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Greece 2-1 Cyprus - August 19, 1997 / Friendlies 1997

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Friendlies 1997 - Europe

OFI Stadium - Héraklion - Greece

August 19, 1997

5 000

Greece

2 - 1

Cyprus

Nikos Machlas

21'

(penalty) Panagiotis Gonias

73'

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21' - Goal Nikos Machlas21

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46' - Substitution Elias Atmatsidisis substituted by Nikos Michopoulos photo Georgios Anatolakis

46' - Substitution Ioannis Kalitzakisis substituted by Georgios Anatolakis photo Kostas Konstantinidis

46' - Substitution Stratos Apostolakisis substituted by Kostas Konstantinidis photo Panagiotis Gonias

46' - Substitution Grigorios Georgatosis substituted by Panagiotis Gonias photo Alexios Alexandris

46' - Substitution Konstantinos Frantzeskosis substituted by Alexios Alexandris photo Georgios Donis

46' - Substitution Stylianos Giannakopoulosis substituted by Georgios Donis photo Theodoros Zagorakis

46' - Substitution Nikos Machlasis substituted by Theodoros Zagorakis46

71' - Substitution I. G. Poursanidisis substituted by Zisis Vryzas photo Georgios Georgiadis

71' - Substitution Demis Nikolaidisis substituted by Georgios Georgiadis71

73' - Goal Panagiotis Gonias73

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Greece

2 - 1

Cyprus

Greece Cyprus

Team line-ups

Greece

Atmatsidis46

Elias Atmatsidis

Greece

B.date24/04/1969

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Kalitzakis46

Ioannis Kalitzakis

Greece

B.date10/02/1966

Age31 years

positionSweeper

Apostolakis46

Stratos Apostolakis

Greece

B.date11/05/1964

Age33 years

positionCentral defender

Karataidis

Kyriakos Karataidis

Greece

B.date04/07/1965

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Georgatos46

Grigorios Georgatos

Greece

B.date31/10/1972

Age24 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

Kasapis

Michalis Kasapis

Greece

B.date06/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

Frantzeskos46

Konstantinos Frantzeskos

Greece

B.date04/01/1969

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Poursanidis71

Ilias Georgios Poursanidis

Greece

B.date13/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Giannakopoulos46

Stylianos Giannakopoulos

Greece

B.date12/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m72

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Nikolaidis71

Demis Nikolaidis

Greece

B.date17/09/1973

Age23 years

H1m74

positionStriker

Machlas2146

Nikos Machlas

Greece

B.date16/06/1973

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Elias Atmatsidis	46	28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ioannis Kalitzakis	46	31	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stratos Apostolakis	46	33	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kyriakos Karataidis		32	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Grigorios Georgatos	46	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michalis Kasapis		26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Konstantinos Frantzeskos	46	28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	I. G. Poursanidis	71	25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stylianos Giannakopoulos	46	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Demis Nikolaidis	71	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nikos Machlas	2146	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nikos Michopoulos	46	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Georgios Anatolakis	46	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kostas Konstantinidis	46	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Georgios Georgiadis	71	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Panagiotis Gonias	7346	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Theodoros Zagorakis	46	25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Zisis Vryzas	71	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Georgios Donis	46	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alexios Alexandris	46	28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nikos Machlas

Georgios Donis

OUT

Ioannis Kalitzakis

Nikos Dabizas

OUT

Grigorios Georgatos

Theodoros Zagorakis

OUT

Stylianos Giannakopoulos

Marinos Ouzounidis

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Kostas Polychroniou

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Polychroniou vs Cyprus

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 19, 1997

Polychroniou vs Georgiou

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 19, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Panikos Georgiou

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

0 %

Georgiou vs Greece

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 19, 1997

Georgiou vs Polychroniou

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 19, 1997

Referee

Spiridon Papadakos

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Greece1 match	General total	Cyprus1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Greece1 match	Season total	Cyprus1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 19, 1997					Latest figure on August 19, 1997

