When the weather gets colder, the days get dark earlier and gloves as well as floodlights appear on the agenda in your games as a referee, you know that Christmas cannot be far anymore. Time to take out your Advent Calendar. We also have one - a Referee Advent Calendar. Behind our 24 "doors", you'll find a mixture of educative articles, improving and cementing your knowledge of the new laws
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“Make sure you’ll have maximum control as referee”, says Bjorn Kuipers. That doesn’t mean you have to step up with a dominant presence, you need to control the things you can. Taking maximum control as referee means, according to Kuipers, that you everything you can to deliver a top performance. And key there is: it’s […]
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“You haven’t passed your assessment” I was sitting on the other side of the bench with both legs on either side and couldn’t help but look to the floor in disappointment. It wasn’t a surprise but I wasn’t used to hearing a binary decision on my performance in the debrief so it was an unexpected blow […]
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Charles Corver was named Dutch referee of the 20th century by football weekly Voetbal International. He officiated in four European Cup finals and the final of the Intercontinental Cup. And yet, despite his impressive career, his name is associated most often with that incident in the semi-final of the 1982. Do you remember? That’s during the […]
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Dutch professional referees will wear black armbands this weekend in memory of Leo van der Kroft. The former referee at the top level in The Netherlands and a FIFA referee passed away on November 24th of 2016. Leo van der Kroft was the first referee in The Netherlands who issued a yellow card. After his career […]
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The last quiz of November. Last week’s quiz was quite heavy for all of you. If you’re not sure about how to handle then, please re-take the quiz of last week. I bet this quiz is a little easier, but can you score 5 out 5? Good luck! Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please […]
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Trust your team members. That’s one of the most important things as referee according to Bjorn Kuipers. Before the European Championships in France the Dutch press talked about Team Kuipers. In a previous tip in this series I already talked about communicating with your team members. Today is all about trust. During a match situation […]
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Referee news this week has an interesting insight into the British Columbia Soccer Referee Program. But you’ll also find the latest international referee appointments and more interesting reads below. Video: British Columbia Soccer Referee Program The appointments follow below, but first the British Columbia Referee Program. In this video below you’ll get an idea of what […]
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The following officials will be in charge of 2016-17 UEFA Europa League Group Stage Matchday 5 games. Group D, 24 November 2016, 17:00 CET Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg (RUS) Football Club Zenit - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD) Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD) Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Dimitar
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UEFA has chosen the following officials to take charge of next Tuesday's Champions League matches. Group A, 23 November 2016, London, (ENG) Arsenal FC - Paris Saint-Germain Referee: Felix Brych (GER) Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER) Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Bastian Dankert (GER) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Marco Fritz (GER) 4th Official
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UEFA has chosen the following eight referee teams to take charge of next Tuesday's Champions League ties in Groups E - H. Group E, 22 November 2016, Monaco (MON) AS Monaco - Tottenham Hotspur Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED) Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED) Assistant Referee 2: Erwin E.J. Zeinstra (NED) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Pol van Boekel (NED) Additional Assistant
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In week 12 of the Laws of the Game Quiz it’s all about throwing objects. From inside the field of play, from outside the field of play, by players, substitutes and objects that even miss the opponent. But do you know how play needs to be restarted in those situations? Please try that out and […]
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Your chance to guess the referees who will take charge of the fifth matchday of UEFA Champions League - and to win a small prize sponsored by our partners Refsworld UK. Please stay patient until Saturday to find the updated lists and rankings (for matchday 4 check the last post). Loading...
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UEFA has appointed the following match officials to referee next week's Youth League Matchday 5. E| 22.11.2016, 12:00 CET (Moscow) PFC CSKA Moskva - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA) Assistant Referee 1: Raimonds Tatriks (LVA) Assistant Referee 2: Jevgenijs Morozovs (LVA) Fourth Official: Alexandra Ponomareva (RUS) UEFA Referee Observer: Karden Nalbandyan (ARM) UEFA
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UEFA has appointed the following match officials to referee the second legs of Youth League Domestic champions path's second round. 23.11.2016, 11:30 CET (Khimki) FC Dynamo-Moscow - Maccabi Haifa FC Referee: Dominik Ouschan (AUT) Assistant Referee 1: Markus Gutschi (AUT) Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Gamper (AUT) Fourth Official: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS) UEFA Referee Observer: Nikolai
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FIFA has officially announced the selected officials for 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, to be played in Japan. Five officiating trios have been selected from each confederation, the crew from OFC has only one assistant referee assigned. A Mexican trio replaced Ricardo Montero from Costa Rica, originally appointed for the tournament. However, his time the most important innovation will be represented
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A big referee appointment doesn’t mean you’re there yet, says Bjorn Kuipers in his book. The Dutch referee got an e-mail on February 15th 2014 with some good news. Awesome news I should say. He got appointed for the World Cup in Brazil. “Dear all, CONGRATULATIONS!!”, was written in an e-mail from Massimo Busacca. One […]
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These are the officials appointed by UEFA for the play-off matches of U-21 EURO 2017 qualifiers. Second legs to be played on 15 November 2016. 15 November 2016, 18:00 CET Carlos Belmonte, Albacete (ESP) Spain - Austria Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED) Assistant Referee 1: Dave Goossens (NED) Assistant Referee 2: Bas van Dongen (NED) Fourth Official: Pol van Boekel (NED) UEFA Delegate: Olivier
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Enjoy the new referee Quiz, week 11 already, published on the 11th day of the 11th month. This is probably your lucky day now What are your thoughts on the new quizzes? What are your thoughts of the difficulty? Get in touch with me via jan@dutchreferee.com Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please find […]
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These are the officials appointed by UEFA for the play-off matches of U-21 EURO 2017 qualifiers. First legs to be played on 11 November 2016. 11 November 2016, 18:00 CET Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade (SRB) Serbia - Norway Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG) Assistant Referee 1: Simon Bennett (ENG) Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG) Fourth Official: Stuart Attwell (ENG) UEFA Delegate: Lukasz
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