MOSCOW, April 7. /TASS/. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is currently considering Russia’s bids to host the 2028 and 2032 Euro Cups and the decision on this issue would be announced shortly, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said.

Speaking to journalists during a videoconference on Thursday, Ceferin said that all bids to host the European football championship were currently under consideration, including from Russia. The UEFA chief added that a decision would be soon announced.

On March 23, the Russian Football Union (RFU) submitted declarations of intention to host the UEFA Euro Cups in 2028 and 2032.

The press service of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) announced on February 28 that the Russian national team and all professional clubs representing the country were barred from taking part in FIFA and UEFA tournaments.

The next European football championship is scheduled to be hosted by Germany in 2024, while the previous edition was organized in 2021 in a number of European cities amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The 2020 UEFA Euro Cup, which was postponed over the global outbreak of COVID-19, ran between June 11 and July 11, 2021, in various cities across Europe. Italy won the championship defeating England in a penalty shootout on the night of July 11 at Wembley Stadium in London.

The decision to hold the 2020 Euro Cup, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2020, in various European states instead of in one or two hosting countries was made at the UEFA Executive Committee’s meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on December 6, 2012. It was the initiative of UEFA’s then-President Michel Platini, who proposed the concept of the 2020 tournament "EURO for Europe.".