Cyprus 2-2 Romania

WC Qualifiers · Europe· 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

Cyprus

1-1-3

Loizos Loizou 29'
Charalampos Charalampous 76'

Romania

2-1-2

Denis Dragus 2', 18'

2:2

📍 GSP Stadium

Timeline

2'
Denis Dragus0-1
18'
Denis Dragus0-2
🅰 Razvan Marin
21'
Nicusor Bancu
Loizos Loizou1-2
🅰 Grigoris Kastanos
29'
44'
Andrei Burca
Anderson Correia
↓ Kostas Pileas
45'
Ioannis Kousoulos
48'
Ioannis Pittas
54'
Andronikos Kakoulis
↓ Loizos Loizou
62'
Charalampos Charalampous
↓ Ioannis Kousoulos
62'
65'
David Miculescu
↓ Alexandru Dobre
Charis Kyriakou
↓ Ioannis Kosti
68'
Charalampos Charalampous2-2
🅰 Andronikos Kakoulis
76'
80'
Adrian Sut
↓ Razvan Marin
80'
Deian Sorescu
↓ Dennis Man
85'
Florin Tanase
↓ Adrian Sut
Nikolas Koutsakos
↓ Marinos Tzionis
88'
Charalampos Charalampous
90'

Game leaders

Cyprus

Total ShotsI. Pittas4
Accurate PassesC. Shelis88
SavesFabiano3

Romania

Total ShotsN. Stanciu2
Accurate PassesA. Burca42

Stats

CyprusRomania

Possession

59%

41%

18Shots8

8Shots on target5

4Blocked shots1

Match info

Kick-off: Tuesday 9 September
Venue: GSP Stadium · Nicosia, Cyprus
Referee: Matej Jug
Attendance: 4,875
Round: 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

Form

CyprusLLDLW

WvsSan Marino2-0
L@Bosnia-Herzegovina2-1
D@Bulgaria2-2

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Austria	8	6	1	1	:	+18	19
2	Bosnia-Herzegovina	8	5	2	1	:	+10	17

393Accurate passes244

RomaniaLWLWL

LvsBosnia-Herzegovina1-0
W@San Marino5-1
L@Austria2-1
WvsCyprus2-0
LvsCanada3-0

Head to head

ROU leads series 4-0

10 Jun 25Romania2-0Cyprus
18 Nov 24Romania4-1Cyprus
12 Oct 24Cyprus0-3Romania
16 Aug 06Romania2-0Cyprus

393Accurate passes244

20↓Man

18↓Marin

14↓Dobre

10Stanciu

12Fabiano

19Laifis

2↓Pileas

15Shelis

16Shikkis

20Kastanos

8↓Kousoulos

21↓Tzionis

13↓Kosti

17⚽↓Loizou

9Pittas

Substitutes · Cyprus

7Anderson Correia↑
18Kostakis Artymatas
4Stelios Andreou
10Pieros Soteriou
5Charalampos Charalampous↑⚽
3Nikolas Panagiotou
22Neophytos Michael
23Charis Kyriakou↑
14Nikolas Koutsakos↑
6Giannis Satsias
11Andronikos Kakoulis↑
1Joël Mall

Substitutes · Romania

8Adrian Sut↑
1Stefan Tarnovanu
4Alexandru Chipciu
3Mihai Popescu
19Florin Tanase↑
21Darius Olaru
16Razvan Sava
23Deian Sorescu↑
13Vladimir Screciu
22Alexandru Mitrita

Charalampos Charalampous (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card.

90'

Attempt missed. David Miculescu (Romania) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Andrei Ratiu with a cross.

89'

Foul by Denis Dragus (Romania).

89'

Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

88'

Substitution, Cyprus. Nikos Koutsakos replaces Marinos Tzionis.

86'

Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

86'

Foul by Florin Tanase (Romania).

85'

Substitution, Romania. Florin Tanase replaces Adrian Sut because of an injury.

83'

Handball by Deian Sorescu (Romania).

83'

Attempt missed. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous.

82'

Attempt blocked. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalambos Kyriakou.

81'

Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

81'

Foul by Adrian Sut (Romania).

80'

Substitution, Romania. Deian Sorescu replaces Dennis Man.

80'

Substitution, Romania. Adrian Sut replaces Razvan Marin.

80'

Handball by Denis Dragus (Romania).

78'

Attempt blocked. Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous.

