Aleksander Ceferin re-elected UEFA president until 2027

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Aleksandar Ceferin was re-elected as the President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) on 6 April 2023.

An Overview of the News

• It was re-elected during UEFA's Ordinary Congress held in Lisbon, Portugal, and Ceferin was elected unopposed, meaning that there were no other candidates for the position.

• He was first time elected as the seventh president of UEFA in 2016, succeeding Michel Platini.

• Ceferin's new term will last for another four years (2027).

• The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is responsible for governing association football, futsal and beach soccer in Europe.

• UEFA is one of the six continental governing bodies in the world of football.

• Apart from European countries, UEFA also regulates football in transcontinental countries such as Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan.

• Some Asian countries such as Israel, Cyprus and Armenia also come under the rule of UEFA.

Establishment - 15 June 1954

Headquarters - Nyon, Switzerland

Speaker - Aleksander Ceferin 

Parent organisation - FIFA

Subsidiary - UEFA Media Technologies SA