Ultimatum from FIFA and UEFA to the Spanish government. Or they are called now electionswithin 15 or 20 days, and the RFEF has a president within three months, the two highest football organizations at world and European level. “they will act”. And these measures, in the form of sanctions, can range from maintaining Spanish teams without playing in European competitions and/or to what Spain finds itself without the 2030 World Cup.
FIFA and UEFA are very serious. They were gathered in Madrid with representatives of the RFEF and of the Higher Sports Council (CSD) as well as Vicente del BosqueChairman of the RFEF Supervision, Standardization and Representation Commission. And at this meeting, FIFA and UEFA made it clear that there must be an electoral process nowthat elections must be called “immediately” and if this does not happen, they, as the highest organizations in the world of football, will intervene.
This whole affair comes from all the obstacles that the Government places, through the CSD, in the process of renewal and elections in the RFEF. The Spanish Federation is in constant interim since the disqualification of FIFA Luis Rubiales. And between appeals and decisions of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD), depending on the CSD and, therefore, the Spanish government, appeals are admitted and resolutions are adopted that stop the process.
As explained Emilio Garcia Silverolegal director of FIFA, “It is time for the RFEF to have a president”. “We discussed with the CSD that the RFEF must call elections immediately and that, within a maximum period of 15 or 20 days, it must call elections for the presidency and the Delegated Commission for the 2024-2028 electoral period,” he said. he added. . the Spanish leader of FIFA.
“We asked the CSD, and we received this guarantee, that the CSD be involved in this process and help achieve the stability of the RFEF, always within the framework of current legality,” continued the FIFA representative during of this meeting.
Although Silvero recalled that “the CSD is not the TAD, and the TAD is not the CSD” Yes, “we are convinced that there will be a process in which the CSD can help and lead the RFEF in a democratic process, a new Assembly will be elected and there will be a president within three months”. This, translated into practice, means that the Government, the CSD and the TAD no longer intervene and let the electoral process move forward within the RFEF. And now it’s “immediately.”
Either elections now or FIFA and UEFA will intervene
FIFA and UEFA have made it clear to the CSD that “this situation cannot continue” and that within three months, there will be a new president of the RFEF. They asked the Superior Sports Council, whose president Uribes was not present at the meetingto collaborate and stop putting obstacles in the way of the democratic functioning of the RFEF.
FIFA’s threat is clear: “If the electoral process does not move forward, if there is no electoral appeal, if we continue without a president in the coming months, FIFA and UEFA will act. The time has come to elect a president. “A Federation like the Spanish Federation can no longer live without its highest official.”
Possible sanctions
Measures range from power expel Spanish teams from international competitions (i.e. the Champions League, the Europa League, the Club World Cup…) until the selection of the competitions in which it usually participates (European Championship, World Cup… ). There are no concrete measures yet, although there is a clear warning about the big project in which Spain and its Football Federation are immersed: the 2030 World Cup.
If there is no president of the RFEF, there will be no World Cup in Spain. This is why FIFA and UEFA, jointly during this meeting, expressed to the Government, in a climate of “cordiality”, that the elections for the presidency of the RFEF and its Assembly must be convened now and in a timely manner. maximum delay. will be president for three months. The deadline is not just any: in December, the World Cup is officially voted on, that is when FIFA grants the candidacy for the 2030 event, so it is already necessary that there is a president at the RFEF.
