Referee appointments for the first qualifying round of 2023/24 UEFA Champions League, second legs. UEFA has ensured a full VAR coverage for all games.
David Šmajc (SVN) under the eyes of Howard Webb, new UEFA Observer |
Tuesday 18 July 2023
17:00 CET - Ohrid (Sportski i rekreativen centar Biljanini Izvori)
FK Struga Trim-Lum (MKD) - FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)
Referee: Darren England (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Robathan (ENG)
Fourth Official: Michael Salisbury (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: David Coote (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nick Hopton (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Gylfi Þór Orrason (ISL)
UEFA Delegate: Michal Mertinyák (SVK)
19:00 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
FC Flora Tallinn (EST) - RKS Raków Częstochowa (POL)
Referee: Marian Alexandru Barbu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marius Marica (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Imre-Laszlo Bucsi (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marcel Bîrsan (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Hugo Filipe Ferreira de Campos Moreira Miguel (POR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Hélder Miguel de Azevedo Malheiro (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Konstandínos Kapitanís (CYP)
UEFA Delegate: Michael Foster (ENG)
19:00 CET - Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)
FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) - FCV Farul Constanța (ROU)
Referee: Miguel Bértolo Nogueira (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Miguel Almeida da Mota (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Rui Miguel Martins Teixeira (POR)
Fourth Official: André Filipe Domingues da Silva Narciso (POR)
Video Assistant Referee: Luís Miguel de Branco Godinho (POR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bruno Alexandre da Silva Esteves (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Cristiano Ascari (SMR)
19:00 CET - Haifa (Itztadion Sammy Ofer)
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) - Ħamrun Spartans FC (MLT)
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1: Hrvoje Radić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Kristijan Novosel (CRO)
Fourth Official: Ante Čulina (CRO)
Video Assistant Referee: Duje Strukan (CRO)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (ISL)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Lyon (GIB)
20:00 CET - Oswestry (Park Hall)
The New Saints FC (WAL) - BK Häcken (SWE)
Referee: Dario Bel (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Pataki (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Marjan Tomas (CRO)
Fourth Official: Patrik Kolarić (CRO)
Video Assistant Referee: Mario Zebec (CRO)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bojan Zobenica (CRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ruud Bossen (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Ánna Kapásoglou (GRE)
20:00 CET - Mostar (Gradski stadion)
HŠK Zrinjski (BIH) - FC Urartu (ARM)
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jesper Dahl (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Victor Skovbæk Skytte (DEN)
Fourth Official: Jacob Karlsen (DEN)
Video Assistant Referee: Jonas Hansen (DEN)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marco Borg (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: Aliaksandr Aliejnik (BLR)
20:00 CET - Mezőkövesd, Hungary (Mezőkövesdi Városi Stadion)
FK BATE Barysaŭ (BLR) - FK Partizani (ALB)
Referee: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Jonathan Bell (SCO)
Fourth Official: David Munro (SCO)
Video Assistant Referee: Donald Robertson (SCO)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: David Roome (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Targo Kaldoja (EST)
21:15 CET - Kópavogur (Kópavogsvöllur)
Breiðablik (ISL) - Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)
Referee: Adam Ladebäck (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Yng (SWE)
Fourth Official: Granit Maqedonci (SWE)
Video Assistant Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Edwin van de Graaf (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vadims Direktorenko (LVA)
UEFA Delegate: Manuel Huber (SUI)
Wednesday 19 July 2023
17:00 CET - Valmiera (Jāņa Daliņa stadions)
Valmiera FC (LVA) - NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)
Referee: César Soto Grado (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Álvarez Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos (ESP)
Video Assistant Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov (UKR)
UEFA Delegate: Susanne Erlandsson (SWE)
