FIFA: Scottish Federation supports Michel Platini's candidacy for president

"Following a scheduled meeting of the SFA board (Scottish Football Association), chief executive Stewart Regan has confirmed the association’s support for Michel Platini ahead of the forthcoming FIFA presidential election," announced the SFA on 10/08/2015.

Michel Platini, president of UEFA since 2007, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the FIFA on 29/07/2015. These elections will be held during an extraordinary FIFA Congress held in Zurich (SUI) on 26/02/2016. This date was set by the FIFA Executive Committee on 20/07/2015. The deadline for submission of candidate applications is 26/10/2015. A candidate for the office of FIFA president is only valid if it is supported by at least five member associations.

Several European national federations, including the FFF (FRA), the DFB (GER), the FA (ENG), the URBSFA (BEL) and the FIGC (ITA), have already announced their support for Michel Platini since the announcement of his application. Four federations that are members of CONMEBOL (Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia and Chile) have also formally supported the former captain of the…