Wednesday, 7 July 2021

2021/22 UEFA Champions League - First Qualifying Round (I)

Referee appointments for the first qualifying round of 2021/22 UEFA Champions League, first legs to be played on 6 and 7 July 2021.



6 July 2021

18:00 CET - Helsinki (Bolt Arena)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) - FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Laurent Conotte (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Florian Lemaire (BEL)
Fourth Official: Jasper Vergoote (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sabri Çelik (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Michael O'Brien (ENG) Lennart Vestervall (SWE)

18:00 CET - Budapest (Groupama Aréna)
Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) - FC Prishtina (KOS)
Referee: David Munro (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel McFarlane (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Calum Spence (SCO)
Fourth Official: Euan Anderson (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandr Keplin (KAZ)

18:00 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
FC Flora Tallinn (EST) - Hibernians FC (MLT)
Referee: Lazar Lukić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Dragan Bogićević (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Banović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Momčilo Marković (SRB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís (CYP)
UEFA Delegate: Peter Lundström (FIN)
Delegate Trainee: Maksims Krivuņecs (LVA)

19:00 CET - Vilnius (LFF stadionas)
FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) - Linfield FC (NIR)
Referee: Alex de Albuquerque Troleis (FRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Dan Petur Pauli Højgaard (FRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Hermansen (FRO)
Fourth Official: Kári Jóannesarson á Høvdanum (FRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Mika Peltola (FIN)
UEFA Delegate: Mark Bos (NED)
Delegate Trainee: Ignas Marcinkevičius (LTU)

19:30 CET - Esch-sur-Alzette (Stade Émile Mayrisch)
CS Fola Esch (LUX) - Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB)
Referee: Michal Očenáš (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Vorel (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Poláček (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Ziemba (SVK)
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Thibault De Gendt (BEL)

20:00 CET - Cluj-Napoca (Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu)
CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU) - FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Diks (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Rogier Honig (NED)
Fourth Official: Joey Kooij (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Anna Bordyuhova (UKR)

20:00 CET - Skopje (Nacionalna Arena "Toše Proeski")
KF Shkëndija (MKD) - NŠ Mura (SVN)
Referee: António Emanuel de Carvalho Nobre (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Ricardo Ferreira Ribeiro (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Miguel de Almeida da Mota (POR)
Fourth Official: Miguel Bertolo Nogueira (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)
UEFA Delegate: Łukasz Wachowski (POL)

7 July 2021

18:00 CET - Bodø (Aspmyra Stadion)
FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR) - Legia Warszawa (POL)
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Denis Rexha (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dojando Myftari (ALB)
Fourth Official: Olsid Ferataj (ALB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Niklas á Líðarenda (FRO)
UEFA Delegate: Eugène Westerink (NED)

18:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadzis "Dinamo Arena")
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) - Neftçi PFK (AZE)
Referee: David Fuxman (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Nati Dotan (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Matityahu Yakobov (ISR)
Fourth Official: Idan Leiba (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: Łukasz Sojski (POL)

18:30 CET - Bratislava (Národný futbalový štadión)
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) - Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Weiß (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Jasmin Sabanovic (AUT)
Fourth Official: Stefan Ebner (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Lyon (GIB)

19:00 CET - Malmö (Eleda Stadion)
Malmö FF (SWE) - Riga FC (LVA)
Referee: Kaarlo Oskari Hämäläinen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Sami Nykänen (FIN)
Fourth Official: Antti Munukka (FIN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimír Medveď (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: Dennis Cruise (IRL)

19:00 CET - Durrës (Stadiumi Niko Dovana)
KF Teuta (ALB) - FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
Referee: Amine Kourgheli (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Juryj Chomčanka (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Viktar Hiecikaŭ (BLR)
Fourth Official: Dzianis Ščarbakoŭ (BLR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)
UEFA Delegate: Balázs Makray (HUN)
Delegate Trainee: Aldi Topçiu (ALB)

19:00 CET - Haifa (Itztadion Sammy Ofer)
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) - FC Qayrat Almatı (KAZ)
Referee: Milovan Milačić (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Đikanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Dragan Vujović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Miloš Savović (MNE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sergey Zuyev (RUS) David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Orxan Hüseynzadə (AZE)

19:00 CET - Razgrad (Ludogorets Arena)
PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) - FC Šachcior Salihorsk (BLR)
Referee: Rohit Saggi (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Geir Oskar Isaksen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Morten Jensen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Marius Hansen Grøtta (NOR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Attila Ábrahám (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Camelia Nicolae (ROU)
Delegate Trainee: Boryana Stoycheva (BUL)

20:00 CET - Aberystwyth (Aberystwyth University Stadium)
Connah's Quay Nomads FC (WAL) - Alashkert FC (ARM)
Referee: Vasílis Dimitríou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Níkos Englézou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: Mários Dimitriádis (CYP)
Fourth Official: Mários Christofórou (CYP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Roy Cathcart (NIR)

20:00 CET - Zagreb (Stadion Maksimir)
GNK Dinamo (CRO) - Valur (ISL)
Referee: Genc Nuza (KOS)
Assistant Referee 1: Fatlum Berisha (KOS)
Assistant Referee 2: Bujar Selimaj (KOS)
Fourth Official: Dardan Çaka (KOS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Dervishaj Nelaj (ESP)
Delegate Trainee: Josip Tomaško (CRO)

26 comments:

  1. As far as i was aware Euan Anderson, Fourth official in the Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) - FC Prishtina (KOS) wasn't a FIFA/UEFA Referee?

