Sunday 8 November 2020

Referee appointments for international friendlies - November 2020

International friendly games between national teams will be back on next days. If you have some appointments, don't hesitate to inform us. 


11 November 2020

NORWAY - ISRAEL
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Heine Sørensen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Brixen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Jørgen Burchardt (DEN)

ROMANIA - BELARUS
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Diyan Valkov (BUL)

ALBANIA - KOSOVO
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Esat Sancaktar (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Cevdet Komurcuoglu (TUR)

MALTA - LIECHTENSTEIN
Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vytis Snarskis (LTU)
Fourth Official: Trustin Farrugia Cann (MLT)

BULGARIA - GIBRALTAR
Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (ROU) 
Assistant Referee 1: Cristian Orbulet (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandru Cerei (ROU)

TURKEY - CROATIA 
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Matej Jug (SVN)

DENMARK - SWEDEN
Referee: Espen Eskås (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Øystein Ytterland (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Morten Jensen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Rohit Saggi (NOR)

LUXEMBOURG - AUSTRIA
Referee: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Haquette (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Drouet (FRA)
Fourth Official: Laurent Kopriwa (LUX)

ITALY - ESTONIA
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Kasapovič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: David Gabrovec (SVN)
Fourth Official: Fabrizio Pasqua (ITA)  

NETHERLANDS - SPAIN
Referee: Davide Massa (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Fabiano Preti (ITA) 
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Doveri (ITA) 

GREECE - CYPRUS
Referee: Harm Osmers (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Dominik Schaal (GER)

POLAND - UKRAINE
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Roland Riedel (AUT) 
Fourth Official: Christopher Jäger.(AUT)

GERMANY - CZECH REPUBLIC 
Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonnikovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)

SAN MARINO - LATVIA
Referee: Fabio Maresca (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA) 
Assistant Referee 2: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Luca Zani (SMR)

FRANCE - FINLAND
Referee: Nikola Popov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Deniz Sokolov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Georgi Doynov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Dragomir Draganov (BUL) 

LITHUANIA - FAROE ISLANDS 
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Denis Ševcenko (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Romans Platonovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Donatas Rumšas (LTU)

SLOVENIA - AZERBAIJAN
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Péter Kóbor (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: István Albert (HUN)
Fourth Official: David Smajc (SVN)

BELGIUM - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Benjamin Pages (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Fourth Official: Willy Delajod (FRA) 

PORTUGAL - ANDORRA
Referee: Alain Bieri (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Alain Heiniger (SUI)
Fourth Official: Antonio Emanuel Carvalho Nobre (POR)

12 November 2020

WALES - USA
Referee: Nicholas Walsh (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Douglas Potter (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Sean Carr (SCO)
Fourth Official: Bryn Markham-Jones (WAL)

MOLDOVA - RUSSIA
Referee: Radu Petrescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu (ROU)

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - MONTENEGRO
Referee: Milovan Milačić (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Jovica Tatar (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Marjan Paunović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Irfan Peljto (BIH)

ENGLAND - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez, (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: José Luis Munuera Montero (ESP)

74 comments:

  1. OT

    If anyone is interested, I started a blog covering all matches from World Cup 1994. I will try to upload at least one match a day. Feel free to comment and participate in discussion there, I am happy to answer any questions users have!

    https://wc94refs.blogspot.com/

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    1. Is AR Ivanov the same as referee Ivanov 12 years later in the infamous Battle of Nuremberg? Did he attend two World Cups,as AR and referee, respectively???

      *comment here since the wc94 blog does not allow anonymous:)

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    2. Thanks Anonymous for the shout - so that's why there were no comments on the blog :D.

      Indeed, that is 'our' Valentin Ivanov who attended WC 2006. I just watched his second game and he has been the most impressive linesman so far actually. Surely he will be the last man in history to achieve the feat of attending separate FIFA WCs, both as assistant and referee.

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    3. Surely, the last, but... was he the only one (after 1992, when the specialization was officially introduced by FIFA)?

