Tuesday 19 September 2023

2023/24 UEFA Youth League - Referee Appointments - Matchday 1

Please find below the referees in charge of 2023/24 Youth League Matchday 1. 

Sander van der Eijk (NED) to referee PSG - Borussia Dortmund


Tuesday 19 September 2023

13:00 CET - Norderstedt, GER (Edmund Plambeck Stadion)
FK Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) - FC Porto (POR) | Group H
Referee: James Robert Robinson NIR
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Nethery NIR
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Jeffrey NIR
Fourth Official: Konrad Oldhafer GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO
UEFA Delegate: Charles Robba GIB

14:00 CET - Formello (Stadio Mirko Fersini)
SS Lazio (ITA) - Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) | Group E
Referee: Mikkel Redder DEN
Assistant Referee 1: René Risum DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Deniz Yurdakul DEN
Fourth Official: Ermanno Feliciani ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Nobs SUI 
UEFA Delegate: Edgar Manukyan ARM

14:00 CET - Milan (Vismara - PUMA House of Football)
AC Milan (ITA) - Newcastle United FC (ENG) | Group F
Referee: Stefan Ebner AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Höfler AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Mattias Hartl AUT
Fourth Official: Juan Luca Sacchi ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange ITA
UEFA Delegate: George Katsitadze GEO

14:30 CET - Thun (Stockhorn Arena)
BSC Young Boys (SUI) - RB Leipzig (GER) | Group G
Referee: Edgars Maļcevs LVA
Assistant Referee 1: Mārtiņš Svipsts LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Deniss Ševčenko LVA
Fourth Official: Mirel Turkes SUI
UEFA Referee Observer: Jørn West Larsen DEN
UEFA Delegate: Elena Borroni ESP 
Mentor for Delegate: Tormod Larsen NOR

15:00 CET - Rotterdam (Sportcomplex Varkenoord)
Feyenoord Rotterdam (NED) - Celtic FC (SCO) | Group E
Referee: Antoni Bandić BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Boris Dujmović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Maksimović BIH
Fourth Official: Stan Teuben NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Manuel Díaz Vega ESP
UEFA Delegate: Mert Tuncay TUR
Mentor for Delegate: Dennis Cruise IRL

16:00 CET - Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Stade George Lefèvre)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) - Borussia Dortmund (GER) | Group F
Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED
Assistant Referee 2: Dyon Fikkert NED
Fourth Official: Romain Lissorgue FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Stavros Tritsonis GRE 
UEFA Delegate: Gara Perez Cendal ESP
Mentor for Delegate: Georges Lüchinger LIE

16:00 CET - Manchester (Etihad Campus - Joie Stadium)
Manchester City FC (ENG) - FK Crvena zvezda (SRB) | Group G
Referee: Marek Radina CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Kamil Hájek CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Lukáš Machač CZE
Fourth Official: Benjamin Speedie ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Uno Tutk EST
UEFA Delegate: Alexander Gruber AUT
Mentor for Delegate: Scott Struthers SCO

16:00 CET - Sant Joan Despí (Estadi Johan Cruyff)
FC Barcelona (ESP) - Royal Antwerp FC (BEL) | Group H
Referee: Ishmael Barbara MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Duncan Spencer MLT
Assistant Referee 2: James Muscat MLT
Fourth Official: David López Jiménez ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez ESP
UEFA Delegate: Hristo Zapryanov BUL
Mentor for Delegate: Myrsini Psarropoulous GRE

Wednesday 20 September 2023

11:00 CET - Istanbul (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu)
Galatasaray (TUR) - FC København (DEN) | Group A
Referee: Snir Levi ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Haz Orpaz Hen ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Idan Zoler ISR
Fourth Official: Can Cengiz TUR
UEFA Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine NIR
UEFA Delegate: Ermin Jafarov AZE

12:00 CET - Donostia / San Sebastián (Instalaciones deportivas de la Real Sociedad de Fútbol)
Real Sociedad de Fútbol (ESP) - FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) | Group D
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan ARM
Assistant Referee 1: Mesrop Ghazaryan ARM
Assistant Referee 2: Khachatur Hovhannisyan ARM
Fourth Official: Ibai Rezola Etxeberria ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski POL
UEFA Delegate: Sidi Yakoub FRA
Mentor for Delegate: Loukas Siotropos GRE

