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Elite and Premier referee list updated

by Martin Rødvand on January 18, 2009

Before I started this section of my blog, the UEFA Elite and Premier referee groups were updated. The most important changes to notice is that acclaimed referees Peter Frojdfeldt and Lubos Michel is now retired and will not referee in Europe anymore. The complete document from UEFA can be found here (pdf-format). The list is also published below.

Elite category

Plautz Konrad 16.10.1964 Austria
De Bleeckere Frank 01.07.1966 Belgium
Larsen Claus Bo 28.10.1965 Denmark
Riley Michael 17.12.1964 England
Webb Howard Melton 14.07.1971 England
Duhamel Laurent 10.10.1968 France
Layec Bertrand 03.07.1965 France
Fandel Herbert 09.03.1964 Germany
Meyer Florian 21.11.1968 Germany
Stark Wolfgang 20.11.1969 Germany
Vassaras Kyros 01.02.1966 Greece
Kassai Viktor 10.09.1975 Hungary
Rosetti Roberto 18.09.1967 Italy
Trefoloni Matteo Simone 31.03.1971 Italy
Hamer Alain 10.12.1965 Luxembourg
Braamhaar Eric F. J. 13.10.1966 Netherlands
Vink Pieter 13.03.1967 Netherlands
Hauge Terje 05.10.1965 Norway
Ovrebo Tom Henning 26.06.1966 Norway
Bartolo Faustino Benquerença Olegario Manuel 18.10.1969 Portugal
Baskakov Iouri 10.05.1964 Russia
Michel Lubos 16.05.1968 Slovakia Ret.
Medina Cantalejo Luis 01.03.1964 Spain
Mejuto Gonzalez Manuel Enrique 16.04.1965 Spain
Undiano Mallenco Alberto 08.10.1973 Spain
Fröjdfeldt Peter 14.11.1963 Sweden Ret.
Hansson Martin 06.04.1971 Sweden
Busacca Massimo 06.02.1969 Switzerland

Premier category

Allaerts Paul 09.07.1964 Belgium
Genov Anton 10.10.1966 Bulgaria
Kapitanis Costas 21.05.1964 Cyprus
Dean Michael Leslie 02.07.1968 England P
Vollquartz Nicolai 07.02.1965 Denmark R
Kircher Knut 02.02.1969 Germany
Jakobsson Kristinn 11.06.1969 Iceland
Cardoso Cortez Batista Lucilio 26.04.1965 Portugal
Ivanov Nikolay 24.01.1964 Russia
Hrinak Vladimir 25.02.1964 Slovakia
Ceferin Darko 11.07.1968 Slovenia
Iturralde Gonzalez Eduardo 20.02.1967 Spain

Premier development category

Einwaller Thomas 25.04.1977 Austria
Gumienny Serge 14.04.1972 Belgium P
Bebek Ivan 30.05.1977 Croatia
Kralovec Pavel 16.08.1977 Czech Republic
Atkinson Martin 31.03.1971 England
Lannoy Stéphane 18.09.1969 France
Brych Felix 03.08.1975 Germany
Yefet Alon 01.09.1972 Israel
Rizzoli Nicola 05.10.1971 Italy
Kuipers Bjorn 28.03.1973 Netherlands P
Moen Svein Oddvar 22.01.1979 Norway P
Gilewski Grzegorz 24.02.1973 Poland
Malek Robert 15.03.1971 Poland R
Oliveira Alves Garcia Pedro Proenca 03.11.1970 Portugal
Tudor Alexandru Dan 13.09.1971 Romania
Thomson Craig Alexander 20.06.1972 Scotland
Skomina Damir 05.08.1976 Slovenia
Eriksson Jonas 28.03.1974 Sweden
Circhetta Claudio 18.11.1970 Switzerland

Source: http://www.fotball.no/t2.aspx?p=35640&cat=51834&x=1&a=240817

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Not easy being Mark Clattenburg

by Martin Rødvand on August 7, 2008

BBC reports that the Premier League official Mark Clattenburg has been suspended from refereeing the Community Shield match this Sunday following reports of company debt. Peter Walton has, after being upheld as a select group official only after an appeal, been appointed as the head referee.

BBC Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7546968.stm
ChronicleLive article: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/08/05/ref-s-friendship-falls-foul-over-60-000-debt-72703-21465794/

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Et mesterskap for fotballen

June 15, 2008

I dag sparkes den tredje runden med gruppespillkamper igang i Sveits, med Sveits mot Portugal og Tyrkia mot Tsjekkia på programmet. Til nå har mesterskapet vært preget av mange gode kamper og god fotball har vært i fokus. Det hindrer oss ikke å se litt kritisk på en rekke dommeravgjørelser. En rekke aviser har uttrykt [...]

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EURO 2008: Last group stage appointments

June 15, 2008

UEFA today announced the appointments of matches 19-24, the last group stage matches. Find the list below.

16.06.2008 Poland/ Croatia VASSARAS Kyros (GRE)
16.06.2008 Austria/ Germany MEJUTO GONZALEZ Manuel Enrique (ESP)
17.06.2008 Netherlands/ Romania BUSACCA Massimo (SUI)
17.06.2008 France/ Italy MICHEL Lubos (SVK)
18.06.2008 Greece/ Spain WEBB Howard (ENG)
18.06.2008 Russia/ Sweden DE BLEECKERE Frank (BEL)

Source: UEFA.com

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Referee365

May 23, 2008

Reading some of the reactions after Wednesdays Champions League final, I found this interesting column called Referee365 written by Rob McNichol. It’s part of a footballing website named Football365.com, and the author comments on happenings in the world of refereeing. I may not agree with all of his posts, like this post about Lubos [...]

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‘Ghost goal’

May 21, 2008

It’s less than 24 hours to the kick-off at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, and the media coverage has been intense these last days. I have followed the news after UEFA announced Lubos Michel as the referee for the game, thinking I would write a small post on the reactions to the appointment. What seems to [...]

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Michel announced as final referee

May 19, 2008

UEFA today confirmed that Lubos Michel will take charge of Wednesdays Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea FC.
In their press release they write:
“The UEFA Referees Committee today announced the referee for the final of the 2007/08
UEFA Champions League between Manchester United FC and Chelsea FC to be played
at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow [...]

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UEFA Champions League referee revealed?

May 18, 2008

A post on RateTheRef forum indicate that Lubos Michel will be the final referee. The poster thomas21 writes:
“According to the Football supplement paper that arrives with the Mail on Sunday Michel has got the final on Wednesday.”
I’ve already made my bet on the Danish referee Claus Bo Larsen, but only under the belief that Michel [...]

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