KUALA LUMPUR: All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel will be among eight candidates in the running to become one of the six FIFA council members from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) when the regional body holds its elections on April 6.
In accordance with the Asian Football Confederation Statutes (Edition 2018), the AFC Friday confirmed the final list of candidates who will stand for election for the term 2019-2023 at the 29th AFC Congress here on April 6.
On October 31, 2018, the member associations were notified that the election for members of the AFC executive committee (term 2019-2023) would be held at the 29th AFC Congress.
Member associations were given until midnight (Malaysia time) on December 6, 2018 to submit their nominations as per the requirement set out in the AFC Statutes (Edition 2018) and the AFC Electoral Code (Edition 2018) for the following positions:
• AFC president and FIFA vice president;
• Five AFC vice presidents;
• Six FIFA council members, one of whom shall also be an AFC female executive committee member;
• A total of five AFC female executive committee Members, one of whom shall also be a FIFA council member; and
• A further nine AFC executive committee members.
The candidates below submitted their applications for election in line with Articles 32 and 38 of the AFC Statutes (Edition 2018) and within the deadline set. All applications were submitted as per the requirements set out in the AFC Statutes (Edition 2018) and the AFC Electoral Code (Edition 2019).
The AFC electoral committee carried out eligibility checks on the candidates running for the AFC positions and the FIFA review committee conducted eligibility checks on candidates running for FIFA council positions.
The candidates listed here were cleared as eligible to run.
The AFC electoral committee will be responsible for all tasks relating to the organisation, running and supervision of the elections. The FIFA governance committee will nominate representatives to monitor the running of the elections for FIFA council positions.
Candidates standing for FIFA council membership (Term 2019 – 2023)
Praful Patel (India)
Saoud A Aziz M A Al-Mohannadi (Qatar)
Khalid Awad A Althebity (Saudi Arabia)
Mariano V Araneta, Jr (Philippines)
Chung Mong Gyu (Korea Republic)
Du Zhaocai (China PR)
Mehdi Taj (IR Iran)
Kohzo Tashima (Japan)
