UEFA has yesterday announced that by the set deadline of Thursday, January 5, 2023, it has received the following candidatures for the positions of UEFA President and European members of the FIFA Council, to be elected at 47th UEFA Ordinary Congress on April 5, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Candidate for the UEFA Presidency (for a four-year term):
1. Aleksander Čeferin*, Slovenia
* standing for re-election
Candidates for one FIFA Vice-President position (for a four-year term) (in alphabetical order):
1. Sándor Csányi*, Hungary
2. Ari Lahti, Finland
*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):
1. Debbie Hewitt, England
2. David Martin*, Northern Ireland
*standing for re-election
Candidates for one ordinary member position on the FIFA Council (for a four-year term) (in alphabetical order):
1. Fernando Gomes, Portugal
2. Noël Le Graët*, France
*standing for re-election
Candidate for one ordinary member position on the FIFA Council (for a two-year term):
1. Bernd Neuendorf, Germany
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 and one member to be elected for a two-year term at the UEFA Congress in Lisbon) is Sunday February 5, 2023.