15 October 2018, 20:45 CET - Reykjavík (Laugardalsvöllur)
ICELAND - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Fredrik Nilsson (SWE)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Kaspar Sjöberg (SWE)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Magnus Lindgren (SWE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Guy Goethals (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Styrbjörn Oskarsson (FIN)
League A - Group 4
15 October 2018, 20:45 CET - Seville (Estadio Benito Villamarín)
SPAIN - ENGLAND
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Krzysztof Myrmus (POL)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Zbigniew Dobrynin (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kýros Vassáras (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Dag Steinar Vestlund (NOR)
League B - Group 3
15 October 2018, 20:45 CET - Sarajevo (Stadion Grbavica)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - NORTHERN IRELAND
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikko Alakare (FIN)
Fourth Official: Jukka Honkanen (FIN)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Antti Munukka (FIN)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Dennis Antamo (FIN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Petr Fousek (CZE)
League C - Group 2
15 October 2018, 20:45 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
ESTONIA - HUNGARY
Referee: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Hakan Yemişken (TUR)
Fourth Official: Kerem Ersoy (TUR)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Ümit Öztürk (TUR)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Koray Gençerler (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vasyl Melnychuk (UKR)
UEFA Delegate: Camelia Nicolae (ROU)
League C - Group 2
15 October 2018, 20:45 CET - Tampere (Tampereen stadion)
FINLAND - GREECE
Referee: Paweł Gil (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Adam Kupsik (POL)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Piotr Lasyk (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi (SMR)
UEFA Delegate: Paolo Rondelli (SMR)
League D - Group 2
15 October 2018, 20:45 CET - Minsk (Nacyjanaĺny Alimpijski Stadyjon "Dynama")
BELARUS - MOLDOVA
Referee: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Graeme Stewart (SCO)
Fourth Official: Alastair Mather (SCO)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Donald Robertson (SCO)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: David Munro (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Joeri Van De Velde (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Jan Damgaard (DEN)
League D - Group 2
15 October 2018, 20:45 CET - Luxembourg (Stade Josy Barthel)
LUXEMBOURG - SAN MARINO
Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Jevgeņijs Morozovs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Raimonds Tatriks (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs (LVA)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Edgars Maļcevs (LVA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrković (BIH)
UEFA Delegate: Markku Lehtola (FIN)
Big appointment for Ekberg, given also that his promotion to Category 1 is quite recent (less than a year)... for sure he can replace on next months Eriksson in the Elite list.
ReplyDeleteHe should be the favourite for the next CL debut now.
DeleteAlso a very good appointment for Gestranius there with a committee member - rather surprising, looking at previous appointments he did not seem to be in the top half of the First Group.
Otherwise no surprises, Marciniak might be watched regarding a potential final this season.
Ekbergs appointment is big if you look at other appointments. Most of the A league in nations league have elite referees appointed
DeleteEkberg is a referee that I rate highly. It's definitely a good signal for him.
DeleteAbout Gestranius. I think that he gained many points after his performance on PAOK-AEK. Being observed by Fandel could indicate a CL appointment on MD5-6.
ReplyDeleteFour Polish referees in one round NL. Wow!
KNVB has revealed Kuipers appointment for Tuesday, Republic of Ireland - Wales. For the rest, we must wait tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI would predict:
DeleteFRA-GER: Mazic (only Elite referee without appointment in NL so far)
UKR-CZE: de Sousa (no Portuguese appointed on MD3/4 so far)
NOR-BUL: Aghayev
SVN-CYP: Aranovsky
KAZ-AND: Meckarovski
LVA-GEO: Dankert
ARM-MKD: Petrescu
GIB-LIE: Kristoffersen
German AAR appointments indicate another team involved. Otherwise trying to split matches between many different countries.
About de Sousa, I think he is injured? No appointments at all in this season, his last games were in Primeira Liga, last matchdays of 21017/18.
DeleteStrömbergsson appointed for Nations league on Tuesday according to the Swedish football association.
DeleteJorge Sousa is injured, will return in December.
DeleteOK, then UKR-CZE should go to Hategan, wo I missed, when checking for Elite referees.
DeleteSeveral referees are practicing with the VAR in Zeist at the headquarters of the KNVB. Names mentioned in the article are Davide Massa, Matej Jug, Aleksey Kulbakov and Kabakov. https://www.knvb.nl/nieuws/themas/arbitrage-20/50735/var-training-uefa-scheidsrechters-knvb-arag-replay-center
ReplyDeleteVery interesting article, thank you so much Timo! Let's see whether we will get the full list of participants.
DeleteHi,
DeleteThere is an announcement in Turkish FF website about the participation of Murat Ilgaz as instructor to the VAR course.
http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=248&ftxtID=30122
Also there are lists of other instructors and participants.