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    1. Fourth officials in these early qualifying stages do not necessarily have to be FIFA referees. Austrian Stefan Ebner for example also is a promising prospective international referee but currently "just" a national referee.

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    2. No, he never was a FIFA referee, there was a Scottish FIFA referee called Euan Norris, but not Anderson.

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  2. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND (SECOND LEGS)

    Tuesday 13 July 2021

    18:00 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
    Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) - CS Fola Esch (LUX)
    Referee: Ian McNabb (NIR, 3Cat)
    Assistant Referee 1: Gareth Eakin (NIR)
    Assistant Referee 2: Paul Robinson (NIR)
    Fourth Official: Jamie Robert Robinson (NIR)
    UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Alexandre Parreira de Castro (POR)
    UEFA Delegate: Oleg Harlamov (EST)

    18:00 CET - Riga (Skonto stadions)
    Riga FC (LVA) - Malmö FF (SWE)
    Referee: Gergő Bogár (HUN, 3Cat)
    Assistant Referee 1: István Albert (HUN)
    Assistant Referee 2: Balázs Szalai (HUN)
    Fourth Official: Sándor Andó-Szabó (HUN)
    UEFA Referee Observer: Augustus Viorel Constantin (ROU)
    UEFA Delegate: Kris Bellon (BEL)

    18:00 CET - Ta' Qali (Centenary Stadium)
    Hibernians FC (MLT) - FC Flora Tallinn (EST)
    Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU, 3Cat)
    Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš (LTU)
    Assistant Referee 2: Vytis Snarskis (LTU)
    Fourth Official: Jurij Paškovskij (LTU)
    UEFA Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi (SMR)
    UEFA Delegate: Neli Lozeva (BUL)

    19:00 CET - Tiraspol (Complexul sportiv „Sheriff” - arena mică)
    FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) - KF Teuta (ALB)
    Referee: Morten Krogh (DEN, 3Cat)
    Assistant Referee 1: Jesper Dahl (DEN)
    Assistant Referee 2: Steffen Beck Bramsen (DEN)
    Fourth Official: Jens Grabski Maae (DEN)
    UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)
    UEFA Delegate: Felix Grigore (ROU)

    20:00 CET - Banja Luka (Gradski stadion)
    FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH) - CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU)
    Referee: Urs Schnyder (SUI, 3Cat)
    Assistant Referee 1: Jan Köbeli (SUI)
    Assistant Referee 2: Remy Zgraggen (SUI)
    Fourth Official: Stefan Horisberger (SUI)
    UEFA Referee Observer: Draženko Kovačić (CRO)
    UEFA Delegate: David McDowell Zor (SVN)

    20:00 CET - Murska Sobota (Mestni stadion Fazanerija)
    NŠ Mura (SVN) - KF Shkëndija (MKD)
    Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (ROU, 3Cat)
    Assistant Referee 1: Valentin Gabriel Avram (ROU)
    Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Marius Marica (ROU)
    Fourth Official: Iulian Dima (ROU)
    UEFA Referee Observer: David Malcolm (NIR)
    UEFA Delegate: Georges Lüchinger (LIE)

    20:00 CET - Prishtina (Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri)
    FC Prishtina (KOS) - Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)
    Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (MLT, 3Cat)
    Assistant Referee 1: Jurgen Spiteri (MLT)
    Assistant Referee 2: Mitchell Scerri (MLT)
    Fourth Official: Malcolm Spiteri (MLT)
    UEFA Referee Observer: Uno Tutk (EST)
    UEFA Delegate: Jan Willem van Dop (NED)

    20:30 CET - Podgorica (Gradski stadion)
    FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) - HJK Helsinki (FIN)
    Referee: Dragomir Draganov (BUL, 3Cat)
    Assistant Referee 1: Martin Venev (BUL)
    Assistant Referee 2: Hristo Hadzhiyski (BUL)
    Fourth Official: Georgi Dimitrov (BUL)
    UEFA Referee Observer: Emil Božinovski (MKD)
    UEFA Delegate: Velid Imamović (BIH)

    20:45 CET - Belfast (National Football Stadium at Windsor Park)
    Linfield FC (NIR) - FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)
    Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (LUX, 3Cat)
    Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Da Costa (LUX)
    Assistant Referee 2: Claude Ries (LUX)
    Fourth Official: Ricardo Fernandes Morais (LUX)
    UEFA Referee Observer: Edward Foley (IRL)
    UEFA Delegate: Marcin Stefański (POL)

    21:00 CET - Dublin (Tallaght Stadium)
    Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) - ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
    Referee: Mario Zebec (CRO, 3Cat)
    Assistant Referee 1: Borut Križarić (CRO)
    Assistant Referee 2: Vedran Đurak (CRO)
    Fourth Official: Fran Jović (CRO)
    UEFA Referee Observer: Michal Beneš (CZE)
    UEFA Delegate: Scilla Gennaro (ITA)

