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Referee

Uefa updates list for new season

July 8, 2011

Uefa has updated its referee list for the first half of the 2011/2012 season. Below you can find the Elite and Elite development categories. The only changes in the top category is that Cüneyt Cakir from Turkey has been promoted while Martin Hansson has been moved down to the First category. The categories were recently [...]

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Uefa reviews its referee list categories

July 6, 2011

At its recent meeting in Aarhus the Uefa referees committee reviewed its current referee categorisation for male and female referees. In the male category the Premier category was removed and Premier development has been renamed to Elite development. The category 2, 3 and 4 has been renamed to first, second and third. Referees who were [...]

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New referees committee set for 2011-2013

July 1, 2011

Uefa just announced the composition of their referees committee for the period 2011 – 2013. New faces are Yuri Basakov, Herbert Fandel, and Kurt Zuppinger. Chairman Angel María Villar Llona, Spain Deputy Chairman Şenes Erzik, Turkey Chief Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina, Italy Refereeing Officers Marc Batta, France Hugh Dallas, Scotland Members Yuri Basakov, Russia David [...]

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Roberto Rosetti moves into Russian football

June 29, 2011

Roberto Rosetti has been employed as the head of Russian refereeing. The Russian football union has acquired his services until 2015, and this appointment is a part of their preparation for the 2018 World Cup. Rosetti comes from administrative work with the Italian Football Federation where he was responsible for the referees in Serie B. [...]

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Joel Aguilar to referee Gold Cup final

June 25, 2011

Salvadoran Joel Aguilar has been appointed to referee the Gold Cup final between USA and Mexico on Saturday. He will be assisted by Canadian Hector Vergara and fellow Salvadoran William Torres with Walter Lopez from Guatemala as fourth official. The 36-year-old has been an international referee since 2001, and was present at the 2010 World [...]

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Tagliavento to referee U-21 final in Denmark

June 23, 2011

Paolo Tagliavento from Italy has been appointed to the Euro U-21 final between Switzerland and Spain on Saturday. He will be assisted by Damien McGrath from Ireland and Vyatautas Simkus from Lithuania. The 38-year-old from Terni in Italy has been an international referee since 2007, but only recently got his debut in the Champions League. [...]

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Referees for U-19 in Romania ready

June 16, 2011

The referees for the U-19 European Championship in Romania has been selected. The list consists of six referees, eight assistant referees and two fourth officials. The tournament will be played between 20 July and 1 August. Referees Anar Salmanov, Azerbaijan Tamas Bognar, Hungary Stuart Attwell, England Clement Turpin, France Artyom Kuchin, Kazakhstan Tom Harald Hagen, [...]

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U-17 World Cup officials fail fitness test

June 15, 2011

A record-high number of 18 match officials has, according to the Jamaican newspaper the Observer, failed the fitness test ahead of the U-17 World Cup in Mexico beginning Saturday. One of the officials who failed the test is Jamaican assistant referee Stephen Brown. Fifa has the last decade operated with teams, and if one of [...]

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Discussion: Goal or no goal?

June 10, 2011

It has been very much discussed the last week, the match between Dro and Termeno in Italian football. The qualification match for Italian sixth division had to be determined with kicks from the penalty mark. The video has been removed due to copyright claims. This is what Law 14 – The penalty kick says:   [...]

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Referees for the 2011 Copa America

June 7, 2011

The CONMEBOL has annouced the 24 referees and assistants going to the 2011 Copa America this summer. The tournament will be played in Argentina between 1st and 24th of July. Referees Sergio Pezzotta, Argentina Raúl Orosco, Bolivia Salvio Fagundes, Brazil Enrique Osses, Chile Wilmar Roldán, Colombia Carlos Vera, Ecuador Carlos Torres, Paraguay Carlos Amarilla, Paraguay [...]

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New Champions League kit used in Wembley final

May 29, 2011

You may have noticed that Viktor Kassai and his team, who refereed the Champions League final yesterday, wore a different kit than has been worn previously during the tournament. The kit they used is the kit which will be used during next season’s Champions League. Adidas has made a new kit with three different colour, [...]

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Kassai with Wembley final

May 26, 2011

Viktor Kassai has been announced as the referee for the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United on Saturday in London. He will be assisted by Gabor Erös and György Ring, with Mihaly Fabian and Tamás Bognar as additional assistant referees. Istvan Vad will be the fourth official while Róbert Kispál will be the reserve assistant referee. This [...]

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Damková to referee Women’s Champions League final

May 24, 2011

Dagmar Damková has been appointed to the Women’s Champions League final between Olympique Lyonnais and Turbine Potsdam Thursday at Craven Cottage in London. The Czech match official will be assisted by Adriana Šecová and Lucie Ratajová with Jana Adámková as the fourth official. The 36-year-old referee from Pilsen is no stranger to big matches. In 2009 she [...]

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Referees for 2011 Gold Cup confirmed

May 19, 2011

Concacaf has confirmed the 30 referees who will participate during the Gold Cup in United States this summer. The tournament is played June 5 – June 25. We find many experienced referees on the list, notably Marco Rodriguez who has been to two World Cups. Assistant referee Hector Vergara who has been to three World [...]

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Crowd sourcing: Gold Cup 2011 referees

May 19, 2011

I will now try something I have not done before on this blog. As we know, some of the referees for the Gold Cup has been announced by their national football associations, but we have not seen the complete list. This post will mainly work as a discussion thread, where I will update the post [...]

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Velasco Carballo with Dublin final

May 16, 2011

Carlos Velasco Carballo has been appointed to referee the Europa League final in Dublin on Wednesday. The Spanish referee has had a great international season and tops it by taking charge of the all-portuguese final in Ireland. Velasco Carballo was promoted to the Elite list in December and refereed five games in the Champions League, [...]

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Referees for U-20 World Cup in Colombia ready

May 14, 2011

According to the refereeing website WorldReferee.com, the following 19 referees has been selected to officiate during the U-20 World Championship in Colombia this summer: AFC Dong Jin Kim, Republic of Korea Abdulrahman Mohammed Abdou, Qatar Assistant referees Fares Alshammari, Kuwait Mohammad Dharman, Qatar Jungmin Lee, Republic of Korea Byoung Eun Yang, Republic of Korea CAF Noumandiez [...]

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Guess the referees: Champions League and Europa League final 2011

May 9, 2011

The referee for the Champions League final has been announced. The referee for the Europa League final has been announced. As has become a yearly ritual I will try to predict the referee selection of Uefa’s referees committee for the two European finals coming up, the Champions League final and the Europa League final. This [...]

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Europa League appointments, Thursday, Semi-finals, 2nd leg

May 3, 2011

5/5/2011 Villarreal – Porto Referee: Gianluca Rocchi, Italy Assistant referees: Cristiano Copelli, Elenito di Liberatore Additional assistant referees: Mauro Bergonzi, Antonio Damato Fourth official: Daniele Orsato Uefa delegate: Dennis Cruise, Ireland Uefa referee observer: Peter Mikkelsen, Denmark Braga – Benfica Referee: Martin Atkinson, England Assistant referees: Michael Mullarkey, Peter Kirkup Additional assistant referees: Michael Jones, [...]

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Semi-final, 2nd leg

May 1, 2011

4/5/2011 Manchester United – Schalke Referee: Pedro Proença, Portugal Assistant referees: José Tiago Garcias Bolinhas Trigo, Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Santos Additional assistant referees: João Carlos Santos Capela, João Francisco Lopes Ferreira Fourth official: Duarte Gomes Uefa delegate: Robert Sterckx, Belgium Uefa referee observer: Bo Karlsson, Sweden

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