Tuesday, 28 January 2025

Europa League 2024/25 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 8

2024-25 UEFA Europa League, MD8 appointments.


Thursday 30 January 2025 

21:00 CET - Rome (Stadio Olimpico)
AS ROMA (ITA) - EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (GER)
Referee: Rade Obrenovič SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Grega Kordež SVN
Fourth Official: David Šmajc SVN
Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Carlos Clos Gómez ESP
UEFA Delegate: Kim Hallberg DEN

21:00 CET - Amsterdam (Johan Cruijff ArenA) 
AFC AJAX (NED) - GALATASARAY (TUR)
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Ángel Nevado ESP
Fourth Official: Guillermo Cuadra ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alejandro Hernández ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski POL
UEFA Delegate: Mark Blackbourne ENG

21:00 CET - Glasgow (Ibrox Stadium) 
RANGERS FC (SCO) - ROYALE UNION SAINT-GILLOISE (BEL)
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Karasewicz POL
Fourth Official: Marcin Kochanek POL
Video Assistant Referee: Piotr Lasyk POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel FRA 
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Dervishaj Nelaj ESP

21:00 CET - London  (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium) 
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (ENG) - IF ELFSBORG (SWE)
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer AUT
Assistant Referee 1:  Roland Riedel AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Santino Schreiner AUT
Fourth Official: Walter Altmann AUT
Video Assistant Referee: Alan Kijas AUT
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dragomir Draganov BUL
UEFA Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán ESP
UEFA Delegate: Damien Mollard SUI 

21:00 CET - Prague (Eden Arena)
SK SLAVIA PRAHA (CZE) - MALMÖ FF (SWE)
Referee: Allard Lindhout NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rogier Honig NED 
Assistant Referee 2: Johan Balder NED
Fourth Official: Sander van der Eijk NED
Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:Richard Martens NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav BIH 
UEFA Delegate: Rotem Kamer ISR

21:00 CET - Donostia/San Sebastián (Estadio de Anoeta)
REAL SOCIEDAD DE FÚTBOL (ESP) - PAOK (GRE)
Referee: John Beaton SCO 
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel McFarlane SCO
Assistant Referee 2: David McGeachie SCO
Fourth Official: Calum Scott SCO
Video Assistant Referee: Andrew Dallas SCO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Benoît Millot FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter SUI
UEFA Delegate: Róbert Agnarsson ISL

21:00 CET - Braga (Estádio Municipal de Braga)
SC BRAGA (POR) - SS LAZIO (ITA)
Referee: John Brooks ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Peter Bennett ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Robathan ENG
Fourth Official: Thomas Bramall ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED 
UEFA Referee Observer: Viktor Kassai HUN
UEFA Delegate: Claude Runavot FRA 

21:00 CET - Piraues (Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis)
OLYMBIAKÓS SFP (GRE) - QARABAĞ FK (AZE) 
Referee: Radu Petrescu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu ROU
Fourth Official: Marcel Birsan ROU
Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Popa ROU
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sebastian Colţescu ROU
UEFA Referee Observer: Gediminas Mažeika LTU
UEFA Delegate: Mario Đuran BIH 

21:00 CET - Décines-Charpieu (OL Stadium)
OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS (FRA) - PFK LUDOGORETS 1945 (BUL)
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Polychronis Kostaras GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Lazaros Dimitriadis GRE
Fourth Official: Ioannis Papadopoulos GRE
Video Assistant Referee: Angelos Evangelou GRE
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:Dennis Johan Higler NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Petteri Kari FIN
UEFA Delegate: Patricia González García ESP

21:00 CET - Belgrade (Stadion FK Partizan) 
MK MAKKABI TEL AVIV (ISR) - FC PORTO (POR)
Referee: Nikola Dabanović MNE
Assistant Referee 1: Vladan Todorović MNE
Assistant Referee 2: Srđan Jovanovic MNE
Fourth Official: Miloš Bošković MNE
Video Assistant Referee: Robert Schröder GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Cortus GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Michal Beneš CZE
UEFA Delegate: Angelo Chetcuti MLT

