EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis - Friday 7 October 2016 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Group H - Matchday 2 Last updated 18/03/2019 14:37CET

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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 Greece - Cyprus Friday 7 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus

Previous meetings Head to Head 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 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 Greece 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 24 15 6 3 46 24 Cyprus 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 24 3 6 15 24 46

2 Greece - Cyprus Friday 7 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Squad list

Greece Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - 11/07/1985 31 Udinese - 1 0 0 0 - 18/03/1994 22 Olympiacos - 0 0 0 0 - 10/10/1986 29 PAOK - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - 10/06/1985 31 Bologna - 1 1 0 0 - Sokratis Papastathopoulos 09/06/1988 28 Dortmund - 1 0 0 0 - Giorgos Tzavellas 26/11/1987 28 PAOK - 1 0 0 0 - 12/10/1986 29 Olympiacos - 1 0 0 0 - 23/02/1992 24 Leipzig - 0 0 0 0 - 14/06/1991 25 Roma - 1 0 0 0 - Kostas Stafylidis 02/12/1993 22 Augsburg - 0 0 0 0 - José Holebas 27/06/1984 32 Watford - 0 0 0 0 - Marios Oikonomou 06/10/1992 24 Bologna - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - 13/02/1985 31 PAOK - 1 0 0 0 - 15/02/1991 25 Cagliari - 0 0 0 0 - Petros Mantalos 31/08/1991 25 AEK - 1 0 0 0 - 16/10/1992 23 Olympiacos - 1 1 0 0 - Thanos Petsos 05/06/1991 25 Bremen - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - 12/03/1988 28 Benfica * 1 1 0 0 - Nikos Karelis 24/02/1992 24 Genk - 0 0 0 0 Nottm - Apostolos Vellios 08/01/1992 24 - 1 0 0 0 Forest - Yannis Gianniotas 29/04/1993 23 APOEL - 1 0 0 0 - Tasos Bakasetas 28/06/1993 23 AEK - 1 0 0 0 Coach - 04/08/1965 51 - 1 0 0 0

3 Greece - Cyprus Friday 7 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus

Cyprus Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers AEK - Antonis Giorgallides 30/01/1982 34 - 0 0 0 0 - Tasos Kissas 18/01/1988 28 Apollon - 0 0 0 0 - Kostas Panayi 08/10/1994 21 Omonia - 1 0 0 0 Defenders AEK - Elias Charalambous 25/09/1980 36 - 0 0 0 0 Larnaca - 19/12/1983 32 APOEL - 1 0 0 0 - 30/07/1984 32 APOEL - 0 0 0 0 - 06/06/1987 29 Larissa - 0 0 0 0 - 14/05/1990 26 Panionios - 0 0 0 0 - Jason Demetriou 18/11/1987 28 Southend - 1 0 0 0 - Dossa Júnior 28/07/1986 30 AEL - 1 0 0 0 - Marios Stylianou 23/09/1993 23 Apollon - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Marios Nikolaou 04/10/1983 33 AEL - 0 0 0 0 AEK - 09/09/1984 32 * 1 0 0 0 Larnaca - George Efrem 05/07/1989 27 APOEL - 1 0 0 0 - Kostakis Artymatas 15/04/1993 23 APOEL - 1 0 0 0 Standard - Kostas Laifis 19/05/1993 23 * 1 0 0 0 Liège - Charis Kyriakou 09/02/1995 21 Apollon - 1 0 0 0 - Grigoris Kastanos 30/01/1998 18 Juventus * 1 0 0 0 Forwards AEK - Costas Charalambides 25/07/1981 35 * 1 0 0 0 Larnaca - Dimitris Christofi 28/09/1988 28 Omonia - 0 0 0 0 - 13/01/1993 23 APOEL - 1 0 0 0 - Nestor Mytidis 01/06/1991 25 Roda - 1 0 0 0 - Antreas Makris 27/11/1995 20 Anorthosis - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Christakis Christoforou 26/01/1964 52 - 1 0 0 0

4 Greece - Cyprus Friday 7 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Head coach Michael Skibbe Date of birth: 4 August 1965 Nationality: German Playing career: FC Schalke 04 Coaching career: Borussia Dortmund, Germany (assistant), , Galatasaray AŞ, , 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 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. Christakis Christoforou Date of birth: 26 January 1964 Nationality: Cypriot Playing career: AEL FC, APOEL FC Coaching career: Apollon Limassol FC (youth), APOEL FC (youth), Cyprus Under-17, Apollon Ladies FC, Apollon Limassol FC, AEL Limassol FC • Played as a midfielder for AEL, helping them beat city rivals Apollon 1-0 in the 1987 final; later left Limassol to join APOEL. • Coached AEL and APOEL's youth academies before steering Cyprus's Under-17s to the elite round of the 1999 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. • Took charge of Apollon Ladies in 2009 and won five consecutive domestic doubles as well as reaching the UEFA Women's Champions League round of 32 three times. • After a switch to Apollon's men's team in 2013, became the first coach to lead men's and women's divisions of the same club into the group stage of a UEFA competition; lifted Cypriot Cup with Apollon and took them to the UEFA Europa League group stage in successive seasons. • Returned to AEL as coach though his side lost 4-2 to APOEL in the 2014/15 Cypriot Cup final; made some amends by beating the Nicosia club on penalties to claim the 2015 Cyprus Super Cup. Left post in October 2015, taking up Cyprus job in early December.

5 Greece - Cyprus Friday 7 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Match officials

Referee Pavel Královec (CZE) Assistant referees Roman Slyško (SVK) , Ivo Nadvornik (CZE) Fourth official Miroslav Zelinka (CZE) FIFA Match Commissioner Campbell Ogilvie (SCO) Referee observer Charles Agius (MLT)

Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Pavel Královec 16/08/1977 2 83

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 28/07/2005 UEL 1QR APOEL FC Birkirkara FC 4-0 Nicosia 04/11/2005 U19 QR Norway Cyprus 0-1 Rishon Le-zion 06/11/2005 U19 QR Cyprus Malta 2-1 Rishon Le-zion 04/10/2007 UEL R1 Anorthosis Famagusta FC Tottenham Hotspur FC 1-1 Larnaca 05/11/2009 UEL GS SK Sturm Graz Panathinaikos FC 0-1 Graz 16/08/2016 UCL PO FC København APOEL FC 1-0 Copenhagen

6 Greece - Cyprus Friday 7 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus 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 Greece - Cyprus Friday 7 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Match-by-match lineups Greece

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group H Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 0 5 0 3 Greece 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 Belgium 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 Gibraltar 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 Cyprus 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 Estonia 1 0 0 1 0 5 0

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-Cyprus Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Estonia-Greece Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Greece-Bosnia and Herzegovina Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Belgium-Greece Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Bosnia and Herzegovina-Greece Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Greece-Estonia Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Greece-Belgium Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Cyprus-Greece Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Greece-Gibraltar Cyprus

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round 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-Cyprus Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Bosnia and Herzegovina-Cyprus

8 Greece - Cyprus Friday 7 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus

Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Cyprus-Gibraltar Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Cyprus-Estonia Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Gibraltar-Cyprus Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Cyprus-Bosnia and Herzegovina Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Estonia-Cyprus Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Cyprus-Greece Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Belgium-Cyprus

9 Greece - Cyprus Friday 7 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus 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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