Thursday 20 September 2018

Europa League 2018/19 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 1

UEFA Referees Committee has chosen the following referees to kick off 2018/19 Europa League group stage. Thanks to h_demboveac on Twitter. 

Group G
20 September 2018, 18:55 CET - Villarreal (Estadio de la Cerámica)
Villarreal CF (ESP) - Rangers FC (SCO)
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Florin Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Alexandru Cerei (ROU)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Ionuț Marius Avram (ROU)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Horațiu Mircea Feșnic (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarský (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: Alojzije Šupraha (CRO)

Group G
20 September 2018, 18:55 CET - Vienna (Allianz-Stadion)
SK Rapid Wien (AUT) - FC Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Fourth Official: Raffael Zeder (SUI)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Alain Bieri (SUI)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Lukas Fähndrich (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Bert Andersson (SWE)

Group H
20 September 2018, 18:55 CET - Marseille (Orange Vélodrome)
Olympique de Marseille (FRA) - Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
Fourth Official: Tomislav Pospeh (SVN)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Nejc Kajtazovič (SVN)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Balažič (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Oğuz Sarvan (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Roland Tis (BEL)

Group H
20 September 2018, 18:55 CET - Rome (Stadio Olimpico)
SS Lazio (ITA) - Apóllon Limassol FC (CYP)
Referee: Əliyar Ağayev (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Rza Məmmədov (AZE)
Fourth Official: Mübariz Haşımov (AZE)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Rəhim Həsənov (AZE)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Orxan Məmmədov (AZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: David Findlay (SCO)

Group I
20 September 2018, 18:55 CET - Istanbul (Vodafone Park)
Beşiktaş JK (TUR) - Sarpsborg 08 FF (NOR)
Referee: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Buzás (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Kóbor (HUN)
Fourth Official: Theodoros Georgiou (HUN)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Ádám Farkas (HUN)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Péter Solymosi (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: Irakli Nakaidze (GEO)

Group I
20 September 2018, 18:55 CET - Genk (Luminus Arena)
KRC Genk (BEL) - Malmö FF (SWE)
Referee: Aleksey Yes'kov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitriy Mosyakin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Averyanov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Kirill Levnikov (RUS)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Mikhail Vilkov (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Dragutin Karlo Poljak (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Sergio Di Cesare (ITA)

Group J
20 September 2018, 18:55 CET - Seville (Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán)
Sevilla FC (ESP) - Royal Standard de Liège (BEL)
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Fourth Official: Dovydas Sužiedėlis (LTU)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Petteri Kari (FIN)
UEFA Delegate: Jan Damgaard (DEN)

Group J
20 September 2018, 18:55 CET - Akhisar/Manisa (Spor Toto Akhisar Stadyumu)
Akhisarspor (TUR) - FC Krasnodar (RUS)
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mika Lamppu (FIN)
Fourth Official: Sami Nykänen (FIN)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Petri Viljanen (FIN)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Dennis Antamo (FIN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kevin Azzopardi (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: Lars Richt (SWE)

Group K
20 September 2018, 18:55 CET - Rennes (Roazhon Park)
Stade Rennais FC (FRA) - FK Jablonec (CZE)
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Tom Harald Grønevik (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Geir Oskar Isaksen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Øystein Simon Ytterland (NOR)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Espen Andreas Eskås (NOR)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Kai Erik Steen (NOR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Charles John Grundie (NIR)

Group K
20 September 2018, 18:55 CET - Kyiv (Natsionalnyy Sportyvnyy Kompleks Olimpiyskyy)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) - FC Astana (KAZ)
Referee: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Hakan Yemişken (TUR)
Fourth Official: Kerem Ersoy (TUR)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Ali Palabıyık (TUR)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Alper Ulusoy (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jens Larsen (DEN)
UEFA Delegate: Teuvo Holopainen (FIN)

