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Date: 27/02/2002 No. 24 - 2002

Elections at the XXVI Ordinary UEFA Congress Fourteen candidates for seven seats on UEFA's Executive Committee

A total of 14 prominent football administrators have submitted their candidature for the UEFA Executive Committee. Seven seats are available, six of them for four-year terms and the last one for a two-year term. The closing date for applications was midnight 25 February 2002. The elections will take place at the XXVI Ordinary UEFA Congress, to be held in , on 25th April 2002.

Lennart Johansson was earlier confirmed as the sole nominee for the post of UEFA President.

Des Casey (Republic of Ireland), Frantisek Chvalovsky (Czech Republic), and Claude Simonet (France) will retire from the UEFA Executive Committee. Four other members of the UEFA Executive Committee will stand for re-election: Senes Erzik (Turkey), Dr. Viacheslav Koloskov (Russia), Giangiorgio Spiess (Switzerland) and Angel Maria Villar Llona (Spain).

The terms of office of four European members of the FIFA Executive Committee: Lennart Johansson (Sweden), Antonio Matarrese (Italy), Per Ravn Omdal (Norway) and David Will (Scotland) will end at the coming FIFA Congress.

In the case of Lennart Johansson, once confirmed by the Congress as UEFA President for a new four-year term of office, he would automatically be reconfirmed as a FIFA Vice-President.

Per Ravn Omdal will stand for re-election and the UEFA Congress will also elect a new FIFA Vice- President to replace Antonio Matarrese.

With regard to David Will, he represents the four British national associations who are allowed to have a permanent member in the FIFA Executive Committee. The occupation of his position will therefore have to be decided by these four associations, and not by the UEFA Congress.

The full list of candidates for the various positions is attached.

Encl: List of candidates

For further information: Mike Lee, Director of Communications and Public Affairs: ++41-79 250 53 71 UEFA Media Services: ++41-22 99 44 55 9 XXVI Ordinary UEFA Congress 2002 Elections Candidatures

UEFA Executive Committee – President

National Association Name/Function Sweden Lennart Johansson

UEFA Executive Committee – Member

National Association Name/Function Azerbaijan Fuad Musayev, President Croatia Vlatko Markovic, President Finland Pekka Hämäläinen, President France , Vice-President Dr. Imre Bozóky, Hungary Iceland Eggert Magnusson, President Italy Franco Carraro, President Luxembourg Henri Roemer, President Poland Michal Listkiewicz, President Russia Dr. Viacheslav Koloskov, President Spain Angel Maria Villar Llona, President Turkey Senes Erzik, Honorary President Switzerland Giangiorgio Spiess Hrygorii Surkis, President

FIFA Executive Committee – Vice-President

National Association Name/Function Belgium Dr. Michel D’Hooghe, Honorary President Italy Franco Carraro, President Russia Dr. Viacheslav Koloskov, President Spain Angel Maria Villar Llona, President

FIFA Executive Committee – Member

National Association Name/Function France Michel Platini, Vice-President Germany Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, President Italy Franco Carraro, President Malta Joseph Mifsud, President Norway Per Ravn Omdal, President