EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS GSP - Nicosia Sunday 13 November 2016 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Cyprus Group H - Matchday 4 Gibraltar Last updated 18/03/2019 14:40CET
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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 - Gibraltar Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia
Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams
2 Cyprus - Gibraltar Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 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 34 - 0 0 0 0 Larnaca - Kostas Panayi 08/10/1994 22 Omonia * 3 0 0 0 Nea - Michael Neofytos 16/12/1993 22 - 0 0 0 0 Salamis Defenders AEK - Elias Charalambous 25/09/1980 36 * 1 0 0 0 Larnaca - Nektarios Alexandrou 19/12/1983 32 APOEL - 2 0 0 0 - Andreas Avraam 06/06/1987 29 Larissa - 0 0 0 0 - Marios Antoniades 14/05/1990 26 Panionios - 0 0 0 0 - Jason Demetriou 18/11/1987 28 Southend * 3 0 0 0 - Valentinos Sielis 01/03/1990 26 AEL - 0 0 0 0 - Dossa Júnior 28/07/1986 30 AEL - 3 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 - Vincent Laban 09/09/1984 32 * 3 0 0 0 Larnaca - George Efrem 05/07/1989 27 APOEL - 3 0 0 0 - Kostakis Artymatas 15/04/1993 23 APOEL - 3 0 0 0 Standard - Kostas Laifis 19/05/1993 23 * 3 0 0 0 Liège - Charis Kyriakou 09/02/1995 21 Apollon - 2 0 0 0 - Grigoris Kastanos 30/01/1998 18 Juventus * 3 0 0 0 Forwards AEK - Costas Charalambides 25/07/1981 35 * 3 0 0 0 Larnaca - Dimitris Christofi 28/09/1988 28 Omonia * 2 0 0 0 - Pieros Sotiriou 13/01/1993 23 APOEL * 2 0 0 0 - Nestor Mytidis 01/06/1991 25 Roda * 3 0 0 0 - Antreas Makris 27/11/1995 20 Walsall - 3 0 0 0 Coach - Christakis Christoforou 26/01/1964 52 - 3 0 0 0
3 Cyprus - Gibraltar Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia
Gibraltar Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jordan Perez 13/11/1986 30 St Joseph's - 2 0 0 0 Gibraltar - Kyle Goldwin 24/04/1985 31 - 0 0 0 0 United - Deren Ibrahim 09/03/1991 25 Dartford - 1 0 0 0 Defenders - Joseph Chipolina 14/12/1987 28 Lincoln * 3 0 0 0 Gibraltar - Erin Barnett 02/09/1996 20 - 0 0 0 0 United Lions - Jayce Mascarenhas-Olivero 02/07/1998 18 - 2 0 0 0 Gibraltar - Ryan Casciaro 11/05/1984 32 Lincoln - 3 0 0 0 - Jean-Carlos Garcia 05/07/1992 24 Lincoln - 3 0 0 0 Gibraltar - James Bosio 24/09/1991 25 * 3 0 0 0 United - Kenneth Chipolina 08/04/1994 22 Lincoln - 0 0 0 0 Gibraltar - Brad Power 29/10/1992 24 - 0 0 0 0 United Midfielders Gibraltar - Anthony Hernandez 03/02/1995 21 - 1 0 0 0 United College - Liam Walker 13/04/1988 28 - 3 1 0 0 Europa - Kyle Casciaro 02/12/1987 28 Lincoln - 3 0 0 0 Manchester - Aaron Payas 24/05/1985 31 - 2 0 0 0 62 - Anthony Bardon 19/01/1993 23 Lincoln - 2 0 0 0 College - Sykes Garro 26/02/1993 23 - 0 0 0 0 Europa Gibraltar - Ashley Rodriguez 13/11/1989 27 - 0 0 0 0 United Forwards - George Cabrera 14/12/1988 27 Lincoln - 0 0 0 0 - Lee Casciaro 29/09/1981 35 Lincoln - 3 0 0 0 - Robert Guiling 14/10/1980 36 Lynx - 0 0 0 0 Alfreton - Adam Priestley 14/08/1990 26 - 1 0 0 0 Town Gibraltar - Robert Montovio 03/08/1984 32 - 0 0 0 0 United Coach - Jeff Wood 04/02/1954 62 - 3 0 0 0
