Saturday 23 December 2023

A detailed overview of UEFA Men's Referees Observers in the year 2023

 Thank to our reader Euro Soccer Referee, we are pleased to present this work. 


The following list includes all observations from 01/01/2023 to current end of the year, observer by observer (alphabetical order first by country of origin, then surname). 

Senior games, Under 21 qualifiers and main tournament are included. 


Albano Janku

27/07/23 UECL 2QR Farul Constanța v Urartu (Martin Dohál)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Dynamo Kyiv v Áris Thessaloniki (Sebastian Gishamer)
12/09/23 U21 QR Malta v Hungary (Marek Radina)
17/10/23 U21 QR Hungary v Belgium (Krzysztof Jakubik)
14/12/23 UECL GS Legia v AZ Alkmaar (Harald Lechner)


Sokol Jareci

09/03/23 UEL R16 Shakhtar Donetsk v Feyenoord (Ivan Kružliak)
02/08/23 UCL 2QR København v Breiðablik (Fabio Maresca)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR APOEL v Dila (Robert Ian Jenkins)
31/08/23 UEL PO Qarabağ v Olimpija Ljubljana (Alejandro José Hernández Hernández)
12/09/23 EURO Q Sweden v Austria (Serdar Gözübüyük)
08/11/23 UCL GS Real Sociedad v Benfica (Anthony Taylor)
17/11/23 U21 QR Belgium v Scotland (Marek Radina)
28/11/23 UCL GS Barcelona v FC Porto (Daniele Orsato)


Plarent Kotherja

26/03/23 EURO Q Liechtenstein v Iceland (Jakob Kehlet)


Salustià Chato Ciprés

23/03/23 EURO Q San Marino v Northern Ireland (Gergő Bogár)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Europa v Dukagjini (Neil Doyle)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Derry v KuPS (Robertas Valikonis)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Swift Hesper v Struga (Matthew De Gabriele)
12/09/23 U21 QR Ukraine v Northern Ireland (Kai Erik Steen)
13/10/23 U21 QR Portugal v Belarus (Lazar Lukić)
21/11/23 EURO Q Kosovo v Belarus (Georgi Kabakov)


Gevorg Hovhannisyan

03/08/23 UECL 2QR Kauno Žalgiris v Lech Poznań (Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen)
31/08/23 UECL PO BATE Barysaŭ v Ballkani (Juri Frischer)
12/09/23 U21 QR Moldova v Georgia (Antti Munukka)
09/11/23 UECL GS Nordsjælland v Spartak Trnava (Mohammed Al-Emara)


Karen Nalbandyan

21/02/23 UCL R16 Eintracht Frankfurt v Napoli (Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias)
23/03/23 EURO Q Kazakhstan v Slovenia (Glenn Nyberg)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Luzern v Djurgården (Genc Nuza)
15/08/23 UCL 3QR Servette v Rangers (Maurizio Mariani)
24/08/23 UEL PO LASK v Zrinjski (Orel Grinfeld)
04/10/23 UCL GS Crvena zvezda v Young Boys (William Collum)
14/10/23 EURO Q Ukraine v North Macedonia (Slavko Vinčič)
09/11/23 UEL GS Freiburg v TSC Bačka Topola (Rohit Saggi)
14/12/23 UEL GS Roma v Sheriff (Jérôme Brisard)


Thomas Einwaller

16/03/23 UEL R16 Real Sociedad v Roma (Istvan Kovacs)
17/06/23 EURO Q Faroe Islands v Czechia (Arda Kardeşler)
02/08/23 UCL 2QR Genk v Servette (Novak Simović)
31/08/23 UEL PO Zorya Luhansk v Slavia Praha (Jérôme Brisard)
21/09/23 UEL GS Ajax v Marseille (Maurizio Mariani)
24/10/23 UCL GS Man United v København (Marco Guida)
07/11/23 UCL GS Dortmund v Newcastle (Alejandro José Hernández Hernández)
15/11/23 EURO Q Israel v Switzerland (Anthony Taylor)


Stefan Meßner

08/03/23 UCL R16 Tottenham v Milan (Clément Turpin)
27/03/23 EURO Q Republic of Ireland v France (Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias)
12/07/23 UCL 1QR HJK v Larne (Goga Kikacheishvili)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR ZTE FC v Osijek (Gal Leibovitz)
30/08/23 UCL PO AEK Athens v Antwerp (Jesús Gil Manzano)
03/10/23 UCL GS Inter v Benfica (Danny Makkelie)
12/10/23 EURO Q Cyprus v Norway (Donatas Rumšas)
26/10/23 UEL GS Marseille v AEK Athens (Daniel Stefański)
28/11/23 UCL GS Man City v Leipzig (Glenn Nyberg)


