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Russian sports chief signs new decree on foreign players' limit in Russia’s football clubs

This regulation also means that instead of a limit on the legionnaires’ number playing on the field at the same time, the figure must be stipulated by a roster application from each football club prior to the season

MOSCOW, May 24. /TASS/. Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has signed an order on a new limit of foreign players allowed to play for football clubs of the Russian Premier League (RPL) starting with the 2022-2023 season, Alexander Dyukov, the president of the Russian Football Federation (RFU), said on Tuesday.

"The minister has signed the order earlier in the day," Dyukov told journalists. "Was the limit [on legionnaires] approved? We held public debates, the order has been signed and it is now pending its registration. We will launch the new season with a newly-approved limit."

Following the RFU Executive Board’s meeting on March 23, Dyukov stated that beginning with the 2022/2023 season clubs of Russia’s top-notch football league would be allowed to register on its roster up to 13 foreign footballers before each match. However, not more than eight foreign players would be allowed on the field at the same time.

RPL President Ashot Khachaturyants stated in November 2021 that the issue on a limit of foreign athletes playing for Russian football clubs needed to be solved.

The RPL is currently exploiting the ‘8+17’ format in regard to foreign players, who are also referred to as ‘legionnaires.’ The ‘8+17’ formula was introduced in 2019 and means that each RPL club can include not more than eight foreign players in the extended roster before the season.

This regulation also means that instead of a limit on the legionnaires’ number playing on the field at the same time, the figure must be stipulated by a roster application from each football club prior to the season.

The limit on the number of legionnaires in Russian football clubs was introduced in 2005 and has undergone four different formats since then.

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