18:00 CET - Budapest (Groupama Aréna)
Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) - KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
Referee: David Šmajc (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: David Gabrovec (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomaž Černe (SVN)
Fourth Official: Alen Borošak (SVN)
Video Assistant Referee: Nejc Kajtazovič (SVN)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Asmir Sagrkovič (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Howard Webb (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Andrew Shaw (ENG)
18:00 CET - Baku (Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu)
Qarabağ FK (AZE) - Lincon Red Imps FC (GIB)
Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Ridiger Çokaj (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Ani Koçiaj (ALB)
Fourth Official: Kreshnik Cjapi (ALB)
Video Assistant Referee: Kreshnik Bajramaj (ALB)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Olsid Ferataj (ALB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Uno Tutk (EST)
UEFA Delegate: Metin Kazancıoğlu (TUR)
18:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadzis Dinamo Arena)
SK Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) - Astana FK (KAZ)
Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Neil Davies (ENG)
Fourth Official: John Brooks (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Timothy Wood (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Marko Simeunovič (SVN)
20:00 CET - Razgrad (Huvepharma Arena)
PFK Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) - FC Ballkani (KOS)
Referee: Luca Pairetto (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Stefano Alassio (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Damiano Di Iorio (ITA)
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro (ITA)
Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Federico La Penna (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Rudolphe Mannaerts (BEL)
20:00 CET - Luxembourg (Stade de Luxembourg)
FC Swift Hesper (LUX) - ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Mustafa Savranlar (TUR)
Fourth Official: Bahattin Şimşek (TUR)
Video Assistant Referee: Alper Ulusoy (TUR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Neslihan Muratdağı (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Alexander Miescher (SUI)
20:30 CET - Belfast (Solitude)
Larne FC (NIR) - HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Referee: Aristotélis Diamandópoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Konstandínos Psarrís (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Andréas Meïndanás (GRE)
Fourth Official: Anastásios Papapétrou (GRE)
Video Assistant Referee: Evángelos Manoúchos (GRE)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ioánnis Papadópoulos (GRE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Drago Kos (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: Paolo Rondelli (SMR)
Gold Cup final
ReplyDeleteMEX-PAN: Martinez, Lopez, Ramirez (all HON), Parchment (JAM) - Montero (CRC), Brown (HON)
Back Howard Webb after retired your 2014
ReplyDeleteStuart Attwell with Rocchi, previously Rocchi with Gillett? What do you think? Is it normal assignment for Rocchi if I’m not mistaken 2 ENG referees in a row.
ReplyDeleteHe's trying to teach them how VAR works
DeleteIs this a good appointment for England ?
ReplyDeleteIgor Pajac instead of Fran Jovic in Maccabi - Hamrun
ReplyDelete2QR
ReplyDeleteAris - Partizani / BATE
Yigal Frid (Lucílio Batista)
Dinamo Zagreb - Astana / Dinamo Tbilisi
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Leslie Irvine)
Dnipro - Panathinaikos
Daniele Chiffi (David Fernández Borbalán)
Servette - Genk
István Vad (William Young)
- - - - -
Galatasaray - Žalgiris Vilnius / Struga
Willy Delajod (Rien Koopman)
Molde - HJK Helsinki / Larne
Igor Pajač (Matteo Simone Trefoloni)
København - Shamrock Rovers / Breiðablik
Fabio Maresca (Sokol Jareci)
Panathinaikos - Dnipro-1
Bastian Dankert (Vlado Svilokos)
Genk - Servette
Novak Simović (Thomas Einwaller)
Albanian VAR, but not Swedish VAR?
ReplyDeleteThere is no VAR in Sweden.
DeleteIndeed there is no VAR in Sweden, however I am pretty sure Ekberg worked as VAR for Al-Hakim in a UNL game last summer, but maybe that was just a one-off
DeleteRomania uses VAR, so why not Romanian VARs with Romanian refs?
DeleteI'm surprised as well.
DeleteAs I said quite often, some choices about the nationality of VARs are really strange and there aren't explanations.
DeleteOn a collateral note, the development of Nyberg, coming from a country still without VAR, is even more important, because he could have faced troubles for that.
