Cyprus national under-21 football team

{{Infobox national football team

| Name = Cyprus U21

| Badge =Flag of Cyprus.svg

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| Nickname = Εθνική Ελπίδων
("National team of Hopes")

| Association = Cyprus Football Association

| Coach = Vacant

| Captain = Andreas Frangos

| Most caps = Marios Christodoulou (27)

| Top scorer = Christos Poyiatzis & Giorgos Nicolaou (5)

| Home Stadium = AEK Arena - Georgios Karapatakis

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| First game = {{Flagicon|Cyprus|1960}} Cyprus 0 - 0 Spain {{Flagicon|Spain|1977}}
(Nicosia, Cyprus; 1978)

| Largest win = {{Flagicon|Cyprus}} Cyprus 6 - 0 San Marino {{Flagicon|San Marino}}
(Nicosia, Cyprus; 2011)

| Largest loss = {{Flagicon|France}} France 9 - 0 Cyprus {{Flagicon|Cyprus}}
(Grenoble, France; 2023)

| UEFAu21Champ apps = None

| UEFAu21Champ first =

| UEFAu21Champ best =

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The Cyprus national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team for Cyprus. It 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

width=80 \|Year !width=100\|Round !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goals difference}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goals difference}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" !colspan=9\|UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship record !width=1% rowspan=25\| !colspan=7\|UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Qualification record
1978 \|colspan=8\|did not enter \|colspan=8
1980[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-80.html Europe U-21 Championship 1980] \|rowspan=20 colspan=8\|did not qualify \|4	0	2	2	1	5	−4
1982[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-82.html Europe U-21 Championship 1982] \|4	1	0	3	4	7	−3
1984[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-84.html Europe U-21 Championship 1984] \|6	0	0	6	4	14	−10
1986[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-86.html Europe U-21 Championship 1986] \|6	0	2	4	3	13 \|
10
1988[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-88.html Europe U-21 Championship 1988] \|6	1	0	5	4	18	−14
1990[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-90.html Europe U-21 Championship 1990] \|4	0	1	3	0	3	−3
1992[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u20-92.html Europe U-21 Championship 1992] \|6	1	1	4	3	15	−12
{{flagicon\|FRA}} 1994[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-94.html Europe U-21 Championship 1994] \|8	0	0	8	4	21	−17
{{flagicon\|ESP}} 1996[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1996q.html Europe U-21 Championship 1996] \|10	3	1	6	10	25	−15
{{flagicon\|ROM}} 1998[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-98.html Europe U-21 Championship 1998] \|8	3	1	4	16	15	+1
{{flagicon\|SVK}} 2000[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u20-2000.html Europe U-21 Championship 2000] \|8	1	3	4	7	18	−11
{{flagicon\|SUI}} 2002[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2002.html Europe U-21 Championship 2002] \|8	3	0	5	9	17	−8
{{flagicon\|GER}} 2004[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2004.html Europe U-21 Championship 2004] \|8	5	0	3	12	5	+7
{{flagicon\|POR}} 2006[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2006.html Europe U-21 Championship 2006] \|8	0	1	7	2	17 \|
15
{{flagicon\|NED}} 2007[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2007.html Europe U-21 Championship 2007] \|2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
{{flagicon\|SWE}} 2009[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2009.html Europe U-21 Championship 2009] \|8	2	0	6	9	15	−6
{{flagicon\|DEN}} 2011[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2011.html Europe U-21 Championship 2011] \|8	2	0	6	8	13	−5
{{flagicon\|ISR}} 2013[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2013.html Europe U-21 Championship 2013] \|10	4	0	6	16	20	−4
{{flagicon\|CZE}} 2015[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2015.html Europe U-21 Championship 2015] \|8	2	0	6	7	21	−14
{{flagicon\|POL}} 2017 \|5	0	1	4	2	12	−10
{{flagicon\|ITA}} {{flagicon\|SMR}} 2019 \|rowspan=1 colspan=8\|Qualification in progress \|8	2	0	6	7	18 \|
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|2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6}}

{{:2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules |showteam=CYP}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id="Cyprus v Malta"

|date = {{Start date|2017|9|1|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|CYP}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|MLT}}

|goals1 =

Anastasiou {{goal|41}}
Iosifidis {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2 =

Borg {{goal|34}}

|stadium = AEK Arena, Larnaca

|attendance =

|referee = Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)

|report = http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2019/matches/round=2000803/match=2022421/index.html

|result= W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id="Sweden v Cyprus"

|date = {{Start date|2017|9|5|df=y}}

|time = 18:45

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SWE}}

|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|CYP}}

|goals1 =

Strandberg {{goal|3||5||38}}
Rakip {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2 =

