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Football records and statistics in Greece

This article concerns football records in Greece and it includes the top flight and lower divisions as well.

Players

All-time goalscorers

Awards

Youngest players' records

  • Ntinos Pontikas holds the record of the youngest player to score a hat-trick in Greek football, at the age of 14 years, 6 months and 18 days, achieving that in his debut match Ampelokipoi - Haravgi (4–3), in the fifth tier, on 21 September 1996. His feat also remains a world record.
  • holds the record of the youngest footballer to score in the first tier at 15 years, 11 months and 1 day. He scored in his debut match, Panionios - Aris (2–0), on 26 December 1977.
  • Dimitrios Ziogas holds the record for the youngest player to win the topscorer award in any Greek league, at 15 years and 7 months in the second division of the Thessaly league (sixth level on the pyramid), in the 1996–97 season, scoring 35 goals.
  • Kostas Tsampas holds the record of the youngest footballer to play in the first tier at 14 years, 3 months and 4 days. He made his debut in the Panachaiki – Apollon Smyrnis match (0–0) on 26 December 1977.
  • Panagiotis Lygkas became the youngest scorer in the third division at 15 years, 4 months and 3 days. He scored his team's fourth goal in the match Souli Paramythias – Grevena Aerata (4–0), on 13 January 2019.
  • Dimitris Papadopoulos was the youngest player to feature in the second division playing his first match at 14 years old for Ergotelis in 1964.
  • Konstantinos Karetsas is the youngest player to score for the Greece national football team, at 17 years, 4 months and 4 days in his second game Scotland - Greece (0–3), on 23 March 2025. He broke Sotiris Ninis' record from 2008.

Oldest players' records

Appearances

Players with most trophies won

International accolades

Greek players abroad

Miscellaneous

Coaches

Clubs

Most championships won

Most cups won

Most appearances

Greek clubs in international competitions

Regional championships (until 1959)

Clubs with most Greek players in national team tournaments

Miscellaneous

Associations

Stadiums

  • Karaiskakis Stadium (former Velodrome) is the stadium hosted the most matches (1512) in the first tier since 1959. Ethnikos Piraeus (1959-1999) and Olympiacos (1959-present) are the main clubs who have played in the stadium.
  • Athens Olympic Stadium remains the biggest stadium hosted football games in Greece since its opening in 1982 (72,000 capacity)
  • Leoforos Alexandras Stadium is the oldest football ground in Greece (opened in 1922) and it was the biggest (24,000 capacity) until Toumba Stadium opened in 1957.
  • The record of highest attendance in a European match in Greece occurred on 3 November 1982, in the Olympiacos - Hamburger SV (0–4), with 75,263 tickets sold at OAKA Stadium, in Athens.
  • The record of highest attendance in the Greek league occurred in May 1986 during the Panathinaikos - AEK Athens (0–0) game on the last matchday of the seasons, with 74,473 tickets sold at OAKA Stadium, in Athens.
  • The record of highest attendance in the Greek Cup took place on 28 May 1986, in the Olympiacos – Panathinaikos Final (0–4), with 74,004 tickets sold at Athens Olympic Stadium.

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