Instructors:
http://www.tff.org/Resources/TFF/Auto/aac91f630e6349bc983a41a0374af02a.jpg
Participants:
http://www.tff.org/Resources/TFF/Auto/85e80021d9034a7791c9769747dc3709.jpg
Cheers.
From Slovenia: Matej Jug & Slavko Vinčič as refrerees and Vlado Šajn as a member of the UEFA Referee Committee http://www.nzs.si/novica/Vincic_po_prvem_VAR_seminarju_UEFA_na_tekmo_lige_narodov_na_Slovasko?id=47717&id_landing=&id_objekta=41
DeleteThank you!
DeleteCould already be a pre-list for EURO 2020 VARs...
DeleteIn Belgium Bart Vertenten has been arrested due to match fixing. In two degradation matches he accorded twice a penalty. One of them fof a fault far outside the backarea. A football agent and members of KV Mechelen are accused too. Sebastien Delferiere is free but also accused. His report according an excluded player was falsified. Møre, together with a football manager he bought a car at lower price. Finally he received money from that manager fir his sport school. In Belgium we think it’s the end for both.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your report, I have downloaded the full game, but I think I have no time to watch it and to make a detailed report.
ReplyDeleteMaybe later on I will try to answer on some points.
To all readers, if you are interested in any of these situations, you can ask, I will post a video!
OT - Ligue 1 - Referee appointments for Matchday 11
ReplyDelete19/10/2018, 20:45CET
OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS - NÎMES OLYMPIQUE
Referee: Olivier Thual
Assistant Referees: Matthieu Lombard, Julien Aube
Fourth Official: Thierry Bouille
Video Assistant Referees: Florent Batta, Hamid Guenaoui
20/10/2018, 17:00CET
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN - AMIENS SC
Referee: Mikael Lesage
Assistant Referees: Stephan Luzi, Eric Danizan
Fourth Official: Mickael Leleu
Video Assistant Referees: Johan Hamel, Dominique Julien
20/10/2018, 20:00CET
SM CAEN - EA GUINGAMP
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
Assistant Referees: Gwenael Pasqualotti, Philippe Jeanne
Fourth Official: Rémi Landry
Video Assistant Referees: Jérôme Miguelgorry, Romain Lissorgue
20/10/2018, 20:00CET
DIJON FCO - LILLE LOSC
Referee: Thomas Leonard
Assistant Referees: Gilles Lang, Frédéric Hebrard
Fourth Official: Abdelatif Kherradji
Video Assistant Referees: François Letexier (FIFA - 2nd), Arnaud Baert
20/10/2018, 20:00CET
FC NANTES - TOULOUSE FC
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FIFA - Elite)
Assistant Referees: Hicham Zakrani (FIFA), Frédéric Haquette (FIFA)
Fourth Official: Gael Angoula
Video Assistant Referees: Benoît Millot (FIFA - 2nd), Stéphane Bré
20/10/2018, 20:00CET
STADE DE REIMS - ANGERS SCO
Referee: Eric Wattellier
Assistant Referees: Aurélien Berthomieu, Mehdi Rahmouni
Fourth Official: Thierry Bouille
Video Assistant Referees: Willy Delajod, Stéphanie Frappart (FIFA - Elite)
20/10/2018, 20:00CET
RC STRASBOURG ALSACE - AS MONACO
Referee: Nicolas Rainville (FIFA - 2nd)
Assistant Referees: Guillaume Debart (FIFA), Alexandre Viala
Fourth Official: Bastien Dechepy
Video Assistant Referees: Alexandre Castro, Faouzi Benchabane
21/10/2018, 15:00CET
MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - GIRONDINS DE BORDEAUX
Referee: Frank Schneider (FIFA - 2nd)
Assistant Referees: Djemel Zitouni, Nicolas Henninot
Fourth Official: Aurélien Petit
Video Assistant Referees: Florent Batta, Wilfried Bien
21/10/2018, 17:00CET
AS SAINT-ETIENNE - STADE RENNAIS
Referee: Clément Turpin (FIFA - Elite)
Assistant Referees: Nicolas Danos (FIFA), Cyril Gringore (FIFA)
Fourth Official: Antoine Valnet
Video Assistant Referees: Karim Abed (FIFA - 2nd), Bruno Coué
21/10/2018, 21:00CET
OGC NICE - OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE
Referee: Amaury Delerue (FIFA - 2nd)
Assistant Referees: Bertrand Jouannaud (FIFA), Huseyin Ocak
Fourth Official: Jérémy Stinat
Video Assistant Referees: Johan Hamel, Romain Delpech
Bastien is back after an injury, must have been a small one, otherwise he would not have immediately received a game in L1. Turpin is appointed on Sunday, so CL on Tuesday is unlikely. I don't expect him at all this week there, on Wednesday there is not really a game that would fit him IMO.
please tell me what happened because I can`t find anywhere the referees and uefa referee delegates for the final stage at the uefa under 21 qualifiers.
