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Football In Crimea
Football in Crimea is governed by the Republican Football Federation of Crimea. Since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Federation joined the Russian Football Union. The professional clubs of Crimea were reincorporated under the Russian jurisdiction and placed in the Russian Second League, while previously competing in various Ukrainian leagues. Due to protest from the Football Federation of Ukraine, UEFA ordered to remove Crimean clubs from the Russian professional competitions and instead organized special competitions under auspices of a Crimean Football Union, while preserving the Republican Football Federation of Crimea. The top league in Crimea today is the Crimean Premier League which has 8 teams. At present, Crimean football clubs have no access to European competitions. History At the time of the first establishment of an official football governing body in Russia - 19 January 1912 – Crimea was part of the Russian Empire. The all-Russian Football Union went o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annexation Of Crimea By The Russian Federation
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. The events in Kyiv that ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on 22 February 2014 sparked pro-Russian demonstrations as of 23 February against the (prospected) new Ukrainian government. At the same time Russian president Vladimir Putin discussed Ukrainian events with security service chiefs remarking that "we must start working on returning Crimea to Russia". On 27 February, Russian troops captured strategic sites across Crimea, followed by the installation of the pro-Russian Aksyonov government in Crimea, the Crimean status referendum and the declaration of Crimea's independence on 16 March 2014. Although Russia initially claimed their military was not involved in the events, Putin later admitted that troops were deployed to "stand behind Crimea's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine National Football Team
The Ukraine national football team ( uk, Збірна України з футболу) represents Ukraine in men's international football and is governed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv. The team has been a full member of UEFA and FIFA since 1992. After Ukrainian Independence and the country's breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992. The team reached the quarter-finals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, their debut in the finals of a major championship. Apart from Russia, Ukraine is the only post-Soviet state to qualify for the FIFA World Cup finals. As the host nation, Ukraine automatically qualified for UEFA Euro 2012. Four years later, Ukraine finished third in their qualifying group for Euro 2016 and advanced via the play-off route to reach a UEFA European Championship tournament through the qualifiers for the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football In Crimea
Football in Crimea is governed by the Republican Football Federation of Crimea. Since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Federation joined the Russian Football Union. The professional clubs of Crimea were reincorporated under the Russian jurisdiction and placed in the Russian Second League, while previously competing in various Ukrainian leagues. Due to protest from the Football Federation of Ukraine, UEFA ordered to remove Crimean clubs from the Russian professional competitions and instead organized special competitions under auspices of a Crimean Football Union, while preserving the Republican Football Federation of Crimea. The top league in Crimea today is the Crimean Premier League which has 8 teams. At present, Crimean football clubs have no access to European competitions. History At the time of the first establishment of an official football governing body in Russia - 19 January 1912 – Crimea was part of the Russian Empire. The all-Russian Football Union went o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimea National Football Team
Crimea national football team is a football national team representing the Crimea peninsula in international and local friendly matches. The team is controlled by the Crimean Football Union. Crimea is not a member of FIFA nor of UEFA, but is a member of the unofficial organization ConIFA. History The first known performances of the Crimean national team date back to September 1923, when the peninsula national team took part in the First All-Ukrainian Spartakiad in Kharkiv (in some later sources this tournament is called Ukrainian SSR Championship 1923) In their first match, the semifinals of group 2 (1/8 finals of the general tournament), the Crimeans beat the team Yekaterinoslav 2–1, in the next game (the finals of their group or 1/4 finals of the tournament) lost to the team Druzhkivka 0–2. The details of the matches and the composition of the Crimean national team did not survive. There is no information about the existence of the national team in the next 60 years. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimean Tatars National Football Team
Crimean Tatars national football team is a football team representing Crimean Tatars in international tournaments. Temporary member NF-Board, ruled by the Crimean Tatar Football Union. The team is not associated with the Ukrainian Association of Football, but it is supported by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People which in the Russian Federation recognised as an extremist organization. History The national team was formed in 2006 based on a university team of the Crimean Engineer and Pedagogical University and associated with revival and development of Crimean Tatars identity following dissolution of the Soviet Union and return of Crimean Tatars to Crimea. In 2006 the newly established team entered the ELF Cup tournament, organized by the Unrecognized Turkish Northern Cyprus Football Federation, a member of the NF-Board. The team played 5 matches in the tournament and reached the final, losing to the hosts in the final 1: 3 and knocking out a FIFA member in the semifinals, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeni Aldonin
Evgeni Valerievich Aldonin (russian: Евгений Валерьевич Алдонин; born 22 January 1980) UEFA (12 March 2009) is a Russian Association football, football coach and a former player. Career He played for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. He is similar to his predecessor, Alexey Smertin in that he is a hard working player who can tackle well, pass accurately, shoot from distance and is a natural born leader. He played for Russia national football team, Russia in the 2004 European Football Championship. On 15 August 2006 Aldonin was selected by Russia national football team, Russia's coach Guus Hiddink to be the captain of the National team for the friendly against Latvia national football team, Latvia which took place on 16 August 2006.Career statistics ...
