I know it is a long way off but the draw for the qualifications was this morning. Here they are

Group A: Germany, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan

Group B: Russia, Slovakia, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, FYR Macedonia, Armenia, Andorra

Group C: Italy, Serbia, NORTHERN IRELAND Slovenia, Estonia, Faroe Islands

Group D: France, Romania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Belarus, Albania, Luxembourg

Group E: Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Moldova, San Marino

Group F: Croatia, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Georgia, Malta

Group G: ENGLAND, Switzerland, Bulgaria, WALES, Montenegro

Group H: Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus, Iceland

Group I: Spain, Czech Republic, SCOTLAND Lithuania, Liechtenstein

Obviously no actual fixtures or dates have been set yet but I believe the first games will probably be played Oct-Nov time.

Going to walk the qualifying. Hopefully get some tickets for the Welsh game.

After we win the World Cup (), we're going to dominate group F.

Go Greece!

Croatia is your biggest threat in that group. Are you hoping for a repeat of 2004 then? I was in Greece at the time, on holiday in Lardos, Rhodes.

Most people will tell you that 2004 was a one-time thing. A miracle. I simply say, never say never.
Prior to 2004, nobody, and I mean nobody, expected us to win.

As long as they give it all they got, I'm happy.

Actually after watching your first game I was telling people "don't underestimate the Greeks, they're going to cause some upsets in this tournament". People thought I was mad and it ended up being understatement of the year.

I wish I had put money on it...

I so wish I had too!!!

I'll give you an example of what me and my friends expected in 2004. We each picked a different team to support during the tournament, because we didn't expect Greece to make it past the group stage and wanted to at least have some fun watching the games.

When we were playing against Portugal, in the group stage, I was actually playing FM and had the TV muted.
I got a call from the only one of my friends who was actually watching the game, screaming that we scored. That's when I decided to actually support my own national team and watch our games.

Hypocritical, I know, but our expectations really were that low.

About 80% of all greeks, went through the same experience.

I remember being at a café with some friends, completely unaware about the game, when we heard some people shouting and screaming when Greece scored. From there on I started too supporting our team. But who can blame us, with the way things went back in 94 and how heartbreaking our national team had been until then.

Fixtures for the qualifying rounds are now available.

Groups A & B



Groups C & D



Groups E & F



Groups G, H, I