51st FIFA Congress

1998 FIFA presidential election
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Candidate Sepp Blatter Lennart Johansson
Home state Switzerland Sweden
Popular vote 111 80
Percentage 58.12% 41.88%
President before election

Brazil João Havelange

 Next President

Switzerland Sepp Blatter

The 51st FIFA Congress was held between 6 and 8 June 1998, at the Equinox congress hall in Paris, France, just before the start of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. It was the last biannual meeting of the international governing body of association football FIFA, since 1998 the congress has been held on an annual basis.[1] The congress saw the election of Joseph "Sepp" Blatter as the 8th President of FIFA who succeeded João Havelange. Havelange had held the presidency since 1974.[2][3]

  1. ^ Tom Dunmore (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5.
  2. ^ "Blatter crowned Fifa president". BBC News Online. 5 June 1998. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. ^ Jon Garland; Dominic Malcolm; Mike Rowe (5 November 2013). The Future of Football: Challenges for the Twenty-first Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-30618-2.