As you can see below, the list of Cypriot soccer players competing abroad has grown by two. Nicholas Panayiotou transferred to Utrecht in the Netherlands, while Ioannis Kousoulos signed with Kifissia.

However, the former’s debut was marred by serious incidents. Utrecht was hosting Go Ahead Eagles, but the game was suspended with the score at 1-3 after fans threw objects onto the field.

Among the… foreign players, two stood out. One was Marinos Tzionis, who scored his first goal of the season while playing for Arad in Romania. The Cypriot winger had also scored in the Cup a few days earlier against Minerul Lupeni, and last weekend he opened his league account in a 5-1 victory over Cicirenda, scoring his team’s third goal.

Watch the goal at 3:33.

Ioannis Pittas also scored a goal. The Cypriot forward opened the scoring for CSKA Sofia against Spartak Varna, but that wasn’t enough, as the match ended in a 1-1 draw. This was Pittas’s 6th goal across all competitions.

Watch the goal at 0:35

Additionally, it’s worth noting that in Greece we had a Cypriot “derby,” as Yiannis Satsias’s Panetolikos defeated Ioannis Kostis’s Levadiakos 2-0. In Heraklion, OFI, led by Christos Sielis (who is injured), defeated Kifissia, coached by Ioannis Kousoulos, who was on the bench.

Below is the complete list of Cypriot soccer players competing abroad.

ENGLAND

Marcus Edwards (Burnley): He was not in the squad for the 2-1 home loss to Bristol City (5 appearances/2 assists).

Hector Kyprianou (Watford): Started in the 1-0 away loss to West Brom (7 appearances).

Ruel Sotiriou (Chesterfield): Was not on the roster for the 3-3 home draw against Barnet (2 appearances).

Nick Tsaroulla (Nottingham County): Started in the 1-1 away draw against Huddersfield. Substituted in the 74th minute (6 appearances/3 assists).

ITALY

Grigoris Kastanos (Verona): Came on as a substitute in the 73rd minute of the 5-0 home win over Arezzo (5 appearances).

GREECE

Ioannis Kostis (Levadiakos): Started in the 2-0 home loss to Panetolikos (3 appearances).

Christos Sielis (OFI): Due to injury, he missed the 2-0 home victory over Kifissia (4 appearances).

Giannis Satsias (Panaitolikos): Started in the 2-0 away win over Levadiakos (3 appearances/1 goal/1 assist).

Ioannis Kousoulos (Kifissia): He was included in his new team’s roster for the first time in the 2-0 loss to OFI in Crete.

Andreas Makris (Larissa): He provided an assist on his team’s goal in the 1-1 home draw against Anagennisi Karditsa (4 appearances/2 assists).

GERMANY

Antonio Foti (Ferl): He came on as a substitute in the 87th minute during the 1-0 away win over Waldhof Mannheim (4 appearances).

PORTUGAL

Stavros Gabriel (Nacional): Started in the 2-0 away loss to Sporting Lisbon. He was substituted in the 73rd minute (5 appearances).

Stelios Andreou (Estoril): Estoril hosts Arouca tonight (Sept. 7, 10:15 p.m.) (1 appearance).

NETHERLANDS

Nicholas Panayiotou (Utrecht): He started in the eventful home game against Go Ahead Eagles, which was suspended in the second half with the score at 1-3 (1 appearance).

POLAND

Andreas Katsantonis (Piast): Came on as a substitute in the 66th minute of the 3-0 home win over Katowice (8 appearances).

Konstantinos Sotiriou (Korona Kielce): Remained on the bench in the 1-1 home draw against Wisła Kraków (4 appearances).

Herodotos Christodoulou (Slask Wroclaw): Remained on the bench in the 2-1 away loss to Jagiellonia (6 appearances).

SCOTLAND

Alex Gogic (St. Mirren): Started (and captained the team) in the 2-1 home loss to Celtic (10 appearances/1 assist).

NORWAY

Nikolas Koutsakos (Start): Played for 62 minutes in a 2-0 away loss to Aalesund (2 appearances).

ROMANIA

Marinos Tzionis (Arad): Scored his team’s third goal in a 5-1 home win over Ciccerenda. In a midweek Cup match, he sealed the 0-3 victory against Minerul Lupeni (9 appearances/2 goals).

Neofytos Michael (Universitatea Cluj): Universitatea Cluj plays tonight (9/7, 8:30 p.m.) at Universitatea Craiova (6 appearances/1 clean sheet).

SERBIA

Loizos Loizou (Red Star): He remained on the bench during the 2-1 home victory over Partizan in the national derby (8 appearances/2 goals).

BULGARIA

Ioannis Pittas (CSKA Sofia): He opened the scoring in the 1-1 away draw against Spartak Varna (14 appearances/6 goals/3 assists).

Kyriakos Antoniou (Dunav Ruse): Dunav Ruse plays tonight (7/9, 7:30 p.m.) against Slavia Sofia (7 appearances).

BOSNIA

Rafael Mamas (Sarajevo): He is recovering from a serious injury and has not made an appearance so far.

ISRAEL

Pavlos Korea (Maccabi Petah Tikva): He played in the first half of the team’s 2-1 home loss to Ironi Tiberias (4 appearances).

GEORGIA

Paris Psaltis (Dinamo Tbilisi): Started in the 1-1 away draw against Torpedo Kutaisi (3 appearances).

ARMENIA

Iasonas Pikis (Pyunik): Started in the 0-0 away draw against Syunik (9 appearances/1 goal/2 assists).

*photo source: UTA Arad