CROATIA - SPAIN
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Fifth Official: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1: Christian Dingert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2: Christian Gittelmann (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 3: Pawel Gil (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Jovan Šurbatović (CRO)
Round of 16
Bucharest, 28 June 2021 21:00 CET
FRANCE - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Fernando Andrés Rapallini (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Pablo Belatti (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Yamil Bonfá (ARG)
Fourth Official: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Fifth Official: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Video Assistant Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2: Íñigo Prieto López de Ceraín (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 3: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Rotem Kamer (ISR)
This basically confirms Kuipers for England/Germany
ReplyDeleteKuipers or Makkelie confirmed.
DeleteAnd SWE-UKR?
DeletePossibly Oliver we shall see. Makkelie for ENG-GER might be tough because he does not have the best reputation with the England fans
DeleteAs if Uefa will have a poll and asking English fans for permission before possible Makkelie appointment, don’t make me laugh.
DeleteCurious of serious and reliable information, Mikael W, doesn’t Makkelie generally have a good reputation in England?
That’s not what I said lol. Do you not know that referees who have bad performances are purposely kept away from the the team for a long time? It’s to protect the referee not the fans
DeleteSorry, I read your post thrice in the meantime and that’s exactly what you said…
Delete“ Makkelie for ENG-GER might be tough because he does not have the best reputation with the England fans”.
You didn’t mention performance, you speak about reputation with the fans. And enlighten me, which bad performances of Makkelie in England’s games are you talking about?
Enlighten me of your identity lol, big man giving talk on anonymous
DeleteMakkelie disallowed a late England equaliser vs Spain at Wembley for a foul of the goalkeeper which was controversial. He has only done 1 England game since.
Makkelie most probably won’t referee another Portugal match anytime soon either, after his AR failed to spot the ball had crossed the line from Ronaldo’s shot. Diks obviously got axed but I doubt the Portugal players know that, or care. If truth be told.
And you were borne Furqan Miah? Sure ;p
DeleteBut making reference to anonymous status of user won’t help making your point.
Most probably you’re right with your statement in the last paragraph. The same goes for Oliver who hasn’t been involved in Italian games for a long time and will go as well for eg Turpin after Russia-Denmark.
If however every ‘controversial’ decision would lead to a referee not being appointed for the harmed team involved then we would lack a sufficient number of officials. And if he also had 1 England game since I don’t see the issue anyway.
FYI - Furqan Miah is STILL banned and I still intend to delete all of his comments, but now there is no point as this discussion does at least add some value to the blog discussion.
DeleteMakkelie - few here probably even remember the Nations League game (at first I even had to scratch my head to recall it), and... it was a Nations League game for heaven's sake!
I doubt that many people could namecheck Larrionda/Espinosa, or even their nationality, to be quite honest about it.
Personally, I think this game fits perfectly for what UEFA are trying to do with Kuipers, so I expect his name.
I expect Kuipers, Makkelie or Orsato for England vs Germany. But I think there are also another names possible: Vincic or Hategan for example...
DeleteLorrionda is easy Uruguay. His dreadfully bad performance in USA Italy WC 06 that's one name I'll never forget
DeleteHernández Hernández, like Blom, switched to AVAR c. a controversial incident, so beyond reasonable doubt we can say that UEFA assessed Hernández's non-intervention in PORFRA a mistake?
ReplyDeleteHernández was VAR for both of Rapallini's previous games.
DeleteIn case (but we can't know of course) I wouldn't rule out the situation in the last minutes of that game, as well, both penalty and RC possible, given that regarding the wrong penalty whistled by Mateu in my opinion there shouldn't have been room for an intervention.
DeleteHdz Hdz seems to be replaced as VAR of Rapallini. Maybe UEFA wanted an intervention for the 2nd penalty in FRA-POR?
ReplyDeleteWell deserved for Rapallini
ReplyDeleteEkberg isn't sent home
ReplyDeleteTwo deserved and sensible appointments, I think.
ReplyDeleteIn both cases, one could have considered keeping them for the QFs, but apparently UEFA has other plans there - or appoints referees in both rounds.
