Steve Vickers BBC Sport, Harare

Khan is in a strong position

Four candidates will be standing for the post of chairman as a new leadership of the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is elected on Saturday.

The winner will be expected to find a solution to financial and administrative problems that have plagued Zifa for many years.

The government-run Sports Commission is in full support of Saturday's elections, which will be monitored by Mehmed Spaho from Fifa and Caf representative Thabo Makakule.

Vincent Pamire, the acting chairman who has had the backing of Fifa throughout the power struggle at Zifa, is among the contenders.

He suffered an overwhelming no-confidence vote at a Zifa Council meeting in August, on the grounds of gross maladministration.

Although Fifa concurred with Pamire that the decision was unconstitutional, the same councillors will be voting on Saturday.

Rafiq Khan, a businessman, is in a strong position to become the new head of Zimbabwean football as he has the support of the faction opposed to Pamire.

He is credited with gaining the confidence of the corporate sector in the Premier Soccer League (PSL), the body that represents the country's top clubs.

Francis Zimunya is a current board member and his critics accuse him of, therefore, being at least partly responsible for the problems at Zifa.

He says that his aim is to bring change from within, and he helped to engineer the downfall of Leo Mugabe, who was ousted as chairman last December.

Morrison Sifelani, like Zimunya, appears to have a small support base.