Sepp Blatter Sepp Blatter Joseph "Sepp" Blatter (born 10 March 1936) is a Swiss football administrator who was the eighth President of the FIFA (French: "Fédération Internationale de Football Association") from 1998 to 2015. He is currently serving a six-year ban from participating in FIFA activities. From a background in business, public relations, and sports administration, Blatter became general secretary of FIFA in 1981 and was then elected president at the 51st FIFA Congress on 8 June 1998, succeeding João Havelange, who had headed the organization since 1974. Blatter was reelected in 2002, 2007, 2011, and 2015. Like his predecessor Havelange, Blatter
Fernando Gomes (football administrator) of Porto. Fernando Gomes (football administrator) Fernando Gomes (Full name: Fernando Soares Gomes da Silva) (born 21 February 1952 in Oporto, Portugal) is a Portuguese football executive. Since December 2011, he has been the President of the Portuguese Football Federation (Portuguese: Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, FPF), and as of March 2015 a member of the UEFA Executive Committee, besides other UEFA roles. He is a former basketball player and League President and had a long career with the FC Porto, where he was a member of the management board from 2000 to 2010. Gomes holds a degree in Economics from