Sunday, 2 February 2025

2024/25 UEFA Youth League - Referee Appointments - Round of 32 (Single-legs)

2024-25 UEFA Youth League, KO Stage. Referee assignments for Round of 32, single ties. The matches will be played on 11 and 12 February 2025.

Ishmael Barbara MLT to referee Rapid Wien - Atlético Madrid


Tuesday 11 February 2025

11:00 CET - Manavgat, TUR (Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi - Emir Hotels 1)
FC DYNAMO KYIV (UKR) - ATALANTA BC (ITA) 
Referee: Mikkel Redder DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Deniz Yurdakul DEN
Assistant Referee 2: René Risum DEN
Fourth Official: Ertan Başyiğit TUR Burak Memiş Güvenç TUR
UEFA Referee Observer: Sabri Celik TUR
UEFA Delegate: Konul Mehdiyeva AZE

14:00 CET - Stuttgart (Stadion auf der Waldau)
VFB STUTTGART (GER) - LIVERPOOL FC (ENG) 
Referee: Bulat Sariyev KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: Yuriy Tikhonyuk KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Sergey Kalachyov KAZ
Fourth Official: Felix Prigan GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn GER
UEFA Delegate: Meta Romers NED

14:00 CET - Wijdewormer (AZ Training Center)
AZ ALKMAAR (NED) - SL BENFICA (POR) 
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jørgen Rønning Valstadsve NOR  
Assistant Referee 2: Alf Olav Rossland NOR
Fourth Official: Erwin Blank NED
UEFA Referee Observer: René Temmink NED 
UEFA Delegate: Evangelos Mouscos CYP

16:00 CET - Milan (Youth Development Centre in memory of Giacinto Facchetti )
FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA) - LOSC LILLE (FRA) 
Referee: Menelaos Antoniou CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgios Charalampous CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgios Kontemeniotis CYP
Fourth Official: Luca Zufferli ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Alfredo Tretnalange ITA
UEFA Delegate: Luka Steiner SVN

16:00 CET - Seville (Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol)
REAL BETIS BALOMPIÉ (ESP) - FC BAYERN MUNICH JUNIOR TEAM (GER) 
Referee: Miloš Milanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Bojan Tomović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Petar Radić SRB
Fourth Official: Francisco Javier Expósito Jaramillo ESP Ignacio de Santisteban Adame ESP
UEFA Referee Observer:David Fernández Borbalán ESP
UEFA Delegate: Marvin Robinson ENG

18:00 CET - Sinsheim (Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion)
TSG 1899 HOFFENHEIM - FK SHAKHTAR DONETSK (UKR) 
Referee: Patrik Kolarić CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Luka Pajić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Starčević CRO
Fourth Official: Fabienne Michel GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Sven Bindels LUX 
UEFA Delegate: Neil Doncaster SCO

Wednesday 12 February 2025

12:00 CET - Zagreb (Športski centar Rudeš)
NK LOKOMOTIVA ZAGREB (CRO) - SK STURM GRAZ (AUT) 
Referee: Lukasz Kuzma POL
Assistant Referee 1: Jakub Winkler POL
Assistant Referee 2: Piotr Podbielski POL
Fourth Official: Ante Culjak CRO Patrik Pavlešić CRO
UEFA Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos CRO
UEFA Delegate: Depi Koxenoglou GRE

14:00 CET - Alcochete (Stadium Aurélio Pereira)
SPORTING CP (POR) - AS MONACO (FRA) 
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Petar Mitrev BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Krasimir Atanasov BUL
Fourth Official: Fa Braima Sanha POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Castro POR 
UEFA Delegate: Andrew Dickson SCO

14:00 CET - Liefering (Akademie Salzburg)
FC SALZBURG (AUT) - CELTIC FC (SCO) 
Referee: Oliver Retala FIN 
Assistant Referee 1: Jukka Honkanen FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Olli Jantunen FIN
Fourth Official: Florian Jäger AUT
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz AUT 
UEFA Delegate: Robert Kispál HUN

14:00 CET - Sant Joan Despí (Estadi Johan Cruyff)
BARCELONA FC (ESP) - GNK DINAMO (CRO)
Referee: Stefan Ebner AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Steinacher AUT Martin Höfler AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Amina Gutschi AUT
Fourth Official: David López Jiménez ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Salustia Chato Cipres AND
UEFA Delegate: Marc Vouillamoz SUI

