Greek Amputee Football Association

Greek Amputee Football Association
Nickname(s) Kuanolefkoi (Blue-whites)
Association Greek Amputee Football Association
Confederation EAFF
Head coach George Iordanidis
First colours
Second colours

The Greek Amputee Football Association (Greek: Ελληνική Ένωση Ακρωτηριασμένων Ποδοσφαιριστών, Elliniki Enosi Akrotiriasmenon Podosfairiston) is the Greek governing body of amputee football and represents Greece at international events and competitions.[1][2] The association was founded with the support of ASC Castellani (disability sport association) and EAFF.[3][4] In February 2016, Amputee Football Hellas became the 14th European national team.

History

Amputee Football Greece.

The following players participated in the 1st national amputee football camp which was held at Sofiko city of Corinth, Greece in conjunction to EAFF[5][6][7] on 11th and 12 June 2016: (GK) Alexandros Theodoridis, Dimitris Vouvopoulos, (DF) Tasos Tsigas, Georgios Lazaridis, Vasilis Mpakogiannis, (MF) Nikolaos Papakyrgiakis, Ioannis Vasiadis, Dimitris Agrianitis and (FW) Nikolaos Papaggelis.[8]

The unofficial adapted training games against AEK Futsal were the first ever friendly encounters for the newly formed team. These friendlies took place at Anthousa city of Pallini, Greece.

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Kit providers

Kit provider Period
Italy GIVOVA 2016–present

Players

Current squad

As of 13 November 2016.

The following players comprise the Greek national amputee football squad.
Caps and goals accurate as of 13 November 2016.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Alexandros Theodoridis (Captain) (1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 0 0 Greece free agent
12 1GK Dimitris Vouvopoulos (1979-03-18) 18 March 1979 0 0 Greece free agent
6 2DF Petros Tsikoureas (1981-07-22) 22 July 1981 0 0 Greece free agent
5 2DF Georgios Lazaridis (2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 0 0 Greece free agent
9 2DF Vasilis Mpakogiannis (1985-06-27) 27 June 1985 0 0 Greece free agent
10 2DF Thanasis Syrmas[9] (1970-09-19) 19 September 1970 0 0 Greece free agent
11 3MF Tasos Tsigas (1984-05-12) 12 May 1984 0 0 Greece free agent
3 3MF Nikolaos Papakyrgiakis (1990-06-04) 4 June 1990 0 0 Greece free agent
13 3MF Ioannis Vasiadis (1951-08-09) 9 August 1951 0 0 Greece free agent
8 3MF Dimitris Agrianitis (1982-04-06) 6 April 1982 0 0 Greece free agent
4 4FW Lazaros Marigkos[10] (1985-01-05) 5 January 1985 0 0 Greece free agent
14 4FW Nikolaos Papaggelis (1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 0 0 Greece free agent

Recent call-ups

The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past 10 months, but are not part of the current squad.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
7 3MF Thodoris Alexas (1979-08-09) 9 August 1979 0 0 Greece free agent
Notes
INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury
WD = Withdrew from this squad due to injury
PRE = Preliminary squad / standby

    References

    1. ↑ "Amputee Football Greece". facebook (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
    2. ↑ Θάνος Σαρρής. "Εσύ τι δικαιολογία έχεις; (gTV)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
    3. ↑ Άρης Μαυρόπουλος. "Amputee Football στη Βαρσοβία οι Καστελλάνοι!". ΑΣΑμεΑΚαστελλάνοι - ASCCastellani (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
    4. ↑ Μιχάλης Τσαμπάς. "Το ομορφότερο... γκολ του κόσμου!". Gazzetta Weekend Journal (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
    5. ↑ R.G. Hofmann. "World Amputee Football Federation". worldamputeefootball.com. Online. Archived from the original on September 12, 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
    6. ↑ UEFA. "Amputee football gains UEFA support". uefa.org. Online. Archived from the original on April 9, 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
    7. ↑ Rob Daly. "Amputee football has a bright future". uefa.org. Online. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
    8. ↑ Πέτρος Παπαμακάριος. "Μπορείς να παίξεις ποδόσφαιρο χωρίς πόδι;". SPORT24 (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
    9. ↑ Δημήτρης Στούμπης. "Με το εθνόσημο ο Σύρμας". Δημοκρατική - Η εφημερίδα της Ρόδου από το 1982 (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on November 13, 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
    10. ↑ Θανάσης Πολυμένης. "Ο Δραμινός Λάζαρος Μαρίγκος στην Εθνική Ομάδα Ακρωτηριασμένων Ποδοσφαιριστών". Πρωϊνός Τύπος - Καθημερινή ανεξάρτητη εφημερίδα της Δράμας από το 1951 (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on November 25, 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

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