Ekberg still in the tournament means that the rumours were at least not 100% accurate (unless he had left Istanbul and is now travelling to Copenhagen from Sweden).
Irrati not the VAR for Cakir as in both GS and some CL matches, so maybe UEFA didn't like something? Let's see whether Orsato and Irrati still will get a game together though.
It is well possible that Ekberg is kept there as some sort of backup for unexpected vacancies (in case of injuries, Corona infections or a number of abysmal performances of other officials).
DeleteDankert, Dingert, Gittelmann three days in a row part of VAR-team
ReplyDeleteYes another important thing to underline is that Ekberg is still there.
ReplyDeleteSo you can see, as long as something is not official... it is impossible to be sure!
Cakir for the first match: I would have prefered Oliver though. The turkish also changes his VAR. Irrati was free (infact he acts as AVAR3 in Rapallini's team). The Argentinian receives a more sonorous match than his two previous ones. Hope he will do well, like he did.
ReplyDeleteHernandez becomes AVAR: his 2 non-intervention (penalty for France and possible RC/PK in the end) were considered (with all the probabilities) uncorrect. I agree with UEFA.
Rosetti could have dared a bit much in Croatia-Spain. So now it's clear that one between Orsato and Kuipers will get the other big match. I think the Italian. Kuipers IMO will handle Sweden-Ukraine and then he'll go directly to the final act.
Only if the Netherlands falters and doesn't make it to the final.
DeleteWell deserved appointments. So this means Orsato will have R16 game with Irrati.
ReplyDeleteWith only two Round of 16 remaining, I think that somebody between Oliver and Vincic could miss the chance for a KO game. I rather think that Vincic will get SWE - UKR. The solution for Oliver would be directly a quarterfinal, do you think possible for him?
ReplyDeleteDidn't Vinic have Spain/Sweden in MD1? I would have thought they would try and avoid the same teams with refs (the only reason Brych was appointed is surely to test him). So I think Vinic will go direct to a QF
DeleteI think one of the dutch officials is sure for ENG/GER, then either Del Grande/Orsato/ Oliver for the other game (Del Grande my pick) which will give Oliver & Orsato a QF with Vinic along with the other Dutch man not appointed in the ENG/GER game.
If we assume, the 13 referees reported are indeed correct, we have del Cerro Grande, Hategan, Kuipers, Makkelie, Oliver, Orsato and Vincic left for normally 6 matches (double appointment in R16 and QF or someone direct in SF is not impossible).
DeleteBased only on GS performances, dCG and Orsato should be in most danger of missing out. However, their general status and their nationality probably keeps them in. Then we have Hategan, where we don't know, how UEFA evaluated his sending-offs. If they didn't like at least one of them, he could be the one missing out, because he doesn't have the status of the other two, I think.
Then we have Kuipers and Makkelie. The first should be completely sure for another game, while Makkelie the only doubt would be the missing penalty in TUR-ITA - however still very likely to be appointed.
And then the two least experienced on UEFA level, Oliver and Vincic, who didn't do much wrong in the GS and would deserve a KO match. Indeed there are some doubts, whether UEFA would put Oliver to a direct QF, especially as the two options could be FRA-ESP and BEL-ITA.
In short: Really hard to give a precise prediction, several solutions would be somehow justified. If I had to guess now, I would say, that Oliver indeed gets a QF and Hategan will stay without further match in the centre.
Yea Cheffren. I think it's possible for Oliver to get a QF game. At least the committee is showing in this tournament that ut rewards performances and not just pedigree. And we see this with the appointments of Siebert, Karasev and Rapallini. So if these refeees could get matches in R16, I am sure that Oliver and Vincic who were brilliant in the GS could get QF games if they dont get a R16 game.
DeleteI think it's absolutely possible Oliver gets a QF. He'd be very unlucky to not get a knockout game based both on performance principle, and that IMO he has been better than Siebert who did receive an R16 match. I would guess Kuipers and dCG for the remaining R16 matches.
DeleteI could see the four QFs going to Hategan, Vincic, Oliver, and Makkelie. It wouldn't surprise me, if Orsato is left off the R16 list, to see him directly in a SF (Taylor or Brych/Kuipers in the other).
