Cypriot men’s football teams have participated in

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competitions since the 1963–64 season. Before that, the

Cyprus Football Association The Cyprus Football Association (CFA; el, Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου (ΚΟΠ), Kypriakí Omospondía Podosfaírou (KOP)) is the governing body of football in Cyprus and is based in Nicosia. It organizes the footb ...

joined

in 1962. Cypriot teams have participated in five European competitions: the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League,

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and

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. 16 different Cypriot clubs have participated in at least in one European competition. In the first few decades of participation, Cypriot teams lost by large margins. Later, results began to improve. In 2008, a Cypriot team,

Anorthosis Famagusta FC Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fo ...

, qualified for the group stage of a European competition for the first time. Since then, at least one Cypriot team has participated in the group stage of a European tournament every season. The best performance was the appearance of

APOEL FC APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

in the quarter-finals of the

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. APOEL would also make an appearance in the round of 16 of the

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, the second best performance of a Cypriot team in UEFA competitions. Cyprus'

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at the end of the 2012–13 season was 14th, the highest the country ever achieved.

European Cup/UEFA Champions League

Cypriot teams began participating in the

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(renamed the

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in 1992) in 1963. The first team to do so was

against

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on 11th September 1963. In this competition only the Cypriot Champions have taken part, except in the 2014–15 season, when, due to Cyprus’ UEFA coefficient ranking, the country had two participants. Cypriot teams have taken part in the competition every season since 1963 with three exceptions: * 1964–65 season: The Cyprus championship was abandoned and no team was crowned champion. * 1974–75 season: As a result of the

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, the three teams that qualified for European competitions withdrew. In the European Cup that team was Omonia. * In the 1994–95 and 1996–97 seasons Cyprus did not receive a Champions League place due to a low country coefficient. The champions (Apollon and APOEL respectively) took part in the UEFA Cup. Eight different Cypriot teams have taken part in the competition. On five occasions one team took part in the group stage of the Champions League. Anorthosis were the first team that took part in the group stage, in the

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. APOEL were the participants on the other four occasions. The team that has progressed furthest was APOEL in the 2011–12 season, who reached the quarter-finals. The table presents the statistics of Cypriot teams in the competition. For purposes of comparison the calculated rating system used is: win = 3 points, draw = 1 point, defeat = 0 points. The table presents the participation of Cypriot teams in the competitions per season.

UEFA Cup/Europa League

Cypriot teams began to participate to

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(which renamed to

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at 2009) at 1971. The first team who participated was Digenis. From 1971 until 1999 only the second team of Cypriot First Division was taking part. In two season, beside the second team, the champions team also took part due to low country coefficient. Since 1999, at the competition take part also the winner of Cyprus Cup and nowadays more that two Cypriot teams are taking part to the competition. Furthermore, in many occasions the Cyprus champions, after eliminated from Champions League continue to UEFA Cup/Europa League. Only in 1974–75 season no Cypriot team took part to the competition. As a result of Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the three teams that qualified to European competition withdrew. In UEFA Cup that team was

Pezoporikos Pezoporikos Club Larnaca ( el, Πεζοπορικός Όμιλος Λάρνακας, ''Pezoporikos Omilos Larnakas'') was a Cypriot sports club based in Larnaca with football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1927, the football club ...

. Fifteen different teams took part in the competition. The Cypriot teams had seven participation to the group stage.

AEK A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...

was the first team that participated in the group stage at

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. The rest six participations came from APOEL (3), Apollon (2) and AEL (1). Most successful team was APOEL of 2016–17 season that qualifies and participated to round of 16. The table presents the statistic of Cypriot teams in the competition. For purposes of comparison the calculated rating system used is: win = 3 points, draw = 1 point, defeat = 0 points. The table presents the participation of Cypriot teams in the competitions per season.

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Cypriot teams participated to

from 1963–64 season until 1998–99 season when the competition was abolished. At the competition only the

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winner was taking part or the finalist of the cup if the cup winner was also the

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(so had qualified to European Cup/UEFA Champions League). The first match of a Cypriot team in any European competition was in

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, when APOEL faced

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. Ten different teams had taken part to the competition. The best result came from

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...

at the last season of the competition, at

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, when for the first time a Cypriot team eliminated two teams and participated in the second round. Only in 1974–75 season no Cypriot team took part in the competition. As a result of

, the three teams that qualified to European competition withdrew. In UEFA Cup Winners' Cup that team was

Enosis Neon Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club ( el, Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou'', "Youth Union of Paralimni"), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the firs ...

