Cyprus national under-21 football team

Cyprus U21

Nickname(s)

Εθνική Ελπίδων
("National team of Hopes")

Association

Cyprus Football Association

Head coach

Costas Malekkos

Most caps

Marios Christodoulou (27)

Top scorer

Christos Poyiatzis & Giorgos Nicolaou (5)

Home stadium

various

First colours

Second colours

First international

Cyprus 0 - 0 Spain

(Nicosia, Cyprus; 1978)

Biggest win

Cyprus 6 - 0 San Marino

(Nicosia, Cyprus; 2011)

Biggest defeat

Portugal 7 - 0 Cyprus

(Abrantes, Portugal; 2001)

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

None

The Cyprus national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team for Cyprus and like the senior team, is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association.

The team drew their first official match 0-0 in 1978 at home to Spain in a qualifying match for the 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. They then drew 0-0 with the trophy holders Yugoslavia, also at home. They lost both away games though. And finished last in the group of three teams, with two points from four games, and so did not qualify for the Finals.

In the qualifying stages for the 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, Cyprus made history when they defeated France 2-1 in Cyprus as it was the countries first ever official victory at National or Under-21 football level. The scorer of the Cypriot goals was Islington born Kikis Kyriacou of Olympiakos Nicosia whose promising career was brought to a premature end following a horrific leg injury.

In the qualifying stages for the 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, the team beat Greece 1-0 and drew 1-1 with Sweden who went on to reach the Final. Cyprus finished last in their qualifying group with three points, the same number as Greece.

The Under 21 team made gradual improvements and in September 1999, in a qualifying match for the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, drew 1-1 in Spain, the eventual winners of the competition. The team finished fourth out of five teams in their qualifying group, ahead of Austria.

The qualifying stages for the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship provided the greatest achievement for the Cyprus under-21 national team to date, when they finished second in Qualification Group One, with 15 points, winning five of their eight matches. France won the group with 22 points, seven points ahead of Cyprus.

In 2004, Cyprus joined the European Union, and Cypriot teams took advantage of the Bosman rule bringing in foreign players. This has meant that young Cypriot players are now not as common in the Cypriot First Division and is therefore also having an adverse effect on the under-21 national team.

European Championship record Under-21

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship record									UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1978	Did not enter								-
1980^[1]	Did not qualify								4	0	2	2	1	5	−4
1982^[2]									4	1	0	3	4	7	−3
1984^[3]									6	0	0	6	4	14	−10
1986^[4]									6	0	2	4	3	13	-10
1988^[5]									6	1	0	5	4	18	−14
1990^[6]									4	0	1	3	0	3	−3
1992^[7]									6	1	1	4	3	15	−12
1994^[8]									8	0	0	8	4	21	−17
1996^[9]									10	3	1	6	10	25	−15
1998^[10]									8	3	1	4	16	15	+1
2000^[11]									8	1	3	4	7	18	−11
2002^[12]									8	3	0	5	9	17	−8
2004^[13]									8	5	0	3	12	5	+7
2006^[14]									8	0	1	7	2	17	-15
2007^[15]									2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
2009^[16]									8	2	0	6	9	15	−6
2011^[17]									8	2	0	6	8	13	−5
2013^[18]									10	4	0	6	16	20	−4
2015^[19]									8	2	0	6	7	21	−14
2017									5	0	1	4	2	12	−10
Total	0/20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	131	30	13	93	125	268	−143