Regarding France - Switzerland in my opinion this round of 16 is something very good for Rapallini, the right game for him. A medium level among the Round of 16 games. I would have guessed him rather in SWE - UKR or WAL - DEN, given the background, but committee seems to have an important trust.
ReplyDeleteNow an appointment for Gil Manzano in KO stage will follow, I want also to say that it looks like CONMEBOL is waiting for UEFA decisions about Rapallini's games, to make the same with Gil Manzano.
Otherwise it could sound poor to give him a different treatment, did you get this impression as well? ;) But of course basically they must perform well!
Gil Manzano had difficult moments in his last game due to a penalty expectation. With a long VAR check they allowed to play on. Maybe committee will find them mistaken i am not sure.
DeleteIf there is time, probably between the R16 now and the QF, I'll watch this Ecuador - Peru game in full and report back.
DeleteIMO last 2 games will go to Orsato(because of Irrati appointment) and Makkelie or Kuipers. If ENG-GER goes to Orsato then we can consider some other names but i don’t think we will see 2 dutch referee teams at QF. So Vincic, (Makkelie or Kuipers), Del Cerro (Oliver), Hategan i predict for QF.
ReplyDeleteCakir and Rapallini are two sensible choices. It seems clear for me that Hernandez' appointment is something like a punishment. Irrati's missing out in Cakir's match is slightly surpisring, but could be justified, when Orsato is appointed tomorrow
ReplyDeleteIs there any policy on the part of UEFA concerning those referees from countries whose teams have reached the QF/SF stage?
ReplyDeleteIn the old days - at WC at least - the respective officials were automatically disregarded for further matches.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND (FIRST LEGS)
ReplyDelete6 July 2021
18:00 CET - Helsinki (Bolt Arena)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) - FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Laurent Conotte (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Florian Lemaire (BEL)
Fourth Official: Jasper Vergoote (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sabri Çelik (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Michael O'Brien (ENG)
18:00 CET - Budapest (Groupama Aréna)
Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) - FC Prishtina (KOS)
Referee: David Munro (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel McFarlane (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Calum Spence (SCO)
Fourth Official: Euan Anderson (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandr Keplin (KAZ)
18:00 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
FC Flora Tallinn (EST) - Hibernians FC (MLT)
Referee: Lazar Lukić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Dragan Bogićević (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Banović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Momčilo Marković (SRB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís (CYP)
UEFA Delegate: Peter Lundström (FIN)
Delegate Trainee: Maksims Krivuņecs (LVA)
19:00 CET - Vilnius (LFF stadionas)
FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) - Linfield FC (NIR)
Referee: Alex de Albuquerque Troleis (FRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Dan Petur Pauli Højgaard (FRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Hermansen (FRO)
Fourth Official: Kári Jóannesarson á Høvdanum (FRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Mika Peltola (FIN)
UEFA Delegate: Mark Bos (NED)
Delegate Trainee: Ignas Marcinkevičius (LTU)
19:30 CET - Esch-sur-Alzette (Stade Émile Mayrisch)
CS Fola Esch (LUX) - Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB)
Referee: Michal Očenáš (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Vorel (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Poláček (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Ziemba (SVK)
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Thibault De Gendt (BEL)
20:00 CET - Cluj-Napoca (Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu)
CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU) - FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Diks (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Rogier Honig (NED)
Fourth Official: Joey Kooij (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Anna Bordyuhova (UKR)
20:00 CET - Skopje (Nacionalna Arena "Toše Proeski")