. The table presents the statistic of Cypriot teams in the competition. For purposes of comparison the calculated rating system used is: win = 3 points, draw = 1 point, defeat = 0 points. The table presents the participation of Cypriot teams in the competitions per season. ^{CW1: The home matches of Cypriot teams were not take place in Cyprus but in their opponents country, but not at opponents' ground.}
^{CW2: The home matches of Cypriot teams were not take place in Cyprus but in their opponents country, at opponents' ground.}
^{CW3: The Czech teams was represented Czechoslovakia

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.}
^{CW5: The Slovak team was represented Czechoslovakia

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UEFA Intertoto Cup

was taken over by UEFA at 1995. That season the Cypriot teams began to participate in the competition, until 2008 when the competition abolished. Only in

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no Cypriot team took part. In the middle of every football season, any Cypriot teams wanted to take part in Intertoto, declare their nomination and the one of them that finished in the highest position at

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qualified to Intertoto Cup. In total, Cypriot teams took part in 13 of the 14 seasons of the competition held by UEFA. Every season only one Cypriot team took part except of

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when two teams took part. At

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and

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the teams were started from group stage of five teams, giving two home and two away matches. The two first team were qualified. From 1998 until 2005 the competition held with a knockout system. The final three winners of the competitions qualified to

. From 2006 yo 2008 competition also held with a knockout system but the winners that qualified to

increase to 11, and so more teams were able to qualified. Most successful Cypriot team was

Ethnikos Achna Ethnikos Achna Football Club ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Εθνικός Άχνας), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cypriot football club based in the village of Achna. Founded in 1968, the club current ...

, at 2006. According to UEFA website,

considered as a winner of

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, because that year the winners were the 11 teams that qualified to

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. The table presents the statistic of Cypriot teams in the competition. For purposes of comparison the calculated rating system used is: win = 3 points, draw = 1 point, defeat = 0 points. The table presents the participation of Cypriot teams in the competitions per season. ^{I1: At 1995, 1996 and 1997 teams were started from group stage of five teams, giving two home and two away matches. The two first team were qualified.}
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^{I3:The team from Montenegro was represented Serbia and Montenegro

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Statistics 1963–2017

''Last update: April 14, 2018''

Total participations

The table below presents the statistic of all teams in all competitions. For purposes of comparison the calculated rating system used is: win = 3 points, draw = 1 point, defeat = 0 points.

(1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2005-2006) and

(2002-2003, 2013-2014, 2015-16, 2016-17) in four seasons,

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintain ...

(2012–13, 2014–15) in two seasons,

AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας, ΑΣΟΛ; ''Athlitikos Sillogos Omonias Lefkosias'', ''ASOL''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia ("Harmony"; also trans ...

(2010-2011) and

Ethnikos Achna FC Ethnikos Achna Football Club ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Εθνικός Άχνας), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cypriot football club based in the village of Achna. Founded in 1968, the club currentl ...

(2006-2007) in one season, played in two competitions the same season, entries which are aggregated in the final set.

Statistics per country

Cypriot teams have faced opponents from 49 different countries (

has 55 federations members, including Cyprus); Cypriot clubs have not yet faced opponents from

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and

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. Clubs that belonged to

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Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

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and

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have been allocated to the federations belonging today. For purposes of comparison the calculated rating system used is: win = 3 points, draw = 1 point, defeat = 0 points. The matches for the group stage are included in the list, but not in the column "Qualifications" and "Exclusion" because they were not knockout matches. 1974–75 season's opponents in which Omonia,

and

withdrew and 1986–87 season's opponent of

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

when the club refused to participate in the second round) are not included and are not added in the column "Exclusions".

Statistics per season

The table presents the statistics of all teams per season. For purposes of comparison the calculated rating system used is: win = 3 points, draw = 1 point, defeat = 0 points.

Statistics per opponent

Cypriot teams had faced 247 different opponents. The table below shoes the statistics per opponent. For purposes of comparison the calculated rating system used is: win = 3 points, draw = 1 point, defeat = 0 points. The matches for the group stages are included in the list, but not in the columns "Qualifications" and "Exclusion" because they were not knockout matches.

UEFA coefficient

The table below shows the points of Cyprus per season (

References

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