Cypriot men’s football teams have participated in UEFA competitions since the 1963–64 season. ^[1][2] Before that, the Cyprus Football Association joined UEFA in 1962.^[3] Cypriot teams have participated in five European competitions: the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League. 16 different Cypriot clubs have participated in at least in one European competition.

In the first few decades of participation, Cypriot teams lost by large margins.^[2] Later, results began to improve. In 2008, a Cypriot team, Anorthosis Famagusta FC, qualified for the group stage of a European competition for the first time. ^[4] Since then, at least one Cypriot team has participated in the group stage of a European tournament every season. The best performance was the appearance of APOEL FC in the quarter-finals of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.^[5] APOEL would also make an appearance in the round of 16 of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, the second best performance of a Cypriot team in UEFA competitions.

Cyprus' UEFA coefficient at the end of the 2012–13 season was 14th, the highest the country ever achieved. ^[6][7]

Cypriot teams began participating in the European Cup (renamed the UEFA Champions League in 1992) in 1963. The first team to do so was Anorthosis Famagusta FC against FK Partizan in Belgrade on 11th September 1963.^[1][2]

In this competition only the Cypriot Champions have taken part, except in the 2014–15 season, when, due to Cyprus’ UEFA coefficient ranking, the country had two participants.^[7]

Cypriot teams have taken part in the competition every season since 1963 with three exceptions:

• 1964–65 season: The Cyprus championship was abandoned and no team was crowned champion.^[8]
• 1974–75 season: As a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the three teams that qualified for European competitions withdrew. In the European Cup that team was Omonia.^[9][10]
• In the 1994–95 and 1996–97 seasons Cyprus did not receive a Champions League place due to a low country coefficient. The champions (Apollon and APOEL respectively) took part in the UEFA Cup.^[11][12]

Eight different Cypriot teams have taken part in the competition. On five occasions one team took part in the group stage of the Champions League. Anorthosis were the first team that took part in the group stage, in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League. APOEL were the participants on the other four occasions. The team that has progressed furthest was APOEL in the 2011–12 season, who reached the quarter-finals.

The table presents the statistics of Cypriot teams in the competition.

The table presents the participation of Cypriot teams in the competitions per season.

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Cypriot football clubs in European Cup/Champions League.