KF Shkëndija (MKD) - NŠ Mura (SVN)
Referee: António Emanuel de Carvalho Nobre (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Ricardo Ferreira Ribeiro (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Miguel de Almeida da Mota (POR)
Fourth Official: Miguel Bertolo Nogueira (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)
UEFA Delegate: Łukasz Wachowski (POL)
7 July 2021
Delete18:00 CET - Bodø (Aspmyra Stadion)
FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR) - Legia Warszawa (POL)
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Niklas á Líðarenda (FRO)
UEFA Delegate: Eugène Westerink (NED)
18:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadzis "Dinamo Arena")
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) - Neftçi PFK (AZE)
Referee: David Fuxman (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Nati Dotan (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Matityahu Yakobov (ISR)
Fourth Official: Idan Leiba (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: Łukasz Sojski (POL)
18:30 CET - Bratislava (Národný futbalový štadión)
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) - Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Weiß (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Jasmin Sabanovic (AUT)
Fourth Official: Stefan Ebner (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Lyon (GIB)
19:00 CET - Malmö (Eleda Stadion)
Malmö FF (SWE) - Riga FC (LVA)
Referee: Kaarlo Oskari Hämäläinen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Sami Nykänen (FIN)
Fourth Official: Antti Munukka (FIN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimír Medveď (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: Dennis Cruise (IRL)
19:00 CET - Durrës (Stadiumi Niko Dovana)
KF Teuta (ALB) - FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
Referee: Amine Kourgheli (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Juryj Chomčanka (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Viktar Hiecikaŭ (BLR)
Fourth Official: Dzianis Ščarbakoŭ (BLR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)
UEFA Delegate: Balázs Makray (HUN)
Delegate Trainee: Aldi Topçiu (ALB)
19:00 CET - Haifa (Itztadion Sammy Ofer)
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) - FC Qayrat Almatı (KAZ)
Referee: Milovan Milačić (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Đikanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Dragan Vujović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Miloš Savović (MNE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sergey Zuyev (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Orxan Hüseynzadə (AZE)
19:00 CET - Razgrad (Ludogorets Arena)
PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) - FC Šachcior Salihorsk (BLR)
Referee: Rohit Saggi (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Geir Oskar Isaksen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Morten Jensen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Marius Hansen Grøtta (NOR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Attila Ábrahám (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Camelia Nicolae (ROU)
Delegate Trainee: Boryana Stoycheva (BUL)
20:00 CET - Aberystwyth (Aberystwyth University Stadium)
Connah's Quay Nomads FC (WAL) - Alashkert FC (ARM)
Referee: Vasílis Dimitríou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Níkos Englézou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: Mários Dimitriádis (CYP)
Fourth Official: Mários Christofórou (CYP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Roy Cathcart (NIR)
20:00 CET - Zagreb (Stadion Maksimir)
GNK Dinamo (CRO) - Valur (ISL)
Referee: Genc Nuza (KOS)
Assistant Referee 1: Fatlum Berisha (KOS)
Assistant Referee 2: Bujar Selimaj (KOS)
Fourth Official: Dardan Çaka (KOS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Dervishaj Nelaj (ESP)
Delegate Trainee: Josip Tomaško (CRO)
I think that we can say, that Kamphuis got a good appointment?
Delete18:00 CET - Bodø (Aspmyra Stadion)
DeleteFK Bodø/Glimt (NOR) - Legia Warszawa (POL)
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Denis Rexha (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dojando Myftari (ALB)
Fourth Official: Olsid Ferataj (ALB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Niklas á Líðarenda (FRO)
UEFA Delegate: Eugène Westerink (NED)
Wow! The biggest game (champions of Norway and Poland) goes to Xhaja! Good luck!