21:00 CET - Budapest (Ferencváros Stadion)
FERENCVÁROSI TC (HUN) - AZ ALKMAAR (NED)
Referee: Nenad Minaković SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Borović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Boško Božović SRB
Fourth Official: Milan Mitić SRB
Video Assistant Referee: Momčilo Marković SRB
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Novak Simović SRB
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson SWE
UEFA Delegate: Bakar Jordania GEO

21:00 CET - Hamburg (Volksparkstadion)
FK DYNAMO KYIV (UKR) - RFS (LVA)
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Roy Hassan ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Idan Yarkoni ISR
Fourth Official: Gal Leibovitz ISR
Video Assistant Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martin POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Sars FRA
UEFA Delegate: Þórir Þormar Hákonarson (ISL)

21:00 CET - Herning (Arena Herning) 
FC MIDTJYLLAND (DEN) - FENERBAHÇE (TUR)
Referee: Luis Godinho POR
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Teixeira POR
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Almeida POR
Fourth Official: Miguel Nogueira POR
Video Assistant Referee: Helder Malheiro POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fábio Oliveira Melo POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel GER
UEFA Delegate: Raili Ellermaa EST

21:00 CET - Bilbao (Estadio de San Mamés)
ATHLETIC CLUB (ESP) - FC VIKTORIA PLZEŇ (CZE) 
Referee: Matej Jug SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Vidali SVN
Fourth Official: Mihael Antič SVN
Video Assistant Referee: Asmir Sagrković SVN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Gianluca Aureliano ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: John Ward IRL
UEFA Delegate: Colin MacDonald SCO

21:00 CET - Nice (Grand Stade de Nice) 
OGC NICE (FRA) - FK BODØ/GLIMT (NOR) 
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Arber Zalla ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Rejdi Avdo ALB
Fourth Official: Albert Doda ALB
Video Assistant Referee: Luca Pairetto ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Paweł Gil POL
UEFA Delegate: Styrbjörn Oskarsson FIN

21:00 CET - Brussels (RSC Anderlecht Stadium)
RSC ANDERLECHT (BEL) - TSG 1899 HOFFENHEIM (GER)
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Levan Varamishvili GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgi Elikashvili GEO
Fourth Official: Irakli Kherkhadze GEO
Video Assistant Referee: Jeroen Manschot NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Aleko Aptsiauri GEO
UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry ENG
UEFA Delegate: Ewa Gajewska POL

21:00 CET - Enschede (FC Twente Stadion) 
FC TWENTE (NED) - BEŞIKTAŞ JK (TUR)
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL 
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsis POL 
Fourth Official: Wojciech Myc POL
Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pawel Pskit POL
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Meßner AUT
UEFA Delegate: Emil Ubias CZE

21:00 CET - Bucharest (Arena Națională)
FC FCSB (ROU) - MANCHESTER UNITED FC (ENG)
Referee: Harm Osmers GER 
Assistant Referee 1: Dominik Schaal  GER
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp GER
Fourth Official: Florian Exner GER
Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Brand GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Patrick Hanslbauer GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif ISR
UEFA Delegate: Dušan Gelić SRB
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17 comments:

  1. Ref0028 January 2025 at 11:49

    If the referee observers at the EURO are considered by UEFA as the best and most trustworthy observers (which I suspect), then Gil Manzano (Mikulski), Gishamer (Borbalán) are under a certain focus by the RefCom.

    Obrenovič keeps getting his chances. First back as 4O in Monaco after a horrendous game, now back with an Italian team and on top of that, gets the best VAR in Europe. Has his nationality anything to do with it? 😉 Mind you, for refs from other countries this is a non-existing path. I guess, there is still pressure to promote him next summer.

