KALININGRAD, Oct 16, Andrey Mikhailov. The Russian Football Union (RFU) will take into account the interests of clubs when drawing up the calendar of the national team for the summer of 2024, the organization’s secretary general Maxim Mitrofanov told reporters.
In the summer of 2023, the Russian national team could compete in the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) tournament ), which featured teams from this region. In April, the RFU withdrew from the competition.
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““There’s still a lot of time until the summer,” Mitrofanov said, answering the question whether the Russian national team could take part in a tournament similar to the CAFA Cup in 2024. “In any case, we will proceed from what is needed for the national team, for the players, so that neither the interests of the national team nor preparation for club competitions are affected. Their health is important to us. We also take into account club interests.»
International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) in February 2022 published a joint statement according to which Russian national teams and clubs were suspended from participation in international competitions for an indefinite period due to the events in Ukraine. In total, after the sanctions began, the Russian national team played nine friendly matches, winning three of them.