UEFA EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE - FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND (FIRST LEGS)
ReplyDelete6 July 2021
17:45 CET - Ta' Qali (Centenary Stadium)
Mosta FC (MLT) - FC Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Anders Olav Dale (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Christer Solheim Jørgensen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Sivert Øksnes Amland (NOR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Messner (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Loukás Siótropos (GRE)
Delegate Trainee: Adrian Casha (MLT)
17:50 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
Mons Calpe SC (GIB) - FC Santa Coloma (AND)
Referee: Ondřej Berka (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nádvorník (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Matěj Vlček (CZE)
Fourth Official: Karel Hrubeš (CZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kenneth William Clark (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: Vignir Már Þormóðsson (ISL)
20:30 CET - Podgorica (DG Arena)
FK Podgorica (MNE) - KF Laçi (ALB)
Referee: Bram Van Driessche (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Yves De Neve (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Jo De Weirdt (BEL)
Fourth Official: Kevin Van Damme (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Nermina Hadžibajrić (BIH)
Delegate Trainee: Amil Gerina (MNE)
8 July 2021
16:00 CET - Yerevan (Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht)
FC Noah (ARM) - KuPS Kuopio (FIN)
Referee: Igor Stojčevski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Vasilevski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Slaǵan Markoski (MKD)
Fourth Official: Dejan Jakimovski (MKD)
UEFA Referee Observer: Albano Janku (ALB)
UEFA Delegate: Vitaliy Danylchenko (UKR)
16:00 CET - Skopje (Trening Centar "Petar Miloševski")
FK Sileks (MKD) - FC Petrocub-Hîncești (MDA)
Referee: Robert Jenkins (WAL)
Assistant Referee 1: Johnathon Bryant (WAL)
Assistant Referee 2: Ashley Davis (WAL)
Fourth Official: Iwan Arwel Griffith (WAL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov (UKR)
UEFA Delegate: Johny Vanspauwen (BEL)
16:00 CET - Liepāja (Daugavas stadions)
FK Liepāja (LVA) - FC Struga (MKD)
Referee: Viktar Šymusik (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Husieŭ (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Siarhiej Kasaviec (BLR)
Fourth Official: Aliaksiej Kuĺbakoŭ (BLR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Karel Vidlák (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: David Avanesyan (ARM)
17:30 CET - Turku (Veritas Stadion)
FC Inter Turku (FIN) - Puskás Akadémia FC (HUN)
Referee: Tore Hansen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Isaak Elias Skjeseth Bashevkin (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Runar Langseth (NOR)
Fourth Official: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarský (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: Labriní Dimitríou (GRE)
18:00 CET - Marijampolė (Hikvision arena)
FK Sūduva (LTU) - Valmiera FC (LVA)
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (LUX)
Assistant Referee 1: Joaquim Daniel Da Silva Gomes (LUX)
Assistant Referee 2: David Mateus Santos (LUX)
Fourth Official: Jérémy Muller (LUX)
UEFA Referee Observer: Geórgios Bíkas (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Kadri Jägel (EST)
Delegate Trainee: Antanas Popiera (LTU)
18:00 CET - Jūrmala (Jūrmalas pilsētas stadions "Sloka")
RFS (LVA) - KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
Referee: Nikola Popov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Georgi Todorov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Petar Mitrev (BUL)
Fourth Official: Stanimir Trenchev (BUL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Yuriy Baskakov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Maksimas Bechterevas (LTU)
18:00 CET - Andorra la Vella (Estadi Nacional)
UE Sant Julià (AND) - Gżira United FC (MLT)
Referee: Haris Kaljanac (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Amer Macić (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Goran Dujak (BIH)
Fourth Official: Antoni Bandić (BIH)
UEFA Referee Observer: Orhan Erdemir (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: João Morais (POR)
Delegate Trainee: Teresa Figueras Pons (AND)
18:00 CET - Helsinki (Bolt Arena)
DeleteFC Honka Espoo (FIN) - NSÍ Runavík (FRO)
Referee: Jamie Robinson (NIR)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Nethery (NIR)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Jeffrey (NIR)
Fourth Official: Lee Tavinder (NIR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: František Laurinec (SVK)
18:45 CET - Žilina (Štadión MŠK Žilina)
MŠK Žilina (SVK) - FC Dila Gori (GEO)
Referee: Philip Farrugia (MLT)
Assistant Referee 1: Alan Camilleri (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Edward Spiteri (MLT)
Fourth Official: Alex Johnson (MLT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Salustià Chato Ciprés (AND)
