Crimean Premier League
football league
The KFS Premier-Liga (Russian: Премьер-лига КФС, romanized: Premyer-liga KFS) or simply Crimean Premier League is a professional football league in Crimea organized by the Crimean Football Union (Krymsky Futbolny Soyuz) and devised by Russia in the wake of the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.
For full list of Crimean champions, see Republican Football Federation of Crimea. the legal status of Crimean Football Union is not recognized by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The professional status of the league could not be verified initially. Despite restrictions from UEFA, in 2023 teams were admitted to the Russian third tier competitions, while other teams joined the so called Sodruzhestvo Liga (Commonwealth League) or later created Crimean Open Championship. Such step placed the league inside the Russian football league system.
Status
The league was formed by UEFA delegation that is led by former president of the Slovak Football Association František Laurinec. Five teams have never participated at professional level and according to the official UEFA evaluation the region has a poor football infrastructure. According to Laurinec "UEFA wants to help save football in Crimea." Ukrainian officials do not seem to be strongly against the separate league in Crimea, but do remain firm in their stance that Crimea is part of Ukraine. In 2016 Vyacheslav Koloskov expressed his opinion that UEFA is not considering to grant Crimea a membership.
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