The Greece Squad for the match against England  October 2001
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Basinas, Angelos	3 January 1976	25	M	Panathinaïkós AO	21	2
Chalkias, Kostantinos	24 May 1974	27	G	Iraklis 1908 FC	0	0
	Kostas Chalkias drafted into the squad on 28 September as replacement for Eleftheropoulos.
Charisteas, Angelas	9 February 1980	21	F	AS Aris Thessaloniki	6	3
Dabizas, Nikolaos	3 August 1973	28	D	Newcastle United FC, England	46	0
Eleftheropoulos, Dimitris	7 August 1976	25	G	Olympiacos CFP	12	0
	Dimitris Eleftheropoulos withdraws from the squad on 28 September due to conflicts with his club.
Fyssas, Panayiotis	12 June 1973	28	D	Panathinaïkós AO	5	0
Georgiadis, Georgios Charalambous	8 March 1972	30	M	Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Constantinoupoliton	37	11
Karagounis, Georgios	6 March 1977	24	M	Panathinaïkós AO	12	1
Kasapis, Michalis	6 August 1971	30	D	Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos FC	33	0
Konstantinidis, Konstantinos	31 August 1972 born in West Germany	29	M	Hertha, Berliner SC von 1892, Germany	31	1
Konstantinidis, Pantelis	16 August 1975	26	M	Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Constantinoupoliton	12	0
Kyrgiakos, Sotiris	23 July 1979	22	D	Panathinaïkós AO	0	0
Lakis, Vassilis	10 September 1976	25	M	Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos FC	10	2
Machlas, Nikolaos	16 June 1973	28	F	Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax, Netherlands	55	17
Nikolaidis, Themistoklis	17 September 1973 born in West Germany	28	F	Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos FC	30	11
Nikopolidis, Antonis	14 October 1971	29	G	Panathinaïkós AO	14	0
Patsatzoglou, Christos	19 March 1979	22	D	Olympiacos CFP	9	0
Seitaridis, Georgios	4 June 1981	20	D	Panathinaïkós AO	0	0
Venetidis, Stylianos	19 November 1976	24	D	Olympiacos CFP	19	0
Vokolos, Leonidas	31 August 1970	31	D	Panathinaïkós AO	4	1
Vryzas, Vizis	9 November 1973	27	F	AC Perugia Calcio Srl, Italy	24	2
Zagarakis, Theodoros	27 October 1971	29	M	Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos FC	61	0
Zikos, Vassilios	1 June 1974	27	M	Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos FC	16	0

Squad details correct up to and including Greece's match against Finland on 5 September 2001.

Diary

Tuesday, 25 September 2001 - Greek coach Otto Rehhegal has named his 22-man squad for the World Cup qualifier against England on October 6.  AEK Athens striker Demis Nikolaidis has been recalled to the Greece squad after a self-imposed 20-month boycott of the national team.  Nikolaidis refused to play for the national side in protest at refereeing standards in the Greek league in November 1999.  Michalis Kasapis, who has also been recalled after a self-imposed exile, kicked a referee in a league match in 1999 and given a 22-match ban.  They will be joined by Panathiniakos debutants Sotiris Kyrgiakos and Yourkas Seitaridis, promoted from the under-21 setup.  There is no place for Inter Milan's Grigoris Georgatos who publicly quit the Greece team in the wake of their 5-1 thrashing away to Finland on September 5.  Central defender and Panathinaïkós captain Ioannis Goumas is missing after breaking a foot in pre-season.

Friday, 28 September 2001 - Olympiakos goalkeeper Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos asked not to be included in the national side which will confront England.  Eleftheropoulos was distraught after letting in a soft goal in a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Lille OSC in the Champions league midweek.  He had also earlier been involved in a fight with team mate Jorge Bermudez and was punished by missing the opening game for the Greek championship, a 3-0 win over Iraklis. Eleftheropoulos is almost sure he won't play against Panionios in the second matchday of the Greek League and has asked for a permission to skip the World Cup qualifier against England.  Greece coach Otto Rehhagel has accepted his decision, and has called in Kostas Chalkias of Iraklis as a replacement for Eleftheropoulos and cover for Panathinaïkós' goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis who will start against England.

Greece Form: last six games
L D W L D L   f 6:a 13 success:  33%
391	28 March 2001 - Greece 2 Germany 4 [2-2] Olympiakó Stádio Spiros Louis, Athína	Charisteas, Georgiadis Rehmer, Ballack (pen), Klose, Bode	WCP	HL
		Deisler
392	25 April 2001 - Croatia 2 Greece 2 [0-1] Stadion Varteksa, Varazdin	Vlaovic, Rapaic Alexandris (2)	Fr	AD
393	2 June 2001 - Greece 1 Albania 0 [0-0] Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion	Machlas	WCP	HW
394	6 June 2001 - Greece 0 England 2 [0-0] Olympiakó Stádio Spiros Louis, Athína	Scholes, Beckham		HL
395	15 August 2001 - Russia 0 Greece 0 [0-0] Luzniki Stadium, Moskva		Fr	AD
396	5 September 2001 - Finland 5 Greece 1 [4-1] Olympiastadion, Helsinki	Forsell (2), Riihilahti, Kolkka, Litmanen Karagounis	WCP	AL

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