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Aleksander Ceferin will not be staying on for a fourth UEFA term

Ceferin announces UEFA departure after current term

Aleksander Ceferin has announced he will not stand for a further term as UEFA president in 2027.

Pep Guardiola has been without his star striker for City's last nine games

Pep criticises Ceferin, Haaland nearing fitness

Pep Guardiola has hit back at UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin over comments the European governing body was right to punish the club for financial irregularities.

Soccer • 25 Jan 24

Aleksander Ceferin: 'We know we were right'

Ceferin: UEFA were right to ban Man City from Europe

UEFA's investigators were "right" to ban Manchester City from European competition after finding they had breached financial regulations, its president Aleksander Ceferin has said.

Soccer • 24 Jan 24

Aleksander Ceferin is proposing a salary cap

Players will be angry about salary cap proposals - PFA

Players will "rightly be angry" about UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin proposing a salary cap in European football, according to Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Maheta Molango.

Soccer • 26 Apr 23

'If the budgets go sky-high then our competitive balance is a problem' - says Ceferin

Introducing salary cap 'the solution', says Ceferin

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says he wants to introduce a salary cap in European football "as soon as possible".

Soccer • 25 Apr 23

Aleksander Ceferin did not face another candidate

Ceferin defends Premier League from LaLiga criticism

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has leapt to the defence of the Premier League amid concerns its success is creating an imbalance in European football.

Soccer • 05 Apr 23

Ceferin fears that many clubs are compromising their economic sustainability in their reckless pursuit of success.

UEFA chief warns against reckless overspending by clubs

European clubs have been warned against "reckless" spending on player wages and transfer fees by UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin.

Soccer • 10 Feb 23

Aleksander Ceferin has been in office for six years

Ceferin unopposed for third term as UEFA president

Aleksander Ceferin is the sole candidate for the UEFA presidency at its Congress in April.

Soccer • 06 Jan 23

Players of Spain and Portugal promote their 2030 FIFA World Cup bid

2030 World Cup will be in Spain and Portugal - Ceferin

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin claims that he 'is sure' Spain and Portugal will host the 2030 World Cup.

Soccer • 05 Sep 22

The Stade de France will host the Champions League final on 28 May

Ticket warning for Liverpool and Rangers fans

Ticketless Liverpool and Rangers fans have been urged not to travel to Paris and Seville for the Champions League and Europa League finals, or to try to buy resale or counterfeit tickets.

Soccer • 12 May 22

Aleksander Ceferin has headed European football's governing body since 2016

UEFA helping players to leave Ukraine

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin is helping footballers trying to leave Ukraine and called for an end to the "madness" of Russia's invasion of the country.

Soccer • 03 Mar 22

FIFAPRO players have come out against a biennial World Cup

Majority of FIFPRO players against World Cup changes

Seventy five per cent of players want the World Cup to remain an event played every four years, according to a new survey.

Soccer • 15 Feb 22

The UEFA chief is adamant the World Cup has to be every four years

Ceferin: Biennial World Cup 'simply a bad idea'

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has reiterated his opposition to FIFA's plans to stage a biennial World Cup, saying the women's tournament or the Olympics would be affected if they were held in the same year as the finals.

Soccer • 30 Dec 21

The former Arsenal boss believes there arde sound logical reasons to make the change

Wenger: Nothing to be scared of from biennial World Cup

The opposition to biennial World Cups is an "emotional" response, according to Arsene Wenger.

Soccer • 09 Nov 21

FIFA says enthusiasm was greatest among younger fans in "developing markets" outside Europe for its plan

FIFA claims majority of fans support biennial World Cup

A majority of fans support the idea of a biennial World Cup, according to a survey commissioned by FIFA.

Soccer • 16 Sep 21

'The World Cup is amazing. It is the biggest tournament and, as a spectator, I always enjoy watching it'

Guardiola welcomes World Cup every two years proposal

Pep Guardiola believes a World Cup every two years could be good for the game and would welcome a fair debate over the issue.

Soccer • 10 Sep 21

Aleksander Ceferin has 'grave concerns' over the future of the World Cup

UEFA have 'grave concerns' about biennial World Cup

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has admitted his "grave concerns" over plans to stage the World Cup every two years.

Soccer • 03 Sep 21

The 2021 Euros have been spread all across the continent

UEFA won't repeat multiple host country Euros

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says he would not support holding the Euros across the continent again, saying: "It is not fair to the fans."

Soccer • 09 Jul 21

Richard Masters: 'We need to look at the governance model within European football because it needs rebalancing in my view'

Masters calls for 'rebalancing' of European football

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has called for a "rebalancing" of European football in the wake of the failed Super League project and UEFA competition reforms pushed through by the continent's big clubs.

Soccer • 27 May 21

UEFA report ridicules claims from Super League clubs

Claims by the European Super League's founder clubs that their competition would better protect the football pyramid have been ridiculed in a new UEFA report.

Soccer • 21 May 21

Six Premier Leagues were part of the proposed venture

UEFA report slams 'commercially damaging' Super League

Claims by the European Super League's founder clubs that their competition would better protect the football pyramid have been ridiculed in a new UEFA report.

Soccer • 20 May 21

Fans hold up a banner protesting against the European Super League ahead of the Carabao Cup final at Wembley

Audacity of owners encapsulated in Super League plan

What a week it was for the beautiful game as fans fought back against the wishes of a dozen clubs.

Soccer • 25 Apr 21

Liverpool's Sadio Mane in action against Rafinha of Flamengo during the 2019 Club World Cup final

Football's next 'super' projects already in the works

The breakaway European Super League may have ended in dramatic failure last week, but it is far from the end of radical proposals for new competitions in the world game.

Soccer • 25 Apr 21

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin (L) and FIFA President Gianni Infantino pictured in 2017

Updated Ceferin: Super League 12 can row back on 'huge mistake'

FIFA president Gianni Infantino says his organisation strongly disapproves of the European Super League plans while UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said there was still time for the 12 'founder' clubs to change their mind.

Soccer • 20 Apr 21

Chelsea and Atletico Madrid are two of the 'founder clubs' of the European Super League

Breakaway trio could be banned from UCL semis

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin reiterated that clubs and players joining the proposed breakaway Super League could be banned from all of its competitions and the World Cup as it condemned a "disgraceful and self-serving proposal".

Soccer • 19 Apr 21