Villar re-elected Spanish Football Federation president


Spain's football federation (RFEF) president Angel Maria Villar looks up as he prepares to walk out through a door before the World Cup 2018 Qualifying match between Spain and Liechtenstein at the Reino de Leon stadium in Leon, Spain, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso

(Reuters) - Angel Maria Villar was re-elected as the Spanish Football Federation's (RFEF) president for the eighth consecutive time on Monday after he stood unopposed.

The term of office for the 67-year-old, who got 112 votes with 11 abstentions and six spoiled ballots, will run until 2020, with Villar having been first elected in 1988.

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