Konrad Plautz

28/03/23 EURO Q Türkiye v Croatia (Andreas Ekberg)
19/04/23 UCL QF Inter v Benfica (Carlos del Cerro Grande)
01/08/23 UCL 2QR Slovan Bratislava v Zrinjski (Jérémie Pignard)
10/08/23 UEL 3QR Žalgiris Vilnius v Häcken (Mykola Balakin)
21/09/23 UEL GS West Ham v TSC Bačka Topola (Filip Glova)
17/10/23 EURO Q Malta v Ukraine (Morten Krogh Hansen)
27/10/23 UWNL LS Romania v Slovakia (Eszter Urbán)
07/11/23 UCL GS Atlético de Madrid v Celtic (Ivan Kružliak)
30/11/23 UECL GS Čukarički v Ferencváros (Mohammed Al-Emara)


Robert Schörgenhofer

24/03/23 U21 QR Belarus v Andorra (Filip Glova)
27/06/23 UCL PR Atlètic Escaldes v Budućnost Podgorica (Marcel Bîrsan)
27/06/23 UCL PR Tre Penne v Breiðablik (Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen)
30/06/23 UCL PR Budućnost Podgorica v Breiðablik (Krzysztof Jakubik)
12/07/23 UCL 1QR Farul Constanța v Sheriff (Sander van der Eijk)
25/07/23 UECL 2QR The New Saints v Swift Hesper (Jasper Vergoote)
07/09/23 EURO Q Kazakhstan v Finland (Radu Marian Petrescu)
26/10/23 UECL GS Dinamo Zagreb v Viktoria Plzeň (Robert Jones)
30/11/23 UEL GS TSC Bačka Topola v West Ham (Allard Lindhout)


Robert Sedlacek

20/07/23 UECL 1QR Honka v Tobyl (Lazar Lukić)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Twente v Hammarby (John Brooks)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR KA Akureyri v Club Brugge (Michael Fabbri)
10/09/23 EURO Q Albania v Poland (José María Sánchez Martínez)
16/10/23 U21 QR Ukraine v England (Gustavo Fernandes Correia)
26/10/23 UECL GS Genk v Ferencváros (Aleksandar Stavrev)
17/11/23 U21 QR Switzerland v Armenia (Kai Erik Steen)


Fritz Stuchlik

07/03/23 UECL R16 Lazio v AZ Alkmaar (Glenn Nyberg)
20/04/23 UEL QF Sevilla v Man United (Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias)
19/06/23 EURO Q Slovenia v Denmark (François Letexier)


Babək Quliyev

16/11/23 U21 QR San Marino v Italy (Joni Hyytiä)


Asim Xudiyev

27/03/23 EURO Q Netherlands v Gibraltar (Morten Krogh Hansen)
26/07/23 UECL 2QR Midtjylland v Progrès (Volen Chinkov)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Dila v APOEL (Jasmin Sabotic)
06/09/23 U21 QR Georgia v Gibraltar (Daniiar Sahi)
09/11/23 UECL GS Zorya Luhansk v Maccabi Tel Aviv (John Beaton)
19/11/23 EURO Q Sweden v Estonia (Fabio Maresca)


Frank De Bleeckere

16/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Leverkusen v Monaco (Orel Grinfeld)
23/03/23 EURO Q Italy v England (Srđan Jovanović)
10/05/23 UCL SF Milan v Inter (Jesús Gil Manzano)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR PAOK v Beitar Jerusalem (Mykola Balakin)
17/08/23 UEL 3QR Ludogorets v Astana (Anthony Taylor)
21/09/23 UEL GS Rennes v Maccabi Haifa (Harm Osmers)
14/10/23 EURO Q Hungary v Serbia (François Letexier)
25/10/23 UCL GS Celtic v Atlético de Madrid (Felix Zwayer)
30/11/23 UEL GS Sheriff v Slavia Praha (Christian-Petru Ciochirca)


Christof Dierick

20/07/23 UECL 1QR Haverfordwest v Shkëndija (Ívar Orri Kristjánsson)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR KA Akureyri v Dundalk (Georgi Davidov)
08/09/23 U21 QR Malta v Spain (Lionel Tschudi)
13/10/23 U21 QR Greece v Croatia (Thomas Gary Owen)
30/11/23 UECL GS Astana v Dinamo Zagreb (John Beaton)


Guy Goethals

23/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Fiorentina v Braga (Benoît Bastien)


Luc Wouters

13/07/23 UECL 1QR Panevėžys v Milsami (Antoni Bandić)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Maribor v Differdange (Krzysztof Jakubik)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Lincoln Red Imps v Ballkani (Kristoffer Hagenes)
12/09/23 U21 QR Austria v Bosnia and Herzegovina (Miguel Bértolo Nogueira)
21/09/23 UECL GS HJK v PAOK (Marian Alexandru Barbu)
14/10/23 EURO Q Slovenia v Finland (Daniele Orsato)
27/10/23 UWNL LS Norway v France (Rebecca Welch)


Rusmir Mrković

03/08/23 UECL 2QR Riga v Kecskemét (Iwan Arwel Griffith)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Farul Constanța v Flora Tallinn (Ioánnis Papadópoulos)
05/10/23 UECL GS Breiðablik v Zorya Luhansk (Aleksandar Stavrev)
19/11/23 EURO Q Spain v Georgia (Ovidiu Alin Hațegan)