Season	Team	Round	Opponent	Country	Home	Away	Agg.	Result
1963–64	Anorthosis	First preliminary	FK Partizan	SerbiaCL3	1-3[13]	0-3[13]	1-6
1964–65	Cyprus championship was abandoned and no team was crowned as a champion.[8]
1965–66	APOEL	First round	SV Werder Bremen	German	0-5CL1[14]	0-5[14]	0-10
1966–67	Omonia	First round	TSV 1860 Munich	German	1-2CL1[15]	0-8[15]	1-10
1967–68	Olympiakos	First round	FK Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2-2[16]	1-3[16]	3-5
1968–69	AEL	First round	Real Madrid CF	Spain	0-6CL2[17]	0-6[17]	0-12
1969–70	Olympiakos	First round	Real Madrid CF	Spain	0-8CL2[18]	1-6[18]	1-14
1970–71	EPA	First round	Borussia Mönchengladbach	German	0-6CL1[19]	0-10[19]	0-16
1971–72	Olympiakos	First round	Feyenoord	Netherlands	0-9CL2[20]	0-8[20]	0-17
1972–73	Omonia	First round	Waterford F.C.	Ireland	2-0[21]	1-2[21]	3-2
		Second round	FC Bayern Munich	German	0-4CL1[21]	0-9[21]	0-13
1973–74	APOEL	First round	FC Zorya Luhansk	UkraineCL4	0-1[22]	0-2[22]	0-3
1974–75	Omonia	First round	Cork Celtic F.C.	Ireland	Withdrew as a result of Turkish invasion of Cyprus.[23][24][25]
1975–76	Omonia	First round	Íþróttabandalag Akraness	Iceland	2-1[26]	0-4[26]	2-5
1976–77	Omonia	First round	PAOK FC	Greece	0-[27]	1-1[27]	1-3
1977–78	Omonia	First round	Juventus F.C.	Italy	0-3[28]	0-2[28]	0-5
1978–79	Omonia	First round	Bohemian F.C.	Ireland	2-1[29]	0-1[29]	2-2
1979–80	Omonia	First round	FA Red Boys Differdange	Luxembourg	6-1[30]	1-2[30]	7-3
		Second round	AFC Ajax	Netherlands	4-0[30]	0-10[30]	4-10
1980–81	APOEL	First round	Berliner FC Dynamo	GermanCL5	2-1[31]	0-3[31]	2-4
1981–82	Omonia	First round	S.L. Benfica	Portugal	0-1[32]	0-[32]	0-4
1982–83	Omonia	First round	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Finland	2-0[33]	0-3[33]	2-3
1983–84	Omonia	First round	USC CSKA Sofia	Bulgaria	4-1[34]	0-3[34]	4-4
1984–85	Omonia	First round	FC Dinamo București	Romania	2-1[35]	1-4[35]	3-5
1985–86	Omonia	First round	Rabat Ajax F.C.	Malta	5-0[36]	5-0[36]	10-0
		Second round	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Belgium	1-3[36]	0-1[36]	1-4
1986–87	APOEL	First round	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Finland	1-0[37]	2-3[37]	3-3
		Second round	Beşiktaş J.K.	Turkey	APOEL refused to play.[38][37][39]
1987–88	Omonia	First round	Shamrock Rovers F.C.	Ireland	0-0[40]	1-0[40]	1-0
		Second round	FC Steaua București	Romania	0-2[40]	1-3[40]	1-5
1988–89	Pezoporikos	First round	IFK Göteborg	Sweden	1-2[41]	1-5[41]	2-7
1989–90	Omonia	First round	FC Swarovski Tirol	Austria	2-3[42]	0-6[42]	2-9
1990–91	APOEL	First round	FC Bayern Munich	German	2-3[43]	0-4[43]	2-7
1991–92	Apollon	First round	FC U Craiova 1948	Romania	3-0[44]	0-2[44]	3-2
		Second round	SD Crvena Zvezda	Serbia	0-2[44]	1-3[44]	1-5
1992–93	APOEL	First round	AEK Athens F.C.	Greece	2-2[45]	1-1[45]	3-3
1993–94	Omonia	Preliminary	FC Aarau	Switzerland	2-1[46]	0-2[46]	2-3
1994–95	Cyprus didn't deserve a place to Champions League due to low country coefficient.[11]
1995–96	Anorthosis	Qualifying round	Rangers F.C.	Scotland	0-0[47]	0-1[47]	0-1
1996–97	Cyprus didn't deserve a place to Champions League due to low country coefficient.[12]
1997–98	Anorthosis	First Qualifying	FK Kareda Kaunas	Lithuania	3-0[48]	1-1[48]	3-1
		Second Qualifying	Lierse S.K.	Belgium	2-0[48]	0-3[48]	2-3
1998–99	Anorthosis	First Qualifying	Valletta F.C.	Malta	6-0[49]	2-0[49]	8-0
		Second Qualifying	Olympiacos F.C.	Greece	2-4[49]	1-2[49]	3-6
1999–2000	Anorthosis	First Qualifying	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	Slovakia	2-1[50]	1-1[50]	3-2
		Second Qualifying	Hertha BSC	German	0-0[50]	0-2[50]	0-2
2000–01	Anorthosis	Second Qualifying	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Belgium	0-0[51]	2-4[51]	2-4
2001–02	Omonia	Second Qualifying	SD Crvena Zvezda	Serbia	1-1[52]	1-2[52]	2-3
2002–03	APOEL	First Qualifying	FC Flora	Estonia	1-0[53]	0-0[53]	1-0
		Second Qualifying	NK Maribor	Slovenia	4-2[53]	1-2[53]	5-4
		Third Qualifying	AEK Athens F.C.	Greece	2-3[53]	0-1[53]	2-4
2003–04	Omonia	First Qualifying	FC Irtysh Pavlodar	Kazakhstan	0-0[54]	2-1[54]	2-1
