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FIFA boss Infantino to stand for re-election despite failed coup and calls to leave
Sep 06 2026 16:49 · By John Cross,Chief Football Writer · 103 Reads
Gianni Infantino will stand for re-election as FIFA president even after the World Cup scandal. Infantino has been under intense pressure to quit after his scrapped plan to sell stakes in the World Cup caused a massive backlash.
UEFA have called on him to stand down and other nations across the world are also applying pressure on Infantino before the next round of elections in March.
FIFA president Infantino said in April that he would stand again for re-election in 2027 - and that has been reiterated by world football’s governing body.
FIFA said in a statement: “The Fifa president announced in April that he will stand for re-election in 2027,” read a Fifa statement. Of course, nothing has changed. Mr Infantino will be standing for re-election.”
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That will not please UEFA and their member associations like the English FA who were hoping that Infantino would quit and a new candidate would step forward.
Infantino’s position has even come under pressure internally after the plans were revealed to sell stakes which caused a high backlash. Infantino is in Poland for the women’s under-20s World Cup and was carrying on as business as usual this weekend.
On Saturday, Infantino arrived in Katowice and said on Sky: “There will be a lot to say" but "it's not today.”
It is the first time Fifa has said he will run for a fourth term since the aborted sell-off plan was announced following the summer's World Cup. FIFA rules say a president can serve a maximum of four terms and if he is successful then he will serve until 2031. The deadline for candidates to lodge their nominations is on November 18.
FIFA this week accused UEFA of a “smear campaign against it and its leadership”, in a challenge to litigation over Infantino's plan.
Last week UEFA filed legal papers in the US requesting disclosure of evidence and documents from Fifa, warning it could lodge a criminal complaint in Switzerland.
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