14:00 CET - Seville (Ciudad Deportiva José Ramón Cisneros Palacios - Estadio Jesús Navas)
Sevilla FC (ESP) - RC Lens (FRA) | Group B
Referee: Gustavo Fernandes Correia POR
Assistant Referee 1: Tiago José Pereira da Costa POR
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Ricardo Duarte Brás POR
Fourth Official: Abraham Gutiérrez Perera ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović SRB
UEFA Delegate: Maurice Johnston NIR

14:00 CET - Borehamwood (Mangata Pay UK Stadium Meadow Park)
Arsenal FC (ENG) - PSV Eindhoven (NED) | Group B
Referee: Andréas Argyroú CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Pétros Pétrou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Giórgos Charálambous CYP
Fourth Official: Scott Tallis ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Castro POR
UEFA Delegate: Pramila Matthiasen NOR
Mentor for Delegate. Kris Bellon BEL

14:00 CET - Madrid (Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano)
Real Madrid CF (ESP) - 1. FC Union Berlin (GER) | Group C
Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Turkka Joonas Valjakka FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Riku Vihreävuori FIN
Fourth Official: Manuel Ángel Pérez Hernández ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP
UEFA Delegate: Engli Kokona ALB
Mentor for Delegate: Thibault De Gendt BEL

14:00 CET - Seixal (Benfica Campus - Centro de Treino e Formação do SL Benfica)
SL Benfica (POR) - FC Salzburg (AUT) | Group D
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevsʹkyy UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Korniyko UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Matyash UKR
Fourth Official: Flávio Miguel Gomes de Azevedo Duarte POR
UEFA Referee Observer: William Young SCO
UEFA Delegate: Dusan Gelic SRB
Mentor for Delegate: Tarik Shamel  ENG

15:00 CET - Braga (Cidade Desportiva do SC Braga)
SC Braga (POR) - SSC Napoli (ITA) | Group C
Referee: Amine Kourgheli BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Juryj Chomčanka BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktar Hiecikaŭ BLR
Fourth Official: João Pedro da Costa Teixeira Afonso POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen NOR 
UEFA Delegate: Hayri Cavusoglu TUR

16:00 CET - Munich (FC Bayern Campus)
FC Bayern München (GER) - Manchester United FC (ENG) | Group A
Referee: Lothar D’Hondt BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Romain Devillers BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Nico Claes BEL
Fourth Official: Martin Speckner GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer AUT
UEFA Delegate: Fredy Furst POL
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13 comments:

  1. Anonymous16 September 2023 at 12:49

    BLR officials in Portugal

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    1. Chefren16 September 2023 at 13:47

      Yes indeed I was about to underline this appointment, the first time after the notorious facts that Belarusan referees will officiate again teams from top European leagues , but still we are talking about Youth League.
      It will remain on the background, but if I had to predict this one, I would have thought UEFA would have avoided this choice... now let's see about Kulbakov, possible Conference League for him, so far only two appearances as fourth official.

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  2. Anonymous16 September 2023 at 14:16

    Any information about referee observers?

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  3. Anonymous18 September 2023 at 13:03

    Surely not Leslie Irvine as 4-th official for Galatasaray - FC København. This match is played on Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu. To give the name of stadium by living person - I am speechless.
    Nothing against S. van der Eijk but on the pic we can see a textbook example how not to give cards. Smiling and to the side...

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  4. Euro Soccer Ref19 September 2023 at 17:56

    Stefan Ebner in AC Milan vs Newcastle United FC

    KMIs

    19' Penalty awarded for kicking an opponent; difficult to judge with those replays but surely a soft one
    https://streamable.com/52t78o

    32' Defensive FK for holding by the attacking player; of course, not a mistake but we can see it's rather mutual and maybe the holding by the defending player is more significant?
    https://streamable.com/rfr97x

    61' Defensive FK after goalkeeper vs attacker duel; hawk-eye by the referee(s) :)
    https://streamable.com/mkaf39

    68' Significant holding but before the corner kick execution, the referee could have done nothing there
    https://streamable.com/4iqx7u

    73' Penalty awarded for blatant pushing offence; no choice but to give a penalty, rather difficult to anticipate there could have been another chance for Milan to score afterwards - no blame
    https://streamable.com/x63ary

    90' Most likely simulation in the penalty area but without replays we should give benefit of the doubt to the referee
    https://streamable.com/ug28qx


    Other incidents

    48', 51', 55' YC Huntley NEW for persistent infringement; a player cautioned for basic careless foul and surely the previous offences were more blatant but I really liked the referee's alertness here!
    https://streamable.com/mdm113

    53' First YC for delaying the restart in new era of UEFA refereeing in club competitions (we could see this trend already in EURO qualifiers), very good!
    https://streamable.com/yagfq3

    90+2' YC McArthur NEW for reckless challenge; really late and reckless, dark YC but rather nothing more nowadays?
    https://streamable.com/cg2651

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    1. Chefren19 September 2023 at 18:06

      Thank you! I was just watching some highlights about this game, a challenging one for referee. I think he wasn't accurate in crucial incidents, first situation can be even simulation, we don't see any contact, but yeah, without all the replays we have for all games, it's impossible to say. I think it stays as soft, at maximum, as you described. 32' seems rather penalty than the opposite call. 73' is an OK decision, while 90' looks simulation. Player should have been booked.

