FIFA: Gianni Infantino’s candidacy for re-election on 18 March 2027 confirmed

"The FIFA President announced in April that he will stand for re-election in 2027. Of course, nothing has changed. Mister Infantino will be standing for re-election," a spokesperson for the world governing body told Agence France-Presse on 6 September 2026.

"I would like to announce to you — the 211 FIFA member associations — that I will be a candidate for the FIFA presidential election next year," Gianni Infantino had indeed said at the conclusion of the 76^th FIFA Congress held in Vancouver, Canada, on 30 April 2026.

Four months later, the Italian-Swiss official has faced strong opposition from several associations and confederations (see below) since he presented, on 28 July, the proposed creation of “FIFA Forward Enterprise,” a subsidiary intended to bring together FIFA’s commercial and…