Group L
20 September 2018, 18:55 CET - Thessaloniki (Stádio Toúmbas)
PAOK FC (GRE) - Chelsea FC (ENG)
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Íñigo Prieto López de Ceraín (ESP)
Fourth Official: Javier Aguilar Rodríguez (ESP)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: José Luis González González (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Pierino Lardi (SUI)

Group L
20 September 2018, 18:55 CET - Budapest (Groupama Aréna)
MOL Vidi FC (HUN) - FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Dennis Wollenberg Rasmussen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Victor Skytte (DEN)
Fourth Official: Niels Høg (DEN)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt (DEN)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Morten Krogh (DEN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stávros Tritsónis (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Romano Clavedetscher (SUI)

Group A
20 September 2018, 21:00 CET - Nicosia (Stádio GSP)
AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) - FC Zürich (SUI)
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Godelaine (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Florian Lemaire (BEL)
Fourth Official: Laurent Conotte (BEL)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Laforge (BEL)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Alexandre Boucaut (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)
UEFA Delegate: Márton Esterházy (HUN)

Group A
20 September 2018, 21:00 CET - Razgrad (Ludogorets Arena)
PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) - Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Stefano Del Giovane (ITA)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Piero Giacomelli (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Paulius Malžinskas (LTU)
UEFA Delegate: Targo Kaldoja (EST)

Group B
20 September 2018, 21:00 CET - Leipzig (Red Bull Arena)
RB Leipzig (GER) - FC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Fredrik Klyver (SWE)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
UEFA Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: Rudolf Řepka (CZE)

Group B
20 September 2018, 21:00 CET - Glasgow (Celtic Park)
Celtic FC (SCO) - Rosenborg BK (NOR)
Referee: Paweł Gil (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Adam Kupsik (POL)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Piotr Lasyk (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jan Carlsen (DEN)
UEFA Delegate: Luis Cuervas del Real (ESP)

Group C
20 September 2018, 21:00 CET - Copenhagen (Telia Parken)
FC København (DEN) - FC Zenit (RUS)
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Diyan Valkov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Georgi Todorov (BUL)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Popov (BUL)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Stanislav Todorov (BUL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vadims Direktorenko (LVA)
UEFA Delegate: Rudolphe Mannaerts (BEL)

Group C
20 September 2018, 21:00 CET - Prague (Eden Aréna)
SK Slavia Praha (CZE) - FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Schaap (NED)
Fourth Official: Bas van Dongen (NED)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Jeroen Manschot (NED)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Siemen Mulder (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Thomas Ross (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: Andrew Shaw (ENG)

Group D
20 September 2018, 21:00 CET - Trnava (City Arena - Štadión Antona Malatinského)
FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) - RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
Referee: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Douglas Ross (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Sean Carr (SCO)
Fourth Official: Alastair Mather (SCO)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Steven McLean (SCO)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Alan Muir (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Sippel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Siarhiej Iĺič (BLR)

Group D
20 September 2018, 21:00 CET - Zagreb (Stadion Maksimir)
GNK Dinamo (CRO) - Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
Referee: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin (ENG)
Fourth Official: Harry Lennard (ENG)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Jonathan Moss (ENG)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimír Medveď (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: Geir Þorsteinsson (ISL)

Group E
20 September 2018, 21:00 CET - Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade)
Sporting CP (POR) - Qarabağ FK (AZE)
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Bertrand Jouannaud (FRA)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Frank Schneider (FRA)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Karim Abed (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)
UEFA Delegate: Patrik Filípek (CZE)

Group E
20 September 2018, 21:00 CET - London (Emirates Stadium)
Arsenal FC (ENG) - FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR)
Referee: Bart Vertenten (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)
Fourth Official: Yves De Neve (BEL)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Lawrence Visser (BEL)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Bram Van Driessche (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Arturs Gaidels (LVA)