14:00 CET - Ikast (Ikast Stadion)
FC MIDTJYLLAND ACADEMY (DEN) - MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG) 
Referee: Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira POR
Assistant Referee 1: Tiago Costa POR
Assistant Referee 2: Fábio Diogo Oliveira Silva POR
Fourth Official: Lasse Læbel Graagaard DEN
UEFA Referee Observer: Jens Larsen DEN 
UEFA Delegate: María Medina Jiménez ESP

16:00 CET - Madrid (Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano)
REAL MADRID CF (ESP) - BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER) 
Referee: Joey Kooij NED
Assistant Referee 1: Dyon Fikkert NED
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan De Groot NED
Fourth Official: Fernando Bueno Prieto ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Carlos Clos Gómez ESP
UEFA Delegate: Sergei Hohlov-Simson EST

16:00 CET - Trabzon (Şenol Güneş Spor Kompleksi)
TRABZONSPOR (TUR) - JUVENTUS (ITA)
Referee: Joakim Östling SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Robin Wilde SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Kristensson SWE
Fourth Official: Yiğit Alp Yardım TUR
UEFA Referee Observer: Barış Şimşek TUR
UEFA Delegate: Zumrud Aghayeva AZE

16:00 CET - Piraeus (Olympiacos FC Training Centre)
OLYMBIAKÓS SFP (GRE) - GIRONA FC (ESP)
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Geerolf BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Fourth Official: Georgios Kokkinos GRE
UEFA Referee Observer: Stavros Tritsonis GRE 
UEFA Delegate: Naira Abramyan ARM

16:00 CET - Felcsút (Pancho Arena)
PUSKÁS AKADÉMIA FC (HUN) - ASTON VILLA FC (ENG) 
Referee: Zorbay Küçük TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Furkan Ürün TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Deniz Caner Özaral TUR
Fourth Official: Marcell Derdák HUN
UEFA Referee Observer: László Vágner HUN
UEFA Delegate: Renata Tomasova SVK

18:30 CET - Wien (Weststadion)
SK RAPID WIEN (AUT) - CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP)
Referee: Ishmael Barbara MLT 
Assistant Referee 1: James Muscat MLT
Assistant Referee 2: Duncan Spencer MLT
Fourth Official: Alain Sadikovski AUT
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek AUT 
UEFA Delegate: Stewart Robertson SCO
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20 comments:

  1. Philipp S2 February 2025 at 21:18

    OT: Today, the Bundesliga had its first public announcement of a VAR decision by a referee (in Leverkusen-Hoffenheim).
    "Penalty was checked. According to the pictures, there was an offside position, therefore the decision is no penalty, offside."
    The referee was 28-years-old Robin Braun in his second trial game in the 1. Bundesliga.

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  2. M2 February 2025 at 23:57

    OT:

    Plenty talking points in Italian big matches on Sunday.

    Derby della Madonina was hadled by Chiffi.
    Most of the crucial decisions went against Inter.
    Couple disallowed goals but probably the biggest talking point is no penalty call for Pavlovic's tripping on Thuram.

    Then we had Derby del Sole,Roma vs Napoli.
    Ref was Fabbri.

    There we had plenty situation against Napoli.

    2 or 3 penalty shouts that were not called,1 very not convincing dive that was convicingly called by Fabbri and foul drom Kone that could have easily been RC.

    All in all refs will for sure be talking points after Sunday in Italy.

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    1. Chefren3 February 2025 at 04:46

      AIA didn't want to show the VAR clips about Milan - Inter possible penalty. For me this was a VAR mistake because all the focus was on Theo Hernandez who made a rather fair tackle, but Pavlovic from behind caused a very clear penalty and somebody realized that only a few minutes after the fact. It's incredible that for the situations that one can assess as crucial mistakes even from VAR, AIA remains silent.
      About the other big incidents, correctly disallowed two goals for offside and one can accept the call by Chiffi about the third disallowed goal.
      About Roma - Napoli: for me no simulation, but it can be OK no penalty, soft contact on Politano. Despite of YC given, VAR didn't intervene because no clear and obvious mistake. Then, more to discuss what about McTominay later, maybe more penalty than play on but again not a clear and obvious mistake. Not sure referee correctly assessed this one from his positionn. Rather close to satisfactory performance by Fabbri but nothing more, some decisions looked to be just random ones and not made after a real process, honestly. About Kone you can accept YC because he slipped on the ball before, but indeed very, very borderline, given point of contact.

