Referee of the Year - César Ramos is the best CONCACAF referee of 2018

The last contest of our "Referee of the Year", in cooperation with guesstheref.com, has ended. César Ramos from Mexico is, according to our readers, the best CONCACAF referee of 2018. 

Referee of the Year - Ivan Kružliak is the most promising next Elite Referee of 2018

According to our readers who voted on guessthereferee.com,  Ivan Kružliak from Slovakia is the most promising next Elite referee of 2018 with 149 points. 

Jair Marrufo in charge of 2018 FIFA Club World Cup Final

A trio from USA has been appointed to handle 2018 FIFA Club World Cup  final, between Al Ain FC and Real Madrid CF. Italian Gianluca Rocchi will officiate the third place game. 

Referee of the Year - Cüneyt Çakır is best UEFA Referee of 2018

According to our readers who voted on guessthereferee.com, Cüneyt Çakır from Turkey is the best UEFA referee of 2018. He got 474 points.

Referee of the Year - Ovidiu Hațegan is the Comeback of 2018

According to our readers who voted on guessthereferee.com, Ovidiu Hațegan from Romania is the comeback of 2018. He got 90 points.

2018 FIFA Club World Cup - Referee Appointments

Appointments of match officials at 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, in United Arab Emirates.

Referee of the Year - Matthew Conger is the best OFC referee of 2018

According to our readers who voted on guessthereferee.com, Matthew Conger from New Zealand is the best referee of 2018 for Oceanian Football Confederation. He got 293 points.

Referee of the Year - Clément Turpin is the Surprise of 2018

The seventh contest of our "Referee of the Year", in cooperation with guesstheref.com, has ended. According to our readers, Clément Turpin is the surprise of 2018 with 145 points. 

Europa League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 6

UEFA Referees Committee has chosen the following referees to  officiate 2018/19 Europa League group stage MD6. Thanks to h_demboveac on Twitter for the appointments. 

Champions League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 6 (II)

The following officials will be in charge of Wednesday's Champions League MD6 games.  Thanks to H_demboveac on twitter for the appointments. 

Referee of the Year - Alireza Faghani is the best 2018 AFC referee

The sixth contest of our "Referee of the Year", in cooperation with guesstheref.com, is over. Alireza Faghani from Iran has been voted as the best 2018 AFC referee with  370 points. 

Champions League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 6 (I)

The following officials will be in charge of Tuesday's Champions League MD6 games.  Thanks to H_demboveac on twitter for the appointments. 

UEFA Champions League and Europa League debuts - A summary

With the new course of Roberto Rosetti as head of UEFA Referee Committee, there have beeny many referees who have made their debuts in both CL and EL group stages. Let's make a short summary. 

Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP) made his CL debut and got promoted to Elite

UEFA Youth League - Referee appointments MD6

Just click below to know all referee appointments for Youth League MD6.

UEFA YOUTH LEAGUE MD 6 - Referee appointments

2018 Copa Libertadores Final: Boca Juniors - River Plate, second leg (Discussion)

Andrés Cunha from Uruguay has been appointed by CONMEBOL to handle the second leg of 2018 Copa Libertadores final,  River Plate - Boca Juniors. 

Referee of the Year - Alireza Faghani is the best 2018 FIFA WC Performer

The fitfh contest of our "Referee of the Year", in cooperation with guesstheref.com, is over. Alireza Faghani from Iran has been voted as the best 2018 FIFA World Cup performer with  582 points. 

UEFA Referee Categories for the second half of the season 2018/19 (Men, Women, Futsal)

These are the new categories for UEFA referees, valid from 01/01/2019 until 30/06/2019.  

Elite

Aytekin, Bastien, Brych, Çakır, Collum, del Cerro Grande*, Gil Manzano, Hațegan, Karasov, Kassai, Královec, Kuipers, Makkelie, Marciniak, Mateu Lahoz, Mažić, Oliver, Orsato, Rocchi, Sidirópoulos, Soares Dias, Skomina, Taylor, Turpin, Undiano Mallenco, Zwayer.

