Officially. Candidates for the election of the president and members of the UEFA Executive Committee at the 47th Ordinary Congress of the organization

The Union of European Football Associations has announced the final list of candidates for the positions of UEFA President and members of the Executive Committee.

Officially. Candidates for the election of the president and members of the UEFA Executive Committee at the 47th Ordinary Congress of the organization

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The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has announced the final list of candidates for the positions of president and members of the UEFA Executive Committee. Among the candidates is Andriy Pavelko, President of the Ukrainian Association of Football.

The elections will take place during the 47th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Lisbon on April 5 of this year. 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 Administration 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 women's 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 Dealla (France);

Armand Duka* (Albania);

Lise Klaveness (Norway);

Levan Kobashvili (Georgia);

Jesper Møller-Christensen* (Denmark);

Hugo Kudelka (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).