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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.

Cyprus U21
Nickname(s)Εθνική Ελπίδων
("National team of Hopes")
AssociationCyprus Football Association
Head coachVacant
CaptainAndreas Frangos
Most capsMarios Christodoulou (27)
Top scorerChristos Poyiatzis & Giorgos Nicolaou (5)
Home stadiumAEK Arena - Georgios Karapatakis
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)
Cyprus 0 - 7 Netherlands
(Larnaca, Cyprus; 2020)
UEFA U-21 Championship
AppearancesNone

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 402215−4
1982[2] 410347−3
1984[3] 6006414−10
1986[4] 6024313-10
1988[5] 6105418−14
1990[6] 401303−3
1992[7] 6114315−12
1994[8] 8008421−17
1996[9] 103161025−15
1998[10] 83141615+1
2000[11] 8134718−11
2002[12] 8305917−8
2004[13] 8503125+7
2006[14] 8017217-15
2007[15] 200203−3
2009[16] 8206915−6
2011[17] 8206813−5
2013[18] 104061620−4
2015[19] 8206721−14
2017 5014212−10
2019 Qualification in progress 8206718-11
Total 0/21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 32 19 99 132 286 −154

UEFA U-21 Euro 2019 qualification


Main article: 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 10 8 2 0 23 5 +18 26 Final tournament — 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 2–1
2  Sweden 10 6 2 2 19 8 +11 20 0–3 — 0–1 1–0 4–1 3–0
3  Turkey 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 17 1–2 0–3 — 0–0 4–0 4–2
4  Hungary 10 3 2 5 12 14 −2 11 0–3 2–2 1–2 — 4–0 2–1
5  Cyprus 10 2 1 7 8 23 −15 7 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 — 2–1
6  Malta 10 1 1 8 8 24 −16 4 0–4 0–4 0–1 2–1 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
1 September 2017 (2017-09-01) Cyprus  2–1  Malta AEK Arena, Larnaca
18:00
  • Anastasiou 41'
  • Iosifidis 90+3'
 Report
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)
5 September 2017 (2017-09-05) Sweden  4–1  Cyprus Falkenbergs IP, Falkenberg
18:45
Report
Referee: Omar Pashayev (Azerbaijan)
5 October 2017 (2017-10-05) Cyprus  2–1  Turkey AEK Arena, Larnaca
16:00
  • Karo 53'
  • Soteriou 58'
 Report
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
10 October 2017 (2017-10-10) Cyprus  0–2  Belgium AEK Arena, Larnaca
16:00 Report
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)
9 November 2017 (2017-11-09) Belgium  3–2  Cyprus Den Dreef, Leuven
20:00
Report
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
14 November 2017 (2017-11-14) Cyprus  0–2  Hungary AEK Arena, Larnaca
15:00 Report
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)
22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) Hungary  4–0  Cyprus Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest
20:00
Report Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)
27 March 2018 (2018-03-27) Cyprus  0–1  Sweden AEK Arena, Larnaca
14:00 Report
Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)
7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) Turkey  4–0  Cyprus Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Istanbul
18:00 (19:00 TRT)
Report Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
16 October 2018 (2018-10-16) Malta  1–1  Cyprus Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali
17:00
Report
Referee: Admir Šehović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Friendly matches


20 May 2018 Russia  3–0 Cyprus  Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow, Russia
14:00 UTC+2 Oblyakov 72'
Melkadze 82'
Makarov 84'		 Report Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

Coaching staff


Position[20] Name
Coach Nikos Andronikou
Assistant Coach Venizelos Tziambazis
Goalkeeper Coach Christoforos Loizou
Fitness Coach Constantinos Rostantis

Current squad


No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Andreas Chatzigavriil (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 20) 0 0 Omonia Aradippou
1GK Stefanos Kittos (2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 (age 20) 6 0 APOEL
2DF Christoforos Frantzis (2001-02-25) 25 February 2001 (age 21) 1 0 AEL Limassol
2DF Andreas Karamanolis (2001-09-02) 2 September 2001 (age 21) 3 0 Doxa Katokopias
2DF Strahinja Kerkez (2002-12-13) 13 December 2002 (age 19) 4 0 LASK
2DF Alexandros Michail (2000-01-28) 28 January 2000 (age 22) 6 0 Pafos
2DF Thomas Nikolaou (2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 21) 7 0 Nea Salamis Famagusta
2DF Konstantinos Sergiou (2000-10-02) 2 October 2000 (age 22) 9 0 Nea Salamis Famagusta
3MF Charalambos Charalambous (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 20) 5 1 Omonia
3MF Vasilis Dimosthenous (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 22) 0 0 Akritas Chlorakas
3MF Stavros Gabriel (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002 (age 20) 4 0 APOEL
3MF Giannis Gerolemou (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 22) 10 2 AEK Athens
3MF Rafail Mamas (2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 21) 5 0 AEK Larnaca
3MF Georgios Okkas (2003-10-24) 24 October 2003 (age 19) 0 0 Fulham
3MF Paris Polykarpou (2000-09-23) 23 September 2000 (age 22) 5 1 APOEL
3MF Loukas Sakka (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Omonia Aradippou
4FW Andreas Katsantonis (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 22) 10 0 Dalkurd
4FW Daniil Paroutis (2001-01-02) 2 January 2001 (age 21) 7 1 Ermis Aradippou
4FW Iasonas Pikis (2000-11-11) 11 November 2000 (age 21) 6 1 Nea Salamis Famagusta

Recent Callups


Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
  • A Called up by the Cyprus A National Team
  • INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
  • PRE Preliminary squad.
  • RET Retired from international football.
  • SUS Suspended

See also



References


  1. Europe U-21 Championship 1980
  2. Europe U-21 Championship 1982
  3. Europe U-21 Championship 1984
  4. Europe U-21 Championship 1986
  5. Europe U-21 Championship 1988
  6. Europe U-21 Championship 1990
  7. Europe U-21 Championship 1992
  8. Europe U-21 Championship 1994
  9. Europe U-21 Championship 1996
  10. Europe U-21 Championship 1998
  11. Europe U-21 Championship 2000
  12. Europe U-21 Championship 2002
  13. Europe U-21 Championship 2004
  14. Europe U-21 Championship 2006
  15. Europe U-21 Championship 2007
  16. Europe U-21 Championship 2009
  17. Europe U-21 Championship 2011
  18. Europe U-21 Championship 2013
  19. Europe U-21 Championship 2015
  20. "Cyprus U21 staff". Cyprus FA. Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  21. "Σε ρυθμούς Λευκορωσίας η Εθνική Ελπίδων" (in Greek). Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.



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