Category 1

Ağayev, Aranovsʹkyy, Beaton, Bebek, Bezborodov, Blom, Bognár, Boyko, Buquet, Ekberg, Estrada Fernández, Gestranius, Gil, Göçek, Gözübüyük,  Grinfeld, Jovanović, Jug, Kabakov, Kehlet, Kovács, Kružliak, Kulbakou, Lechner, Madden, Mažeika, Massa, Moen, Nijhuis, Özkahya, Pawson, Raczkowski, Schörgenhofer, Siebert, Sousa, Stavrev, Stefański, Stieler, Strömbergsson, Treimanis, Vad, Vinčič, Welz, Yes'kov, Zelinka

Category 2
Abed, Al-Hakim, Ardeleánu, Árnason, Attwell, Avram, Bieri, Boucaut, Brisard, Clancy, Colțescu, Costa Veríssimo, Dabanović, Dallas, Dankert, de Burgos Bengoetxea, Delerue, Di Bello, Dingert, Doveri, Doyle, Fabbri (N), Farkas, Frankowski, Frischer, Fritz, Glova, Guida, Hansen, Harkam, Harvey, Hernández Hernández, Higler, Hunter, Irrati, Ivanov, Jaccottet, Jorgji, Jović, Kalkavan, Kavanagh (N), Klossner, Komínis, Kráľovič, Kristoffersen, Kuchin, Lapochkin, Lardot, Letexier, Levnikov, Lopes Martins, Maae, Mariani (N), Martínez Munuera, Mečkarovski, Meler, Meshkov, Miguel, Millot, Munuera Montero (N), Munukka, Nevalainen, Nilsen, Palabıyık, Pandžić, Papapetrou, Peljto, Petrescu, Popov, Rainville, Reinshreiber, Rumšas, Sánchez Martínez, Sant, Schärer, Schneider, Schüttengruber, Shmuelevitz, Stegemann (N), Stoyanov, Þórarinsson, Tierney, Tohver, Tsynkevich, Tykgaard, Valeri, van Boekel

Category 3

á Høvdanum, Anufrijevs, Apostolov, Atazhanov, Balakin, Baliyan, Banari, Barbeno, Barcelo, Berke (N), Birsan (N), Branco Godinho, Burchardt, Carvalho Nobre (N),  Chinkov, Christofí,  De Gabriele (N), Dimitríou, do Nascimento Teixeira, Diamantopoulos (N), Đokić, Đorđic (N) Durieux, Eskås, Farrugia Cann, Feșnic, Frid, Gishamer (N), Golubevs, Griffith, Grujić, Hagenes, Hämäläinen (N), Hamiti, Həsənov, Hennessy,  Hovhannisyan, Ismuratov (N),  Jabarov (N) Jäger, Jakimovski, Jakubik, Jenkins (N), Jónasson (N), Kajtazovič, Kaluđerović, Karakó, Karlsson, Kasumi, Kennedy, Kjærsgaard, Kopriwa, Kozyk, Kristjánsson, Krogh (N), Kruashvili,, Laforge, Lambrechts, Leibovitz (N), Lukjančukas, Marhefka, Markham-Jones, Marshall, Matyunin, McLaughlin, McNabb, Milačić, Moskalev (N), Muntean, Musiał, Neokleous (N), Nuza, Nyberg, Obrenovič, Očenáš, Orel, Öztürk (N), Pajač, Papadópoulos, Papir, Pechanec (N), Pejin,, Pires Martins, Proske, Robertson, Romanov, Saggi, Sakhi, San, Santos Capela, Schnyder, Šehović, Shcharbakou, Shurman, Silva Pinheiro, Sjöberg (N), Skoulas (N), Sotiriuou (N), Steen, Strukan, Tarajev, Tean, Todorov, Troleis, Tschudi, Tzilos (N), Vadachkoria, Van Driessche (N), Verboomen (N), Viljanen, Visser, Walsh, Weinberger, Xhaja, Zammit, Zebec

* = Re-categorised

N = New on FIFA list 

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WOMEN: Ivana Martincic (CRO), Eleni Antoniou (GRE), Rebecca Welch (ENG) and Tess Oloffson (SWE) promoted

The UEFA Referee Committee has approved 4 promotions to the top & elite group for 2019. Huge congratulations and good luck to: Ivana Martincic - Category 1 Elite Eleni Antoniou – Category 2 1 Rebecca Welch – Category 2 1 Tess Oloffson – Category 2 1

*IN UPDATE*

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UEFA

New UEFA referees for 2019

Thank to http://kronikasedziowska.blogspot.com

Referee of the Year - Malang Diedhiou is the best CAF referee of 2018

Here the results of the fourth contest of our "Referee of the Year", in cooperation with guesstheref.com. Malang Diedhiou from Senegal has been elected as best CAF official in 2018 with 357 points. 

Who will be promoted to UEFA Elite Category?

UEFA Referees Committee will meet in a few days and categories will be updated. Time for predictions, mostly about the new UEFA Elite referees. 

Referee of the Year - Orel Grinfeeld is the best UCL debutant of 2018

The third contest of our "Referee of the Year", in cooperation with guesstheref.com, is over. Among the referees who made their debut in CL Group stage 2018-19,  Orel Grinfeeld from Israel has been elected by our readers as the best performer with 306 points. 