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    4. Will share the link on my social channels. Nice job there.

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    5. @Mikael W : Massive shoutout for your initiative, it is a good idea and I'll follow all your updates on the blog. Though, I have a recommendation for you, if it is possible: it would be great to have those performances supported by the videos, uploaded on streamable. It is just a thought, I guess it is more complicated, but the result should be a nice one

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    6. Hi Oscar - if you click on the picture in each post, it will take you to a highlights video :)

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    7. @Mikael W : great job, i didn't know that hack, my fault :) Congrats

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  2. My prediction for Euro 2020 play-offs:

    ISL-HUN: Taylor
    NIR-SVK: Del Cerro Grande
    SRB-SCO: Kuipers
    GEO-MKD: Brych

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    1. If I were a betting man, I would say:

      HUN-ISL: Çakir
      NIR-SVK: Orsato
      SRB-SCO: Brych
      GEO-MKD: Makkelie

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  3. Nikola Popov (3) in FRANCE , Espen Eskås (2) in DENMARK - SWEDEN and Rade Obrenovic (2) in ITALY the most interesting appointments.

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    1. Popov 1983, Eskas 1988 and Obrenovic 1990

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    2. Papapetrou deserves an appointment, at least in Europa League.Greek referees under the current regime in greek refereeing are not given importance by the committee.However though, I have to say that some of them ex Diamantopoulos, Skoulas would deserve a chance and the new one Fotias is a great young scientist with Phd and great studies on space. He is only 30 and very educated.

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    3. @Unknown But the most important thing is, is he a good referee? ;)

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    4. I believe that refereeing needs well educated people. Education gives you the right mindset to make fair decisions. Unfortunately now , apart from Germany who honours academic excellence in refereeing, the other European countries do not. They promote the idea of refereeing as profession. This would put great scientists off from starting a refereeing career. Mr Fotias has a phd , 2 masters in the UK and has worked in space research for years. In my opinion, he is a very intelligent referee who obviously comes from a country where refereeing is not what it should have been in many different ways.

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    5. How its possible to see the Greece FIFA list for 2021 already posted on official HFF website?? Before any FIFA approvals.

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    6. The national FAs have the right to publish their nominations if they wish. Some do, some wait for FIFA conformation and some do not publish even after their nominations are approved. It is up to every national FA.

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    7. Spanish CTA publishes the FIFA list changes for the following year in the same report with promotions and demotions.

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    8. Any changes in Spain for 2021? Who will be the Spanish VMOs?

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    9. @Anonymous no changes are expected for 2021, I don't think that Spain will nominate specific VMOs (there are only two for now in LaLiga, Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva and José Luis González González)

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    10. According to the new regulations, VMOs can be recently retired referees or active referees and ARS who can be on both lists. The example from Greece posted on this blog, with Sidiropoulos & Co. on both the referee and VMO lists clearly illustrates this possibility.

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  4. Weird situation in Levante-Alavés. ALA16 sent off for 2YC (unsporting behaviour) for kicking intentionally a second ball into the FoP when Levante had already resumed the play with a throw-in. Referee is Isidro Díaz de Mera Escueros (1989, 1st season in LaLiga and possible future FIFA)

    https://streamja.com/dmONn

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    1. Excellent decision! Ready for FIFA badge!

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    2. So an excellent decision makes someone ready for the FIFA badge? In that case, I'll get one too. ;)

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    3. Well I watched him more than once and I think he's a quite good referee! :D

      Of course it's his first season in LaLiga and he needs to get more experience but he would be right now my #1 choice for next Spanish FIFA, even ahead of Alberola Rojas or Cordero Vega.

      Good performance overall in this match, btw.

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    4. IMO absolutely correct decided.

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  5. Please chefren i need your analysis of predictions referee caf champions League 2020 final

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    1. I don't understand which analysis do you want :)
      I can just make a prediction, as I don't follow CAF so closely, however I think Mustapha Ghorbal because he had a quarterfinal and he was out from semifinals, also, now he seems to be maybe CAF nr. 1? I don't want to exaggerate but this is what I perceived from this last assignments.

