The governing body of European football has also discontinued its partnership with Russian energy behemoth Gazprom.
The men’s team was scheduled to compete in the play-offs for the World Cup in Qatar later this year in March, while the women’s team was set to compete in the European Championship in England in July.
Russian clubs competing in European competitions are also affected by the announcement.
“FIFA and UEFA have today decided together that all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams, shall be suspended from participation in both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice,” read the joint statement from the governing bodies of world and European football.
On March 24, the Russian men’s team was set to face Poland in a World Cup qualifying play-off semi-final, and on March 29, they could have faced Sweden or the Czech Republic for a spot in the finals in Qatar later this year.
Their three probable opponents, on the other hand, have stated that they will boycott the matches.
On Sunday, FIFA announced that Russian teams will be allowed to continue playing under the name of the Football Union of Russia, with home games taking place on neutral ground and behind closed doors, and the Russian flag and anthem be banned.
But those measures were dismissed as “totally unacceptable” by Polish FA president Cezary Kulesza, who added that Poland would not play their World Cup play-off with Russia, “no matter what the name of the team is.”
FIFA reversed its decision on Monday, excluding Russia from the sport’s grand finale.
“Both presidents (Gianni Infantino and Aleksander Ceferin) hope that the situation in Ukraine will improve significantly and rapidly so that football can again be a vector for unity and peace amongst people.”
The decisions come after a widespread outcry, with global players’ union FIFPro on Monday releasing a statement saying it “strongly disagreed” with the initial measures taken by FIFA.
FIFPro criticized FIFA for not imposing stronger sanctions right away and said that participation of Russian teams in international competitions was now “not a possibility”.
With other nations also coming out to say they would not play against Russia, FIFA and UEFA were left with little choice.
– UEFA terminates Gazprom’s contract –
FIFA needed to move fast before the next World Cup play-offs and the tournament draw on April 1 in Doha.
At the women’s Euro in England in July, Russia was supposed to play the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland in their group.
Meanwhile, Spartak Moscow was scheduled to play RB Leipzig of Germany in the last 16 of the Europa League.
They were the only remaining Russian team in European competition this season.
UEFA said it had ended its partnership with Gazprom, one of its main sponsors, “effective immediately”.
Gazprom has been a key sponsor of UEFA since 2012 and was believed to have been paying around 40 million euros ($45 million) a year in a deal due to run until 2024.
Russian football federation president Alexander Dyukov, boss of Gazprom Neft, the petrol branch of Gazprom, is a member of the UEFA’s executive committee.
Schalke 04, a German club, also revealed on Monday that its jersey sponsorship arrangement with Gazprom had come to an end prematurely.
Last week, UEFA opted to move the Champions League final from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Paris, France, on May 28.
