Greece name World Cup 23

Greece have named their final 23-man squad for this summer’s World Cup, with two La Liga representatives.

Coach Fernando Santos revealed his initial 30-man list last week, but overnight has trimmed that down to the final names who will go to Brazil.

And they include a pair of Spain-based player. Granada goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis will go to the tournament, as does Levante defender Loukas Vydra.

Greece have been drawn in Group C alongside Colombia, Ivory Coast and Japan.

Goalkeepers: Orestis Karnezis (Granada), Panagiotis Glykos (PAOK), Stefanos Kapino (Panathinaikos).

Defenders: Kostas Manolas, Giannis Maniatis, Jose Holebas (all Olympiacos), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund), Giorgios Tzavellas (PAOK), Loukas Vyntra (Levante), Vasilis Torosidis (Roma), Vangelis Moras (Verona).

Midfielders: Alexandros Tziolis (Kayserispor), Andreas Samaris (Olympiacos), Kostas Katsouranis (PAOK), Giorgos Karagounis (Fulham), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Torino), Ioannis Fetfatzidis (Genoa), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna) Panagiotis Kone (Bologna).

Forwards: Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK), Giorgios Samaras (Celtic), Kostas Mitroglou (Fulham), Theofanis Gekas (Konyaspor).

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