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You might recognize this: there are not many things going on at your local referee association. No speakers, not many lectures or video sessions with match incidents. At least I do. In my opinion referees should get educated and they need to be challenged. And then I got in touch with Stephen Wallace, an active […] Continue reading...

The modern game as we love it, is a game that’s undoubtedly challenging to referee in this ever growing technological era where referees are constantly under scrutiny. However I’m writing this article on nonverbal communication as a referee to show you that refereeing isn’t all about what we say, nor the countless disputed decisions we […] Continue reading...

No offside because of deliberate play. That is how Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) judges the penalty and offside incident in the game between Liverpool and Tottenham. Jon Moss gets it right, but what can you learn from this match incident? A case study. PGMOL statement supports referee Moss “Jon Moss was in a good […] Continue reading...

Referees will not be no blood tests for referees who officiate in European competitions. Uefa announced blood testing across all its competitions in 2013/14, but confirmed to the Dutch Referee Blog that match officials will not be tested. Uefa’s press … Continue reading → The post No blood tests for referees in 2013/2014 by Uefa appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

The Nike referee outfits for 2022-2024 are published on social media. The new brochure will be released soon. One of the new things: no colllar. Here are the colours: Black Volt green Green Blue The following images appear in the Nike catalogue for 2022, which was published online recently by local referee shops. Please comment […] Continue reading...

The Nike referee outfits for 2020-2022. Got this shared by a reader and it’s from the Nike brochure. It looks like there are a few new colours compared to the 2018-2020 referee outfits. What are your thoughts on the colours? If you have any new images, share them via jan@dutchreferee.com. Continue reading...

Nike referee kits for 2024-2026 are announced on the Facebook page of UNAF. The colours are: Which colour do you like the most? Continue reading...

Always interesting news when a kit supplier shows the new outfits. Check out the Nike referee kits for 2016-2018. There’s of course a black outfit. The yellow one is much lighter than before. There’s also again a green one. And the new colour is purple. What are your thoughts on the different colours? The picture […] Continue reading...

Pictures of the Nike referee kits 2018-2020 are released. Eric from French blog Arbitrez Vous gives me permission to share pictures from his blog with my readers. Because they kits are in different colours than previous years, I hope you want to share your thoughts. What do you think of the new colours? The old colours […] Continue reading...

New for football match officials: the Nike 2014-2015 referee kit. You can find them already in the Nike brochure for the 2014-2015 season. The kits have different colours compared to the previous Nike referee kits. Black, yellow and grey will … Continue reading → Continue reading...

Nicola Rizzoli is appointed as Champions League final referee. He’ll officiate the match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich Saturday 25th of May at Wembley. Nicola Rizzoli will be assisted by Renato Faverani and Andrea Stefani. On Uefa.com: “The fourth … Continue reading → The post Nicola Rizzoli Champions League final referee 2013-2014 appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

The members of the New York Soccer Referee Academy have got very nice equipment for referees and their trainers. Found the picture below on the Facebook page of the New York Soccer Referee Academy. I was wondering if this was … Continue reading → The post New York Soccer Referee’s equipment appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

New toys for referee’s boys (or girls): the playmobil referees. You can buy them for 9,59 US dollars at Amazon.com. Continue reading...

Funny video of the FA’s respect campaign which stresses that a football match can’t be played without a referee. Continue reading...

European qualification matches already started and some competitions will kick-off this weekend. Here are the new referees at the national top levels. If you miss something, let me know. Netherlands New in the senior referee group is Serdar Gözübüyuk, who holds many Dutch refereeing records, being the youngest referee ever officiating at the highest level in the Netherlands. Assistants Charl Schaap en Hessel Steegstra moved up to the highest level as well. Referee Ben Haverkort retired and has already started as commercial manager at FC Groningen, a club in the highest league. Austria New: Dominik Ouschan End of career: Bernhard Brugger (next December) Relegated: - Source: Announcement ÖFB Belgium No promotions announced...

Fifa needs to update the Laws of the Game. Law 5 “The Referee” is insufficient. Based on Zenit St. Petersburgs friendly we can add a new task: removing ducks off the pitch. But is it something that a referee should do? As a referee you always want the game to be played, but do you […] Continue reading...

Football referees on national top level will all appear in their new outfit the next weeks. Brands made all some new referee kits for the 2012/2013 season. Spanish referees are also wearing Adidas kits, sponsored by Würth. “We are happy with this because the brand is inside the field in every game of the Spanish League no matter what teams are playing”, says a spokesperson from the sponsor. “[Sponsoring referees] is good for a premium brand as we are.” Jose Antonio Teixeira in the new 2012/2013 referee kit from Adidas. Continue reading...

Football referees on national top level will all appear in their new outfit the next weeks. Brands made all some new referee kits for the 2012/2013 season. The Scottish referees will use the Adidas Euro 2012 referee kits, like the German Schiedsrichter. German referees posed with the traditional black kit, but I kind of like the yellow and silver ones from the Scottish FA, sponsored by Specsavers. Photo with permission of www.scottishfootballdirect.com. Continue reading...

Football referees on national top level will all appear in their new outfit the next weeks. Brands made all some new referee kits for the 2012/2013 season. 2012/2013 Nike referee kits Willy Loos, a sports shop in Groningen, has published some photo’s of the new Nike referee kit. Nike is supplier for the Dutch and French national referees. I’m not sure whether referees dare to wear one colour during the season. Björn Kuipers played it safe during last weekend’s Dutch Supercup with a grey shirt and black short and socks. I’m still a bit surprised by the vertical zipper. You can also follow The Dutch Referee Blog on Facebook by liking the page: The options below are just to share only this article. Continue reading...

Football referees on national top level will all appear in their new outfit the next weeks. Brands made all some new referee kits for the 2012/2013 season. First on this blog: the German top referees will all be dressed in the Euro 2012 Adidas outfits, sponsored by DEKRA, a comany ‘providing safety, quality and environmental protection across many sectors’, as their website says. If you know the new referee kit in your country, please let me know. Referees are Peter Gagelmann (Bundesliga) and Benjamin Cortus (2nd Liga). Continue reading...