UEFA re-elected Aleksander Ceferin as president until 2027

“It means a lot to me, it’s a great honor and a great responsibility”He assured Ceferin as soon as he was re-elected as the head of UEFA, where he has been continuing his third term since 14 September 2016 and advocating European football, unity, togetherness and sportive merit. After a mandate mandated by the pandemic, the Super League and the war in Ukraine, and with changes to competitions such as the Champions League that will push their teams to 36 since 2024 or the Nations League to 36, there is a new qualifying round as the flag.

Ceferin was born on October 13, 1967 in Grosuplje, Slovenia. Slovenian Football Federation (NZS). He graduated from Ljubljana University Faculty of Law and worked at the family law firm, where he replaced his father as director, and continued the practice of defending victims of human rights violations free of charge.

So in 2006 represented the gypsy Strojan familya fact that he was expelled from his native Slovenia, which later caused a political scandal due to the attitude of the authorities.

Specialized as a lawyer criminal and commercial mattersHe was responsible for matters related to professional athletes and sports clubs.

In 2005, he became a member of the board of directors of A.Ş. KMN Svea Lesna Litijaa leading futsal team and amateur football team in the country FC Ljubljana LawyersTo join the Executive Board between 2006-2011 NK Olimpija Ljubljana, The team that returned to the First Division from the Third Division in the 2009-10 season.

He was elected president in February 2011. Slovenian Football Federation, He was re-elected as the only candidate in February 2015.

At the head of the federation of his country, he succeeded Attracting more spectators to the stadiums, improve media coverage and relocate the organization to a new, modern and well-equipped headquarters in the town of Brdo pri Kranj, in the north of Ljubljana.

He served as the second vice president at UEFA. Legal Committee and was a member of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.

On 14 September 2016, he defeated Michel Platini and was elected as UEFA president. michael van praagPresident of the Dutch Federation by 42 votes to 13; On February 7, 2019, at the UEFA Congress in Rome, where he was the only candidate, he was re-elected with applause to the head of the governing body of continental football. He also confirmed his intention to run for reelection in October 2022.

At this stage, UEFA approved the new Champions League from 2024-2025 season in 2022, Also FIFA and UEFA decided in February 2022. suspend all Russian national teams and clubs to participate in both competitions, which would mean Russia’s exclusion from the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Recently, regarding the possible corruption ‘Negreira case’, Ceferin stated that he considers FC Barcelona’s situation to be “extremely serious”.

Since taking office in 2015 due to the crisis that triggered the FIFA corruption case, Ceferin has increased his authority in European and international football with harsh actions and messages against ” in seven years.selfishness“This means to him: Super League or “Strong condemnation of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine”.

Added to this were snap decisions. Moved from Saint Petersburg to Paris for the final final of “Champions”, 24 hours after Russia’s entry into Ukraine; Three days later, UEFA broke its contract with the Russian energy company Gazprom, to which it has been affiliated since 2012, and clubs and teams from Russia and Belarus were excluded from the competition.

As Ceferin describes it, FIFA showed the same toughness when it defended the World Cup every two years. “as a populist project that will destroy football”, and especially with the Super League, which has been its main horse since it took the stage before UEFA opened its annual convention on 20 April 2021.

Expressions like this “The Super League is the result of the greed, selfishness and narcissism of some”or that its defenders “believed to be great and untouchable, but if they are giants today, it is partly thanks to UEFA, built on sporting merit, which has maintained the ideal of competition for 60 years”.

The case awaits the EU Court of Justice’s decision, which is scheduled to come out this spring, which will bind the Madrid Commercial Court No. 17 and resolve the alleged misconduct by Super League fans against UEFA and FIFA. Dominant position against European regulations.

Before Real Madrid disrupted the Super League backed by Barcelona and Juventus, Ceferin had to react to the pandemic with difficult decisions such as postponing the 2020 Euro Cup to 2021. Release €236.5 million for aid to federations and €70 million to clubs. Recently, these are celebrated to increase revenue by an average of 4.6%.

Solidarity is one of the principles that Ceferin applies in the decisions of the organization that created and donated an aid fund for Ukraine through his Foundation. 200,000 Euros for earthquake victims in Türkiye and Syria.

Women’s football and the environment also find a place in her diaries. Four years ago, UEFA launched its first strategy, “Time for Action”. Reaching 2.5 million practitioners by 2024 and in December 2021 It endorsed the Football Sustainability Strategy 2030 to respect human rights and the environment in the context of European football.