VAR should be changed or abolished in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteWhy not use it this way:
- Each team has 1 VAR "Challenge" per game that the captain can request
- The Referee can use VAR on his own initiative to make a decision in potential red card situations
Challenges wouldn't work that well in football imo considering it's much more subjective than other sports
DeleteWWC press conference with Busacca, Collina and Seitz (but no active referee)
ReplyDeletehttps://www.fifa.com/technical/refereeing
YAMASHITA + ALVEZ BATSITA will whistle the openings.
Delete75' I'd say a supportable penalty awarded by England. There was contact, but was it a trip or did the attacker find the defender? Hard to tell from the angles but seems right for the VAR to support. Good to not award a penalty for a non-punishable handling seconds before.
ReplyDeleteOn a seperate note, amusing that there is VAR but doesn't seem to be any vanishing spray in this game
Video:
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OT:
ReplyDeleteWow,what an ending to Wilmar Roldan's match.
Deportes and Corinthians are playing,hosts are chasing result and COR scores a goal,dagger as some would say.
Then goalscorer takes off his jersey,provokes players and crowd and some players lost it.
Even police had to protect COR players from fans and players.
Result of that altercation:5 RC's,but I have to praise Roldan for his calmness and his leadership in this very tricky situation.
No panic at all, sure in himself and that's why he is so long one of the best refs in CONMEBOL.
2QR (updated)
ReplyDeleteŽalgiris Vilnius - Galatasaray
Luís Godinho (Neale Barry)
Raków - Lincoln / Qarabağ
Lukas Fähndrich (Emil Božinovski)
Breiðablik - København
Gergő Bogár (Mehmet Murat Ilgaz)
Sheriff - M. Haifa
Sebastian Gishamer (Levan Paniashvili)
Aris - BATE
Yigal Frid (Lucílio Batista)
Zrinjski - Slovan / Swift
Bram Van Driessche (Carlos Clos Gómez)
Dinamo Zagreb - Astana / Dinamo Tbilisi
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Leslie Irvine)
Dnipro - Panathinaikos
Daniele Chiffi (David Fernández Borbalán)
Servette - Genk
István Vad (William Young)
- - - - -
Galatasaray - Žalgiris Vilnius
Willy Delajod (Rien Koopman)
Häcken - KÍ / Ferencváros
Andrew Madley (Bertrand Layec)
Molde - HJK Helsinki / Larne
Igor Pajač (Matteo Simone Trefoloni)
København - Breiðablik
Fabio Maresca (Sokol Jareci)
M. Haifa - Sheriff
Damian Sylwestrzak (?)
BATE - Aris
Morten Krogh (Alexandru Deaconu)
Panathinaikos - Dnipro-1
Bastian Dankert (Vlado Svilokos)
Genk - Servette
Novak Simović (Thomas Einwaller)
Ludogorets Olimpija?
DeleteCorrect early PK by Smajc in Ferencváros - KÍ.
ReplyDeleteThe Faroes are ahead, the game took a very interesting turn...
Easy enough game for Attwell. Only incident of note was a possible penalty in first half additional time, but the attackers head was low, unsure if clear contact with the boot, and that appeared to be after the ball had gone out anyroad. Only yellow was to the bench near the end of the match, not sure why as there was very little for Attwell to do so not sure what anyone could complain about. I like Attwell and think he is probably the one English official that deserves a chance in some bigger games
ReplyDeleteThree penalties whistled by Bitigen.
ReplyDeleteNo video of the first one.
Second: https://streamin.me/v/248a8e1a
Third: https://streamin.me/v/9da277e2
Both correct decisions in my opinion.
Three (IMO correct) PKs given by Abdulkadir Bitigen in Swift - Slovan, without need of VAR. Well done!
ReplyDeletehttps://streamin.one/v/a6e82f72
https://streamin.one/v/248a8e1a
https://streamin.one/v/9da277e2
PK + YC for handball given by Diamantopoulos in Larne - HJK. Don't know whether he gave it after OFR or spotted live.
ReplyDeletehttps://streamin.one/v/24d2222d