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    1. 21:30 CET - Belgrade (Stadion FK Čukarički)
      FC Šachcior Salihorsk (BLR) - PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL)
      Referee: Arda Kardeşler (TUR, 3Cat)
      Assistant Referee 1: Kerem Ersoy (TUR)
      Assistant Referee 2: Ali Saygın Ögel (TUR)
      Fourth Official: Bahattin Şimşek (TUR)
      UEFA Referee Observer: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín (ESP)
      UEFA Delegate: Yelena Kobak (RUS)

      22:00 CET - Reykjavík (Origo-​völlurinn að Hlíðarenda)
      Valur (ISL) - GNK Dinamo (CRO)
      Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (ARM, 3Cat)
      Assistant Referee 1: Mesrop Ghazaryan (ARM)
      Assistant Referee 2: Atom Sevgulyan (ARM)
      Fourth Official: Henrik Nalbandyan (ARM)
      UEFA Referee Observer: Jon Eilif Skjervold (NOR)
      UEFA Delegate: Neil Morrow (NIR)

      Wednesday 14 July 2021

      16:00 CET - Almaty (Ortalyq stadıony)
      FC Qaırat Almaty (KAZ) - Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
      Referee: Viktor Kopiyevsʹkyy (UKR, 3Cat)
      Assistant Referee 1: Viktor Matyash (UKR)
      Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Zhukov (UKR)
      Fourth Official: Mykola Balakin (UKR)
      UEFA Referee Observer: Asim Xudiyev (AZE)
      UEFA Delegate: Leonid Kaloshin (RUS)

      17:00 CET - Yerevan (Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht)
      Alashkert FC (ARM) - Connah's Quay Nomads FC (WAL)
      Referee: Ondřej Pechanec (CZE, 3Cat)
      Assistant Referee 1: Petr Caletka (CZE)
      Assistant Referee 2: Adam Horák (CZE)
      Fourth Official: Pavel Orel (CZE)
      UEFA Referee Observer: Matteo Simone Trefoloni (ITA)
      UEFA Delegate: Sergiu Lisnic (MDA)

      19:00 CET - Baku (Bakcell Arena)
      Neftçi PFK (AZE) - FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
      Referee: Dumitru Muntean (MDA, 2Cat)
      Assistant Referee 1: Vladislav Lifciu (MDA)
      Assistant Referee 2: Vadim Vicol (MDA)
      Fourth Official: Gabriel Tupicica (MDA)
      UEFA Referee Observer: Aleksandr Gvardis (RUS)
      UEFA Delegate: Ciprian Paraschiv (ROU)

      20:00 CET - Warsaw (Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego)
      Legia Warszawa (POL) - FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR)
      Referee: Aristotélis Diamandópoulos (GRE, 3Cat)
      Assistant Referee 1: Trýfon Petrópoulos (GRE)
      Assistant Referee 2: Reinhard Buxbaum (GRE)
      Fourth Official: Geórgios Tzováras (GRE)
      UEFA Referee Observer: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)
      UEFA Delegate: Arturs Gaidels (LVA)

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  4. UEFA seems to think that the matches between Cluj and Banja Luka are games with a special interest, looking at the referees who have been a bit more in focus already.

    The match between Georgia and Azerbaijan the same.

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    1. I am surprised they don't consider the clash between Champion of Poland and Champion of Norway a special one.

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  5. @Chefren
    I would like to ask a question as just a curiosity.

    How do you choose the pictures for the headlines? Do you just search one of the names among appointments and use his pictures randomly?

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    1. Well, not random. There can be a message beyond every picture, but I don't want to say more. Maybe some people can understand the choices! :)

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    2. According to Dutch media reports, the two Dutchmen Danny Makkelie and Björn Kuipers will lead the last two games of UEFA EURO 2020: Makkelie the second semi-final between England and Denmark, Kuipers the final at Wembley.

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    3. Thanks a lot for the info :) you want us to put the pieces together...

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  6. Still no appointment at 10 am for England - Denmark...

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    1. Have we ever had two of the last three games in the semi-finals and the final run by the same country referees?

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    2. The answer I believe is no we haven't!!

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  7. https://www.ad.nl/euro-2020/dertig-jaar-na-zijn-gemekker-en-gezeur-richting-arbiters-mag-de-lastpost-uit-oldenzaal-de-ek-finale-leiden~adde7aa1/

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  8. Does anybody know how UEFA deals with the situation in case of a injury within the team who handles the final lets say one day before te final?

    Will the FO take over, or a complete new team assigned?

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  9. Makkelie confirmed by UEFA

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  10. MAKKELIE APPOINTED FOR ENG DAN. HATEGAN FOURTH OFFICIAL

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  11. What’s the source? Do you have a link? I can’t find the appointment in UEFA website

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    1. Never mind, now there on the site :)

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    2. Yes it is, you should review the match info. There it is. So two names remaining for final- Rapallini and Kuipers.

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  12. So many PKs today! Seems like a challenging day for some referes.

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