Referee appointments for the third qualifying round of 2021/22 UEFA Europa League, that is properly the first stage of the competition. First legs to be played on 3 and 5 August 2021.
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| Athanásios Tzílos has replaced his countryman Ioánnis Papadópoulos |
Tuesday 3 August 2021
19:00 CET - Baku (Bakcell Arena)
Neftçi PFK (AZE) - HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Referee: William Collum (SCO, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Sean Carr (SCO)
Fourth Official: Euan Anderson (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandr Keplın (KAZ)
19:00 CET - Baku (Bakcell Arena)
Neftçi PFK (AZE) - HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Referee: William Collum (SCO, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Sean Carr (SCO)
Fourth Official: Euan Anderson (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandr Keplın (KAZ)
Thursday 5 August 2021
FC Qaırat Almaty (KAZ) - Alashkert FC (ARM)
Referee: Aliaksiej Kuĺbakoŭ (BLR, Elite)
Assistant Referee 1: Dzmitryj Žuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alieh Maslianka (BLR)
Fourth Official: Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ (BLR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Goran Mihaljević (MNE)
UEFA Delegate: Svitlana Shkilʹ (UKR)
17:45 CET - Jablonec nad Nisou (Stadion Střelnice)
FK Jablonec (CZE) - Celtic FC (SCO)
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (TUR, 1Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Emre Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Cevdet Kömürcüoğlu (TUR)
Fourth Official: Arda Kardeşler (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimír Medveď (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: Charles Schaack (LUX)
18:00 CET - Nicosia (Stádio GSP)
Omónia FC (CYP) - FC Flora Tallinn (EST)
Referee: Radu Marian Petrescu (ROU, 1Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Marius Marica (ROU)
Fourth Official: Sorin Andrei Antonie (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov (UKR)
UEFA Delegate: Michal Mertinyák (SVK)
18:00 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) - ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1: Konstadínos Nikolaḯdis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Vasílios Nikolakákis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Vasílios Fotiás (GRE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marco Borg (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: Mohamed Taa (FRA)
20:00 CET - Murska Sobota (Mestni stadion Fazanerija)
NŠ Mura (SVN) - FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE, 1Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Kaspar Sjöberg (SWE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sergey Zuyev (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Tanya Gravina (MLT)
20:00 CET - Istanbul (Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu)
Galatasaray (TUR) - St Johnstone FC (SCO)
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI, 1Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Erni (SUI)
Fourth Official: Lukas Fähndrich (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Tugomir Frajman (SVN)
20:30 CET - Vienna (Allianz Stadion)
SK Rapid Wien (AUT) - Anórthosis Ammochóstou FC (CYP)
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (ITA, 1Cat)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Bresmes (ITA)
Fourth Official: Davide Ghersini (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: Edlira Jaupaj-Sherifaj (ALB)
UEFA calls this stage of the competition "Third Qualifying Round" but it is in fact the first of Europa League for this year.
ReplyDeleteRegarding Papadópoulos indeed I should include in my analysis that the appointment is for a team from Gibraltar at home, but in second leg we have a Category 1, so... still good achievement.
I predict a swap in Elite between Willie Collum and Bobby Madden at the next update.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how late that Collum appointment was made. He was due to referee a Scottish Premiership match today but is no longer doing it
ReplyDeleteWas he? He refereed a Scottish Championship match on Saturday 31st July so that seems unlikely!
DeleteHe must have been swapped then as he was initially appointed to Dundee utd v Aberdeen on Sunday
DeleteAfter the seminar in Vienna of top referres will be in great control by the ELITE ref who did not go to Euro. there will be crises and they will have those who will replace them.
ReplyDeleteEskas seems to have been surpassed by Steen as the Norwegian referee "in focus" from the committee.
ReplyDeleteWas it too late to find a replacement team on Gibraltar? It is really undeserved for a cat3 to be appointed along with some elite referees.
ReplyDeleteGood alertness by Kulbakov in FC Qaırat Almaty (KAZ) - Alashkert FC (ARM), correct penalty whistled in 35' for reckless tackle, player kicked the penalty and hit the crossbar, then he directly played again ball and scored. Indirect free kick for double touch was correctly whistled in favor of defending team. This is a situation in which almost all referees fail because unexpected.
ReplyDeleteEven uefa.com doesn't know the rule, wrongly reporting that player was "flagged for offside..."
Deletehttps://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2033018--kairat-vs-alashkert/
Correct RC to Muslera by Schärer and NO FLAG by AR2 as it was a backpass (alertness).
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVXwEiaNGOs
Excellent performance from Schärer. Great player management in a heated game. PK and RC was straight forward but correct
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLCnmGCk-H8
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Interesting incident in Mariani game. It looks like clear foul by attacker (step on foot) but referee was deceived and he whistled penalty. It was not clear until last replay. 100% VAR stuff. Very blatant mistake. YC to attacker to be given as well.
A big mistake, but luckily the goal was not scored so it did not influence the game.
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