2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress

FIFA presidential election, 2016
26 February 2016
 
Candidate SwitzerlandItaly Gianni Infantino Bahrain Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa Jordan Prince Ali bin Hussein
Electoral vote
115 / 207
88 / 207
4 / 207
President before election

Switzerland Sepp Blatter

 Next President

SwitzerlandItaly Gianni Infantino

The 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress was held at the Hallenstadion in Zürich, Switzerland, on 26 February 2016. This special session of the FIFA Congress was called as a result of the 2015 FIFA corruption case. The session included the passage of a major statutory reforms proposal as well as the election of Gianni Infantino to replace Sepp Blatter as the President of FIFA.

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