Group F
20 September 2018, 21:00 CET - Luxembourg (Stade Josy Barthel)
F91 Dudelange (LUX) - AC Milan (ITA)
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Dragan Bogićević (SRB)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Lazar Lukić (SRB)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Zoran Široki (SRB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Metin Kazancıoğlu (TUR)

Group F
20 September 2018, 21:00 CET - Piraeus (Stádio Geórgios Karïskákis)
Olympiakós FC (GRE) - Real Betis Balompié (ESP)
Referee: Daniel Stefański (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Golis (POL)
Fourth Official: Krzysztof Myrmus (POL)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Zbigniew Dobrynin (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Goran Mihaljević (MNE)
UEFA Delegate: José Guilherme Aguiar (POR)

52 comments:

  1. Scharer and Vertenten with Committee members

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  2. UEL debuts for Ville Nevalainen (FIN) and François Letexier (FRA).

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  3. OT: French appointments (21-23 September 2018)

    Monaco - Nîmes ( 21/09 - 20h45 ) :
    Referee : Amaury Delerue (FIFA)
    Assistant referee : Philippe Jeanne - Christophe Mouysset
    4th : Alexandre Niel Perreau
    VAR : Jérôme Miguelgorry
    AVAR : Wilfried Bien

    Lille - Nantes ( 22/09 - 17h00 ):
    Referee : Benoît Bastien (FIFA)
    Assistant referee : Hicham Zakrani (FIFA) - Huseyin Ocak
    4th : Romain Lissorgue
    VAR : Benoît Millot (FIFA)
    AVAR : Lionel Jaffredo

    Angers - Toulouse ( 22/09 - 20h ) :
    Referee : Florent Batta
    Assistant referee : Stephan Luzi - Matthieu Lombard
    4th : Remi Landry
    Var : François Letexier (FIFA)
    Avar : Stephane Bre

    Montpellier - Nice ( 22/09 - 20h ) :
    Referee : Thomas Leonard
    Assistant referee : Gilles Lang - Frederic Hebrard
    4th : Yohann Rouinsard
    Var : Alexandre Castro
    Avar : Aurelien Petit

    Reims - Dijon ( 22/09 - 20h ) :
    Referee : Jérôme Brisard (FIFA)
    Assistant referee : François Boudikian - Eric Danizan
    4th : Julien Rouquette
    Var : Willy Delajod
    Avar : Bartolomeu Teles Varela

    Saint Etienne - Caen ( 22/09 - 20h ) :
    Referee : Ruddy Buquet (FIFA)
    Assistant referee : Guillaume Debart (FIFA) - Julien Pacelli (FIFA)
    4th : Thierry Bouille
    Var : Karim Abed (FIFA)
    Avar : Abdelali Chaoui

    Strasbourg - Amiens ( 22/09 - 20h ) :
    Referee : Jeremy Stinat
    Assistant referee : Bertrand Jouannaud (FIFA) - Yannick Boutry
    4th : Abdelatif Kherradji
    Var : Eric Wattellier
    Avar : Jeremie Pignard

    Rennes - Paris ( 23/09 - 15h ) :
    Referee : Hakim Ben El Hadj Salem
    Assistant Referee : Gwenael Pasqualotti - Cyril Mugnier (FIFA)
    4th : Cedric Dos Santos
    Var : Antony Gautier
    Avar : Sylvain Palhies

    Guingamp - Bordeaux ( 23/09 - 17h ) :
    Referee : Frank Schneider (FIFA)
    Assistant Referee : Djemel Zitouni - Nicolas Henninot
    4th : Mathieu Vernice
    Var : Mikael Lesage
    Avar : Christian Guillard

    Lyon - Marseille ( 23/09 - 21h ) :
    Referee : Clément Turpin (FIFA)
    Assistant Referee : Nicolas Danos (FIFA) - Cyril Gringore (FIFA)
    4th : Olivier Thual
    Var : Nicolas Rainville (FIFA)
    Avar : Johan Hamel

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    1. Jouannaud is no longer Delerue’s Assistant ?

