Competitive commitments for seven of our National Teams are included in the 2026 match calendar.
The Men’s National Team, Women’s National Team, Futsal National Team, Under-21 National Team, Under-19 Men’s National Team, Under-19 Women’s National Team, and Under-17 Boys’ National Team all face important challenges and objectives they will aim to achieve.
Below is the detailed schedule of official matches for all our National Teams in 2026:
Men’s National Team
In 2026, the Men’s National Team will play ten matches, six of which will be official fixtures in the new Nations League competition. Cyprus will compete in League C and will learn its opponents at the draw to be held on 12 February 2026.
The matches will take place in the autumn. The first four matchdays will be played from 24 September to 6 October, while the final two matchdays will be held from 12 to 17 November.
In addition to the official matches, our National Team will also play four friendly matches.
Two friendlies will take place between 23 and 31 March, and the other two from 1 to 9 June 2026.
The opponents for the March friendly matches will be announced in the coming days.
Women’s National Team
In 2026, our Women’s National Team will compete in Group 5 of League C of the UEFA Women’s World Cup 2027 qualifiers.
In this competition, the team will play four official matches as follows:
Saturday, 7 March
Cyprus – Romania
Tuesday, 14 April
Moldova – Cyprus
Saturday, 18 April
Romania – Cyprus
Tuesday, 9 June
Cyprus – Moldova
So far, one friendly match has also been scheduled against the Faroe Islands on 2 March in Cyprus.
Futsal National Team
The Futsal National Team will compete in a group of the Preliminary Round of the UEFA Futsal World Cup 2028 qualifiers.
The matches will take place in April, with Cyprus competing in Group 5, where it will face Latvia, San Marino, and Albania. The top two teams will qualify for the Main Round of the competition, which is the main objective of our team.
The host country and the match schedule will be announced in January.
Under-21 National Team
In 2026, the Under-21 National Team will complete its commitments in the first qualifying group of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2027.
The official match schedule is as follows:
Friday, 27 March
Cyprus – Spain
Wednesday, 31 March
Finland – Cyprus
Friday, 25 September
Cyprus – Romania
Wednesday, 30 September
Kosovo – Cyprus
Tuesday, 6 October
Cyprus – San Marino
Under-19 Men’s National Team
The Under-19 competitions will be held in 2026 under a new format, with teams divided into League A and League B based on their UEFA ranking, playing official matches twice per year, in March and in the autumn.
Cyprus will participate in League A of the competition due to last year’s success of the Under-17 team in the second phase, where it finished first in its group.
Our National Team was drawn into Group 1 of League A, with Belgium, Slovenia, and Sweden as opponents. The matches will be held in Belgium from 25 to 31 March 2026.
Depending on the final position of our team in this group, the league in which Cyprus will compete in the second phase of the competition in autumn 2026 will be determined.
Under-19 Women’s National Team
The Under-19 Women’s National Team will compete in League B of the second round of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
Our team was drawn into Group 1, with Estonia, Slovenia, and San Marino as opponents.
The matches will take place on 27 February, 2 March, and 5 March 2026 in San Marino.
Six groups have been formed in League B. The six group winners and the best second-placed team across all groups will be promoted to League A for the next competition, which will be held in the autumn of 2026.
Under-17 Boys’ National Team
The Under-17 Boys’ National Team will compete in March in League A of the second phase of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2025–2026.
Our team was drawn into Group 5 and will face Belgium, Serbia, and Switzerland. The matches will be held in Serbia on 25, 28, and 31 March 2026. The team that finishes first in the group will qualify for the final tournament, which will take place in Estonia in May 2026.
For the 2026–2027 competition, our Under-17 National Team will compete in October in Group 13 of the European Championship qualifiers.
Our team was drawn into a three-team group, with Romania and the Faroe Islands as opponents.
The matches will be held in Cyprus as follows:
27 October 2026
Cyprus – Faroe Islands
2 November 2026
Cyprus – Romania