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    2. The candidates considered by CAF are Ghorbal, Gomes and Tessema.

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    3. Chefren don't understand what ? Such as you analysis uefa competitions you can analysis caf competitions !

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  6. Schuttengruber again in Poland,first Poznań ,now representation

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  7. https://youtu.be/KMRlF6KX2E4?t=604

    Penalty by Kulbakov in Belarus. This is almost as bad (if not as bad) as Kassai's penalty in Shakhter vs. City.

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    1. Upon 2nd look, my prior judgement was hasty and wrong. I believe that there is contact prior to the slide.

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    2. Ouch. Possible 'slight' contact from behind prior to fall? Live seems like a poor dive and decision, but maybe...

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    3. Reminds me a lot of the brilliantly executed simulation by Uruguay player Morales which fooled Jan Wegereef at WC 2002.

      By the way - Sciacuryn was excellent in the title decider yesterday, including a correctly awarded penalty.

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    4. I respectfully disagree. Although this was a challenging match, in my opinion Stetsurin missed two (maybe 3) penalty kicks.

      1. https://youtu.be/LEpXUwmNX2U?t=1490
      I am torn on this one, but in the end I am ok with such a small contact not being whistled in a title deciding match. - Supportable

      2. https://youtu.be/LEpXUwmNX2U?t=1907
      A reckless tackle that should be punished with a PK and YC in my opinion. One might question who initiated the contact, but I think both players come at eachother but the keeper takes out the attacker with the slide.

      3. https://youtu.be/LEpXUwmNX2U?t=6080
      Good PK decision.

      4. https://youtu.be/LEpXUwmNX2U?t=6362
      This PK should be given in my opinion (plus YC). Yak is kicked in the legs off the ball.

      In the end, I don't think these

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    5. Ignore the last sentence.

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    6. IMO
      Kulbakov: No penalty, absolutely wrong call.

      Sciacuryn:
      1. No penalty, correct decision
      2. Penalty would be the correct call for me.
      3. Clear penalty.
      4. Mandatory penalty, there is a clear contact at the legs, which causes the fall of the Yellow player.

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  8. Gil Manzano with three correct PKs against Real Madrid in VAL-RMA, the third one after OFR.

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  9. I would love to see the video of the first one,where it was saved then asked to be retaken and the second was missed then scored on the rebound then VAR rules it out for encroachment and it was asked to be retaken? Technically 5 penalties

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    1. Full sequence is:

      -Carlos Soler misses penalty, saved by Courtois.
      -After some rebounds and kicks, Yunus scores.
      -VAR checks the action, both Yunus and Lucas Vázquez invaded before the penalty kick. As there's an encroachment by players from both teams, PK is retaken.

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    2. Honestly I have been scratching my head on what the LOTG says with respect to this allowed goal, I urge everyone to watch that sequence and tell me what they think because I feel that the player who encroached did not score the rebound, the player who had the penalty saved by the real madrid keeper was the first to react and he played the rebound which came of the post before the player who encroached now got the ball and scored. Now I ask, the penalty taker who plays the rebound does he not nulify the player who encroached already?

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    3. Encroachment by both teams is always a retake, isn't it?

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    4. Then the answer is simple; no need for "head scratching":)

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  10. Very convincing performance by Letexier during Lyon - Saint Etienne derby. Just a very harsh YC but overall firm, fit and positive approach especially at the end with double YC and excellent management. OFR by Turpin with another hand. Good decision to go to PK.

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  11. 2022 World Cup Qualification South America

    Matchday 3 - 12-13 November, 2020

    Bolivia-Ecuador - Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
    Argentina-Paraguay – Raphael Claus (Brazil)
    Colombia-Uruguay – Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
    Chile-Peru – Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
    Brazil-Venezuela – Juan Gabriel Benitez (Paraguay)

    Matchday 4 - 17 November, 2020

    Venezuela-Chile – Patricio Loustau (Argentina)
    Ecuador-Colombia – Jésus Valenzuela (Venezuela)
    Uruguay-Brazil – Roberto Tobar (Chile)
    Paraguay-Bolivia – Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
    Peru-Argentina – Wilmar Rodán (Colombia)

    After 4 matchdays, Bolivia is the only country with no appointed referees.

