Tuesday 11 July 2023

2023/24 UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round (First Legs) - Referee Appointments

Referee appointments for the first qualifying round of 2023/24 UEFA Champions League, first legs. VAR is expected in all games. 

 Christian-Petru Ciochirca (AUT) will be assessed by Cüneyt Çakır (TUR), new UEFA Observer


Tuesday 11 July 2023

17:00 CET - Yerevan (Urartu Stadium)
FC Urartu (ARM) - HŠK Zrinjski (BIH)
Referee: Philip Farrugia (MLT)
Assistant Referee 1: Alan Camilleri (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Luke Portelli (MLT)
Fourth Official: Alex Johnson (MLT)
Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Chiffi (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valerio Marini (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Augustus Viorel Constantin (ROU)
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Dervishaj Nelaj (ESP)

17:30 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) - Qarabağ FK (AZE)
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjonņikovs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Raimonds Tatriks (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Artūrs Šakurovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA)
Video Assistant Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kristaps Ratnieks (LVA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Gabriel Weiss (SVK)

18:00 CET - Vilnius (LFF stadionas)
FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) - FK Struga Trim-Lum (MKD)
Referee: Elçin Məsiyev (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Elşad Abdullayev (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Pərvin Talıbov (AZE)
Fourth Official: Kamal Umudlu (AZE)
Video Assistant Referee: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Koray Gençerler (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Chaim Ya’akov (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Felix Grigore (ROU)

20:00 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) - Valmiera FC (LVA)
Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrei Gabriel Constantinescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Sebastian Constantin Colțescu (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho (POR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: André Filipe Domingues da Silva Narciso (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Pascal Garibian (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Laura Montgomery (SCO)

20:00 CET - Częstochowa (Miejski Stadion Piłkarski “Raków”)
RKS Raków Częstochowa (POL) - FC Flora Tallinn (EST)
Referee: Arda Kardeşler (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ali Saygın Ögel (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehmet Emin Tuğral (TUR)
Fourth Official: Ümit Öztürk (TUR)
Video Assistant Referee: Alper Ulusoy (TUR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Hakan Ceylan (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Neil Morrow (NIR)

20:00 CET - Ta’ Qali (Centenary Stadium)
Ħamrun Spartans FC (MLT) - Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
Referee: Donald Robertson (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Graeme Stewart (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Ross Macleod (SCO)
Fourth Official: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Video Assistant Referee: Nicolas Walsh (SCO)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Daniel McFarlane (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: João Francisco Lopes Ferreira (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Richard Havrilla (SVK)

20:45 CET - Pristina (Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri)
FC Ballkani (KOS) - PFK Ludogorets 1945 (BUL)
Referee: Gal Leibovitz (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Omer Barbiro (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Matityahu Yakobov (ISR)
Fourth Official: Idan Leiba (ISR)
Video Assistant Referee: Daniel Bar Natan (ISR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)
UEFA Delegate: Edgars Pukinsks (LVA)

20:45 CET - Klaksvík (við Djúpumýru)
KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) - Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)
Referee: Juri Frischer (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Veiko Mõtsnik (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Sander Saga (EST)
Fourth Official: Kristo Külljastinen (EST)
Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: David Malcolm (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: Jacques Antenen (SUI)

20:45 CET - Tirana (Air Albania Stadium)
FK Partizani (ALB) - FK BATE Barysaŭ (BLR)
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Hillaert (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Ruben Wyns (BEL)
Fourth Official: Wesli De Cremer (BEL)
Video Assistant Referee: Jan Boterberg (BEL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Rainer Koch (GER)

20:45 CET - Dublin (Tallaght Stadium)
Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) - Breiðablik (ISL)
Referee: Chrysovalándis Theoulí (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Michaíl Sotiríou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: Pávlos Georgíou (CYP)
Fourth Official: Konstandínos Fellás (CYP)
Video Assistant Referee: Dimítrios Solomoú (CYP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mários Christofórou (CYP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Thibault De Gendt (BEL)

Wednesday 12 July 2023

16:00 CET - Astana (Astana Arena)
Astana FK (KAZ) - SK Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Weiß (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Obritzberger (AUT)
Fourth Official: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Video Assistant Referee: Alan Kijas (AUT)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Andreas Heiß (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Łukasz Sojski (POL) Jean-Paul Mievis (BEL)

18:00 CET - Helsinki (Bolt Arena)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) - Larne FC (NIR)
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (GEO)
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgi Elikashvili (GEO)
Assistant Referee 2: Davit Chigogidze (GEO)
Fourth Official: Irakli Kvirikashvili (GEO)
Video Assistant Referee: Sören Storks (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pascal Müller (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Meßner (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Márton Esterházy (HUN)

19:00 CET - Gothenburg (Bravida Arena)
BK Häcken (SWE) - The New Saints FC (WAL)
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 1: Mesrop Ghazaryan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 2: Khachatur Hovhannisyan (ARM)
Fourth Official: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan (ARM)
Video Assistant Referee: Luca Pairetto (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Federico Dionisi (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Ariel Scheiman (ISR)

