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Switzerland 4-1 Cyprus - August 20, 2008 / Friendlies 2008

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Friendlies 2008 - Europe

Stade de Genève - Carouge - Switzerland

August 20, 2008

14 500

Switzerland

4 - 1

Cyprus

Assist by Blaise NkufoValentin Stocker

Assist by Blaise Nkufo (header) Hakan Yakin

27'

Alain Nef

73'

(right foot) Johan Vonlanthen

81'

35'

Konstantinos Makridis

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8' - Goal Valentin Stocker8

27' - Goal Hakan Yakin27

35' - Substitution Ludovic Magninis substituted by Christoph Spycher35

35' - Goal Konstantinos Makridis

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51' - Substitution Michalis Konstantinouis substituted by Yiannis Okkas

54' - Substitution Antonis Georgallidesis substituted by Michalis Morphis photo Stelios Okkarides

54' - Substitution Chrysostoumos Michaelis substituted by Stelios Okkarides

62' - Substitution Gökhan Inleris substituted by Gelson Fernandes photo Almen Abdi

62' - Substitution Hakan Yakinis substituted by Almen Abdi photo Eren Derdiyok

62' - Substitution Blaise Nkufois substituted by Eren Derdiyok62

67' - Substitution Efstathios Aloneftisis substituted by Kyriakos Pavlou

73' - Goal Alain Nef73

74' - Substitution Valentin Stockeris substituted by Johan Vonlanthen74

81' - Goal Johan Vonlanthen81

85' - Substitution Benjamin Huggelis substituted by Sandro Burki85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Switzerland

4 - 1

Cyprus

Switzerland Cyprus

Team line-ups

Switzerland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Nkufo62

Blaise Nkufo

Switzerland

B.date25/05/1975

Age33 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Yakin2762

Hakan Yakin

Switzerland

B.date22/02/1977

Age31 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Stocker874

Valentin Stocker

Switzerland

B.date12/04/1989

Age19 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Inler62

Gökhan Inler

Switzerland

B.date27/06/1984

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Huggel85

Benjamin Huggel

Switzerland

B.date07/07/1977

Age31 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

Behrami

Valon Behrami

Switzerland

B.date19/04/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Magnin35

Ludovic Magnin

Switzerland

B.date20/04/1979

Age29 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Grichting

Stéphane Grichting

Switzerland

B.date30/03/1979

Age29 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Nef73

Alain Nef

Switzerland

B.date06/02/1982

Age26 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Jakupovic

Eldin Jakupovic

Switzerland

B.date02/10/1984

Age23 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eldin Jakupovic		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alain Nef	73	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johan Djourou		21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Grichting		29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ludovic Magnin	35	29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benjamin Huggel	85	31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gökhan Inler	62	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Valon Behrami		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Valentin Stocker	874	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hakan Yakin	2762	31	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Blaise Nkufo	62	33	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Cyprus

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Garpozis

Alexandros Garpozis

Cyprus

B.date05/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m81

positionForward

Konstantinou51

Michalis Konstantinou

Cyprus

B.date19/02/1978

Age30 years

H1m87

positionStriker

Nikolaou

Georgios Nikolaou

Cyprus

B.date21/05/1982

Age26 years

H1m89

positionForward

Michael54

Chrysostoumos Michael

Cyprus

B.date26/05/1977

Age31 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

Christofi

Demetris Christofi

Cyprus

B.date28/09/1988

Age19 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Aloneftis67

Efstathios Aloneftis

Cyprus

B.date29/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m66

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Christou

Paraskevas Christou

Cyprus

B.date02/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Charalambous

Elias Charalambous

Cyprus

B.date25/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Charalampidis

Konstantinos Charalampidis

Cyprus

B.date25/07/1981

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Makridis35

Konstantinos Makridis

Cyprus

B.date13/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m69

positionDefensive Midfielder

Georgallides54

Antonis Georgallides

Cyprus

B.date30/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Antonis Georgallides	54	26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Elias Charalambous		27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paraskevas Christou		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Konstantinos Makridis	35	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chrysostoumos Michael	54	31	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Efstathios Aloneftis	67	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Demetris Christofi		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	K. Charalampidis		27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michalis Konstantinou	51	30	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Georgios Nikolaou		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alexandros Garpozis		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Christoph Spycher	35	30	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sandro Burki	85	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Almen Abdi	62	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gelson Fernandes	62	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johan Vonlanthen	8174	22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eren Derdiyok	62	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Michalis Morphis	54	29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stelios Okkarides	54	30	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kyriakos Pavlou	67	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Yiannis Okkas	51	31	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Johan Djourou

