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Dommer/Referee

10/3/10
Real Madrid – Lyon
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant referees: Cristiano Copelli, Luca Maggiani
Fourth official: Andrea De Marco
UEFA delegate: Jim Boyce (NIR)
UEFA referee observer: Serge Muhmenthaler (SUI)

Manchester United – AC Milan
Referee: Massimo Busacca (SUI)
Assistant referees: Matthias Arnet, Francesco Buragina
Fourth official: Carlo Bertolini
UEFA delegate: Arno P. Sargsyan (ARM)
UEFA referee observer: Juan Antonio Fernandez Marin (ESP)

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Skjerven med årets første tippeligakamp

by Martin Rødvand on March 8, 2010

Tommy Skjerven har av NFF fått æren av å åpne årets tippeligasesong når han på lørdag dømmer Brann – Haugesund. Kaupangerdommeren dømte også søndagens superfinale mellom Aalesund og Rosenborg.

Med seg til Brann stadion får Skjerven Fifa-assistentdommer Kim Andre Johnsen og tidligere Fifa-assistentdommer Erik Ræstad. Adeccoligadommer Petter Toppe er fjerdedommer.

13/3/10
Brann – Haugesund
Dommer: Tommy Skjerven
Assistentdommere: Kim Andre Johnsen, Erik Ræstad
Fjerdedommer: Petter Toppe
Dommerveileder: Sven Kjelbrott

Resten av rundens oppdrag kan letes fram hos Speaker.no.

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Round of 16, Leg 2

March 7, 2010

9/3/10
Arsenal – Porto
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
Assistant referees: Peter Hermans, Walter Vromans
Fourth official: Serge Gumienny
UEFA delegate: Dane Jošt (SVN)
UEFA referee observer: Patrick Fenech (MLT)
Fiorentina – Bayern München
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant referees: Fermin Martinez Ibanez, Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez
Fourth official: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes
UEFA delegate: Jean-François Crucke (BEL)
UEFA referee observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

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IFAB with definite no to technology

March 6, 2010

On today’s post-IFAB press conference it was made very clear that goal-line technology is not being implemented anytime soon. While the decision was not unanimous the board agreed to not pursue the use of technology in any aspects of the game.
While the technology question was the most controversial, the IFAB made a number of other [...]

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Tommy Skjerven tildelt Superfinalen

March 3, 2010

Tommy Skjerven fra Kaupanger har blitt tildelt årets kamp mellom tippeligavinneren Rosenborg og cupfinalevinneren Aalesund. Dette er andre året en slik kamp mellom vinneren av serien og vinneren av cupfinalen arrangeres. Fjorårets dommer var Terje Hauge.
Superfinalen er tydelig inspirert av lignende turneringer i andre europeiske land, som Community Shield i England og er et prøveprosjekt [...]

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UEFA ban referees in relation to match-fixing and corruption

February 24, 2010

Uefa today announced that three European match officials have been banned or suspended after information gathered by German police.
Uefa.com writes:
Novo Panić, a referee from Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been banned for life from any football activities. Tomislav Šetka, an assistant referee from Croatia, has been suspended until 30 June 2011. Oleh Orekhov, a referee from [...]

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Svein Oddvar Moen dømmer Fulham

February 24, 2010

Moen og hans fem hjelpere har fått ansvaret for torsdagens Europa League-kamp mellom Shaktar Donetsk og Fulham.
Dette er den andre kampen i Europa League-sluttspillet hvor norske dommere er i aksjon.
25/02/10
Shaktar Donetsk – Fulham
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Assistant referees: Odd-Jarle Larsen, Svein Inge Wiken
Additional assistant referees: Espen Berntsen, Tom Harald Hagen
Fourth official: Kristoffer Helgerud
UEFA Delegate: [...]

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Round of 16, Leg 1

February 22, 2010

24/02/10
CSKA Moskva – Sevilla
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant referees: Thorsten Schiffner, Mark Borsch
Fourth official: Manuel Gräfe
UEFA delegate: Roland Tis (BEL)
UEFA Referee observer: Kaj Østergaard (DEN)
Internazionale – Chelsea
Referee: Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (ESP)
Assistant referees: Jesús Calvo Guadamuro, Juan Carlos Yuste Jimenez
Fourth official: David Fernández Borbalán
UEFA Delegate: Teuvo Holopainen (FIN)
UEFA Referee observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)
The second leg will be [...]

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Round of 16, Leg 1

February 21, 2010

23/02/10
Stuttgart – Barcelona
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel, Berry Simons
Fourth official: Bas Nijhuis
UEFA delegate: Pierino L.G. Lardi (SUI)
UEFA Referee observer: Zdravko Jokic (SRB)
Olympiacos – Bordeaux
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)
Assistant referees: Michael Mullarkey, Darren Cann
Fourth official: Mark Clattenburg
UEFA delegate: Dennis Cruise (IRL)
UEFA Referee observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)
The second leg will be played Wednesday March 17.

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Hauge med storkamp i Europa League

February 16, 2010

Terje Hauge har blitt tildelt Europa League-kampen mellom Hertha Berlin og Benfica torsdag kveld.
Kampen er en av 16 i første runde av sluttspillet. Returkampen spilles 18. februar.
Dette blir Hauges første kamp med ekstra assistentdommere.

