Football Association of Serbia was host to the new regional football association meeting, which was held today at the hotel Metropol in Belgrade, with thirteen (13) European national associations present as well as several UEFA high officials.
The meeting was attended by high delegations of the national football associations of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, and for the first time, Russia and Turkey. High UEFA officials, first vice-president Angel Maria Villar, general secretary Gianni Infantino, deputy to the general secretary Theodore Theodoridis, competitions director Giorgio Marchetti, integrity officer Urs Kluser, and marketing manager Noel Mooney all actively participated in this meeting.
Representatives discussed all important issues preceding two important upcoming sessions: Extraordinary UEFA Congress (which will be held on Feb. 25th in Zurich), and Extraordinary FIFA Congress (to be held on Feb. 26th also in Zurich). It has been known for some that the next FIFA president is going to be elected at the second event, and it comes as no surprise that all associations expressed their unanimous support to Gianni Infantino today, who is most likely the best candidate for the job as a leader of the world's most important football federation.
They also talked about the current situation in UEFA and its upcoming major meetings. The next Ordinary Congress will be held in Budapest, Hungary on May 3rd. Three presentations were held by the UEFA representatives on introducing potential novelties within youth categories competitions, additional protection of the competition integrity and marketing.
Date and place of the next meeting will be announced soon.
