinaikos football club have been banned from European competitions for three years for failing to pay their debts to former players, UEFA announced on Tuesday. The Athens club were given a suspended sentence by UEFA's Club Financial Control Body (CFCB)...

Greece Gets Ready for New UEFA Nations League

Greece's national football team will face Hungary, Finland and Estonia in a new UEFA Nations League tournament which could end in Euro 2020 qualification. In another group of the same division, Cyprus was drawn to face Slovenia, Norway and Bulgaria. This...

Greece's ex-Football Chief Charged with Misuse of UEFA Donation

A prosecutor has charged a former head of Greece's football federation (EPO), with breach of duty over the misuse of a large donation by UEFA that was intended to support fire-stricken areas in the region of Ilia, Peloponnese, after...

Greece Climbs to 14th Place in UEFA Ranking after Olympiacos' Win

Greece climbed to 14th place in the UEFA ranking after Olympiacos' win over Rijeka with a 2-1 score on Wednesday night in Piraeus. The Greek champions' victory has earned Greece 200 points, reaching 25,100 points and surpassing Switzerland (25,000) which...

Good and Bad news for Greek Clubs in UEFA draw

Friday's UEFA draw for both the Champions League and the Europa League play-offs reserved both bad and good news for Greek football clubs. Four out of the initial five Greek teams (Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos, PAOK Salonika and AEK Athens)...

Olympiakos Leaves UEFA Europa League After Losing 4-1 to Besiktas

A goal by Tarik Elyounoussi and the expulsion of Besiktas' striker Vincent Aboubakar shortly before the second half was not enough for Olympiacos who lost to the Turkish team 4-1 on Thursday in the second leg of the UEFA...

UEFA to Host Presidential Elections in Athens

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has made it publicly known that the elections which will appoint the new president of the federation will take place on September 14 in Athens, in a conference where all its 55...

Fruitless Meeting Between Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis, UEFA and FIFA; Greece Faces Risk of Exclusion

Things are starting to look tough for the Greek football scene, as once again the Greek football teams are facing the risk of being excluded from international leagues. On Wednesday afternoon, Deputy Minister Stavros Kontonis met with the Hellenic Football...