August 30 – The Hungarian Football Federation (HFF) is the latest UEFA member association to declare support for Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin in the presidential elections September 14 in Athens.
Ceferin, who heads the Slovenian FA and is by far the youngest pretender to Michel Platini’s throne, now looks to have more than 22 pledges of support from among UEFA’s 55 federations. He is up against Holland’s Michael van Praag and Spain’s Angel Maria Villar.
A statement on the HFF website said an of the three candidates would be an “excellent choice” for the UEFA presidency but “it is Aleksander Ceferin, who offers a long term solution for the challenges the organization is facing.”
All three candidates presented to the Visegrád Six – the federations comprised of the football associations of Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary – in Budapest last week.
“Considering the strategic aims, priorities and challenges the UEFA facing with, the Hungarian Football Federation deems it necessary for the proper candidate to be able to govern the organization in the long run, while being professional and adequately prepared with outstanding leadership skills…” said the Hungarian statement.
“Regardless of the outcome of the election it is the desire of the HFF that the new president shall strengthen the both the professional quality, as well as the social responsibility of the organization. It should also be noted that the transparency of the UEFA must be guaranteed in all circumstances, and in order to attain all the objectives strong collaboration and team-work is advisable with the national federation on an operational level.”
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