World football’s governing body informed the AFC that Al-Mohannadi, who is alleged to have committed a series of ethics breaches, including duty of disclosure, cooperation and reporting and general obligation to collaborate with an investigation, would not be able to stand.

Al-Mohannadi, considered one of the favourites to secure a spot at FIFA’s top table, has denied any wrongdoing.

The Adjudicatory Chamber of FIFA’s Ethics Committee officially opened formal proceedings against the Qatari earlier this month.

The Investigatory Chamber recommended Al-Mohannadi, who was working as QFA general secretary when the country’s successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup was launched, be suspended for 30 months and be fined a total of CHF20,000 (£16,000/$21,000/€18,000).

FIFA has not revealed the exact reason for the probe but confirmed it was not related to the ongoing investigation into the bid processes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, won by Russia and Qatar respectively.

The body has ruled Al-Mohannadi ineligible despite the probe into his alleged ethics breaches having not yet been completed.

"FIFA has advised the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that, based on the report of the Investigatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, it has decided Mr Saoud A.Aziz Al-Mohannadi (Qatar) is not eligible to stand in the elections for the FIFA Council," an AFC statement read.

"This information was shared with the AFC's Electoral Committee, which met in Goa ahead of Tuesday's AFC Extraordinary Congress, as well as the AFC Member Associations."

The development, which came at the last minute ahead of tomorrow’s Congress, leaves six candidates in the running for three spots on FIFA’s ruling Council, which replaced the Executive Committee amid reforms within the organisation.

One of the places must be given to a woman, with FIFA Taskforce for Women’s Football chair Moya Dodd of Australia, who was a coopted member of the Executive Committee, going up against AFC Executive Committee members Mahfuza Ahkter of Bangladesh and Han Un-Gyong of North Korea.

Iran's Ali Kafashian Naeni, Chinese Football Association secretary general Zhang Jian and AFC governance reform taskforce member Zainudin Nordin of Singapore are bidding for the other two available slots for Asia on the Council.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino is scheduled to attend the AFC Extraordinary Congress in the Indian state.

Evelina Christillin of Italy was elected as UEFA’s female Council representative during the body’s Congress in Athens on September 14, while Aleksander Čeferin's election as President of European football's governing body also saw him become a part of FIFA's ruling body.

The FIFA Council is due to hold its first meeting under its expanded composition in Zurich on October 13 and 14.