Hertha Berlin – Benfica
Referee: Terje Hauge (NOR)
Assistant referees: Kim Thomas Haglund, Frank Andås
Additional assistant referees: Espen Berntsen, Ken Henry Johnsen
Fourth official: Dag [...]

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Øvrebø med 8-delsfinale

February 15, 2010

Tom Henning Øvrebø har blitt tildelt onsdagens 16-delsfinale mellom Bayern Munchen og Fiorentina i Champions League. Kampen blir Øvrebøs 25. i turneringen siden han debuterte i 2001.
Under to uker etter å ha blitt vraket av Fifa for sommerens verdensmesterskap har Uefa nok engang vist sin tillit til nordmannen.
Kampen er den første av to, hvor returkampen [...]

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Round of 16, Leg 1

February 15, 2010

17/02/10
Porto – Arsenal
Referee: Martin Hansson (SWE)
Assistant referees: Henrik Andren, Stefan Wittberg
Fourth official: Jonas Eriksson
UEFA delegate: Odd Flattum (NOR)
UEFA Referee observer: Manuel Lopez Fernandez (ESP)
Bayern Munich – Fiorentina
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (NOR)
Assistant referees: Dag Roger Nebben, Geir Åge Holen
Fourth official: Tommy Skjerven
UEFA delegate: David Blood (IRL)
UEFA Referee observer: David R. Elleray (ENG)
The second leg will be [...]

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Round of 16, First leg

February 15, 2010

16/02/10
Lyon – Real Madrid
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant referees: Peter Kirkup, David Richardson
Fourth official: Stuart Attwell
UEFA delegate: Jim Stjerne Hansen (DEN)
UEFA Referee observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)
Milan – Manchester United
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (POR)
Assistant referees:  Jose Manuel Silva Cardinal, Bertino Miranda
Fourth official: Artur Soares Dias
UEFA delegate: Henk Kesler (NED)
UEFA Referee observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)
The second leg will be [...]

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Øvrebø ikke til VM

February 5, 2010

Tom Henning Øvrebø ble veid og funnet for lett for FIFAs dommerkomite, og får dermed ikke æren av å representere Norge i Sør-Afrika denne sommeren. Etter neste to år med internasjonale kamper, turneringer og nøye oppfølging ble Øvrebø og hans assistenter ikke blant de 30 dommertrioene som skal styre i sommerens verdensmesterskap.
Øvrebø deltok i EM [...]

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Referees for 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa ready

February 5, 2010

FIFA has chosen 30 referees to be a part of the World Cup in South Africa this summer.
Asian Football Confederation
AL GHAMDI Khalil, Saudi Arabia
IRMATOV Ravshan, Uzbekistan
MOHD SALLEH Subkhiddin, Malaysia
NISHIMURA Yuichi, Japan
African Football Confederation
BENOUZA Mohamed, Algeria
COULIBALY Koman, Mali
DAMON Jerome, South Africa
MAILLET Eddy, Seychelles
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football
AGUILAR Joel, El Salvador
ARCHUNDIA [...]

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Phil Dowd with Carling Cup Final appointment

February 1, 2010

Refworld has announced that Phil Dowd will be the man in charge of the Carling Cup Final later this month. The final will be played at Wembley between Aston Villa and Manchester United February 28th.
Dowd will be assisted by Shaun Procter-Green and David Richardson, with Lee Mason as fourth official.
He was appointed to the select [...]

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Coffi Codjia suspended by CAF

January 31, 2010

Reuters reports that Benin referee Coffi Codjia has been suspended by the Confederation of African Football after the headbutt incident in the semi-final between Algeria and Egypt.
Codjia, who is on the shortlist for the upcoming World Cup, was selected for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea as well as the 2006 World Cup in [...]

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Koman Coulibaly get African Cup of Nations final appointment

January 29, 2010

Malian Koman Coulibaly has been selected to referee Sunday’s final between Egypt and Ghana in the African Cup of Nations. Coulibaly is one of the 38 referees preselected for the upcoming World Cup in South Africa. He is one of the five candidates from the Confederation of African football.
This year’s tournament in Angola has been [...]

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Retningslinjer 2010

January 26, 2010

NFF har publisert regelnytt og retningslinjer for 2010-sesongen på sine hjemmesider. Dokumentet inneholder lite nytt fra fjorårets dokument, bortsett fra en liten presisering rundt regel 11 som omhandler offside og en endring i skadepraksisen som har vært gjennomført de siste årene.
Vi minner om regelendringen fra 1/7-09:
Enhver forsvarsspiller som forlater spillebanen – uansett grunn uten dommerens [...]

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Regionsdommere 2010

January 15, 2010

Norges Fotballforbund har publisert listen over regionsdommerne for sesongen 2010. Regionsdommerne dømmer i 2. divisjon, og er fjerdedommer i Tippeligaen.
Listen kan finnes hos fotball.no, men jeg har reprodusert den under.
Og om du ønsker å bli fotballdommer, så er det tydelig at du bør skifte fornavn til Espen.
Anders Gjermshus
Anders Bjerk Hansen
Arild Tengesdal
Asbjørn F Olsen
Audun Fremstad
Bjørn Jacobsen
Bård [...]

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