Luis Spahn to attend the AFA Assembly | OneFootball

This Tuesday, the Extraordinary and Ordinary General Assembly will take place, with Unión president Luis Spahn participating.

The AFA has summoned 200 leaders from all institutions to the Ezeiza Complex to carry out the Extraordinary and Ordinary General Assembly, in which Unión president Luis Spahn will participate.

The Argentine Football Association will hold, this Tuesday afternoon, the Extraordinary and Ordinary General Assembly at the Lionel Andrés Messi Complex in Ezeiza.

At the request of secretary Cristian Malaspina, about 200 attendees—“including regular and alternate delegates, members of the various bodies of the Association, club officials, administrative staff, guests, and press”—will take part in the Assembly in the indoor gymnasium of the facilities located in the Province of Buenos Aires.

As reported through the AFA’s official bulletin on September 11, the agenda for the Ordinary General Assembly includes the approval of the agenda and the subsequent address by president Claudio Tapia.

Among the internal matters to be discussed (and approved) are the suspension of affiliation of El Porvenir and its reinstatement granted in March, following intervention by the Municipality of Lanús due to a complaint filed with the General Inspectorate of Justice as a result of allegations of abuse of authority and institutional violence by the Gerli club.

Additionally, the inclusion of the following leagues will be put to a vote: Independiente de Fútbol Amateur (Malargüe, Mendoza), Costera del Río de La Plata (Verónica, Province of Buenos Aires), Loretana de Fútbol (Loreto, Province of Santiago del Estero), Regional Sureña Pampeana Bonaerense (Guatrache, La Pampa), Pellegrinense de Fútbol (Nueva Esperanza, Santiago del Estero), and Deportiva de Carmen de Areco (Carmen de Areco, Province of Buenos Aires).

Another topic is the affiliation of Leones Fútbol Club. The AFA’s proposal is that starting in 2026, the Rosario-based club, presided over by Matías Messi (Lionel’s brother) and located in Rosario, will join Primera C, where it will play its home games at the Estadio Único de San Nicolás.

Furthermore, the Assembly will address the Financial Statement and General Balance as of June 30, 2025, and the Budget for the period from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, as well as the review of the FIFA Forward Development Program 3.0 (its objectives contract for the 2023-2026 cycle, the national phase of the Federal Football Cup, and the financing for the execution period corresponding to the first quarter of this year), and amendments to the Disciplinary Code.

The other part of the call to the various representatives of Argentine football aims at discussing and approving reforms to the current Statute of the Argentine Football Association, which could be ratified starting this Tuesday.

The expectation is that the Assembly will move forward with a green light for internal reforms as part of the ongoing process to change the jurisdiction of the organization to Ezeiza (from CABA to PBA) and to comply with the requirements demanded by the previous jurisdiction.

AFA is awaiting the withdrawal of the reform of Article 28 and the partial withdrawal of the reform of Article 35 of the Statute, as resolved by the Executive Committee in compliance with the observations of the IGJ. The first refers to the composition of the President, Vice Presidents, and members of the Executive Committee, while the second applies to the composition, scope, and requirements for the same Committee.

It also seeks to ratify the changes made by the Executive Committee to the wording of Articles 20 (regarding the various bodies of the AFA and their functions), 40 (composition and obligations of the Board of Directors), 73 and 74 (related to the existence of a General Directorate and the responsibilities of the General Director) of the Social Statute already approved by the Assembly on November 23, 2023, which were made in compliance with the observations of the General Inspectorate of Justice.

In its statement, AFA expressed its intention for “the notification of the review conducted by the Provincial Directorate of Legal Entities regarding the statutory reform resolved by the Assembly on October 17, 2024, within file No. EXP-32406/25-4, Record No. 295085,” and based on this, the “consideration and approval of the full text of Articles 1 (title, headquarters, and legal form), 35, and 93 (promotion and relegation system to and from the First Division) of the Social Statute, in accordance with the reforms introduced to these articles by the Assembly on October 17, 2024.”

The statutory amendments conclude with the approval of the revised text of the AFA Statute and the significant intention to empower the President (Claudio Tapia) and the General Secretary (Cristian Malaspina) to accept “modifications that the Provincial Directorate of Legal Entities and/or the General Inspectorate of Justice and/or any other body may make to these statutes, provided that they refer only to simple formal matters and do not alter the substance of the established provisions, to grant powers and sign the resulting public deeds to carry out all actions and procedures necessary to obtain the approval of the supervisory authority and registration in the corresponding Public Registry.”

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