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England men · International friendly

England
v Greece⁠

4–0

Full time

England v Greece finished 4–0.

Greece
None
Date
Wednesday 16 August 2006 · England in 2006
Kick-off
20:05 UK
Venue
Old Trafford, Manchester
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

  • No. 13, Chris Kirkland On in the 45'
  • No. 21, Kieran Richardson On in the 69'
  • No. 23, Aaron Lennon On in the 69'
  • No. 16, Jamie Carragher On in the 78'
  • No. 24, Darren Bent On in the 78'
  • No. 14, Wayne Bridge On in the 80'
  • No. 12, Luke Young (not used)
  • No. 15, Phil Neville (not used)
  • No. 17, Wes Brown (not used)
  • No. 18, Michael Dawson (not used)
  • No. 19, Jermaine Jenas (not used)
  • No. 20, Shaun Wright-Phillips (not used)
  • No. 22, Ben Foster (not used)

Greece

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Antonis Nikopolidis GK
  • No. 9, Angelos Charisteas FW
  • No. 27, Georgios Samaras FW Off in the 45'
  • No. 5, Traianos Dellas D Off in the 64'
  • No. 7, Theo Zagorakis M Off in the 45'
  • No. 8, Stelios Giannakopoulos M Off in the 45'
  • No. 10, Georgios Karagounis M
  • No. 14, Takis Fyssas D Off in the 29'
  • No. 21, Kostas Katsouranis M
  • No. 24, Loukas Vyntra D
  • No. 28, Paraskevas Antzas D Off in the 45'

Substitutes

  • No. 29, Panagiotis Lagos On in the 29'
  • No. 6, Angelos Basinas On in the 45'
  • No. 20, Ioannis Amanatidis On in the 45'
  • No. 22, Dimitris Salpingidis On in the 45'
  • No. 25, Sotirios Kyrgiakos On in the 45'
  • No. 32, Georgios Anatolakis On in the 64'
  • No. 11, Dimitrios Papadopoulos (not used)
  • No. 12, Kostas Chalkias (not used)
  • No. 16, Pantelis Kafes (not used)
  • No. 17, Theofanis Gekas (not used)
  • No. 19, Nikos Georgeas (not used)

Referee: Wolfgang Stark.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1983 – 2001

01 6 Oct 2001
FIFA World Cup · Qualifier · Group 9 Old Trafford, Manchester

England 2–2 Greece England drew

England: Sheringham 68', Beckham 90+3'

Greece: Charisteas 36', Nikolaidis 69'

Match page: England v Greece, 6 October 2001

03 17 May 1994
International friendly Wembley, London

England 5–0 Greece England won

England: Anderton 23', Beardsley 37', Platt 44' pen, Platt 55', Shearer 65'

Greece: None

Match page: England v Greece, 17 May 1994

Official meetings since 1971

England v Greece stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings11In our results database
England wins8England perspective
Draws2Level at full time
Greece wins1Greece victories

England have scored 27 goals to Greece's 5 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

2

Beckham

2 goals against Greece in matches we hold scorer data for.

Greece · Fixture leader

2

Pavlidis

Greece's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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