Dr Patrice Motsepe has been re-elected unopposed as President of the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) for a second four-year term.

The decision was confirmed at the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo on Wednesday, extending his leadership of the organisation until 2029.

Motsepe’s re-election comes after a first term widely praised for stabilizing CAF’s finances and boosting its global profile.

Under his leadership, the organization set several new records at the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Cote d’Ivoire 2023, attracting a record 1.4 billion viewers worldwide.

Prizemoney for major tournaments, including the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, has also increased significantly, alongside enhanced financial support for Member Associations.

The 63-year-old faced no opposition after the nomination deadline passed in November 2024.

His decision to run again followed requests from Member Association Presidents and key stakeholders.

“The goal remains making African football globally competitive, stabilizing finances, and investing in infrastructure,” he said.

Dr Motsepe’s unopposed re-election reflects both confidence in his leadership and the desire to see him elevate African football to new heights.

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Former president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick has lost his seat in the FIFA Council. He got 28 votes, one short of the 29 obtained by Souleiman Hassan Waberi of Djibouti, the fifth person who got into the FIFA Council.

The results:

1. Fouzi Lekjaa: 49 votes  – elected

2. Hani Abou Rida: 35 votes – elected

3. Djibrilla Hima Hamidou: 35 votes – elected

4. Ahmed Yahya: 29 votes – elected

5. Souleiman Waberi: 29 votes – elected

Amaju Pinnick: 28 votes

Andrew Kamanga: 19 votes

Yacine Diallo: 18 votes

Augustin Senghor: 13 votes

Mathurin de Chacus: Pulled out

WOMEN

Kanizat Ibrahim: 30 votes – elected

Lydia Nsekera: 13 votes

Isha Johansen: 07 votes

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Former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick will this Wednesday be hoping to follow in the footsteps of the late Nigerian football administration icon Oyo Orok Oyo by winning a second term in the executive committee of the football governing body, now commonly known as FIFA Council.

Oyo became a member of the then FIFA Executive Committee at the General Assembly held at the National Theatre in Lagos in March 1980 and went on to win a second term in Abidjan in 1984 before being voted out in Morocco in 1988 when Gambia’s Omar Sey took his position.

Pinnick will be hoping also to secure a second term this Wednesday in Cairo at the 14^th Extraordinary General Assembly.  He won the FIFA seat in Morocco four years ago to become the third Nigerian in the FIFA Council after that of Oyo Orok Oyo (1980 to 1988), Amos Adamu (2006 to 2013).

Pinnick has a loaded field to contest against. There are six positions for election as the seventh seat for Africa is automatically taken by the CAF president.

The field is further narrowed as one of the electable six seats is reserved for a woman.

CAF’s sitting 5^th vice president Kanizat Ibrahim from the Comoros Islands will slug it out with sitting member Isha Johansen from Sierra Leone.

The others contesting for the five other seats are: Ivorian Yacine Idriss Diallo, Senegal’s Augustin Senghor, Niger Republic’s Djibrilla ‘Pele’ Hima Hamidou, Zambia’s Andrew Kamanga, Mauritanian Ahmed Yahya, Benin Republic’s Mathurin De Chacus and Djibouti’s Souleman Hassan Waberi also in the poll.

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