With 44 votes in favor and none against (Students and Workshops were not present at the time of the vote), the Assembly of Representatives re-elected Claudio Chiqui Tapia as president of the AFA. “We celebrate every time we have the chance to democratically choose to the leaders who are going to represent Argentine football. I say it very firmly: Those who started in 2017 know what we are talking about, we were in a difficult situation. Let’s refound Argentine football“, the manager stated in his speech.
“We all want the best for Argentine football. This is the most representative Executive Committee that I have had to share. The only commitment we have is for football. We have no other interest, the only thing that interests us is that Argentine football does well, that we all have the recognition that we have been receiving. Being able to have the final of the Copa Libertadores in our country, the building improvement that we are having in our stadiums…”, he listed the positive aspects of the management. This new period will begin in March 2025 and will extend until 2029.
In the Assembly, the first item on the agenda referring to the agenda was unanimously approved. Rodrigo Escribanorepresentative of Workshopsvoted against the motion to address the issues objected to by the General Inspection of Justice, which described the call to the conclave as “irregular,” and received whistles from some of those present. The rest of the assembly members did so in favor. “Everyone knows, because they see it, the reality that all our teams live, and thanks to you who are our trainers. When they say that the world champion players were trained in Europe, it is a lie, they were trained in our clubs. If it were so easy to train players, they wouldn’t train Argentines, they would train theirs,” he highlighted. Tapia. And in his speech he also appealed to the present of the true protagonists: “The players who succeed in the world are trained in the institutions that you represent. Sometimes they want to confuse us. And we are not confused. To have a world champion or two-time American champion team, we need the clubs that make them up.” And he completed: “The best is surely yet to come and we are all going to do it together.”.
After his statements, it was announced Balance of the last cycle where there was a crossing with Rodrigo Escribanowho requested to be able to present his argument against, because the regulations state that he had to move it previously and then receive the support of another assembly member to do so. Over there Pablo Tovigginotreasurer of the AFA, came out against the representative of the Córdoba club. “That hand in hand with Chiqui Tapia, we are all going to turn around“, those present sang after the president’s re-election until 2029, now without Escribano in the room.
Besides, The relegations of the current season of the Professional League were annulled. It was through a measure resolved in the item 16 of the Agendawhich referred to the statutory modifications, nullifying the loss of the category in the domestic championship. In this way, First Division football is already embarking on its restructuring and the Executive Committee of the AFA and the Professional League confirmed all the details of the “World Champions League” which aims “significantly enhance the results and achievements of Argentine football”whose team has just won the Copa América for the second consecutive edition.
The new format, which will be developed after the tournament ends, proposes a composition of the elite of 30 teams, that is, the 28 that are currently in the First Division, plus the two that will be promoted from the First National today in dispute. In this way, the two declines – one by annual table and one by averages – were annulled in 2024 and will return at the end of 2025. Each title will be resolved based on the playoffs of which the first from each zone will be part: There will be round of 16, quarterfinals – an instance in which the leaders would only join -, semifinal and final. Similar to what the League Cup offered, a type of contest that, due to its kill-kill resolution, generated suspense and passion, and had fan support.
This is how the list of new members of the Executive Committee was formed:
Regular members:
President:
Mr. Claudio Fabián Tapia
Vice Presidents:
Mr. Juan Román Riquelme
Mr. Ignacio Villarroel
Mr. David Luis Garzón
Mr. Carlos RO Montaña
Sr. Gabriel Mariano Greco
Sr. Javier Treuque
Secretary General:
Mr. Víctor Blanco Rodríguez
Pro-Secretary General:
Sr. Luciano Michael Nakis
Executive Secretary:
Luis María Chebel
Deputy Executive Secretary:
Mr. Maximiliano Levy
Treasurer:
Pablo Ariel Toviggino
Treasurer:
Jorge Luis Barrios
Vowels:
Mr. Mariano Hernán Cowen
Mr. Luis Fabián Berlanga
Mr. Gonzalo Luis Belloso
Sr. Cristian Ariel Malaspina
Mr. Marcelo Luis Ángel Moretti
Mr. Francisco Javier Marín
Sr. Marcelo Rodolfo Achilles
Sr. Guillermo Eduardo Raed
Mrs. María Sylvia Jiménez
Mr. Cristian Brian Prendes
Substitute Members:
Vowels:
Sr. Eduardo Juan Spinosa
Sr. Juan Manuel Cavagliatto
Mr. Ignacio Enrique Astore
Mr. Luis Fabián Artime
Mr. Dante Walter Majori
Mr. Jorge Ernesto Miadosqui
Sr. Javier H. Méndez Cartier
Mr. José Luis Coutinho
Sr. Carlos Daniel Pandolfi
Mr. Mario Javier Echeverría
