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Election of European FIFA Council member

At the 13th Extraordinary UEFA Congress in September, one candidate will be standing in an election for one European member's seat until 2021 on the FIFA Council.

Delegates at a UEFA Congress
Delegates at a UEFA Congress ©Getty Images

One candidate will be standing for a four-year term as a European member on the FIFA Council, at an election to take place at the 13th Extraordinary UEFA Congress in Geneva on 20 September.

Alexey Sorokin (Russia) submitted his candidature for the seat by the deadline of 20 May.

This is the only candidature that has been received by UEFA within the stipulated deadline for the four-year term of office on the FIFA Council, which will last until the 2021 UEFA electoral Congress.

The UEFA administration has submitted the completed eligibility questionnaire for this candidate to FIFA, in order for the FIFA Review Committee to carry out the relevant eligibility check.