Russia will be assigned the lowest number of coefficient points, which will have implications for future club rankings.
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has decided to remove all Russian clubs from competitions under its support for next season. This was reported by the organization’s official website on Monday, May 2nd.
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As you know, Russian clubs and teams have already been suspended from tournaments until the end of the season by a decision of UEFA and FIFA on February 28 due to the war in Ukraine. Now this story is continued.
“No clubs in Russia will compete in UEFA club competitions in 2022/23 … In addition, Russia will be given a coefficient point equal to the lowest they have scored in any of the last five seasons, i.e., 4.333 points for men’s club coefficient and 1.750 for the women’s club coefficient for scoring for the 2022/23 season, ”the statement said.
Thus, there are no Russian teams next season in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League, UEFA Women’s Champions League and UEFA Youth League.
In addition, UEFA suspended the Russian national team from participating in the Nations League in the 2022/23 season. He is set to play Iceland, Israel and Albania in Group 2 of League B, the second division of the tournament. As a result, it will automatically take the latter, fourth place, which will require relegation to League C.
In addition, the Russian women’s team will not play in the European Championship 2022, Portugal will play there instead. The results of the matches played in the European qualification for the Women’s World Cup 2023 with the participation of the Russian team were canceled and canceled. The same applies to the European Under-21 Championship.
It will be recalled that in March, Russia was suspended from the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This was reported by the press service of the International Football Federation FIFA.
And even before that, UEFA took the Champions League final from Russia, which was supposed to be held in St. Petersburg. Petersburg.
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Source: korrespondent
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