Aleksander Ceferin has been elected as the new president of UEFA. Ceferin, the head of the Slovenian Football Association, received 42 votes from UEFA's member associations, against 13 votes for the other candidate, Michael van Praag (Netherlands).
BFU President and UEFA`s Executive Committee member Borislav Mihaylov has attended the Congress.
Ceferin will complete Michel Platini’s four-year presidential term through to 2019. The conference was also attended by Platini who spoke to the delegates.
Ceferin was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 13 October 1967. The Slovenian follows Ebbe Schwartz (Denmark), Gustav Wiederkehr (Switzerland), Artemio Franchi (Italy), Jacques Georges (France), Lennart Johansson (Sweden) and Michel Platini (France), who have all served as UEFA President since the body was founded in 1954.
Evelina Christillin (Italy) has been elected by acclamation as the UEFA female member on the FIFA Council at the 12th Extraordinary UEFA Congress in Athens.
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