Cyprus: George Koumas succeeds Costakis Koutsokoumnis as president of the Football Association

George Koumas has been named the new president of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA). He will succeed Costakis Koutsokoumnis, who died on 06/03/2018, for a term that will run until 2023, according to UEFA, on 28/03/2018.

"I accept the CFA presidency with selflessness and clear targets,” said Koumas at the CFA’s extraordinary general assembly in Nicosia. I would like to send my warmest thanks to my dear friend Costakis Koutsokoumnis. Rest assured, we will stand worthy of his expectations," said George Koumas at the elective general assembly of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA), in Nicosia (CYP), on 27/03/2018.

"A former president of Enosis Neon Paralimni FC, Koumas was appointed assistant general secretary at the CFA in 2005, before taking on the role of the association’s deputy president (from 2008 to 2018)," said UEFA.

• "Football is a part of our society, our culture, it has a rich history and is our finest ambassador abroad. We need to safeguard it, but to also ensure that we keep raising the bar," said George Koumas, on 27/03/2018.