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    2. Sometimes there is swaps between officials, Frédéric Haquette is not there with Bastien too

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    3. Haquette live in Nord-Pas-De-Calais.

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    4. Jouannaud and Delerue are living 10kms away from each other, no far away of Bordeaux ! But I got why ! Jouannaud is 4th tonight in EL and Delerue’s game is tomorrow !

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  4. OT: LaLiga MD5 partial appointments (without ARs, 4th officials, Observers, or AVARs)

    SD Huesca - Real Sociedad
    21/09/2018 21:00
    Referee: Iglesias Villanueva, Ignacio
    VAR: Munuera Montero, José Luis

    Rayo Vallecano - Deportivo Alavés
    22/09/2018 13:00
    Referee: Cordero Vega, Adrián
    VAR: Munuera Montero, José Luis

    RC Celta de Vigo - Real Valladolid CF
    22/09/2018 16:15
    Referee: Prieto Iglesias, Eduardo
    VAR: Undiano Mallenco, Alberto (FIFA, Elite)

    SD Eibar - CD Leganés
    22/09/2018 16:15
    Referee: Melero López, Mario
    VAR: Hernández Hernández, Alejandro José (FIFA, 2nd)

    Getafe CF - Atlético de Madrid
    22/09/2018, 18:30
    Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (FIFA, 2nd)
    VAR: Juan Martínez Munuera (FIFA, 2nd)

    Real Madrid CF - RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
    22/09/2018 20:45
    Referee: Mateu Lahoz, Antonio Miguel (FIFA, Elite)
    VAR: de Burgos Bengoetxea, Ricardo (FIFA, 2nd)

    Levante UD - Sevilla CF
    23/09/2018 12:00
    Referee: Cuadra Fernández, Guillermo
    VAR: Álvarez Izquierdo, Alfonso

    Villarreal CF - Valencia CF
    23/09/2018 16:15
    Referee: Jaime Latre, Santiago
    VAR: González González, José Luis

    Real Betis Balompié - Athletic Club
    23/09/2018 18:30
    Referee: Estrada Fernández, Xavier (FIFA, 1st group)
    VAR: González Fuertes, Pablo

    FC Barcelona - Girona CF
    23/09/2018 20:45
    Referee: Gil Manzano, Jesús (FIFA, Elite)
    VAR: del Cerro Grande, Carlos (FIFA, 1st group)

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    1. Best appointments are for Gil Manzano and Jaime Latre (autonomic derbis). Also, good appointment for Cuadra Fernández given how both teams currently are. Mateu Lahoz's appointment is also good.

      By the way, it is Sevilla FC and Girona FC, not CF. Sorry for the mistake.

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  5. OT2: LaLiga MD6 partial appointments (without ARs, 4th officials, Observers, or AVARs)

    RCD Espanyol de Barcelona - SD Eibar
    25/09/2018 20:00
    Referee: Munuera Montero, José Luis
    VAR: Cordero Vega, Adrián

    Real Sociedad - Rayo Vallecano
    25/09/2018 21:00
    Referee: Martínez Munuera, Juan (FIFA, 2nd group)
    VAR: Álvarez Izquierdo, Alfonso Javier

    Atlético de Madrid - SD Huesca
    25/09/2018 22:00
    Referee: González Fuertes, Pablo
    VAR: Estrada Fernández, Xavier (FIFA, 1st group)

    Athletic Club - Villarreal CF
    26/09/2018 20:00
    Referee: del Cerro Grande, Carlos
    VAR: Gil Manzano, Jesús

    CD Leganés - FC Barcelona
    26/09/2018 20:00
    Referee: Undiano Mallenco, Alberto (FIFA, Elite)
    VAR: Mateu Lahoz, Antonio Miguel (FIFA, Elite)

    Valencia CF - RC Celta de Vigo
    26/09/2018 22:00
    Referee: de Burgos Bengoetxea, Ricardo (FIFA, 2nd group)
    VAR: Melero López, Mario

