Greece squad includes six players from champ Olympiakos

• by Soccer America , May 14, 2014

[WORLD CUP 2014] Six players from Greek champion Olympiakos head the preliminary Greece squad Coach Fernando Santos named for the World Cup.

Coach Fernando Santos named a list of 29 players, 14 of whom are based abroad.

Greece Roster (29 Players):
Goalkeepers: Alexandros Tzorvas (Apollon), Michalis Sifakis (Atromitos), Orestis Karnezis (Granada/SPA), Panaglotis Glykos (PAOK), Stefanos Kapino (Panathinaikos)
Defenders: Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiakos), Dimitris Siovas (Olympiakos), Kostas Manolas (Olympiakos), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Bor. Dortmund/GER), Giannis Maniatis (Olympiakos), Jose Holebas (Olympiakos), Giorgios Tzavellas (PAOK), Loukas Vyntra (Levante/SPA), Vasilis Torosidis (Roma/ITA)
Midfielders: Alexandros Tziolis (Kayserispor/TUR), Andreas Samaris (Olympiakos), Kostas Katsouranis (PAOK), Giorgios Karagounis (Fulham/ENG), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Torino/ITA), Sotiris Ninis (PAOK), Ioannis Fetfatzidis (Genoa/ITA), Kostas Fortounis (Kaiserslautern/GER), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna/ITA) Panagiotis Kone (Bologna/ITA)
Forwards: Dimitris Papadopoulos (Atromitos), Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK), Giorgios Samaras (Celtic/SCO), Kostas Mitroglou (Fulham/ENG), Theofanis Gekas (Konyaspor/TUR)