Cyprus Football Association

Cyprus Football Association
founding	1934
FIFA accession	1948
UEFA accession	1962
president	Costakis Koutsokoumnis
National teams	A men , A women
Homepage	cfa.com.cy

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) ( Greek Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου , Turkish Kıbrıs Futbol Federasyonu ) is the football association of the Republic of Cyprus . He is based in Nicosia .

The CFA is responsible for the organization of football in the Republic of Cyprus and is therefore responsible, among other things, for the Cyprus national football team . The association is also the host of the First Division professional league , the Cypriot Cup and the Supercup .

history

At the beginning of the 20th century, football slowly established itself in Cyprus after it was brought into the country by the British . In order to better organize the growing number of clubs, the Cyprus Football Association was founded in September 1934 . In 1948 they joined FIFA , in 1962 they joined UEFA . In 2007 the new headquarters in Nicosia was opened. UEFA President Michel Platini and then Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos were present at the ceremony . There is a sponsorship agreement with the Marfin Popular Bank .

On October 13, 2014, a bomb exploded in front of the Cyprus Referees Association headquarters . In addition, a Molotov cocktail detonated in front of a line judge's apartment in Limassol . In March 2014, the car of the UEFA referee and head of the Cyprus Referee Association , Leontios Trattos, exploded .

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

• 16. ( 17 ) Denmark ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 27.025 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 17. ( 12 ) Switzerland ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 26,900 - CL: 2, EL: 3 
• 18. ( 19 ) Cyprus ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 24.925 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 19. ( 25 ) Serbia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 22,250 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 20. ( 26 ) Scotland ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 22,125 - CL: 1, EL: 3 

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

Web links

• Association website (Greek)
• Cyprus on the UEFA website
• Cyprus on the FIFA website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Offices of Cyprus referee's association hit by bomb blast
2. ↑ Police confirm Cyprus referees' headquarters targeted in bomb attack
3. ↑ Northern Ireland's friendly against Cyprus is expected to go ahead on Wednesday despite the bombing of a referee's car on the island.
4. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .