Officially: based on the results of the 47th regular UEFA Congress
Today was held in Lisbon, Portugal 47th Regular Congress of the Union of European Football Associations, at which Alexander Ceferin was unanimously re-elected UEFA president for a four-year term. Elections to the UEFA Executive Committee and the FIFA Council were also held.
Elections to the UEFA Executive Committee (seven seats)
|
Candidate |
Number of votes |
|
Armand Duka (Albania)* |
45 |
|
Jesper Møller-Christensen (Denmark)* |
42 |
|
Petr Fousek (Czech Republic) |
40 |
|
Levan Kobiashvili (Georgia) |
40 |
|
Luis Rubiales* (Spain) |
40 |
|
Philippe Diallo (France) |
37 |
|
Andriy Pavelko (Ukraine)* |
31 |
|
Hugo Quaderer (Liechtenstein) |
25 |
|
Bjorn Vassallo (Malta) |
25 |
|
Lise Klaveness (Norway) |
18 |
|
Rod Petrie (Scotland) |
15 |
* re-elected.
In addition, Laura McAllister (Wales) was elected to the reserved female position of a member of the UEFA Executive Committee for a term of four years, and Hans-Joachim Watzke (Germany) — for one of the positions of a member of the UEFA Executive Committee for a period of two years.
Elections to the FIFA Council
The following candidate was elected:
— vice-president of FIFA (a position reserved for four British associations for a term of four years).
|
Candidate |
Number of votes |
|
Debbie Hewitt (England) |
39 |
|
David Martin (Northern Ireland) |
16 |
Sandor Chanyi (Hungary) was re-elected as FIFA Vice-President for a four-year term by acclamation after Ari Lahti (Finland) withdrew his candidacy before the election.
Fernando Gomes (Portugal) was elected as an ordinary member of the FIFA Council for a term of four years; Bernd Neuendorf was re-elected as an ordinary member of the FIFA Council for a period of two years.
Laura McAllister (Wales) and Gabriele Gravina (Italy) were appointed UEFA Vice-Presidents at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting held after the UEFA Congress. They replaced Fernando Gomes and Sandor Chania.
Annual report and finances
UEFA's 2021/2022 annual report, 2021/2022 financial reports and annexes, and 2023/2024 budget were approved.
The next, 48th regular UEFA Congress will be held in Madrid (Spain) on February 8, 2024.
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