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Cyprus (1996)

Kýpros

Matches: 10; 10 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 3-2-5; 3 W · 2 D · 5 L
Goals: 9; 14 against
Goal difference: -5

General Information

Kypriakí Omospondía Podosfaírou

Founded: 1934
FIFA entry: 1948
Average height in 1996: 1.78 m
Average age in 1996: 26.4 years
Confederation: United European Football Association (UEFA)
Continent: Europe
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

Coaches in 1996

Andreas Michaelidis(Coach)

Date of birth: 29 December 1952
Place of birth: Lemesos, Cyprus
Matches: 10 (3 official · 7 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza

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Players of Cyprus in 1996

37 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers4
Nikos Panagiotou	16 December 1970	Goalkeeper	Anorthosis Ammochostou	6	0	0
Andros Petrides	6 December 1966	Goalkeeper	APOEL Lefkosias	3	0	0
Michalis Christofi	24 July 1969	Goalkeeper	Apollon Lemesou	1	1	0
Andreas Mavris	21 March 1972	Goalkeeper	AEK Larnakas	0	5	0
Defenders12
Giorgos Christodoulou	22 August 1965	Defender	APOEL Lefkosias	9	0	0
Pambos Pittas	26 July 1966	Defender	Apollon Lemesou	8	0	1
Demetris Ioannou	8 December 1968	Defender	Anorthosis Ammochostou	6	2	0
Georgios Theodotou	1 January 1974	Right Back	AEK Larnakas	5	2	0
Klimis Alexandrou	1 September 1974	Defender	AEK Larnakas	4	1	2
Kostakis Konstantinou	24 September 1968	Defender	Barnet FC	4	1	1
Kostas Stavrou	20 January 1965	Defender	Anorthosis Ammochostou	3	0	0
Nikos Timotheou	4 November 1973	Defender	APOEL Lefkosias	2	3	0
Aristos Aristokleous	28 February 1974	Defender	APOEL Lefkosias	2	0	0
Marios Pefkos	19 August 1971	Defender	Aris Lemesou	1	0	0
Marios Pashialis	30 October 1970	Defender	Ethnikos Achnas	0	4	0
Angelos Misos	7 March 1971	Defender	AEK Larnakas	0	3	0
Midfielders14
Neophytos Larkou	8 March 1966	Midfielder	AEK Larnakas	7	2	0
Sakis Andreou	2 February 1966	Midfielder	Omonia Lefkosias	7	0	0
Marios Christodoulou	4 July 1974	Midfielder	Iraklis Thessalonikis	7	0	0
Kostas Malekkos	9 April 1971	Midfielder	Panathinaikos AO	6	3	1
Nikodemos Papavasiliou	31 August 1970	Midfielder	Apollon Lemesou	4	1	0
Antonis Zembashis	17 August 1968	Midfielder	EN Paralimniou	4	0	0
Demetris Assiotis	31 March 1971	Midfielder	Anorthosis Ammochostou	1	2	0
Alexis Alexandrou	12 July 1973	Midfielder	APOEL Lefkosias	1	1	0
Giorgos Iosifides	8 January 1969	Midfielder	Apollon Lemesou	1	1	0
Charis Nikolaou	31 March 1974	Midfielder	Omonia Lefkosias	1	1	0
Kostas Kosta	4 January 1969	Midfielder	APOEL Lefkosias	1	0	0
Kokos Panagi	9 July 1966	Midfielder	Anorthosis Ammochostou	1	0	0
Panagiotis Engomitis	26 May 1972	Right Midfielder	Ethnikos Achnas	0	2	0
Kakos Papakyriakou	31 January 1971	Midfielder	Aris Lemesou	0	1	0
Forwards7
Siniša Gogić	20 October 1963	Striker	Olympiakos Piraios	6	0	2
Giannos Ioannou	25 January 1966	Striker	APOEL Lefkosias	5	1	1
Marios Agathokleous	8 September 1974	Centre Forward	AEL Lemesou	2	1	1
Kokos Elia	11 March 1971	Striker	Apollon Lemesou	1	3	0
Andreas Sotiriou	7 June 1968	Striker	APOEL Lefkosias	1	0	0
Pambis Andreou	16 June 1967	Striker	Nea Salamis Ammochostou	0	2	0
Panikos Xiourouppas	4 September 1968	Striker	Omonia Lefkosias	0	1	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of Cyprus in 1996

10 matches

Missing match data

Matches with missing (m) or partially missing (p) data:

