Crimean Premier League

Crimean Premier League

Founded	2015; 10 years ago (2015)
Country	Russian Federation
Region	Crimea
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	8
Level on pyramid	5
Promotion to	Russian Second League
Relegation to	Crimean Open Championship
Domestic cup(s)	Crimean Cup Crimean Super Cup
Most championships	FC Sevastopol 5 titles
TV partners	YouTube (live streaming)
Website	cfu2015.com
Current: 2023 Crimean Premier League

The KFS Premier-Liga (Russian: Премьер-лига КФС, romanized: Premyer-liga KFS) or simply Crimean Premier League is a professional^[1] association football league in Crimea organized by the Crimean Football Union (Krymsky Futbolny Soyuz) and devised by Russia after UEFA refused to allow Crimean clubs to switch to the Russian leagues in the wake of the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.^[2]

For full list of Crimean champions, see Republican Football Federation of Crimea. Both Republican Football Federation of Crimea and Crimean Football Union exist in Crimea. Sponsored by the Russian Ministry of Sports,^[3] the legal status of Crimean Football Union is not recognized by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The professional status of the league as it claims to be could not to be verified.^[3]

Despite restrictions from UEFA, in 2023 better teams from the league Sevastopol and Rubin Yalta were admitted to the Russian third tier competitions, while other teams joined the so called the Sodruzhestvo Liga (Commonwealth League) which was created on territory of Ukraine that is occupied by the Russian Federation. Such step placed the league inside the Russian football league pyramid as a regional feeder. The UEFA reaction was to extend restrictions against the Russian national team and the top tier clubs from competing at continental competitions.