Yiannakis Okkas - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Cypriot player, who obtained 104 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Caps Goals   Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition

  1        15- 2-97   Agia Napa       Poland          2-3     
  2        17- 2-97   Paralimni       Lithuania       1-0     International Tourn.
  3        12- 3-97   Paralimni       Greece          0-4     International Tourn.
  4        29- 3-97   Paralimni       Russia          1-1     World Cup Qualifier
  5  1  1   2- 4-97   Sofia           Bulgaria        1-4     World Cup Qualifier
  6     1  30- 4-97   Tel-Aviv        Israel          0-2     World Cup Qualifier
  7     1   7- 9-97   Luxembourg      Luxembourg      3-1     World Cup Qualifier
  8     1  11-10-97   Lemesos         Luxembourg      2-0     World Cup Qualifier
  9  1  2   5- 2-98   Lemesos         Finland         1-1     International Tourn.
 10     2   9- 2-98   Lemesos         Slovenia        1-0     International Tourn.
 11     2  19- 8-98   Levkosia        Albania         3-2     
 12     2  10-10-98   Levkosia        Austria         0-3     European Ch. Qual.
 13     2  18-11-98   Serravalle      San Marino      1-0     European Ch. Qual.
 14     2   3- 2-99   Lemesos         Belgium         0-1     International Tourn.
 15     2   5- 2-99   Paralimni       Finland         2-1     International Tourn.
 16     2  10- 2-99   Lemesos         San Marino      4-0     European Ch. Qual.
 17     2  16- 3-99   Larnaka         Estonia         1-2     
 18     2  28- 3-99   Tel-Aviv        Israel          0-3     European Ch. Qual.
 19     2  18- 8-99   Lemesos         Romania         2-2     
 20     2   5- 9-99   Lemesos         Israel          3-2     European Ch. Qual.
 21     2   8- 9-99   Badajoz         Spain           0-8     European Ch. Qual.
 22     2  10-10-99   Wien            Austria         1-3     European Ch. Qual.
 23     2   2- 2-00   Lemesos         Lithuania       2-1     International Tourn.
 24     2   4- 2-00   Levkosia        Armenia         3-2     International Tourn.
 25  1  3   6- 2-00   Levkosia        Romania         3-2     International Tourn.
 26     3  22- 3-00   Levkosia        Iran            0-0     
 27     3  26- 4-00   Constanta       Romania         0-2     
 28     3  15- 8-00   Tiranë          Albania         0-0     
 29     3   2- 9-00   Andorra La V.   Andorra         3-2     World Cup Qualifier
 30     3   7-10-00   Levkosia        Netherlands     0-4     World Cup Qualifier
 31  2  5  15-11-00   Lemesos         Andorra         5-0     World Cup Qualifier
 32  1  6  28- 2-01   Larnaka         Ukraine         4-3     International Tourn.
 33     6  24- 3-01   Levkosia        Ireland         0-4     World Cup Qualifier
 34  1  7  28- 3-01   Lemesos         Estonia         2-2     World Cup Qualifier
 35     7  25- 4-01   Eindhoven       Netherlands     0-4     World Cup Qualifier
 36     7   6- 6-01   Lisboa          Portugal        0-6     World Cup Qualifier
 37     7  15- 8-01   Tallinn         Estonia         2-2     World Cup Qualifier
 38     7   5- 9-01   Larnaka         Portugal        1-3     World Cup Qualifier
 39     7   6-10-01   Dublin          Ireland         0-4     World Cup Qualifier
 40  1  8  14-11-01   Athinai         Greece          2-1
 41     8  12- 2-02   Levkosia        Switzerland     1-1 [1] International Tourn.
 42     8  13- 2-02   Lemesos         Czech Republic  3-4     International Tourn.
 43	8  30- 4-02   Budapest        Hungary XI      1-2 [2]
 44     8  15- 5-02   Rhodos          Greece          1-3     
 45     8  21- 8-02   Belfast         N. Ireland      0-0     
 46  1  9   7- 9-02   Levkosia        France          1-2     European Ch. Qual.
 47  1 10  20-11-02   Levkosia        Malta           2-1     European Ch. Qual.
 48    10  29- 1-03   Larnaka         Greece          1-2     
 49    10  12- 2-03   Lemesos         Russia          0-1     International Tourn.
 50    10  29- 3-03   Lemesos         Israel          1-1     European Ch. Qual.
 51    10   2- 4-03   Ljubljana       Slovenia        1-4     European Ch. Qual.
 52    10  30- 4-03   Palermo         Israel          0-2     European Ch. Qual.
 53    10   7- 6-03   La Valletta     Malta           2-1     European Ch. Qual.
 54    10   6- 9-03   Saint-Denis     France          0-5     European Ch. Qual.
 55    10   4- 9-04   Dublin          Ireland         0-3     World Cup Qualifier
 56    10   8- 9-04   Tel-Aviv        Israel          1-2     World Cup Qualifier
 57  1 11   9-10-04   Levkosia        Faroe Islands   2-2     World Cup Qualifier
