Candidates for election at XXXIX Ordinary UEFA Congress

003 – Twelve candidates apply for seven available seats on the UEFA Executive Committee

The UEFA Executive Committee was today informed of the list of candidates standing for election at the XXXIX Ordinary UEFA Congress in Vienna, Austria, on 24 March 2015. The closing date for candidatures was 24 January – two months before the Congress – in accordance with the UEFA Statutes.

A total of 12 candidates from UEFA member associations are standing for the 7 seats available on the UEFA Executive Committee for the four-year period from 2015 to 2019.

The terms of office of the following seven members of the UEFA Executive Committee are expiring in 2015: Şenes Erzik (Turkey), Ángel María Villar Llona (Spain), Grigoriy Surkis (Ukraine), Mircea Sandu (Romania), Peter Gilliéron (Switzerland), Borislav Mihaylov (Bulgaria) and Sergey Fursenko (Russia).

Four of the UEFA Executive Committee members whose terms of office are expiring are standing for re-election. They are: Ángel María Villar Llona (Spain), Grigoriy Surkis (Ukraine), Peter Gilliéron (Switzerland) and Borislav Mihaylov (Bulgaria).

Completing the list of 12 candidates are: Sándor Csányi (Hungary), Fernando Gomes (Portugal), Yngve Hallèn (Norway), Trefor Lloyd Hughes (Wales), Campbell Ogilvie (Scotland), Davor Šuker (Croatia), Geir Thorsteinsson (Iceland) and Servet Yardımcı (Turkey).

The elections will take place at the XXXIX Ordinary UEFA Congress, to be held at the Reed Exhibitions Messe in Vienna on 24 March.

In addition, the terms of office of four European members of the FIFA Executive Committee – those of Michel Platini (France), Ángel María Villar Llona (Spain), Jim Boyce (Northern Ireland) and Theo Zwanziger (Germany) – will end at the FIFA Congress to be held in Zurich from 28 to 29 May 2015.

The current UEFA President, Michel Platini, is the sole candidate for the presidential elections at the 2015 UEFA Congress, no other candidatures having been received by the deadline of 24 December. The UEFA President automatically becomes a FIFA vice-president.

Ángel María Villar Llona (Spain) is seeking a further mandate as FIFA vice-president, while Wolfgang Niersbach (Germany) is standing for election as a FIFA Executive Committee member. Regarding the FIFA Executive Committee vice-presidency reserved for the four British associations (i.e. England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales), two candidates are standing for election: David Gill (England), and Trefor Lloyd Hughes (Wales). All FIFA Executive Committee mandates are four-year terms.

The full list of current members whose terms of office are expiring, as well as the list of candidates, follows below:

UEFA Presidency
Candidate: Michel Platini (France)

UEFA Executive Committee
Terms of office expiring:
Vice-Presidents: Şenes Erzik (Turkey)
Ángel María Villar Llona (Spain)
Grigoriy Surkis (Ukraine)
Members: Sergey Fursenko (Russia)
Peter Gilliéron (Switzerland)
Borislav Mihaylov (Bulgaria)
Mircea Sandu (Romania)

Candidates for seven seats (in alphabetical order):
Sándor Csányi (Hungary)
Peter Gilliéron (Switzerland)
Fernando Gomes (Portugal)
Yngve Hallèn (Norway)
Trefor Lloyd Hughes (Wales)
Borislav Mihaylov (Bulgaria)
Campbell Ogilvie (Scotland)
Davor Šuker (Croatia)
Grigoriy Surkis (Ukraine)
Geir Thorsteinsson (Iceland)
Ángel María Villar Llona (Spain)
Servet Yardımcı (Turkey)

European members of the FIFA Executive Committee:
Terms of office expiring:
Vice-Presidents: Michel Platini (France)*
Jim Boyce (Northern Ireland)
Ángel María Villar Llona (Spain)
Member: Theo Zwanziger (Germany)

*The UEFA President automatically becomes a FIFA vice-president

Candidate for FIFA Executive Committee vice-presidency (one vacancy):
Ángel María Villar Llona (Spain)

Candidates for FIFA Executive Committee vice-presidency reserved for the four British associations, i.e. England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales (one vacancy):
David Gill (England)
Trefor Lloyd Hughes (Wales)

Candidate for FIFA Executive Committee (one vacancy):
Wolfgang Niersbach (Germany)