Friday 27 January 2023

31th UEFA Advanced Course for Top Referees - List of Participants

This year the 31th UEFA Advanced Course for Top Referees will be held in Italy. Similarly,  new FIFA referees will attend their introductory course.



Italy, 29 January – 1° February 2023

All Women Elite with a CONMEBOL Guest: Anahí Fernández Hernández (URU)

All Men Elite

Category 1 Selection:

Enea Jorgji (ALB)
Harald Lechner (AUT)
Aliyar Aghayev (AZE)
Lawrenec Visser (BEL)
Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Georgi Kabakov (BUL)
Duje Strukan (CRO)
Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Craig Pawson (ENG)
Alejandro José Hernandez Hernandez (ESP)
Kristo Tohver (EST)
Giorgi Kruashvili (GEO)
Harm Osmers (GER)
Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Donatas Rumsas (LTU)
Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Nikola Dabanovic (MNE)
Espen Eskas (NOR)
Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Radu Marian Petrescu (ROU)
Filip Glova (SVK)
Matej Jug (SVN)
Rade Obrenovic (SVN)
Mohammed Al Hakim (SWE)
Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Glenn Nyberg (SWE)

VAR:

Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Benoit Millot (FRA)
Bastian Dankert (GER)
Marco Fritz (GER)
Marco Guda (ITA)
Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Dennis Higler (NED)
Pol van Boekel (NED)
Tomasz Kwiatowski (POL)
Tiago Martins (POR)
Fedayi San (SUI)
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  1. Chefren27 January 2023 at 23:13

    Out from the Elite list: Russian officials, Kovacs, Taylor, Hategan and Oliver. While for Kovacs and Taylor the reason is known (Club World Cup) and about Hategan one can explain it with the health issues, I really don't know about Oliver, but maybe just a mistake in reporting the names.

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    1. Davidcrammond28 January 2023 at 00:24

      Surprised about Oliver missing don't think it would br injury. Would also explain why he and Attwell didn't get FA Cup games this weekend seeing as they would be in Italy from Sunday

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    2. Davidcrammond28 January 2023 at 00:26

      But saying that Pawson (Cat1) has a game in Southampton while Jones and Brooks are part of the team on Fridays game 4th and VAR.

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    3. Chefren28 January 2023 at 10:24

      Another possibility is that Oliver will attend the CONMEBOL course as guest, so for this reason he will not be there, but I don't know when the South American course will be held, just speculation.

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    4. Philipp S28 January 2023 at 11:40

      I was wondering about a travel ban to Italy for sending Buffon off - but he actually already did a game in Rome in the meantime ;)

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    5. Davidcrammond6 February 2023 at 15:51

      I believe Michael became a dad as he was taken off a premier league game this weekend.

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  2. Philipp S28 January 2023 at 01:14

    OT: The Czech handball referees Vaclav Horacek and Jiri Novotny have been appointed to the second semifinal at every World Championship since 2011 (and it happens every second year) - with the only exception when they did the final in 2015.
    So kind of similar to Urs Meier's record in CL SFs...
    And let's be happy that UEFA and FIFA "appointers" are a bit more creative in their work. ;)

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    1. Mohamed rabie28 January 2023 at 07:43

      I need urs meier record in ucl SF

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    2. Philipp S28 January 2023 at 11:38

      Meier did a CL SF every season from 1997 to 2004 - with the only exception in 2002, where he had the final.

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    3. Mohamed rabie28 January 2023 at 12:09

      Thanks

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  3. Philipp S28 January 2023 at 01:16

    Prediction for CWC:
    Al Ahly - Auckland: Barton, Moran (both SLV), Nesbitt (USA), Ma (CHN) - Guerrero (MEX), Irrati (ITA), Zhou (CHN), Jiyed (MAR)

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  4. Quilava28 January 2023 at 04:09

    1st Cat referees missing from Winter Course:

    Schüttengruber, Weinberger, Lambrechts, Jović, Kavanagh, De Burgos Bengoetxea, Brisard, Buquet, Frappart, Stegemann, Bognár, Vad, Reinshreiber, Stavrev, Raczkowski, Stefanski, Veríssimo, Pinheiro, Fesnic, Ivanov, Beaton, Walsh, Palabiyik.

