2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress

FIFA presidential election, 2016

26 February 2016

Candidate Gianni Infantino Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa Prince Ali bin Hussein Electoral vote 115 / 207 88 / 207 4 / 207

President before election Sepp Blatter Next President 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.