Today, on April 5 in Lisbon, Portugal, the 47th consecutive UEFA Congress will take place. The event will start at 09:00 local time (11:00 - Kyiv time) and is expected to end around 13:00 (15:00).

The agenda of the congress includes, among other things, reports from UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin, the organization's executive committee and administration, updates on UEFA committees, and new elections for the president and members of the UEFA Executive Committee. Among the candidates in the election is Andriy Pavelko, president of the Ukrainian Football Association.

There are 13 candidates for nine positions on the executive committee, according to the official UEFA website. All candidates have successfully passed the eligibility check conducted by the election commission, which consists of members of the UEFA Committee for Management and Compliance (in accordance with Article 21(6) of the UEFA Statutes and Article 4bis of the Regulation Governing the Implementation of the UEFA Statutes).

a) Candidate for the position of UEFA President (four-year mandate):

Aleksander Čeferin* (Slovenia).

*running for re-election.

b) Candidate for the female position on the UEFA Executive Committee (four-year mandate):

Laura McAllister* (Wales).

c) Candidates for seven positions on the UEFA Executive Committee (four-year mandate):

Bjørn Vassallo (Malta);

Philip D'Allois (France);

Armand Duka* (Albania);

Lise Klaveness (Norway);

Levan Kobashvili (Georgia);

Jesper Møller-Christensen* (Denmark);

Hugo Cubero (Liechtenstein);

Andriy Pavelko* (Ukraine);

Rod Petrie (Scotland);

Luis Rubiales* (Spain);

Petr Šoušek (Czech Republic).

*running for re-election.

d) Candidate for one position on the UEFA Executive Committee (two-year mandate):

Hans-Joachim Watzke* (Germany).