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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These are the appointments for the first legs of Europa League 2017/18 play-offs. 16/08/17 Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht (NED), 18:00 CET FC Utrecht (NED) - Football Club Zenit (RUS) Referee: Slavko Vinčić (SVN) Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN) Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN) 4th Official: Roberto Ponis (SVN) UEFA Delegate: Milovan Đukanović (MNE) UEFA Referee Observer:
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2017 is a great year for Donatas Rumšas so far. The Lithuanian referee gets great news earlier this year. He will go to the u17 European Championships in Croatia. “For me it was a big suprise to be selected”. Donatas Rumšas shares his experiences from this tournament. Plus he also talks about something that possibly […]
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Swiss Elite referee Esther Staubli has been assigned to UEFA Women's EURO 2017 final. UEFA's Referee Committee has appointed Esther Staubli to handle Sunday's Women's EURO final between Netherlands and Denmark in Enschede. Her group stage matches were the ties between England and Scotland as well as Sweden vs Italy. After that, she got a quarterfinal, involving England and France. The
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Swiss official Esther Staubli will officiate the Women’s Euro final in The Netherlands. The game will be played in Enschede between The Netherlands and Denmark. Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland) Assistants: Belinda Brem (Switzerland), Sanja Rodjak Karšić (Croatia) Fourth official: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany) Reserve assistant referee: Katrin Rafalski (Germany) In 2015, after getting the CL […]
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The Women’s Euro referee hotel opens it’s doors to show how the European top officials are hosted. “UEFA has played a key role in nurturing women referees to attain their current impressive standards”, says Uefa. In an article the European football organisation focuses on the development referees make, but also nurturing referees at the Bilderberg […]
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