Cyprus U-21 national football team prepares for friendly match in Hungary

The Cyprus U-21 national football team concluded its domestic training sessions on November 13, 2026. The squad is scheduled to depart for Budapest on the morning of Saturday, November 14, where they will hold their first training session later that evening. The team will face Hungary in a friendly match next Monday, marking their first competitive appearance following the completion of the U-21 European Championship qualifying stage.

Manager Marios Nikolaou has finalized the roster for the trip following a final training session held on Friday. The selected players include Nikolaos Koutsoudakis, Argyris Christodoulou, Andreas Georgiou, Panagiotis Angeli, Zacharias Ioannidis, Gabriel George Ortelli, Kyriakos Kyriakou, Dimitrianos Tzouliou, Stefanos Vasiliou, Anastasios Pisiias, Ioannis Avramidis, Konstantinos Poursaitidis, Savvas Michos, Michael Theodosiou, Savvas Kontopoulos, Chrysis Evangelou, Christos Konstantinidis, Kosmas Ioannou, and Christos Loukaidis. This friendly match serves as a crucial assessment for the technical staff to evaluate players and establish the groundwork for the upcoming cycle of preparations.

This match follows a previous internal friendly against Olympiakos, which provided the coaching staff with initial insights. The upcoming fixture in Budapest is intended to test the squad's readiness and tactical cohesion as the team transitions into a new development phase.