The election for the President of FIFA was held at the congress, with the incumbent,
Joseph "Sepp" Blatter facing a challenge from the Cameroonian football executive and president of the
Confederation of African Football,
Issa Hayatou. Blatter won with 139 of the 195 votes cast.[1] Like the previous presidential election at the
51st FIFA Congress, this congress was overshadowed by accusations of fraud and corruption after 11 members of FIFA's Executive Committee had filed a criminal complaint against Blatter with courts in Zurich.[2]
A question and answer session was held at the congress the day before the election in which Blatter refused to allow Hayatou and the FIFA Vice-President
David Will to take part. Delegates booed Blatter afterwards and Blatter and Hayatou were involved in a verbal confrontation. Will was described as "shaking with rage" by reporters.[3]
The election for the President of FIFA was held at the congress, with the incumbent,
Joseph "Sepp" Blatter facing a challenge from the Cameroonian football executive and president of the
Confederation of African Football,
Issa Hayatou. Blatter won with 139 of the 195 votes cast.[1] Like the previous presidential election at the
51st FIFA Congress, this congress was overshadowed by accusations of fraud and corruption after 11 members of FIFA's Executive Committee had filed a criminal complaint against Blatter with courts in Zurich.[2]
A question and answer session was held at the congress the day before the election in which Blatter refused to allow Hayatou and the FIFA Vice-President
David Will to take part. Delegates booed Blatter afterwards and Blatter and Hayatou were involved in a verbal confrontation. Will was described as "shaking with rage" by reporters.[3]