EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS GSP - Nicosia Saturday 7 October 2017 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Cyprus Group H - Matchday 9 Greece Last updated 18/03/2019 14:39CET

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Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10

1 Cyprus - Greece Saturday 7 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia

Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Mitroglou 12, 07/10/2016 QR (GS) Greece - Cyprus 2-0 Piraeus Mantalos 42

1988 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Anastopoulos 54, 66, 14/01/1987 PR (GS) Greece - Cyprus 3-1 Athens Bonovas 63; Savva 60 Christofi 28, Savvides 41; Antoniou 14, 03/12/1986 PR (GS) Cyprus - Greece 2-4 Nicosia Papaioanou 48, Batsinilas 73, Anastopoulos 85

Final Qualifying Total tournament

Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total Cyprus 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 25 3 6 16 24 48 Greece 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 25 16 6 3 48 24

2 Cyprus - Greece Saturday 7 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Squad list

Cyprus Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers AEK - Antonis Giorgallides 30/01/1982 35 - 0 0 0 0 Larnaca - Kostas Panayi 08/10/1994 22 Omonia * 8 0 0 0 Nea - Neofytos Michael 16/12/1993 23 - 0 0 0 0 Salamis Defenders - Nektarios Alexandrou 19/12/1983 33 APOEL - 4 0 0 0 - Georgios Vasiliou 12/06/1984 33 Apollon - 0 0 0 0 - Giorgos Merkis 30/07/1984 33 APOEL - 3 0 0 0 AEK - Marios Antoniades 14/05/1990 27 - 0 0 0 0 Larnaca - Jason Demetriou 18/11/1987 29 Southend * 7 0 0 0 - Margaça 17/07/1985 32 Omonia - 3 0 0 0 - Marios Stylianou 23/09/1993 24 Apollon - 1 0 0 0 Midfielders - Marios Nikolaou 04/10/1983 34 AEL - 1 0 0 0 - Andreas Avraam 06/06/1987 30 AEL * 3 0 0 0 AEK - Vincent Laban 09/09/1984 33 - 6 1 0 0 Larnaca - Georgios Economides 10/04/1990 27 Anorthosis - 0 0 0 0 - Kostakis Artymatas 15/04/1993 24 Kerkyra * 8 0 0 0 Standard - Kostas Laifis 19/05/1993 24 - 7 1 0 0 Liège - Charalambos Kyriakou 09/02/1995 22 Estoril * 7 0 0 0 - Fanos Katelaris 26/08/1996 21 Omonia - 2 0 0 0 Zulte - Grigoris Kastanos 30/01/1998 19 * 7 0 0 0 Waregem - Antreas Makris 27/11/1995 21 APOEL - 5 0 0 0 Forwards AEK - Costas Charalambides 25/07/1981 36 * 7 0 0 0 Larnaca - Pieros Sotiriou 13/01/1993 24 København - 6 3 0 0 AEK - Nestor Mytidis 01/06/1991 26 * 6 0 0 0 Larnaca Coach - Ran Ben Simon 28/11/1970 46 - 2 0 0 0

3 Cyprus - Greece Saturday 7 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia

Greece Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Orestis Karnezis 11/07/1985 32 Watford - 7 0 0 0 - Stefanos Kapino 18/03/1994 23 Olympiacos * 1 0 0 0 - Giannis Anestis 09/03/1991 26 AEK - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Vasilis Torosidis 10/06/1985 32 Bologna - 6 2 0 0 - Sokratis Papastathopoulos 09/06/1988 29 Dortmund - 7 0 0 0 - Giorgos Tzavellas 26/11/1987 29 Alanyaspor * 6 1 0 0 - Giannis Maniatis 12/10/1986 30 Alanyaspor - 6 0 0 0 - Kyriakos Papadopoulos 23/02/1992 25 Hamburg - 4 0 0 0 - Kostas Manolas 14/06/1991 26 Roma * 7 0 0 0 - Kostas Stafylidis 02/12/1993 23 Augsburg * 7 1 0 0 - Panagiotis Retsos 09/08/1998 19 Leverkusen * 1 0 0 0 Midfielders - Alexandros Tziolis 13/02/1985 32 Al-Fayha FC - 6 0 0 0 - Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 19/12/1986 30 AEK - 0 0 0 0 - Andreas Samaris 13/06/1989 28 Benfica * 4 0 0 0 - Panagiotis Tachtsidis 15/02/1991 26 Olympiacos - 2 0 0 0 - Petros Mantalos 31/08/1991 26 AEK - 7 1 0 0 - Yannis Gianniotas 29/04/1993 24 Valladolid - 2 0 0 0 - Kostas Fortounis 16/10/1992 24 Olympiacos - 7 1 0 0 - Dimitris Kourbelis 02/11/1993 23 Panathinaikos - 1 0 0 0 - Zeca 29/08/1988 29 Panathinaikos - 4 1 0 0 Forwards - Kostas Mitroglou 12/03/1988 29 Marseille * 6 3 0 0 - Tasos Bakasetas 28/06/1993 24 AEK - 6 0 0 0 - Anastasios Donis 29/08/1996 21 Stuttgart * 3 0 0 0 Coach - Michael Skibbe 04/08/1965 52 - 8 0 0 0