    Guida & Martins attend as VAR.

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    1. Quilava28 January 2023 at 04:20

      Correction: Frappart is attending as female Elite referee. Also, Brisard is absent due to being VAR at CWC.

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    2. matei1428 January 2023 at 11:02

      The big suprises are the absences of Ricardo de Burgos (he was at WC after all) and Joao Pinheiro (it looked like there was big focus on him so far this season)

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    3. Chefren28 January 2023 at 11:39

      João Pinheiro was planned for attending CONMEBOL Copa América Under 20 (19/01 - 20/02) so maybe for this reason he was not added on this list. It would be strange to see him out, he seems to be Portuguese nr. 2 at moment after Soares Dias. Nevertheless, he has been replaced by Nobre at CONMEBOL tournament: https://www.record.pt/futebol/arbitragem/detalhe/antonio-nobre-rende-joao-pinheiro-na-copa-america-sub-20
      Maybe some Portuguese readers can give us more details if known...

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  5. Rui Almeida28 January 2023 at 12:07

    Good afternoon everyone.
    Is there any news about referees for Intercontinental Playoff for FIFA WWCup in New Zealand next February?
    Thanks in advance for any information.

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  6. Mohamed rabie28 January 2023 at 21:14

    Fernando rapallini Argentinian referee will referee Saudi super cup final tomorrow in Riyadh between ittihad and fihaa

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  7. diego61229 January 2023 at 03:27

    Bad job for Said Martinez (HON) in the international friendly USA-COL...
    3 penalties not sanctioned by hand, 2 for USA and one for COL.
    His judgment with "hands inside the box" is very bad and poor.

    Also, when he approaches the players he looks arrogant, he doesn't speak to them, he just stares into their eyes without any words.

    You can see why he didn't whistle in Qatar.

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  8. Chefren29 January 2023 at 12:04

    https://twitter.com/OfficialJohor/status/1619364344537698304

    INTERNATIONAL CLUB FRIENDLY

    JDT [1-0] Levski Sofia (BUL)

    *Match abandoned at 54th minute due to opposition lack of sportsmanship, excessive aggression and failure of Serbian referee in controlling the match.

    You can find all interesting videos in the linked tweet's comments.
    Particular that a Serbian referee was appointed for a game in UAE.

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    1. Quilava29 January 2023 at 13:04

      FMR is available on Youtube. Referee was Mladen Jakovljević, who regularly referees in Serbian 2nd tier.

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  9. Unknown29 January 2023 at 18:43

    Hi Everyone.

    This penalty was retaken. Is it true? Or is there a rule error?

    https://streamable.com/ejp4yb

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    1. Quilava29 January 2023 at 19:00

      Based on the AR raising his flag, I think they called a GK encroachment and that's why the PK was retaken (though I'm not sure if it has to be called if the PK is missed without GK stopping it)

      If there's no encroachment, then the second touch by FEN13 should result in IFK.

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    2. Philipp S29 January 2023 at 22:05

      I think, it's wrong due to
      "if the ball misses the goal or rebounds from the crossbar or goalpost(s), the kick is only retaken if the goalkeeper’s offence clearly impacted on the kicker "

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    3. Ugur B30 January 2023 at 01:04

      By the ref authorities in Turkey, it has been mentioned as gk's stepping forward is reducing the angle of kicker and impacts the kicker.

