Against Romania, our opponent tomorrow at the “AEK Arena,” we faced off again at the U-21 level in October 2025 in Cluj, and we lost 2-0, in the first group of the qualifying round for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
- You can watch the matches against Romania and San Marino live and exclusively on AlphaNews.Live – Papa John’s Pizza is the official broadcast sponsor of the National U-21 team’s matches.
In UEFA competitions, the two teams have faced each other twice in qualifying rounds in the distant past, and history favors the Romanians, who have prevailed in all those matches.
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In contrast, in friendly matches, Cyprus has a clearly better record, having suffered defeat in only one game.
Here is a summary of our match history since 1982:
1984 European Championship
May 1, 1982: Cyprus – Romania 1–2
November 11, 1893: Romania – Cyprus 3–2
1992 European Championship
November 28, 1992: Cyprus – Romania 0-2
April 3, 1993: Romania – Cyprus 1–0
2027 European Championship
October 14, 2025: Romania – Cyprus 2-0
We have faced each other four more times in friendly matches, and our national team has two wins to its credit. The results of our friendly matches:
August 18, 1999: Cyprus – Romania 5–4
November 15, 2012: Cyprus – Romania 1–1
August 13, 2013: Romania – Cyprus 0-2
March 31, 2015: Romania – Cyprus 1-0
The goals for our national team were scored by the following players (their club at the time of their call-up is listed in parentheses):
Three goals by Marios Neophytou (AEL) and one goal each by Makis Chrysostomou (Alki), Michalis Kittos (EN Paralimni), Christakis Mavros (Nea Salamina), Nicolas Englezou (Anorthosis), Michalis Thalassitis (EBBSSLEETS UNITED), Chrysis Michael (AEL), Nikos Loizidis (Omonia), and Zacharias Theodorou (Anorthosis).