		Second Qualifying	Wisła Kraków	Poland	2-2[54]	2-5[54]	4-7
2004–05	APOEL	Second Qualifying	AC Sparta Prague	Czech Republic	2-2[55]	1-2[55]	3-4
2005–06	Anorthosis	First Qualifying	FC Dinamo Minsk	Belarus	1-0[56]	1-1[56]	2-1
		Second Qualifying	Trabzonspor	Turkey	3-1[56]	0-1[56]	3-2
		Third Qualifying	Rangers F.C.	Scotland	1-2[56]	0-2[56]	1-4
2006–07	Apollon	First Qualifying	Cork City F.C.	Ireland	1-1[57]	0-1[57]	1-2
2007–08	APOEL	First Qualifying	FC BATE Borisov	Belarus	2-0[58]	0-3 (aet)[58]	2-3
2008–09	Anorthosis	First Qualifying	FC Pyunik	Armenia	1-0[59]	2-0[59]	3-0
		Second Qualifying	SK Rapid Wien	Austria	3-0[59]	1-3[59]	4-3
		Third Qualifying	Olympiacos F.C.	Greece	3-0[59]	0-1[59]	3-1
		Groups	SV Werder Bremen	German	2-2[59]	0-0[59]	4th place [59]
			Panathinaikos F.C.	Greece	3-1[59]	0-1[59]
			Inter Milan	Italy	3-3[59]	0-1[59]
2009–10	APOEL	Second Qualifying	EB/Streymur	Faroe Islands	3-0[60]	2-0[60]	5-0
		Third Qualifying	FK Partizan	Serbia	2-0[60]	0-1[60]	2-1
		Play-off	F.C. Copenhagen	Denmark	3-1[60]	0-1[60]	3-2
		Groups	Atlético Madrid	Spain	1-1[60]	0-0[60]	4th place [60]
			Chelsea F.C.	England	0-1[60]	2-2[60]
			FC Porto	Portugal	0-1[60]	1-2[60]
2010–11	Omonia	Second Qualifying	FK Renova	Macedonia	3-0[61]	2-0[61]	5-0
		Third Qualifying	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Austria	1-1[61]	1-4[61]	2-5
2011–12	APOEL	Second Qualifying	KF Skënderbeu Korçë	Albania	4-0[62]	2-0[62]	6-0
		Third Qualifying	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	Slovakia	0-0[62]	2-0[62]	2-0
		Play-off	Wisła Kraków	Poland	3-1[62]	0-1[62]	3-2
		Groups	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	Russia	2-1[62]	0-0[62]	1st place [62]
			FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Ukraine	0-2[62]	1-1[62]
			FC Porto	Portugal	2-1[62]	1-1[62]
		Round of 16	Olympique Lyonnais	France	1-0, 4-3 (pen)[62]	0-1[62]	1-1
		Quarter-finals	Real Madrid CF	Spain	0-3[62]	2-5[62]	2-8
2012–13	AEL	Second round	Linfield F.C.	Northern Ireland	3-0[63]	0-0[63]	3-0
		Third Round	FK Partizan	Serbia	1-0[63]	1-0[63]	2-0
		Play-off	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Belgium	2-1[63]	0-2[63]	2-3
2013–14	APOEL	Third Qualifying	NK Maribor	Slovenia	1-1[64]	0-0[64]	1-1
2014–15	APOEL	Third Qualifying	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Finland	2-0[65]	2-2[65]	4-2
		Play-off	AaB Fodbold	Denmark	4-0[65]	1-1[65]	5-1
		Groups	FC Barcelona	Spain	0-4[65]	0-1[65]	4th place [65]
			AFC Ajax	Netherlands	1-1[65]	0-4[65]
			Paris Saint-Germain F.C.	France	0-1[65]	0-1[65]
	AEL	Third Qualifying	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	Russia	1-0[66]	0-3[66]	1-3
2015–16	APOEL	Second Qualifying	FK Vardar	Macedonia	0-0[67]	1-1[67]	1-1
		Third Qualifying	FC Midtjylland	Denmark	0-1[67]	2-1[67]	2-2
		Play-off	FC Astana	Kazakhstan	1-1[67]	0-1[67]	1-2
2016–17	APOEL	Second Qualifying	The New Saints F.C.	Wales	3-0[68]	0-0[68]	3-0
		Third Qualifying	Rosenborg BK	Norway	3-0[68]	1-2[68]	4-2
		Play-off	F.C. Copenhagen	Denmark	1-2[68]	1-1[68]	0-1
2017-18	APOEL	Second Qualifying	F91 Dudelange	Luxembourg	1-0[69]	1-0[69]	2-0
		Third Qualifying	FC Viitorul Constanța	Romania	4-0 (aet)[69]	0-1[69]	4-1
		Play-off	SK Slavia Prague	Czech Republic	2-0[60]	0-0[60]	2-0
		Groups	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	1-1[69]	1-1[69]	4th place [69]
			Real Madrid CF	Spain	0-6[69]	0-3[69]
			Tottenham Hotspur F.C.	England	0-3[69]	0-3[69]
2018–19	APOEL	First Qualifying	Sūduva Marijampolė	Lithuania	1-0	1-3	2-3
2019–20	APOEL	Second Qualifying	FK Sutjeska Nikšić	Montenegro	3-0	1-0	4-0
		Third Qualifying	Qarabağ FK	Azerbaijan	1-2	2-0	3-2
		Play-off	AFC Ajax	Netherlands	0-0	0-2	0-2
2020–21	Omonia	First Qualifying	Ararat-Armenia	Armenia	Single-leg tie	1-0 (a.e.t.)	1-0
		Second Qualifying	Legia Warsaw	Poland	Single-leg tie	2-0 (a.e.t.)	2-0
		Third Qualifying	Red Star Belgrade	Serbia	1-1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Single-leg tie	2-1
		Play-off	Olympiacos F.C.	Greece	0-0	0-2	0-2
2021–22	Omonia	Second Qualifying	Dinamo Zagreb	Croatia	0-1	0-2	0-3

