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Ceferin to stand for fourth term as UEFA president
October 8, 2026 at 03:00 PM
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5 reports · 3 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 7 hours
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has announced he will stand for a fourth term, reversing his earlier decision not to seek re-election.
- Ceferin told delegates of his decision at a meeting of all 55 national associations in Berlin on Thursday.
- First elected in 2016, he will seek a term running to 2031 at next year's UEFA Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan.
- The move reverses his February 2024 statement that he would not seek re-election, which followed controversial changes to UEFA's term-limit rules.
- Ceferin has ruled out standing for the FIFA presidency but said UEFA is committed to identifying a credible alternative candidate.




