Otto Rehhagel, head coach of Greece has announced the 30-man world cup roster. The “Pirate ship” shares the group B with Argentina, Nigeria and South Korea.
The Greek will participate in their second world cup; their last and first participation was in 1994. The Greek will once again face Maradona, but this time as a coach. In 1994 Argentina defeated Greece 4-0 with a goal by Diego, his last in a world cup.

The most remarkable players in this list are striker Fanis Gekas, Giorgos Samaras and Angelos Charisteas. Three players were called for the first time including midfielder Sakis Prittas, and defenders Costas Manolas and Stergos.

Goalkeepers:
Kostas Halkias (PAOK)
Alexandros Tzorvas (Panathinaikos)
Michael Sifakis (Aris)

Defenders:
Lukas Vyntra (Panathinaikos)
Giorgos Seitaridis (Panathinaikos)
Stergos Marinos (Panathinaikos)
Nikos (Panathinaikos)
Spyropoulos (Panathinaikos)
Vangelis Moras (Bolonia/Italy)
Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiakos)
Giorgos Galitsios (Olympiakos)
Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiakos)
Sotiris Kyrgiakos (Liverpool/England)
Giorgos Tzavellas (Panionios)
Stelios Malezas (PAOK)
Socrates Papastathopoulos (Génova/Italy)
Costas Manolas (AEK)

Midfielders:
Costas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos)
Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos)
Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos)
Christos Patsatzoglou (Omonia/CYR)
Alexandros Tziolis (Siena/Italy)
Grigoris Makos (AEK Athens)
Sakis Prittas (Aris)

Forwards:
Dimitris Salpingidis (Panathinaikos)
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Panathinaikos)
Fanis Gekas (Hertha Berlín/GER)
Giorgos Samaras (Celtic/SCO)
Angelos Charisteas (FC Nuremberg/Germany)
Pantelis Kapetanos (Steaua Bucarest/Romania)
Kostas Mitroglou (Olympiakos)