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Rehhagel Names Greece Squad For Slovakia

Greece manager Otto Rehhagel has named his full squad for the upcoming friendly match against Slovakia on August 20...

Aug 16, 2008 12:29:44 PM

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Panathinaikos’ teenage sensation Sotiris Ninis recalled to the national team after missing out on selection for the Euro 2008 finals.

The 18 year-old has been in impressive form for Panathinaikos during pre-season and joins fellow team-mates Giorgos Karagounis, Nikos Spiropoulos, Dimitris Salpingidis, Alexandros Tziolis and Lukas Vyntra in the German’s squad.

Greece will be looking to use the upcoming friendly as preparation for the approaching World Cup qualifiers in September, where they have been drawn in a qualifying group including Latvia, Switzerland, Israel, Moldova and Luxembourg.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Konstantinos Chalkias (PAOK), Alexandros Tziorvas (OFI).

Defenders: Giourkas Seitaridis (Atletico Madrid), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Genoa), Traianos Dellas (Anorthosis Famagusta), Vassilis Torosidis (Olympiakos), Christos Patsatzoglou (Olympiakos), Sotiris Kyrgiakos (AEK Athens), Loukas Vyntra (Panathinaikos), Nikos Spiropoulos (Panathinaikos), Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiakos).

Midfielders: Ioannis Amanatidis (Eintracht Frankfurt), Kostas Katsouranis (Benfica), Angelos Basinas (AEK), Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos), Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos), Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos)

Strikers: Giorgios Samaras (Celtic), Angelos Charisteas (Nuremberg), Theofanis Gekas (Bayer Leverkusen), Nikos Lyberopoulos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Dimitris Salpingidis (Panathinaikos)

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