Cypriot national football team

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Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία / Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti
National team logo
Association Cyprus Football Association
confederacy UEFA
Technical sponsor Macron
Head coach BelgiumBelgium Johan Walem (since February 2020)
captain Dimitris Christofi (since 2016)
Record scorer Michalis Konstantinou (32)
Record player Yiannakis Okkas (105)
Home stadium GSP stadium
FIFA code CYP
FIFA rank 95th (1251 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
Balance sheet
370 games
75 wins
61 draws
234 defeats
statistics
First international Cyprus 1-1 Israel ( Nicosia , Cyprus ; 23 November 1960 )
Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus IsraelIsrael
Biggest wins Cyprus 5-0 Andorra ( Limassol , Cyprus ; November 15, 2000 ) Cyprus 5-0 Andorra ( Nicosia , Cyprus ; November 16, 2014 )
Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus AndorraAndorra

Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus AndorraAndorra
Biggest defeat Germany 12-0 Cyprus ( Essen , Germany ; May 21, 1969 )
GermanyGermany Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus
(As of November 19, 2019)

The Cypriot national football team represents the Football Association of the Republic of Cyprus in international tournaments. The team has not yet been able to qualify for a soccer world championship or a soccer championship .

Soccer world championships

European football championships

history

The national team of the Republic of Cyprus played the first unofficial friendly match against Israel in Tel Aviv on July 23, 1949. The game ended 3: 3. The Football Association of the Republic of Cyprus became a member of FIFA the previous year .

On November 23, 1960, after independence from Great Britain, the Republic of Cyprus played its first official international match. As part of qualifying for the 1962 World Cup , they met Israel again in Nicosia and drew 1-1.

The UEFA -Membership followed in 1962 and the following year the Republic of Cyprus achieved the first victory - a 3: 1 in a friendly against Greece .

On February 17, 1968, the Republic of Cyprus beat Switzerland 2-1 in a European Championship qualifier in Nicosia and thus achieved the island's first competitive game win.

The Republic of Cyprus reached a 1-1 draw against France in 1989 , which meant that they missed participation in the 1990 World Cup . The first away win came in 1992 with a 2-0 win against the Faroe Islands .

The qualification for the European Football Championship 2000 was missed by one point despite victories against the Spanish national football team and the selection of Israel . The defeat of Spain signaled the end of Javier Clemente's time as Spanish national coach.

The former Bundesliga player Rainer Rauffmann took on the citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus in 2002 and was used several times for the Republic of Cyprus in qualifying for the European Football Championship in 2004 .

In the qualifiers for the European Championship 2008 one of the greatest successes of the national football team of the Republic of Cyprus was achieved at home against the Irish team with a 5-2 victory. With a 1-1 home game, the first goal and the first point against the German selection was achieved . Three points were also scored against Wales. It was still not enough to qualify.

In qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil (2014), the Republic of Cyprus met Albania , Iceland , Norway , Switzerland and Slovenia , but failed to qualify again. In the qualifications for the European Championships in 2016 and for the World Cup in 2018 , Cyprus was penultimate in the group and in the qualification for the EM 2021 third from bottom, which again was not enough to qualify for the finals.

In the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League , Cyprus played in League C against Bulgaria , Norway and Slovenia. With one win against Slovenia, two draws and three defeats, it was only enough for third place.

Trainer

Record player

(As of November 19, 2019)

