The Ministry of Sports promised the introduction of options to improve the operation of the fan card

MOSCOW, Jul 25 Testing at five football stadiums showed the card is ready to use fan, said First Deputy Sports Minister Azat Kadyrov. Testing took place at arenas in Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara and Sochi. It is emphasized that in the third round of the Russian Premier League (RPL), the presence of a fan card will be a prerequisite for spectators, organizers, participants in matches and media workers at these stadiums. In December, the system will start operating at the rest of the RPL stadiums. «The fan card was developed for the convenience of football fans and match attendees. Based on the developments that were successfully used at the Confederations Cup and the World Cup in Russia in 2018. The service allows you to quickly issue an electronic card buy tickets and attend matches online once and use it online.The system has been finalized on the platform of the State Services.Within a few minutes, everyone who has a personal account can get a card — this is more than 100 million citizens of Russia.Those who do not have a personal account can contact the MFC and fill out an application,» the press service of the Ministry of Sports quoted Kadyrov as saying. The First Deputy Minister confirmed that the identification system at the stadiums had been successfully tested, and the stadiums were ready to use the fan card. The system was also tested on foreign citizens. It is noted that in the future the service will be expanded by adding options that will help citizens feel more comfortable playing football. foreign fans at the MFC at the Fisht stadium created a simplified entry and received a test ticket for the match,» he concluded.