Elmir Pilav

23/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Gent v Qarabağ (William Collum)
11/07/23 UCL 1QR Ballkani v Ludogorets (Gal Leibovitz)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Differdange v Maribor (Joonas Jaanovits)
10/08/23 UEL 3QR Olymbiakós v Genk (Glenn Nyberg)
07/09/23 EURO Q Slovenia v Northern Ireland (Marco Guida)
05/10/23 UEL GS Toulouse v LASK (Nicolas Walsh)
08/11/23 UCL GS Salzburg v Inter (Serdar Gözübüyük)
30/11/23 UECL GS Spartak Trnava v Ludogorets (Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs)


Ognjen Valjić

13/07/23 UECL 1QR Riga v Víkingur Reykjavík (Thomas Gary Owen)
02/08/23 UECL 2QR AEK Lárnakas v Tarpieda Žodzina (Marian Alexandru Barbu)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR H. Be’er Sheva v Levski (Miguel Bértolo Nogueira)
12/09/23 EURO Q Romania v Kosovo (Willy Delajod)
26/10/23 UECL GS KÍ Klaksvík v Olimpija Ljubljana (Harm Osmers)
21/11/23 U21 QR Kosovo v Israel (Iwan Arwel Griffith)


Alieh Čykun

17/08/23 UECL 3QR Debrecen v Rapid Wien (Aleksandar Stavrev)
12/09/23 U21 QR North Macedonia v Netherlands (Ishmael Barbara)


Kostadin Gerginov

13/07/23 UECL 1QR HB Tórshavn v Derry (Kristoffer Hagenes)
26/07/23 UECL 2QR RFS v Sabah (Jan Machálek)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Beşiktaş v Neftçi (Julian Weinberger)
08/09/23 U21 QR Republic of Ireland v Türkiye (Joonas Jaanovits)
09/11/23 UECL GS Club Brugge v Lugano (Tamás Bognár)
20/11/23 EURO Q Albania v Faroe Islands (Sven Jablonski)


Ichko Lozev

16/03/23 UECL R16 Slovan Bratislava v Basel (Jakob Kehlet)
25/03/23 EURO Q Armenia v Türkiye (José María Sánchez Martínez)
26/07/23 UCL 2QR KÍ Klaksvík v Häcken (Michal Očenáš)
17/08/23 UEL 3QR HJK v Qarabağ (Willy Delajod)
04/10/23 UCL GS Newcastle v Paris (Istvan Kovacs)
12/10/23 EURO Q Croatia v Türkiye (Anthony Taylor)
09/11/23 UEL GS Rennes v Panathinaïkós (William Collum)
30/11/23 UEL GS Atalanta v Sporting CP (Michael Oliver)


Georgi Yordanov

16/06/23 U21 QR Faroe Islands v Andorra (David Munro)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Progrès v Midtjylland (Ferenc Karakó)
09/08/23 UECL 3QR AEK Lárnakas v Maccabi Tel Aviv (Nathan Verboomen)
12/09/23 U21 QR Serbia v Azerbaijan (Erkan Özdamar)
05/10/23 UECL GS Aberdeen v HJK (Daniel Stefański)
18/11/23 EURO Q Israel v Romania (François Letexier)


Draženko Kovačić

23/03/23 EURO Q Portugal v Liechtenstein (Espen Andreas Eskås)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Lech Poznań v Spartak Trnava (Atilla Karaoğlan)
31/08/23 UECL PO Eintracht Frankfurt v Levski (Allard Lindhout)
12/09/23 U21 QR Albania v Romania (Bolat Sariev)
16/11/23 EURO Q Cyprus v Spain (Mykola Balakin)


Igor Pristovnik

25/03/23 EURO Q Belarus v Switzerland (Alejandro José Hernández Hernández)
24/08/23 UECL PO Osasuna v Club Brugge (Benoît Millot)
11/09/23 U21 QR Slovenia v France (Ondřej Berka)
05/10/23 UECL GS Bodø/Glimt v Club Brugge (Ondřej Berka)
16/11/23 EURO Q Bulgaria v Hungary (Daniel Stefański)


Vlado Svilokos

09/03/23 UECL R16 Sheriff v Nice (Əliyar Ağayev)
16/06/23 EURO Q Kosovo v Romania (Danny Makkelie)
01/08/23 UCL 2QR Panathinaïkós v Dnipro-1 (Bastian Dankert)
31/08/23 UECL PO Beşiktaş v Dynamo Kyiv (João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro)
19/09/23 UCL GS Barcelona v Antwerp (Radu Marian Petrescu)
26/10/23 UEL GS Raków v Sporting CP (Anastásios Papapétrou)
30/11/23 UECL GS Fiorentina v Genk (Joey Kooij)


