The 53rd

FIFA Congress The FIFA Congress is the supreme legislative body of the International Association Football Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Football Association), commonly known by the acronym FIFA . FIFA is the international governing body of ...

was held in May 2002 in Seoul, South Korea before the

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. It was the annual meeting of the international governing body of association football FIFA. The congress saw the re-election of

Joseph "Sepp" Blatter Joseph "Sepp" Blatter (born Josef Blatter; 10 March 1936) is a Swiss former football administrator who served as the eighth President of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been banned from participating in FIFA activities since 2015 as a result of ...

as the

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2002 presidential election

The election for the President of FIFA was held at the congress, with the incumbent,

facing a challenge from the Cameroonian football executive and president of the Confederation of African Football,

Issa Hayatou Issa Hayatou (born 9 August 1946) is a Cameroonian sports executive, former athlete and football administrator best known for serving as the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) between 1988 and 2017. He served as the acting ...

. Blatter won with 139 of the 195 votes cast. Like the previous presidential election at the

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, this congress was overshadowed by accusations of fraud and corruption after 11 members of FIFA's Executive Committee had filed a criminal complaint against Blatter with courts in Zurich. A question and answer session was held at the congress the day before the election in which Blatter refused to allow Hayatou and the FIFA Vice-President David Will to take part. Delegates booed Blatter afterwards and Blatter and Hayatou were involved in a verbal confrontation. Will was described as "shaking with rage" by reporters.

Voting results

References

External links

FIFA Congress official page
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