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Cypriot teams began to participate to UEFA Cup (which renamed to UEFA Europa League at 2009) at 1971. The first team who participated was Digenis.^[70] From 1971 until 1999 only the second team of Cypriot First Division was taking part. In two season, beside the second team, the champions team also took part due to low country coefficient.^[11][12] Since 1999, at the competition take part also the winner of Cyprus Cup and nowadays more that two Cypriot teams are taking part to the competition. Furthermore, in many occasions the Cyprus champions, after eliminated from Champions League continue to UEFA Cup/Europa League.

Only in 1974–75 season no Cypriot team took part to the competition. As a result of Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the three teams that qualified to European competition withdrew. In UEFA Cup that team was Pezoporikos.^[9][10]

Fifteen different teams took part in the competition. The Cypriot teams had seven participation to the group stage. AEK was the first team that participated in the group stage at 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. The rest six participations came from APOEL (3), Apollon (2) and AEL (1). Most successful team was APOEL of 2016–17 season that qualifies and participated to round of 16.

The table presents the statistic of Cypriot teams in the competition.

The table presents the participation of Cypriot teams in the competitions per season.

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Cypriot football clubs in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.

Season	Team	Round	Opponent	Country	Home	Away	Agg.	Result
1971–72	Digenis	First round	A.C. Milan	Italy	0-3EL1[71]	0-4[71]	0-7
1972–73	EPA	First round	FC Ararat Yerevan	ArmeniaEL6	0-1[72]	0-1[71]	0-2
1973–74	Olympiakos	First round	VfB Stuttgart	Germany	0-4[73]	0-9[73]	0-13
1974–75	Pezoporikos	First round	Dukla Prague	Czech RepublicEL7	Withdrew due to Turkish invasion of Cyprus.[74][75][76]
1975–76	Enosis Neon Paralimni	First round	MSV Duisburg	Germany	2-3[77]	1-7[77]	3-10
1976–77	Enosis Neon Paralimni	First round	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Germany	1-3[78]	0-8[78]	1-11
1977–78	APOEL	First round	Torino F.C.	Italy	1-1[79]	0-3[79]	1-4
1978–79	Pezoporikos	First round	Śląsk Wrocław	Poland	2-2[80]	1-5[80]	3-7
1979–80	Alki	First round	FC Dinamo București	Romania	2-2[81]	1-5[81]	3-7
1980–81	Pezoporikos	First round	VfB Stuttgart	Germany	1-4[82]	0-6[82]	1-10
1981–82	APOEL	First round	FC Argeș Pitești	Romania	1-1[83]	0-4[83]	1-5
1982–83	Pezoporikos	First round	FC Zürich	Switzerland	2-2[84]	0-1[84]	2-3
1983–84	Anorthosis	First round	FC Bayern Munich	Germany	0-1[85]	0-10[85]	0-11
1984–85	Apollon	First round	Bohemians 1905	Czech RepublicEL7	2-2[86]	1-6[86]	3-8
1985–86	APOEL	First round	FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia	Bulgaria	2-2[87]	2-4 (aet)[87]	4-6
1986–87	Omonia	First round	FC Sportul Studențesc București	Romania	1-1[88]	0-1[88]	1-2
1987–88	EPA	First round	Victoria București	Romania	0-1[89]	0-3[89]	0-4
1988–89	APOEL	First round	FK Velež Mostar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2-5[90]	0-1[90]	2-6
1989–90	Apollon	First round	Real Zaragoza	Spain	0-3[91]	1-1[91]	1-4
1990–91	Omonia	First round	PFC Slavia Sofia	Bulgaria	4-2[92]	1-2[92]	5-4
		Second round	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Belgium	1-1[92]	0-3[92]	1-4
1991–92	Anorthosis	First round	FC Steaua București	Romania	1-2[93]	2-2[93]	3-4
1992–93	Anorthosis	First round	Juventus F.C.	Italy	0-[94]	1-6[94]	1-10
1993–94	Apollon	First round	Dunakanyar-Vác FC	Hungary	4-0[95]	0-2[95]	4-2
		Second round	Inter Milan	Italy	3-3[95]	0-1[95]	3-4
1994–95	Apollon	Preliminary	KF Teuta Durrës	Albania	4-2[96]	4-1[96]	8-3
		First round	FC Sion	Switzerland	1-3[96]	3-2 (aet)[96]	4-5