4 Cyprus - Gibraltar Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Head coach Christakis Christoforou Date of birth: 26 January 1964 Nationality: Cypriot Playing career: AEL Limassol 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 Cypriot Cup 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. Jeff Wood Date of birth: 4 February 1954 Nationality: English Playing career: Charlton Athletic FC, Colchester United FC, HJK Helsinki, Exeter City FC, Happy Valley AA, Rabat Ajax FC, Grankulla IFK, IF Gnistan Coaching career: Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Sliema Wanderers FC, Lions Gibraltar FC, Gibraltar • A former goalkeeper, London-born Wood played more than 150 games for Charlton and also had spells in Finland, Hong Kong and Malta. • Among his playing achievements were two Maltese titles and two cups with Rabat. • In 1996 Wood became assistant to former Charlton team-mate Steve Gritt at Brighton and in 1999 was briefly his successor as manager. • Further coaching spells followed in the United States, Malta (in charge of Sliema) and English non-league before Wood took over Charlton's European soccer school in Spain in 2004. • Norwich's goakeeping coach from 2011 to 2012, a spell including promotion and a Premier League season, Wood became Wales Under-21 and U19 goalkeeping coach in 2013, followed by a stint in a similar role at Luton Town FC. • In May 2014 Wood took over Gibraltar Lions and in July 2015 was appointed as team national coach.
5 Cyprus - Gibraltar Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Match officials
Referee Aliyar Aghayev (AZE) Assistant referees Rza Mammadov (AZE) , Zeynal Zeynalov (AZE) Fourth official Orkhan Mammadov (AZE) FIFA Match Commissioner Leonid Kaloshin (RUS) Referee observer Stefano Podeschi (ITA)
Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Aliyar Aghayev 17/10/1987 0 29
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 14/07/2015 UCL 2QR APOEL FC FK Vardar 0-0 Nicosia
6 Cyprus - Gibraltar Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 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 - Gibraltar Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 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 3 3 0 0 13 0 9 Greece 3 3 0 0 8 1 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 7 4 6 Estonia 3 1 0 2 4 7 3 Cyprus 3 0 0 3 0 7 0 Gibraltar 3 0 0 3 1 14 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-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 Gibraltar
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 Gibraltar: J. Perez, Wiseman, J. Chipolina, R. Casciaro, R. Chipolina, Walker, Bosio (71 K. Casciaro), L. Casciaro,
8 Cyprus - Gibraltar Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Hernandez, J. Coombes (85 Yome), Garcia Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) Estonia 4-0 Gibraltar Goals: 1-0 Käit 47, 2-0 Vassiljev 52, 3-0 Käit 70, 4-0 Mošnikov 88 Gibraltar: J. Perez, J. Chipolina (89 K. Casciaro), R. Casciaro, R. Chipolina, L. Casciaro, Walker, Mascarenhas- Olivero, Bosio (58 Payas), Bardon, Priestley (65 J. Coombes), Garcia Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Gibraltar 0-6 Belgium Goals: 0-1 Benteke 1, 0-2 Witsel 19, 0-3 Benteke 43, 0-4 Mertens 51, 0-5 Benteke 56, 0-6 Hazard 79 Gibraltar: Ibrahim, Wiseman, J. Chipolina, R. Casciaro, R. Chipolina, L. Casciaro, K. Casciaro (86 Yome), Walker (80 Bardon), Mascarenhas-Olivero, Bosio (46 Payas), Garcia Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Cyprus-Gibraltar Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Bosnia and Herzegovina-Gibraltar Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Gibraltar-Cyprus Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Belgium-Gibraltar Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Gibraltar-Bosnia and Herzegovina Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Gibraltar-Estonia Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Greece-Gibraltar
9 Cyprus - Gibraltar Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 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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