This was announced by UEFA on Monday (May 2nd, 2022). Russian teams will not participate in the Champions League, Europa League or Conference League in the 2022/23 season. Russia has also been excluded from the women’s European Championship 2022. The application to host the 2028 or 2032 men’s European Championship has been declared invalid.
According to the Russian state news agency, the Russian Football Union (RFU) said it opposed the decisions. “The RFU will continue to protect its interests in the cases already under review by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and reserves the right to initiate new proceedings.”
Russia’s bid put UEFA under pressure
On February 28, UEFA and FIFA suspended Russian teams in view of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine – but not the association, which made the EM bid possible in principle. Subject to an appeal by the Russian side, the remaining applications are: