Greece name 29-man provisional World Cup squad

Coach Fernando Santos named a list of 29 men to prepare for the tournament in Brazil, which will be cut to 23.

With the likes of Roma’s Vasilis Torosidis,Torino midfielder Panagiotis Tachtsidis,all making the cut.

Greece World Cup squad

Goalkeepers: Alexandros Tzorvas (Apollon Smyrnis), Michalis Sifakis (Atromitos), Orestis Karnezis (Granada), Panaglotis Glykos (PAOK), Stefanos Kapino (Panathinaikos)

Defenders: Avraam Papadopoulos, Dimitris Siovas, Kostas Manolas (Olympiacos), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund), Giannis Maniatis, Jose Holebas (Olympiacos), Giorgios Tzavellas (PAOK), Loukas Vyntra (Levante), Vasilis Torosidis (Roma)

Midfielders: Alexandros Tziolis (Kayserispor), Andreas Samaris (Olympiacos), Kostas Katsouranis (PAOK), Giorgios Karagounis (Fulham), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Torino), Sotiris Ninis (PAOK), Ioannis Fetfatzidis (Genoa), Kostas Fortounis (Kaiserslautern), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna) Panagiotis Kone (Bologna)

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