ReplyDeleteToday's games. I will post the tomorrow's ones in one hour
Delete15 October 2018, 17:00 CET - Chomutov (Letní stadion)
CZECH REPUBLIC - MOLDOVA / Group 1
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Mahbod Beigi (SWE)
Fourth Official: Victor Wolf (SWE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Charles Schaack (LUX)
15 October 2018, 18:30 CET - Athens (Dimotikó Stádio Peristeríou)
GREECE - BELARUS / Group 1
Referee: Nejc Kajtazovič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomislav Pospeh (SVN)
Fourth Official: Mitja Žganec (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Brian Lawlor (WAL)
UEFA Delegate: Yariv Teper (ISR)
15 October 2018, 18:30 CET - Serravalle (San Marino Stadium)
SAN MARINO - CROATIA / Group 1
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Ermal Barushi (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Denis Agaraj (ALB)
Fourth Official: Klajdi Kola (ALB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Are Habicht (EST)
UEFA Delegate: Ivan Tsitovich (RUS)
thank`s a lot.
DeleteHere you can find all U21 appointments
Deletehttps://kronikasedziowska.blogspot.com/2018/10/2019-uefa-under-21-championship_15.html
Premier League Round Nine
ReplyDeleteSaturday 20 October
12:30 Chelsea v Man Utd
Referee: Mike Dean
Assistants: Ian Hussin, Darren Cann
Fourth official: Craig Pawson
AFC Bournemouth v Southampton
Referee: Lee Probert
Assistants: Simon Beck, Andy Garratt
Fourth official: Stuart Attwell
Cardiff City v Fulham
Referee: Kevin Friend
Assistants: Matthew Wilkes, Derek Eaton
Fourth official: Andy Davies
Man City v Burnley
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Assistants: Eddie Smart, Andy Halliday
Fourth official: Chris Kavanagh
Newcastle United v Brighton
Referee: Andre Marriner
Assistants: Simon Long, Richard West
Fourth official: Tony Harrington
West Ham United v Spurs
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Assistants: Stephen Child, Peter Kirkup
Fourth official: David Coote
Wolves v Watford
Referee: Lee Mason
Assistants: Marc Perry, Neil Davies
Fourth official: John Brooks
17:30 Huddersfield Town v Liverpool
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistants: Stuart Burt, Simon Bennett
Fourth official: Simon Hooper
Sunday 21 October
16:00 Everton v Crystal Palace
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistants: Gary Beswick, Adam Nunn
Fourth official: Simon Hooper
Monday 22 October
20:00 Arsenal v Leicester City
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Assistants: Daniel Cook, Sian Massey-Ellis
Fourth official: Jonathan Moss
Yes in most of UEFA competitions group stages, including Europa League, only referee and AR1 must be FIFA. All the rest can be NO FIFA.
ReplyDeleteCorrect first YC by Marciniak in Spain - England, I would say mandatory.
ReplyDeleteGood ONSIDE by AR2 before England's goal!
ReplyDeleteToo much leniency Gil's performance.
ReplyDeleteIs he allowed to book players? :)
DeleteTerrible performance by both Polish crews today...Clear penalty to Greece was denied by Gill and clear penalty to Spain was denied by Marciniak.....
DeleteAnother good ONSIDE by AR2 for England's third goal.
ReplyDeleteI‘m watching Ekberg in Iceland-Switzerland. Not much to happened so far, but for me the Swedish missed a clear YC in 40’ for Zakaria for SPA. There were some protests by Icelandic players who seemed quite unhappy with Ekberg. We will see how the game goes on...
ReplyDeleteThat should have been a PK and RC, IMO...
ReplyDeleteMinute 63': very likely a missed penalty by Marciniak and especially AAR2 who was there. Blatant holding by English keeper. Player would have easily scored.
ReplyDeleteIncredible mistake. Blatant holding!
Deleteunbelievable. It was clear penalty fr Spain just in front of AAR 2. Is this the same AAR like in Tottenham- Juventus ?
DeleteAAR was just 2 meters away!
DeleteAnyway, such a blatan holding should have been seen (also) by Marciniak ...
DeleteLot of problems for Marciniak in detecting penalties last months and many crucial mistakes.
DeleteNo, this time it was Zbigniew Dobrynin, no FIFA referee.
DeleteThis is because many Polish FIFA officials are busy and have other assignments.
This is 3rd penalty not given by Marciniak this year: Tottenham- Juventus, Argentina- Iceland, Spain- England.
DeleteBetter to mention Germany - Sweden instead of Argentina - Iceland, if we want to talk about CLEAR penalties...
