History and achievements
In the international football Cyprus is represented by the Cyprus national team. It is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association founded in 1934. Cyprus affiliated to FIFA in 1948 and to UEFA in 1962.
Shortly after gaining independence from Britain, the team played its first official international 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Israel in November 1960. But Cyprus announced itself to the European football after beating a vigorous Switzerland 2-1 in a European Championship qualifier in February 1968.
Since 1970s onwards, the squad has shown good performances in qualification campaigns for the major FIFA and UEFA tournaments. Thus, in 1983, Cyprus took on reigning champions Italy in Euro 1984 home qualifier which ended in a 1-1 draw. In 1989, the team pulled off a 1-1 draw with France in a World Cup qualifier. During the UEFA Euro 2000, it made a breakthrough with a hard-fought 3-2 wins over powerhouse Spain and strong Israel. And in November 2000, the national squad celebrated their biggest ever high-scoring 5-0 victory over Andorra in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. But despite all these competitive achievements, Cyprus was never too crafty and strong to appear in the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship finals.
As of September 2012, the team had the 135th position in the FIFA World ranking, reaching the 43d at the utmost.
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Country team
№ | Name and surname | Role | Ranking | Age | Weight | Height | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Marinos Satsias | midfielder |
0 |
45 years | 70 kg | 174 cm | Cyprus |
2 | Jason Demetriou | midfielder |
0 |
36 years | 67 kg | 180 cm | Cyprus |
3 | Dossa Júnior | defender |
0 |
37 years | 79 kg | 188 cm | Cyprus |
4 | Michalis Konstantinou | forward |
0 |
46 years | 80 kg | 184 cm | Cyprus |
5 | Ioannis Okkas | forward |
0 |
47 years | 74 kg | 174 cm | Cyprus |
6 | Stathis Aloneftis | midfielder |
0 |
41 years | 65 kg | 166 cm | Cyprus |
7 | Nektarios Alexandrou | midfielder |
0 |
40 years | 72 kg | 182 cm | Cyprus |
8 | Costas Charalambides | midfielder |
0 |
42 years | 66 kg | 172 cm | Cyprus |
9 | Panos Constantinou | goalkeeper |
0 |
38 years | 79 kg | 180 cm | Cyprus |
10 | Sotiris Kaiafas | forward |
0 |
74 years | Cyprus |
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