Buyannemekh, a former member of the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) Executive Committee, accepted money from Bin Hammam when he was involved in an election to FIFA's Executive Committee in 2009, narrowly beating Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, the current AFC President.

He was also banned by FIFA's Ethics Committee for accepting payments to back Bin Hammam's campaign for the FIFA Presidency in 2011.

A statement from FIFA read: "The adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, has decided to ban the President of the Mongolian Football Federation, Ganbold Buyannemekh, from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for a period of five years.

"Mr Buyannemekh solicited and accepted payments [from Mr Mohamed bin Hammam] in the context of the elections for the FIFA Executive Committee at the AFC Congress in 2009 as well as the FIFA Presidential election in 2011."

Mohamed bin Hammam, former FIFA Executive Committee member, paid money to Ganbold Buyannemekh in 2009 ©Getty Images



Buyannemekh was found guilty of six violations of the FIFA Code of Ethics.

These were article 13, general rules of conduct, article 18, duty of disclosure, cooperation and reporting, article 19, conflicts of interest, article 20, offering and accepting gifts and other benefits, article 21, bribery and corruption, and article 42, general obligation to collaborate.

The ban takes effect as of today.