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Referee training session of the Associazione Italiana Arbitri CAN A – the Italian referees of the highest football level. The Italian referees had to pass their fitness tests at the beginning of the season. Someone filmed it and published it … Continue reading → The post Referee training session under Italian sun appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Spanish football referee Eduardo Prieto Iglesias is one of the two new match officials who who got promoted to the highest league in Spain. Thanks to Spanish blog Árbitros de Fútbol we can get to know him much better. The … Continue reading → The post Eduardo Prieto Iglesias: new referee in Primera División appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

A referee in the match between German teams SV Sandhausen and VfR Aalen gets the ball in his face. The referee whistled for a foul and the player was taking the freekick very quickly. He shot the referee, who was … Continue reading → The post Referee gets ball right in his face appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

The Dutch FA and sponsor insurance company ARAG gave all Dutch referees the chance to visit the Supercup for free. All referees will get a yellow Nike referee shirt, so one part of the Amsterdam Arena will turn yellow tonight. … Continue reading → The post Supercup stadium turns yellow with referees appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

This Sunday is the last day of the premier league season and we have that rare treat of all games being played on the same day. Everything is pretty much wrapped up, however there is the chance that if Arsenal and Chelsea finish level on points and goal differnece nad goals scored, we will have a play off for 3rd place. Is that the most stupid play off ever, I do hope that it doesnt happen as I am sure someone will have the idea that we should have play offs to decide who wins the league as they do in Rugby Union. I know they had them in Holland but they have less European places so it does make more sense. I would rather head to head records come into play which would then see Chelsea finish 3rd. Anyway the appointments Chelsea v...

Earlier this week I blogged about the fact that European referees will not be tested for doping. But they should summon players to be tested if there’s suspicion of using performance enhancing drugs. Referees have an active task next season … Continue reading → The post How to recognize doping in football matches as referee? appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Referees will not be no blood tests for referees who officiate in European competitions. Uefa announced blood testing across all its competitions in 2013/14, but confirmed to the Dutch Referee Blog that match officials will not be tested. Uefa’s press … Continue reading → The post No blood tests for referees in 2013/2014 by Uefa appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Referees who are appointed for the national supercups. An overview per country: The Netherlands The Dutch Supercup will be refereed by Richard Liesveld. He will be assisted by assistants Dave Goossens and Hessel Steegstra. Fourth official is Dennis Higler en … Continue reading → The post Supercup referee per country appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Youth players took part in a football tournament with historic rules. The original Laws Of the Game, the so-called “Sheffield Rules” were used for the first time in over hundred years during a tournament at Hallam FC last month. Who … Continue reading → The post Historic Sheffield rules used during youth football match appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Wonderful Martin Hansson documentary called Rättskiparen about the Swedish top football referee. A Swedish documentary of half an hour which you should see as a football match official. In the summer break tv section I’ll be linking to interesting refereeing … Continue reading → The post Summer break tv: Martin Hansson documentary Rättskiparen appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

One of my readers posted the photo below on the Dutch Referee Blogs Facebook timeline. outfit of goalkeeper, good topic. Thanks for the suggestion about. It shows a goalkeeper appearing in a suit – can’t see his tie – on … Continue reading → The post Outfit of goalkeeper: suit and shirt appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Referees in the media will be published randonly on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading: Martin Hansson, Paul MacArtney. Martin Hansson quits his job as full-time professional referee. He will … Continue reading → The post Martin Hansson quits as professional referee appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Björn Kuipers is appointed as referee of the Confederations Cup final between Brazil and Spain next Sunday. His assistants (as always) are Sander van Roekel en Erwin Zeinstra. The refereeing team refereed a group stage match between Nigeria – Uruguay … Continue reading → The post Björn Kuipers to referee Confederations Cup final appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

I blogged about Irmatov who whistled for a foul and then still allows the goal which was scored afterwards. There’s a same situation back in the nineties in Germany: it costed referee Michael Malbranc his career. We need to go … Continue reading → The post Michael Malbranc: a mistake that costed him his referee career appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Ravshan Irmatov whistled for a foul in the Confederations Cup match between Italy and Brazil and awarded a penalty. Then he realised that another Italian player scored a goal immediately after he whistled. He choose to change decision and awards … Continue reading → The post Change decision: Irmatov gives penalty … oh no, a goal appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Assistants referee at the u21 Fifa World Cup are allowed to use “referee spray” to mark position of free kick and defensive walls. It’s the first time during such an international tournament. “To have made a debut in a FIFA … Continue reading → The post Going crazy with referee spray at u21 WC appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

The Laws of the Game cover lots of topics you think they might not happen in a football match. So is headbutting a teammate. This might be rare, but it happened in Ukraine this week. Volodymyr Lysenko from football club … Continue reading → The post Headbutting a teammate in Ukrainian football appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Dutch amateur football club VFC Vlaarding got a fair play certificate from the Dutch FA because of their refereeing policy. Sportivity and respect are very important to get such an reward. The club also helps and mentors its own referees. … Continue reading → The post Fair play certificate for ref policy of football club appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

7 suspects guilty of manslaughter on linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen. The father is punished with 6 years imprisonment. Six minors all got the maximum penalty possible in juvenile justice for their age. One who was 15-years-old during the incident got a … Continue reading → The post 7 suspects guilty of manslaughter on linesman Nieuwenhuizen appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

An Argentine player creates riot on football pitch after picking up a dog from the pitch and throwing it over the fence. The player Enzo Jimenez saw the dog on the field of play in the match between San Juan … Continue reading → The post Red card for throwing dog over the fence appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...