Belgium/RBFA: Pascale Van Damme re-elected president until 2026

Pascale Van Damme (55) has been re-elected president of the Royal Belgian Football Association for a further two years, until 2026, announced the RBFA on 28/06/2024. She was the sole candidate in the election organised by the RBFA's board of directors, who unanimously nominated her.

A member of the board of directors of the Belgian Football Association since 05/06/2021, Pascale Van Damme became the first woman to hold the position of RBFA president in 128 years when she was first elected on 22/05/2023, three days after the resignation of Paul Van den Bulck.

"Over the past year, Pascale Van Damme has worked intensively with the members of the board, appointed Piet Vandendriessche as CEO, made many national and international contacts, and promoted the BNG (Belgium-Germany-Netherlands) candidacy for the 2027 Women's Football World Cup. Although the Women’s World Cup is not coming to Europe, the BNG campaign strengthened the RBFA’s position with UEFA, FIFA and football associations worldwide, and increased international recognition for Belgian football."

"Pascale Van Damme plans to…