4 Cyprus - Greece Saturday 7 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Head coach Ran Ben Shimon Date of birth: 28/11/1970 Nationality: Israeli Playing career: Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC, Hapoel Haifa FC, Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC, Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC Coaching career: Hapoel Haifa FC, Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (twice), Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC, AEL Larnaca FC, Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC, Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC, Beitar Jerusalem FC, FC Ashdod, Cyprus • Capped 34 times as a defender for Israel, Ben Shimon spent much of his career with home-town clubs Maccabi Petach-Tikva and Hapoel Petach-Tikva, but was perhaps in his prime during a six-year spell at Hapoel Haifa, during which he won the 1999/2000 Israeli championship. • After hanging up his boots in 2003 following a stint at Bnei Yehuda, Ben Shimon was in charge of Maccabi Tel-Aviv's youth teams, taking his first senior jobs in the second tier with Hapoel Haifa and then Kiryat Shmona, whom he led to promotion in his first campaign at the helm.

• Briefly in the Maccabi Tel-Aviv hot seat in 2008, he guided Kiryat Shmona to another promotion after rejoining them in 2009, then masterminded their shock title success of 2011/12. He moved abroad for the first time in 2012 to coach AEK Larnaca, earning a third-placed finish in his sole season in command. • Returning to Israel in 2013, he subsequently held the reins at Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Maccabi Petach-Tikva, Beitar Jerusalem and – in 2016/17 – Ashdod. Ben Shimon accepted the Cyprus post in July 2017, filling the void left by Christakis Christoforou's departure. Michael Skibbe Date of birth: 4 August 1965 Nationality: German Playing career: FC Schalke 04 Coaching career: Borussia Dortmund, Germany (assistant), Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Galatasaray AŞ, Eintracht Frankfurt, Eskişehirspor (twice), Hertha BSC Berlin, Kardemir Karabükspor, Grasshopper Club, Greece • Michael Skibbe started out as a midfielder at home-town club Schalke; however, the former youth international made just 15 first-team appearances before a series of cruciate injuries forced him to abandon his playing career in his early 20s. • Impressing as a youth coach at Schalke and Dortmund, Skibbe became the youngest boss in Bundesliga history when he was given the senior job at Dortmund aged 32 in July 1998. • Worked in tandem with Rudi Völler during the latter's time as Germany coach, reaching the 2002 FIFA World Cup final but the pair resigning after the national team's early exit from UEFA EURO 2004. Skibbe returned to club football, coaching Leverkusen from 2005–08. • First ventured abroad to coach Galatasaray from 2008–09. Went back to Turkey three more times, twice leading Eskişehirspor and briefly taking charge of Karabükspor. Had a longer stint in Switzerland with Grasshoppers. • Hired as Greece coach in late October 2015, tasked with directing their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying attempt after failure to reach UEFA EURO 2016.

