BRUSSELS, September 7. /TASS/. The Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB) will not support FIFA President Gianni Infantino if the Swiss expert runs for another term as president of the world’s governing body of football, the KBVB press office said in a statement on Monday.
"KBVB states that it cannot support Gianni Infantino’s candidacy for another term as FIFA president," the statement quotes KBVB President Pascale Van Damme as saying.
"The KBVB’s decision is based on two fundamental principles that FIFA has not yet disclosed: the situation with FIFA Forward Enterprise – KBVB notes that, to date, there is insufficient understanding of the core motivation and decision·making processes for a number of important decisions and assessments regarding this issue," she continued.
"It all raises questions regarding the transparency and process management. Important questions also remain unanswered for us concerning the ongoing case with the red card flashed to [US player] Folarin Balogun during the [2026 FIFA] World Cup, in which KBVB was directly involved," Van Damme added.
Balogun was slapped with a red card after he appeared to drive his cleat into the ankle of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Tarik Muharemovic in their match during the Round of 32 at the World Cup earlier this summer. The Royal Belgian Football Association appealed FIFA’s decision to overturn Balogun’s red-card disqualification ahead of its July 6 match against the US in the round of 16.