Lebanon 16/01^p
Kuwait 08/10^p

14 Dec 1996World Cup 1998 · Group 5 · Tsirion StadiumHvs.BulgariaMatch report: Cyprus vs. Bulgaria 1–2Defeat
10 Nov 1996World Cup 1998 · Group 5 · Tsirion StadiumHvs.IsraelMatch report: Cyprus vs. Israel 2–0Win
8 Oct 1996Friendly · Al-AinData partially missingAvs.KuwaitMatch report: Kuwait vs. Cyprus 1–1Draw
1 Sept 1996World Cup 1998 · Group 5 · VTB Arena - Dynamo Central StadiumAvs.RussiaMatch report: Russia vs. Cyprus 4–0Defeat
27 Aug 1996Friendly · Stadion GKS-u BełchatówAvs.PolandMatch report: Poland vs. Cyprus 2–2Draw
5 Jun 1996Friendly · AkranesvöllurAvs.IcelandMatch report: Iceland vs. Cyprus 2–1Defeat
27 Mar 1996Friendly · Tsirion StadiumHvs.GeorgiaMatch report: Cyprus vs. Georgia 0–2Defeat
12 Mar 1996Friendly · Antonis Papadopoulos StadiumHvs.LatviaMatch report: Cyprus vs. Latvia 1–0Win
20 Feb 1996Friendly · Tsirion StadiumHvs.EstoniaMatch report: Cyprus vs. Estonia 1–0Win
16 Jan 1996Friendly · BeirutData partially missingAvs.LebanonMatch report: Lebanon vs. Cyprus 1–0Defeat

Match Progress for Cyprus

3 W · 2 D · 5 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of Cyprus

65 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Greece	24	3	5	16	21
Romania	17	1	3	13	14
Israel	16	4	3	9	22
Slovenia	13	3	4	6	12
Bulgaria	13	1	2	10	10
Belgium	13	0	1	12	4
Norway	13	0	0	13	5
Estonia	11	4	4	3	15
Portugal	11	0	1	10	6
Ireland	10	1	1	8	9
Spain	10	1	0	9	6
San Marino	9	9	0	0	28
Hungary	9	1	0	8	6
Austria	9	1	0	8	5
Scotland	9	0	0	9	6
Netherlands	9	0	0	9	1
Armenia	8	5	2	1	16
Malta	8	3	3	2	10
Georgia	8	3	1	4	8
Switzerland	8	2	1	5	5
Northern Ireland	8	1	4	3	3
Italy	8	0	1	7	5
France	8	0	1	7	2
Wales	7	2	0	5	6
Iceland	7	1	3	3	3
Poland	7	0	3	4	5
Russia	7	0	1	6	1
Lithuania	6	5	0	1	8
Albania	6	2	2	2	7
Bosnia & Herzegovina	6	2	1	3	10
Slovakia	6	1	1	4	6
Montenegro	6	0	3	3	4
Czechoslovakia	6	0	2	4	2
Denmark	6	0	1	5	3
Sweden	6	0	1	5	3
Germany	6	0	1	5	1
Andorra	5	5	0	0	17
Luxembourg	5	4	0	1	8
Jordan	5	1	2	2	3
Serbia	5	0	1	4	2
Faroe Islands	4	3	1	0	10
Kazakhstan	4	3	1	0	8
Latvia	4	2	2	0	4
Ukraine	4	1	1	2	5
Finland	4	1	1	2	4
Czechia	4	0	0	4	4
Soviet Union	4	0	0	4	2
Kosovo	4	0	0	4	1
Yugoslavia	4	0	0	4	1
Moldova	3	2	0	1	8
Belarus	3	1	0	2	2
Croatia	3	0	0	3	0
Gibraltar	2	2	0	0	5
Kuwait	2	1	1	0	6
North Macedonia	2	0	1	1	1
Azerbaijan	2	0	1	1	0
Canada	2	0	1	1	0
England	2	0	0	2	0
Iraq	1	1	0	0	2
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	2
Syria	1	1	0	0	1
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	2
Iran	1	0	1	0	0
Japan	1	0	0	1	0
Lebanon	1	0	0	1	0
Total	418	85	71	262	376

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for Cyprus

Games Total: 132
Goals: 102
Goals Against: 330
Games W/D/L: 18/17/97
Avg. Goals / Match: 0.77
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 2.50

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 14; Michalis Konstantinou
Most Matches: 31; Giannis Okkas
Most Yellow Cards: 7; Elias Charalambous
Most Red Cards: 1; Nikos Panagiotou

