Crimean Premier League

Crimean Premier League

Country	Russia (de facto) Ukraine (de jure)
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	2015
Number of teams	8

The Crimean Premier League (Russian: Премьер-лига КФС) is a professional association football league in Crimea. It was created in the aftermath of Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014.

History

The first competitive match was a 2–2 draw between SKChF Sevastopol and TSK-Tavria Simferopol in August 2015. The UEFA-backed league has 8 teams: TSK Simferopol, SKCHF Sevastopol, Rubin Yalta, Bakhchisaray, Yevpatoriya, Kafa, Ocean Kerch and Berkut Evpatoria.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

While sanctioned by UEFA, the Crimean Premier League is not listed as a regular top level league.^[7]

Member clubs

Club	City/Town	Official website
Bakhchisaray	Bakhchisaray	fc-bakhchisaray.ru
PFC Berkut	Armyansk	pfcberkut.ru
Kafa	Feodosia
Ocean Kerch	Kerch	oceanfc.ru
Rubin Yalta	Yalta	rubinyalta.ru
SKChF Sevastopol	Sevastopol	fcskchf.com
TSK-Tavria Simferopol	Simferopol	fctsk.ru
Yevpatoriya	Yevpatoriya	fcevpatoriya.ru

References

1. "UEFA-backed Crimean league begins following 2014 annexation by Russia". espnfc.co.uk. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
2. "UEFA-backed league starts play in Crimea". Yahoo Sports. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
3. Futbolgrad. "Crimea - Professional Football Returns - Futbolgrad". Futbolgrad. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
4. "UEFA Appears Prepared to Allow League in Crimea". The New York Times. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
5. "A Crimean league? Football caught up in annexation struggle". the Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
6. "Premier League (Crimea) 2015/2016". flashscore.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
7. European leagues and cups. UEFA website. 17 April 2016

External links

• Crimean Football Union
• Crimean Football Union statute. Crimean Football Union website.