	Anorthosis	Preliminary	PFC Shumen 2010	Bulgaria	2-0[97]	2-1[97]	4-1
		First round	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	2-0[97]	0-3[97]	2-3
1995–96	Omonia	Preliminary	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	Malta	3-0[98]	2-1[98]	5-1
		First round	S.S. Lazio	Italy	1-2[98]	0-5[98]	1-7
1996–97	APOEL	First preliminary	B71 Sandoy	Faroe Islands	4-2[99]	5-1[99]	9-3
		Second preliminary	Iraklis 1908 Thessaloniki F.C.	Greece	2-1[99]	1-0[99]	3-1
		First round	RCD Espanyol	Spain	2-2[99]	0-1[99]	2-3
	Anorthosis	First preliminary	Shirak SC	Armenia	4-0[100]	2-2[100]	6-2
		Second preliminary	Neuchâtel Xamax	Switzerland	1-2[100]	0-4[100]	1-6
1997–98	Apollon	First preliminary	MYPA	Finland	3-0[101]	1-1[101]	4-1
		Second preliminary	R.E. Mouscron	Belgium	0-0[101]	0-3[101]	0-3
	AnorthosisEL3	First round	Karlsruher SC	Germany	1-1[102]	1-2[102]	1-3
1998–99	Omonia	First preliminary	Linfield F.C.	Northern Ireland	5-1[103]	3-5[103]	8-6
		Second preliminary	SK Rapid Wien	Austria	3-1[103]	0-2[103]	3-3
	AnorthosisEL3	First round	FC Zürich	Switzerland	2-3[104]	0-4[104]	2-7
1999–2000	AnorthosisEL3	First round	Legia Warsaw	Poland	1-0[105]	0-2[105]	1-2
	APOEL	Preliminary	Levski Sofia	Bulgaria	0-0[106]	0-2[106]	0-2
	Omonia	Preliminary	FC Belshina Bobruisk	Belarus	3-0[107]	5-1[107]	8-1
		First round	Juventus F.C.	Italy	2-5[107]	0-5[107]	2-10
2000–01	APOEL	Preliminary	FK Tomori Berat	Albania	2-0[108]	3-2[108]	5-2
		First round	Club Brugge KV	Belgium	0-1[108]	0-2[108]	0-3
	Omonia	Preliminary	PFC Neftochimic Burgas	Bulgaria	0-0[109]	1-2[109]	1-2
2001–02	Apollon	Preliminary	KF Tirana	Albania	3-1[110]	2-3[110]	5-4
		First round	AFC Ajax	Netherlands	0-3[110]	0-2[110]	0-5
	Olympiakos	Preliminary	Dunaújváros FC	Hungary	2-2[111]	4-2[111]	6-4
		First round	Club Brugge KV	Belgium	2-2[111]	1-7[111]	3-9
2002–03	AEL	Preliminary	Ferencvárosi TC	Hungary	2-1[112]	0-4[112]	2-5
	Anorthosis	Preliminary	CS Grevenmacher	Luxembourg	3-0[113]	0-2[113]	3-2
		First round	Iraklis 1908 Thessaloniki F.C.	Greece	3-1[113]	2-4[113]	5-5 (a.)
		Second round	Boavista F.C.	Portugal	0-1[113]	1-2[113]	1-3
	APOELEL3	First round	Grazer AK	Austria	2-0[114]	1-1[114]	3-1
		Second round	Hertha BSC	Germany	0-1[114]	0-4[114]	0-5
2003–04	Anorthosis	Preliminary	FK Željezničar Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1-3[115]	0-1[115]	1-4
	APOEL	Preliminary	Derry City F.C.	Northern Ireland	2-1[116]	3-0[116]	5-1
		First round	RCD Mallorca	Spain	1-2[116]	2-4[116]	3-6
2004–05	AEK	Second preliminary	Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.	Israel	3-0[117]	0-4[117]	3-4
	Omonia	First preliminary	FK Sloga Jugomagnat	Macedonia	4-0[118]	4-1[118]	8-1
		Second preliminary	USC CSKA Sofia	Bulgaria	1-1[118]	1-3 (aet)[118]	2-4
2005–06	AnorthosisEL3	First round	U.S. Città di Palermo	Italy	0-4[119]	1-2[119]	1-6
	APOEL	First preliminary	Birkirkara F.C.	Malta	4-0[120]	2-0[120]	6-0
		Second preliminary	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	1-0[120]	2-2 (aet)[120]	3-2
		First round	Hertha BSC	Germany	0-1[120]	1-3[120]	1-4
	Omonia	First preliminary	Hibernians F.C.	Malta	3-0[121]	3-0[121]	6-0
		Second preliminary	FC Dinamo București	Romania	2-1[121]	1-3[121]	3-4
2006–07	APOEL	First preliminary	S.S. Murata	San Marino	3-1[122]	4-0[122]	7-1
		Second preliminary	Trabzonspor	Turkey	1-1[122]	0-1[122]	1-2
	Ethnikos AchnaEL4	Second preliminary	K.S.V. Roeselare	Belgium	5-0[123]	1-2[123]	6-2
		First round	RC Lens	France	0-0[123]	1-3[123]	1-3
	Omonia	First preliminary	HNK Rijeka	Croatia	2-1[124]	2-2[124]	4-3
		Second preliminary	PFC Litex Lovech	Bulgaria	0-0[124]	1-2[124]	1-2
2007–08	Anorthosis	First preliminary	FK Vardar	Macedonia	1-0[125]	1-0[125]	2-0
		Second preliminary	CFR Cluj	Romania	0-0[125]	3-1[125]	3-1
		First round	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.	England	1-1[126]	1-6[126]	1-7
