MOSCOW, July 20, Sergey Fuks. Ufa players have been given a task in one season to return to the Russian Premier League (RPL), said the Minister of Sports of the Republic of Bashkortostan Ruslan Khabibov. «Ufa» has played in the RPL for the past eight seasons. The team failed to maintain a place in the top division, losing in the play-offs to Orenburg. «The main task is a confident performance in the First League and access to the RPL. The Republic will provide all necessary assistance to achieve this task. The role of Ufa General Director Shamil Gazizov is unconditional and is not discussed. He stood at the origins of the creation of the club, brought him to the RPL. And I’m sure he will lead again. I won’t call the club’s relegation to the First League a difficult moment in its history. I think such moments only make us stronger, «said Khabibov.» At the end of last season, a number of clubs closed the standings, including Ufa. The fate of the club in the RPL for the next season was decided in the match with Rubin, which we managed to win. But this victory, apparently, cost a lot of effort . In the play-offs with Orenburg, the team could not put the squeeze on it, they lost literally in the last minutes, «he added.