UEFA U-21 Euro 2017 qualification

Main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	8	6	1	1	21	6	+15	19	Final tournament	—	4–2	5–0	3–1	2–0
2	Netherlands	8	4	2	2	15	10	+5	14		1–3	—	0–0	1–0	4–0
3	Turkey	8	3	2	3	7	8	−1	11		1–1	0–1	—	1–0	0–1
4	Belarus	8	2	2	4	7	11	−4	8		1–0	2–2	0–2	—	2–2
5	Cyprus	8	1	1	6	4	19	−15	4		0–3	1–4	0–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)	Netherlands	4–0	Cyprus	De Adelaarshorst, Deventer
19:30	Hateboer 4' Janssen 23', 66' Bazoer 53'	Report		Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)	Slovakia	2–0	Cyprus	Stadium Myjava, Myjava
17:20	Mihalík 62' Zreľák 70'	Report		Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Cyprus	0–1	Belarus	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
16:00		Report	Klimovich 84'	Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)	Cyprus	0–3	Turkey	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
13:30		Report	Başaçıkoğlu 33' Ayhan 53' Mouktaris 67' (o.g.)	Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)	Belarus	2–2	Cyprus	Haradski Stadium, Barysaw
16:30	Rassadkin 10' Savitski 48'	Report	Antoniou 6' Makris 42'	Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

1 September 2016 (2016-09-01)	Turkey	v	Cyprus
		Report

5 September 2016 (2016-09-05)	Cyprus	v	Slovakia
		Report

	Cyprus	v	Netherlands

Friendly matches

17 February 2015	Cyprus	2–1	England C	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
15:00 UTC+2	Pachipis 60' Andreou 62'	Report	Andy Yiadom 22'

26 March 2015	Cyprus	2–4	Israel	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
15:00 UTC+2	Kyriakou 37' Konomis 86'	Report	Altman 4' (pen.) 55' Ata'a 42' Ben Reichert 82'	Referee: Demetris Masias (CYP)

31 March 2015	Romania	1–0	Cyprus	Stadionul Trans-Sil, Târgu Mureș, Romania
19:30 UTC+2	Bogdan Țîru 62'	Report		Referee: Lucian Rusandu (ROU)

9 June 2015	Bulgaria	1–0	Cyprus	Pravets, Bulgaria
18:00 UTC+2	Iliev 6'	Report		Referee: Azzopardi (MLT)

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Turkey U21 and Belarus U21 on 12 and 17 November 2015.

Caps and goals are correct as of 12 November 2015, after match against Belarus U21. ^[20]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Demetris Tziakouris	(1994-05-28) May 28, 1994	8	0	Othellos Athienou
1GK	Constantinos Panagi	(1994-10-08) October 8, 1994	7	0	AC Omonia

2DF	Andreas Frangeskou	(1996-07-26) July 26, 1996	2	0	Olympiakos Nicosia
2DF	Stefanos Mouktaris	(1994-07-10) July 10, 1994	11	0	Kallithea
2DF	Andreas Kyriakou	(1994-02-05) February 5, 1994	14	2	AEL Limassol
2DF	Pantelis Konomis	(1997-11-15) November 15, 1997	5	1	Omonia Aradippou
2DF	Ioannis Kousoulos	(1996-06-14) June 14, 1996	12	0	Nea Salamina
2DF	Thomas Ioannou	(1995-07-19) July 19, 1995	9	0	Pafos FC
2DF	Andreas Karo	(1996-09-09) September 9, 1996	4	0	Nottingham Forest U21

3MF	Christos Djamas	(1995-09-06) September 6, 1995	8	0	APOEL
3MF	Georgios Aresti	(1994-09-02) September 2, 1994	5	0	Doxa Katokopias
3MF	Kyriacos Panagi	(1996-04-22) April 22, 1996	5	0	Aris Limassol
3MF	Vasilios Papafotis	(1995-08-10) August 10, 1995	4	0	APOEL
3MF	Yiannis Pachipis	(1994-04-11) April 11, 1994	9	2	Olympiakos Nicosia
3MF	Andreas Sofokleous	(1997-04-04) April 4, 1997	0	0	AC Omonia
4FW	Ioannis Pittas	(1996-07-10) July 10, 1996	1	0	Apollon Limassol
4FW	Andreas Panayiotou	(1995-05-31) May 31, 1995	10	0	AC Omonia
4FW	Fanos Katelaris	(1996-08-26) August 26, 1996	1	0	AC Omonia

4FW	Grigoris Kastanos	(1998-01-30) January 30, 1998	2	0	Juventus Primavera
4FW	Minas Antoniou	(1994-02-22) February 22, 1994	13	2	Aris Limassol
4FW	Marios Elia	(1996-05-19) May 19, 1996	3	0	Ethnikos Achna
4FW	Andreas Makris	(1995-09-27) September 27, 1995	2	1	Anorthosis Famagusta

