Former Swedish president of UEFA, Lennart Johansson, died Tuesday after a brief sickness, introduced the Swedish Soccer Affiliation. Johansson was 89 years outdated.
The affiliation congratulated Johansson as the best Swedish soccer chief thus far. FIFA introduced that it might pay tribute to its former vp this Wednesday on the World Soccer Federation Congress in Paris.
Johansson was president of UEFA from 1990 to 2007. In 1998, he was defeated by Joseph Blatter on the election of the FIFA president. Johansson has all the time had shut relations with the German Soccer Federation. He additionally supported the DFB in his bid for the 2006 World Cup. A yr after the event in Germany, Johansson misplaced in Düsseldorf the bout in opposition to Michel Platini for the submit of UEFA chief.
The Swedish affiliation stated that few prime officers had been so common with the worldwide soccer public. After Johansson, the cup is known as after the champion of the primary Swedish soccer league Allsvenskan.
