The Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin, president of UEFA, officially confirmed this Saturday that he will stand for re-election at the next congress of the highest continental football body to be held in Portugal in 2023.
Ceferin, born in Ljubljana 54 years ago, met in Frankfurt with representatives of the 55 national associations on the eve of the draw for the qualifying phase of Euro 2024 in Germany which takes place tomorrow and thanked them all for the letters. of support for the upcoming elections he has received in recent weeks and confirmed his intention to stand for re-election.
Appointed in 2016
Appointed president of the Slovenian Federation in 2011, on 14 September 2016 he became the top UEFA president after winning the elections against Dutchman Michael van Praag by 42 votes to 13.
On February 7, 2019, the Slovenian lawyer was re-elected by acclamation as the only candidate to appear at the 43rd Ordinary Congress of the European body held in Rome.
UEFA also reported on the work of the working groups on the review and future of the men’s and women’s European Championships and their respective qualifications.
They are also working, empowered by the associations, on the occasion of the last meeting of the Senior Executives Program (TEP) in 2021, on proposals aimed at further strengthening the sustainable development of football and the importance of sports values .
The association’s senior executives also received an update from UEFA on its ongoing legal proceedings at the European Court of Justice against the Super League, the body’s efforts to protect the European Sporting Model and related FIFA matters.
Source: La Verdad
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