The world football governing body Fifa will hold an extraordinary congress to elect its new president on 26 February 2016.
Outgoing president Sepp Blatter was re-elected as president on 29 May but four days later announced his intention to stand down amid two investigations into corruption at football’s world governing body.
Candidates for the position must be nominated before 26 October.
Uefa president Michel Platini has been asked by a majority of world football chiefs to stand for the post.
Blatter announced on June 2, four days after winning a fifth term as president, that he would stand down as a major corruption storm hit world football’s ruling body.
The decision was a victory for Blatter who had wanted the vote pushed back until 2016. Uefa and some other regional bodies had sought a December election.
Blatter was to announce at a later press conference whether the executive committee agreed to first reform measures for the multi-billion dollar body.
Fifa is still reeling from the arrest of seven officials at a Zurich congress two days before Blatter won reelection on May 29.
The seven are among 14 people – soccer officials and sports business executives – accused by US authorities over more than $150 million in bribes paid to secure television and marketing contracts for football tournaments.
Former Fifa vice president Jeffrey Webb appeared in a New York court on Saturday after being extradited from Switzerland last week. He denied bribery charges but was only released on $10 million bail.
Swiss authorities are in parallel investigating the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectivel
Earlier on Monday, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein – who lost to Blatter in the May election – called for the 79-year-old Swiss to leave his post immediately.
