MOSCOW, June 7, Sergey Fuks. «Ufa» is waiting for a response from the Russian Football Union (RFU) on the situation with the possible replacement of the Voronezh «Fakel» in the Russian Premier League (RPL) in the 2022/23 season, said the general director of the Ufa club Shamil Gazizov. Last season, «Fakel» took second place in the National Football League (FNL) and received the right to play in the RPL in the 2022/23 season. In May, the Voronezh club received a license from the Russian Football Union (RFU) to play in the RPL. Later it was reported that the issue of accepting Fakel as a member of the RPL would be considered after receiving all the necessary documents from them. At the moment, according to the rules, Fakel can replace Ufa, which took 14th place in the last RPL draw and was relegated to the FNL following the play-offs. «On May 19, we had a meeting of clubs, which was attended by the Deputy Secretary General of the RFU Maxim Mitrofanov: I personally asked who had licenses, and they answered me that there were only five clubs, Fakel was not among them, I had an understanding that if we were going to the joints, then Fakel wasn’t even there. They have a strong team, they deserve it, but why they were given a license already on May 21 is a secret for me. What happened within two days, I don’t know — this is up to the leadership of the RFU. We will wait for a response from the RFU, and then we’ll see,» he said. journalists Gazizov.