Ante Vučemilović

11/07/23 UCL 1QR Partizani v BATE Barysaŭ (Nathan Verboomen)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR FC Santa Coloma v Sutjeska (Kristoffer Karlsson)
24/08/23 UEL PO Olimpija Ljubljana v Qarabağ (Georgi Kabakov)
10/09/23 EURO Q Faroe Islands v Moldova (Vasílios Fotiás)
05/10/23 UEL GS Häcken v Qarabağ (Sebastian Gishamer)
17/10/23 U21 QR Czechia v Denmark (Jasmin Sabotic)
09/11/23 UECL GS Slovan Bratislava v Lille (Gergő Bogár)
17/11/23 EURO Q Moldova v Albania (William Collum)


Domagoj Vučkov

17/06/23 EURO Q Luxembourg v Liechtenstein (Oleksiy Derevinsʹkyy)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Pogoń v Linfield (Abdulkadir Bitigen)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Struga v Swift Hesper (Jakob Alexander Sundberg)
12/09/23 U21 QR Bulgaria v Israel (Irakli Kvirikashvili)
17/10/23 U21 QR Italy v Norway (Jonathan Lardot)
21/11/23 U21 QR Hungary v Scotland (Viktar Šymusik)
14/12/23 UECL GS Club Brugge v Bodø/Glimt (Anastásios Papapétrou)


Michaíl Argyroú

16/03/23 UECL R16 Villarreal v Anderlecht (Marco Di Bello)
19/06/23 EURO Q Armenia v Latvia (Peter Kráľovič)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Zimbru v La Fiorita (Mervan Bejtullahu)
01/08/23 UECL 2QR Partizani v Atlètic Escaldes (Zaven Hovhannisyan)
24/08/23 UECL PO Žalgiris Vilnius v Ferencváros (Igor Stojčevski)
05/10/23 UEL GS Slavia Praha v Sheriff (Willy Delajod)
13/10/23 U21 QR Bulgaria v Germany (Nathan Verboomen)
16/11/23 EURO Q Estonia v Austria (Nikola Dabanović)
14/12/23 UECL GS Aberdeen v Eintracht Frankfurt (Miguel Bértolo Nogueira)


Kóstas Kapitanís

15/03/23 UCL R16 Real Madrid v Liverpool (Felix Zwayer)
26/03/23 EURO Q Northern Ireland v Finland (Ivan Kružliak)
18/07/23 UCL 1QR Flora Tallinn v Raków (Marian Alexandru Barbu)
16/08/23 UECL 3QR Flora Tallinn v Farul Constanța (Luka Bilbija)
23/08/23 UCL PO Molde v Galatasaray (Anthony Taylor)
21/09/23 UEL GS Brighton v AEK Athens (Kristo Tohver)
08/11/23 UCL GS Arsenal v Sevilla (Istvan Kovacs)
20/11/23 EURO Q Slovenia v Kazakhstan (Szymon Marciniak)
14/12/23 UEL GS Union SG v Liverpool (Orel Grinfeld)


Chrístos Nikolaḯdis

20/06/23 U21 QR Latvia v San Marino (Helgi Mikael Jónasson)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Shkëndija v Haverfordwest (Joey Kooij)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Pogoń v Gent (Ruddy Buquet)
11/09/23 EURO Q Portugal v Luxembourg (John Brooks)
17/10/23 U21 QR Portugal v Greece (Kristoffer Karlsson)
26/10/23 UECL GS Spartak Trnava v Nordsjælland (Allard Lindhout)


Michal Beneš

17/06/23 EURO Q Lithuania v Bulgaria (Jakob Alexander Sundberg)
25/07/23 UECL 2QR Ballkani v Larne (Denys Shurman)
23/08/23 UECL PO Hibernian v Aston Villa (Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea)
05/10/23 UECL GS PAOK v Eintracht Frankfurt (Simone Sozza)
17/10/23 U21 QR Poland v Estonia (Mohammad Usman Aslam)
31/10/23 UWNL LS Türkiye v Luxembourg (Maral Mirzai Beni)
20/11/23 EURO Q Ukraine v Italy (Jesús Gil Manzano)
12/12/23 UCL GS København v Galatasaray (Daniele Orsato)


Miroslav Liba

09/03/23 UECL R16 Lech Poznań v Djurgården (Stéphanie Frappart)
25/03/23 EURO Q Spain v Norway (Benoît Bastien)


Miroslav Tulinger

23/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Dnipro-1 v AEK Lárnakas (Andris Treimanis)
24/03/23 EURO Q Sweden v Belgium (Orel Grinfeld)


Karel Vidlák

20/06/23 U21 QR Andorra v Belarus (Thomas Gary Owen)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Trans v Pyunik (Andrew Davey)
01/08/23 UECL 2QR Budućnost Podgorica v Struga (David Munro)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR FCSB v Nordsjælland (Miloš Bošković)
11/09/23 EURO Q Slovakia v Liechtenstein (Sander van der Eijk)
13/10/23 U21 QR Scotland v Hungary (Joey Kooij)
26/10/23 UECL GS Zrinjski v Legia (Andrei Florin Chivulete)
17/11/23 U21 QR Romania v Albania (Matthew De Gabriele)


