The following officials have been appointed by FIFA for 2017 U20 WC Semifinals. 08/06/17 Uruguay - Venezuela Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (Poland) Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Fourth Official: Ghead Grisha (Egypt) Video Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Video Assistant Referee 2: Redouane Achik (Morocco) Assistant
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Colombian international Juan Cuadrado has become the first player sent off in a UEFA Champions League final since Jens Lehmann was controversially dismissed by Norway's Terje Hauge iin 2006 and the first ever following a second yellow card. During the 83rd minute of yesterday's 1:4 loss against Real Madrid, he behaved unsportingly against Real's Sergio Ramos in the eyes of referee Felix Brych.
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Felix Brych and his team will take charge of tonight's UEFA Champions League final between Juventus Turin and Real Madrid in Cardiff. The 41-year old Dr. in law from Munich, Germany, has already taken charge of the UEFA Europa League final between Sevilla FC and SL Benfica in 2014. Check his statistics and some background information on his refereeing style in the referee portrait we
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The following officials have been appointed by FIFA for 2017 U20 WC Quarterfinals. 04/06/17 Venezuela - United States Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (Sweden) Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (Sweden) Fourth Official: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) Video Assistant Referee 1: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) Video Assistant Referee 2: Jerson Emiliano dos Santos
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Abuse towards referees seems normal in football. The working environment of referees and the climate they operate in isn’t always looking bright. “And if people keep seeing abuse, nobody says: I want to referee”, says Dr Tom Webb, who started the Referee and Match Official Research Network in 2017 and has just published his book […]
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Great news: Referee kits 2018 World Cup revealed. Not by Adidas yet, but @hendocfc on Twitter found the pictures online. Referees will wear the new referee kits during the World Cup in Russia. Referees from countries sponsored by Adidas will also wear them during the 2018-2019 season. The pictures I found online are blue, yellow and […]
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These are some appointments for friendly games to be played on next days. If you know an appointment that is still missing in the list below, don't hesitate to inform us! 28/05 Mexico - Croatia Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States) Assistant Referee 1: Jeffrey Hosking (United States) Assistant Referee 2: Eduardo Mariscal (United States) Fourth Official: Jair Antonio Marrufo (United
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The following officials have been appointed by FIFA for 2017 U20 WC Round of 16 games. 30/05/17 Venezuela - Japan Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Assistant Referee 2 : Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth Official: Sergey Karasev (Russia) South Korea - Portugal Referee: Andres Cunha (Uruguay) Assistant Referee 1: Nicolás Taran (
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The final quiz of the 2016-2017 season. Week 39 is the last quiz of this year. I hope you can score a 5 out of 5 score. And to make sure you won’t miss the start of the new quiz season, you can leave your e-mail address via the form below. You’ll only receive 1 […]
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Damir Skomina and his team will take charge of the UEFA Europa League between AFC Ajax and Manchester United in Solna tonight. The 40-year old from Koper in Slovenia has already taken charge of the UEFA Super Cup final between Chelsea FC and Atlético Madrid in 2012. With 137 international matches, Skomina belongs to the most experienced international match officials has to offer. Check his
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Damir Skomina will officiate the Europa League final 2017 between Ajax and Manchester United. A big game for the Slovenian referee and his team. Make sure you make the most out of this story, where I share 3 take-aways from him that will help you as a referee too. Photo’s in this post by Aleksandr […]
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These are the officials appointed for 2017 U20 WC Group Stage MD3. 26/05/17England - South Korea (B)Referee: César Ramos (Mexico).Assistant Referee 1: Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)Assistant Referee 2 : Miguel Angel Hernandez Paredes (Mexico)Fourth Official: Mario Diaz de Vivar (Paraguay)Guinea - Argentina (B)Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (Hungary)Assistant
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These are the officials appointed for 2017 U20 WC Group Stage MD2. 23/05/17 England - Guinea (A) Referee: Joel Antonio Aguilar Chicas (El Salvador) Assistant Referee 1: Juan Francisco Zumba Galán (El Salvador) Assistant Referee 2: William Alexander Torres Mejía (El Salvador) Fourth Official: Mario Alberto Díaz de Vivar Bogado (Paraguay) Video Assistant Referee 1: Roberto García Orozco (
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These are the officials appointed for 2017 U20 WC Group Stage MD1. 20/05/17Venezuela - Germany (B)Referee: Jihad Zaghlul Jarisha (Egypt)Assistant Referee 1: Ridwan A'achiq (Morocco)Assistant Referee 2: Walid Ahmad Ali (Sudan)Fourth Official: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)Video Assistant Referee 1: Mahdi Ubaid Sharif (Algeria)Video Assistant Referee 2: Éric Arnaud Otogo Castane (Gabon)
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The following match officials have been selected to take control over the matches played in Europe's top leagues in Matchweek 20. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash or
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UEFA has completed the match official appointments for this year's club competition finals in May and June respectively. Among others, Dutch UEFA Referee Committee member Jaap Uilenberg will be the official referee observer assessing the performance of Felix Brych and his teammates in Cardiff's Champions League final between Juventus Turin and Real Madrid. Meanwhile, there has been a change in
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Wolfgang Stark quits refereeing because he has reached the age limit. The man who has officiated the most Bundesliga games ever, will officiate his last game on the highest German football level on May 20th 2017. He is appointed for the game between Borussia Mönchengladbach and SV Darmstadt 98. That’s the 344’t Bundesliga game of the […]
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Another year, another edition of the Laws of the Game. IFAB Laws of the Game that is. After last year’s mouthful of changes, IFAB seems to have opened the floodgates to trying things new because anything and everything is being approved for experimentation. Likely one of the first major competitions to adopt these changes will be […]
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Big refereeing news: Bibiana Steinhaus is the first female referee in the Bundesliga. “It has always been my dream to be active in the Bundesliga”, she says to German media. “I am very pleased that this dream will come true”. She is the first center referee in one of the five biggest competitions in Europe. The 38-year-old […]
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Week 38. After this quiz only one more left before I’ll take a quiz summer break. I hope you’ve enjoyed the quizzes. Good luck with quiz 38! Do you have any wishes or suggestions for the weekly quizzes? Contact me at jan@dutchreferee.com. If you already want to make sure you don’t miss the start of […]
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