 58    11  13-10-04   Levkosia        France          0-2     World Cup Qualifier
 59  1 12  17-11-04   Levkosia        Israel          1-2     World Cup Qualifier
 60  1 13  26- 3-05   Larnaka         Jordan          2-1     
 61    13  30- 3-05   Zürich          Switzerland     0-1     World Cup Qualifier
 62    13  17- 8-05   Toftir          Faroe Islands   3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 63    13   7- 9-05   Levkosia        Switzerland     1-3     World Cup Qualifier
 64    13   8-10-05   Levkosia        Ireland         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
 65    13  16-11-05   Lemesos         Wales           1-0     
 66    13  28- 2-06   Larnaka         Slovenia        0-1     International Tourn.
 67  1 14   1- 3-06   Lemesos         Armenia         2-0     International Tourn.
 68    14  16- 8-06   Constanta       Romania         0-2     
 69    14   2- 9-06   Bratislava      Slovakia        1-6     European Ch. Qual.
 70    14   7-10-06   Levkosia        Ireland         5-2     European Ch. Qual.
 71  1 15  11-10-06   Cardiff         Wales           1-3     European Ch. Qual.
 72  1 16  15-11-06   Levkosia        Germany         1-1     European Ch. Qual.
 73  1 17   6- 2-07   Lemesos         Hungary         2-1     International Tourn.
 74    17   7- 2-07   Levkosia        Bulgaria        0-3     International Tourn.
 75    17  28- 3-07   Liberec         Czech Republic  0-1     European Ch. Qual.
 76  1 18  22- 8-07   Serravalle      San Marino      1-0     European Ch. Qual.
 77  1 19   8- 9-07   Larnaka         Armenia         3-1
 78    19  12- 9-07   Larnaka         San Marino      3-0     European Ch. Qual.
 79  2 21  13-10-07   Levkosia        Wales           3-1     European Ch. Qual.
 80    21  17-10-07   Dublin          Ireland         1-1     European Ch. Qual.
 81    21  17-11-07   Hannover        Germany         0-4     European Ch. Qual.
 82    21  21-11-07   Levkosia        Czech Republic  0-2     European Ch. Qual.
 83    21  20- 8-08   Genève          Switzerland     1-4
 84    21   6- 9-08   Larnaka         Italy           1-2     World Cup Qualifier
 85    21  11-10-08   Tbilisi         Georgia         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 86    21  15-10-08   Dublin          Ireland         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
 87    21  19-11-08   Levkosia        Belarus         2-1
 88    21  10- 2-09   Levkosia        Serbia          0-2     International Tourn.
 89  1 22  11- 2-09   Levkosia        Slovakia        3-2     International Tourn.
 90    22  30- 5-09   Larnaka         Canada          0-1
 91    22   6- 6-09   Larnaka         Montenegro      2-2     World Cup Qualifier
 92    22  12- 8-09   Tiranë          Albania         1-6
 93    22   5- 9-09   Levkosia        Ireland         1-2     World Cup Qualifier
 94  1 23   9- 9-09   Podgorica       Montenegro      1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 95  1 24  14-10-09   Parma           Italy           2-3     World Cup Qualifier
 96    24  11- 8-10   Larnaka         Andorra         1-0     
 97  1 25   3- 9-10   Guimarães       Portugal        4-4     European Ch. Qual.
 98  1 26   8-10-10   Larnaka         Norway          1-2     European Ch. Qual.
 99    26  12-10-10   København       Denmark         0-2     European Ch. Qual.
100    26   8- 2-11   Levkosia        Sweden          0-2 [3] International Tourn.
101    26  10- 8-11   Levkosia        Moldova         3-2
102    26   2- 9-11   Levkosia        Portugal        0-4     European Ch. Qual.
103    26   6- 9-11   Reykjavík       Iceland         0-1     European Ch. Qual.
104  1 27  11-10-11   Oslo            Norway          1-3     European Ch. Qual.

[1] Cyprus won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[2] this match is not official for Hungary but it is for the Cypriot FA and FIFA
[3] this match is not official for FIFA (too many substitutions) but it is for
    the Cypriot and Swedish FAs

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   104    32   17   55   129-208        81     38.94

Types of           Matches   Goals
Friendlies             22       3
World Cup Qualifiers   31       8
European Champ. Qual.  31      10
Other Tournaments      20       6
                       
Total                 104      27

NB: the following matches are not full internationals:

  -     -   7- 2-98   Lefkosia        Norway U-23     2-0
  -     -  31- 3-98   Larnaka         Estonia XI      4-0
  -     -  27-10-98   Paralimni       Kuwait Olympic  5-3


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