NO UCL, UEL FOR RUSSIAN CLUBS AS CAS UPHOLDS BAN
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday denied appeals from the national football federation and four clubs, maintaining Russia’s ban from Europe’s major football competitions, including the Champions League.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UEFA and FIFA decided to bar Russian national teams and clubs from competition with the CAS upholding those rulings.
Russia was already excluded from men’s World Cup qualifying and the women’s European Championship and its clubs now won’t feature in competitions such as the Champions League in 2022-23.
“The panel finds it unfortunate that the current military operations in Ukraine, for which Russian football teams, clubs, and players have themselves no responsibility, had, by reason of the decisions of FIFA and UEFA, such an adverse effect on them and Russian football generally, but those effects were, in the panel’s view, offset by the need for the secure and orderly conduct of football events for the rest of the world,” CAS ruled.
The decision leaves national champions Zenit St Petersburg out of the Champions League group stage. Another Russian team, Sochi, will be left out of the Champions League third qualifying round draw, scheduled for Monday. If Russian had been allowed to take part, it wasn’t clear where their home games could be hosted or if Ukrainian clubs would boycott.
Other cases involving Russian athletes and teams in several other sports are also scheduled for hearing by the CAS. Many governing bodies have justified excluding Russia on similar safety grounds to those cited by UEFA.
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