One of Elkhan Mammadov’s rivals in UEFA election withdraws

Baku. 17 March. REPORT.AZ/ One of rivals of the AFFA nominee for UEFA executive committee Elkhan Mammadov withdrew his candidacy. 

Report informs, this is honorary president of Cyprus Football Federation Marios Lefkaritis.

M. Lefkaritis today notified all 55 national associations represented in European football authority on his decision. Number of nominees fell to 12. Besides E.Mammadov, Zbigniew Boniek (Poland), Kayrat Boranbayev (Kazakhstan), John Delaney (Ireland), Armand Duka (Albania), David Gill (England), Reinhard Grindel (Germany), Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden), Kieran O'Connor (Wales), Michele Uva (Italy), Michael van Praag (Netherlands) and Servet Yardımcı (Turkey) will run for UEFA executive committee.

Notably, Marios Lefkaritis has led Cyprus Football Federation for 10 years since 1991. He refused to be reelected to FIFA Board, where he was engaged since 2002.

Election to UEFA Executive Committee will take place on April 5, Finnish capital Helsinki.