In July 2020, the UAF Control and Disciplinary Committee suspended Sobutsky from football for life due to the beating of referee Yuri Ivanov after the match of the First League "
The functionary decided to appeal this decision to the CAS, and he partially granted Sobutsky's appeal, replacing the life "
" In this regard, CAS partially granted the appeal of Sobutsky O. and significantly reduced the period of disqualification to five years,"
We add that now the 50-year-old president of Agribusiness is defending Ukraine in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The team from Volochysk, which played in the Ukrainian First League in the 2021/22 season, is missing the current campaign.