Elia {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = Falkenbergs IP, Falkenberg

|attendance =

|referee = Omar Pashayev (Azerbaijan)

|report = http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2019/matches/round=2000803/match=2022431/index.html

|result= L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id="Cyprus v Turkey"

|date = {{Start date|2017|10|5|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|CYP}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|TUR}}

|goals1 =

Karo {{goal|53}}
Soteriou {{goal|58}}

|goals2 =

Çınar {{goal|41}}

|stadium = AEK Arena, Larnaca

|attendance =

|referee = Daniel Siebert (Germany)

|report = http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2019/matches/round=2000803/match=2022446/index.html

|result= W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id="Cyprus v Belgium"

|date = {{Start date|2017|10|10|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|CYP}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbu|21|BEL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Lukebakio {{goal|51}}
Bastien {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = AEK Arena, Larnaca

|attendance =

|referee = Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

|report = http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2019/matches/round=2000803/match=2022444/index.html

|result= L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id= "Belgium v Cyprus"

|date = {{Start date|2017|11|9|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|BEL}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fbu|21|CYP}}

|goals1 =

Mbenza {{goal|15}}
Dimata {{goal|45+2}}
Leya Iseka {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2 =

Papageorgiou {{goal|49}}
Frangos {{goal|75}}

|stadium = Den Dreef, Leuven

|attendance =

|referee = Enea Jorgji (Albania)

|report = http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2019/matches/round=2000803/match=2022434/index.html

|result= L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id= "Cyprus v Hungary"

|date = {{Start date|2017|11|14|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|CYP}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbu|21|HUN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Sallói {{goal|50}}
Haris {{goal|80}}

|stadium = AEK Arena, Larnaca

|attendance =

|referee = Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

|report = http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2019/matches/round=2000803/match=2022447/index.html

|result= L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id= "Hungary v Cyprus"

|date = {{Start date|2018|3|22|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|HUN}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|CYP}}

|goals1 =

Bíró {{goal|8}}
Szalai {{goal|23}}
Kyriakou {{goal|49|o.g.}}
Zsótér {{goal|75}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest

|attendance =

|referee = Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)

|report = http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2019/matches/round=2000803/match=2022437/index.html

|result= L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id= "Cyprus v Sweden"

|date = {{Start date|2018|3|27|df=y}}

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|CYP}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|SWE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Brorsson {{goal|90+7}}

|stadium = AEK Arena, Larnaca

|attendance =

|referee = Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)

|report = http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2019/matches/round=2000803/match=2022441/index.html

|result= L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id= "Turkey v Cyprus"

|date = {{Start date|2018|9|7|df=y}}

|time = 18:00 {{small|(19:00 TRT)}}

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|TUR}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|CYP}}

|goals1 =

Demirbağ {{goal|3}}
Çınar {{goal|76||81|pen.}}
Hadjipaschalis {{goal|88|o.g.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Istanbul

|attendance =

|referee = Danilo Grujić (Serbia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2019/matches/round=2000803/match=2022436/index.html

|result= L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = Malta v Cyprus

|date = {{Start date|2018|10|16|df=y}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|MLT}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|CYP}}

|goals1 =

Nwoko {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2 =

Wheeler {{goal|35}}

|stadium = Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance =

|referee = Admir Šehović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2019/matches/round=2000803/match=2022422/index.html

|result= D

}}

=Friendly matches=

{{football box collapsible |id="Russia v Cyprus"

|date= 20 May 2018

|time= 14:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|RUS}}

|score= 3–0

|report= [https://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/natnews/3/34222 Report]

|team2={{fbu-rt|21|CYP}}

|goals1= Oblyakov {{goal|72}}
Melkadze {{goal|82}}
Makarov {{goal|84}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow, Russia

|attendance=

|referee= Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

|result= L

}}

Coaching staff

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Position{{cite news\|title= Cyprus U21 staff\|url= https://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/natcoachteam/3\|publisher= Cyprus FA\|access-date= 2018-06-17\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111310/http://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/natcoachteam/3\|archive-date= 2017-06-06\|url-status= dead}} ! Name
Coach \| {{flagicon\|Cyprus}} Nikos Andronikou
Assistant coach \| {{flagicon\|Cyprus}} Venizelos Tziambazis
Goalkeeper coach \| {{flagicon\|Cyprus}} Christoforos Loizou
Fitness coach \| {{flagicon\|Cyprus}} Constantinos Rostantis

class="wikitable"

