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Cyprus national under-21 football team
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Cyprus U21 |
| Badge | Flag of Cyprus.svg |
| 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) |
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| First game | Cyprus Cyprus 0 - 0 Spain Spain |
| (Nicosia, Cyprus; 1978) | |
| Largest win | Cyprus Cyprus 6 - 0 San Marino San Marino |
| (Nicosia, Cyprus; 2011) | |
| Largest loss | France France 9 - 0 Cyprus Cyprus |
| (Grenoble, France; 2023) | |
| UEFAu21Champ apps | None |
("National team of Hopes") (Nicosia, Cyprus; 1978) (Nicosia, Cyprus; 2011) (Grenoble, France; 2023)
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
| UEFA European Under-21 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 | did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | |||||||||
| 1982 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | −10 | ||||||||||
| 1986 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -10 | ||||||||||
| 1988 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | −14 | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | ||||||||||
| 1992 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | −12 | ||||||||||
| FRA 1994 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 21 | −17 | ||||||||||
| ESP 1996 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | −15 | ||||||||||
| ROM 1998 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | ||||||||||
| SVK 2000 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | −11 | ||||||||||
| SUI 2002 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 | ||||||||||
| GER 2004 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | +7 | ||||||||||
| POR 2006 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 17 | -15 | ||||||||||
| NED 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | ||||||||||
| SWE 2009 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −6 | ||||||||||
| DEN 2011 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | −5 | ||||||||||
| ISR 2013 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | −4 | ||||||||||
| CZE 2015 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | −14 | ||||||||||
| POL 2017 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | ||||||||||
| ITA SMR 2019 | 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 article: 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6
- Anastasiou
- Iosifidis
- Borg
- Strandberg
- Rakip
- Elia
- Karo
- Soteriou
- Çınar
- Lukebakio
- Bastien
- Mbenza
- Dimata
- Leya Iseka
- Papageorgiou
- Frangos
- Sallói
- Haris
- Bíró
- Szalai
- Kyriakou
- Zsótér
- Brorsson
- Demirbağ
- Çınar
- Hadjipaschalis
- Nwoko
- Wheeler
Friendly matches
Melkadze Makarov
Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Coach | Cyprus Nikos Andronikou |
| Assistant coach | Cyprus Venizelos Tziambazis |
| Goalkeeper coach | Cyprus Christoforos Loizou |
| Fitness coach | Cyprus Constantinos Rostantis |
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Romania on 14 October 2025.
Caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2025, after the match against Finlan.
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
References
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-80.html Europe U-21 Championship 1980]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-82.html Europe U-21 Championship 1982]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-84.html Europe U-21 Championship 1984]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-86.html Europe U-21 Championship 1986]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-88.html Europe U-21 Championship 1988]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-90.html Europe U-21 Championship 1990]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u20-92.html Europe U-21 Championship 1992]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-94.html Europe U-21 Championship 1994]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1996q.html Europe U-21 Championship 1996]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-98.html Europe U-21 Championship 1998]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u20-2000.html Europe U-21 Championship 2000]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2002.html Europe U-21 Championship 2002]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2004.html Europe U-21 Championship 2004]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2006.html Europe U-21 Championship 2006]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2007.html Europe U-21 Championship 2007]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2009.html Europe U-21 Championship 2009]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2011.html Europe U-21 Championship 2011]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2013.html Europe U-21 Championship 2013]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u21-2015.html Europe U-21 Championship 2015]
- "Cyprus U21 staff". Cyprus FA.
- (3 October 2025). "Η κλήση της Εθνικής Ελπίδων για τον εκτός έδρας αγώνα με τη Ρουμανία". Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου.
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