You have to be a little crazy to become a referee, says referee Edwin van de Graaf during a referee meeting in The Hague at my referee association. The referee at the highest levels in The Netherlands started as a football player and had to referee u7 and u9 games. He told that once you […]
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These officials have been appointed for the fourth matchday of 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (UEFA Zone). The appointments for 12 and 13 November will be added in due course. 11 November 2016 Group A, 20:45, Saint-Denis (France) France - Sweden Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (Serbia) Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (Serbia) Fourth Official: Nenad
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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! 09/11 Netherlands - Belgium Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL) 14/11 Poland - Slovenia Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)Fourth Official
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The first quiz of November. One of the questions is easy if you read this week’s case study. Good luck with the other questions this week. Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please find the Terms and Conditions plus links to previous quizzes on the Quiz Page.
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This week's Champions League matches have offered tons of video material - almost every match offered crucial decisions to take for the respective match officials and to assess for you. Check the following videos our users Chefren, DutchRef and RayHD have collected (thanks for that!) and have your say! On Sunday evening you are going to find our solutions or recommendations. Loading...
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Referee news (10): Referee unconscious after clash with player, the international appointments and Leicester City captain about changing tactics because of new rules. Kevin Johnson was officiating Sky Bet League Two match between Plymouth Argyle and Colchester United. He collided with a player while he was moving backwards. He has been stretchered off with a […]
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The following officials will be in charge of 2016-17 UEFA Europa League Group Stage Matchday 4 games. Group A, 3 November 2016, 19:00 CET Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul (TUR) Fenerbahçe SK - Manchester United FC Referee: Manuel Gräfe (GER) Assistant Referee 1: Mike Pickel (GER) Assistant Referee 2: Holger Henschel (GER) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Robert Hartmann (GER) Additional
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UEFA has chosen the following eight officiating teams to take charge of next Wednesday's Champions League ties in Groups E - H. Group E, 2 November 2016, Wembley Tottenham Hotspur - Bayer Leverkusen Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE) Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE) Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Johannesson (SWE) Additional
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UEFA has chosen the following eight officiating teams to take control over next Tuesday's Champions League ties in Groups A - D. Group A, 1 November 2016, Sofia (BUL) Ludogorets - Arsenal FC Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED) Assistant Referee 1: Rob van de Ven (NED) Assistant Referee 2: Charles John Schaap (NED) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED) Additional Assistant Referee 2
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Thank to our source Árbitro Internacional, we are proud to announce the selected officials for 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, to be played in Japan. Six officiating trios have been selected from each confederation, but this time the most important innovation will be represented by the VAR's officials. AFC: Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain, 1976) Assistant Referee 1: Yaser Abdullash Tulefat (
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A very interesting situation on the pitch: Jerry St. Juste is playing with lost footwear and scored a goal with one shoe. The Heerenveen player gets the ball on his own half, but looses one of his shoes right after his first touch. He dribbles towards the opponent’s goal and without being challenged he is […]
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UEFA has appointed the following match officials to referee next week's Youth League Matchday 4. A| 01.11.2016, 16:00 CET (Basel) FC Basel 1893 - Paris Saint-Germain Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA) Assistant Referee 1: Romans Platonovs (LVA) Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Griščenko (LVA) Fourth Official: Urs Schnyder (SUI) UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI) UEFA Delegate:
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Happy to see hundreds of referees take part in the weekly quizzes. Thanks all for sending e-mails to your colleagues at referee associations, or sending out tweets or Facebook messages with a link to these tests. Thanks all for your help in spreading the links to these useful quizzes. This week I’ve got a new […]
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UEFA has appointed the following match officials to referee the first legs of Youth League Domestic champions path's second round. 02.11.2016, 14:00 CET (Thessaloniki) PAOK FC - AFC Ajax Referee: Kirill Levnikov (RUS) Assistant Referee 1: Viacheslav Semenov (RUS) Assistant Referee 2: Andrei Vereteshkin (RUS) Fourth Official: Ioannis Papadopoulos (GRE) UEFA Referee Observer: Christoforos
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Your chance to guess the referees who will take charge of the fourthmatchday of UEFA Champions League - and to win a small prize sponsored by our partners Refsworld UK. The results of the last matchday will be placed here in due course (the winner is already informed). You can find the referee observers here. Loading...
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After some weeks without that many posts, we will sum up the most important news from UEFA's and FIFA's Headquarters and international refereeing as a whole in the next few days. UEFA Delegate (l.) and Referee Observer on duty before a game UEFA Referee Observers for next week Champions League: Ludogorets - Arsenal FC UEFA Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz (TUR) UEFA Delegate: Balázs Makray (
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Last weekend was an offside special. More people got 4 correct answers than the number of people who got 5 (all) correct. I have to admit the fifth question was a bit tricky. Yes, the player was in offside position with one foot on the opponents half, but the pass came from an opponent. That […]
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World Cup final referee Howard has launched launched a new book called The Man in the Middle. This new book will released on the 20th of October. I am really looking forward to read a copy. Howard asked me to write his publisher to get a review copy as referee blogger. I’m hoping that one […]
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Referee news of week 9. This week’s news talks about a referee civil war, mentioned in a story about Howard Webb. You can also find the latest referee appointments for this week, plus some interesting clips. Referee civil war “Howard Webb opens up on astonishing referee civil war between Graham Poll’s ‘Red Wine Club’ and […]
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The following officials will be in charge of 2016-17 UEFA Europa League Group Stage Matchday 3 games (in progress). Group G, 20 October 2016, 19:00 CET Balaídos, Vigo (ESP) RC Celta de Vigo - AFC Ajax Referee: Ivan Kruzliak (SVK) Assistant Referee 1: Martin Balko (SVK) Assistant Referee 2: Tomas Somolani (SVK) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Peter Kralovic (SVK) Additional Assistant
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