Cyprus football

Failure to pay football players their wages is a criminal offence, making the clubs and/or their directors legally liable, the association representing the players said on Tuesday. The association ...

Two men, aged 27 years old and 19 years old, appeared in court on Monday after having been arrested for allegedly attacking a footballer in the car park of a football ground ...

Five football clubs on Wednesday offered to pay a third of the tax debt they owe to the government immediately. The proposal was made by Ael, Apoel, Apollon, Anorthosis and ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Tuesday identified Apoel as the Nicosia football club hauled into court over non-payment of social insurance contributions, with the club later reacting angrily that it ...

Cypriot football clubs Omonia and Pafos FC are to face each other in the knockout phase playoffs of the Uefa Europa Conference League as a result of Friday’s draw. ...

Polish football club Legia Warsaw on Friday demanded that European football governing body Uefa take action over a “scandalous” tifo unveiled by fans of Cypriot club Omonia before the two ...

Former Premier League midfielder Jason Puncheon has been appointed as the new manager of Akritas Chlorakas, just two days after parting ways with Ayia Napa. Puncheon’s unexpected departure from ...

Limassol’s Alphamega stadium on Monday turned down a request from the Cyprus Football Association to host the national team’s upcoming Uefa Nations League match against Lithuania. National team ...

Sofronis Avgousti was announced on Monday as Cyprus’ new men’s national football team manager. He signed a two-year contract, which will see him remain in post until November 2026. His ...

Former Juventus and Italy national team star Mauro Camoranesi is close to being appointed as manager of Cypriot football club Karmiotissa, according to sources who spoke exclusively to the Cyprus ...

Sunday’s football match between Omonia 29M and Apoel will take place without away fans, the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) announced on Tuesday. The CFA said the decision had been ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday said the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) should take responsibility over the violence which unfolded ahead of an Ael-Apollon match and not try to hide behind ...

Football is a healthy sport and games should not be turned into a hotbed of conflict, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Sunday ahead of an Apollon-Ael match deemed high ...

Police on Friday announced strict measures were in place for the upcoming Apollon – Ael match slated for Sunday at 7pm at the Alphamega stadium. The force called on all fans ...

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) terminated its contact with national men’s football team manager Timur Ketsbaia, an announcement said on Friday. The Georgian’s contract was due to expire ...

Cypriot lawmakers this week called for major revisions or the withdrawal of a bill proposing to raise the current 1.5 per cent allocation of sports betting profits to football clubs to 3 ...

Cyprus champions Apoel will face Irish champions Shamrock Rovers away from home in this season’s Europa Conference League’s league phase, while their Nicosia rivals Omonia will travel to ...

Only 800 away fans will be allowed to attend “high-risk” football matches, the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) said on Tuesday. Following a board meeting, CFA chairman Giorgos Koumas said the ten ...

A 16-year-old child was arrested on Saturday evening after being found with a total of 68 fireworks and smoke bombs at a football match on Saturday evening. The boy was found ...

There are “no disagreements with the government regarding fan movement at football matches,” president of Cyprus Football Association (CFA) Giorgos Koumas said on Thursday. Last month, the CFA board of ...

Football’s governing body in Cyprus unveiled on Tuesday tougher sanctions on clubs found guilty of fan disturbance or violence for the 2024-2025 season, when supporters will again be allowed ...

Apoel football club owes over €1 million to the state in unpaid taxes, data revealed by the finance ministry on Tuesday shows. The ministry made public a list of football clubs ...

The justice ministry and police are to examine a decision by the Cyprus Football Association to allow the return of away fans to stadiums in the new season before taking ...

Celebrations lasted through the night until Sunday morning, after Pafos FC won the Cup Final. The match against Omonia ended with 3-0, prompting scores of Pafos FC fans to hit ...