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services to football at a ceremony marking the 40th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Budapest. </div></div></div><div id="newsHeading" class="newsCommonSet clearfix"><div class="newsActions"><ul class="clearfix"><li class="action"><div class="type_common type_mail"><a href="#">Email </a></div></li><li class="action"><div class="type_common type_print"><a onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" rel="nofollow" href="#nid=2359811">Print </a></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="gradient"> </div><div class="row newsPhoto"><img src="/web/20160708042123im_/http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Photo/uefaorg/Congress/02/35/98/10/2359810_w2.jpg" alt="UEFA Order of Merit awards" width="656" height="369"/><div class="overlayPhoto"><span class="phTitle">The UEFA Order of Merit award winners at the ceremony in Budapest </span><span class="phCredits">©Getty Images </span></div></div></div><div class="rightCol grid_4"><div class="row "><div class="box "><div class="bH"><h3>Budapest 2016 </h3>  </div><div class="bC"><div style="" class="box bannerBox box noborder"><div class="bH"><h3> </h3> </div><div class="bC"> <div class="newsComment">The 40th Ordinary UEFA Congress took place on Tuesday 3 May 2016 at the HUNGEXPO in Budapest, Hungary.<br/><br/>The main items on the agenda were:<br/><br/>• Election of a female member of the UEFA Executive Committee<br/><br/>• Application of the Football Federation of Kosovo for UEFA membership<br/><br/>• Reports of the chairmen of the UEFA committees<br/><br/>• Ratification of the composition of the UEFA Organs for the Administration of Justice </div> </div><div class="bF"> </div> </div> <div style="" class="newsBulList bulletList box noborder relitem"><div class="bH"><h3> </h3> </div><div class="bC"><div class="edt-filter-caption" style="display:none;"><p class="edt-a"> A:<span>99999</span></p><p class="edt-s"> S:<span>109005</span></p><p class="edt-k"> K:<span>1000</span></p><p class="edt-nlt"> 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the Executive Committee, and the annual report of the UEFA administration for 2014/15<br/><br/>• Financial matters including the annual UEFA consolidated statement of accounts for 2014/15 and the budget for the 2016/17 financial year<br/><br/>• Amendments to the UEFA Statutes </div> </div><div class="bF"> </div> </div> <div style="" class="newsBulList bulletList box noborder relitem"><div class="bH"><h3> </h3> </div><div class="bC"><div class="edt-filter-caption" style="display:none;"><p class="edt-a"> A:<span>9999</span></p><p class="edt-s"> S:<span></span></p><p class="edt-k"> K:<span></span></p><p class="edt-nlt"> NewsListTag:<span>ABOUT_UEFA.CONGRESS.NEXT</span></p><p class="edt-km"> KindMask:<span></span></p><p class="edt-tn"> TagName:<span></span></p></div><ul class="bulletList box noborder relitem"><li><h4 class="nTitle"><a href="/web/20160708042123/http://www.uefa.org/mediaservices/newsid=2336405.html">Extraordinary UEFA Congress – decisions</a></h4></li></ul> </div><div 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href="/web/20160708042123/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/eleven-values/index.html#val2"><span class="number">2 </span><h4 class="nTitle">Pyramid structure and subsidiarity</h4></a></div></li><li><div class="bigTitle"><a class="js-elevenvalues-handler ev-3" href="/web/20160708042123/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/eleven-values/index.html#val3"><span class="number">3 </span><h4 class="nTitle">Unity and leadership</h4></a></div></li><li><div class="bigTitle"><a class="js-elevenvalues-handler ev-4" href="/web/20160708042123/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/eleven-values/index.html#val4"><span class="number">4 </span><h4 class="nTitle">Good governance and autonomy</h4></a></div></li><li><div class="bigTitle"><a class="js-elevenvalues-handler ev-5" href="/web/20160708042123/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/eleven-values/index.html#val5"><span class="number">5 </span><h4 class="nTitle">Grassroots football and solidarity</h4></a></div></li><li><div class="bigTitle"><a 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presented by UEFA first vice-president Ángel María Villar Llona at a ceremony in Budapest on Monday, as Europe's national associations and football dignitaries gathered ahead of Tuesday's 40th Ordinary UEFA Congress in the Hungarian capital.</p><p>The UEFA Order of Merit is a mark of honour and distinction awarded by UEFA to individuals within the European football family who demonstrate exceptional performance and dedication for the good of the game.</p><p>Sir Bobby has been honoured with the UEFA Order of Merit in Diamond, and his award was accepted on his behalf in Budapest by English UEFA Executive Committee member David Gill. Sir Bobby enjoyed a magnificent career as a player with Manchester United, for whom he played 758 games and scored 249 goals over 17 memorable years, helping them to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160708042123/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1967/index.html">win the European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1968</a>, as well as various English domestic honours. Sir Bobby also won 106 caps for England, scoring 49 goals – <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160708042123/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/news/newsid=2278125.html">a record that stood until 2015</a> – and was a key member of the side which won the FIFA World Cup on home soil in 1966.</p><p>Sir Trevor, who received the UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby, scored 102 goals in 649 matches for West Ham United between 1967 and 1984, and made 47 appearances for his country between 1974 and 1982. He served as director of football development for the English Football Association (FA) from 2005 to 2014.</p><p>Four other prominent European football figures were presented with the UEFA Order of Merit in Budapest – Lars-Åke Lagrell (Sweden, Diamond), Károly Palotai (Hungary, Diamond), Zorislav Srebrić (Croatia, Diamond) and Father Hilary Tagliaferro (Malta, Ruby). All of the quartet have made crucial contributions to the game's development in various capacities in their respective countries.</p><p>Lagrell served for 21 years as president of the Swedish Football Association (SvFF), while Palotai refereed four UEFA club competition finals from 1975 to 1981, as well as at three FIFA World Cups. 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