#Cyprus football

Supporters’ groups from across Europe voiced their opposition to attempts from European leagues to stage domestic matches outside the country, saying on Wednesday that the concept undermines the rules of ...

The top tax official will on Wednesday give wayward football clubs one last chance to comply with their obligations or else, reports said on Tuesday. Tax commissioner Soteris Markides will ...

Giorgos Koumas, the controversy-ridden head of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) announced on Tuesday that he will step down in order to ‘protect’ the sport. Koumas will quit well ahead ...

Four football clubs are racing against time to pay off their social insurance debts to the state, but Monday’s deadline is proving difficult to meet. The clubs collectively owe ...

Omonia and Pafos FC are set to face off on Thursday night in the first ever all-Cypriot match in European competition. The match, which kicks off at 10pm at Nicosia’...

Cypriot football giants Omonia on Friday said archrivals Apoel receive “preferential treatment” from the state, as the debate regarding unpaid taxes heats up. Omonia’s statement comes after Apoel were, ...

Newspapers reported earlier this week that the Tax Department was, at long last, preparing cases against four football clubs for unpaid tax debts. The reports, which named the four clubs, ...

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 ...

Karmiotissa manager Sofronis Avgousti left the club on Tuesday, with it expected that he will become manager of Cyprus’ national team. The club announced that he had left by mutual ...

Around 30 hooded football hooligans attacked a 31-year-old’s car on his way to a football match between Anorthosis and Apollon, police said on Sunday. The 31-year-old was in the car ...

A bill which was discussed at the House finance committee on Monday which has been designed with a stated aim of recovering debts from football clubs may in fact reward ...

Nineteen football clubs collectively owe the state some €33 million in taxes, and their repayment conduct does not bode well for the future, the Audit Office has said. The auditor-general’s ...

Cyprus crashed out of the Uefa under 17 championship on Thursday night after being beaten 3-1 by Serbia despite having initially taken the lead at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca. ...

Cyprus were thrashed 5-0 by the Czech Republic in their opening game of the Uefa under-17 championship at the AEK Arena in Larnaca on Monday night. A young crowd of 5,417 ...

With the Uefa Under-17 Championship set to begin on Monday, Cyprus is for the first time about to host a major football tournament. A total of 31 football matches will take ...

The trophy and the mascot of this year’s European under 17 football championship were unveiled in Larnaca on Saturday. Speaking at the presentation, Cyprus Football Association (CFA) chairman George Koumas ...

By Alexandra Shkuratova Football fans will be able to watch the Cyprus men’s national football team’s match against Latvia free of charge on Thursday evening. The match will ...

Police have launched an investigation after three naval flares were launched from outside a football stadium onto the pitch during a football match on Wednesday night. The game in question ...

The Cyprus Cup football game between Apollon and AEL will take place without the presence of fans, sports judge Aristotelis Vryonides deliberated on Friday. The derby, initially scheduled for January 24 ...

Turkish Cypriot footballer Tahsin Ozler signed his first professional contract with Omonia on Thursday. Ozler, 18, is now contracted to the club until the end of the 2026/27 season. He made history ...

The draft law prepared by the government, to deal with crowd violence, and sent to the legislature marked ‘urgent’ is unlikely to progress. Parties at the House legal affairs committee ...

17-year-old Turkish Cypriot footballer Tahsin Ozler made history on Thursday night by becoming the first Turkish Cypriot since 1957 to play for the club’s first team. Ozler, who came through ...

Members of the sports’ ethics committee convened on Wednesday to review the current situation following the disclosure of red notice findings regarding match fixing. An announcement released by the committee ...