Čeferin, a 48-year-old lawyer, has enjoyed the majority of public backing within the nations which make up European football’s governing body in the lead up to tomorrow’s election in Athens, where a majority of 28 is required for victory.

A host of countries have already revealed they will be voting for the Slovenian ahead of challenger Michael van Praag, who leads the Dutch Football Association.

Earlier this month, The German Football Association became the latest to back Čeferin’s candidacy, following in the footsteps of Ireland, Hungary, Turkey and France.

Poland and Portugal have since declared they will be ticking the box of the Slovenian, while the smaller associations of Armenia and San Marino have also pledged their support.

Scandinavian nations are thought to favour Čeferin, whose rise to red-hot favourite for the top job at UEFA has been met with accusations that a key adviser to FIFA President Gianni Infantino has been lobbying hard for the Slovenian to land the role.

The allegations, which emerged in the Norwegian press earlier this month, claim Kjetil Siem, recently appointed as a strategic adviser to Infantino, has been leading the case for Čeferin to become UEFA President for three years.

Čeferin launched his manifesto in June and has vowed to fight against all corruption in the sport after the scandals which rocked world football’s governing body, leading to the arrests and indictments of several officials.

Van Praag, who ran in the race for the FIFA Presidency last year before withdrawing late on, was the first candidate to declare his intention to run and has already claimed he is not looking to stay in the job for long.

The winner of tomorrow’s election in the Greek capital will complete the term of disgraced former UEFA President Michel Platini, who is currently serving a four-year ban for breaching FIFA’s Code of Ethics.

Despite the suspension from all footballing activity, the Frenchman has been granted permission to address the Congress.

Platini, who has twice had his initial eight-year ban reduced on appeal, has been given 10 minutes to speak at the gathering of UEFA.

A FIFA Ethics Committee spokesman, Marc Tenbucken, told the Press Association that an exception to Platini had been made as a "gesture of humanity".

The successful candidate in the vote in Athens will also secure a seat on FIFA’s ruling Council, with their first job likely to involve addressing the growing divide in the European club game following criticism of proposed changes to the Champions League amid suggestions teams may look to form a breakaway league.

As well as the Presidential election, UEFA are set to choose Italy’s Evelina Christillin as their female representative on the expanded Council.

It comes after rival candidate Laura McAllister of Wales was declared ineligible as Britain already has a representative within the top-brass at FIFA – England’s David Gill.

A member from one of the four British Football Associations has had an automatic vice-president role at FIFA since 1946 and UEFA’s rules say that, because of this, they are not permitted to have any other candidate.