FC Zhemchuzhina Yalta

FC Zhemchuzhina Yalta
Full nameFootball Club Zhemchuzhina Yalta
Founded2010
Dissolved2014[1][2]
GroundAvanhard Stadion

FC Zhemchuzhina Yalta (Russian: «Жемчужина» (Ялта); FC Zhemchuzhyna Yalta in Ukrainian transliteration (Ukrainian: „Жемчужина“» (Ялта)) was a professional football club based in Yalta. Founded in 2010, the club reached the Ukrainian Second League for the 2012–13 season. In June 2013 it was refused a license for the league, however, and expelled from professional football, due to the club's debts.[3][4] Following the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Zhemchuzhina were accepted into the Russian Professional Football League for the 2014–15 season.[5] As Ukraine considers Crimea Ukrainian territory, Football Federation of Ukraine lodged a complaint with UEFA about Crimean clubs' participation in Russian competitions. UEFA's judgment is that any matches Zhemchuzhina plays "under the auspices of the Russian Football Union will not be recognised".[6]

On 4 December 2014 UEFA banned Crimean clubs from participating in Russian professional competitions,[7] and announced that a new local Crimean league will be set up in the future that UEFA will manage directly.[8]

  1. ^ How Russia is killing the Crimean football. Espreso. 20 July 2015
  2. ^ General Director of Zhemchuzhyna Yalta announced about dissolution of the team. championat. 9 October 2014
  3. ^ ФК "Жемчужина" не братиме участь у змаганнях наступного сезону [FC Zhemchuzhyna will not participate in the competition next season] (in Ukrainian). PFL. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  4. ^ ""Буковина" продовжить виступи у Першій лізі, "Жемчужину" позбавили атестату (Bukovyna will continue to compete in the First League, Zhemchuzhyna was refused attestation)" (in Ukrainian). PFL. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Ukraine crisis: Russia's claim on Crimea's football clubs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  6. ^ UEFA Emergency Panel decision on Crimean clubs, UEFA (22 August 2014)
  7. ^ "Crimea clubs banned from playing in Russian league by Uefa". BBC. 4 December 2014.
  8. ^ "UEFA to set up new soccer league in Crimea". Associated Press. 6 March 2015.