The first set of referee appointments for the 2022/23 Europa Conference League First Qualifying Round, first legs.
19:00 CET - Ta’ Qali (Centenary Stadium)
Gżira United FC (MLT) - Atlètic Club d’Escaldes (AND)
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (ARM, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Mesrop Ghazaryan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 2: Atom Sevgulyan (ARM)
Fourth Official: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan (ARM)
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Ariel Scheiman (ISR)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Ishmael Barbara (MLT)
19:00 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
St Joseph’s FC (GIB) - Larne FC (NIR)
Referee: Ioánnis Papadópoulos (GRE, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Konstandínos Nikolaḯdis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Vasílios Nikolakákis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Athanásios Tzílos (GRE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Þóroddur Hjaltalín (ISL)
UEFA Delegate: Jacques Antenen (SUI)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Denis Alvarez (GIB)
Wednesday 6 July 2022
17:00 CET - Turku (Veritas Stadion)
FC Inter Turku (FIN) - KF Drita (KOS)
Referee: Jan Petřík (CZE, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Kamil Hájek (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Matěj Vlček (CZE)
Fourth Official: Jan Machálek (CZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Tompkins (ENG)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Kimmo Salminen (FIN)
20:00 CET - Tórshavn (Tórsvøllur)
Víkingur (FRO) - Europa FC (GIB)
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Robin Wilde (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Per Rehnlund (SWE)
Fourth Official: Fredrik Klitte (SWE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Oleg Harlamov (EST)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Petur Reinert (FRO)
Thursday 7 July 2022
17:00 CET - Yerevan (Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht)
Alashkert FA (ARM) - Ħamrun Spartans FC (MLT)
Referee: Vasílios Fotiás (GRE, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Andréas Meïndanás (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Konstandínos Psárris (GRE)
Fourth Official: Ángelos Evangélou (GRE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif (ISR)
UEFA Delegate:
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Arman Alaberkyan (ARM)
17:00 CET - Andorra la Vella (Estadi Nacional)
UE Santa Coloma (AND) - Breiðablik (ISL)
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (MDA, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrei Bodean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Anatolie Basiul (MDA)
Fourth Official: Igor Boșca (MDA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Albano Janku (ALB)
UEFA Delegate: Cristiano Ascari (SMR)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Joel Saura Fort (AND)
18:00 CET - Panevėžys (Aukštaitijos stadionas)
FK Panevėžys (LTU) - FC Milsami Orhei (MDA)
Referee: Mario Zebec (CRO, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Hrvoje Radić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Luka Pušić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Fran Jović (CRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Tony Asumaa (FIN)
UEFA Delegate: Richard Havrilla (SVK)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Dovydas Sužiedėlis (LTU)
18:00 CET - Kuopio (Väre Areena)
KuPS Kuopio (FIN) - SK Dila Gori (GEO)
Referee: Luca Cibelli (SUI, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Vital Jobin (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Bastien Lengacher (SUI)
Fourth Official: Hakim Ben El Hadj Salem (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michaíl Koukoulákis (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Gerard Lawlor (NIR)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Samu Koskinen (FIN)
18:00 CET - Modriča (Stadion “Dr Milan Jelić”)
FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH) - B36 Tórshavn (FRO)
Referee: Rauf Cabarov (AZE, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Namiq Hüseynov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Cavanşir Yusifov (AZE)
Fourth Official: Rəşad Əhmədov (AZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marco Borg (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: Andi Zëre (ALB)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer:
18:00 CET - Gori (Tengiz Burjanadzis Stadioni)
SK Saburtalo (GEO) - FK Partizani (ALB)
Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara (FIN, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Mikko Alakare (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Turkka Joonas Valjakka (FIN)
Fourth Official: Oliver Reitala (FIN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Igor Șațchii (MDA)
UEFA Delegate: Florin Prunea (ROU)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Davit Kharitonashvili (GEO)
18:00 CET - Szczecin (Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera)
MKS Pogoń Szczecin (POL) - KR Reykjavík (ISL)
Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (ALB, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Nertil Bregasi (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Elvis Gjoka (ALB)
Fourth Official: Kreshnik Cjapi (ALB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Barış Şimşek (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Kris Bellon (BEL)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Karol Arys (POL)
