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18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 26,1994 No. 26
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come from Russia, compared with 16
from Ukraine.
The problem of deciding the name for
the team competing in Sweden was com–
plicated by the fact that Mr. Bannikov
had broken off all relations with the C1S
Federation. This move put into doubt the
agreement reached the previous
December that Ukrainian players would
be able to play in the C1S team for the
forthcoming European Championships.
Both sides now blamed each other for
not observing rules regarding transfers of
players to and from clubs. The OS
Football Federation imposed a one-year
ban on any player who left his club to
join a team in Ukraine without consent.
Mr. Ko.oskov stated, "There are more
than 30 Russian players illegally playing
for Ukrainian teams, and we have to do
something about it." Mr. Bannikov
replied, "We abide by F1FA regulations
only, and there has never been a case of
violating them on our side."
in the end, Mr. Bannikov kept his
promise to allow Ukrainians to play in
Sweden, irrespective of the name adopted
for the team. However it was suggested
that the Ukrainian Federation might need
further guarantees that its interests would
be observed once the OS team disbanded
at the end of the European Championships.
The June 1992 edition of World Soccer
reported on disagreement between Russia
and Ukraine over one of the brightest tal–
ents to emerge on the European scene in
recent seasons. The row concerned viktor
Leonenko, who had joined Dynamo
Moscow on a one-year contract the previ–
ous year from a Siberian club, Geolog. He
scored 14 goals in 20 games and became a
candidate for the OS team.
Mr. Leonenko began the season in sim–
ilar form, and publicly praised club coach
valerie Gazzayev and the excellent living
conditions enjoyed by players in Moscow.
Then, Mr. Leonenko was in Kyyiv, hav–
ing left Moscow in secret to meet Kyyiv
Dynamo coach Anatoliy Pozach. (A com–
mon situation in Soviet and post-Soviet
soccer, where contracts frequently go
unobserved.) There was concern that the
affair could turn into an international footballing
conflict if Mr. Leonenko played
for Kyyiv. After all, Ukraine was now
technically a foreign country.
Dynamo Moscow, supported by the
Russian Federation Association, filed a
protest with the Ukrainian Football
Federation. The only reply to date came
from Mr. Bannikov, who didn't even
mention Mr. Leonenko, but reiterated his
earlier proposals of a qualifying tourna–
ment to determine who should succeed
the old USSR team in the 1994 World
Cup qualifiers.
After the end of the European Cup
championships in Sweden in June 1992,
the OS team ceased to exist. At the time,
it was still unknown who would inherit
the Soviet Union's place in the World Cup
qualifiers. Mr. Koloskov was quick to
claim the Soviet legacy for Russia. This
did not cut any ice with his Ukrainian
counterpart, Mr. Bannikov, who said
"How in the world can you say that the
place in the World Cup belongs to Russia
when the bulk of Soviet internationals in
recent years have come from Ukraine"
The August 1992 issue of World Soccer
carried Keir Racnege's interview with
F1FA Secretary Sepp Blatter. The interview
was held on July 1, during the F1FA
Congress in Zurich. The reporter asked:
"The nations applying for membership of
the international soccer family want every–
thing at once — F1FA membership and a
place in the World Cup. Does that cause
particular problems" Mr. Bktter replied:
"They must appreciate it is like this: to
become members of F1FA countries have
to go through the same procedures as they
do when they become members of the
United Nations, or of the European
Community. They have to fulfill all the
proper conditions, in the same way, entry
into the various competitions of F1FA
must wait until the countries have fulfilled
our proper conditions.
"They must have proper soccer orga–
nizations, proper leagues, proper training
grounds and facilities; also in this mod–
ern world, the communications technolo–
gy is crucial. A lot of new countries face
problems because they don't have the
necessary communications. And that
means not only efficient telephone or fax
services, but also proper road and transport
and international links."
The congress decided to admit new
nations into F1FA, including Russia,
Armenia, Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine,
it decided to accept Russia as successor
to the OS7Soviet Union in both political
and competitive (i.e. World Cup) sectors,
but not to provide exceptional late World
Cup entries to Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus
and Armenia for the 1994 World Cup
qualifiers. F1FA also confirmed the
reconstituting of Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania as F1FA members.
in an interview with vyacheslav
Koloskov published in the January 1993
edition of World Soccer, an additional
shaft of light was cast on how and why
Russia took the OSZSoviet Union's place
in the 1994 World Cup qualifiers. The
introduction suggested that Mr.
Koloskov was one of the most powerful
men in world soccer, who wielded great
influence in international soccer's gov–
erning bodies, UEFA and F1FA.
Asked why Russia took the place of the
OS in the qualifiers for the next World
Cup, and why F1FA appointed Russia a
successor, instead of holding a tournament
between former Soviet republics to decide
the World Cup place, the Russian official
rejoined that "F1FA set up a special com–
mittee to decide who should replace the
OS, not only in the World Cup, but in all
F1FA competitions. The committee coneluded
that of the 11 republics comprising
the OS, only Russia had sufficient finan–
cial and playing strength." Mr. Koloskov
also contended that although the "national"
team in professional competitions included
Ukrainians, an Агтеліап and a Georgian,
the "other OS teams^– Olympic, Youth,
Women's and Five-a-Side — are 90 per–
cent Russian."
"Had Ukraine replaced OS," Mr.
Koloskov continued, "there would have
been a new national team, while with
Russia as successor the team could contin–
ue harmoniously and naturally. The com–
mittee listed the following arguments: As
a state, Russia acquired all the rights of
the former USSR, it has taken the USSR's
place on the U.N. Security Council, Soviet
Embassies have become Russian
Embassies, Russia has undertaken to pay
all the foreign debts of the USSR."
When asked about the anger this deci–
sion aroused among Ukrainians, Mr.
Koloskov retorted, "The Georgians are
angry too." He went on to suggest that
"only if the OS comes to hold the func–
tion of a state could we have a national
league again. So we'll have to watch
political developments closely."
Asked if a OS-wide league was possi–
ble, the Russian assured the interviewer
that "there is now a body called the
Council of Presidents, which consists of
the presidents of football federations of
the OS republics. This body has agreed
to stage a tournament for the champi–
onship of the republics."
in April 1993, World Soccer reported
that the first OS Champions Cup was
played indoors in Moscow in March.
Ukraine withdrew before the start, refus–
ing to take part in a tournament run by
the Russian Football Union, claiming
- that to do so would be "humiliating." No
other OS competitions were staged.