The head coach of the Cyprus Men's National Team, Apostolos Mantzios, has announced his first squad selection ahead of the team's opening matches in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Cyprus will host San Marino on Friday, March 21, at 19:00 at AEK Arena, and on March 24, they will play away against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A total of 26 players have been called up by Mr. Mantzios, with the team’s preparation set to begin next Monday afternoon with a training session at AEK Arena.
This is the first call-up to the national team for Andreas Sikkis from Omonia Aradippou, while Ioannis Kosti, currently playing for Levadiakos, returns to the squad.
Full Cyprus National Team Squad:
Anorthosis Famagusta: Kostakis Artymatas
APOEL Nicosia: Giannis Satsias, *Konstantinos Laifis, Pieros Sotiriou
Apollon Limassol: Giorgos Malekkidis, Dimitris Dimitriou, Charalambos Kyriakou
Aris Limassol: Anderson Correia
Omonia Aradippou: Andreas Sikkis
Omonοia Nicosia: Ioannis Kousoulos, Loizos Loizou, Nikolas Panayiotou, Charalambos Charalambous, Andronikos Kakoullis
Pafos FC: Kostas Pileas, Neofytos Michael
Levadiakos: Ioannis Kosti
Panetolikos: Christos Sielis
Bristol Rovers: Ruel Sotiriou
CSKA Sofia FC: Ioannis Pittas
Hellas Verona FC: Grigoris Kastanos
Peterborough: Hector Kyprianou
R. Charleroi SC: Stelios Andreou
Servette FC: Joel Mall
UTA Arad: Marinos Tzionis
Zulte Waregem: Stavros Gavriel
*Konstantinos Laifis is unavailable for the match against San Marino due to suspension, as he was sent off in Cyprus' last game against Romania in November.
The team’s training camp will officially begin on Monday, March 17.
