Ukrainian Football Federation Plots To 'Revive' Crimean Club Tavria

The Ukrainian Football Federation (FFU) "is to set up a working group to examine the idea of reviving 'Tavria' the formerly top flight Ukrainian club based in Simferopol, Crimea, which was disbanded and replaced by a new club 'TSK' in the hope of playing in the Russian Leagues," according to Mark Baber of INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL. According to a statement on the FFU website, VP Sergey Kunitsyn in conjunction with the Professional Football Committee "are to set up a working group to develop an action plan to revive the club, basing it in Kherson in southern Ukraine." FFU President Andrew Pavelko said, "This is our chance to revive the legendary club, the first champion of independent Ukraine." UEFA has "banned TSK Simferopol from playing in the Russian Leagues, pledging to set up a new Crimean League to be administered by UEFA directly" (INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL, 6/23).