Official: UEFA has confirmed that Video Assistant Refereeing (VAR) will be used in this edition of Champions League starting from Round of 16

The final announcement has been made by UEFA. VAR will be used starting from CL  round of 16 on KO stage.

Referee of the Year - Néstor Pitana is the best CONMEBOL referee of 2018

The second contest of our "Referee of the Year", in cooperation with guesstheref.com, has ended. Néstor Pitana, with 514 points, has been elected as  CONMEBOL best referee of 2018 by our readers.

Europa League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 5

UEFA Referees Committee has chosen the following referees to  officiate 2018/19 Europa League group stage MD5. Thanks to h_demboveac on Twitter for the appointments. 

Referee of the Year - Danny Makkelie has been voted as best Newcomer of 2018

The first contest of our "Referee of the Year", in cooperation with guesstheref.com, has ended. Danny Makkelie, with 198 points, has been elected as "Newcomer of 2018" by our readers.

Champions League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 5 (II)

The following officials will be in charge of Wednesday's Champions League MD5 games.  Thanks to H_demboveac on twitter for the appointments. 

Champions League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 5 (I)

The following officials will be in charge of Tuesday's Champions League MD5 games.  Thanks to H_demboveac on twitter for the appointments. 

Referee of the Year - in cooperation with Guesstheref.com

2018  is coming to an end. Time has come to vote for making your choice. This time the blog will provide you the chance of selecting the best referee in many different contests. Thank to our cooperation with guesstheref.com everything will be easy! 

UEFA Youth League - Referee appointments MD5

Just click below to know all referee appointments for Youth League MD5.

UEFA YOUTH LEAGUE MD 5 - Referee appointments

FIFA Club World Cup 2018 United Arab Emirates - Selected officials UPDATE (Abid Charef replaced by Tessema Weyesa)

Thank to our source Árbitro Internacional we will update this post with the officials selected by FIFA for 2018 CWC, to be played in UAE on December. 

Third UEFA Course for Video Assistant Referees Second Group (Istanbul, Turkey, 20 - 23 November 2018)

The process of introducing VAR in UEFA competitions has been accelerated in order to try to ensure the use of technology starting from KO stage of 2018-19 UEFA Champions League edition. Several seminars are taking place in these weeks. Thank to Turkish federation, we have some info about a course. 

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UEFA Nations League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments MD6 (20 November 2018)

Referee appointments for 2018-19 UEFA Nations League Matchday 6, games to be played on 20/11.  Thank to @h_demboveac on Twitter.

UEFA Nations League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments MD6 (19 November 2018)

Referee appointments for 2018-19 UEFA Nations League Matchday 6, games to be played on 19/11.  Thank to @h_demboveac on Twitter.

UEFA Nations League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments MD6 (18 November 2018)

Referee appointments for 2018-19 UEFA Nations League Matchday 6, games to be played on 18/11.  Thank to @h_demboveac on Twitter.

UEFA Nations League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments MD5 (17 November 2018)

Referee appointments for 2018-19 UEFA Nations League Matchday 5, games to be played on 17/11.  Thank to @h_demboveac on Twitter.

UEFA Nations League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments MD5 (16 November 2018)

Referee appointments for 2018-19 UEFA Nations League Matchday 5, games to be played on 16/11.  Thank to @h_demboveac on Twitter.

UEFA Nations League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments MD5 (15 November 2018)

Referee appointments for 2018-19 UEFA Nations League Matchday 5, games to be played on 15/11.  Thank to @h_demboveac on Twitter.

Referee appointments for international friendlies - November 2018

Some international friendly games are about to be played on next days. If you have some appointments, don't hesitate to inform us. 

2018 Copa Libertadores Final: Boca Juniors - River Plate, first leg (Discussion)

Roberto Tobar from Chile has been appointed by CONMEBOL to handle the first leg of 2018 Copa Libertadores final, Boca Juniors - River Plate. 

A lesson we learned from CL MD4: VAR is now necessary

Matchday 4 of 2018-19 UEFA Champions League has shown again that nowadays in top football VAR is more than necessary. Two paramount examples of what could have been avoided with the use of technology. 

Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP) checking an incident with VAR. 

Europa League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 4

UEFA Referees Committee has chosen the following referees to  officiate 2018/19 Europa League group stage MD4. Thanks to h_demboveac on Twitter for the appointments. 

Champions League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 4 (II)

The following officials will be in charge of Wednesday's Champions League MD4 games. István Kovács (ROU) will make his CL group stage debut. Thanks to H_demboveac on twitter for the appointments.