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  10. Chefren29 January 2023 at 19:22

    Champions League predictions:

    Leipzig - Manchester City Sandro Schärer / Davide Massa
    Brugge - Benfica Felix Zwayer / François Letexier
    Liverpool - Real Madrid Szymon Marciniak / Daniele Orsato
    Milan - Tottenham Carlos Del Cerro Grande / Danny Makkelie
    Eintracht Frankfurt - Napoli Srdjan Jovanovic / Antonio Mateu Lahoz
    Borussia Dortmund - Chelsea Slavko Vincic / Istvan Kovacs
    Inter - Porto Anthony Taylor / Clément Turpin
    PSG - Bayern Michael Oliver / Jesús Gil Manzano

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  11. Mohamed rabie29 January 2023 at 22:37

    I predict referee ma ning china for ahli Egypt vs Auckland New Zealand in the opening match in cwc 2022 in Morocco

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  12. JD30 January 2023 at 00:34

    Very surprised to see melero Lopez in a Game like real vs San Sebastian. What do you think about his Performance?

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  13. Ugur B30 January 2023 at 01:12

    Sabri Çelik has resigned from Chairman of the Referees Arbitration Board of the Turkish Footbal Federation and replaced by Lale Orta, who was the first female referee officiated in Turkish Super League in 1999. She is the first female chairman also.

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  14. Yifei30 January 2023 at 04:02

    Predictions for CWC:

    1st round:
    Al Ahly vs Auckland City - Ma Ning (CHN)

    2nd round:
    Wydad Casablanca vs Al-Hilal - Iván Barton (El Salvador)
    Seattle Sounders vs Al Ahly/Auckland City - István Kovács (Romania)

    Semi-finals:
    Flamengo vs Wydad Casablanca/Al-Hilal - Anthony Taylor (England)
    Seattle Sounders/Al Ahly/Auckland City vs Real Madrid - Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

    Match for third place: István Kovács (Romania)
    Final: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)


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  15. f30 January 2023 at 09:39

    I'm very surprised to see Pinheiro and Walsh out for the Winter top class referees course. Probably the absence of Pinheiro is related to his attendance (or not) at U20 Comnebol in south America, while I was feeling a special attention to Walsh as well.
    A question for all of you ? In the coming weeks considering both Europe and Conference League as well we will have many matches, so do you expect that somebody out of this list will be in any case appointed ? Like for example Pinheiro, Walsh, Stavrev or maybe some new talents of second group like as Saggi, Xhaja, LIndhout, Delajod ?

    Here my prediction for CL:
    Leipzig - Manchester City I. Kovacs / S. Vincic
    Brugge - Benfica W. Collum / F. Sharer
    Liverpool - Real Madrid C. Turpin / D. Makkelie
    Milan - Tottenham Carlos A. Sorase Dias / F. Zwayer
    Eintracht Frankfurt - Napoli S. Jovanovic / A. Taylor
    Borussia Dortmund - Chelsea S. Marciniak / C. Del Cerro Grande
    Inter - Porto M. Oliver / D. Siebert
    PSG - Bayern A. Mateu Lahoz / D. Orsato

    Top clash in EL Barcellona - Manchester UTD: D. Orsato / D. Makkelie

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    1. Philipp S30 January 2023 at 11:24

      My CL predictions
      Leipzig - Manchester City: Kruzliak / Schärer
      Brugge - Benfica: Massa / Marciniak
      Liverpool - Real Madrid Jovanovic / Makkelie
      Milan - Tottenham: Vincic / Gil Manzano
      Eintracht Frankfurt - Napoli: Grinfeeld / Oliver
      Borussia Dortmund - Chelsea: del Cerro Grande / Kovacs
      Inter - Porto: Zwayer / Turpin
      PSG - Bayern: Mateu / Orsato

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  16. Anass30 January 2023 at 13:38

    Netherlands Eredivisie:
    SC Cambuur - Fortuna Sittard
    1. https://youtu.be/BgzUYK-IyYs?t=451
    2. https://youtu.be/BgzUYK-IyYs?t=597

    It was a tough match for referee Jeroen Manschot. First misjudgment not given the penalty is serious. The second misjudgment in which a penalty was given is difficult to understand without seeing the video, somewhat defendable for me. (Did the keeper touch the opponent before touching the ball?)

