Tuesday 13 July 2021

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

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



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) Tim Marshall (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) Vladimir Moskalyov (RUS, 3Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Jesper Dahl (DEN) Valeriy Danchenko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Steffen Beck Bramsen (DEN) Yegor Bolkhovitin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Jens Grabski Maae (DEN) Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)
UEFA Delegate: Felix Grigore (ROU)
Delegate Trainee: Dragoș Hîncu (MDA)

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)
Delegate Trainee: Milan Janković (BIH)

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) Stefan Meßner (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Georges Lüchinger (LIE)

20:00 CET - Prishtina (Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri)
FC Prishtina (KOS) - Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (MLT, 3Cat) Laurent Kopriwa (LUX, 3Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Jurgen Spiteri (MLT) Daniel Da Costa (LUX)
Assistant Referee 2: Mitchell Scerri (MLT) Claude Ries (LUX)
Fourth Official: Malcolm Spiteri (MLT) Ricardo Fernandes Morais (LUX)
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) Matthew De Gabriele (MLT, 3Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Da Costa (LUX) Jurgen Spiteri (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Claude Ries (LUX) Mitchell Scerri (MLT)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Fernandes Morais (LUX) Malcom Spiteri (MLT) 
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) Vedran Đurak (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Vedran Đurak (CRO) Luka Pušić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Fran Jović (CRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michal Beneš (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Scilla Gennaro (ITA)

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) Rune Pedersen (NOR)
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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20 comments:

  1. f12 July 2021 at 09:02

    Great idea to add directly the category belonging to

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  2. Euro Soccer Ref12 July 2021 at 17:33

    UEFA published some 2QR appointments as well

    Rapid Wien-Sparta Praha: Robert Madden (SCO)
    Celtic-Midtjylland: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
    PSV-Galatasaray: Alejandro Hernández (ESP)
    - - -
    Midtjylland-Celtic: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
    Galatasaray-PSV: Davide Massa (ITA)
    Sparta Praha-Rapid Wien: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)

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    1. Chefren12 July 2021 at 18:57

      We have the first indications for 2021-22 season, definitely.
      Thanks. Waiting also for new categories, we will see UEFA choices.

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    2. Philipp S12 July 2021 at 21:14

      Indeed, all of them are (some more, some less) candidates for a promotion to Elite.
      Those appointments could mean, that they won't be promoted now - because it would be quite unusual for Elite referees to be used that early.
      Or it is a final test, and the decision will be taken afterwards...

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  3. VictoriaGooner13 July 2021 at 01:26

    Question for everyone, where is the latest list of referee categories? I see that the 1QR 2L match appointments are with categories now. I am wondering for the previous Preliminary Rd and 1QR 1L match appointments. I am currently tracking 2021/22 UCL match appointments from Prelim Rd to Final and would like to add the category to the data. Thanks!

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    1. Euro Soccer Ref13 July 2021 at 17:25

      http://law5-theref.blogspot.com/2020/12/uefa-referees-categories-for-second.html

      It was not updated by UEFA before the start of 2021/22 season though.

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  4. Filip_MNE13 July 2021 at 20:43

    Huge mistake by AR2 in Budućnost Helsinki match ahead of first goal for Helsinki. Clear offside and easy to spot missed

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    1. Filip_MNE13 July 2021 at 21:07

      Another crucial mistake by AR2. Now he raised flag for offside but Helsinki attacker was not even in line

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    2. Filip_MNE13 July 2021 at 21:22

      Really bad performance by Draganov and his team in first half. Except two big mistakes of AR2, Draganov himself missed couple of corners and also had a lot of trouble in foul detection (for both teams)

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  5. RikB13 July 2021 at 21:56

    Interesting that a referee from Northern Ireland can referee in Gibraltar. Same kingdom, after all. Could a referee from Denmark referee the Faroe 🇫🇴 Islands?

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  6. mathias14 July 2021 at 01:39

    I am curious which referees will make their CL debut in the group stage.

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    1. mathias14 July 2021 at 01:45

      I think of Lawrence Visser, Daniel Siebert,..

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    2. Chefren14 July 2021 at 07:26

      Siebert has alreadu made his CL Group Stage debut 3 years ago.
      So far he has officiated 4 games:
      24/10/2018 Liverpool FC - Crvena Zvezda
      22/10/2019 Club Brugge - Paris Saint Germain
      27/10/2020 Porto - Olympiakos
      24/11/2020 Juventus - Ferencvaros

      With Visser, we can expect José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP) and Irfan Peljto (BIH) as next names. The problem with Peljto is that he never used VAR and he had several issues in previous appearances due to COVID.
      About Italy, I expect Mariani to make his debut as well.

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    3. Philipp S14 July 2021 at 12:46

      I would add Beaton and Verissimo to the candidates, but Sanchez and Visser are also my favourites.

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  7. Jacques14 July 2021 at 09:08

    FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH) - CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU:
    FK Borac is the first team which is out due to the abolition of the away goal scoring rule.

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    1. Euro Soccer Ref14 July 2021 at 10:20

      IMO this was a wrong move by UEFA. There are already too many games nowadays and many of them will have an unnecessary extra time.

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    2. mathias14 July 2021 at 11:39

      Probably they can now join as 4th referee: Lawrence Visser with Bjorn Kuipers, Daniel Siebert with Felix Brych,... so that they also gain extra experience that they will gain in the future.

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  8. BDEU16 July 2021 at 10:18

    Who could we expect to be promoted to First Category?

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  9. Chefren16 July 2021 at 10:59

    Thank you Euro Soccer ref.

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  10. Forlan16 July 2021 at 13:33

    Sharer, Umut Meler, Kavanagh, Hdz Hdz etc. appointed for 2nd QR. Quite early in the season!

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