EPO

The president of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO), Takis Baltakos, said on Monday that he will ask for UEFA's assistance in bringing in elite and first-class referees for the remaining playoff matches of the Greek Superleague.

Greece's financial police on Wednesday raided the headquarters of the country's soccer federation (EPO) in Athens, the federation said.

The financial police were not immediately available for comment, but an official, who declined to be identified, said they were looking into possible financial misconduct.

Canadian-born Dutchman John Van 't Schip is the new manager of the Greek national team, the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) announced on Wednesday.

The former assistant to Marco van Basten at the bench of The Netherlands from 2004 to 2008 has signed a two-and-a-half year contract that will see him coach Greece through the end of the 2022 World Cup qualifying.

Greek soccer's problems are piling up, as after the troubled relations with world governing body FIFA that have brought the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) on the brink of exclusion from the international game, the Iranian federation has reported Greece to FIFA seeking compensation for a pre-World Cup friendly between the two countries that EPO has canceled.

The head of FIFA's committee monitoring Greek soccer is formally proposing to the international federation the suspension of the local game from the international set-up, practically giving the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) a period of a few weeks to enforce the measures FIFA has recommended, or else face the so-called soccer Grexit.

FIFA has responded to the call by the Greek government and sent a mission to Athens that will meet with local officials on Wednesday.

The indicted general director of soccer's Super League and former president of the Greek Football Federation (EPO) Vassilis Gagatsis has denied that he mishandled 1 million Swiss francs given to EPO in 2008 by European soccer's governing body, UEFA, to help finance the rebuilding of soccer facilities damaged by devastating fires in the Peloponnese.

Michael Skibbe will remain at the helm of the Greek national team for the next couple of years, after steering Greece out of ignominy and into the play-offs for a spot in the World Cup finals this month.

The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that Skibbe will arrive in Athens on Thursday to sign his new two-year contract.

The general director of soccer's Super League and former president of the Greek Football Federation (EPO) Vasilis Gagatsis was indicted on Monday on corruption charges.

Vangelis Grammenos has been elected as the new head of the Greek Soccer Federation (EPO). The former chief of the Association of Macedonian Football Clubs (EPS) comes to the helm at a troubled time for EPO, which has been monitored by the international governing body of soccer, FIFA, since last October, following months of turmoil on and off the pitch.