FIFA: Gianni Infantino sole presidential candidate 100 days before the Paris Congress on 05/06/2019

"We would like to take this opportunity to inform you that the 69^th FIFA Congress will be held in Paris, France, on 05/06/2019," said FIFA to its 211 member associations on 04/02/2019.

The Congress, which will be held in exactly 100 days (on 25/02/2019), just before the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, "being an elective Congress, the general secretariat will notify FIFA member associations of the names of the proposed and admitted candidates for the office of the FIFA President no later than 05/05/2019 (article 27, paragraph 2 of the FIFA Statutes)," said the international Federation.

President of FIFA since 26/02/2016, Gianni Infantino (ITA/SUI) is the only candidate to have applied for a four-year term (2019-2023) by the deadline of 05/02/2019: "A candidature for the of office of FIFA president shall only be valid if supported by a total of at least five member associations. Member associations must notify the FIFA general secretariat, in writing, of a candidature for the FIFA presidency at least four months before the start of the Congress, together with the declarations of…