    Sevilla FC - Real Madrid
    26/09/2018 22:00
    Referee: Hernández Hernández, Alejandro José (FIFA, 2nd group)
    VAR: Jaime Latre, Santiago

    Deportivo Alavés - Getafe CF
    27/09/2018 20:00
    Referee: Prieto Iglesias, Eduardo
    VAR: Iglesias Villanueva, Ignacio

    Real Valladolid CF - Levante UD
    27/09/2018 20:00
    Referee: Medié Jiménez, David
    VAR: Sánchez Martínez, José María (FIFA, 2nd group)

    Girona FC - Real Betis
    27/09/2018 22:00
    Referee: González González, José Luis
    VAR: Cuadra Fernández, Guillermo

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    1. This time, the best appointment is clearly for Hernández Hernández with a very difficult match. TBH, I don't know if it was really appropriate given his current form and the last El Clásico he handled. Maybe it would have been better to give him another rival for Real Madrid rather than Sevilla. It has proven to be a very challenging match in the last seasons.

      Apart from this, also good match for del Cerro Grande (the second best on this MD, IMO). Also, a significant absence in this round of appointments is Alberola Rojas, who is neither appointed as main VAR during MD5 nor MD6. Is there a CORE course or something on those dates?

      One final opinion regarding the appointments. Velasco Carballo stated that appointments would be done based on current form of the referees. But form is something that changes over the season and those who started very well might not be as well at the moment. Hope they keep that in mind and stop that policy of "the best appointments go to del Cerro or Gil Manzano if they are elegible", because they are not that much over the other referees at the moment, in my opinion. And it has been a constant in the 6 MD so far.

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    2. I think that Alberola Rojas is busy with the second session of CORE, including some matches to referee in France and Switzerland low divisions...

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  6. I do wonder who appoints the observers on those matches.

    Vidi - Bate is the other match on the group that PAOK is playing. They have appointed a Greek observer. Ok, he can't influence the result but such things could be avoided.

    Plus the spesific observer never had a GS match as a referee.

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    1. He had. Ludogorets - Braga refereed by Bezborodov.

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  7. OT: French appointments (25-26 September 2018)

    Monaco - Angers ( 25/09 - 19h00 ) :
    Referee : Willy Delajod
    Assistant referee : Philippe Jeanne - Julien Aube
    4th : Abdelatif Kherradji
    VAR : Jérôme Brisard (FIFA)
    AVAR : Pierre Gaillouste

    Nantes - Nice ( 25/09 - 19h00 ):
    Referee : Mikael Lesage
    Assistant referee : François Boudikian - Yannick Boutry
    4th : Lakhdar El Bedoui
    VAR : Hakim Ben El Hadj
    AVAR : Bartolomeu Varela

    Toulouse - Saint-Etienne ( 25/09 - 21h00 ) :
    Referee : Amaury Delerue (FIFA)
    Assistant referee : Bertrand Jouannaud (FIFA) - Aurélien Berthomieu
    4th : Mathieu Vernice
    Var : Florent Batta
    Avar : Yohann Rouinsard

    Caen - Montpellier ( 26/09 - 19h00 ) :
    Referee : Antony Gautier
    Assistant referee : Michael Annonier - Nicolas Henninot
    4th : Cédric Dos Santos
    Var : Jeremy Stinat
    Avar : Stéphanie Frappart

    Amiens - Rennes (26/09 - 19h ) :
    Referee : Johan Hamel
    Assistant referee : Mathieu Grosbost - Stephan Pignatelli
    4th : Rémi Landry
    Var : Alexandre Castro
    Avar : Hamid Guenaoui

    Marseille - Strasbourg ( 26/09 - 19h ) :
    Referee : François Letexier (FIFA)
    Assistant referee : Cyril Mugnier (FIFA) - Mehdi Rahmouni (FIFA)
    4th : Gaël Angoula
    Var : Jérôme Brisard (FIFA)
    Avar : Sylvain Pahlies

