Football

Pavel Kukuyan will referee CSKA and Rostov in the RPL final round match of the season

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3 years ago

May 31, 2023

Thomas

Pavel Kukuyan will referee CSKA and Rostov in the RPL final round match of the season

Pavel Kukuyan / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov

The Russian Football Union (RFU) announced on its website the appointment of referees for the matches of the final, 30th round of the WORLD RPL.

The match between CSKA and Rostov will be served by a referee team led by Pavel Kukuyan. Alexey Stipidi and Andrey Gurbanov will help him, the fourth referee is Roman Galimov. Evgeny Turbin will work at VAR; AVAR – Ilya Eleferenko.

According to the regulations, all matches of the last round of the RPL must start at the same time. In connection with the preparation of the equipment of the VAR center for butt games between the teams of the RPL and MELBET-First League, at stadiums where the system was not previously used, several games of the 30th round will be held without using the VAR system.

Other referee appointments for RPL games:

Zenit – Fakel: referee – Artyom Chistyakov, assistant referees – Andrey Obrazko, Rutam Mukhtarov; VAR – Pavel Shadykhanov.

Wings of the Soviets – Spartak: judge – Alexey Amelin, assistant judges – Yegor Bolkhovitin, Kirill Bolshakov; VAR – Sergey Karasev.

Lokomotiv – Torpedo: referee – Sergey Cheban, assistant referees – Valery Danchenko, Konstantin Shalamberidze.

Akhmat – Krasnodar: referee – Rafael Shafeev, assistant referees – Dmitry Mosyakin, Valentin Murashov; VAR – Evgeny Bulanov.

Orenburg – Dynamo: referee – Sergey Ivanov, assistant referees – Igor Demeshko, Varanzo Petrosyan.

PARI NN – Khimki: judge – Vasily Kazartsev, assistant judges – Rashid Abusuev, Alexey Vorontsov; VAR – Vladislav Bezborodov.

Ural – Sochi: referee – Vladimir Moskalev, assistant referees – Maxim Gavrilin, Nail Seyfetdinov.

Watch live broadcasts of matches of the Russian Championship on the TV channels of the Match holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

Source: Sportbox

Thomas

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Europa League

Poland took the lead. Who is competing for an additional place in the Champions League?

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2 hours ago

December 25, 2025

Jayden

Poland took the lead. Who is competing for an additional place in the Champions League?

The two countries with the highest UEFA coefficient at the end of a season will gain an additional entry. Champions League 2026/27.

Like last year, 36 clubs will compete in the main stage of the European Cup main tournament. Two of these will be determined by rating.

All important moments of the match are available in LIVE mode Telegram Sport.ua

The two best-ranked countries in the 2025/26 season will each send one more team to the 2026/27 Champions League.

Next single season rankings:

P.Olsha (13,625), England (13,486), Germany (12,285), Cyprus (11,406), Italy (11,250), Spain (11,218), France (10,714), Portugal (10,600), Greece (9,500), Denmark (9,500)

The top two countries on this list will be given an additional place in the 2026/27 Champions League.

Leadership Poland It’s about getting bonuses in the Conference League. Three Polish clubs reached the LK play-offs at the same time: Rakow, Lech and Jagiellonia. And only Legia Warsaw withdrew from the tournament.

Ukrainian It ranks 15th among 55 countries in the UEFA single season rankings with 6,812. Shakhtar Donetsk advanced directly to the 1/8 finals of the Conference League and Dynamo Kiev was eliminated from the tournament.

UEFA coefficient For national associations, it is calculated based on the total number of points scored by all clubs in the country. 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw, and bonus points are also taken into account. Points received in the qualifying rounds are multiplied by 0.5 times. The total amount is divided by the number of teams representing the country in the European Cup season.

Race for two additional places in the 2026/27 Champions League (top 10)

Top 15 countries in the UEFA rankings for the 2025/26 season

UEFA five-year rankings

Source: Sport UA

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Football

Safonov’s kit from the match against Flamengo was sold for 2,650 euros

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2 hours ago

December 25, 2025

Jon

Safonov’s kit from the match against Flamengo was sold for 2,650 euros

Uniform of the Russian goalkeeper of the French “Paris Saint-Germain”. Matveya Safonovprepared for the Intercontinental Cup final against Brazilian Flamengo, it was sold on the Match Worn Shirt portal for 2,650 euros. The portal reports it.

Note that Safonov did not use this form during the game.

In the Intercontinental Cup final PSG beat the Brazilian Flamengo (1:1, 2:1 on penalties). Safonov saved four out of five penalties in the post-match series, bringing the victory to his team. The Russian injured his hand during Flamengo’s third penalty.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

Football

The RFU plans to participate in the UEFA and FIFA congresses in 2026

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6 hours ago

December 25, 2025

Jon

The RFU plans to participate in the UEFA and FIFA congresses in 2026

Representatives of the Russian Football Federation (RFU) intend to participate in the conferences of the Union of European Football Associations (of UEFA) and the International Football Federation (FIFA). The Secretary General spoke about it in an interview RFU Maxim Mitrofanov.

Congress of UEFA The congress will be held on 12 February in Brussels FIFA will take place on April 30 in Vancouver.

“RFU will participate in conferences of UEFA AND FIFAif our representatives are granted visas,” Mitrofanov said. — But these congresses are technical. There is an agenda that is approved in advance. In general, this is one of the events where people can see each other. For participants in qualifying tournaments [чемпионата Европы — 2028] the draw is also important [группового этапа Лиги наций] after the congress of UEFA. And the congress FIFAin which 211 countries participate, it is more of a protocol event.”

Since February 2022, Russian clubs and national teams have been suspended from international tournaments due to the situation in Ukraine.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.