UEFA confirmed September date for presidential election
Wednesday 18 May 2016 12:34, UK
UEFA have confirmed the election to find Michel Platini's successor will take place on September 14 in Athens.
Michael van Praag, the president of the Dutch Football Association, has expressed an interest in the role, and Aleksander Ceferin, the head of the Slovenian FA, could also be a contender.
Candidates have until July 20 to declare their intention to stand.
Platini confirmed last week that he will stand down as UEFA president after his six-year ban from football was reduced to four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
He was initially banned for eight years by a FIFA disciplinary committee over a £1.3m payment given to him by then-FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2011.
The pair claimed the money was for work Platini did for Blatter between 1998-2002. His eight-year ban was cut to six by the FIFA appeals committee.
Platini had hoped to be cleared of all charges but the three-man CAS panel in Lausanne backed FIFA's judgement that the payment was "unfair" and a "conflict of interests".
He will be the UEFA president, in name at least, for the duration of Euro 2016 and UEFA have written to FIFA to find out if he can attend games at the tournament.
