Ceferin to stand for a fourth term as UEFA president
The move follows unanimous backing from UEFA’s 55 national associations and keeps him eligible for a final four-year term.
- On Thursday, Aleksander Ceferin announced to national association bosses in Berlin that he will seek a fourth term as UEFA president, extending his tenure through 2031 at next year's UEFA Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan.
- Controversial changes to presidential term limits made at the 2024 UEFA Congress in Paris enable Ceferin's candidacy, though The Football Association opposed those statute alterations.
- Seeking re-election provides unity and stability as UEFA focuses on challenging the FIFA presidency of Gianni Infantino, whom the organization previously stated it had lost confidence in.
- On Wednesday, former Tottenham defender Ramon Vega became the first person to officially announce his intention to challenge Infantino for the FIFA presidency.
- While Infantino maintains a strong power base in Africa and South America, Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman appears to have softened his stance toward the FIFA leader.
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Aleksander Ceferin will stand for a new term as UEFA president. He has accepted the unanimous request of the 55 national associations, who have been urging him in recent months to reverse his decision not to stand again. The decision was announced at a meeting in Berlin of the presidents and general secretaries of football associations. The election will take place on 22 April 2027 during the 51st UEFA Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan. “My ambitio…
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has announced he will run for re-election in March 2027.
Alexander Cheferin, head of UEFA, responds to the requests of the members of the organization and agrees to run for the presidency of the Union of European Football Associations for another term.
The Romanian Football Federation reconfirmed its support for Aleksander Čeferin after he announced his candidacy for a fourth UEFA president's term on Thursday, 8 October. Elections are scheduled for 22 April 2027 at the UEFA Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Aleksander Ceferin, the president of European football's governing body UEFA, confirmed at a summit in Berlin on Thursday that he intends to run for a fourth term.
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