Gediminas Mažeika and Slavko Vinčić have been appointed to handle the semifinals. 27 June, 18:00 CET (Tychy) England - Germany Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU) Assistant Referees: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU), Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU) Additional Assistant Referees: Donatas Rumšas (LTU), Robertas Valikonis (LTU) Fourth Official: Michal Obukowicz (POL) UEFA Delegate: UEFA Referee Observer: 27
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UEFA has appointed the following referee teams to oversee this week's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League First Qualifying Round games. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2017/18 FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND - FIRST LEGS 27 June 2017, 18:00 CET, Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Yerevan (ARM) Alashkert FC (ARM) - FC Santa Coloma (AND) Referee: Stefan Apostolov (BUL) Assistant
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French international referee Benoît Bastien has been assigned to take charge of this year's UEFA Under-21 EURO Final between the winners of the semifinal ties England/Germany and Spain/Italy respectively. Having performed well both in Portugal - Serbia and Czech Republic - Italy in the group stage, the 34-year old from Épinal, Eastern France, will follow in the footsteps of several reknown
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Iranian Alireza Faghani and Argentina's Néstor Pitana will officiate the semifinals of 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. 28 June 2017, 20:00 CET Kazan Arena, Kazan (Russia) Portugal - Chile Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) Assistant Referee 1: Reza Sokhandan (Iran) Assistant Referee 2: Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran) Fourth Official: Fahad Al Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) Video Assistant Referee 1:
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UEFA has published the new composition of Referees Committee for the period 2017 - 19, valid from 1 July 2017. Pierluigi Collina, appointed a few weeks ago as Chairman of the Committee, has been also confirmed as Chief Refereeing Officer. Vladimir Sajn (SVN) and Dagmar Damková (CZE) have been promoted as Second Vice-Chairman and Third Vice-Chairwoman respectively. Portuguese José Fontelas Gomes
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Serbian Milorad Mažić has been appointed by FIFA to officiate the final of 2017 Confederations Cup, to be played on Sunday 2 July between Chile and Germany. At the same time, Saudi Fahad Al-Mirdasi has been assigned to the third place game, involving Portugal and Mexico. For the Serbian this will be the second international final in his career, after UEFA Super Cup in 2016. Damir Skomina
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UEFA has appointed the following referee teams to oversee this week's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League First Qualifying Round games. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2017/18 FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND - SECOND LEGS 4 July 2017, 18:00 CET, A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (EST) FCI Tallinn (EST) - Hibernians FC (MLT) Referee: Alex De Albuquerque Troleis (FRO) Assistant Referees: Dan
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In June season was over. The last games were great: play-offs and the appointment for the u17 cup final. And then it was time to relax. This is how I took a break from refereeing in Africa. Taking four weeks off from work is good, but I also like it to have some days off […]
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Big news not only for Italian football refereeing: World Cup 2014 final referee Nicola Rizzoli has retired from active officiating to take a leading role of the Serie A referee panel. Embed from Getty Images Time to go: Nicola Rizzoli has retired The 45-year old architect from Mirandola has refereed three major finals in total: The Europa League final between Atlético Madrid and
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These are the officials appointed by UEFA for the 2nd Qualifying Round of UEFA Champions League. Missing appointments will be published in due course. 11/07/2017 Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika Stadionu, Baku (AZE), 19:00 CET FK Qarabağ Ağdam (AZE) - FC Samtredia (GEO) Referee: Mete Kalkavan (TUR) Assistant Referee 1: Esat Sancaktar (TUR) Assistant Referee 2: Erdem Bayik (TUR)
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These are the referee appointments for the second qualifiying round of the new Europa League 2017/18 campaign. 12/07/17 Dalga Stadium, Baku (AZE), 18:00 CET İnter Baku PİK (AZE) - CS Fola Esch (LUX) Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (ISR) Assistant Referee 1: Sagy Metzamber ISR) Assistant Referee 2: Nissan Davidy (ISR) 4th Official: Daniel Bar Natan (ISR) UEFA Delegate: Vladislav Khodeev (
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Esfandiar Baharmast saw something that 16 camera’s couldn’t see, but it took a while before players, fans and journalists realised it. The US referees shares his thoughts on a historical World Cup game. After decades on the pitch, Esfandiar Baharmast, reached the World Cup. Norway played against Brazil. A place in the next round is […]
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My road to become a referee teacher has started today. Yes, I am already teaching and helping new referees via my referee website. But now I am also selected to become referee teacher at KNVB. This is something I really want to do. My goal is not just to improve as a referee, but also […]
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Serbian Second Group referee Srđan Jovanović has been chosen to officiate this year's Under-19 European Championship final, to be played on next Saturday between Portugal and England. The 31 years old will be assisted by Thibaud Nijssen from Belgium and Yuri Khomchenko from Belarus. Norwegian Ola Hobber Nilsen will work as fourth official. The officiating team will be observed by Levan
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Referees of Women’s Euro 2017 are ready to set out a top performance. The tournaments starts at July 16th in The Netherlands and the match officials are well-prepared. The final is played at the 6th of August. I wish all match officials a great tournament! “Let’s get it started soon, the officials are looking forward […]
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Referee appointments for second legs of 2nd Qualifying Round of UEFA Champions League. 18/07/2017 Astana Arena, Astana (KAZ), 16:00 CET FC Astana (KAZ) - FK Spartaks Jurmala (LVA)Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (GRE)Assistant Referee 1: Tryfon Petropoulos (GRE)Assistant Referee 2: Alexandros Grevenis (GRE)4th Official: Praxitelis Zachariadis (GRE)UEFA Delegate: Ronen Hershco (ISR)
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These are the referee appointments for the return legs of second qualifiying round of the new Europa League 2017/18 campaign. 20/07/17 Lyngby Stadion, Lyngby (DEN), 17:00 CET Lyngby BK (DEN) - ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson (ISL) Assistant Referee 1: Gylfi Már Sigurðsson (ISL) Assistant Referee 2: Bryngeir Valdimarsson (ISL) 4th Official: Þóroddur
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Italian Elite referee Gianluca Rocchi has been appointed by UEFA Referees Committee to officiate 2017 Super Cup, to be played between Real Madrid and Manchester United on 8 August 2017 in Skopje, FYR Macedonia. It will be the first UEFA final for the 43-year old from Florence, a deserved achievement after many seasons with regular performances at high level. Rocchi has officiated two
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DFB introduces the German Video Assist Center. Video Assistant Referees (VARs) support the Bundesliga referees from here for all 306 games during the 2017-2018 season. In this center in Köln six videao assistant referees (VARs) can work simultaneously. “We are very well prepared”, says Ansgar Schwenken. He is the DFL Director Football Affairs & Fans […]
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These are the officials appointed by UEFA for the 3rd Qualifying Round of UEFA Champions League. 25/07/2017 Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika Stadionu, Baku (AZE), 19:00 CET FK Qarabağ Ağdam (AZE) - FC Sheriff (MDA) Referee: Siarhei Tsynkevich (BLR) Assistant Referee 1: Yauheni Ramanau (BLR) Assistant Referee 2: Vitali Maliutsin (BLR) 4th Official: Viktar Shymusik (BLR) UEFA
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