The Sports Arbitration Court (CAS) upheld the decision of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) on the two-year disqualification of midfielder CSKA Moscow and the national team of Finland Roman Eremenko.

Eremenko was suspended from football activities on November 18, 2016.

His doping test, taken September 14 before the match of the Champions League with "Bayer" (2: 2), gave a positive result.

In UEFA reported that in the body of a football player, who previously defended the colors of Dynamo Kiev, found cocaine and its derivatives.

In April 2017, Eremenko appealed to the CAS with a request to cancel the disqualification.

CAS announced its decision: UEFA sanctions are consistent with violations Eremenko, and accurately set the start of the two-year suspension of the player - October 6, 2016.