19:30 CET - Ovidiu (Stadionul Central al Academiei de Fotbal Gheorghe Hagi)
FCV Farul Constanța (ROU) - FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
Referee: Sander van der Eijk (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Joost van Zuilen (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Dyon Fikkert (NED)
Fourth Official: Marc Nagtegaal (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erwin Blank (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Claude Runavot (FRA)

20:30 CET - Bratislava (Národný futbalový štadión)
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) - FC Swift Hesper (LUX)
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevsʹkyy (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Andriy Skrypka (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Berkut (UKR)
Fourth Official: Denys Shurman (UKR)
Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Pskit (POL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Malec (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Giel Kirkels (NED)
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  1. Mikael W30 June 2023 at 13:43

    A question for German readers (I also posted on the BuliSchiri blog) - can anyone recognise these six 'Ersatzschiedsrichters' from UEFA EURO 1988 in BRD? They should be regular Bundesliga referees from the time, if I'm not mistaken.

    https://streamable.com/tqu9mt
    https://streamable.com/la0nwj
    https://streamable.com/lmb26t
    https://streamable.com/658nla
    https://streamable.com/yutauo
    https://streamable.com/llwmif

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    1. Philipp S30 June 2023 at 14:41

      I would say
      5) Norbert Brückner
      6) Manfred Neuner

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    2. Mikael W30 June 2023 at 14:51

      Thanks Philipp. I knew the first face was familar! Eugen Strigel for England against Ireland.

      England vs. Netherlands: Hans-Jürgen Weber
      Ireland vs. USSR: Wolf Rüdiger Umbach

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    3. Anonymous1 July 2023 at 17:52

      NL - UdSSR: Joachim Kautschor

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    4. Daniel G1 July 2023 at 18:28

      3) Hans-Jürgen Weber

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  2. Chefren30 June 2023 at 14:19

    OT I'm looking for this information.
    Can you identify the trio in charge of Women's Friendly Gibraltar - Panama a few days ago (26 June)? Definitely impossible to find anything.
    The fourth official, seen during the game, was a man.
    Picture:
    https://ibb.co/bK4Fphm

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    1. Anonymous30 June 2023 at 14:39

      Referee : Viki de Cremer (BEL)
      AA 1 : Melissa Lejear (BEL)
      AA2 : Marta San Juan (ESP)

      Viki de Cremer is the sister of belgian professional referee Wesli de Cremer.

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    2. Chefren30 June 2023 at 14:51

      Thanks, OK for referee and AR1, but I think AR2 is not Marta San Juan. She comes from Andorra and she is not the woman in the picture.
      https://m.facebook.com/Law5TheRef/posts/marta-san-juan-casado-former-andorran-player-has-started-the-refereeing-career-b/1284102045395022/

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    3. Euro Soccer Ref30 June 2023 at 15:07

      AR2 is Ainhoa Fernández Ruiz from Andorra.

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    4. Anonymous30 June 2023 at 20:26

      Yes of course my bad, AR2 is Ainhoa Fernandez Ruiz, for the belgian referee i m 200% sure

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  3. Ecosse30 June 2023 at 17:12

    The missed penalty for Qatar in the Gold Cup was incredible given there was VAR

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    1. Anonymous30 June 2023 at 19:23

      Minute?

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    2. Chefren30 June 2023 at 20:20

      To be honest, absolutely without explanation, one should only think that VAR didn't work.

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    3. Anonymous30 June 2023 at 20:25

      Qatar's first or second match or both?

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    4. Anonymous30 June 2023 at 20:26

      Do you have a video clip?

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    5. Chefren30 June 2023 at 21:20

      https://streamable.com/drmmr7
      VAR from the USA.
      After Letexier OFR at U20 for a possible RC, another weird call. This time Ford was AVAR.
      I don't follow MLS, but it seems they are a totally different world, definitely no explanations.

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    6. Anonymous30 June 2023 at 21:41

      Correct play on. Ball to the hand, absolutely accidental, player with no idea where the ball was. Also no hand above shoulders.

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    7. Philipp S30 June 2023 at 21:54

      "player with no idea where the ball was"
      Really? He watches it, until it is ca. 5m above him, so it can hardly suprise him, where the ball lands.

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  4. Ugur B30 June 2023 at 18:43

    According to appointments it looks like Arda Kardeşler is Turkey's #2 referee.

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    1. Anonymous1 July 2023 at 14:34

      Funny thing is that he is thought to be one of the candiates to lose his FIFA badge along with Ali Palabiyik due to weak local performances.

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  5. Anonymous30 June 2023 at 19:05

    Debut for Mazeika and Gestranius (both former cat.1) as observer in UEFA competitions?

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    1. Euro Soccer Ref30 June 2023 at 19:20

      Yes, also for Nenad Đokić and Simon Lee Evans.

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  6. Anonymous30 June 2023 at 22:32

    Also, after two year Laszlo Vagner is also back as the observer. He was previously considered as one of the most important observers, it will be interested to see if it will be the case again.