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    1. CarlRDM28 January 2025 at 13:59

      @Ref00

      Maybe you are right

      If we follow your logic than some other referees like Minakovic (Srb) are definitely in the focus. For example he had both observers you mentioned (Mikulski,Borbalan) and big refereeing names like Cakir and Rocchi

      We'll see

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    2. Ref0028 January 2025 at 14:11

      Yes, Minakovic is under focus as well, since Jovanovic has been injured. The observers mentioned by you should confirm that.

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  2. Chefren28 January 2025 at 12:14

    It will be interesting to watch Obrenovic in Rome, to see whether he has recovered or not after the performance in Monaco.
    Gil Manzano with a crucial game in Amsterda, not difficult to predict.
    Sidiropoulos and Grinfeeld don' get Champions League and this would have been a rare occasion with some chances. They are kept in Elite but no major competition for them, treament by committee is clear.
    Still about Slovenia, you can see how much regularly is appointed Jug, a very experienced Category 1, yes, but you can see the focus is never over, while for other referees there can be periods without many assignments.
    Quite good game for Xhaja, one could have expected more but Norwegian team definitely with excellent path and it sounds strange they will be the favourite in Nice.

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  3. Skominafan28 January 2025 at 12:42

    Chefren but focus on Italian is over right hahahahah...common...you have nothing now after Orsato!

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    1. Peter28 January 2025 at 13:13

      I can't follow your argumentation: In the Champions League, three referees will have been used six times each in the group stage: Oliver, Vincic and Massa. The latter comes from Italy and this time he will officiate the decisive game in the fight for the intermediate round of the Champions League between VfB Stuttgart and Paris Saint-Germain.

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  4. Elliot28 January 2025 at 13:26

    No appointment at all for Kruzliak during the two gameweeks in January is very surprising to say the least. I know he hasn't refereed for over a month (last game on 23 december in the UAE) but that should just be due to the Slovak league having a winter break. Does anyone know anything?

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  5. anty7528 January 2025 at 13:48

    Decisive match for Mourinho's Fener with Portuguese ref, for me its not ideal...

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  6. Philipp S28 January 2025 at 16:14

    Interesting that there are some referees in important games, who are not on the published list for the winter course, namely Godinho, Minakovic and Osmers.

    Vice versa, no game in January for Brisard, Papapetrou, Treimanis and Fesnic in spite of being at the course.

    Also remarkable, that the two least important games go to referees, who had a CL game this season - Grinfeeld and Lindhout.

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    1. nikart28 January 2025 at 18:55

      About Papapetrou, he is injured therefore no games in Greece and in UEFA Competitions. He is only operating as VAR in Greece.

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  7. diego61229 January 2025 at 04:31

    OT
    -While the AFC/CAF/OFC World Cup seminar takes place in Doha, the CONCACAF winter seminar is taking place this week in Costa Rica.

    -Argentina will host the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL seminar for the World Cup in April/May.

    -The list of preselected CONCACAF referees is 15.

    Information from Leonel Leal (former Costa Rican FIFA assistant referee and FIFA instructor)

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  8. FrederikH29 January 2025 at 09:54

    OT: What can be the reason for Michael Oliver to black out the FIFA logo and name on his cards?

    See: https://citisportsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Oliver-896x1024.jpg
    And see: https://i2-prod.football.london/premier-league/article30872113.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/4_Wolverhampton-Wanderers-FC-v-Arsenal-FC-Premier-League.jpg

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    1. Peter29 January 2025 at 11:36

      According to Microsoft Copilot:
      "Referee Michael Oliver blacks out the FIFA logo on his red card to comply with regulations that restrict the use of FIFA branding in domestic competitions. The FIFA logo is reserved for international matches and tournaments sanctioned by FIFA. However, he wears the FIFA badge on his uniform to signify his status as a FIFA-listed referee. This badge indicates that he is qualified to officiate in international matches and has met the standards set by FIFA."

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