FIFA has banned CSKA from acquiring new players until the summer of 2026

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has imposed a transfer ban on CSKA, which will last until the summer of 2026. This is reported on the official website of the organization.

According to the release, the ban has been in effect since November 14 and will last for the next three transfer windows.

The reasons for this decision are not reported.

Restrictions are also imposed on Khimki and Kuban. The Moscow Region team is also banned from registering newcomers until the summer of 2026, while Krasnodar is banned from registering newcomers until promotion by a league higher. Now "Kuban" plays in division A of the second Russian league, complements "Sport-Express".

Earlier, on November 28, it became known that the Russian national soccer team was not among the participants of the five baskets for the draw for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in the zone of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).

On February 28, 2022 FIFA and UEFA suspended national teams and clubs from the Russian Federation from participation in all competitions under the auspices of the organizations. As assured in the organizations, soccer will become "a vector of unity and peace between nations" in case the situation around Ukraine improves.