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  7. HH1 July 2023 at 20:21

    Can Cuneyt Cakir at Uefa ensure that Umut Meler gets better, more resonant games than before?

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  8. Anonymous1 July 2023 at 22:45

    Good appointment for Van der Eijk!

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  9. Anonymous7 July 2023 at 23:24

    Great appointment for Don Robertson of Scotland hes deserved it this season!

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  10. Chefren9 July 2023 at 14:55

    So we have some referees working for the first time as VAR for UEFA, clear signal that in this round having VAR is already enough for committee, no more request, the most flexible appointments we saw so far, even more than EURO qualifiers.

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  11. Ecosse9 July 2023 at 18:11

    I am slightly surprised at Scottish VARs when VAR has been only been in Scotland for less than a year

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    1. matei1410 July 2023 at 23:43

      +1
      But for me, it is a little more than *slightly* surprising.

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  12. Anonymous10 July 2023 at 13:43

    IIq CL
    Dinpro - Panathinaikos Chiffi/Dankert
    Servette - Genk Vad/Simović

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  13. Pedro Irmatov11 July 2023 at 14:19

    Goal disallowed in Norway - referee refused to follow OFR:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03inIgZnxE

    Incredible.

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    1. Groule11 July 2023 at 14:38

      I see the video but why the goal was disallowed ?

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    2. Pedro Irmatov11 July 2023 at 14:48

      A mystery offside.

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    3. Ecosse11 July 2023 at 16:09

      Offside I assume is against the attacker on the line for interfering with the movement of a defender

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    4. Chefren11 July 2023 at 22:02

      Yes should be for the reason Ecosse mentioned, but still very strange situation because in my opinion defender is holding attacker and not the contrary, so he would have maybe had free movement to intervene instead of blocking attacker. In any case, the offside flag is not 100% wrong, so the VAR intervention, strictly based on protcol, shouldn't have happened. But very sophisticated decision from the pitch...

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  14. Anonymous11 July 2023 at 15:33

    Halim Shirzad (AFG), FIFA referee, has been integrated into the second division of the Portuguese League.

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  15. Ref Fot11 July 2023 at 21:26

    Gentelmans, good evening. I saw you replies about Uefa Match fees last night, but does anybody know precise numbers, on example 5k, 10k or something like that? Thanks in advance?

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    1. Anonymous11 July 2023 at 21:34

      First you have to tell us where are you from, what do you do in life and what your salary is.

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    2. Anonymous11 July 2023 at 23:34

      Are you saying that the UEFA match fees became suddenly confidential? They were public before the last year's change and they are still public information in many leagues around the world. Referees are public figures.

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  16. SCOREREF11 July 2023 at 21:26

    Hamrun Haifa suspended

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    1. Daniel G11 July 2023 at 21:29

      BTW, very good performance by Robertson so far

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    2. Davidcrammond11 July 2023 at 21:48

      Any idea the reason

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    3. SCOREREF11 July 2023 at 21:51

      Fan trouble. Hamrun fans with chants of Palestine and Maccabi fans retaliated with Israeli flags/chants and flares which had already caused damage to the pitch

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  17. Euro Soccer Ref11 July 2023 at 22:38

    A decent performance by Arda Kardeşler in the Raków vs Flora game. No KMIs. All three yellow cards correct but either late reaction (22', 49') or very short whistle (29') - body language and whistle technique to be improved. The old-school refereeing presented by the Turkish official - not interested in connecting with (sometimes upset) players, very distant and serious approach.

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    1. Anonymous13 July 2023 at 00:22

      I was in the stadium for this game. No major issues. Nothing wrong or game changing. Slightly relaxed maybe but had a good presence

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  18. M11 July 2023 at 23:33

    So for Ludogorets vs Ballkani 2nd leg ww will for sure need some strong name,I expect challenging and typical Balkan match with lots of fouls and plenty complaints.

    Also Struga and Zalgiris can be tricky ,so maybe there also some strong name I except.

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    1. Anonymous12 July 2023 at 00:00

      Ludogorets vs Ballkani Luca Pairetto (ITA)

      Struga - Zalgiris Darren England (ENG)

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    2. Anonymous12 July 2023 at 10:02

      Well I hope Pairetto could handle well in the game that on paper would be challenging game, in the context that the underdog in pole position.

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  19. Unknown12 July 2023 at 21:26

    No control by Ukrainian referee in Bratislava.

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  20. Quilava12 July 2023 at 21:46

    RC for VC after OFR in Slovan Bratislava - Swift. Slovak player bit (!) the opponent.

    https://streamin.me/v/34970d32

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    1. Chefren12 July 2023 at 21:50

      Imagine this incident without VAR... also the penalty given after OFR in 22': https://streamin.me/v/6b214fad

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    2. Anonymous13 July 2023 at 14:28

      Also after match on pitch one of Slovan fans tried to assault the ref, potential severe problem for Slovan to next phase

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