Rehhagel names Greece World Cup squad

Greece coach Otto Rehhagel on Tuesday named his 23-man World Cup squad which features eight players representing Greek champions Panathinaikos.

Greece have a warm-up friendly scheduled against Paraguay in Winterthur, Switzerland, on Wednesday before leaving on Friday for South Africa where they will stay at Umhlanga Rocks, north of Durban.

The Euro 2004 champions are drawn in Group B with South Korea, Nigeria and Argentina.

Squad

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

Defenders: Lukas Vyntra, Giorgos Seitaridis and Nikos Spyropoulos (Panathinaikos), Vangelis Moras (Bologna/ITA), Avraam Papadopoulos and Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiakos), Sotiris Kyrgiakos (Liverpool/ENG), Stelios Malezas (PAOK), Socrates Papastathopoulos (Genoa/ITA)

Midfielders: Costas Katsouranis, Sotiris Ninis and Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos), Christos Patsatzoglou (Omonia/CYR), Alexandros Tziolis (Siena/ITA), Sakis Prittas (Aris), Angelos Haristeas (FC Nuremberg/GER)

Forwards: Dimitris Salpingidis (Panathinaikos), Fanis Gekas (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER), Giorgos Samaras (Celtic/SCO), Pantelis Kapetanos (Steaua Bucharest/ROM)