	Omonia	First preliminary	FK Rudar Pljevlja	Montenegro	2-0[127]	2-0[127]	4-0
		Second preliminary	USC CSKA Sofia	Bulgaria	1-1[127]	1-2[127]	2-3
2008–09	APOEL	First preliminary	FK Pelister	Macedonia	1-0[128]	0-0[125]	1-0
		Second preliminary	SD Crvena Zvezda	Serbia	2-2[125]	3-3 (aet)[125]	5-5
		First round	FC Schalke 04	Germany	1-4[125]	1-1[125]	1-5
	Omonia	First preliminary	FK Milano Kumanovo	Macedonia	2-0[126]	2-1[126]	4-1
		Second preliminary	AEK Athens F.C.	Greece	2-2[126]	1-0[126]	3-2
		First round	Manchester City F.C.	England	1-2[126]	1-2[126]	2-4
2009–10	Anorthosis	First preliminary	UN Käerjéng 97	Luxembourg	5-0[129]	2-1[129]	7-1
		Second preliminary	OFK Petrovac	Montenegro	2-1[129]	1-3 (aet)[129]	3-4
	APOP Kinyras	Preliminary	SK Rapid Wien	Austria	2-2 (aet)[130]	1-2[130]	3-4
	Omonia	Second preliminary	Havnar Bóltfelag	Faroe Islands	4-0[131]	4-1[131]	8-1
		Third preliminary	FC Vaslui	Romania	1-1[131]	0-2[131]	1-3
2010–11	Anorthosis	First preliminary	FC Banants	Armenia	3-0[132]	1-0[132]	4-0
		Second preliminary	HNK Šibenik	Croatia	0-2[132]	3-0 (aet)[132]	3-2
		Third preliminary	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	Belgium	3-1[132]	0-1[132]	3-2
		Play-off	PFC CSKA Moscow	Russia	1-2[132]	0-4[132]	1-6
	APOEL	Second preliminary	FK Tauras Tauragė	Lithuania	3–1[133]	3–0[133]	6-1
		Third preliminary	FK Jablonec	Czech Republic	1–0[133]	3–1[133]	4-1
		Play-off	Getafe CF	Spain	1-1 (aet)[133]	0-1[133]	1-2
	Apollon	Third preliminary	FC Sibir Novosibirsk	Russia	2-1[134]	0-1[134]	2-2 (a.)
	OmoniaEL3	Play-off	FC Metalist Kharkiv	Ukraine	0-1[135]	2-2[135]	2-3
2011–12	AEK	Second preliminary	Floriana F.C.	Malta	1-0[136]	8-0[136]	9-0
		Third preliminary	FK Mladá Boleslav	Czech Republic	3-0[136]	2-2[136]	5-2
		Play-off	Rosenborg BK	Norway	2-1[136]	0-0[136]	2-1
		Groups	Maccabi Haifa F.C.	Israel	2-1[136]	0-1[136]	4th place[137]
			FC Steaua București	Romania	1-1[136]	1-3[136]
			FC Schalke 04	Germany	0-5[136]	0-0[136]
	Anorthosis	Second preliminary	FC Gagra	Georgia	3-0[137]	0-2[137]	3-2
		Third preliminary	FK Rabotnichki	Macedonia	0-2[137]	2-1[137]	2-3
	Omonia	Third preliminary	ADO Den Haag	Netherlands	3-0[138]	0-1[138]	3-1
		Play-off	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Austria	2-1[138]	0-1[138]	2-2 (a.)
2012–13	AELEL3	Groups	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Germany	0-0[139]	0-2[139]	4th place[140]
			Olympique de Marseille	France	3-0[139]	1-5[139]
			Fenerbahçe S.K.	Turkey	0-1[139]	0-2[139]
	Anorthosis	Second preliminary	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Switzerland	3-0[141]	3-1[141]	6-1
		Third preliminary	FC Dila Gori	Georgia	0-3[141]	1-0[141]	1-3
	APOEL	Second preliminary	FK Senica	Slovakia	2-0[140]	1-0[140]	3-0
		Third preliminary	Aalesunds FK	Norway	2-1[140]	1-0[140]	3-1
		Play-off	Neftçi PFK	Azerbaijan	1-3[140]	1-1[140]	2-4
	Omonia	Third preliminary	SD Crvena Zvezda	Serbia	0-0 (5-6 pen)[142]	0-0[142]	0-0 (agr)
2013–14	Anorthosis	Second preliminary	Gefle IF	Sweden	3-0[143]	0-4[143]	3-4
	APOEL	Play-off	S.V. Zulte Waregem	Belgium	1-2[144]	1-1[144]	2-3
		GroupsEL5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	0-3[144]	0-2[144]	3rd place[144]
			Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	0-0[144]	0-0[144]
			FC Girondins de Bordeaux	France	2-1[144]	1-2[144]
	Apollon	Play-off	OGC Nice	France	2-0[145]	0-1[145]	2-1
		Groups	S.S. Lazio	Italy	0-0[145]	1-2[145]	3rd place[144]
			Legia Warsaw	Poland	0-2[145]	1-0[145]
			Trabzonspor	Turkey	1-2[145]	2-4[145]
	Omonia	Second preliminary	FC Astra Giurgiu	Romania	1-2[146]	1-1[146]	1-3
2014–15	AELEL3	Play-off	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.	England	1-2[147]	0-3[147]	1-5
	Apollon	Play-off	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	Russia	1-1[148]	4-1[148]	5-2