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Russia National Football Team
The Russia national football team (russian: Сборная России по футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents the Russia, Russian Federation in men's international association football. It is controlled by the Russian Football Union (russian: Российский Футбольный Союз, ), the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home ground is the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and their head coach is Valery Karpin. Although a member of FIFA since 1912 (as the Russian Empire national football team, Russian Empire before 1917 and as the Soviet Union national football team, Soviet Union in 1924–1991), Russia first entered the FIFA World Cup in 1958 FIFA World Cup, 1958. They have qualified for the tournament 11 times, with their best result being their fourth-place finish in 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1966. Russia has been a member of UEFA since 1954. They won the first edition of the UEFA European Championship, European Championship in 1960 Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandr Yevtushok
Oleksandr Yevtushok (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Васи́льович Євтушо́к, born 11 January 1970), sometimes called Alex Evtushok in the British media, is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Yevtushok was born in Dzhankoy, Ukrainian SSR. He started his career in 1990 at SC Tavriya Simferopol, where he played the last two seasons of the Soviet First League. In 1992, he joined Naftovyk Okhtyrka, a team which was previously in the fourth tier of the Soviet League, for the inaugural Ukrainian Premier League season. The club was relegated and then finished in third place in the 1992–93 Ukrainian First League. He also played in the 1992–93 Ukrainian Second League for Yavir Krasnopillya, which also finished the third place. He joined Karpaty Lviv in 1993 and scored the winning goal in the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup match against Shelbourne, which was the club's first European win. He moved to Dnipro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandr Svystunov
Oleksandr Viktorovych Svystunov ( uk, Олександр Вікторович Свистунов; russian: Александр Викторович Свистунов; born 30 August 1973) is a former Ukrainian professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1990 for SC Tavriya Simferopol. He played 2 games in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup for FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk (russian: ФК "Черноморец" Новороссийск) is the oldest Russian association football club based in Novorossiysk. It plays in the third-tier FNL 2. History The club was founded as a part of the .... References 1973 births People from Yalta Living people Soviet men's footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukraine men's international footballers Ukrainian Premier League players Russian Premier League players SC T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serhiy Yesin
Serhiy Oleksandrovych Yesin ( uk, Сергій Олександрович Єсін; born 2 April 1975) is a Ukrainian former footballer and current coach. Playing career Yesin was born in Kerch. FC Okean Kerch. 7 March 2016 He took part in the 1992 Vyshcha Liha final playing for Tavriya Simferopol
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Denys Holaido
Denys Holaydo ( uk, Денис Олександрович Голайдо); Denis Golaydo (russian: Денис Александрович Голайдо; born 3 June 1984) is a retired Ukrainian-born Russian football midfielder. Career He debuted for the Ukraine national football team on Wednesday 26 March 2008, where he gave an assist to Ukrainian legend Andriy Shevchenko, helping Ukraine in the 2–0 win against Serbia. After the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ... Golaydo also received a Russian passport. External linksPlayer profile on Official Tavriya ProfileProfile at FFU Official Website * 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Simferopol Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football midfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serhiy Kovalets
Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets ( uk, Сергій Іванович Ковалець; born 5 September 1968) is a Ukrainian former football midfielder and current manager of Inhulets Petrove. Playing career Kovalets played 10 matches for Ukraine between 1992 and 1994. Coaching career After he retired from playing football, Metalist Kharkiv head coach Myron Markevych invited Kovalets to work with him as an assistant coach in 2005. In 2008, Kovalets became the head coach of the newly promoted FC Lviv, who had an unsuccessful start in the Ukrainian Premier League. Kovalets failed to accomplish his task of keeping his team in the Premier League, which ended up losing to Illichivets in goal difference. At the end of August 2009, Kovalets became the new head coach of PFC Oleksandria in the Ukrainian First League. He held this position until Yuriy Maksymov left Obolon during the winter break of 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League season when he was offered the position. He was sacked after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
