MOSCOW, Mar 23, Andrey Senchenko. The Russian Football Union (RFU) has softened the limit on foreign players to 13 players in the Russian Premier League (RPL), of which only eight players can be on the field as part of one team starting from the 2022/23 season, according to the website RFU. At the moment, RPL clubs can apply no more than eight foreign players for the season, while there are no restrictions on their number on the field. In September 2021, Dyukov said that the organization wants to find a new approach to the issue of the limit on legionnaires. «Starting from the 2022/23 season, establish a mandatory requirement for participants in the Russian Club Football Championship (RPL) to simultaneously include no more than 13 legionnaires, of whom no more than eight legionnaires can be on the field at the same time in a championship match for one club,» the message says. being homegrown.