Jan Carlsen

16/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Braga v Fiorentina (Carlos del Cerro Grande)


Michael Johansen

20/06/23 EURO Q Liechtenstein v Slovakia (Yigal Frid)
01/08/23 UECL 2QR Valmiera v Tre Penne (Tomáš Klíma)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v Aqtöbe (Visar Kastrati)
07/09/23 U21 QR Estonia v Bulgaria (Jasper Vergoote)
09/11/23 UECL GS Breiðablik v Gent (Julian Weinberger)


Jens Larsen

15/06/23 U21 QR Gibraltar v Moldova (Jasmin Sabotic)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Alashkert v FK Arsenal Tivat (Ádám Farkas)
25/07/23 UECL 2QR Atlètic Escaldes v Partizani (Robert Ian Jenkins)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Gżira v Viktoria Plzeň (Denys Shurman)
08/09/23 EURO Q Türkiye v Armenia (Daniele Orsato)
17/10/23 U21 QR Bulgaria v Kosovo (Jan Petřík)
26/10/23 UECL GS Bodø/Glimt v Beşiktaş (Nenad Minaković)


Jørn West Larsen

16/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Lazio v CFR Cluj (Craig Pawson)
01/08/23 UCL 2QR Olimpija Ljubljana v Ludogorets (Christian Dingert)
17/08/23 UEL 3QR Dnipro-1 v Slavia Praha (Jesús Gil Manzano)
21/09/23 UEL GS Sturm Graz v Sporting CP (Nikola Dabanović)
17/10/23 EURO Q Finland v Kazakhstan (Irfan Peljto)
21/11/23 U21 QR Finland v Armenia (Jérémy Muller)


Martin Atkinson

17/08/23 UECL 3QR Riga v Twente (Chrysovalándis Theoulí)
31/08/23 UECL PO Dnipro-1 v Spartak Trnava (Balázs Berke)
07/09/23 EURO Q Serbia v Hungary (Juan Martínez Munuera)
17/10/23 EURO Q Northern Ireland v Slovenia (Istvan Kovacs)
17/11/23 U21 QR Cyprus v Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ivo Manuel Torres da Rocha Fernandes)
30/11/23 UEL GS Sturm Graz v Raków (Filip Glova)


Neale Barry

16/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Trabzonspor v Basel (Donatas Rumšas)
16/06/23 EURO Q Wales v Armenia (Georgi Kabakov)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Dundalk v Magpies (Patrik Kolarić)
25/07/23 UCL 2QR Žalgiris Vilnius v Galatasaray (Luís Miguel Branco Godinho)
24/08/23 UECL PO Ballkani v BATE Barysaŭ (Volen Chinkov)
21/09/23 UEL GS Sheriff v Roma (Andris Treimanis)


Stephen Lodge

23/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Roma v Salzburg (Slavko Vinčič)
19/06/23 EURO Q France v Greece (Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz)


Michael Riley

22/02/23 UCL R16 Inter v FC Porto (Srđan Jovanović)
18/05/23 UEL SF Leverkusen v Roma (Slavko Vinčič)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Dila v Vorskla Poltava (Simone Sozza)
15/08/23 UCL 3QR Sparta Praha v København (Serdar Gözübüyük)
22/08/23 UCL PO Rangers v PSV (Clément Turpin)
07/09/23 EURO Q Lithuania v Montenegro (Mohammed Al-Hakim)
09/11/23 UECL GS HJK v Eintracht Frankfurt (Pierre Gaillouste)
14/12/23 UEL GS Áris Lemesoú v Sparta Praha (Harm Osmers)


Stephen Tanner

20/06/23 EURO Q Iceland v Portugal (Daniel Siebert)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Áris Thessaloniki v Ararat-Armenia (Michael Fabbri)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Hajduk Split v PAOK (Morten Krogh Hansen)
12/09/23 U21 QR Türkiye v Italy (Pierre Gaillouste)
05/10/23 UECL GS Olimpija Ljubljana v Slovan Bratislava (Anastásios Sidirópoulos)


Howard Webb

19/07/23 UCL 1QR Ferencváros v KÍ Klaksvík (David Šmajc)
25/07/23 UCL 2QR HJK v Molde (Sven Jablonski)
24/08/23 UECL PO Lille v Rijeka (Atilla Karaoğlan)
05/10/23 UECL GS AZ Alkmaar v Legia (Nenad Minaković)
17/10/23 EURO Q Lithuania v Hungary (Juxhin Xhaja)
30/11/23 UEL GS Villarreal v Panathinaïkós (Ivan Kružliak)


