List of presidents of UEFA

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President of UEFA
UEFA logo.svg
Aleksander Ceferin 2017.jpg
since 14 September 2016
UEFA
Appointer UEFA Congress
Term length Four years
renewable
Formation22 June 1954
First holder Ebbe Schwartz
SuccessionFirst vice-president
Website Official website

The following is a list of presidents of UEFA, the European association football governing body.

Contents

Presidents of UEFA

No.PortraitName
(born–died)
Term of officeCountryRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 No image.png Ebbe Schwartz
(1901–1964)
22 June 195417 April 19627 years, 299 daysFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
2 Gustav Wiederkehr (1962).jpg Gustav Wiederkehr
(1905–1972)
17 April 19627 July 1972 †10 years, 76 daysFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
No image.png Sándor Barcs
(1912–2010)
acting
7 July 197215 March 1973251 daysFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
3 Artemio Franchi, ca. 1967.jpg Artemio Franchi
(1922–1983)
15 March 197312 August 1983 †10 years, 150 daysFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
4 Jacques Georges (1987).jpg Jacques Georges
(1916–2004)
12 August 198319 April 19906 years, 250 daysFlag of France.svg  France [1]
5 Lennart Johansson (10147247585) (cropped).jpg Lennart Johansson
(1929–2019)
19 April 199026 January 200716 years, 282 daysFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [1]
6 Michel Platini 2010 (cropped).jpg Michel Platini
(1955–)
26 January 20078 October 2015 [a] 8 years, 255 daysFlag of France.svg  France
Angel Maria Villar.jpg Ángel María Villar
(1950–)
acting
9 October 201514 September 2016341 daysFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
7 Aleksander Ceferin 2017.jpg Aleksander Čeferin
(1967–)
14 September 2016Incumbent8 years, 202 daysFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Notes

See also

Notes

  1. Date of suspension; [2] Banned for 6 years on 21 December 2015. [3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Past presidents". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. Sport (8 October 2015). "Angel Maria Villar will be interim president of UEFA - liga-bbva". sport-english.com.
  3. "Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced". BBC Sport. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  4. "Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini given eight-year bans by FIFA". ESPN.