Russian clubs will not play European competitions in 2022-2023, including the lucrative Champions League, UEFA announced on Monday, which also decided to replace Russia with Portugal for the women’s Euro 2022 this summer (July 6-31) in England.
“No Russian club will participate in the 2022-2023 season of UEFA club competitions”, which start in July in their previous rounds, including the Champions League, the Europa League or the Europa Conference League, UEFA wrote in a long statement in which he presents the list of measures taken against Russia as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.
These forceful measures further remove Russian football from the international scene, already excluded at the end of February by FIFA from the 2022 World Cup that will be played in Qatar in November and December. The Russian men’s team, quarterfinalist in the 2018 World Cup organized in Russia, had qualification options.
The decision adopted this Monday deprives Zenit Saint Petersburg, proclaimed champion of Russia in 2022, of its direct ticket for the group stage of the next Champions League.
UEFA also indicated that Russia will not be part of the 16 teams participating in the Women’s Euro Cup, being replaced by Portugal, which was defeated by the Russians in the qualifying playoff. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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