18:00 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
FC Bruno’s Magpies (GIB) - Crusaders FC (NIR)
Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (ISL, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Egill Guðvarður Guðlaugsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Kristján Már Ólafs (ISL)
Fourth Official: Jóhann Ingi Jónsson (ISL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kevin Parry (WAL)
UEFA Delegate: Fróði Danielsen (FRO)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Denis Alvarez (GIB)
18:00 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
FC Flora Tallinn (EST) - SJK Seinäjoki (FIN)
Referee: Lazar Lukić (SRB, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Dragan Bogićević (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Banović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Milan Stefanović (SRB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Gylfi Þór Orrason (ISL)
UEFA Delegate: Patrik Filípek (CZE)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Reelika Turi (EST)
18:30 CET - Ružomberok (Štadión MFK Ružomberok)
MFK Ružomberok (SVK) - FK Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)
Referee: Ion Orlic (MDA, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Vadim Vicol (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Vadim Roșca (MDA)
Fourth Official: Andrei Breguța (MDA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Giorgi Vadachkoria (GEO)
UEFA Delegate: Aurel Mihail Ionescu (ROU)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Adam Jekkel (SVK)
19:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadzis Dinamo Arena)
SK Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) - Paide Linnameeskond (EST)
Referee: Miloš Bošković (MNE, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Srđan Jovanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Marjan Paunović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Savo Vujović (MNE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alon Yefet (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Boriyana Stoycheva (BUL)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Davit Gabisonia (GEO)
19:00 CET - Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)
FC Sfîntul Gheorghe (MDA) - NŠ Mura (SVN)
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjonņikovs (LVA, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Raimonds Tatriks (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mārtiņš Svipsts (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Pavel Salıı (KAZ)
UEFA Delegate: Giórgos Fándaros (CYP)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Sergiu Bogdan (MDA)
19:00 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) - FC Differdange 03 (LUX)
Referee: Mykola Balakin (UKR, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Zhukov (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Berkut (UKR)
Fourth Official: Oleksandr Derdo (UKR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Karel Vidlák (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Kimmo Lipponen (FIN)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Dejan Balažič (SVN)
19:00 CET - Ta’ Qali (Centenary Stadium)
Floriana FC (MLT) - FC Petrocub-Hîncești (MDA)
Referee: Pavel Orel (CZE, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Petr Caletka (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomáš Mokrusch (CZE)
Fourth Official: Josef Krejsa (CZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ognjen Valjić (BIH)
UEFA Delegate: Zgjim Sojeva (KOS)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Charles Agius (MLT)
20:00 CET - Elbasan (Elbasan Arena)
KF Laçi (ALB) - FK Iskra Danilovgrad (MNE)
Referee: Alain Durieux (LUX, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Joaquim Daniel Da Silva Gomes (LUX)
Assistant Referee 2: David Mateus Santos (LUX)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Fernandes Morais (LUX)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Kazimierz Oleszek (POL)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Dorian Maletaj (ALB)
20:00 CET - Prishtina (Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri)
KS Gjilani (KOS) - FK Liepāja (LVA)
Referee: Robert Ian Jenkins (WAL, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Lewiss Ross Edwards (WAL)
Assistant Referee 2: Johnathon Bebee-Bryant (WAL)
Fourth Official: John Andrew Jones (WAL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Pat Duffy (IRL)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Granit Pacolli (KOS)
20:00 CET - Oswestry (Park Hall Stadium)
Bala Town FC (WAL) - Sligo Rovers FC (IRL)
Referee: Jason Lee Barcelo (GIB, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Gerard Macias (GIB)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Gomez Gordillo (GIB)
Fourth Official: Patrick Canepa (GIB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Niklas á Líðarenda (FRO)
UEFA Delegate: Ánna Kapásoglou (GRE)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Matthew Johnson (WAL)
20:00 CET - Esch-sur-Alzette (Stade Émile Mayrisch)
CS Fola Esch (LUX) - SS Tre Fiori FC (SMR)
Referee: Visar Kastrati (KOS, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Besnik Morina (KOS)
Assistant Referee 2: Lumturije Muhadri (KOS)
Fourth Official: Mentor Ajeti (KOS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sergejus Slyva (LTU)
UEFA Delegate: Vasko Dojčinovski (MKD)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Nuno Emanuel Garrido de Matos (LUX)