Carlos Clos Gómez

16/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Juventus v Nantes (João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro)
25/03/23 EURO Q Andorra v Romania (Dario Bel)
20/04/23 UEL QF Sporting CP v Juventus (François Letexier)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Nioman v Vaduz (Nenad Minaković)
25/07/23 UCL 2QR Zrinjski v Slovan Bratislava (Bram Van Driessche)
24/08/23 UEL PO Häcken v Aberdeen (Filip Glova)
05/10/23 UEL GS Freiburg v West Ham (Mohammed Al-Hakim)
12/10/23 U21 QR England v Serbia (Sven Jablonski)
07/11/23 UCL GS Lazio v Feyenoord (Szymon Marciniak)
19/11/23 EURO Q Hungary v Montenegro (Danny Makkelie)


Manuel Díaz Vega

16/03/23 UEL R16 Freiburg v Juventus (Serdar Gözübüyük)
24/03/23 EURO Q France v Netherlands (Maurizio Mariani)
11/07/23 UCL 1QR Raków v Flora Tallinn (Arda Kardeşler)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Beşiktaş v Tirana (Daniel Schlager)
23/08/23 UCL PO Braga v Panathinaïkós (Felix Zwayer)
19/09/23 UCL GS Feyenoord v Celtic (Irfan Peljto)
13/10/23 EURO Q Republic of Ireland v Greece (Glenn Nyberg)
26/10/23 UEL GS Sheriff v Servette (John Brooks)
21/11/23 U21 QR Switzerland v Romania (Dominik Starý)
30/11/23 UEL GS Liverpool v LASK (Urs Schnyder)


David Fernández Borbalán

14/03/23 UCL R16 FC Porto v Inter (Szymon Marciniak)
17/06/23 EURO Q Norway v Scotland (Matej Jug)
25/07/23 UCL 2QR Dnipro-1 v Panathinaïkós (Daniele Chiffi)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Hearts v Rosenborg (David Fuxman)
31/08/23 UEL PO Sheriff v KÍ Klaksvík (Halil Umut Meler)
03/10/23 UCL GS Union Berlin v Braga (Srđan Jovanović)
13/10/23 EURO Q Netherlands v France (Felix Zwayer)
26/10/23 UEL GS Roma v Slavia Praha (Espen Andreas Eskås)
21/11/23 U21 QR Bulgaria v Estonia (David Dickinson)
28/11/23 UCL GS Young Boys v Crvena zvezda (Danny Makkelie)


Juan Antonio Fernández Marín

11/05/23 UEL SF Roma v Leverkusen (Michael Oliver)
19/06/23 EURO Q Switzerland v Romania (Daniele Orsato)
09/08/23 UCL 3QR Panathinaïkós v Marseille (Istvan Kovacs)
24/08/23 UEL PO Union SG v Lugano (Enea Jorgji)
05/10/23 UEL GS Áris Lemesoú v Rangers (Horațiu Mircea Feșnic)
17/10/23 U21 QR Gibraltar v Netherlands (Menélaos Andoníou)
24/10/23 UCL GS Inter v Salzburg (François Letexier)
16/11/23 U21 QR Greece v Faroe Islands (Mervan Bejtullahu)
12/12/23 UCL GS Man United v Bayern (Espen Andreas Eskås)


Bernardino González Vázquez

27/03/23 EURO Q Moldova v Czechia (Daniel Schlager)
18/04/23 UCL QF Napoli v Milan (Szymon Marciniak)
11/07/23 UCL 1QR Lincoln Red Imps v Qarabağ (Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Club Brugge v AGF (Goga Kikacheishvili)
31/08/23 UEL PO Ajax v Ludogorets (Ivan Kružliak)
05/10/23 UEL GS Raków v Sturm Graz (Əliyar Ağayev)
12/10/23 EURO Q Faroe Islands v Poland (Allard Lindhout)
24/10/23 UCL GS Galatasaray v Bayern (Davide Massa)
21/11/23 U21 QR Ukraine v Azerbaijan (Irakli Kvirikashvili)
30/11/23 UEL GS Toulouse v Union SG (Matej Jug)
13/12/23 UCL GS Leipzig v Young Boys (Manfredas Lukjančukas)


Luis Medina Cantalejo

17/10/23 EURO Q Serbia v Montenegro (Szymon Marciniak)
28/11/23 UCL GS Milan v Dortmund (Istvan Kovacs)


Alberto Undiano Mallenco

16/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Salzburg v Roma (Dennis Johan Higler)
28/03/23 EURO Q Romania v Belarus (Allard Lindhout)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Connah’s Quay v KA Akureyri (Gustavo Fernandes Correia)
26/07/23 UECL 2QR Fenerbahçe v Zimbru (Nenad Minaković)
23/08/23 UCL PO Maccabi Haifa v Young Boys (Davide Massa)
05/10/23 UECL GS Ballkani v Dinamo Zagreb (Atilla Karaoğlan)
13/10/23 U21 QR Türkiye v San Marino (Viktar Šymusik)
13/12/23 UCL GS Crvena zvezda v Man City (Əliyar Ağayev)


