Alexander Ceferincurrent president of UEFAis unopposed to continue in office and will be the only candidate to continue at the helm of the European body after the closing date (January 5) to submit applications.
This was reported by UEFA this Friday through an official statement where it also announced the names of the candidates to become European members of the Council to be elected at the 47th Ordinary UEFA Congress on April 5 in Lisbon.
In this way, for the vice-president of UEFA the Hungarian Sándor Csányi and the Finn Ari Lahti will be candidates; For the FIFA vice-president reserved for the four British associations (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales), English Debbie Hewitt and Northern Irishman David Martin will compete for the position.
The candidates for a post of ordinary member of the FIFA Council for a term of four years are the Portuguese Fernando Gomes and the French Noël Le Graët; and for the position of ordinary member of the FIFA Council (year of two years), only the German Bernd Neuendorf will apply.
“UEFA will send to FIFA the complete eligibility questionnaires for all candidates, so that the FIFA Evaluation Committee can carry out the appropriate evaluations of eligibility,” the Ceferin-led organization added to the aforementioned that statement.
“Finally, the deadline for the presentation of candidates for the positions of the UEFA Executive Committee (eight members to be elected for a four-year term and one member to be elected for a two-year term at the UEFA Congress in Lisbon), it is on Sunday, February 5, 2023,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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