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    2. Euro Soccer Ref19 September 2023 at 23:48

      68' - https://streamable.com/h8cpkk

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  5. Anonymous19 September 2023 at 21:36

    Mohammed Al-Emara definetly on to watch!

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  6. Euro Soccer Ref20 September 2023 at 10:11

    Sander van der Eijk in Paris Saint-Germain - Borussia Dortmund

    Clips
    https://we.tl/t-fb0M1IEfLl

    KMIs

    36' PAI - fair intervention by goalkeeper

    56' Possible 2YC Nhaga PSG; one can argue it was an SPA offence but I think not enough to issue a second YC for that

    69' PAI challenge; without replays I can't see anything illegal there

    86' UB/VC illegal use of arm by Diaby PSG; the referee missed the incident - the PSG player's action was deliberate, targeted at the opponent but rather only YC nowadays (although it came during the minutes of big frustration of PSG players)

    90+3' 2YC Nhaga PSG for reckless tackle; no choice here, mandatory (2)YC rightly issued


    Other incidents

    06' YC 6DOR for reckless tackle; mandatory

    16' Possible YC 8DOR for SPA holding; I would prefer a YC for such type of offence

    24' Missed YC 8DOR for SPA/reckless challenge; after forgiving him the first offence, you have to caution the player here

    26', 35', 37' Not enough reaction against delaying the restart; while first two cases are manageable, the blatant DtR by 9DOR should've resulted in a caution

    27' YC 10PSG for SPA; mandatory

    34' YC 48DOR for SPA; mandatory

    40' YC 3PSG for demanding a YC for an opponent

    45' Wild tackle by 2DOR ignored by the referee; I would strongly opt for a YC

    61' YC 2DOR for reckless SPA tackle; mandatory, dark YC

    68' Possible YC 2PSG for SPA impeding

    70' YC 4PSG for SPA holding; mandatory

    73' Missed YC to 11PSG for cynical late charging from behind

    77' YC 23PSG for cynical/frustration pushing an opponent; mandatory

    86' Missed reckless use of arm by 12PSG at corner kick

    90+1' YC 5DOR for SPA holding; correct but quite soft comparing to some incidents where a YC didn't follow


    Sander van der Eijk was not able to reach/manage the players in this game. He was an isolated figure on the pitch, allowed Dortmund players too much (missed yellow cards in 16', 24', 37' (ignoring DtR with the new instructions...), 45') what led to frustration of PSG players that also was not prevented, especially in 73'(!) and 86'. Not the best impression, to be honest.

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    1. Chefren20 September 2023 at 12:05

      About the crucial incidents, good decision in 36', I agree that 56' is a YC you can give but rather no crucial mistake if not given. One can read a SPA, but not a mandatory one. In 69', without replay, one must trust referee, looks like correct decision. The situation in 86' is interesting, clearly deliberate action by arm, if you go with RC it is a very good decision, but indeed as you said, nowadays can be assessed as severe reckless challenge... wouldn't still be a 100% crucial mistake.
      90'+3 absolutely correct second booking.

      About disciplinary management, 16' should have been YC also for LoR, to follow in 23' a very reckless challenge, what I can point out in these incidents is the very short whistle of referee, very often this is a signal that a referee doesn't want to go deep in a situation and prefers to stay in the background, maybe in this case it wasn't enough, given how the game continued after that... in 73' I think that player should have been booked because very evident that it was a totally deliberate action against opponent, he could have stopped himself. If you add the leniency for time wasting in more than a case, you don't have a good performance under your eyes...

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    2. Chefren20 September 2023 at 12:07

      About the new guidelines, let's remember that indeed him as Cat. 2 didn't attend the course, so the new officiating must be expected only from Elite and Category 1 I would say...

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    3. Euro Soccer Ref20 September 2023 at 12:14

      However, Ebner yesterday was able to react against DtR as he have got the instructions, so... :)

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