Sergio Jadue was elected president of the Chilean Football Association on Friday in a second vote after the election in November of Spanish businessman Jorge Segovia was annulled.
Jadue said he would ask Marcelo Bielsa to stay on as national team coach. Bielsa resigned after Segovia was elected, citing differences with Segovia.
Jadue had the support of Segovia, which could make it more difficult for Bielsa to remain. The Argentine coach guided Chile to its first World Cup since 1998 and its best finish since 1962. The team lost to Brazil in the round of 16.
Jadue, 31, received 27 votes to beat Ernesto Corona, who had the support of outgoing president Harold Mayne-Nicholls and received 21.
Jadue and Segovia both had support from Chile's largest clubs.
Segovia, who owns the club Union Espanola, was elected on Nov. 4, defeating Mayne-Nicholls. But the Chilean association later ruled that Segovia was not qualified to hold the office because he had violated federation bylaws by signing commercial contracts.
Segovia said the little-enforced rule was used as tactic to nullify his election.
A five-member panel, which included the president of Chile's Supreme Court, supported the Chilean association's position.
Chile is scheduled to play a friendly match against the United States on Jan. 22 in Los Angeles. Bielsa has called up mostly substitutes and young players for the match, which may be his last.
Many have urged him to stay on, at least through the Copa America, which opens in Argentina on July 1
