HELLAS

The Hellenic National Futsal team has been competing in international competitions since 1998 by the Hellenic Federation. Hellas has never qualified to a final tournament, but has managed to qualify twice through the preliminary round of the EURO. Vangelis Palantzas was the inaugural head coach, coaching the team until 2001. He was succeeded by Leonidas Tsouri until 2002. Sergey Stulov was the first and only international coach to take over the team until 2004, in which time the team showed significant progress in understanding and performing better the sport of futsal. Grigoris Gougoulitsas (former player) and Dimitris Nicolaou (a legend of futsal in Greece) took over after Stulov and managed to maintain a high level of competency without much success though. Stulov returned for a second term in 2007, which ended quickly though, due to personal issues. In 2008 Stefanos Soilemes took over and has been the coach ever since, making him the longest ever coach in the history of the National team with.

Throughout the years the National team has seen a number of talented players who have played for the flag and honoured the Hellenic colours. While futsal has seen slow evolution, the passion and dedication of these players have been fundamental in maintaining the sport at a high level both locally and internationally.