20:00 CET - Podgorica, Montenegro (DG Arena)
FK Dynama Minsk (BLR) - FK Dečić (MNE)
Referee: Jérémie Pignard (FRA, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Aurélien Drouet (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Laurent Coniglio (FRA)
Fourth Official: Bastien Dechepy (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen (FRO)
UEFA Delegate: Alin Cioban (ROU)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Marko Ćupić (MNE)
20:00 CET - Skopje (Natsionalna arena “Todor Proeski”)
KF Shkëndija (MKD) - Ararat Yerevan FA (ARM)
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (SUI, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Jonas Erni (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Sladan Josipovic (SUI)
Fourth Official: Stefan Horisberger (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Eugène Westerink (NED)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Blagojče Naumovski (MKD)
20:00 CET - Tórshavn (Gundadalur)
HB Tórshavn (FRO) - Newtown AFC (WAL)
Referee: Robertas Valikonis (LTU, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Gevork Arakelian (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Benas Kikutis (LTU)
Fourth Official: Kęstutis Bartuškevičius (LTU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)
UEFA Delegate: Vignir Már Þormóðsson (ISL)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Rói Jacobsen (FRO)
20:15 CET - Gdańsk (Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk)
Lechia Gdańsk (POL) - FK Akademija Pandev (MKD)
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Kieran O’Connor (WAL)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Bartosz Heinig (POL)
20:30 CET - Podgorica (Gradski stadion Podgorica)
FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) - KF Llapi (KOS)
Referee: Fedayi San (SUI, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Zürcher (SUI)
Fourth Official: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michal Beneš (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Jan Willem van Dop (NED)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Jovica Tatar (MNE)
20:30 CET - Dunajská Streda (MOL Aréna)
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda (SVK) - Cliftonville FC (NIR)
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Fourth Official: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Eyjólfur Ólafsson (ISL)
UEFA Delegate: Attila Tömő (HUN)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Dušan Štofík (SVK)
20:45 CET - Serravalle (San Marino Stadium)
SP Tre Penne (SMR) - FK Tuzla City (BIH)
Referee: Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ (BLR, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official: Amine Kourgheli (BLR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Orhan Erdemir (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Amil Gerina (MNE)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Stefano Podeschi (SMR)
20:45 CET - Londonderry (Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium)
Derry City FC (IRL) - Riga FC (LVA)
Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson (ISL, 2nd Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Gylfi Már Sigurðsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Birkir Sigurðarson (ISL)
Fourth Official: Ívar Orri Kristjánsson (ISL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Christopher Lautier (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: Luis Cuervas del Real (ESP)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Robert Hennessy (IRL)
FIFA referees Kai Erik Steen and Sigurd Kringstad without games for a long while in Norway. Is there another conflict here? Steen is the chairman of the referee's association and has been critical in the press of some decisions made by management. He also seems surpassed by Saggi as no 2 behind Eskas.
ReplyDeleteNo conflict for Kringstad, he has been unavailable due to severe pneumonia. Hopefully fully recovered soon. Strange with Steen’s absence, but his performances has been poor and no suprise that he is surpassed by Saggi.
DeleteDon't think there is any conflict with Steen. Just no match for this round. Don't really think there has been any conflicts with the norwegian referees, since Svein Erik Edvartsen. No norwegian referees wanted to referee with him because of bullying and disloyalty (https://www.nrk.no/sport/dommerkolleger-nekter-a-domme-med-edvartsen-1.13491841). Since that he has lost his normal job, referee job and wife, and all he does now is criticizing the referees on twitter and suing the FA every year with no luck...
DeleteBelarusan referees confirmed with regular appointments, I'm curious for Kulbakov, we will see whether he will get a game or not.
ReplyDeleteNot all small federations have an appointment, do you think will have in second round?
DeleteCibelli - Koukoulákis and Tschudi - Kassai are the most interesting referee-observer combinations, imo.
ReplyDeleteTwo Swiss referees, the latter handled Andorra-Moldova in the last Nations League window.
DeleteReferees at 2022 Mediterranean Games in Algeria.
ReplyDeleteRegarding football, only men's tournament:
Karim Sabry (Morocco)
Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)
Evangelos Manouchos (Greece)
Luca Pairetto (Italy)
Amir Loucif (Tunisia)
Zorbay Küçük (Turkey)
Jérémie Pignard (France)
Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
Lamia Atman (Algeria)
Bruno José Ribeiro Pires Costa (Portugal)
Can an active FIFA referee (Hennessy) be a referee liaison at the same time?
