18.07.2024 18:51
The Ordinary Financial and Elective General Assembly Meeting of the Turkish Football Federation took place in Ankara. In the election where Ibrahim Hacıosmanoğlu and Mehmet Büyükekşi competed, 274 delegates cast their votes in 7 ballot boxes. Ibrahim Hacıosmanoğlu was elected as the new president of the TFF with 134 votes. Mehmet Büyükekşi, on the other hand, received 129 votes.
The Turkish Football Federation gathered in Ankara to elect its new president. The Ordinary Election General Assembly Meeting, which was supposed to start at 11:00 in Ankara, started about 25 minutes late. TFF President and Presidential Candidate Mehmet Büyükekşi, TFF Board Members, FIFA and UEFA representatives, TFF Presidential Candidate İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu, club presidents and executives, and delegates attended the general assembly. It was stated in the statement made by TFF that the candidacy applications of Mehmet Büyükekşi, Servet Yardımcı, and İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu were accepted. Servet Yardımcı announced in July 11 that he withdrew his candidacy.
Before the presidential election at the general assembly, the accountability of the TFF President, Board of Directors, and Audit Board for the accounts and activities of the period from June 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024, was discussed. After the speeches of the two presidential candidates, Mehmet Büyükekşi and İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu, the congress delegates voted for the presidential election.
TFF's President has been announced after the end of the vote counting process. İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu became the President of TFF.
1st Ballot Result:
- 25 votes for İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu
- 15 votes for Mehmet Büyükekşi
2nd Ballot Result:
- 14 votes for İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu
- 21 votes for Mehmet Büyükekşi
3rd Ballot Result:
- 17 votes for İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu
- 23 votes for Mehmet Büyükekşi
4th Ballot Result:
- 18 votes for İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu
- 19 votes for Mehmet Büyükekşi
5th Ballot Result:
- 15 votes for İbrahim Hacısomanoğlu
- 15 votes for Mehmet Büyükekşi
6th Ballot Result:
- 38 votes for İbrahim Hacısomanoğlu
- 21 votes for Mehmet Büyükekşi
274 Delegates Participated:
Mehmet Büyükekşi and İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu needed to present the wet-signed support of 65 delegates to the General Assembly Board in order to participate in the presidential election.
The newly elected federation president will serve until June 2027.
TFF's ordinary election general assembly was opened with the signatures of 261 delegates. In order to achieve a simple majority, the participation of 161 delegates was required. 274 delegates participated in the general assembly.
The election for the chairman of the board was held at the TFF general assembly.
Mehmet Baykan and Murat Sancak were nominated. Mehmet Baykan received 146 votes and became the chairman of the board, Cantürk Alagöz was elected as the vice chairman. Murat Sancak received 84 votes.
The management board lists of the candidates Mehmet Büyükekşi and İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu were announced at the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Ordinary Financial and Election General Assembly. Büyükekşi and Hacıosmanoğlu's candidacies were accepted by the board of directors as they collected the required 65 signatures.
Mehmet Büyükekşi's management board includes the following names:
- Mustafa Eröğüt, Alkın Kalkavan, Yalçın Orhan, Müslüm Özmen, Hamit Altıntop, Ali Düşmez, Volkan Can, Ruşen Çetin, Haluk Kalyoncu, Ramazan Üçdan, Şafak Müderrisgil, Talat Papatya, Yunus Egemenoğlu, Veysel Bilen
İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu's management board includes the following names:
- Mecnun Otyakmaz, Bayram Saral, Zehra Neşe Kavak, Lale Cender, Fuat Gökdaş, Cengiz Gökay, Zafer Bahadır Saraç, Mevlüt Aktan, Bayram
Mehmet Büyükekşi's management and the boards were approved by majority vote at the TFF Ordinary Financial and Election General Assembly.
Meanwhile, a motion was submitted to lift the fines and penalties imposed by the Professional Football Discipline Committee (PFDK) and approved by the Arbitration Board. In the voting conducted by the Chairman of the Board, Mehmet Baykan, the majority agreed to include the motion as a general assembly item. This motion will be discussed as the last item on the agenda. A two-thirds majority vote is required for the acceptance of the item.
