Russian Football Union

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Russian Football Union
Aleksandr Dyukov
Websitewww.rfs.ru

The Russian Football Union (

Aleksandr Dyukov, the CEO of Gazprom Neft.[citation needed
]

Structure

The RFS is governed by a board of directors led by a chairman, Nikita Simonyan, and a director general, Aleksandr Alayev. The RFU is a member of international football bodies FIFA and UEFA, and also has a relationship with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

History

Russian Empire

The All-Russian Football Union (VFS) was created on 19 January 1912 and in the same year was admitted to FIFA. The Unions initially consisted of 52 organizations across the Russian Empire. All-Russian Football Union was the organizer of Russian Empire national football team.[citation needed]

Soviet Union

In 1934, the Football Federation of USSR was formed initially under the name the Football Section of

Football Federation of USSR. Concurrently with the Section and later Federation until 1972 there operated the Football Directorate of the Soviet Sport Committee which was subordinated directly to the Soviet Ministry of Sport. The Directorate was never recognized on the international level.[citation needed
]

Russian Federation

Soon after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, on 9 January 1992 there was formed the All-Russian Association of Football (VAF)[4] based on the RSFSR Federation of Football and headed by Anzor Kavazashvili.[5] The VAF conference consisted of 173 delegates from the whole Russian Federation, out of which 172 voted for Kavazashvili, while Kavazashvili abstained from voting himself. The president of the former Soviet federation Koloskov decided to create a parallel organization the Russian Football Union, even though the All-Russian Association of Football (VAF) was acknowledged by the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation as the only governing body of association football in the country.[5]

At the same time Vyacheslav Koloskov who was appointed a president of the Commonwealth of Independent States associations of football federations (descendent of the Soviet Union Football Federation) tried to resolve an issue of conducting the 1992 football championship by negotiating with the Muscovite clubs.[5]

On 31 January 1992 the president of the "supposedly still existing" RSFSR Football Federation Yuri Nyrkov announced about scheduling a conference on 8 February 1992.[6]

On 8 February 1992 at the RSFSR Football Federation conference was created the modern Russian Football Union and

Russian national football team was formed.[citation needed
]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or clubs, until further notice.[7][8]

After the invasion of Ukraine, Adidas suspended its long-term kit partnership with the Russian Football Union, which first began in 2008.[9] Adidas had provided all Russian teams with kits and had expanded the federation’s replica kit sales in the retail market.[9]

During the ban, talk circulated that the RFU were considering seeking to change confederations to the Asian Football Confederation, according to Match-TV broacaster Dmitry Pirog, stating, "I think the time has come to think seriously about a switch to the Asian football confederation."[10] However, Vyacheslav Koloskov opposed the idea, noting that it would "bring the death of Russian football and also we would never return to the European family."[10] In any event, the switch would have to be ratified by other Asian federations. RFU president Alexander Dyukov ruled out the idea of switching to Asian football and stated that the RFU is part of UEFA and will always be so.[11] In late November 2022, Dyukov said, at an executive board meeting on behalf of TASS, that the possibility of a switch of the association to the AFC might be considered.[12] On 29 December 2022, it was reported that the RFU would hold a meeting the next day to discuss resigning from UEFA, so as to join the AFC.[13] On 30 December, following the meeting, Dyukov stated: "We are indeed considering the option of returning to UEFA competitions as soon as possible", "It is important for us to take part in the World Cup qualifiers".[14] On December 20, 2023, Russian Football Union executive committee voted against the move to Asian Football Confederation.[15]

In October 2023, FIFA and UEFA lifted the ban on both U-17 teams, allowing them to return to competitions. This was met with opposition from Ukraine and some other UEFA members. England, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, and Romania announced that they would not play any Russian U-17 team. UEFA later axed the plan.

Presidents

President Vladimir Putin speaking on the centenary of the Russian Football Union

Chairmen of the Football Directorate of the RSFSR Sports Committee (1934 – 1972)

Chairmen of RSFSR Football Federation (1959-1991)

All-Russian Association of Football

Russian Football Union (1992-)

  • Vyacheslav Koloskov (8 February 1992 – 2 April 2005)
  • Vitaly Mutko (2 April 2005 – 24 November 2009)
  • Sergei Fursenko
    (3 February 2010 – 25 June 2012)
  • Nikolai Tolstykh (3 September 2012 – 31 May 2015)
  • Vitaly Mutko (2 September 2015 – 25 December 2017)
    • acting: Aleksandr Alayev (25 December 2017 – 19 December 2018)
    • acting: Sergey Pryadkin (19 December 2018 – 21 February 2019)
  • Alexander Dyukov
    (22 February 2019 – present)

References

  1. ^ Football Union of Russia. FIFA.
  2. . Retrieved 20 March 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ WSC 283 Sep 10. "When Saturday Comes - Academy Awards". Retrieved 14 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ От Колоскова до Мутко. www.sportsdaily.ru. 23 September 2016
  5. ^ a b c Союз против Ассоциации. Как создавался чемпионат России по футболу после распада СССР. tass.ru. 14 December 2021
  6. ^ Ты помнишь, как всё начиналось?... www.championat.com. 11 March 2008
  7. ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". www.fifa.com.
  8. ^ "Russia's plan to leave UEFA and join the Asian Confederation". MARCA. 29 March 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Adidas pack their bags in Russia and drop RFU deal". 2 March 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Russian soccer ponders UEFA switch to Asia". The Examiner. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Russia's football clubs and national team considering switching from Europe's UEFA to play in Asia". 29 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Russian Football Union looking at transferring to Asian Football Confederation". Trend.Az. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Sources: Russia considers UEFA exit, AFC move". ESPN.com. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Russian Football Union Votes to Remain in UEFA Despite Ongoing Ban". The Moscow Times. 30 December 2022.
  15. ^ "The RFU Executive Committee voted against joining the Asian Football Confederation". TASS (in Russian). 20 December 2023. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

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