NYON: European football federation has announced that by the set deadline of Wednesday, November 7, it had received the following single candidature for the positions of UEFA president and six candidatures for European members of the FIFA Council:

Candidate for the UEFA Presidency (for a four-year term)

  Surname First Name Country
1. Čeferin* Aleksander Slovenia

* standing for re-election

Candidate for one FIFA vice-president position (for a four-year term)

  Surname First Name Country
1. Csányi* Sandor Hungary

*standing for re-election

Candidates for the FIFA vice-president position reserved for the four British associations, i.e. England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales (for a four-year term) (in alphabetical order)

  Surname First Name Country
1. Clarke Greg England
2. Martin David Northern Ireland


Candidate for one ordinary member position on the FIFA Council (for a four-year term)

  Surname First Name Country
1. Grindel* Reinhard Germany

* standing for re-election

Candidates for two ordinary members positions on the FIFA Council (for a two-year term) (in alphabetical order)

  Surname First Name Country
1. Gomes Fernando Portugal
2. Koumas Georgios Cyprus

UEFA will submit the completed eligibility questionnaires for all candidates to FIFA in order for the FIFA Review Committee to carry out the relevant eligibility checks.

Finally, the deadline for the submission of candidatures for seats on the UEFA Executive Committee (eight members to be elected for four-year terms at February’s UEFA Congress in Rome) is Friday 7 December 2018.

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