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  3. Mathias Roels3 February 2025 at 20:58

    REFEREE OBSERVERS - KNOCKOUT PLAY-OFFS

    CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
    Brest - PSG: Leslie Irvine NIR/Kyros Vassaras GRE
    Manchester City - Real Madrid: Jan W. Wegereef NED/Nicola Rizzoli ITA
    Juventus - PSV: Manuel Diaz Vega ESP/Stefan Messner AUT
    Sporting CP - Dortmund: Cyril Zimmermann SUI/Howard Webb ENG
    Club Brugge - Atalanta: Stéphane Lannoy FRA/Dejan Filipovic SRB
    Feyenoord - AC Milan: Martin Atkinson ENG/Alexandru Deaconu ROU
    Celtic - Bayern München: Georgios Bikas GRE/Carlos Velasco Carballo ESP
    AS Monaco - Benfica: Ante Vučemilović CRO/Peter Sippel GER

    EUROPA LEAGUE
    Ferencváros - Viktoria Plzen: Björn Kuipers NED/Rune Pedersen NOR
    Union SG - Ajax: João Ferreira POR/Herbert Fandel GER
    Midtjylland - Real Sociedad: Lucilio Batista POR/Emil Bozinovski MKD
    Fenerbahçe - Anderlecht: Augustus Constantin ROU/Matteo Trefoloni ITA
    Twente - Bodo Glimt: Sokol Jareci ALB/Karen Nalbandyan ARM
    AZ Alkmaar - Galatasaray: ???/Uno Tutk EST
    PAOK - FCSB: Costas Kapitanis CYP/Marian Ruzbarsky SVK
    Porto - AS Roma: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP/Alain Hamer LUX

    CONFERENCE LEAGUE
    TSC - Jagiellonia: Marinus Koopman NED/Drago Kos SVN
    Celje - APOEL: Jørn West Larsen DEN/Gylfi Thor Orrason ISL
    Vikingur R. - Panathinaikos: David Malcolm NIR/Elmir Pilav BIH
    Molde - Shamrock Rovers: William Young SCO/Martin Hansson SWE
    Gent - Real Betis: Helmut Fleischer GER/Markus Strömbergsson SWE
    Borac - Olimpija: Mehmet Ilgaz TUR/Alan Mario Sant MLT
    Omonoia - Pafos: Terje Hauge NOR/Pawel Gil POL
    Copenhagen - Heidenheim: Boško Jovanetić SRB/Shmuel Shteif ISR


    * Only in the first leg between AZ Alkmaar and Galatasaray no referee observer has yet been appointed.

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    1. Chefren3 February 2025 at 21:57

      So, the most interesting assignment of CL games will be the one in Munich for return leg, with Velasco Carballo committee member as observer. As early prediction, one could say Peljto, with the chances for the Bosnian to get a final either EL or ECL this season. Other options: Nyberg or Schaerer, to check their current form. Hard to think that there will be a less experienced referee. In Champions all Elite are expected.
      Kuipers in Europa League can be there for a Category 1, and it would be a big assignment for the referee, in case, given how much important are such play-offs. There are many options here.

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    2. Andrei3 February 2025 at 23:26

      My predictions:

      CL
      Brest - PSG: Stieler/Peljto
      Manchester City - Real Madrid: Kovacs/Letexier
      Juventus - PSV: Schärer/Turpin
      Sporting CP - Dortmund: Nyberg/Massa
      Club Brugge - Atalanta: Meler/Gil Manzano
      Feyenoord - AC Milan: Eskas/Zwayer
      Celtic - Bayern: Bastien/Mariani
      Monaco - Benfica: Gözübüyük/Oliver

