Cyprus
are in Group four of the World Cup 2006 qualifiers and have already
faced the heavy opposition of the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Faroe Islands,
France and Switzerland.
Here's how we have fared so far :
|
04 Sep 04
|
Rep of Ireland v Cyprus
|
Dublin
|
3-0
|
|
04 Sep 04
|
Switzerland v Faroe Islands
|
Basel
|
6-0
|
|
04 Sep 04
|
France v Israel
|
Paris
|
0-0
|
|
08 Sep 04
|
Faroe Islands v France
|
Torshavn
|
0-2
|
|
08 Sep 04
|
Switzerland v Rep of Ireland
|
Basel
|
1-1
|
|
08 Sep 04
|
Israel v Cyprus
|
Tel Aviv
|
2-1
|
|
09 Oct 04
|
Cyprus v Faroe Islands
|
Nicosia
|
2-2
|
|
09 Oct 04
|
Israel v Switzerland
|
Tel Aviv
|
2-2
|
|
09 Oct 04
|
France v Rep of Ireland
|
Paris
|
0-0
|
|
13 Oct 04
|
Rep of Ireland v Faroe Islands
|
Dublin
|
2-0
|
|
13 Oct 04
|
Cyprus v France
|
Nicosia
|
0-2
|
|
17 Nov 04
|
Cyprus v Israel
|
Nicosia |
1-2 |
So, we've played ten, won
one, drew one and lost eight which left us fifth in the table. Could be worse! At least
we weren't last and we did beat the Faroe Isles.
The group 4 table ended up looking like this:
| |
Team |
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
Points
|
|
|
France
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
0
|
14 |
2 |
20 |
|
|
Switzerland
|
10 |
4 |
6 |
0
|
18 |
7 |
18 |
|
|
Israel
|
10 |
4 |
6 |
0
|
15 |
10 |
18 |
|
|
Rep. of Ireland |
10 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
12 |
5 |
17 |
|
|
Cyprus |
10 |
1 |
1
|
8 |
8 |
20 |
4 |
|
|
Faroe Islands
|
10 |
0 |
1
|
9 |
4 |
27 |
1
|
Results for
2005 are as follows :
|
26 Mar 05
|
France v Switzerland
|
Paris |
0-0
|
|
26 Mar 05
|
Israel v Rep of Ireland
|
Tel Aviv |
1-1
|
|
30 Mar 05
|
Israel v France
|
Tel Aviv |
1-1
|
|
30 Mar 05
|
Switzerland v Cyprus
|
Basel
|
1-0 |
|
04 Jun 05
|
Faroe Islands v Switzerland
|
Torshavn |
1-3
|
|
04 Jun 05
|
Rep of Ireland v Israel
|
Dublin |
2-2 |
|
08 Jun 05
|
Faroe Islands v Rep of Ireland
|
Torshavn |
0-2
|
|
17 Aug 05
|
Faroe Islands v Cyprus
|
Torshavn |
0-3
|
|
03 Sep 05
|
France v Faroe Islands
|
Paris |
3-0
|
|
03 Sep 05
|
Switzerland v Israel
|
Basel
|
1-1
|
|
07 Sep 05
|
Cyprus v Switzerland
|
Nicosia |
1-3
|
|
07 Sep 05
|
Faroe Islands v Israel
|
Torshavn |
0-2
|
|
07 Sep 05
|
Rep of Ireland v France
|
Dublin |
0-1
|
|
08 Oct 05
|
Cyprus v Rep of Ireland
|
Nicosia |
0-1
|
|
08 Oct 05
|
Israel v Fare Islands
|
Tel Aviv |
2-1
|
|
08 Oct 05
|
Switzerland v France
|
Bern
|
1-1
|
|
12 Oct 05
|
France v Cyprus
|
Paris
|
4-0
|
|
12 Oct 05
|
Rep of Ireland v Switzerland
|
Dublin |
0-0 |
