MOSCOW, August 24, Andrey Senchenko. Former President of the Crimean Football Union ( FSC) Yuriy Vetokha said that in April 2023 the first matches of the Commonwealth League will be played, in which clubs from Crimea, as well as from the liberated territories will take part. , Donetsk Republic, plus Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Crimea and Sevastopol. We discussed, first of all, the creation of a unified championship among these territories, the possibility of holding it. This idea was voiced by the Deputy Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Odes Baisultanov, for which many thanks to him. He is the curator of the Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as the liberated territories. After long negotiations and consultations, it was decided to create an ANO that will hold this tournament. The number of teams is at least 13. It is planned that the tournament will be held from April to November 2023,» Vetokha said. On August 22, it became known that a working group had been created to analyze the readiness of Crimean clubs to integrate into the FNL. Previously, two divisions of the FNL were renamed the First and Second Leagues. By decision of UEFA, the Crimean clubs, after the entry of Crimea into the Russian Federation, play in the regional championship, the organization retains a ban on the participation of Crimean clubs in RFU tournaments. On Monday, at a meeting of the presidium of the Football National League (FNL), a letter from the Crimean Football Union on the inclusion of the peninsula's clubs in the competition under the auspices of the FNL was considered.
