Croatian FA elects ‘alternative president’ 22/02/2011 |
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Former Croatia international defender Igor Stimac has been elected as alternative president of the country’s football association following a power struggle within the organisation.
Stimac, who played in England for Derby County in the late 1990s, was elected at the weekend at an extraordinary session of the FA general assembly
The meeting, which the current FA leadership deems illegal, was attended by just 25 of the 49 members that comprise the full assembly, but all voted for Stimac.
In December, Vlatko Markovic was re-elected president by 25 votes to 24 but Stimac immediately denied the legality of the voting procedure.
He then succeeded in collecting enough signatures from members to request the weekend's meeting, disregarding the official leadership.
FA secretary-general Zorislav Srebric told Reuters that, contrary to local media reports, there was no immediate threat of sanctions from Uefa or Fifa over the situation.
"At the moment, there is no risk of any sanctions,” he said. “Moreover, we have received written information from Uefa and Fifa that they recognise the leadership elected in December."
Stimac said neither Uefa nor Fifa had jurisdiction over internal matters of any federation unless there was a direct involvement with politics.
According to the FA statute, one third of representatives in the general assembly can seek an extraordinary meeting and Srebric said the FA had called such a meeting for April.
Stimac added that he would try to secure formal registration of the newly elected FA leadership with the relevant authorities.
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