Russian national soccer team may play matches against teams from Europe next year

The Russian national soccer team may play matches against European rivals in the first half of 2025. This was announced by Russian Football Union (RFU) President Alexander Dyukov on Wednesday, December 25.

"We plan matches in March and June as well. We are talking about including European national teams," - betrays his words "RIA Novosti".

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Earlier, 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. December 17, it was reported that the organizers of the European Super League provided for Russia's participation in the traditional soccer tournament, which will be renamed the Unify League (Unify League).

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 the organizations assured, soccer will become "a vector of unity and peace between nations" if the situation in Ukraine improves.