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Cyprus attacks Romania with two Superliga footballers! The opponent's lot in the preliminaries CM 2026


Article by Romeo Ene – published on Saturday, August 30, 2025, 18:37 / Updated on Saturday, August 30, 2025 6:37

Apostolos Mantzios (55 years old), the national team from Cyprus, announced the lot for the parties in September with Austria and Romania, from the preliminaries for the 2026 World Championship.

The Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu (80 years old) established the lot of players with whom he will attack the friendly match with Canada and the one with Cyprus, and the same day did the opponent of our World Preliminary.

The team of the national team in Cyprus for the match with Romania from the preliminaries CM 2026

In the group of our opponents are, among others, two footballers who evolve in the superlig: the Marinos Tzionis (24) striker from UTA Arad and the midfielder Kyriakou (30 years old) from Dinamo.

The two were right holders in their teams at this beginning of the season and are constantly summoned to the Cyprus national.

Tzionis scored a goal and offered three assists in eight matches, while Kyriakou offered an Assist for Dinamo in 7 matches.

  • porter: Joel Moll (Overste), Neophytos Michael (Pafos), Fabiano Freitas (Omonia Nicosia)

  • defense: Nicolas Panagiotou (Omonia Nicosia), Costas Pileas (Pafos), Christos Sielis (Panaitolikos), Konstantinos Laifis (Apoel Nicosia), Anderson Correia (Aris Limassol), Giorgos Malekidis (Apollon Limassol), Andreas Siikkis (Apollon Limassol), Stelios), Andreou (Widzew łódź)

  • midfielders: Charalambos Charalambous (Aris Limassol), Ioannis Kousoulos (Omonia Nicosia), Giannis Satsias (Apoel Nicosia), Antonio Fotis (Borussia Dortmund II), Grigoris Kastanos (Verona), Ioannis Kostis (Levadiakos), Kostakis ARTYMATAS (Anorthosis Famagusta), Famagusta), Ektor Kyprianou (Watford), Charalampos Kyriakou (Dinamo Bucharest)

  • Attackers: Marinos Tzionis (UTA Arad), Loizos Loizou (Omonia Nicosia), Pieros Sotiriou (Apoel Nicosia), Ioannis Pittas (Cska Sofia), Nicolas Koutsakos (Apoel Nicosia), Andronikos Kakoullis (Aris Limassol)

900,000 eurosIt's the share of Marinos Tzionis, according to Transfermarkt

500,000 eurosIt's Charalampos Kyriakou's share, according to Transfermarkt

Cyprus defeated San Marino (2-0), but lost with Bosnia and Herzegovina (1-2), respectively Romania (0-2).

It is in the 4th place in the H group of the preliminaries for the 2026 World Cup, and before the match with Romania will travel to the land of Austria, the favorite of the group.

Group H ranking

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