The interim head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, announced at the conference of the Mariupol branch of the United Russia party, his intention to revive the Shakhtar football club. His words convey DEA News.
“We will restore our stadiums and sports complexes. “We will finally revive the long-awaited Shakhtar club, whose work is still in the active stage, and set it as the minimum task to reach the Premier League of Russian football,” he said.
On 17 July, the Football Federation of Ukraine (UAF) applied to the International Football Federation (FIFA) and UEFA for the removal of the Russian Football Union (RFU) from the organizations due to the participation of Crimean clubs in the Second League.
RFU Secretary General Maxim Mitrofanov, in his meeting with Sport24 on 7 July, noted that Sevastopol and Yalta Rubin did not play in the competitions under the auspices of the RFU, and that the National Football League (FNL) organized competitions in the Second Division.
mid-July reportedUEFA is preparing an assessment of the participation of Crimean clubs in the Second League.