Michael van Praag News
The election, which will be held in Athens, has been called after former president Michel Platini was banned last October as FIFA`s ethics committee investigated allegations of unethical conduct.
UEFA rearranged the group-stage slots in favour of its four top-ranked leagues - in effect Spain, England, Germany and Italy - by guaranteeing them four places each.
Villar, who has been RFEF president since 1988, is a former Athletic Bilbao and Spain midfielder who has sat on the executive committee of world soccer`s ruling body FIFA since 1998 and on its UEFA equivalent since 1992.
While full-blown corruption charges were dropped, both men angrily vowed to fight the bans.
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