DeleteI didn't say the word "clear" :) . I forgot about Germany- Sweden ...
DeleteIn my opinion only penalty in Tottenham - Juventus was clear.
Delete... and many people here say that Marciniak is favourite for UEFA Cup final in 2019. Terrible 2018 for Marciniak.
Deletebut Marciniak still shows he's a great referee: 7 minutes of ET
DeleteReally? Look at the situation step by step:
Delete1. attackers foul (holding)
2. Attackers folu number two (elbow on the face)
3. Golkeapers foul (holding)
No penalty. FK for England for me.
@Chefren
DeleteDo you think it's normal that, in a game like this, Marciniak didn't have a FIFA AAR ? I'm not interested about other appointments but in a game like this you should send the best officials. Poland has 7 FIFA referees. Don't tell me that all of them had their own games in this midweek ...
I don't want to blame too much the AAR2 because Marciniak should have seen himself that blatant holding.
Is there a link to the incident to rewatch?
DeleteIncident you have not probably not seen yet from the game yesterday involving Ramos and Sterling. Looks like a stamp but little chance for the officials to see it https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1052034413012406272
DeleteAnd the video of the penalty incident.
Deletehttps://twitter.com/ffsgrexlish/status/1051930930754060288
Watching in live speed that's play on IMO, on the reply on the other hand, holding is quite clear. Anyway, it's a grey area, not a clear situation.
My subjective feeling
ReplyDeleteMost of the current elite (but also lower categories) referees are burnt out. Some of them handle too many games nowadays. Some of them are too experienced to be still motivated. In addition, some of them are simply too weak for real elite group and some are still not ready for the biggest games. Many referees are not able to cope with crises.
Extremely difficult, if not impossible, task for Rosetti this season and it's no surprise UEFA wants VAR to be implemented as soon as possible.
However, with VAR system, most referees look like zombies - no motivation, no alertness, the game is just another day in the work. Finally, in case of big mistakes, there is VAR who will help them. They can't find a fun in what they are doing!
Absolutely no-win situation at the moment and it's most likely the end of refereeing we have known for years. Bad times...
About burn out, for example this season Marciniak already has done 15 games and Skomina 13 meanwhile Turpin only 8. Maybe some referees handle too many games...
DeleteThat's it! Turpin is one of a few who is always fully focused, and motivated.
DeleteAnd some of them also officiate in Saudi Professional League now. Whose multiple trips between countries could be exhausting.
DeleteBut so profitable...
DeleteI think Rosetti came at an interesting time right when a large core of the elite referee group approaches later stages/retirement. I think he is now in a position to implement the new elite generation of referees for a decade to come. Collina had his group of favorites. Now it is up to Rosetti to breed a new core group. In all fairness, his CL appointments first 2 weeks have shown that he is exploring his options and giving newer refs a chance to prove themselves and reach that elite level. As of now, Turpin seems like the only younger ref with true potential yet i am sure more will follow when given the chance.
DeleteNew names are needed for big matches. No more Skomina, Marciniak, Cakir, Mazic...Rosetti must give equal opportunities to refs from other federations to develop their skills by appointing them to big matches..The only promising elite ref at the moment for me is Turpin..WE need more like him...Kulbakov, Agayev, Grienfield, Treimanis, Oliver, Kruzliak, Madden, Ekberg, Kabakov, Mazeika..They deserve a chance..Motivation is everything in refereeing...
ReplyDeleteWe need Mazzoleni, Strömbergsson, Orsato, Göcek, Aydinus, Blom, etc...
DeleteIIRC, Aydinus is not FIFA referee anymore.
DeleteAydinus has retired from Turkish league since 2016.
DeleteAydinus is still officiating in Turkish League and imo he is the best...
DeleteSkomina, Marciniak, Cakir, Mazic are te problem and German, English, Spanish referees are not? Really? :)
DeleteIf it's about motivation, Blom deserves a chance for years... After all this years, he still acts completely motivated. Also look at the way he supported Makkelie, through the years. As former elite referee, he was 4th official at an U21 match in the cold of Sweden.
DeleteWhy do you against the big names ecperienced names like cakir mazic and skomina. They are at their highest level. Moreover they stil keep their badges form and sustainable standing in terms of man management and they all finis their games without overbooking.
ReplyDeleteMattias Gestranius, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Northern Ireland.
ReplyDeleteDisciplinary Control (https://streamable.com/ahby2)
Crucial Decisions taken by ARs (https://streamable.com/zq0s2)
Performance around 8,3 area, despite one or the other crudités, Finnish referee had a convincing evening and whistled a good match.
I am interested to see how UEFA treat Gestranius after his positive work in the last weeks, maybe he could even attend CL this season, let's see.