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. A National under-21 football team represents the second-highest stage in European International football competition
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. The Spain national under-21 football team, is the national under-21 football team of Spain and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the The UEFA U-21 Championship 1980, which spanned two years (1978-80 had 25 entrants They then drew 0-0 with the trophy holders Yugoslavia, also at home. The Yugoslavia national under-21 football team existed in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 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 UEFA U-21 Championship 1982, which spanned two years (1980-82 had 26 entrants The France national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation.
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. The UEFA U-21 Championship 1992, which spanned two years (1990-92 had 32 entrants Greece national Under-21 football team, also known as Greece Under-21s or Greece U-21s is the Under-21 years of age team of the Greece national football team The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. 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 UEFA U-21 Championship 2000, which spanned two years (1998-2000 had 47 entrants 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. The UEFA U-21 Championship 2004, which spanned two years (2002-2004 had 48 entrants 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. Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The Bosman ruling (Union Royal Belges des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL & others v This has meant that young Cypriot players are now not as common in the Cypriot First Division and is therefore also having an adverse affect on the under-21 national team. The Cypriot Championship First Division ( Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Α' Κατηγορίας is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus
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European Championship record Under-21
- 1978 - Did not enter
- 1980 to 2007 - Did not qualify
Squad
Correct as of February 2008. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
Goalkeepers
- Nikolas Asprogenis (AC Omonia)
- Evagoras Hadjifrangkeskou (MEAP Nisou)
Defenders
- Apostolos Michael (MEAP Nisou)
- Michalis Michael (AEK Larnaca)
- Alexandros Demetriou (AEP Paphos)
- Menelaos Aristidou (Aris Limassol)
- Panayiotis Panayiotou (APOEL)
- Christos Efthymiou (Olympiakos Nicosia)
- Orthodoxos Ioannou (Nea Salamina)
Midfielders
- Adamos Efstathiou (Enosis Neon Paralimni)
- Giorgos Panagi (Anorthosis Famagusta) (captain)
- Michalis Demetriou (Apollon Limassol)
- Theodoros Katsiaris (Onisilos)
- Elias Vattis (AC Omonia)
- Feidias Panayiotou (Olympiakos Nicosia)
- Demetris Kyriakou (Digenis Morphou)
- Demetris Christofi (Enosis Neon Paralimni)
- Kyriacos Pavlou (AC Omonia)
Forwards
- Savvas Pikramenos (APOP Kinyras Peyias)
- Andreas Avraam (Apollon Limassol)
- Giorgos Sielis (Chaidari)
- Christos Xenofontos (AEK Larnaca)
See also
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