Carlos Velasco Carballo

09/03/23 UEL R16 Sporting CP v Arsenal (Tobias Stieler)
11/04/23 UCL QF Benfica v Inter (Michael Oliver)
10/06/23 UCL F Man City v Inter (Szymon Marciniak)
22/06/23 U21 GS Czechia v England (Horațiu Mircea Feșnic)
25/06/23 U21 GS England v Israel (Rade Obrenovič)
28/06/23 U21 GS Israel v Czechia (Duje Strukan)
05/07/23 U21 SF Israel v England (Morten Krogh Hansen)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR AZ Alkmaar v FC Santa Coloma (Henrik Nalbandyan)
05/10/23 UECL GS Gent v Maccabi Tel Aviv (Abdulkadir Bitigen)
15/10/23 EURO Q Wales v Croatia (Davide Massa)
25/10/23 UCL GS Young Boys v Man City (Morten Krogh Hansen)
09/11/23 UECL GS Aston Villa v AZ Alkmaar (Luís Miguel Branco Godinho)


Hannes Kaasik

24/03/23 EURO Q Moldova v Faroe Islands (Nicolas Walsh)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Cosmos v Sutjeska (Dominik Starý)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Beitar Jerusalem v PAOK (Benoît Millot)
23/08/23 UECL PO Spartak Trnava v Dnipro-1 (Juxhin Xhaja)
12/09/23 U21 QR Norway v Latvia (Roman Jitari)
21/09/23 UECL GS Zrinjski v AZ Alkmaar (Donald Robertson)
17/10/23 EURO Q San Marino v Denmark (Viktor Kopiyevsʹkyy)
27/10/23 UWNL LS Iceland v Denmark (Ivana Martinčić)
30/11/23 UEL GS Servette v Roma (Daniel Stefański)


Uno Tutk

16/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Qarabağ v Gent (Mohammed Al-Hakim)
19/06/23 EURO Q Republic of Ireland v Gibraltar (Marian Alexandru Barbu)
19/07/23 UCL 1QR Qarabağ v Lincoln Red Imps (Eldorjan Hamiti)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR APOEL v Vojvodina (Donald Robertson)
17/08/23 UEL 3QR Genk v Olymbiakós (Tobias Stieler)
19/09/23 UCL GS Man City v Crvena zvezda (João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro)
26/10/23 UEL GS TSC Bačka Topola v Freiburg (Əliyar Ağayev)
14/12/23 UEL GS Real Betis v Rangers (Srđan Jovanović)


Tony Asumaa

20/07/23 UECL 1QR Gjilani v Progrès (Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Kalmar v Pyunik (Ian McNabb)
31/08/23 UECL PO Aston Villa v Hibernian (Luca Pairetto)
10/09/23 EURO Q Montenegro v Bulgaria (Harm Osmers)
13/10/23 U21 QR Sweden v Moldova (Trustin Farrugia Cann)
26/10/23 UECL GS AZ Alkmaar v Aston Villa (Sven Jablonski)


Mattias Gestranius

13/07/23 UECL 1QR Penybont v FC Santa Coloma (Andréas Argyroú)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Torpedo Kutaisi v Aqtöbe (Jonathan Lardot)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Ħamrun Spartans v Ferencváros (Eldorjan Hamiti)
08/09/23 U21 QR Sweden v North Macedonia (David Dickinson)
21/09/23 UECL GS Viktoria Plzeň v Ballkani (Damian Sylwestrzak)
17/10/23 U21 QR Latvia v Türkiye (Timothy Marshall)


Jouni Hyytiä

27/07/23 UECL 2QR Sutjeska v FC Santa Coloma (Sandi Dhia Jirjis Putros)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR PAOK v Hajduk Split (Sascha Stegemann)
24/08/23 UECL PO Tobyl v Viktoria Plzeň (Marian Alexandru Barbu)
07/09/23 U21 QR Northern Ireland v Luxembourg (Andréas Argyroú)
13/10/23 U21 QR Czechia v Wales (Zaven Hovhannisyan)
30/11/23 UECL GS Gent v Zorya Luhansk (Evángelos Manoúchos)


Petteri Kari

25/03/23 EURO Q Israel v Kosovo (William Collum)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Torpedo Kutaisi v Sarajevo (Snir Levi)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Austria Wien v Borac (Joey Kooij)
31/08/23 UECL PO Fiorentina v Rapid Wien (Novak Simović)
05/10/23 UEL GS Molde v Leverkusen (Anastásios Papapétrou)
17/11/23 EURO Q Poland v Czechia (Daniele Orsato)
30/11/23 UECL GS Breiðablik v Maccabi Tel Aviv (Luka Bilbija)


Mika Peltola

16/06/23 EURO Q Denmark v Northern Ireland (Daniel Stefański)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Makedonija v RFS (Mikkel Redder)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Partizan v Sabah (Bartosz Frankowski)
11/09/23 U21 QR Spain v Scotland (Þorvaldur Árnason)
17/10/23 U21 QR Scotland v Malta (Marcel Bîrsan)
09/11/23 UECL GS Viktoria Plzeň v Dinamo Zagreb (Anastásios Sidirópoulos)