    Bordeaux - Lille ( 26/09 - 19h ) :
    Referee : Karim Abed (FIFA)
    Assistant referee : Nicolas Danos (FIFA) - Frédéric Hebrard
    4th : Guillaume Paradis
    Var : Florent Batta
    Avar : Faouzi Benchabane

    Nîmes - Guingamp ( 26/09 - 19h ) :
    Referee : Benoît Millot (FIFA)
    Assistant Referee : Stephan Luzi - Aurelien Drouet
    4th : Floris Aubin
    Var : Thomas Léonard
    Avar : Aurélien Petit

    Dijon - Lyon ( 26/09 - 19h ) :
    Referee : Jérôme Miguelgorry
    Assistant Referee : Christophe Mouysset - Alexandre Viala
    4th : Thierry Bouille
    Var : Éric Wattellier
    Avar : Bastien Dechepy

    Paris SG - Reims ( 26/09 - 21h ) :
    Referee : Olivier Thual
    Assistant Referee : Matthieu Lombard - Huseyin Ocak
    4th : Mickaël Leleu
    Var : Clément Turpin (FIFA)
    Avar : William Lavis

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  8. OT: WC assistant Simon Lount from New Zealand is appointed as AR in Germany's 4th division tomorrow (Regionalliga Südwest, SSV Ulm - VfB Stuttgart II).
    I have not found any background information yet.

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    1. Very interesting, if you manage to know more...
      I found this:
      https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44354819
      [...]
      Simon arrived in Russia on Sunday, after a work trip to Germany.
      [...]

      So it seems as his work is related in a way with Germany, maybe this can be a reason...

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  9. Excellent ONSIDE by AR2 for Chelsea goal against PAOK.

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  10. OT

    Danilo Grujic got another derby between Partizan - Crvena Zvezda

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  11. Was there a change in Rapid vs Spartak? According to this post Schärer is the referee, but commentaries said that Alain Bieri whistles the match. Does anybody know who is finally the ref?

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    1. UEFA website

      Referee
      Alain Bieri (SUI)
      Assistant referees
      Stephane De Almeida (SUI)
      Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
      Additional assistant referees
      Urs Schnyder (SUI)
      Lukas Fähndrich (SUI)
      Fourth official
      Raffael Zeder (SUI)

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    2. Yes Bieri, I have recognized him.

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    3. BTW correct decision by AR2 to dissallow a goal in 56'. Close offside after a free kick.

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    4. Thank you for your information!

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    5. After this offside call, Bieri had a consultation with AAR2. The decision was then confirmed.

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  12. Sandro Schärer is not in charge in Wien. Another referee was shown now on TV.

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    1. Alain Bieri replaced him...

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    2. Batta as observer has been replaced as well by Paulius Malžinskas (LTU), originally planned for Mazzoleni.
      In Bulgaria, new observer for the Italian crew is Robert Sedlacek (AUT).
      Batta is now observing Aghayev in Rome.

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    3. Batta comes from Marseilles, so "his" team in the same group H.

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  13. Clear penalty to SS Lazio whistled by Aghayev.
    So far, a good performance.

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    1. Overall good performance...Clear penalty...some of the yellow cards not supported......

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  14. I think missed penalty by Matej Jug on Thauvin

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    1. Jug with many crucial situations in his game...

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    2. Absolutely unbelievable decision by Jug and his AAR to deny penalty on Thauvin. Cristal fault here. Pity.

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  15. Already three offsides called from AR1 Culum in Leipzig in the first 4 minutes. Two were very close but wrong decided IMO.

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    1. Perhaps Ekberg missed a FK + DOGSO red in 9'. But need a better replay to be sure. Challenging start for tve swedish crew, especially AR1.

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    2. Agreed. IMO missed FK and RC for DOGSO.

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  16. Excellent onside from Kabakov's AR2 in Zenit goal.