5 Cyprus - Greece Saturday 7 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Match officials

Referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP) Assistant referees Roberto Alonso (ESP) , Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP) Fourth official José María Sanchez Martinez (ESP) FIFA Match Commissioner Stefano Pucci (ITA) Referee observer Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)

Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Alberto Undiano Mallenco 08/10/1973 11 90

FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 28/07/2004 UCL 2QR APOEL FC AC Sparta Praha 2-2 Nicosia 18/10/2004 U19 1QR Russia Cyprus 5-1 Limassol 29/11/2007 UEL GS Panionios GSS Galatasaray AŞ 0-3 Athens 26/08/2009 UCL PO Olympiacos FC FC Sheriff 1-0 Piraeus 24/11/2009 UCL GS AZ Alkmaar Olympiacos FC 0-0 Alkmaar 06/12/2011 UCL GS Olympiacos FC Arsenal FC 3-1 Piraeus 16/02/2012 UEL R32 Udinese Calcio PAOK FC 0-0 Udine 07/03/2012 UCL R16 APOEL FC Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Nicosia 04/12/2012 UCL GS Olympiacos FC Arsenal FC 2-1 Piraeus 23/10/2013 UCL GS SL Benfica Olympiacos FC 1-1 Lisbon 20/08/2015 UEL PO PAOK FC Brøndby IF 5-0 Salonika

6 Cyprus - Greece Saturday 7 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Competition facts

The Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the European Qualifiers – which will determine UEFA's representatives at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup comprises nine groups of six teams, with matches played on a home-and- away basis. Qualifying takes place under the 'Week of Football' concept, introduced ahead of the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying campaign, in which games are spread out from Thursday to Tuesday, shining the spotlight on more teams on the road to the finals in Russia. Moreover, thanks to the Week of Football, at least 43% of matches will be played on weekends, giving fans a better chance to follow the action on television, in the stadiums and on UEFA.com. Kick-off times will be set mainly at 18:00CET and 20:45CET on Saturdays and Sundays and at 20:45CET for Thursdays, Fridays, Mondays and Tuesdays. In double-header matchweeks, sides will play on Thursday/Sunday, Friday/Monday or Saturday/Tuesday. Each day of the Week of Football will feature eight to ten games. The nine group winners will qualify directly for the final tournament. The eight best runners-up will contest play-offs to decide the last four qualifiers for the finals. The 13 qualifiers then join hosts Russia in the finals to make it 14 UEFA member associations represented. How qualification works The other confederations have the following qualifying berths: Africa: 5 Asia: 4.5 North and Central America and Caribbean: 3.5 Oceania: 0.5 South America: 4.5

7 Cyprus - Greece Saturday 7 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Match-by-match lineups Cyprus

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group H Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Belgium 8 7 1 0 35 3 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 4 2 2 19 8 14 Greece 8 3 4 1 11 5 13 Cyprus 8 3 1 4 8 12 10 Estonia 8 2 2 4 6 17 8 Gibraltar 8 0 0 8 3 37 0

Matchday 1 (06/09/2016) Cyprus 0-3 Belgium Goals: 0-1 R. Lukaku 13, 0-2 R. Lukaku 61, 0-3 Carrasco 81 Cyprus: Panayi, Dossa Júnior, Demetriou, Sotiriou (69 Mytidis), Charalambides, Alexandrou, Laban (69 Artymatas), Kyriakou, Efrem, Laifis, Kastanos (78 Makris) Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) Greece 2-0 Cyprus Goals: 1-0 Mitroglou 12, 2-0 Mantalos 42 Cyprus: Panayi, Dossa Júnior, E. Charalambous, Demetriou, Charalambides (66 Christofi), Mytidis (83 Makris), Laban, Efrem, Artymatas (78 Kyriakou), Laifis, Kastanos Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 Cyprus Goals: 1-0 Džeko 70, 2-0 Džeko 81 Cyprus: Panayi, Dossa Júnior, Demetriou, Sotiriou, Christofi (77 Charalambides), Alexandrou, Laban, Artymatas (85 Mytidis), Laifis, Kastanos, Makris (72 Efrem) Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Cyprus 3-1 Gibraltar Goals: 1-0 Laifis 29, 1-1 L. Casciaro 51, 2-1 Sotiriou 65, 3-1 Sielis 87 Cyprus: Panayi, E. Charalambous, Sielis, Demetriou, Sotiriou (86 Mytidis), Christofi, Kyriakou (91 Nikolaou), Efrem (73 Charalambides), Artymatas, Laifis, Kastanos Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Cyprus 0-0 Estonia Cyprus: Panayi, M. Stylianou (72 Avraam), E. Charalambous, Merkis, Christofi, Mytidis (88 Makris), Laban (82 Roushias), Kyriakou, Artymatas, Laifis, Kastanos Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Gibraltar 1-2 Cyprus Goals: 0-1 R. Chipolina 10 (og) , 1-1 Hernandez 30, 1-2 Sotiriou 87 Cyprus: Panayi, Merkis, Demetriou, Sotiriou, Christofi (73 Makris), Charalambides, N. Ioannou, Kyriakou, Margaça (61 Alexandrou), Artymatas (82 Mytidis), Laifis Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Cyprus 3-2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Goals: 0-1 Šunjić 33, 0-2 Višća 44, 1-2 Christofi 65, 2-2 Laban 67, 3-2 Sotiriou 76 Cyprus: Panayi, Merkis, Katelaris, Demetriou, Sotiriou, Christofi (80 Alexandrou), Charalambides (46 Avraam), Laban, Kyriakou, Margaça (72 Kastanos), Artymatas Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Estonia 1-0 Cyprus Goals: 1-0 Käit 90+2 Cyprus: Panayi, Avraam (66 Kastanos), Katelaris, Demetriou, Sotiriou, Christofi (87 Charalambides), Laban,