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of Cyprus

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Okkas, Giannis	Centre Forward	1997–2011	102	82	20	27	0	14	0	0
2	Charalambides, Kostas	Right Winger	2003–2017	91	72	19	12	6	8	0	0
3	Konstantinou, Michalis	Centre Forward	1997–2012	84	71	13	32	3	9	0	0
4	Kastanos, Grigoris	Attacking Midfielder	2015–2026	83	70	13	9	6	14	1	0
5	Pittas, Pambos	Defender	1987–1999	82	81	1	7	0	1	0	0
6	Artymatas, Kostas	Centre Midfielder	2012–2026	82	67	15	1	1	9	0	1
7	Kyriakou, Chambos	Defensive Midfielder	2016–2026	77	50	27	0	5	2	0	0
8	Makrides, Konstantinos	Centre Midfielder	2004–2016	75	65	10	5	7	12	0	0
9	Panagiotou, Nikos	Goalkeeper	1994–2006	74	69	5	0	0	0	0	1
10	Christofi, Demetris	Right Winger	2008–2023	72	44	28	9	8	4	0	0
11	Laifis, Konstantinos	Centre Back	2014–2026	71	65	6	5	1	12	1	1
12	Theodotou, Georgios	Right Back	1996–2008	70	52	18	0	0	4	0	0
13	Charalambous, Elias	Centre Back	2002–2017	69	52	17	0	0	12	0	0
14	Sotiriou, Pieros	Centre Forward	2012–2025	67	51	16	12	3	9	0	0
15	Michail, Chrysis	Defensive Midfielder	2000–2011	67	45	22	7	0	0	0	0
16	Giangoudakis, Giannakis	Defender	1980–1993	66	65	1	1	0	3	0	0
17	Giorgallides, Antonis	Goalkeeper	2005–2017	64	57	7	0	0	0	0	0
18	Giasoumi, Giasoumis	Centre Forward	1998–2009	63	24	39	8	2	3	0	0
19	Satsias, Marinos	Defensive Midfielder	2000–2012	63	48	15	0	0	9	0	0
20	Charalambous, Marios	Defender	1991–2002	62	60	2	2	0	12	0	1
21	Pittas, Ioannis	Left Winger	2019–2026	61	48	13	11	4	10	1	0
22	Aloneftis, Stathis	Left Winger	2005–2016	61	48	13	10	5	6	0	0
23	Nikolaou, Marios	Defensive Midfielder	2007–2017	55	38	17	1	1	5	0	0
24	Merkis, Giorgos	Centre Back	2006–2019	52	45	7	1	0	11	0	0
25	Ioannou, Nicholas	Left Back	2017–2024	51	46	5	2	3	11	1	0
26	Efrem, Giorgos	Right Midfielder	2009–2023	50	30	20	5	2	2	0	0
27	Kousoulos, Ioannis	Defensive Midfielder	2018–2026	50	40	10	4	1	10	0	0
28	Ioannou, Demetris	Defender	1991–2000	50	46	4	3	0	7	1	0
29	Loizou, Loizos	Right Winger	2020–2026	50	30	20	3	5	5	0	0
30	Demetriou, Jason	Right Back	2009–2019	50	40	10	1	3	10	0	1
31	Elia, Marios	Right Back	2003–2011	49	42	7	2	0	9	0	1
32	Pantziaras, Nikos	Midfielder	1974–1987	48	48	0	1	0	2	0	0
33	Avraam, Andreas	Left Midfielder	2008–2022	47	30	17	5	1	8	0	0
34	Savvidis, Giorgos	Striker	1982–1995	46	43	3	2	0	1	0	0
35	Tzionis, Marinos	Left Winger	2020–2026	45	30	15	5	3	1	0	0
36	Engomitis, Panagiotis	Right Midfielder	1994–2003	44	36	8	7	0	4	0	0
37	Malekkos, Kostas	Midfielder	1992–2002	43	32	11	4	0	6	0	0
38	Ioannou, Giannos	Striker	1986–1999	42	30	12	6	0	1	0	0
39	Larkou, Neophytos	Midfielder	1991–1997	41	29	12	2	0	2	1	0
40	Kakoullis, Andronikos	Centre Forward	2020–2026	40	14	26	8	2	6	0	0
41	Sotiriou, Andreas	Striker	1991–1999	39	31	8	8	0	2	0	0
42	Nikolaou, Floros	Midfielder	1985–1992	39	35	4	2	0	2	0	0
43	Christodoulou, Giorgos	Defender	1987–1999	39	37	2	0	0	2	0	0
44	Alexandrou, Nektarios	Left Midfielder	2006–2017	39	22	17	0	0	0	0	0
45	Agathokleous, Marios	Centre Forward	1994–2003	38	16	22	9	0	6	0	0
46	Papavasiliou, Nikodemos	Midfielder	1990–1999	38	33	5	5	0	4	0	0
47	Gogić, Siniša	Striker	1994–1999	37	36	1	8	0	5	0	0
48	Garpozis, Alexandros	Left Midfielder	2003–2011	37	31	6	1	0	5	0	0
49	Miamiliotis, Kostas	Defender	1980–1990	37	37	0	0	0	2	0	0
50	Christodoulou, Marios	Midfielder	1995–2003	36	31	5	3	0	3	0	0

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 10 duos of Cyprus

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Demetriou, Jason	Sotiriou, Pieros	2017–2019	3	25
2	Konstantinou, Michalis	Charalambides, Kostas	2006–2009	2	17
3	Makrides, Konstantinos	Charalambides, Kostas	2006–2015	2	17
4	Aloneftis, Stathis	Okkas, Giannis	2006–2007	2	7
5	Mytides, Nestoras	Efrem, Giorgos	2014–2019	2	40
6	Makrides, Konstantinos	Mytides, Nestoras	2015	2	40
7	Christofi, Demetris	Mytides, Nestoras	2015	2	40
8	Papoulis, Fotis	Sotiriou, Pieros	2018–2022	2	17
9	Georgiou, Anthony	Kousoulos, Ioannis	2019	2	50
10	Elia, Marios	Kastanos, Grigoris	2020	2	22

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 109 of 361 goals.