European football's governing body has issued a statement backing the president over a payment made to him by FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
UEFA has backed embattled president Michel Platini following the 90-day ban handed to the former France international by FIFA's Ethics Committee.
Platini has been named as a person of interest to Swiss prosecutors in the criminal investigation launched against outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
On Thursday, world football's governing body handed provisional 90-day suspensions to Blatter, general secretary Jerome Valcke and Platini.
The Frenchman had declared himself a candidate to replace Blatter as the head of the global game when the FIFA congress is held to elect a new president next February.