In Azerbaijan, Russia’s under-15 side is set to return to a FIFA competition later this month, while the wider ban on the country’s senior national teams and clubs remains in place.
Quick facts
- Russia’s under-15 national team will take part in a FIFA tournament.
- The event is scheduled in Azerbaijan from 24 to 30 October.
- Restrictions on Russia’s senior representative teams and club sides continue because of the war-related conflict.
The youth invitation creates a narrow route back into FIFA activity for Russian football, but it does not alter the sanctions affecting the country’s leading teams.
Russia’s senior national sides and its clubs are still unable to compete under the existing punishment. The Azerbaijan tournament will therefore be confined to the under-15 selection.