UEFA Delegate: Adrian Ixari (MDA)
18:45 CET - Dundalk (Oriel Park)
Dundalk FC (IRL) - Newtown AFC (WAL)
Referee: Luca Barbeno (SMR)
Assistant Referee 1: Francesco Lunardon (SMR)
Assistant Referee 2: Gianmarco Ercolani (SMR)
Fourth Official: Raffaele Delvecchio (SMR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Tanya Gravina (MLT)
19:00 CET - Orhei (Complexul Sportiv Raional Orhei)
FC Milsami Orhei (MDA) - FK Sarajevo (BIH)
Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdullah Bora Özkara (TUR)
Fourth Official: Erkan Özdamar (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alieh Čykun (BLR)
UEFA Delegate: Bakar Zhordania (GEO)
19:00 CET - Luxembourg (Stade Josy Barthel)
Racing FC Union Lëtzebuerg (LUX) - Breiðablik (ISL)
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 1: Atom Sevgulyan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 2: Artur Gdlyan (ARM)
Fourth Official: Artem Gasparyan (ARM)
UEFA Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Kazimierz Oleszek (POL)
19:30 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
FC Levadia Tallinn (EST) - St Joseph's FC (GIB)
Referee: Snir Levi (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Tom Adi (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Omer Barbiro (ISR)
Fourth Official: Aviad Yahav-Hai Shiloach (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)
UEFA Delegate: Ivan Tsitovich (RUS)
19:45 CET - Belfast (The Oval)
Glentoran FC (NIR) - The New Saints FC (WAL)
Referee: Loúkas Sotiríou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Ómiros Tziortzís (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: Charálambos Georgíou (CYP)
Fourth Official: Kyriákos Christodoúlou (CYP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Scott Struthers (SCO)
20:00 CET - Prishtina (Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri)
FC Drita (KOS) - FK Dečić (MNE)
Referee: Vítor Jorge Fernandes Ferreira (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Miguel de Campos Rodrigues (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Ricardo Duarte Brás (POR)
Fourth Official: Gustavo Fernandes Correia (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sergejus Slyva (LTU)
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Kindle (LIE)
20:00 CET - Ta' Qali (Centenary Stadium)
Birkirkara FC (MLT) - La Fiorita 1967 (SMR)
Referee: Nikólas Neokléous (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pávlos Georgíou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: Pétros Pétrou (CYP)
Fourth Official: Chrysovalándis Theoulí (CYP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vadims Direktorenko (LVA)
UEFA Delegate: Patrik Filípek (CZE)
20:00 CET - Domžale (Športni park Domžale)
NK Domžale (SVN) - FC Swift Hesper (LUX)
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Witschnigg (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Höfler (AUT)
Fourth Official: Alexander Harkam (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Chaim Yaakov (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Octavian Goga (ROU)
20:00 CET - Skopje (Nacionalna arena "Toše Proeski")
FC Shkupi 1927 (MKD) - KF Llapi (KOS)
Referee: Allard Lindhout (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Charles Schaap (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Rens Bluemink (NED)
Fourth Official: Rob Dieperink (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Guy Goethals (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Andrey Medintsev (BUL)
20:00 CET - Elbasan (Elbasan Arena)
DeleteFK Partizani (ALB) - FC Sfîntul Gheorghe (MDA)
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Jonas Erni (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Guillaume Maire (SUI)
Fourth Official: Lionel Tschudi (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Michális Mítas (CYP)
20:00 CET - Hafnarfjörður (Kaplakrikavöllur)
FH Hafnarfjörður (ISL) - Sligo Rovers FC (IRL)
Referee: Ishmael Barbara (MLT)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Vella (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Duncan Sultana (MLT)
Fourth Official: Darryl Agius (MLT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)
UEFA Delegate: Jeroen Roest (NED)
20:00 CET - Pärnu (Pärnu Rannastaadion)
Paide Linnameeskond (EST) - WKS Śląsk Wrocław (POL)
Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 1: Mesrop Ghazaryan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 2: Erik Arevshatyan (ARM)
Fourth Official: Zaven Hovhannisyan (ARM)
UEFA Referee Observer: John Ward (IRL)
UEFA Delegate: Ginta Pēce (LVA)
20:00 CET - Oswestry (Park Hall)
Bala Town FC (WAL) - Larne FC (NIR)
Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jukka Honkanen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Turkka Joonas Valjakka (FIN)
Fourth Official: Petri Viljanen (FIN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marco Borg (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: Rimla Akhtar (ENG)
20:00 CET - Székesfehérvár (MOL Aréna Sóstó)
MOL Fehérvár FC (HUN) - FC Ararat Yerevan (ARM)