		Groups	FC Zürich	Switzerland	3-2[148]	1-3[148]	4th place[148]
			Villarreal	Spain	0-2[148]	0-4[148]
			Borussia Mönchengladbach	Germany	0-2[148]	0-5[148]
	Ermis	Preliminary	BSC Young Boys	Switzerland	0-2[149]	0-1[149]	0-3
	Omonia	Second preliminary	FK Budućnost Podgorica	Montenegro	0-0[150]	2-0[150]	2-0
		Third preliminary	FK Metalurg Skopje	Macedonia	3-0[150]	1-0[150]	4-0
		Play-off	FC Dynamo Moscow	Russia	1-2[150]	2-2[150]	3-4
2015–16	AEK	Third preliminary	FC Girondins de Bordeaux	France	0-1[151]	0-3[151]	0-4
	APOEL	Groups	FC Schalke 04	Germany	0-3[152]	0-1[152]	4th place[152]
			AC Sparta Prague	Czech Republic	1-3[152]	0-2[152]
			Asteras Tripoli F.C.	Greece	2-1[152]	0-2[152]
	Apollon	First preliminary	FC Saxan	Moldova	2-0[153]	2-0[153]	4-0
		Second preliminary	FK Trakai	Lithuania	4-0[153]	0-0[153]	4-0
		Third preliminary	Gabala FK	Azerbaijan	1-1[153]	0-1[153]	1-2
	Omonia	First preliminary	FC Dinamo Batumi	Georgia	2-0[154]	0-1[154]	2-1
		Second preliminary	Jagiellonia Białystok	Poland	1-0[154]	0-0[154]	1-0
		Third preliminary	Brøndby IF	Denmark	2-2[154]	0-0[154]	2-2 (a.)
2016–17	AEK	First preliminary	S.S. Folgore Falciano Calcio	San Marino	3-0[155]	3-1[155]	6-1
		Second preliminary	Cliftonville F.C.	Northern Ireland	2-0[155]	3-2[155]	5-2
		Third preliminary	FC Spartak Moscow	Russia	1-1[155]	1-0[155]	2-1
		Play-off	FC Slovan Liberec	Czech Republic	0-1[155]	0-3[155]	0-4
	APOEL	Groups	BSC Young Boys	Switzerland	1-0[156]	1-2[156]	1st place[156]
			Olympiacos F.C.	Greece	2-0[156]	1-0[156]
			FC Astana	Kazakhstan	2-1[156]	1-3[156]
		Round of 32	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	2-0[156]	2-3[156]	4-3
		Round of 16	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Belgium	0-1[156]	0-1[156]	0-2
	Apollon	Third preliminary	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Switzerland	1-2[157]	3-3[157]	4-5
	Omonia	First preliminary	FC Banants	Armenia	1-0[158]	4-1 (aet)[158]	5-1
		Second preliminary	Beitar Jerusalem F.C.	Israel	3-2[158]	0-1[158]	3-3 (a.)
2017–18	Apollon	Second preliminary	FC Zaria Bălți	Moldova	3-0[159]	2-1[159]	5-1
		Third preliminary	Aberdeen F.C.	Scotland	2-0[159]	1-2[159]	3-2
		Play-off	FC Midtjylland	Denmark	3-2[159]	1-1[159]	4-3
		Groups	Atalanta B.C.	Italy	1-1[159]	1-3[159]	4th place[148]
			Everton F.C.	England	0-3[159]	2-2[159]
			Olympique Lyonnais	France	1-1[159]	0-4[159]
	AEK	First preliminary	Lincoln Red Imps F.C.	Gibraltar	5-0[160]	1-1[160]	6-1
		Second preliminary	Cork City F.C.	Ireland	1-0[160]	1-0[160]	2-0
		Third preliminary	FC Dinamo Minsk	Belarus	2-0[160]	1-1[160]	3-1
		Play-off	FC Viktoria Plzeň	Czech Republic	0-0[160]	1-3[160]	1-3
	AEL	First preliminary	St Joseph's F.C.	Gibraltar	6-0[161]	4-0[161]	10-0
		Second preliminary	FC Progrès Niederkorn	Luxembourg	2-1[161]	1-0[161]	3-1
		Third preliminary	FK Austria Wien	Austria	2-0[161]	1-1[161]	3-1
2018–19	Apollon	First preliminary	FC Stumbras	Lithuania	2-0	0-1	2-1
		Second preliminary	FK Željezničar Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3-1	2-1	5-2
		Third preliminary	FC Dynamo Brest	Belarus	4-0	0-1	4-1
		Play-off	FC Basel	Switzerland	1-0	2-3	3-3
		Groups	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	2-3	0-2	3rd place
			S.S. Lazio	Italy	2-0	1-2
			Olympique de Marseille	France	2-2	3-1
	Anorthosis	First preliminary	KF Laçi	Albania	2-1	0-1	2-2
	AEK	Second preliminary	Dundalk F.C.	Ireland	4-0	0-0	4-0
		Third preliminary	SK Sturm Graz	Austria	5-0	2-0	7-0
		Play-off	AS Trenčín	Slovakia	3-0	1-1	4-1
		Groups	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Germany	1-5	2-4	3rd place
			FC Zürich	Switzerland	0-1	2-1
			PFC Ludogorets Razgrad	Bulgaria	1-1	0-0
	APOEL	Second preliminary	FC Flora	Estonia	5-0	0-2	5-2
		Third preliminary	Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.	Israel	3-1	2-2	5-3
		Play-off	FC Astana	Kazakhstan	1-0	0-1 (1-2 pen)	1-2