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  12. LTU-FAR: Anufrijevs, Sevcenko, Platonovs (LVA), Rumsas (LTU)
    SVN-AZE: Karako, Kobor, Albert (HUN), Smajc (SVN)
    POR-AND: Bieri, Zürcher, Heiniger (SUI), Carvalho Nobre (POR)
    BEL-SUI: Brisard, Pages, Debart, Delajod (FRA)
    MDA-RUS: Petrescu, Ghinguleac, Grigoriu (ROU)
    WAL-USA: Walsh, Potter, Carr (SCO), Markham-Jones (WAL)

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    1. Interesting to notice that some appointments have been prepared together with Under 21 matches, a Swiss crew has been sent to Portugal, Bieri will officiate this friendly while San will be in charge of Portugal - Belarus under 21 the day after.
      So I think we can't exclude that Schärer could be in charge of Portugal's national team game against France, this would be a more than big assignment for him.

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    2. Besides Portugal, Malta and Netherlands and Turkey and Wales are the other 4 countries that have 3 homes games for friendly, U21 and Nationals League in less than 1 week.

      Let’s see if UEFA will send referee teams from the same country to these host nations.

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    3. At least not in the case of The Netherlands.
      Massa (Italy) will be the referee for the friendly game and Netherlands and Italy are in the same Nations League group, so impossible to have an Italian referee there.

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  13. Anyone know San Marino - Latvia ref?

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    1. SMRLVA

      Referee
      Fabio Maresca ITA

      Assistant referees
      Alessandro Costanzo ITA
      Matteo Passeri ITA

      Fourth official
      Luca Zani ITA




      GRECYP

      Referee
      Harm Osmers GER

      Assistant referees
      Eduard Beitinger GER
      Dominik Schaal GER

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    2. FO in Greece - Cyprus is Tsagkarakis.

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    1. Referee
      Davide Massa ITA

      Assistant referees
      Fabiano Preti ITA
      Stefano Alassio ITA

      Fourth official
      Daniele Doveri ITA

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  15. It will be probably the last European game for Coltescu as he will be removed from the list and, along with Marius Avram, be replaced by Chivulete and Barbu. Probably his swan song

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  16. Massa is a good referee, but very overrated: from January the first 2021 he will be "elite" ... mysteries ...

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  17. ENGLAND - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
    Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP)
    Assistant Referee 1: Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez, (ESP)
    Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
    Fourth Official: José Luis Munuera Montero (ESP)

    Very rare to see him in a friendly, indeed this confirms the technical choice for EURO play off with Mateu.

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  18. Interestingly, both the Macron (e.g. Maresca) and the adidas (e.g. Osmers) kits are used today.
    Maybe not so clear, whether these are UEFA or FIFA matches.

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    1. Most referees wore FIFA badges in the friendly games tonight.

      but the referee from Lithuania wore the UEFA badge in Malta vs Liechtenstein and it seemed to me that his assistants wore FIFA badges.

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  19. What a mistake to allow Croatian goal by Slavko Vincic...
    Clear handball leading to rhe goal, IMO even AR1 could see this blatant handball.

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    1. Agree with you but it is very difficult to detect the handball by Vincic. But AR1 can see that.
      Does anyone know why Norway-Israel game cancelled?

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    2. A player from Israel tested positve so they annulled the game.

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  20. Curious detail, AR1 in Ned-Esp is like 3 m away from the touchline. I have never seen that before, I wonder if he prefers it for some reason or there is another reason.

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  21. U21 friendly today
    Germany - Slovenia: Kristoffersen, Hummelgaard, Rasmussen (DEN), Günsch (GER)
    3 penalties given in the match, the 3rd rather doubtful.

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