Referee: Ion Orlic (MDA)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasilie Ermișchin (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Dumitru Ciobanu (MDA)
Fourth Official: Ghenadie Sidenco (MDA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Levi Avi HaLevi (ISR)
20:00 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
Europa FC (GIB) - FK Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)
Referee: Andrew Davey (NIR)
Assistant Referee 1: Georgios Argyropoulos (NIR)
Assistant Referee 2: Gavin Hegarty (NIR)
Fourth Official: Christopher Morrison (NIR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Claude Kremer (LUX)
20:30 CET - Sarajevo (Stadion Grbavica)
FK Velež (BIH) - Coleraine FC (NIR)
Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: İbrahim Çağlar Uyarcan (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Mustafa Savranlar (TUR)
Fourth Official: Zorbay Küçük (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Luc Wouters (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Aurel Mihail Ionescu (ROU)
20:30 CET - Podgorica (DG Arena)
FK Sutjeska (MNE) - FC Gagra (GEO)
Referee: Pavel Rejžek (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Paták (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Radek Kotík (CZE)
Fourth Official: Zbyněk Proske (CZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu (ROU)
UEFA Delegate: Aliaksandr Aliejnik (BLR)
20:45 CET - Serravalle (San Marino Stadium)
SP Tre Penne (SMR) - FC Dinamo Batumi (GEO)
Referee: Robertas Valikonis (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Dovydas Sužiedėlis (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Edgaras Bučinskas (LTU)
Fourth Official: Donatas Šimėnas (LTU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci (ALB)
UEFA Delegate: Olivier Chovaux (FRA)
20:45 CET - Maribor (Stadion Ljudski vrt)
NK Maribor (SVN) - FC Urartu (ARM)
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Hillaert (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Ruben Wyns (BEL)
Fourth Official: Lothar D'Hondt (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Karl Espen Eriksen (NOR)
21:00 CET - Široki Brijeg (Stadion Pecara)
NK Široki Brijeg (BIH) - KF Vllaznia (ALB)
Referee: Aleksey Matyunin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Valeriy Danchenko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Dmitriy Mosyakin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Yevgeniy Kukulyak (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Sanja Bosanac-Perišić (MNE)
21:45 CET - Garðabær (Samsung völlurinn)
Stjarnan (ISL) - Bohemian FC (IRL)
Referee: Sandi Putros (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Ole Kronlykke (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Heine Sørensen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Michael Tykgaard (DEN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michális Koukoulákis (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Alex Miescher (SUI)
Saying just "thank you" isn't enough! Great work.
DeleteSo many matches and not a single appointment for a Greek referee. That makes me sad.....
Delete@ That should make you happy IMO, because the referees appointed are mostly from "small" football nations. It means that greek referees will have their chance in the following rounds and/or higher profile competition quals.
DeleteThe referees from one country are usually appointed to either first legs only or second legs only. Most likely Greek referees will be appointed to second legs and actually it's the case :)
DeleteUCL Legia Warszawa - Bodø/Glimt (Aristotélis Diamandópoulos)
UECL Puskás Akadémia - Inter Turku (Athanásios Tzílos)
UECL Sfîntul Gheorghe - Partizani (Vasílios Fotiás)
Just wanted to ask, why did UEFA go for Rappilini and not Pitana? He is still a fifa referee
ReplyDeleteFor the same reason CONMEBOL went for Gil Manzano, and not Kuipers, who is still active aswell.
DeleteYou don’t exchange your best officials when this means they’ll miss out on their ‘own’ championships.
I could add another question for you, why the exchange should be made only for the best (only on paper, sometimes) referees?
DeleteAnd... it is Rapallini, not Rappilini.
Sending a Spanish referee trio was also the most logical choice based on the language spoken.
DeleteEkbert's presence means that Mateu could also still be there? No news from Spain?
ReplyDeleteMaybe Rosetti made this 4off appointment on purpose to pretend nobody has been sent home.
DeleteAnother possibility could be Spanish or Italian referees ...
ReplyDeleteEkberg (and fifth official Culum) live in Malmö, which is basically a suburb of Copenhagen. Distance is 50 km.
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ReplyDeleteSomething else which nobody noticed: A German refereeing team will referee England vs Ukraine DAYS after England knocked their country out. Is that not something to worry about?
ReplyDeleteNot a suggestion of bias, more about the fact that Brych is not protected. Should anything go badly wrong for him on Saturday people will use this as an excuse!