Four teams from the Russian Premier League announced on Friday that they have filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against their expulsion from European competitions in 2022-2023, which UEFA has ruled over the conflict with Ukraine.
This is Dynamo and CSKA Moscow, Zenit St. Petersburg and FK Sochi.
Our club, along with three other Russian Premier League clubs, has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne against UEFA’s decision on May 2, 2022 to ban Russian clubs from European competitions.CSKA Moscow said in a statement.
All clubs requested that their complaint be reviewed as a matter of urgencysaid the statement.
CSKA Moscow seeking to participate in competitions in EuropeHe added.
In early May, UEFA announced thatno russian club will not participate in the 2022-2023 season of European club competitions, such as the Champions League, Europa League or Europa League Conference.
This strong measure confirmed Russia’s soccer sideline, which was no longer included at FIFA’s end of February from the 2022 World Cup.
The decision adopted by UEFA deprived Zenit of Saint Petersburg, who were crowned champions of Russia in 2022, of their direct ticket to the group stage of the next C1.
At the recent UEFA Congress in Vienna, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin clarified on May 11 that it was too early to consider suspending the Russian federation.
If you ask me a month ago, I think differently than I do now. And in a month we don’t know what will happenMr. Ceferin explained at a press meeting after Congress.
” Our sanctions on athletes are tough, I’m sorry for them, but in this situation there is no other solution. “
I will not exclude anything. We will see in the future. What I hope, and what we all hope, is that this madness will stop soon.he insisted.
The Secretary General of the Russian Soccer Union was allowed to participate in the UEFA Congress.
Source: Radio-Canada
