Candidates for election at forthcoming XXXV Ordinary UEFA Congress

008 - Thirteen candidates apply for seven seats on UEFA's Executive Committee

The UEFA Executive Committee was today informed of the list of candidates standing for election at the XXXV Ordinary UEFA Congress 2011 in Paris, France. The closing date for applications was set for 22 January 2011 - two months prior to the staging of the Congress - in accordance with UEFA Statutes.

A total of thirteen representatives from UEFA's national associations have submitted their candidature for election for the seven available seats on the UEFA Executive Committee for the four-year period 2011-2015.

The terms of office of the following seven members of the UEFA Executive Committee are expiring in 2011 - Senes Erzik (Turkey), Gilberto Madaíl (Portugal), Joseph Mifsud (Malta), Mircea Sandu (Romania), Grigoriy Surkis (Ukraine), Liutauras Varanavičius (Lithuania), Angel María Villar Llona (Spain).

Six of the UEFA Executive Committee members whose period in office is expiring, are standing for re-election. They are, Senes Erzik (Turkey), Gilberto Madaíl (Portugal), Mircea Sandu (Romania), Grigoriy Surkis (Ukraine), Liutauras Varanavičius (Lithuania), Angel María Villar Llona (Spain).

Completing the list of thirteen candidates are, François De Keersmacker (Belgium), Norman Darmanin Demajo (Malta), Sergey Fursenko (Russia), Peter Gilliéron (Switzerland) Ivan Hašek (Czech Republic), Grzegorz Lato (Poland), Borislav Mihaylov (Bulgaria).

The elections will take place at the XXXV Ordinary UEFA Congress, to be held at Le Grand Palais in Paris, France, on 22 March 2011.

In addition, the terms of office of three European members of the FIFA Executive Committee, those of Michel Platini (France), Angel María Villar Llona (Spain) and Franz Beckenbauer (Germany), will end at the FIFA Congress, to be held from 31 May to 1 June 2011 in Zurich.

Angel María Villar Llona (Spain) is seeking a further mandate as FIFA vice-president, while Theo Zwanziger (Germany) is standing for election as FIFA Executive Committee member. The UEFA President becomes ex-officio a FIFA vice-president. All mandates are for four-year terms.

The full list of current members whose term of office is expiring as well as the list of candidates can be found attached:

UEFA Executive Committee

Terms of office expiring:

Erzik, Senes (Turkey)
Mifsud, Joseph (Malta)
Madaíl, Gilberto (Portugal)
Sandu, Mircea (Romania)
Surkis, Grigoriy (Ukraine)
Varanavičius, Liutauras (Lithuania)
Villar Llona, Angel María (Spain)

Candidates for the new term:

De Keersmacker, François (Belgium)
Demajo Darmanin, Norman (Malta)
Erzik, Senes (Turkey)
Fursenko, Sergey (Russia)
Gilliéron, Peter (Switzerland)
Hašek, Ivan (Czech Republic)
Lato, Grzegorz (Poland)
Madaíl, Gilberto (Portugal)
Mihaylov, Borislav (Bulgaria)
Sandu, Mircea (Romania)
Surkis, Grigoriy (Ukraine)
Varanavičius, Liutauras (Lithuania)
Villar Llona, Angel María (Spain)

European members of the FIFA Executive Committee:

Terms of office expiring:

Platini, Michel* (France)
Villar Llona, Angel María (Spain)
Beckenbauer, Franz (Germany)

Candidate for FIFA Executive Committee vice-presidency:

Villar Llona, Angel María (Spain)

Candidate for FIFA Executive Committee:

Zwanziger, Theo (Germany)

* Following the submissions by the deadline of 22 December 2010 the current UEFA President, Michel Platini, is the sole candidate for election to the position of UEFA President. The UEFA President becomes ex-officio a FIFA vice-president.