Aleksander Ceferin was re-elected Uefa president unopposed during the Ordinary Congress of European football’s governing body here on Wednesday.

The Slovenian has been re-elected for a four-year term until 2027.

Ceferin said it would be “very difficult” to lift Russia’s suspension from the European football governing body’s competitions until the war in Ukraine ended.

“My personal opinion is that until the war stops it will be very difficult for us to change anything,” Ceferin told a news conference.

The 55-year-old faced his biggest challenge in April 2021 when some of Europe’s top clubs attempted to form a European Super League.

The competition was a direct threat to Uefa’s continental club competition, the Champions League, and Ceferin called on fans, football federations and governments to oppose the “disgraceful, self-serving proposal”.

In his address ahead of his re-election, Ceferin said, “European football is already global. But there have been attempts to create new models, but they conflict with the European model that we know so well and cherish so dearly."