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Lebanese football referee referee Ali Sabbagh was sentenced with a six months’ improsonment today for match fixing. His assistant referees were sentenced with three months jail time, says Channel News Asia. The referees all pled guilty on the first day … Continue reading → The post Match fixing: ref Ali Sabbagh and assisstants get jailed appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Here’s the answer of the question: How many cards can a referee give to active players during a competition match on highest amateur level before he needs to abandon the match? The options were, as posted in my previous blog … Continue reading → The post Answer: 46 is max number of cards before abandoning game appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Referees from Utrecht are the Dutch Laws of the Game Champions 2013. The team won for the 4th time in a row the national championship for football rules specialists. Marco Ritmeester from Utrecht was the individual champion with 124 points … Continue reading → The post Utrecht Dutch Laws of the Game Champions 2013 appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

In the match between Bristol and Arsenal in the highest league of women’s football in England the referee gave a penalty kick for a handball. But did he have to? Below four reasons for a referee to stop play for … Continue reading → The post Four reasons for referee to stop play for injury appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

The juggling referee: nice skills from this football match offial. Sometimes referees are talented players as well. Watch the juggling referee video below, taken at a recent World Futbol Tour event in Charleston, South Carolina. The post Juggling referee shows skills at tournament appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

The dead Dutch linesman trial started today in court. Suspects could speak in court today. Some did, but their stories didn’t always match. The situation Back to the 2nd of December 2012. Youth teams of Buitenboys and Nieuw Sloten were … Continue reading → The post Dead Dutch linesman trial: suspects speak in court appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

An almost naked football supporter, a so-called streaking outside agent, enters field of play during an attack from HJK Helsinki in Finnish Veikausliiga. He runs through the penalty area and distracts the players. When the streaker is still in the … Continue reading → The post Streaking outside agent: goal cancelled appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Who are the best referees of the 2012-2013 season in your country? An overview of the best football match officials. I’ll update the blog post if other referees are names by their association or in a newspaper or football magazine … Continue reading → The post Best referees of the 2012-2013 season: an overview per country appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Goal scorer in the Thai Premier League was sent off by the referee after pulling shorts off. He placed them around his head and cheered in front of the crowd. Midfielder Mario Đurovski, player of Muang Thong United, scored the … Continue reading → The post Goal scorer sent off after pulling shorts off appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

The 2012-2013 final referees are announced by Uefa and they are all really looking forward to their appointments in European finals. Referee Uefa Women’s Champions League Romanian referee Teodora Albon is appointed as the UEFA Women’s Champions League final between … Continue reading → The post 2012-2013 final referees ready for their top matches appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Referees in the media will be published at the beginning of the week on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. German referee boss Herbert Fandel is very delighted with the … Continue reading → The post “All referees deserve a compliment” (+ more stories) appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Nicola Rizzoli is appointed as Champions League final referee. He’ll officiate the match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich Saturday 25th of May at Wembley. Nicola Rizzoli will be assisted by Renato Faverani and Andrea Stefani. On Uefa.com: “The fourth … Continue reading → The post Nicola Rizzoli Champions League final referee 2013-2014 appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Check out the new Adidas Champions League referee kits 2013-2014. Do you like them? RefereeWorld.com says this: “This exclusive shirt is only manufactured in a very small quantity.” The material is 100% polyester. The Adidas Champions League referee kits 2013-2014 … Continue reading → The post New Adidas Champions League referee kits 2013-2014 appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

In the referees dressing room: this time in the referees changing room of VFC Vlaardingen an amateur club in The Netherlands. Today I’d better say: outside the dressing room. The doors of the referees changing room at VFC Vlaardingen are … Continue reading → The post In the referees dressing room: VFC Vlaardingen appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

David Beckham Retires Legendary English soccer player David Beckham, who perhaps owns the most recognizable face on the planet, announced on May 16 that he’s going to retire at the end of the current season. Beckham currently plays for Paris Saint Germain (PSG) in France’s Ligue 1. The 38-year-old midfielder managed to win a league championship in four different countries recently when PSG won the French title. Beckham is under contract with the team until June and is donating his salary to a children’s charity. Beckham said he thanks PSG for giving him the chance to continue his career this season after he left the Los Angeles Galaxy of North America’s Major League Soccer (MLS), but believes the time is right to hang up his boots. PSG...

Ever had unauthorized football players on the bench during one of your matches? It happend in Spain last weekend. Fábio Coentrão took his place on the bench for the match against Espanyol. Apparently he missed the memo that he was … Continue reading → The post Unauthorized football players on bench appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Sulley Muntari steals yellow card from referee Antonio Damato and shows it to Mario Balotelli, the AC Milan player who took off his shirt after scoring the 1-0 against FC Turin in the 85th of the match. Referee Antonio Damato, … Continue reading → The post Muntari steals yellow card and books Balotelli appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Uefa decided to pit a set of Benfica and Chelsea fans against one another in a series of challenges to win tickets for the Europa League Final, here is the results! The post Uefa Europa League Final – The Race appeared first on The Referee. Continue reading...

UEFA Europa League (Photo credit: Wikipedia) UEFA have announced the Match Officials for this Wednesdays Europa league final between Benfica and Chelsea. Clearly there is so little money to be made in the Europa league they have had to cut back on expenses as they have appointed a Dutch team. Of course I am being flippant and well done to the the team. Referee Björn Kuipers Assistant Referee’s Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra from the Netherlands. Fourth official will be Felix Brych from Germany Additional assistant referees, Pol van Poekel and Richard Liesveld from the Netherlands. Reserve assistant referee – Berry Simons – Björn Kuipers took charge of the 2011 UEFA Super Cup game in Monaco between FC Barcelona and FC Porto and...

German football referees are getting more money next season. Top referees Wolfgang Stark and Felix Brych will earn 60.000 euro’s a year plus fees for the matches they officiate, say German media. That amount was 40.000 euro’s last year for … Continue reading → The post Salary German referees increases, match fees keep the same appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...