The Russian Football Union (RFU) announced on Thursday that it will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following the suspension of its teams by FIFA and UEFA due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last week.Â
The union said in a statement it would file one lawsuit against the two governing bodies to demand that Russian men’s and women’s national teams be allowed to compete, including in qualifying for this year’s World Cup in Qatar.
“The RFU will demand the restoration of all men’s and women’s national teams of Russia in all types of football in the tournaments in which they took part (including in the qualifying round of the World Cup in Qatar), as well as compensation for damage,” the RFU said.
“In order to ensure the possibility of the participation of Russian teams in the next scheduled matches, the RFU will insist on an expedited procedure for considering the case.”
Last week, FIFA and UEFA barred Russia from its international competitions, including the upcoming World Cup qualifying playoff.
Initially, FIFA ruled that Russia would have to host home matches at neutral sites and would only be able to compete as ‘Football Union of Russia’ without their flag present or anthem played.
Russia were scheduled to host Poland in a men’s World Cup qualifying playoff on March 24, with the winners set to play Sweden or the Czech Republic five days later. All three teams vowed not to play against Russia.
Spartak Moscow, the only Russian club left in UEFA competitions, was also kicked out of the Europa League.
Russia hosted the last World Cup in 2018 with the final held in Moscow and attended by Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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