Greece coach Otto Rehhagel announced his squad today for the friendly encounter with Ireland on November 20th to be played at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium in Athens.
Rehhagel included three first timers on the team, 21-year-old midfielder Ioannis Amanatidis who plays for VfB Stuttgart, 21-year-old forward Dimitrios Papadopoulos who plays for Burnley FC and AEK Athens goalie Dionysios Chiotis, 26.
His 20-man squad includes six players from Panathinaikos Athens, four from AEK Athens and three from Olympiakos Piraeus.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Antonis Nikopolidis (Panathinaikos), Dionysios Chiotis (AEK)
Defenders: Stelios Venetidis (Olympiakos), Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Panathinaikos), Nikolaos Dabizas (Newcastle United/Eng), Christos Patsatzoglou (Olympiakos), Giorgos Seitaridis (Panathinaikos) and Panayiotis Fissas (Panathinaikos)
Midfield: Ioannis Amanatidis (VfB Stuttgart/Ger), Giorgos Georgiadis (PAOK Salonika), Stelios Giannakopoulos (Olympiakos), Thodoros Zagorakis (AEK), Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos), Pantelis Kafes (PAOK), Konstantinos Konstantinidis (Hannover/Ger), Angelos Basinas (Panathinaikos), Vasilis Tsartas (AEK)
Strikers: Themis Nikolaidis (AEK), Dimitris Papadopoulos (Burnley FC/Eng), Angelos Haristeas (Werder Bremen/Ger)