Algeria Football Association President Kheireddine Zetchi has decided to pull out from the list of African representatives at the FIFA Council.

Zetchi was in a race for the two spots at the FIFA Council from the Arabophone or the Lusophone group but has decided to withdraw his candidature.

He has thrown his support behind Hany Abo Rida and Fouzi Lekjaa.

Abo Rida and Lekjaa will not get the two tickets to represent Africa on the FIFA Council since the only other contestant was Zetchi.

The elections come off on Friday 12 March 2021 in Rabat, Morocco.