76'

Goal! Cyprus 2, Romania 2. Charalampos Charalampous (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Andronikos Kakoullis with a headed pass.

76'

Attempt missed. Charalambos Kyriakou (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

71'

Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

71'

Foul by Razvan Marin (Romania).

70'

Attempt saved. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Horatiu Moldovan (Romania). Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous.

69'

Foul by Marius Marin (Romania).

69'

Charalampos Charalampous (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.

68'

Substitution, Cyprus. Charalambos Kyriakou replaces Ioannis Kosti.

66'

Foul by Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus).

66'

David Miculescu (Romania) wins a free kick on the left wing.

65'

Substitution, Romania. David Miculescu replaces Alex Dobre.

63'

Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Virgil Ghita.

62'

Substitution, Cyprus. Charalampos Charalampous replaces Ioannis Kousoulos.

62'

Substitution, Cyprus. Andronikos Kakoullis replaces Loizos Loizou.

60'

Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

60'

Foul by Nicolae Stanciu (Romania).

60'

Attempt missed. Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Loizos Loizou.

59'

Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Virgil Ghita.

58'

Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Andrei Burca.

58'

Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Andrei Ratiu.

57'

Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

57'

Foul by Dennis Man (Romania).

56'

Attempt blocked. Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Loizos Loizou with a cross.

54'

Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card.

54'

Marius Marin (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

54'

Foul by Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus).

53'

Attempt missed. Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dennis Man.

52'

Attempt saved. Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Horatiu Moldovan (Romania). Assisted by Ioannis Pittas.

51'

Foul by Alex Dobre (Romania).

51'

Andreas Shikkis (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.

48'

Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

48'

Nicusor Bancu (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

48'

Foul by Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus).

47'

Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Andrei Burca.

46'

Foul by Andreas Shikkis (Cyprus).

46'

Alex Dobre (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

45'

Substitution, Cyprus. Anderson Correia replaces Kostas Pileas.

45'

Second Half begins Cyprus 1, Romania 2.

45'+3'

First Half ends, Cyprus 1, Romania 2.

45'+2'

Foul by Alex Dobre (Romania).

45'+2'

Andreas Shikkis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

45'+1'

Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

45'+1'

Foul by Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus).

45'

Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.

45'

Offside, Cyprus. Loizos Loizou is caught offside.

44'

Andrei Burca (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

43'

Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

43'

Foul by Andrei Burca (Romania).

43'

Corner, Romania. Conceded by Andreas Shikkis.

41'

Attempt saved. Dennis Man (Romania) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Fabiano (Cyprus). Assisted by Nicusor Bancu.

34'

Attempt saved. Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Fabiano (Cyprus).

34'

Attempt blocked. Marius Marin (Romania) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Denis Dragus.

33'

Attempt missed. Christos Shielis (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kostas Pileas with a cross following a set piece situation.

33'

Foul by Alex Dobre (Romania).

33'

Andreas Shikkis (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.

32'

Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

32'

Foul by Nicusor Bancu (Romania).

31'

Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

31'

Foul by Andrei Ratiu (Romania).

29'

Goal! Cyprus 1, Romania 2. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Grigoris Kastanos.

29'

Attempt missed. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.

27'

Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

27'

Foul by Marius Marin (Romania).

27'

Nicusor Bancu (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

27'

Foul by Loizos Loizou (Cyprus).

26'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

26'

Delay in match because of an injury Denis Dragus (Romania).

24'

Attempt saved. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Horatiu Moldovan (Romania). Assisted by Marinos Tzionis with a cross.

24'

Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Horatiu Moldovan.

24'

Attempt saved. Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Horatiu Moldovan (Romania). Assisted by Ioannis Kosti.

22'

Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.

22'

Foul by Alex Dobre (Romania).

21'

Nicusor Bancu (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

21'

Foul by Nicusor Bancu (Romania).

21'

Andreas Shikkis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

19'

Attempt saved. Kostas Pileas (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Horatiu Moldovan (Romania).

19'

Attempt blocked. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ioannis Kosti with a cross.

18'

Goal! Cyprus 0, Romania 2. Denis Dragus (Romania) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Razvan Marin following a fast break.

12'

Ioannis Kosti (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.

12'

Foul by Virgil Ghita (Romania).

Attempt saved. Denis Dragus (Romania) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Fabiano (Cyprus). Assisted by Alex Dobre.

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Delay in match (Romania).

Goal! Cyprus 0, Romania 1. Denis Dragus (Romania) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Denis Dragus (Romania).

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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Timeline

Game leaders

Stats

Match info

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