The World Cup 2026 qualifiers of for our national team is approaching. Tomorrow, Friday at 21:00 our team welcomes San Marino at AEK Arena and aims to start the journey into the World Cup 2026 qualifiers with a win.

Debut for our national team coach, Mr Apostolos Mantzios, who will speak at a press conference today at 17:00 at AEK Arena. Later on, the last training session of our team will take place at 17:30 which will be open to the media for 15 minutes.

The game between Cyprus and San Marino will take place on Friday 19:00 at AEK Arena in Larnaka.

The following players participate in the training sessions:

Joel Mall, Dimitris Dimitriou, Neofytos Michail, Andreas Siikkis, Anderson Correia, Giorgos Malekkides, Nikolas Panagiotou, Christos Sielis, Evagoras Antoniou, Stelios Andreou, Konstantinos Laifis, Kostas Pileas, Hector Kyprianou, Giannis Satsias, Kostakis Artimatas, Ioannis Kousoulos, Charalampos Kyriakou, Charalampos Charalampous, Ioannis Kosti, Grigoris Kastanos, Stauros Gavriel, Marinos Tzionis, Ruel Sotiriou, Loizos Loizou, Pieros Sotiriou, Andronikos Kakkoulli, Ioannis Pittas.

In the 2026 World Cup qualifiers Cyprus was drawn in Group 8 with Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania and San Marino.

Following the game against San Marino, Cyprus will face Bosnia and Herzegovina away on March 24.

Cyprus’ Schedule in Group 8 of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers:

March 21, 2025: Cyprus – San Marino (19:00)

March 24, 2025: Bosnia and Herzegovina – Cyprus (21:45)

June 10, 2025: Romania – Cyprus (21:45)

September 6, 2025: Austria – Cyprus (21:45)

September 9, 2025: Cyprus – Romania (21:45)

October 9, 2025: Cyprus – Bosnia and Herzegovina (21:45)

October 12, 2025: San Marino – Cyprus (16:00)

November 15, 2025: Cyprus – Austria (19:00)

The team that finishes first in the group will qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup. The second-placed team will enter the play-offs alongside fifteen other teams, with only four securing a spot in the final tournament.