KETSBAIA MAKES SELECTIONS FOR NATIONS LEAGUE OPENERS

Timur Ketsbaia, the Georgian manager of the Cypriot national team, has made his selections for his first full UEFA Nations League campaign in charge. Ketsbaia has now been in charge for a little over two years, most of which was spent presiding over a poor UEFA Euro 2024 qualification campaign in which Cyprus lost every single match. The last time Cyprus played was in June, in which they managed to win away to San Marino, but before that, lost in Moldova, both friendlies. The roster announced below features the usual suspects of the Ketsbaia era.

GOALKEEPERS: Joel Mall(Servette), Dimitris Demetriou(Apollonas), Neofytos Michael(Pafos FC)

DEFENDERS: Andreas Panayiotou Filiotis(AEL Limassol), Kostas Laifis(APOEL), Giorgos Malekkidis(Apollonas), Anderson Correia(Aris Limassol), Nikolas Panayiotou(Omonoia), Andreas Karo(Maccabi Petah Tikva), Stelios Andreou(Charleroi), Nikolas Ioannou(Sampdoria)

MIDFIELDERS: Kostakis Artymatas(Anorthosis), Andreas Chrysostomou(Anorthosis), Chambos Kyriakou(Apollonas), Danilo Spoljaric(Apollonas), Ioannis Kousoulos(Omonoia), Hector Kyprianou(Peterborough United), Alex Gogic(St. Mirren), Grigoris Kastanos(Hellas Verona)

FORWARDS: Andreas Katsantonis(Karmiotissa), Andronikos Kakoullis(Omonoia), Loizos Loizou(Omonoia), Ioannis Pittas(AIK Solna), Marinos Tzionis(Cukaricki)

Andrew Mantzas

Twitter: @MantzasNC