Patrick Müller

OUT

Eldin Jakupovic

Pascal Zuberbühler

OUT

Valentin Stocker

Johan Vonlanthen

OUT

Alain Nef

Stephan Lichtsteiner

OUT

Stéphane Grichting

Philippe Senderos

OUT

Benjamin Huggel

Gelson Fernandes

OUT

Blaise Nkufo

Eren Derdiyok

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Elias Charalambous

Stelios Okkarides

OUT

Georgios Nikolaou

Yiasoumi Yiasoumis

OUT

Efstathios Aloneftis

Marios Elia

OUT

Demetris Christofi

Marios Nicolaou

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ottmar Hitzfeld

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Hitzfeld vs Cyprus

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2008

Hitzfeld vs Anastasiadis

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Angelos Anastasiadis

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Anastasiadis vs Switzerland

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 2008

Anastasiadis vs Hitzfeld

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2008

Referee

Darko Ceferin

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Switzerland1 match	General total	Cyprus2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Switzerland1 match	Season total	Cyprus1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 20, 2008					Latest figure on March 26, 2011

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Key figures

Switzerland keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Friendlies running (since 05/02/1999). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/01/1994 (4 matches)

It's the first time Valentin Stocker scores 1 goal in his professional career with Switzerland

Switzerland keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Cyprus at home running (since 30/03/2005). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 29 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LSwitzerland 0-4 Germany26/03/2008

VSwitzerland 2-0 Slovakia24/05/2008

VSwitzerland 3-0 Liechtenstein30/05/2008

LSwitzerland 0-1 Czech Republic07/06/2008

LSwitzerland 1-2 Turkey11/06/2008

VSwitzerland 2-0 Portugal15/06/2008

Overall

LSwitzerland 0-4 Germany26/03/2008

VSwitzerland 2-0 Slovakia24/05/2008

VSwitzerland 3-0 Liechtenstein30/05/2008

LSwitzerland 0-1 Czech Republic07/06/2008

LSwitzerland 1-2 Turkey11/06/2008

VSwitzerland 2-0 Portugal15/06/2008

Current form

Away

LWales 3-1 Cyprus11/10/2006

LCzech Republic 1-0 Cyprus28/03/2007

VSan Marino 0-1 Cyprus22/08/2007

DIreland 1-1 Cyprus17/10/2007

LGermany 4-0 Cyprus17/11/2007

LGreece 2-0 Cyprus19/05/2008

Overall

VCyprus 3-1 Wales13/10/2007

DIreland 1-1 Cyprus17/10/2007

LGermany 4-0 Cyprus17/11/2007

LCyprus 0-2 Czech Republic21/11/2007

DCyprus 1-1 Ukraine06/02/2008

LGreece 2-0 Cyprus19/05/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	10	13
Scoring streak	2	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	3	5
Drawless streak	2	1
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0-4 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (1 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Alexander Frei	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Efstathios Aloneftis
Alexander Frei	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Efstathios Aloneftis
Tranquillo Barnetta	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Alexander Frei	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Efstathios Aloneftis

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

4 ga

Total

5 matches

3 v

1 d

1 l

11 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

5 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

6 ga

Total

5 matches

1 v

1 d

3 l

4 gf

11 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 08, 1967
Home	5 - 0	November 08, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	February 17, 1968
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 07, 2005 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Cyprus

1 - 3

Switzerland logo Switzerland

March 30, 2005 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Switzerland

1 - 0

Cyprus

February 12, 2002 - Cyprus Tournament 2002

Cyprus

1 - 1

Switzerland logo Switzerland

February 17, 1968 - Eliminatoires Euro 1968

Cyprus

2 - 1

Switzerland logo Switzerland

November 08, 1967 - Eliminatoires Euro 1968

Switzerland

5 - 0

Cyprus

Best historical scorers against Cyprus

Rolf Blättler	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Alexander Frei	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Hakan Yakin	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Richard Dürr	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Philippe Senderos	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Karl Odermatt	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Switzerland

Pambos Papadopoulos	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Michalis Konstantinou	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Melis Asprou	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Efstathios Aloneftis	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cyprus

Hakan Yakin	3 matches	2002 - 2005
Patrick Müller	3 matches	2002 - 2005
Alexander Frei	3 matches	2002 - 2005
Johann Vogel	3 matches	2002 - 2005
Johan Vonlanthen	2 matches	2005 - 2005
Fritz Künzli	2 matches	1967 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Switzerland

Yiannis Okkas	3 matches	2002 - 2005
Chrysostoumos Michael	3 matches	2002 - 2005
Michalis Konstantinou	3 matches	2002 - 2005
Asimakis Krassas	2 matches	2005 - 2005
Loukas Louka	2 matches	2005 - 2005
Pambos Papadopoulos	2 matches	1967 - 1968