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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 2006 Ethnikos Achnas became joint winner of the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 with 11 other teams and 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]
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- ^ Οι Ομάδες μας στους ομίλους [Our teams to the group stage]. www.kerkida.net (in Greek). Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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- ^ "Country coefficients 2011/12". UEFA. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "Από την πενταπλή εκπροσώπηση στην 26η θέση! Κατρακυλά η Κύπρος στη βαθμολογία της UEFA!" [From 5 teams to 26th place!]. Balla.com.cy (in Greek). 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.