      EL
      Ferencvaros - Viktoria Plzen: Brooks/Kabakov
      Union SG - Ajax: Krogh/Dabanovic
      Midtjylland - Real Sociedad: Lambrechts/Taylor
      Fenerbahce - Anderlecht: Treimanis/Kavanagh
      Twente - Bodo Glimt: Jug/Tohver
      Alkmaar - Galatasaray: Sozza/Marciniak
      PAOK - FCSB: Bognar/Osmers
      Porto - AS Roma: Rumsas/Petrescu

      ECL
      TSC - Jagiellonia: Berke/Beaton
      Celje - APOEL: Al Hakim/Sidiropoulos
      Vikingur R. - Panathinaikos: Glova/Schnyder
      Molde - Shamrock Rovers: Berka/Lindhout
      Gent - Real Betis: Nobre/Minakovic
      Borac - Olimpija: Jablonski/Walsh
      Omonoia - Pafos: Sylwestrzak/Balakin
      Copenhagen - Heidenheim: Aghayev/Kruashvili

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  4. Stockholm3 February 2025 at 22:22

    Predictions after Observers

    Brest - PSG: Glenn Nyberg (Irvine)
    PSG - Brest: Irfan Peljto (Vassaras)

    Manchester City - Real Madrid: Davide Massa (Wegereef)
    Real Madrid - Manchester City: Francois Letexier (Rizzoli)

    Juventus - PSV: Sandro Schärer (Diaz Vega)
    PSV - Juventus: Clement Turpin (Messner)

    Sporting CP - Dortmund: Benoit Bastien (Zimmermann)
    Dortmund - Sporting CP: Jesus Gil Manzano (Webb)

    Club Brugge - Atalanta: Serdar Gözübüyük (Lannoy)
    Atalanta - Club Brugge: Istvan Kovacs (Filipovic)

    Feyenoord - AC Milan: Espen Eskas (Atkinson)
    AC Milan - Feyenoord: Slavko Vincic (Deaconu)

    Celtic - Bayern: Maurizio Mariani (Bikas)
    Bayern - Celtic: Donatas Rumsas (Velasco Carballo)

    Monaco - Benfica: Daniel Siebert (Vucemilovic)
    Benfica - Monaco: Michael Oliver (Sippel)



    Ferencvaros - Viktoria Plzen: Sven Jablonski (Kuipers)
    Viktoria Plzen - Ferencvaros: Nikola Dabanovic (Pedersen)

    Union SG - Ajax: Mykola Balakin (Ferreira)
    Ajax - Union SG: Anthony Taylor (Fandel)

    Midtjylland - Real Sociedad: Halil Umut Meler (Batista)
    Real Sociedad - Midtjylland: Felix Zwayer (Bozinovski)

    Fenerbahce - Anderlecht: Rade Obrenovic (Constantin)
    Anderlecht - Fenerbahce: Danny Makkelie (Trefoloni)

    Twente - Bodo Glimt: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Jareci)
    Bodo Glimt - Twente: Radu Petrescu (Nalbandyan)

    Alkmaar - Galatasaray: Ivan Kruzliak (???)
    Galatasaray - Alkmaar: Jose Sanchez Martinez (Tutk)

    PAOK - FCSB: Joao Pinheiro (Kapitanis)
    FCSB - PAOK: Georgi Kabakov (Ruzbarsky)

    Porto - AS Roma: Tobias Stieler (Undiano Mallenco)
    AS Roma - Porto: Szymon Marciniak (Hamer)

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  5. Nerazzuri4 February 2025 at 12:58

    I saw your comments on the Inter penalty incident which for me was very difficult to spot live, so nothing to say to Chiffi, rather the VAR not intervening.
    Another clip I want to show in Serie A, asking again for your opinion :

    Parma-Lecce : Minute 30 refereed by Sozza.
    Penalty whistled for handball after VAR check on Baschirotto.
    Do you guys think it was supportable ? Seemed extremely close in distance.
    ( Thank you Chefren for always checking me by the way, love the blog and the effort put )

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    1. Chefren4 February 2025 at 16:10

      You are welcome.
      Here the video of the penalty after OFR in that game with Sozza.
      https://streambug.org/cv/1a1b75
      The distance if considered as single criterion isn't enough anymore to forgive a player. I think the arm was in a rather open position, making the figure of defender bigger. The decision was assessed as fully correct by AIA.
      It was very hard to see in the middle of penalty area.
      During OFR, you can hear Lecce players (faced by AR1 and FO), they wanted the possible previous foul on the other player before (pushing / charging to jump).