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Cypriot teams participated to UEFA Cup Winners' Cup from 1963–64 season until 1998–99 season when the competition was abolished.^[1][163] At the competition only the Cypriot Cup winner was taking part or the finalist of the cup if the cup winner was also the champion (so had qualified to European Cup/UEFA Champions League).

The first match of a Cypriot team in any European competition was in 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup, when APOEL faced SK Gjøvik-Lyn at GSP Stadium (1902).^[1][2] Ten different teams had taken part to the competition.^[164] The best result came from Apollon Limassol at the last season of the competition, at 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, when for the first time a Cypriot team eliminated two teams and participated in the second round.

Only in 1974–75 season no Cypriot team took part in the competition. As a result of Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the three teams that qualified to European competition withdrew. In UEFA Cup Winners' Cup that team was Enosis Neon Paralimni.^[9][10]

The table presents the statistic of Cypriot teams in the competition.

The table presents the participation of Cypriot teams in the competitions per season.

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Cypriot football clubs in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Season	Team	Round	Opponent	Country	Home	Away	Agg.	Result
1963–64	APOEL	Preliminary	SK Gjøvik-Lyn	Norway	6–0[165]	1–0[165]	7–0
		First Round	Sporting Clube de Portugal	Portugal	0–2CW2[166]	1–16[166]	1–18
1964–65	Anorthosis	Preliminary	AC Sparta Prague	Czech RepublicCW3	0–6CW1[167]	0–10[167]	0–16
1965–66	Omonia	First Round	Olympiacos F.C.	Greece	0–1[168]	1–1[168]	1–2
1966–67	Apollon	First Round	Standard Liège	Belgium	0–1CW1[169]	1–5[169]	1–6
1967–68	Apollon	First Round	Győri ETO FC	Hungary	0–4CW1[170]	0–5[170]	0–9
1968–69	APOEL	First Round	Dunfermline Athletic F.C.	Scotland	0–2[171]	1–10[171]	1–12
1969–70	APOEL	First Round	Lierse S.K.	Belgium	0–1CW2[172]	1–10[172]	1–11
1970–71	Pezoporikos	First Round	Cardiff City F.C.	Wales	0–0[173]	0–8[173]	0–8
1971–72	Anorthosis	First Round	K. Beerschot V.A.C.	Belgium	0–1CW2[174]	0–7[174]	0–8
1972–73	Pezoporikos	First Round	Cork Hibernians F.C.	Ireland	1–2CW2[175]	1–4[175]	2–6
1973–74	Pezoporikos	First Round	Malmö FF	Sweden	0–0[176]	0–11[176]	0–11
1974–75	Enosis Neon Paralimni	First Round	FC Avenir Beggen	Luxembourg	Withdrew due to Turkish invasion of Cyprus[177][178][179]
1975–76	Anorthosis	First Round	FC Ararat Yerevan	ArmeniaCW4	1–1[180]	0–9[180]	1–10
1976–77	APOEL	First Round	Iraklis 1908 Thessaloniki F.C.	Greece	2–0[181]	0–0[181]	2–0
		Second Round	S.S.C. Napoli	Italy	1–1[182]	0–2[182]	1–3
1977–78	Olympiakos	First Round	FC Universitatea Craiova	Romania	1–6[183]	0–2[183]	1–8
1978–79	APOEL	First Round	Shamrock Rovers F.C.	Ireland	0–1[184]	0–2[184]	0–3
1979–80	APOEL	Preliminary	Boldklubben 1903	Denmark	0–1[185]	0–6[185]	0–7
1980–81	Omonia	First Round	K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk	Belgium	1–3[186]	0–4[186]	1–7
1981–82	Enosis Neon Paralimni	First Round	Vasas SC	Hungary	1–0[187]	0–8[187]	1–8
1982–83	Apollon	First Round	FC Barcelona	Spain	1–1[188]	0–8[188]	1–9
1983–84	Enosis Neon Paralimni	First Round	K.S.K. Beveren	Belgium	2–4[189]	1–3[189]	3–7
1984–85	APOEL	First Round	Servette FC	Switzerland	0–3[190]	1–3[190]	1–6
1985–86	AEL	First Round	Dukla Prague	Czech RepublicCW3	2–2[191]	0–4[191]	2–6
1986–87	Apollon	First Round	Malmö FF	Sweden	2–1[192]	0–6[192]	2–7
1987–88	AEL	Preliminary	FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda	SlovakiaCW5	0–1[193]	1–5[193]	1–6
1988–89	Omonia	First Round	Panathinaikos F.C.	Greece	0–1[194]	0–2[194]	0–3
1989–90	AEL	First Round	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	Austria	1–0[195]	0–3[195]	1–3
1990–91	Nea Salamis	First Round	Aberdeen F.C.	Scotland	0–2[196]	0–3[196]	0–5
1991–92	Omonia	First Round	Club Brugge KV	Belgium	0–2[197]	0–2[197]	0–4
1992–93	Apollon	First Round	Liverpool F.C.	England	1–2[198]	1–6[198]	2–8
1993–94	APOEL	Preliminary	Bangor F.C.	Northern Ireland	2–1[199]	1–1[199]	3–2
		First Round	Paris Saint-Germain F.C.	France	0–1[200]	0–2[200]	0–3
1994–95	Omonia	Preliminary	CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Moldova	3–1[201]	1–0[201]	3–1
		First Round	Arsenal F.C.	England	1–3[202]	0–3[202]	1–6
1995–96	APOEL	Preliminary	Neftçi PFK	Azerbaijan	3–0[203]	0–0[203]	3–0
		First Round	Deportivo de La Coruña	Spain	0–0[204]	0–8[204]	0–8
1996–97	AEK	Preliminary	FC Kotayk	Armenia	5–0[205]	0–1[205]	5–1
		First Round	FC Barcelona	Spain	0–0[206]	0–2[206]	0–2
1997–98	APOEL	Preliminary	Havnar Bóltfelag	Faroe Islands	6–0[207]	1–1[207]	7–1
		First Round	SK Sturm Graz	Austria	0–1[208]	0–3[208]	0–4
1998–99	Apollon	Preliminary	FK Ekranas	Lithuania	3–3[209]	2–1[209]	5–4
		First Round	FK Jablonec	Czech Republic	2–1[210]	1–2 (4–3 pen)[210]	3–3
		Second Round	Panionios F.C.	Greece	0–1[211]	2–3[211]	2–4

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