Kuala lumpur: Datuk Ab Ghani Hassan was elected as the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) president for the remainder of the 2025-2029 term after securing a majority of the votes at the FAM Executive Committee Election today.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the election, held in conjunction with the Second FAM Extraordinary Congress 2026, saw Ab Ghani obtaining 20 votes to defeat Football Association of Selangor (FAS) deputy president Datuk Seri Shahril Mokhtar, who secured five votes, in a straight fight for the president's post.

For the vice-president 1 position, Datuk Seri Rosmadi Ismail was elected with 15 votes, defeating Mohd Firdaus Mohamed and Syed Yazid Syed Omar, who each received five votes. Datuk N. Saaran was elected vice-president 3 after securing 18 votes, while his challenger Afizal Abu Othman received seven votes.

In the election for Executive Committee members representing state football associations, Mohd Azizudin Mohd Shariff and Datuk Mohd Azhar Jamaluddin each received 19 votes, followed by Datuk Alijus @ Mohd Ali Sipil with 15 votes. Also contesting for the three positions were Datuk Mohd Hisamudin Yahaya, Tang Chee Hong, Datuk Ramlan Shahean @ Askolani, and Mohd Faizul Mohd Noor.

For the two Executive Committee positions representing clubs, Datuk Kamarudin Hassan and Datuk Syed Mahadi Syed Hassan were elected after they secured 15 votes each, defeating Datuk Dr P. Sugumaran (nine votes), Dr Johan Kamal Hamidon (six), and Muhammad Faliq Firdaus Muhammad Rom (five).

Meanwhile, national football legend Datuk Zainal Abidin Hassan was elected as an Executive Committee member in the professional category after securing 22 votes to defeat Azlan Johar (three votes). In the women's Executive Committee category, Datuk Suraya Yaacob was elected with 15 votes, while Dr Siti Faidul Maisarah Abdullah secured 10 votes.

For the record, the vice-president 2 post was not contested and will be held by the MFL president in accordance with Article 33 (2) of the FAM Statutes. Today's election was held to reconstitute the FAM Executive Committee for the 2025-2029 term after the entire previous committee resigned collectively in January. The decision to step down came after FAM faced an issue involving documents concerning seven Harimau Malaya players, which led FIFA to take action against the national governing body and the players involved.