ReplyDeleteYes. Also UEFA referee observers are sometimes RLO.
Deletelike Stefano Podeschi (SMR) above Hennessy
DeleteMany years ago, Romanian FIFA referee Florin Chivulete (father of current FIFA referee Andrei Chivulete) lost his FIFA badge following a scandal where he was involved as RLO in a UEFA match played in Piatra Neamt (Romania).
DeleteClattenburg confirmed as new head referee in Egypt. Who will take over in Greece?
ReplyDeleteIt is unclear yet. The new Head of Refereeing will certainly need to change many things if he wants to achieve.....
DeleteYou are so corect Greek Ref. A disaster in the last years for refereeing in Greek.
DeleteSo Scharer (Elite - SUI) is 4th official to a 2nd Category referee ?
ReplyDeleteI think it's normal, I saw Kulbakov (BLR) often becomes FO for his compatriots who are below his level
DeleteIt is normal in Concacaf, but not in UEFA.
DeleteIn this stage of competition, the choice about fourth official is not made by UEFA, but by domestic federations. We have some of them that make this kind of appointments, I can remember Romania as well, even selecting an Elite working in this role to a Second Category referee. I like that because they all are referees. In Italy this would never happen because the ranking is strictly and strongly respected and it is common practice to think that in this role, in such games, you must have somebody who can make experience for the future, or maybe somebody who will never manage to join FIFA list.
DeletePersonally I really appreciate if an Elite referee is eager to be appointed in such circumstance.
I prefer the Italian way :)
DeleteIt was an honor to watch Bjorn Kuipers on duty as FO for ENG-CRO on Euro 2020, especially played at Wembley which if I'm not mistaken it's quite rare stadium has a broadcast angle opposite the player's bench (I forgot the term about that)
DeleteDoes the Italian style also apply in major tournaments?
DeleteTournaments are different because there are multiple matches and the same officials do both roles (referee and fourth official), as opposed to league games, where the referee and fourth official are assigned specific roles.
DeleteOT
ReplyDeleteAfter Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ's appointment, we have Viktar Šymusik appointed to the Racing FC Union Lëtzebuerg vs FK Čukarički UEL 2QR (1L), so we can assume that Belarusian referees will handle UEFA games this season.
Does anyone know why Tschudi was removed? He was very unlucky as he is quite talented and trusted referee in Switzerland but then got injured at home while caring for his daughter. So he was out for almost a year and was about to give is international comeback. Hopefully, he is not removed due to another injury…
ReplyDeleteAlso removed:
Delete- Donald Robertson from UCL Bodø/Glimt-KÍ
- Nikólas Neokléous from UECL Newtown-HB
Failed fitness tests maybe?
Strike by airlines prevented travel to the country
DeleteDo you know some referee failed fitness test?
DeleteDisgraceful decison by Munuera to award a red card
ReplyDeleteClip: https://streamja.com/0jr4g
DeleteSFP, I see nothing disgraceful.
where do you see SFP?
DeleteStuds on the knee.
DeleteClips from the Lechia Gdańsk vs FK Akademija Pandev game handled by Nicolas Laforge. Some interesting and borderline incidents.
ReplyDeletehttps://we.tl/t-vgnq6TuxBW
What a game for the Belgian, thanks for this detailed report!
DeleteWell, despite of a even very good approach with the awareness shown for the incidents in the early minutes of the game (all the other referees wouldn't have given a warning after that advantage in 5'), we must say that it was unluckily a performance with some crucial mistakes in quite clear situations. To me, clear foul before goal in 17', big penalty in 57' and SFP in 73'. About the other incidents, I think you can back him, but still some minor mistakes as well.
The interesting thing about missed penalty in 57' (VAR intervention absolutely expected, "first of all" for the red card), is that referee clearly missed everything about the challenge from his position, being focused on the ball after save by keeper, he awarded corner kick. Maybe some help by AR2 was possible, but still for me, quite difficut to spot.
The 73' incident sounds as red card for me even for the excessive force used (overall perception prevails on the details to decide for RC), with two opponents hit at the same time. And, in 17', before goal, attacker hits defender, not ball, then he gained it. You could say that defender put himself deliberately between opponent and the ball but he was alloed to do that...
Some interesting matches from UECL:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaUfpqEMf7g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANU357j_bMU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEDQ7XKoht0