MOSCOW, 20 Jun. Football clubs opposed the expansion of the Russian Premier League (RPL) from the 2023/24 season to 18 teams, the official website of the RPL reports. On Monday, a general meeting of RPL clubs was held in absentia. Ural Yekaterinburg’s proposal to increase the number of league participants in the 2023/24 season from 16 to 18 was put to the vote. Most of the clubs opposed it. At the end of May, the executive committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU) decided to keep the current RPL format. 16 teams will take part in the next championship of Russia.