Position{{cite news|title= Cyprus U21 staff|url= https://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/natcoachteam/3|publisher= Cyprus FA|access-date= 2018-06-17|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111310/http://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/natcoachteam/3|archive-date= 2017-06-06|url-status= dead}}

! Name

Coach

| {{flagicon|Cyprus}} Nikos Andronikou

Assistant coach

| {{flagicon|Cyprus}} Venizelos Tziambazis

Goalkeeper coach

| {{flagicon|Cyprus}} Christoforos Loizou

Fitness coach

| {{flagicon|Cyprus}} Constantinos Rostantis

Players

= Current squad =

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against {{fbu|21|BUL}} and {{fbu|21|ISR}} on 20 and 24 March 2025 respectively.{{cite news |title=Η κλήση για τους φιλικούς αγώνες με Βουλγαρία και Ισραήλ στην Κύπρο |url=https://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/news/50782 |access-date=19 March 2025 |publisher=Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου |date=14 March 2025 |language=Greek}}

Caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2024, after the match against {{fbu|21|HUN}}.

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=Panagiotis Kyriakou|age={{birth date and age|2004|05|05|df=yes}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=AEL Limassol|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=Gabriel Ortelli|age={{birth date and age|2006|06|19|df=yes}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Watford|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=Konstantinos Stylianou|age={{birth date and age|2004|12|05|df=yes}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=APEA Akrotiri|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Konstantinos Venizelou|age={{bda|2004|7|5|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=Zhenis|clubnat=KAZ}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Nearchos Zinonos|age={{birth date and age|2004|01|29|df=yes}}|caps=4|goals=1|club=Doxa Katokopias|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=David Djamas|age={{bda|2004|4|21|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=Achyronas-Onisilos|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Konstantinos Giannakou|age={{birth date and age|2005|04|25|df=yes}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Doxa Katokopias|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Konstantinos Panteli|age={{birth date and age|2005|02|12|df=yes}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=AEZ Zakakiou|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Alexandros Kaiafas|age={{birth date and age|2004|02|09|df=yes}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=MEAP Nisou|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Andreas Nikolaou|age={{birth date and age|2006|03|31|df=yes}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Omonia Nicosia|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=Georgios Nikolas Angelopoulos|age={{birth date and age|2004|05|05|df=yes}}|caps=7|goals=0|club=Ethnikos Achna|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=Panagiotis Kattirtzis|age={{birth date and age|2006|04|12|df=yes}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=APOEL|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=Konstantinos Evripidou|age={{birth date and age|2005|04|26|df=yes}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=AEK Larnaca|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=Symeon Solomou|age={{birth date and age|2005|03|08|df=yes}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Agia Napa|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=Konstantinos Pattichis|age={{birth date and age|2004|08|05|df=yes}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=PAC Omonia 29M|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=Andreas Christou|age={{birth date and age|2005|08|05|df=yes}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Olympiakos Nicosia|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Themistoklis Themistokleous|age={{birth date and age|2004|01|02|df=yes}}|caps=7|goals=0|club=AEL Limassol|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Dimitrios Spyridakis|age={{birth date and age|2004|09|16|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=Nea Salamis Famagusta|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Stavros Georgiou|age={{bda|2004|10|19|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=Doxa Katokopias|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Titos Prokopiou|age={{birth date and age|2004|07|31|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=Nea Salamis Famagusta|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Evagoras Charalampous|age={{birth date and age|2005|06|27|df=yes}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Anorthosis Famagusta|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Savvas Christodoulou|age={{birth date and age|2005|01|02|df=yes}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=AEL Limassol|clubnat=CYP}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Angelos Neofytou|age={{birth date and age|2005|05|23|df=yes}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Omonia Nicosia|clubnat=CYP}}

= Recent call-ups =

The following players have also been called up for Cyprus under-21's within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090901094410/http://www.cfa.com.cy/?lang=Gr&show=staticpage&PageID=284 CFA.COM.CY U21 - Cyprus Football Association Official Page]
[https://www.uefa.com/under21/history/teams/200033--cyprus/ UEFA.COM - Cyprus U21 National Team]

Category:European national under-21 association football teams

Under-21

Cyprus national under-21 football team

European Championship record Under-21

=UEFA U-21 Euro 2019 qualification=

=Friendly matches=

Coaching staff

Players

= Current squad =

= Recent call-ups =

See also

References

External links