Costakis Koutsokoumnis, the president of Cyprus' Football Association announced Friday that the top tier league is likely plagued by match-fixing, after evidence provided by UEFA on 17 different matches suggested the issue, per the Associated Press.

Koutsokoumnis, who claims that his football association has done more to eliminate match-rigging scandals than any other association in Europe, noted that the suspected matches involved teams that were facing relegation over the last three seasons. International referee Marios Panayi acused high ranking officials of the Cypriot First Division of pulling strings earlier in the month, which prompted a police probe of the CFA offices along with UEFA's investigation. The Cypriot First Division reduced from 14 to 12 teams this season.

Anorthosis Famagusta FC, currently in the sixth and final promotion spot, released a statement calling for the immediate resignation of Koutsokoumnis, per the Cyprus Mail.