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  17. Dudelange-Milan
    So far, good and confident performance for Jovanović

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  18. Correct PK for handball whistled by Lardot in AEK Larnaca-Zürich

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  19. Nilsen with a decisive penalty for Rennes in extra time. Perfect decision.

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  20. I was live on the stadium for Vertenten in London. Easy match, no problems for the referee team, expected level.

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  21. Watched most of the Rangers game featuring István Kovács, and the Celtic match with Paweł Gil - good performances from both.

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  22. Marseille had at least 1 penalty for a handball (in 2nd half). Other penalty could have been whistled for a foul on Thavin.

    I watched a big part of PAOK- Chelsea. Mallenco awarded 3 minutes of ET (like all the spanish referees who are uncapable to award more than 3 minutes). ET lasted more than 5 minutes because of injury of Pedro and a dispute between Rudiger and Warda (resolved with YC for both).
    But effective playing time in ET was not more than 30 seconds. This is unacceptable. This is a problem of many referees in Europe, they don't respect the minutes of ET. They should watch football games from England or Italy too see a proper management of ET.
    Otherwise, I can't say that I like Mallenco. I thought for a long time that he was disadvantaged by the UEFA committee. But his performances were too often inaccurate. I watched him in France- Holland where he missed a penalty for Holland. Also today he has minor mistakes. What annoyed me is the fact he gave an advantage for Chelsea despite an obvious dangerous free-kick (not a nice thing for a referee who is already 45 years old). I'm not sure about the exact place of the push against Pedro at the end of the game. Maybe it was in the area but I'm not really sure (also there is a discussion between YC and RC for El Kaddouri)

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    1. God that’s such a pet peeve for me: Spanish referees, regardless of what happens, seem incapable of/against adding on more than three minutes. So annoying. The match could be stopped for 1:30 IN INJURY TIME and they’ll STILL stop it at exactly 3:00. Ugh

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    2. It looks like none of you have watched a match from Spain this season. It is indeed something Spanish referees used to do wrong. It has been one of the areas the new president of CTA has focused on. So far, in Spain there have been 9 minutes of additional time in at least three or four matches, with several more with 5+.

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    3. @George I watched more that you imagine. Yes, that were some cases here amd there (there is VAR starting with this season), but for a referee who was used to manage the ET minutes in a particular "spanish" style for entire his career it's really difficult to change. Best example is Mallenco, his ET management in Salonic was terrible.
      On the other hand, it's nice to hear that Velasco Carballo is more careful with this problem. But it will take some time for spanish referees to adapt to a new style

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    4. The same in Germany. We have the phrase, that the ET is the death of the referee.

      It's a shame!

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    5. Huesca- Sociedad (Iglesias Villanueva)
      1 goal, 2 red cards, 6 susbstitutions, al lot of wadting time => 4 minutes ET

      Real- Espanyol (Mateu Lahoz)
      6 susbstitutions => classical 3 minutes of ET (I didn't watch entire 2nd half but probably 1 more minut of ET would have been fully undeserved...))

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    6. Agree about Iglesias Villanueva, disagree about Mateu Lahoz. One of the substitutions was a double one, and there was not much more I can remember on the second half to increase the ET from 3 minutes.

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    7. The rules are clear: 30 seconds for each substitution. Don't exist the term "double substitution", substitutions are made one after other (even if are made in same pause of the game).
      Tonight Gil Manzano also awarded 3 minutes in Barca- Girona (4 susbstitutions and 2 goals). The problem with Gil manzano were not the ET minutes but he didn't detect 2 fouls against Barca's players (Busquets and Messi) made in very dangerous positions in last 5 minutes of the game.

      Anyway, what I want to say is the fact the mentality of spanish referees is oriented to an as short as possible period of ET.

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  23. Sidiropoulos is back in Greece. He will handle the Saloniki's derby between PAOK and Aris (MD1 GS of Greek Cup).

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