Representatives of the Kosovo Soccer Federation Eroll Salihu (L) and Fadil Vokrri wait to start the 40th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Budapest, Hungary, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Kosovo was accepted as a member of UEFA on Tuesday, becoming the 55th member of European football's governing body despite strong opposition from neighbouring Serbia, from which it declared independence in 2008.
Twenty-eight of UEFA's members, the minimum necessary, voted in favour of Kosovo and 24 against after a long and sometimes heated discussion at UEFA's Congress.
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