UEFA has chosen these officials to kick off the 2017/18 Champions League group stage. Among others, Slovenian Damir Skomina will be in charge of the sonorous clash involving Barcelona and Juventus. A| 12.09.2017, 20:45 CET Old Trafford, Manchester (ENG) Manchester United FC - FC Basel Referee: Assistant Referee 1: Assistant Referee 2: Additional Assistant Referee 1: Additional Assistant
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FIFA has officially announced the selected officials for 2017 FIFA Under 17 World Cup, to be held in India. 21 officiating trios and 7 support referees have been selected from six different confederations. For the first time ever in a FIFA tournament there will be a mixture between male and female officials. AFC: Referee: Muhammad Bibn Jahari (Singapore, 1986) Assistant Referee 1: Tzu Liang
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Dedication to your referee training is very important to be succesful. You can’t just sit back and relax. Yes, you can have a basic fitness level, but that’s not enough nowadays. To reach the top, you need dedication. That’s also what Belgian Jean-Baptiste Bultynck sees when supervising the fitness of Women’s Euro referees. He is a […]
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Mika Lamppu from Finland gets appointed for the u17 European Championship in 2017, but has never worked with the center referee before. He shares his experiences of the tournament and how important it is to build a relation with referees outside the games while abroad for a tournament. “Without chemistry the team can’t work to it’s […]
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It’s not often I take a weekday game but Thursday was an exception. There’s something to understand here. It’s a privilege to referee a game where everyone comes prepared and takes it seriously. Back when I was officiating at the grassroots/house league, players often arrived late, not dressed consistently and generally not as focused getting […]
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A Dutch court has convicted a football player to 100 hours of community service after a tackle on the football pitch. The victim, who broke two legs, also receives 9.000 euro’s financial compensation for this physical abuse. The judge realises the player is challenging an opponent for the ball. And although his intentions were good, […]
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These officials have been appointed for the eighth matchday of 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (UEFA Zone). 3 September 2017 Group H, 18:00, Tallinn (Estonia) Estonia - Cyprus Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland) Assistant Referee 1: Vital Jobin (Switzerland) Assistant Referee 2: Raffael Zeder (Switzerland) Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (Switzerland) FIFA Referee Assessor: FIFA Match
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High Intensity Training Sessions are very important for referees. Most fitness tests focus on this type of referee training. The FIFA fitness test is also called the High Intensity Interval Test (HIIT). It shows the importance of interval training sessions. But how do you train then? Harvey Newstead, a young and talented referee from England, […]
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These officials have been appointed for the seventh matchday of 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (UEFA Zone). 31 August 2017 Group H, 20:45, Liège (Belgium) Belgium - Gibraltar Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland) Assistant Referee 1: Robert Clarke (Republic of Ireland) Assistant Referee 2: Wayne McDonnell (Republic of Ireland) Fourth Official: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland) FIFA
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Greek Hamburger SV player Papadopoulos tried to fool the referee. Not his opponent got red after consulting the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), but he got a yellow for fooling the referee. It was a strange game on Friday between Hamburger SV and 1er FC Köln. Especially from a refereeing aspect: Felix Brych got injured and […]
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Ieva Ramanauskienė was one of the assistant referees during the final at 2017’s Uefa Women’s u17 final tournament. That was about one year after she gave birth do her daughter. The biggest challenge in her career was her pregnancy and coming back top fit. She talks about her final tournament in 2017 and the challenges […]
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Different types of referee training will make you fit enough to referee. But what are the differences and how do they help you? In this blog post I’ll share 4 types of referee training sessions and the effect they will have. Football is a sport where interval training seems the most logical way to train. […]
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Remain focused during first friendlies of the football season. That’s sometimes a quite difficult job. I am happy to be back at the football pitches, because it gives me a great feeling. Football, I love it. But a game needs a different focus than a training session. How do I keep paying attention? After the […]
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UEFA Referees Committe has appointed the following match officials to take charge of next Wednesday's play-offs for Champions League 2017/2018. FC København -:- FK Qarabağ Ağdam UCL Play-Off, 2nd Leg, 23/08/2017, 20:45 CET – Copenhagen (DEN) Match Officials Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP) Assistant Referees: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP), Raúl Cabañero
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UEFA Referees Committe has appointed the following match officials to take charge of next Tuesday's play-offs for Champions League 2017/2018. Astana FC -:- Celtic FC UCL Play-Off, 2nd Leg, 22/08/2017, 17:30 CET – Astana (KAZ) Match Officials Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE) Assistant Referees: Roman Slyško (SVK), Ivo Nádvorník (CZE) Additional Assistant
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These are the appointments for the first legs of Europa League 2017/18 play-offs, second legs to be played on 24/08/17. 24/08/17 AEK Arena, Larnaca (CYP), 18:00 CET AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) - FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) Referee: Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (POR) Assistant Referee 1: Rui Licino Barbosa Tavares (POR) Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Alexandre Santos Soares (POR) 4th Official: Joao
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Some pre-season fitness tips to get back into refereeing. The professional season has started and for many amateur referees the season will start soon as well (or has already started). But some of you might have just come back from your holidays or are still relaxing on a sunny beach. This story has a few […]
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UEFA Referees Committe has appointed the following match officials to take charge of next Wednesday's play-offs for Champions League 2017/2018. SSC Napoli -:- OGC Nice UCL Play-Off, 1st Leg, 16/08/2017, 20:45 CET – Naples (ITA) Match Officials Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL) Assistant Referees: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL), Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL) Additional Assistant
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The relevancy of ball direction at offside situations. I never thought it was a big issue, but I was wrong. In matchdays, I post screenshots on my social channels like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. As Watford scores the 3-3 equaliser against Liverpool, I share a screenshot from television. The idea: can you see if the […]
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UEFA Referees Committe has appointed the following match officials to take charge of next Tuesday's play-offs for Champions League 2017/2018. FK Qarabağ Ağdam -:- FC København UCL Play-Off, 1st Leg, 15/08/2017, 18:00 CET – Baku (AZE) Match Officials Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (ITA) Assistant Referees: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA), Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
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