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  6. MARIO4 February 2025 at 14:21

    Hello guys; do you have any news on how is going the winter Uefa Elite referee course ? Program ? agenda ? Activity ?

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    1. Chefren4 February 2025 at 18:08

      https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3051158848381848&set=a.120290468135382&type=3&ref=embed_post
      Excellent food in Greece, Rosetti said.
      :)

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    2. Ref Fot4 February 2025 at 18:33

      Wow,what a haircut from Velasco!:) Anyway who is gentelman on left part of photo,near Rosetti?

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  7. diego6124 February 2025 at 19:14

    My predictions CL 1st Leg:
    Brest - PSG: Meler TUR (Irvine NIR)
    Brugge - Atalanta: Schärer SUI (Lannoy FRA)
    Manchester City - Real Madrid: Kovacs ROU (Wegereef NED)
    Juventus - PSV: Letexier FRA (Díaz Vega ESP)
    Feyenoord - Milan: Peljto BIH (Atkinson ENG)
    Celtic - Bayern: Massa ITA (Bikas GRE)
    Sporting - Dortmund: Eskås NOR (Zimmerman SUI)
    Monaco - Benfica: Taylor ENG (Vucemilovic CRO)

    2nd Leg:
    PSG - Brest: Zwayer GER (Vassaras GRE)
    Atalanta - Brugge: Pinheiro POR (Filipovic SRB)
    Real Madrid - Manchester City: Turpin FRA (Rizzoli ITA)
    PSV - Juventus: Vincic SVN (Messner AUT)
    Milan - Feyenoord: Marciniak POL (Deaconou ROU)
    Bayern - Celtic: Nyberg SWE (Velasco Carballo ESP)
    Dortmund - Sporting: Makkelie NED (Webb ENG)
    Benfica - Monaco: Sánchez Martínez (Sippel GER)

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  8. vadim5 February 2025 at 19:02

    PSV - Feyenord KNVB Becker - interesting situation on 10', long VAR review, but on-field desicion stands for a PSV a goal and a possible offside. I don't know current recommendation for such situations, but in my eyes the player in offside has influenced goalkeeper view, and I'm surprised it's not an OFR, but maybe I'm wrong in my interpretation..

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    1. RefsNL5 February 2025 at 20:21

      The LotG state the following with regard to interfering with an opponent:
      “preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent’s line of vision”.

      Therefore, just “influencing the goalkeeper” does not suffice for assessing the position as punishable.

      Attacker indeed seems to have ‘an influence’ on the goalkeeper, but on the other hand there’s some distance between attacker and goalkeeper and ball doesn’t travel very close to attacker.

      But apart from that, at least in the live broadcast, no conclusive evidence was shown which proves the attacker is really in the goalkeeper’s line of vision. It appears that way, but one can’t be sure without the central behind goal camera angle. So an OFR wouldn’t have provided conclusive evidence to the referee.
      All in all IMHO too inconclusive situation to deem it a clear and obvious error on field.

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    2. Anass5 February 2025 at 21:06

      https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/1887199839768703376
      Yes, I agree with RefsNL. I think the player in an offside position is, generally, close enough to the keeper, but not close enough to the ball (In reality they appear to be about the same distance apart, so there is some room for interpretation. But generally speaking, I think it's considered that the distance to the ball must be closer.)
      And he's not moving towards or away from the ball. It's hard for me to see any reason to consider him in the way.

      I find it really annoying how the word 'willekeur' is used too easily and too often.

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  9. Chefren5 February 2025 at 20:15

    News from Spain, Hernandez Hernandez injured didn't attend Winter Course.
    https://rfef.es/es/noticias/los-arbitros-espanoles-al-frente-del-grupo-elite-de-la-uefa

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  10. MH_svk5 February 2025 at 20:25

    UEFA RAP EURO 2024 was published
    link: https://labhipermedia2.wetransfer.com/downloads/1685cd69b35286545c30f0c0de41495520240927133024/12b2e8

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  11. Busy8612 February 2025 at 09:17

    4th official at Lokomotiva v Sturm is Patrk Pavlešić (CRO)

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