The Cyprus Football Association (KON) will consider what measures it should take against match-fixing at a board meeting on 21 November, after receiving evidence from UEFA on 75 matches that have been fixed since 2011. UEFA has recommended that the KON impose sanctions including a €50,000 fine and the deduction of six points for a first offence; a ban on participation in the competition in question for a second offence; and a €1 million fine and five-year ban for a third offence.

“We must act immediately”, said the President of the KON, Costakis Koutsokoumnis in a statement, warning that sponsors may desert Cypriot football. “We have arrived at the breaking point…The decision of UEFA to exclude KS Skenderbeu and the rejection of the appeal of the Albanian club by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has given the European football federation a powerful weapon for combatting rigged matches.”