UEFA Congress

The UEFA Congress is UEFA's supreme controlling organ.

An Ordinary Congress is held every year, as a rule prior to a FIFA Congress. Matters within its power include:
– receipt and consideration of the president's and Executive Committee's report, as well as the UEFA Administration's report;
– receipt and administration of the auditors' report, general accounts and budget;
– election of the UEFA president;
– election of new Executive Committee members;
– election of the European members of the FIFA Executive Committee;
– election of the auditing body; amendment of the UEFA Statutes;
– consideration and taking of decisions on proposals;
– consideration of membership applications and the exclusion of a member association;
– decisions on the lifting or continuation of the suspension of a member association, Executive Committee member or a member of another body;
– consideration of proposals for the dismissal of an Executive Committee member or the UEFA Organs for the Administration of Justice;
– receipt and consideration of the FIFA Congress;
– receipt and consideration of the minutes of the previous Congress;
– bestowal of honorary membership.

An Extraordinary Congress may be convened by the UEFA Executive Committee, or at the written request of one fifth or more of the UEFA member associations, stating the items to be placed on the agenda.

Further details of the UEFA Congress can be found in Articles 12 to 20 of the Statutes of UEFA, 2010 edition. The XXXV Ordinary UEFA Congress was held in Paris, France, on 22 March 2011. The XXXVI Ordinary UEFA Congress took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 22 March 2012.

The next Ordinary UEFA Congress will take place in London on 24 May 2013.

The venues for all of UEFA's Ordinary and Extraordinary Congresses since 1955 can be found here.