8 Cyprus - Greece Saturday 7 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Kyriakou, Margaça , Artymatas, Laifis Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Cyprus-Greece Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Belgium-Cyprus Greece

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (06/09/2016) Gibraltar 1-4 Greece Goals: 0-1 Mitroglou 10, 1-1 Walker 26, 1-2 Wiseman 44 (og) , 1-3 Fortounis 45, 1-4 Torosidis 45+2 Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis (71 Tziolis), Tzavellas, Manolas, Fortounis, Mitroglou (73 Vellios), Bakasetas, Torosidis, Mantalos (62 Gianniotas), Papastathopoulos, Samaris Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) Greece 2-0 Cyprus Goals: 1-0 Mitroglou 12, 2-0 Mantalos 42 Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis, Tzavellas (88 Karelis), Manolas, Fortounis, Mitroglou, Bakasetas (77 Holebas), Torosidis, Mantalos, Papastathopoulos, Stafylidis (70 Papadopoulos) Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Estonia 0-2 Greece Goals: 0-1 Torosidis 2, 0-2 Stafylidis 60 Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis (86 Tziolis), Manolas, Papadopoulos, Karelis, Mitroglou, Bakasetas, Torosidis (18 Oikonomou), Mantalos, Papastathopoulos (6 Tachtsidis), Stafylidis Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Greece 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Goals: 0-1 Karnezis 32 (og) , 1-1 Tzavellas 90+5 Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis (61 Gianniotas), Tzavellas, Papadopoulos, Fortounis, Mitroglou, Torosidis, Papastathopoulos, Mantalos (87 Karelis), Stafylidis, Samaris Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Belgium 1-1 Greece Goals: 0-1 Mitroglou 46, 1-1 R. Lukaku 89 Greece: Kapino, Tzavellas, Manolas, Fortounis (67 Tziolis), Mitroglou (92 Vellios), Torosidis, Tachtsidis, Papastathopoulos, Mantalos (84 Zeca), Stafylidis, Samaris Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-0 Greece Greece: Karnezis, Manolas, Tziolis, Zeca, Fortounis (94 Maniatis), Mitroglou, Bakasetas (50 Donis), Torosidis, Papastathopoulos, Mantalos (91 Kourbelis), Stafylidis Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Greece 0-0 Estonia Greece: Karnezis, Tzavellas, Manolas, Papadopoulos (66 Stafylidis), Tziolis, Zeca, Vellios (70 Diamantakos), Fortounis, Donis, Mantalos (80 Bakasetas), Retsos Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Greece 1-2 Belgium Goals: 0-1 Vertonghen 70, 1-1 Zeca 73, 1-2 R. Lukaku 74 Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis (85 Bakasetas), Tzavellas, Manolas, Tziolis, Zeca, Fortounis (89 Vellios), Donis, Papastathopoulos, Stafylidis (69 Lykogiannis), Samaris Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Cyprus-Greece Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Greece-Gibraltar

9 Cyprus - Greece Saturday 7 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Other abbreviations (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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