Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, both in the middle of serving 90-day suspensions for alleged financial wrongdoing, will have the chance to plead their cases in FIFA ethics court in December.
The ethics judge, Hans-Joachim Eckert, opened formal proceedings against the FIFA and UEFA presidents on Monday with the intention of reaching a decision later next month.
Blatter and Platini will also have the opportunity to request a hearing and provide "any evidence with regard to the final reports of the investigatory chamber," a statement on the organisation's website read.
The details of those reports were not published, with FIFA citing "reasons linked to privacy rights and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty."
The bans, which prohibit Blatter and Platini from participating in football activities, came after a Swiss investigation in September revealed an alleged "disloyal payment" of €2 million from the former to the latter in 2011. Platini claims it was remuneration for work performed for FIFA a decade earlier.
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Both have denied that the payment was nefarious in any way. But subsequent appeals to the FIFA Appeals Committee failed.
Platini cannot continue his campaign for FIFA president until his suspension ends, and will have his candidacy revoked if Eckert finds him guilty.
The election is currently scheduled for Feb. 26.