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Cyprus 1-1 Russia - March 29, 1997 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1998

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1998 - Group 5

Municipal - Paralimni - Cyprus

March 29, 1997

3 199

Cyprus

1 - 1

Russia

Sinisa Gogic

31'

32'

Igor Simutenkov

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31' - Goal Sinisa Gogic31

32' - Goal Igor Simutenkov

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69' - Substitution Ilia Tsymbalaris substituted by Aleksey Gerasimenko

77' - Substitution Yiannos Ioannouis substituted by Panayiotis Engomitis77

84' - Substitution Sinisa Gogicis substituted by Yiannis Okkas84

86' - Substitution Costas Malekkosis substituted by Yassos Melanarkitis86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Cyprus

1 - 1

Russia

Cyprus Russia

Team line-ups

Cyprus

Petridis

Andreas Petridis

Cyprus

B.date06/12/1966

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Timotheou

Nicos Timotheou

Cyprus

B.date04/11/1973

Age23 years

positionDefender

Theodotou

Georgios Theodotou

Cyprus

B.date01/01/1974

Age23 years

H1m72

positionDefender

Yiannaki

Sozos Yiannaki

Cyprus

positionDefender

Pittas

Charalambos Pittas

Cyprus

B.date26/07/1966

Age30 years

positionDefender

Misos

Angelos Misos

Cyprus

B.date07/03/1971

Age26 years

positionDefender

Larkou

Neophytos Larkou

Cyprus

B.date08/03/1966

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Papavasiliou

Nikodimos Papavasiliou

Cyprus

B.date31/08/1970

Age26 years

H1m63

positionLeft Midfielder

Malekkos86

Costas Malekkos

Cyprus

B.date09/04/1971

Age25 years

H1m75

positionOffensive Midfielder

Ioannou77

Yiannos Ioannou

Cyprus

B.date25/01/1966

Age31 years

positionForward

Gogic3184

Sinisa Gogic

Cyprus

B.date20/10/1963

Age33 years

H1m85

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andreas Petridis		30	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicos Timotheou		23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Georgios Theodotou		23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sozos Yiannaki			1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Charalambos Pittas		30	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Angelos Misos		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neophytos Larkou		31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nikodimos Papavasiliou		26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Costas Malekkos	86	25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Yiannos Ioannou	77	31	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sinisa Gogic	3184	33	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average number of matches played for the team

Russia

Cherchesov

Stanislav Cherchesov

Russia

B.date02/09/1963

Age33 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Tetradze

Omari Tetradze

Russia

B.date13/10/1969

Age27 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Chugaynov

Igor Chugaynov

Russia

B.date06/04/1970

Age26 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Onopko

Viktor Onopko

Russia

B.date14/10/1969

Age27 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Tsymbalar69

Ilia Tsymbalar

Russia

B.date17/06/1969

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Mostovoy

Aleksandr Mostovoy

Russia

B.date22/08/1968

Age28 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

Popov

Dmitriy Popov

Russia

B.date27/02/1967

Age30 years

H1m74

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Karpin

Valeriy Karpin

Russia

B.date02/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Kanchelskis

Andrey Kanchelskis

Russia

B.date23/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Kolyvanov

Igor Kolyvanov

Russia

B.date06/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Simutenkov32

Igor Simutenkov

Russia

B.date03/04/1973

Age23 years

H1m72

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Stanislav Cherchesov		33	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Omari Tetradze		27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igor Chugaynov		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viktor Onopko		27	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ilia Tsymbalar	69	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aleksandr Mostovoy		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dmitriy Popov		30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Valeriy Karpin		28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andrey Kanchelskis		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Igor Kolyvanov		29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Igor Simutenkov	32	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Panayiotis Engomitis	77	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yassos Melanarkitis	86	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Yiannis Okkas	84	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Aleksey Gerasimenko	69	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stanislav Cherchesov

Sergei Ovchinnikov

OUT

Ilia Tsymbalar

Vladimir Bestchastnykh

OUT

Aleksandr Mostovoy

Dmitriy Khlestov

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Boris Ignatiev

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Ignatiev vs Cyprus

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 1997

Referee

Juan Luis Ansuategui Roca

0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Cyprus2 matches	General total	Russia1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Cyprus1 match	Season total	Russia1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 06, 2001					Latest figure on March 29, 1997

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Key figures

Russia keeps its 12 matches with only one goal conceded at most in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 14/10/1992). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Igor Simutenkov scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

It's the first time Igor Simutenkov scores 1 goal in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCyprus 2-0 Israel10/11/1996

LCyprus 1-3 Bulgaria14/12/1996

VCyprus 2-0 Latvia14/02/1997

LCyprus 2-3 Poland15/02/1997

VCyprus 1-0 Lithuania17/02/1997

LCyprus 0-4 Greece12/03/1997

Overall

VCyprus 2-0 Israel10/11/1996

LCyprus 1-3 Bulgaria14/12/1996

VCyprus 2-0 Latvia14/02/1997

LCyprus 2-3 Poland15/02/1997

VCyprus 1-0 Lithuania17/02/1997

LCyprus 0-4 Greece12/03/1997

Current form

Away

VIreland 0-2 Russia27/03/1996

DBelgium 0-0 Russia24/04/1996

VQatar 2-5 Russia24/05/1996

DIsrael 1-1 Russia09/10/1996

VLuxembourg 0-4 Russia10/11/1996

DSerbia and Montenegro 0-0 Russia12/03/1997

Overall

VRussia 4-0 Cyprus01/09/1996

DIsrael 1-1 Russia09/10/1996

VLuxembourg 0-4 Russia10/11/1996

DRussia 1-1 Serbia and Montenegro07/02/1997

VRussia 2-1 Switzerland10/02/1997

DSerbia and Montenegro 0-0 Russia12/03/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	6	6
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	12	8
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.5
2.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Sinisa Gogic	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Yuriy Nikiforov
Sinisa Gogic	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Valeriy Karpin
Sinisa Gogic	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Sinisa Gogic	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Sinisa Gogic	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Vladimir Bestchastnykh

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 01, 1996
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 01, 1996 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1998

Russia

4 - 0

Cyprus

Best historical scorers against Russia

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/09/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Cyprus

Yuriy Nikiforov	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Vladimir Bestchastnykh	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Igor Kolyvanov	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/09/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Russia

Andreas Andreou	1 match	1996 - 1996
Marios Christodoulou	1 match	1996 - 1996
Costas Malekkos	1 match	1996 - 1996
Demetris Ioannou	1 match	1996 - 1996
Andreas Petridis	1 match	1996 - 1996
Yiannos Ioannou	1 match	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/09/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cyprus

Igor Kolyvanov	1 match	1996 - 1996
Andrey Tikhonov	1 match	1996 - 1996
Anatoliy Kanishchev	1 match	1996 - 1996
Viktor Onopko	1 match	1996 - 1996
Yuriy Nikiforov	1 match	1996 - 1996
Andrey Kanchelskis	1 match	1996 - 1996