The new football season on the peninsular starts by the match of the CFU Premier League Supercup. The current champion of the Premier League FC "Yevpatoriya" and CFU Cup holder FC "Krymteplitsa" will draw between each other first trophy of the season – 2018/19 on the Simperopol stadium "Fiolent" on August 11.
The fourth CFU PL championship will start week later – August 18. 8 teams will take part traditionally at the championship: FC "Yevpatoriya", FC "Sevastopol", FC "TSK-Tavriya" (Simferopol), FC "Krymteplitsa" (Molodezhnoe), PFC "Kyzyltash" (Bakhchysaray), FC "Ocean" (Kerch), FC "Gvardeets" (Gvardeiskoe) and PFC "Incomsport" (Yalta).
The drawing ceremony of the CFU Premier League championship season – 2018/19 will be held on August 1, in Simferopol.
All teams-participants of the 4 CFU PL championship are conducting training sessions before season.
FC "Yevpatoriya" is preparing to the season at usual for itself fields of sports complex "Arena-Crimea". Coaches tandem Sergey Velichko – Sergey Tukach are in charge of "Yevpatoriya" in the new season. Yevpatoriya has conducted two control duels already: "Yevpatoriya" played in a draw 1:1 with youth system of Krasnoyarsk "Yenisey". Yevpatoriya conducted one more match against Cities amateurs team. The peninsula champions got the confident win here with the score 5:0. A whole series of leading football players left "Yevpatoriya" in summer offseason. Official website of "Yevpatoriya" announced abour signing a newcomer: this is ex-player of "Kyzyltash" Artur Aimetdinov.
FC "Sevastopol" is conducting its training session at the sports complex "Skif" in Novopavlovka, Bakhchysaray district. Sevastopol conducted one duel under the leading of new mentor Andrey Dobrianskiy. The match with Bakhchysaray "Kyzyltash" ended in a zero draw. "Sevastopol" became stronger already at this offseason by several football players. The line-up of "sailors" was supplemented by three players from "Yevpatoriya": Vitaliy Trotskiy, Dmitriy Matvienko and Petr Oparin. Aleksey Iablonskiy ("Gvardeets", Gvardeiskoe, Simferopol district) and Matvey Guiganov ("Banants", Armenia) will play for "Sevastopol" at new season as well.
Simferopol "TSK-Tavriya" is training at "Krymteplitsa" base in urban-type settlement Agrarnoe, Simferopol. Metropolitan team conducted one sparring, having huge lost to Molodezhnoe "Krymteplitsa" – 1:4. There are several players on the review of "tavriya" camp, including Artem Kultyshev who played for FC "Yevpatoriya" earlier. Nearest sparring of "TSK-Tavriya" will be with Yevpatoriya: the meeting is scheduled on June 28.
Molodezhnoe "Krymteplitsa" is preparing to the new season at own same name sports complex. The most experienced defender of "TSK-Tavriya" Anton Monakhov became the new Head coach of "teplitsa", the work as mentor at "Krymteplitsa" became a debut for him. Molodezhnoe has announced already about signing of one newcomer. Defender Ivan Ustinov became him, famous by game at "Ocean" Kerch. Notably, that "Ktymteplitsa" will conduct its nearest sparring against "Ocean" in Kerch. Match is scheduled on July 26.
Bakhchysaray "Kyzyltash" is conducting the training session at sports complex "Skif" in Novopavlovka. Vladimir Martynov will lead the team from Bakhchysaray at new season, who brought "Yevpatoriya" to the champion title. The staff of "red-white" has changed seriously. Already eight newcomers supplemented the team at this moment: Zeki Aliev, Vadim Avtaev, Aleksandr Borshch, Nazim Eiupov, Maksim Davidchuk (all from FC "Yevpatoriya"), as well Vadim Tishchenko ("Krymteplitsa"), Ilia Kozhemiakin (FC "Sevastopol") and Vladislav Tsoi ("Incomsopt", Yalta). "Kyzyltash" conducted tow control matches within the framework of training session. The wards of Vladimir Martynov lost minimum to Yalta "Inkomsport" at first duel 0:1, and at second match played with "Sevastopol" in a draw.
"Ocean" is training on the base of sports club "Planet ProSport" in Kerch. Kerch has changed the head coach as in most Crimean clubs. Spartak Zhigulin became a new tutor of the team who is well known to Crimean supporters by his work at Yalta "Rubin". Kerch conducted already two sparring and both matches took place at mainland of Russia. "Ocean" lost the game in Novorossiysk to local "Chernomorets" (0:2), and in Abrau-Dyurso Kerch measure its strength with youth system of FC "Rostov", lost ones again (1:3). There are big group of potential newcomers at the team as told official website of "Ocean".
The debutant of CFU Premier League "Gvardeets" from Gvardeiskoe, Simferopol district is training under the leading of head coach Vladislav Maltsev in Alushta on the fields of Sports training center of national teams of Russia "Crimean". "Gvardeets" will conduct its own first control game against FC "Sevastopol" on July 26 in Novopavlovka.
One more newcomer of Premier League Yalta "Incomsport" is conducting the training session at the same name sports complex in urban-type settlement Kuibyshevo, Bakhchysaray district.. Igor Rudoi is leading the coach staff of "Incomsport", and Oleg Kolesov is working with goalkeepers. The team from Yalta has conducted two control games already, where achieved a draw in the game with youth system of Krasnoyarsk "Yenisey" and won from "Kyzyltash" with the score 1:0. "Incomsport" will conduct a control game with FC "Yevpatoriya" on July 24.
