Aleksander Ceferin has told European football's national association leaders that he intends to seek another four years as Uefa president. The Slovenian announced his intention to seek re-election at a meeting in Berlin on Thursday morning.
Ceferin is aiming for a fourth term, with the vote scheduled to take place at next year's Uefa Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan. If successful, this term would run until 2031. He was first elected to the presidency in 2016.
His ability to stand for a fourth term follows controversial changes to Uefa's presidential term limits, which were approved at the governing body's 2024 Congress in Paris. The Football Association opposed these changes. After the alterations were approved, Ceferin had stated he would not be standing again, indicating he had decided six months prior to step away when his third term concludes in 2027.
Ceferin has been vocal in his opposition to Fifa president Gianni Infantino, particularly since July when it emerged Infantino was reportedly working on a plan to seek private investment for a company to manage Fifa's tournament commercial interests. Uefa stated it had lost confidence in Infantino over his handling of this plan and announced in August that it would seek to identify an alternative candidate to challenge him for the Fifa presidency. The deadline for Fifa presidential candidates is November 18.