    By the way, I don't know what Manschot's gesture after retracting the penalty means.
    On social media, there were many voices: offside?. Please someone tell me.

    FC Twente - Feyenoord
    1. https://youtu.be/UFo6iAsQmwU?t=340
    2. https://youtu.be/UFo6iAsQmwU?t=569

    The first one is pretty prevalent on social media, so I think it's a scene that many people have already seen. Obvious unsporting behavior in obstructing a throw-in by Feyenoord's keeper (Justin Bijlow). The disturbed Twente player's reaction (hitting the ball hard) was also eye-catching, but he was not punished.

    And still somewhat lucky for Manschot, the more high-profile top match had already been talking about a serious wrong dicision by Allard Lindhout. Not punish a Twente's player for an obvious handball offence, punish the very small pushing of the dueling Feyenoord's player. The most disgusting thing for me, the reason that Lindhout allowed many more violent pushers in this match, is he betrayed his own standards at the end of the match.


    In the Netherlands, arbitrage will be a big focus Feyenoord - PSV at next sunday. One weeks ago at Feyenoord - Ajax, Serdar Gözübüyük surpassed, in a good way, many people's expectations. This time perhaps Makkelie will appear ...

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  17. paparesta30 January 2023 at 16:25

    João Pinheiro castigado por Rosetti por não ir ao campeonato sub 20 na América do Sul e por ter ido a tribunal no caso dos emails em Portugal.
    Veremos as próximas nomeações na UEFA.

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  18. Mohamed rabie30 January 2023 at 18:50

    Who was the best Portuguese referee in my opinion vitor meleo perriera who refereed in wc 1998 and 2002 ?

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  19. Euro Soccer Ref31 January 2023 at 15:43

    Turkish second tier. YC, no VAR intervention.

    https://twitter.com/mehmetvip/status/1619652591436304385

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  20. Jacques31 January 2023 at 17:35

    Hallucinatory! Scandalous!

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  21. Mohamed rabie31 January 2023 at 18:56

    Exclusive : Chinese referee ma ning will referee the opening match in cwc in Morocco tomorrow between ahli Egypt vs Auckland New Zealand

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    1. matei1431 January 2023 at 19:16

      Absolutely expected appointment but ... source?

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    2. bmb1 February 2023 at 00:05

      Al Ahly vs Auckland City
      A: Ma Ning (CHN)
      A1: Zhou Fei (CHN)
      A2: Zhang Cheng (CHN)
      4to: Istvan Kovacs (ROU)
      VAR: Juan Martinez (ESP)
      AVAR: Fu Ming (CHN)
      OVAR: Nicolas Taran (URU)
      SVAR: Fernando Guerrero (MEX)

      https://twitter.com/ArbitroInteBlog/status/1620530377390706688

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    3. diego6121 February 2023 at 04:03

      They summon a Chinese VAR to (in theory) work with Ning, and they assign him as AVAR in Ning's only match (assuming) as central referee... Rare

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  22. Chefren31 January 2023 at 20:44

    The UEFA courses in Rome have started some days ago with a meeting for top assistant referees. Looking at some pictures, I think that they are mostly all the assistant referees for Elite and some Category 1 referees who will officiate in the major club competitions KO stage.
    https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/027d-172f52c077f9-b70f12963832-1000--bright-future-for-assistant-referees/

    Then, here the news about Introductory course for new FIFA officials:
    https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/027d-173334b1d08a-f1b31e623db7-1000--new-uefa-referees-given-sound-career-advice/?iv=true

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  23. diego6121 February 2023 at 03:57

    Wow, Claudia Umpierrez has retired from professional refereeing...God...That's hard news.

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  24. matei142 February 2023 at 20:48

    Confirmed that Ovidiu Hategan indeed skipped the Winter Course. I wonder the reasons, the latest news are that he want to come return to the highest level. He attended at the Pre-Season Preparatory Course last summer in Frankfurt ...

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