Monday, 26 June 2023

2023/24 UEFA Champions League Preliminary round - Referee Appointments

Referee appointments for the preliminary round of 2023/24 UEFA Champions League, a mini-tournament to be played in Iceland. Polish referee Krzysztof Jakubik has been assigned to the final.




Tuesday 27 June 2023

Semi-Final
15:00 CET - Kópavogur, Iceland (Kópavogsvöllur)
Atlètic Club d’Escaldes (AND) - FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Adrian Ștefan Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Ciprian Florin Danșa (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marian Alexandru Barbu (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Radu Petrescu (ROU) 
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Popa (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Tompkins (ENG)

Semi-Final
21:00 CET - Kópavogur, Iceland (Kópavogsvöllur)
SP Tre Penne (SMR) - Breiðablik (ISL)
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Ole Kronlykke (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Markus (DEN)
Fourth Official: Lasse Læbel Graagaard (DEN)
Video Assistant Referee: Jeroen Manschot (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Tompkins (ENG)

Friday 30 June 2023

Final
21:00 CET - Kópavogur, Iceland (Kópavogsvöllur)
Winner SF1 - Winner SF2
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Arkadiusz Kamil Wójcik (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Niemirowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Wojciech Myć (POL)
Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Pskit (POL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Malec (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Tompkins (ENG)

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23 comments:

  1. Anonymous23 June 2023 at 09:08

    They will use VAR there

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    1. Chefren23 June 2023 at 10:02

      Yes, we will see about appointments, maybe, given that it will be a particular management in these preliminary rounds, they will not appear on uefa site. Also, not a case that we have three referees coming from countries with VAR.

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    2. Elliot23 June 2023 at 11:24

      You don't think they will show up two days before the games as usual?

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  2. Chefren23 June 2023 at 22:25

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3xSGtF6Cy3Fsjv6HKGZeICOtIiuo8i6hpvonF4xdY3kTfHA/viewform?pli=1
    A poll about Super Cup, feel free to participate.

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    1. pita falta24 June 2023 at 12:47

      I gave my preference to portuguese

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    2. Anonymous24 June 2023 at 13:00

      I hope we get surprise name like Peljto

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    3. matei1424 June 2023 at 13:03

      My vote went to Sandro Scharer

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    4. Anonymous24 June 2023 at 23:56

      My guess is Artur Dias also

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  3. Chefren24 June 2023 at 04:46

    While in Italy Allard Lindhout has become the new Byron Moreno, we learn from newspapers that it was also Gabriele Gravina, FIGC president and UEFA Vice president, to invite committee to introduce VAR at U21. But maybe this would have happen even without his words. About the Dutch referee, today's game will be the last one for him and then he will go home (but not difficult to guess that).

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  4. Anonymous24 June 2023 at 16:47

    But meanwhile, he has been promoted Cat1.
    IMO, not deserved

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    1. Anonymous24 June 2023 at 17:01

      Sorry IMO you are biased, you can’t decide promotion/demotion only by single match and ignore many good match from him.

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    2. Chefren24 June 2023 at 18:31

      Yes indeed, in this case the timing is the worst possible for Lindhout, but we can't judge based only on one game. I'm curious now about his next appointments in UEFA after today.

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    3. Euro Soccer Ref24 June 2023 at 19:55

      It's the exact same case like with Kuĺbakoŭ. The Belarussian was promoted to Elite before the U21EURO in 2019 and then made a serious technical mistake at the tournament. RefCom obviously didn't draw conclusions after that.

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    4. Anonymous24 June 2023 at 21:25

      They didn’t?

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    5. Euro Soccer Ref25 June 2023 at 10:36

      No. They still make summer recategorization before the U21EURO.

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    6. Anonymous26 June 2023 at 05:03

      They actually drew conclusions after that technical mistake and did not appoint Kulbakov as they did it before that.

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    7. Euro Soccer Ref26 June 2023 at 12:32

      The treatment afterwards is one thing but to make the same mistake of deciding promotions before this tournament is something different.

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    8. Anonymous27 June 2023 at 04:14

      If you meant drawing conclusions that way, yes, RefCom should have not made the same mistake.

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  5. Euro Soccer Ref25 June 2023 at 10:35

    Atlètic - Budućnost
    Video Assistant Referee: Radu Marian Petrescu (ROU)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Sorin Popa (ROU)

    Tre Penne - Breiðablik
    Video Assistant Referee: Jeroen Manschot (NED)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti (NED)

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    1. Chefren25 June 2023 at 10:41

      So, VAR appointments indeed to be released two days before the game. Interesting choice for Danish officials, not even at this level, committee allows Danish VARs. Dutch crew sent to Iceland, I think that it will be difficult to make all these appointments on next round, then it will start also for Europa League, but we will see.
      About Manschot and Ruperti, it is now very easy to say that they could have helped Lindhout at under 21...

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  6. RikB26 June 2023 at 15:35

    Is VAR really needed in these matches? It's barely a professional match if we are being honest...

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    1. Euro Soccer Ref26 June 2023 at 21:45

      To be honest, the U21EURO showed that most referees are not longer able to referee without VAR. Some mistakes are understandable, of course, but some of them are disqualifying. I know Roberto Rosetti was really upset with the amount of VAR interventions last season, demanding from referees to be focused and referee like there is no VAR. But we all can see the old times have gone and won't be back anymore. It's totally different refereeing nowadays. Much weaker I would say. And in such case, VAR is a must...

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  7. Euro Soccer Ref28 June 2023 at 10:34

    Final
    FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) - Breiðablik (ISL)
    Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Pskit (POL)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Malec (POL)

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