The Russian national football team is expected to play a friendly match with the Serbian national team in 2024. This was reported by Tanjug with reference to the Football Federation of Serbia.
It was noted that the Serbian team would only play in the match if they received permission from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA).
If allowed, the match will take place in St. Petersburg on March 21 or 22. It will be played in St. Petersburg. And this will be Russia’s first match against a European team in two years.
In the spring of 2022, FIFA and UEFA decided to suspend the participation of the Russian national team, as well as all Russian clubs, in all competitions controlled by these organizations. Since then the Russians have only played friendly matches.
In 2023, Valery Karpin’s team drew with teams from Iran (1:1), Qatar (1:1) and Kenya (2:2), and also beat Iraq (2:0), Cameroon (1:0). and defeated Cuba. (8:0).
In September, the Russian U23 team played two friendly matches with the Egyptian Olympic team (1:1, 1:2). The planned collection did not occur in June.
The Serbian national team managed to advance to the final stage of the 2024 European Championship to be held in Germany.
FIFA for the second time before accepted The decision was in favor of the Russian club.