Bility failed an integrity check and was ruled out of the race to replace banned President Sepp Blatter in November.

A statement at the time refused to comment publicly on the decision but it is thought it relates to a  six-month ban he received from all football activities in 2013 for using confidential documents in a legal challenge against Confederation of African Football President and interim FIFA head Issa Hayatou.

He then opted to contest the ruling laid down by the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee to CAS, who granted him an extradited procedure to ensure he would receive a decision before the end of this year in order to allow him enough time to campaign if his appeal was successful.

The 48-year-old was hoping the Lausanne-based CAS would overturn the verdict but they have dismissed his appeal, leaving five confirmed candidates in the race to succeed Blatter at the Extraordinary Congress in Zurich on February 26.

Asian Football Confederation President Sheikh Salman bin Al-Khalifa, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino, Jordanian Football Association chief Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, Frenchman Jérôme Champagne and South African businessman Tokyo Sexwale are all vying for FIFA’s top job.

"In appealing to the CAS, Mr Bility sought to overturn the FIFA AEC decision in order to be able to run for the FIFA Presidential Election in February,” a CAS statement read.

“At the request of Mr Bility, and with the agreement of FIFA, an expedited procedure was put in place to enable a final decision on the merits to be issued before the end of 2015.

"The Panel of CAS arbitrators in charge of the procedure, Mr Hendrik Willem Kesler (Netherlands), Mr Muchadeyi Ashton Masunda (Zimbabwe) and Mr Bernhard Heusler (Switzerland) held a hearing with the parties on 23 December 2015 and has today issued his decision in which the appeal of Mr Bility is dismissed.”

Trinidad and Tobago’s David Nakhid, who earned 35 caps for his country, also had his appeal against his exclusion from the race thrown out by CAS.

He was barred from standing by world football's governing body after it emerged that, although he had received the required backing of five National Federations, one of these had also supported another candidate.

Banned UEFA President Michel Platini also hopes to be able to stand for the FIFA Presidency, despite being suspended from all footballing activity for eight years, along with Blatter, by the Ethics Committee last week.

The Frenchman’s slim hopes appear to have been ended, however, after he was told he could not bypass the required FIFA appeals procedure by appealing straight to the CAS.