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Cyprus national football team

National Football Team
NameCyprus
AssociationCyprus Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNikos Nioplias
CaptainIoannis Okkas
Most capsIoannis Okkas (102)
Top scorerMichalis Konstantinou (32)
Home stadiumAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
FIFA codeCYP
FIFA ranking80
Highest FIFA ranking43 (September 2010)
Lowest FIFA ranking113 (March 2005)
Elo ranking78
Highest Elo ranking43
Lowest Elo ranking141 (March 1992)
World Cup Statistics
First internationalUnofficial:
Israel 3 - 1 Cyprus Cyprus
(Tel-Aviv, Israel; July 30, 1949)
Official:
Cyprus Cyprus 1 - 1 Israel
(Nicosia, Cyprus; November 13, 1960)
Biggest winCyprus Cyprus 5 - 0 Andorra
(Limassol, Cyprus; November 15, 2000)
Biggest defeatWest Germany 12 - 0 Cyprus Cyprus
(Essen, West Germany; May 21, 1969)
European Championship

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The Cyprus national football team ( , ) represents Cyprus in association football and is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association, the governing body for football in Cyprus. Cyprus' home ground is Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca and the current coach is Nikos Nioplias. They have never reached the finals of either the European Championships or the World Cup.

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Competition Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA
FIFA World Cup qualification 94 11 10 73 74 266
European Championship qualification 90 12 14 64 65 239
Friendly Matches 107 33 29 45 121 155
'TOTAL' '291' '56' '53' '182' '260' '660'

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960 Did Not Enter
Spain 1964
Italy 1968 Did Not Qualify
Belgium 1972
Yugoslavia 1976
Italy 1980
France 1984
West Germany 1988
Sweden 1992
England 1996
Belgium Netherlands 2000
Portugal 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012 To Be Determined
France 2016

Recent Callups :
Name Career
Greece Nikos Nioplias 2011 -
Greece Angelos Anastasiadis 2004 - 2011
Serbia Momčilo Vukotić 2001 � 2004
Cyprus Stavros Papadopoulos 1999 � 2001
Cyprus Panikos Georgiou 1997 � 1999
Cyprus Andreas Michaelides 1991 � 1997
Cyprus Panikos Iakovou 1984 � 1991
Bulgaria Vassil Spasov 1982 � 1984
Greece Kostas Talianos 1977 � 1982
Cyprus Panikos Krystallis 1976 � 1977
Cyprus Pambos Avraamidis 1972 � 1976
Yugoslavia Sima Milovanov 1972
England Ray Wood 1969 � 1971
Cyprus Pambos Avraamidis 1968 � 1969
Greece Argyrios Gavalas 1960 � 1967
Hungary Gyula Zsengellér 1958 � 1959

Most capped Cyprus players :
# Name Debut Caps Goals Active?
1 Ioannis Okkas 1997 102 26 Yes
2 Pambos Pittas 1987 82 7 No
3 Michalis Constantinou 1998 81 32 Yes
4 Nicos Panayiotou 1994 75 0 No
5 Giorgos Theodotou 1996 70 0 No

Top Cyprus goalscorers :
# Player Debut Caps Goals Active?
1 Michalis Konstantinou 1998 81 32 Yes
2 Ioannis Okkas 1997 102 26 Yes
3 Constantinos Charalambides 2003 58 11 Yes
4 Marios Agathokleous 1994 38 10 No
5 Efstathios Aloneftis 2005 46 9 Yes

Top Cyprus goalscorers :
Date Tournament Place Match Score
November 27, 1963 Friendly Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus - Greece 3 - 1
February 17, 1968 UEFA EURO 1968 qualifying Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus - Switzerland 2 - 1
May 13, 1979 UEFA EURO 1968 qualifying Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus - ROM 1 - 1
February 14, 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus - NIR 1 - 0
February 12, 1983 UEFA EURO 1984 qualifying Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus - Italy 1 - 1
March 27, 1983 UEFA EURO 1984 qualifying Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus - Czechoslovakia 1 - 1
April 12, 1987 UEFA EURO 1988 qualifying Gdansk, Poland Poland - Cyprus 0 - 0
October 22, 1988 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus - France 1 - 1
March 24, 1993 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus - Czechoslovakia 1 - 1
March 29, 1995 UEFA EURO 1996 qualifying Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus - Denmark 1 - 1
November 15, 1995 UEFA EURO 1996 qualifying Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus - Belgium 1 - 1
November 10, 1996 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus - Israel 2 - 0
March 29, 1997 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification Paralimni, Cyprus Cyprus - Russia 1 - 1
September 5, 1998 UEFA EURO 2000 qualifying Larnaca, Cyprus Cyprus - Spain 3 - 2
September 5, 1999 UEFA EURO 2000 qualifying Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus - Israel 3 - 2
February 6, 2000 Friendly Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus - ROM 3 - 2
November 15, 2000 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus - Andorra 5 - 0
February 28, 2001 Friendly Larnaca, Cyprus Cyprus - Ukraine 4 - 3
November 14, 2001 Friendly Athens, Greece Greece - Cyprus 1 - 2
October 11, 2003 UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus - Slovenia 2 - 2
August 18, 2004 Friendly Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus - Albania 2 - 1
October 7, 2006 UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus - Republic of Ireland 5 - 2
November 15, 2006 UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus - Germany 1 - 1
October 13, 2007 UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus - WAL 3 - 1
October 17, 2007 UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying Dublin, Ireland Republic of Ireland - Cyprus 1 - 1
February 6, 2008 Friendly Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus - Ukraine 1 - 1
October 11, 2008 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia %28country%29 - Cyprus 1 - 1
February 11, 2009 Friendly Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus - Slovakia 3 - 2
March 28, 2009 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Larnaca, Cyprus Cyprus - Georgia %28country%29 2 - 1
September 9, 2009 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro - Cyprus 1 - 1
October 11, 2009 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Larnaca, Cyprus Cyprus - Bulgaria 4 - 1
September 3, 2010 UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying Guimarães, Portugal Portugal - Cyprus 4 - 4


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Football in Cyprus

League competitionsFirst Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, Women's 1st Division
Cup competitionsCypriot Cup, LTV Super Cup
National teamsMen, U-21, U-19, Futsal, Women
Lists and categoriesClubs, Competitions, Venues, Foreign players

International association football

AsiaAFCAsian Cup
AfricaCAFAfrica Cup of Nations
North, Central America and CaribbeanCONCACAFGold Cup
South AmericaCONMEBOL � Copa América
OceaniaOFCNations Cup
EuropeUEFAEuropean Championship
Non-FIFAN.F.-BoardViva World Cup

National association football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales



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