Recent Callups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Giorgos Tasouris	(1994-01-16) January 16, 1994	3	0	APOEL	v. Netherlands, 4 September 2015
GK	Ellinas Sofroniou	(1995-01-29) January 29, 1995	0	0	Nikos & Sokratis Erimis	v. England C, 17 February 2015

DF	Nicholas Ioannou	(1995-11-10) November 10, 1995	9	0	APOEL	v. Belarus, 13 October 2015
DF	Christos Wheeler	(1997-06-29) June 29, 1997	2	0	Apollon Limassol	v. England C, 17 February 2015
DF	Andreas Themistokleous	(1994-03-01) March 1, 1994	2	0	FK Jelgava	v. Bulgaria, 9 June 2015

MF	Neofytos Kyriakou	(1997-10-29) October 29, 1997	7	2	Anorthosis Famagusta	v. Belarus, 13 October 2015
MF	Loizos Kosma	(1995-01-25) January 25, 1995	12	0	Enosis Neon Paralimni	v. Belarus, 13 October 2015
MF	Antonis Koumis	(1997-02-11) February 11, 1997	5	0	Enosis Neon Paralimni	v. Belarus, 13 October 2015
MF	Marios Pechlivanis	(1995-05-23) May 23, 1995	2	0	Austria Wien II	v. Slovakia, 8 October 2015
MF	Adamos Andreou	(1994-12-18) December 18, 1994	10	1	Omonia Aradippou	v. Netherlands, 4 September 2015
MF	Panos Theodorou	(1994-09-03) September 3, 1994	11	0	AEL Limassol	v. Netherlands, 4 September 2015
MF	Panayiotis Constantinou	(1996-08-06) August 6, 1996	1	0	Anorthosis Famagusta	v. Netherlands, 4 September 2015
MF	Charalambos Kyriacou	(1995-02-09) February 9, 1995	7	0	Apollon Limassol	v. Northern Ireland, 26 March 2015
MF	Jack Sammoutis	(1994-01-15) January 15, 1994	5	0	free agent	v. England C, 17 February 2015
MF	Georgios Christodoulou	(1997-08-17) August 17, 1997	1	0	APOEL	v. Bulgaria, 9 June 2015

FW	Yiannis Mavrou	(1994-07-19) July 19, 1994	9	2	AEL Limassol	v. Belarus, 13 October 2015
FW	Kristis Andreou	(1994-08-12) August 12, 1994	12	2	Žalgiris Vilnius	v. Netherlands, 4 September 2015
FW	Constantinos Nicolaides	(1994-02-12) February 12, 1994	1	0	Digenis Oroklinis	v. Bulgaria, 9 June 2015
FW	Michalis Charalambous	(1999-01-29) January 29, 1999	2	0	APOEL	v. Bulgaria, 9 June 2015

References

External links

Football in Cyprus

League system	First Division Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Women's First Division

Cup competitions	Cypriot Cup Super Cup Lower Divisions' Cup Women's Cup Women's Super Cup

Defunct competitions	Fourth Division

National teams	Men U-21 U-19 Futsal Women

Lists and categories	Clubs Venues Foreign players

Miscellaneous	Cypriot football clubs in European competitions

Rivalries	Famagusta derby Larnaca derby Limassol derby Nicosia derby

Cyprus Football Association

National under-21 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo 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

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany USSR Yugoslavia

UEFA European U-21 and U-23 Championship

Under-23 Championship

Without host	1970–1972 1972–1974 1974–1976

Under-21 Championship

Without host	1976–1978 1978–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 1984–1986 1986–1988 1988–1990 1990–1992

With host	France 1994 Spain 1996 Romania 1998 Slovakia 2000 Switzerland 2002 Germany 2004 Portugal 2006 Netherlands 2007 Sweden 2009 Denmark 2011 Israel 2013 Czech Republic 2015 Poland 2017 Italy 2019

Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Finals	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

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