Cypriot football clubs in European competitions of a competition, and since then at least one team participate in the group stage every season. Most important success was the qualification and the participation of APOEL FC at the quarterfinals of 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. Then is the present of the same team at the round of 16 of 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. Cyprus ranking at UEFA coefficient at the end of 2012-13 season was the 14th, the highest the country ever had. Cypriot teams began to participate in the European Cup (renamed the UEFA Champions League in 1992) in 1963. The first team that participated was Anorthosis
Anorthosis Famagusta FC in European football had the Georgian Koutsaef. Uefa Cup 1994–95: After one year of absence and returned again to the UEFA Cup. Fateful meant to be this year as Anorthosis made its first European qualification for the Bulgarian FC Shumen. In the first game held at Antonis Papadopoulos the team under the guidance of Andrew Mouskalli won 2–0 with goals of Charalambous and Nikolic took clear precedence for the qualification and despite the fact that we were in a very early iterative trailing by 1–0 with goals from Ashiotis Gkogkits and Anorthosis took second victory over the Bulgarians together and qualification. In the