Here Are 6 Football Associations That Refused To Compete Against Russia

Illustration of Fedor Smolov, Russian national team player (Twitter @teamrussia)

JAKARTA - The following is a list of national football associations that have announced they will not play football matches against Russia after the country invaded Ukraine.

This list is compiled by Antara from Reuters.

English

"In solidarity with Ukraine and wholeheartedly condemn the atrocities committed by the Russian leader... we will not be playing against Russia in any international matches in the future", said English football's governing body, the FA.

"This includes every upcoming game in all senior levels, age groups, or footballers."

Poland

"Given the escalation of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine, the Polish national team will not play the match against the Russian Republic", Polish Football Association chairman Cezary Kulesza wrote on Twitter.

"This is the only right decision."

Sweden

"The current illegal and grossly unfair invasion of Ukraine makes all football matches against Russia impossible", the Swedish FA said.

"We, therefore, urge FIFA to decide that the March playoff match in which Russia is participating should be canceled. But regardless of what FIFA chooses to do, we will not be playing against Russia in March."

Czech

"The FA executive committee unanimously approved the decision that the Czech national team under no circumstances will play a match against the Russian team in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers", the Czech FA said.

Ireland

"The FAI (Irish football's governing body) has expressed its full and firm support to the Ukrainian FA and confirms that no Irish team will play against Russia at any level until further notice", the Irish Football Association said on Twitter.

Scotland

"We are in constant dialogue with UEFA and FIFA regarding our men's FIFA World Cup playoffs and our women's World Cup qualification and have expressed our support for the best possible preparation of our Ukrainian counterpart", the Scottish FA said.

“If current circumstances continue, we will not approve the nomination of teams to participate in the UEFA Regions Cup match against Russia to be played in August.'