Mehmet Büyükekşi's statements:
"In the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, we qualified without playing in the playoffs for the first time in our history. The national team made us all proud. Hopefully, this success will continue. Our achievements in EURO 2024 will continue in the UEFA Nations League and the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Another development that pleases us is that Turkey will host EURO 2032. In addition, considering the contribution of the championship to the promotion of our country, an exciting picture emerges. I hope we will have the joy of seeing Turkish teams in the UEFA finals that we will host. "
"We have established a referee academy to improve and develop the performance of referees. Our referees have started to receive training in this system. We became the second country in Europe to use the semi-automatic offside system after Italy. We eliminated offside controversies. We became the first country in Europe to broadcast VAR records after Spain. We increased the broadcasting rights of the Super Lig and 1st Lig for the next 3 seasons with the agreement we made with the current broadcaster. We increased the sponsorship revenues from 250 million TL in the 2021-2022 season to 786 million TL as of the 2023-24 season and broke a record. We sponsored referee jerseys for the first time. We increased the revenues of TFF 2nd and 3rd Leagues by 5 times. We started broadcasting 10 matches every week in the 2nd and 3rd Leagues on the TFF YouTube account. We tried to prevent tension by lifting the ban on away fans after a long time. We worked with clubs for e-Ticket and Passolig. We gave clubs the right to sell their own tickets after the 2025-26 season. We created the new format of the Ziraat Turkish Cup and increased its revenue by 3 times. We reached an agreement with TRT for the live broadcast of the Women's Super League, and the matches started to be broadcast on a national channel for the first time. With your support, we want to increase the sense of brotherhood, which is in the genetic code of Turkish football, and strengthen a trust-based football environment. In the new era, we want to complete the structural transformation of Turkish football by taking strength from these successes. "
"We have continuously conveyed messages of friendship, brotherhood, and peace for the future of Turkish football. However, we were subjected to insults from the president of one of our valuable communities just now. I condemn this. We accept all kinds of criticism, but in the right manner. Turkish football has a long way to go. There are many issues waiting to be solved. We have undertaken a historic responsibility to review and restructure the structure of the Referees Committee. If we are re-elected, we want to accelerate these steps. If we are re-elected, we will have the opportunity to act in partnership with our clubs. "
"We will increase the Spor Toto and İddaa revenues of our clubs. We will continue our efforts to evaluate the technical staff and athletes as freelance professionals and to be able to be insured by Bağ-Kur.We will continue to increase the average income per club. We are planning to make an agreement with a company for travel expenses. We have increased the revenue of the Turkish Cup with its new status. Our new goal is to broadcast all 2nd and 3rd League matches on the TFF YouTube channel. We will also make our nation proud in the World Cup, which we haven't been able to participate in for 22 years. Let's focus on the interests of Turkish football together. We all have great responsibilities. As the TFF, our duty is to make the parties gathered around these common interests a part of the decision-making process. Two years ago, when we took office, we made promises that would take Turkish football forward. We are happy to have fulfilled all of them. Our duty now is to support the elected management. "
Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu's statements:
"WE WANT TO OPEN A CLEAN PAGE"
"We want to open a clean page in Turkish football. When I became a candidate, I called Mecnun president. Turkish football needs peace and tranquility. We started with a small circle. Then this circle grew. We know the problems of Turkish football. We come from within. I don't need to explain it technically. We need to implement the solution practically. "
"We will solve the problems, but not with a 'we did it' attitude as a federation. Starting from the amateur level, we will talk to our technical teams and clubs and make decisions together. We say justice in football, all our problems stem from injustice. It is not very difficult to achieve this. We are equally distant to every team. If you cannot show determination while achieving this, if you put our esteemed Anatolian clubs as extras, of course, there will be injustice. If you create an environment where the righteous is dominant, not the powerful, the performance of our referees will increase. If I become president, my first task will be to ban the referral of club presidents to the PFDK. The scandal that happened in the Super League last season has never happened before. "
"Our national team reached the quarter-finals. I believe that this generation will make a lot of noise. After the Austria match, I was certain that we would play in the final. The national team was successful. The clubs want the election to be held early, and you say let's do it after the tournament so that their morale doesn't get affected. Spain doesn't have a federation president, yet they became champions. Regardless of whether I win or lose, I believe that I have served Turkish football in this general assembly. You have excitement and alternatives. I am a brother who will change the system that has been going on for a long time. We will respect your choice, whatever it may be. If you want a fair and just administration, we have the determination to achieve it. If the clubs take a step towards reconciliation with us, we will take ten steps towards them. I believe that this general assembly will open a new era in Turkish football and that this revolution will begin with your votes. "
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