Record player
Games player Period Gates
106 * Yiannakis Okkas 1997-2011 27
93 Constantinos Charalambidis 2003-2017 12
84 Michalis Konstantinou 1998-2012 32
83 * Pambos Pittas 1987-1999 7th
77 Constantinos Makrides 2004-2016 5 *
76 * Nikos Panayiotou 1994-2006 0
72 * Giorgos Theodotou 1996-2008 0
70 * Chrysis Michael 2000-2011 7th
69 Elias Charalambous 2002-2017 0
66 Antonis Georgallidis 2005-2017 0
66 Yiannakis Yiangoudakis 1980-1994 1
66 * Marinos Satsias 2000–2012 * 0
65 * Giasemakis Giasoumi 1998-2009 7th
62 Efstathios Aloneftis 2005-2016 10
61 * Marios Charalambous 1991-2002 2
55 Marios Nikolaou 2007-2017 1
54 Giorgos Merkis 2006 – active 1
52 * Dimitris Christofi 2008 – active 8th*
51 Jason Demetriou 2009 – active 1
51 * Mario's Elijah 2003-2011 2
51 Dimitris Ioannou 1991-2000 3
Record shooters
Gates player Period Games
32 Michalis Konstantinou 1998-2012 84
27 Yiannakis Okkas 1997-2011 106 *
12 Constantinos Charalambidis 2003-2017 93
12 * Giasemakis Giasoumi 1998-2009 65 *
10 * Marios Agathokleous 1994-2003 39 *
10 Efstathios Aloneftis 2005 – active 62
10 Pieros Sotiriou 2012 – active 40
9 * Milenko Spoljaric 1997-2001 22 *
8th Dimitris Christofi 2008 – active 52 **
8th Siniša Gogić 1994-1999 37
8th Andros Sotiriou 1991-1999 39
8th* Phivos Vrahimis 1977-1982 18th
7th Panayiotis engomitis 1994-2003 44 *
7th Chrysis Michael 2005-2011 70 *
7th Pambos Pittas 1987-1999 83 *

Source: (For the numbers marked with "*" other values ​​are given in other sources (), but these are partly not up to date.)

Games against German-speaking national teams

opponent Sp. S. U N Gates Diff.
GermanyGermany Germany 6th 0 1 5 1:29 -28
AustriaAustria Austria 6th 0 0 6th 4:21 -17
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 8th 1 2 5 5:16 –11

So far there have been no encounters with Liechtenstein.

Games against Germany

(Results from a Cypriot point of view)

date place Result occasion
04/24/1965 Karlsruhe 0: 5 (0: 3) World Cup qualification
11/14/1965 Nicosia 0: 6 (0: 2) World Cup qualification
11/23/1968 Nicosia 0: 1 (0: 0) World Cup qualification
05/21/1969 eat 0:12 (0: 7) World Cup qualification
11/15/2006 Nicosia 1: 1 (1: 1) European Championship qualification
11/17/2007 Hanover 0: 4 (0: 2) European Championship qualification

Games against Austria

(Results from a Cypriot point of view)

date place Result occasion
05/19/1968 Vienna 1: 7 World Cup qualification
04/19/1969 Nicosia 1: 2 World Cup qualification
05/02/1984 Nicosia 1: 2 World Cup qualification
05/07/1985 Graz 0: 4 World Cup qualification
10/10/1998 Larnaka 0: 3 European Championship qualification
10/10/1999 Vienna 1: 3 European Championship qualification

Games against Switzerland

(Results from a Cypriot point of view)

date place Result occasion
11/08/1967 Lugano 0: 5 European Championship qualification
02/17/1968 Nicosia 2: 1 European Championship qualification
02/13/2002 Nicosia 1: 1  
03/30/2005 Zurich 0: 1 World Cup qualification
09/07/2005 Nicosia 1: 3 World Cup qualification
08/20/2008 Geneva 1: 4
03/23/2013 Nicosia 0-0 World Cup qualification
06/08/2013 Lancy 0: 1 World Cup qualification

See also

Web links

Commons : Cyprus National Football Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Alexander Mastrogiannopoulos: Cyprus - International Matches - Overview , on Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, June 16, 2004
  3. ↑ Footballer Rauffmann honored in Cyprus on: Netzeitung.de April 10, 2004 ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Rainer Rauffmann on www.fussballdaten.de (as of March 27, 2006)
  5. ↑ a b rsssf.com: Cyprus - Record International Players
  6. ↑ PLAYERS → played for Cyprus national team → ordered by appearances
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  8. ↑ [2] ; PDF; 57 kB