Looked unlikely to qualify, losing their first group games to favourites Spain and the Ukraine. However, the Greeks caused an upset in finishing top of the group, even beating Spain on their own home patch. Defence is the key for them – they don’t have a renowned potent goalscorer. Their group contains hosts Portugal and the formidable Spanish, but having beaten them once, they can do it again.

Greece's Warm Up Games
Date Team Venue Score
15 Nov 2003 Portugal Aveiro 1-1
18 Feb 2004 Bulgaria Athens 2-0
31 Mar 2004 Switzerland Athens 1-0
28 Apr 2004 Netherlands Eindhoven 0-4
29 May 2004 Poland Szczecin  

Squad
Goalkeepers
Antonis Nikopolidis Panathinaikos
Kostas Chalkias Panathinaikos
Fanis Katergiannakis Olympiakos
Defenders
Traianos Dellas Roma
Yannis Goumas Panathinaikos
Yourkas Seitaridis Panathinaikos
Takis Fyssas Benfica
Nikos Dabizas Leicester City
Stelios Venetidis Olympiakos
Michalis Kapsis AEK Athens
Midfielders
Costas Katsouranis AEK Athens
Angelos Basinas Panathinaikos
Theodoros Zagorakis AEK Athens
Pantelis Kafes Olympiakos
Vassilis Lakis AEK Athens
Vassilis Tsartas AEK Athens
Giorgios Georgiadis Olympiakos
Stelios Giannakopoulos Bolton
Giorgos Karagounis Inter Milan
Strikers
Dimitrios Papadopoulos Panathinaikos
Zisis Vryzas Fiorentina
Angelos Haristeas Werder Bremen
Demis Nikolaidis Atletico Madrid