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Key figures

Cyprus keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 08/05/1973). It's a record streak. The first of history

Greece keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Friendlies running (since 16/04/1980). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 14/10/1951 (2 matches)

Cyprus keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 08/05/1973). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VGreece 2-0 Slovenia24/04/1996

VGreece 2-1 Georgia08/05/1996

VGreece 2-1 Albania14/08/1996

VGreece 3-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina01/09/1996

DGreece 0-0 Portugal19/02/1997

LGreece 0-1 Croatia30/04/1997

Overall

DCroatia 1-1 Greece10/11/1996

DIsrael 1-1 Greece22/01/1997

DGreece 0-0 Portugal19/02/1997

VCyprus 0-4 Greece12/03/1997

VBosnia and Herzegovina 0-1 Greece02/04/1997

LGreece 0-1 Croatia30/04/1997

Current form

Away

LLebanon 1-0 Cyprus16/01/1996

LIceland 2-1 Cyprus05/06/1996

DPoland 2-2 Cyprus27/08/1996

LRussia 4-0 Cyprus01/09/1996

LBulgaria 4-1 Cyprus02/04/1997

LIsrael 2-0 Cyprus30/04/1997

Overall

LCyprus 2-3 Poland15/02/1997

VCyprus 1-0 Lithuania17/02/1997

LCyprus 0-4 Greece12/03/1997

DCyprus 1-1 Russia29/03/1997

LBulgaria 4-1 Cyprus02/04/1997

LIsrael 2-0 Cyprus30/04/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	2
Winless streak	15	4
Drawless streak	3	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	11	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	1
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	4
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

	Christos Kostis	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)		-
	Christos Kostis	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player		-

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

3 v

3 d

1 l

11 gf

7 ga

Away

12 matches

8 v

3 d

1 l

25 gf

12 ga

Total

19 matches

11 v

6 d

2 l

36 gf

19 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

1 v

3 d

8 l

12 gf

25 ga

Away

7 matches

1 v

3 d

3 l

7 gf

11 ga

Total

19 matches

2 v

6 d

11 l

19 gf

36 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 12, 1997
Home	3 - 1	January 14, 1987

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	November 27, 1963
Away	3 - 2	September 02, 1992

Latest head to head

March 12, 1997 - Rencontres amicales 1997

Cyprus

0 - 4

Greece

January 25, 1995 - Rencontres amicales 1995

Cyprus

2 - 3

Greece

September 02, 1992 - Rencontres amicales 1992

Greece

2 - 3

Cyprus

March 25, 1992 - Rencontres amicales 1992

Cyprus

1 - 3

Greece

February 27, 1991 - Rencontres amicales 1991

Cyprus

1 - 1

Greece

Best historical scorers against Cyprus

Nikos Anastopoulos	6 goals	1980 - 1987
Georgios Donis	2 goals	1992 - 1992
Dimitris Papaioannou	2 goals	1970 - 1974
Konstantinos Frantzeskos	2 goals	1995 - 1997
Alexios Alexandris	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Andreas Bonovas	1 goal	1987 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/11/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Greece

Panikos Krystallis	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Giannakis Giagkoudakis	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Pakkos Christodoulou	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Floros Nikolaou	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Neophytos Larkou	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Andreas Stylianou	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/11/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cyprus

Savvas Kofidis	7 matches	1982 - 1991
Stratos Apostolakis	7 matches	1986 - 1997
Tasos Mitropoulos	7 matches	1978 - 1987
Stelios Manolas	6 matches	1984 - 1992
Nikos Sarganis	6 matches	1981 - 1991
Dimitris Saravakos	6 matches	1982 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/11/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Greece

Giannakis Giagkoudakis	9 matches	1981 - 1992
Nikos Pantziaras	8 matches	1974 - 1987
Costas Miamiliotis	7 matches	1982 - 1987
Floros Nikolaou	6 matches	1986 - 1992
Loizos Mavroudis	6 matches	1978 - 1987
Theofanis Theofanous	6 matches	1980 - 1984