Laurent Duhamel

16/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Sevilla v PSV (Radu Marian Petrescu)
20/04/23 UEL QF Roma v Feyenoord (Anthony Taylor)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Dila v Dunajská Streda (Ante Čulina)
08/08/23 UCL 3QR Braga v TSC Bačka Topola (Harald Lechner)
12/09/23 EURO Q Italy v Ukraine (Alejandro José Hernández Hernández)
17/10/23 U21 QR Georgia v Sweden (Michael Fabbri)
09/11/23 UECL GS PAOK v Aberdeen (Juxhin Xhaja)
21/11/23 U21 QR England v Northern Ireland (Lothar D’Hondt)
12/12/23 UCL GS Union Berlin v Real Madrid (Rade Obrenovič)


Fredy Fautrel

16/03/23 UECL R16 Djurgården v Lech Poznań (Duje Strukan)
23/03/23 EURO Q Slovakia v Luxembourg (Rade Obrenovič)
11/07/23 UCL 1QR Shamrock Rovers v Breiðablik (Chrysovalándis Theoulí)
31/08/23 UECL PO Legia v Midtjylland (Simone Sozza)
03/10/23 UCL GS Salzburg v Real Sociedad (Bartosz Frankowski)
12/10/23 EURO Q Andorra v Kosovo (Nicolas Walsh)


Pascal Garibian

09/03/23 UEL R16 Union Berlin v Union SG (Orel Grinfeld)
20/06/23 EURO Q Austria v Sweden (Marco Guida)
11/07/23 UCL 1QR Olimpija Ljubljana v Valmiera (Andrei Florin Chivulete)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v CSKA-Sofia (Eldorjan Hamiti)
05/10/23 UEL GS Maccabi Haifa v Panathinaïkós (António Emanuel de Carvalho Nobre)
13/10/23 EURO Q Portugal v Slovakia (Anastásios Sidirópoulos)
09/11/23 UEL GS LASK v Union SG (Simone Sozza)
29/11/23 UCL GS Sevilla v PSV (Davide Massa)


Antony Gautier

21/09/23 UECL GS Club Brugge v Beşiktaş (Aliaksiej Kuĺbakoŭ)
21/11/23 EURO Q Andorra v Israel (Sascha Stegemann)


Stéphane Lannoy

09/03/23 UECL R16 AEK Lárnakas v West Ham (Espen Andreas Eskås)
13/04/23 UEL QF Leverkusen v Union SG (Ivan Kružliak)
08/08/23 UCL 3QR Olimpija Ljubljana v Galatasaray (Andreas Ekberg)
24/08/23 UEL PO Slavia Praha v Zorya Luhansk (Kristo Tohver)
07/09/23 EURO Q Poland v Faroe Islands (David Šmajc)
25/10/23 UCL GS Feyenoord v Lazio (Tobias Stieler)


Bertrand Layec

16/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Ajax v Union Berlin (Halil Umut Meler)
02/08/23 UCL 2QR Häcken v KÍ Klaksvík (Andrew Madley)
30/08/23 UCL PO PSV v Rangers (José María Sánchez Martínez)


Alain Sars

24/03/23 EURO Q Austria v Azerbaijan (Bartosz Frankowski)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Vojvodina v APOEL (Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Rijeka v B36 Tórshavn (Oleksiy Derevinsʹkyy)
05/10/23 UECL GS Beşiktaş v Lugano (David Fuxman)
17/10/23 U21 QR Romania v Finland (Luka Bilbija)
09/11/23 UEL GS Ajax v Brighton (Nikola Dabanović)
16/11/23 EURO Q Georgia v Scotland (Aleksandar Stavrev)


Lassin Isaksen

19/06/23 EURO Q Northern Ireland v Kazakhstan (Roi Reinshreiber)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Domžale v Balzan (Paul McLaughlin)
24/08/23 UECL PO Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v Bodø/Glimt (Ruddy Buquet)
12/09/23 U21 QR Iceland v Czechia (Jovan Kačevski)
05/10/23 UECL GS Nordsjælland v Ludogorets (Juxhin Xhaja)
09/11/23 UECL GS Ferencváros v Genk (Aliaksiej Kuĺbakoŭ)
20/11/23 EURO Q Czechia v Moldova (Sandro Schärer)


Niklas á Líðarenda

20/07/23 UECL 1QR Egnatia v Ararat-Armenia (Dragomir Draganov)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Maribor v Fenerbahçe (Fábio José da Costa Veríssimo)
12/09/23 U21 QR Finland v Switzerland (Atilla Karaoğlan)
19/11/23 EURO Q Belgium v Azerbaijan (Gergő Bogár)
30/11/23 UEL GS Häcken v Leverkusen (Julian Weinberger)


Levan Paniashvili

23/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Anderlecht v Ludogorets (Daniel Siebert)
26/03/23 EURO Q Kazakhstan v Denmark (Novak Simović)
26/07/23 UCL 2QR Sheriff v Maccabi Haifa (Sebastian Gishamer)
17/08/23 UEL 3QR Häcken v Žalgiris Vilnius (António Emanuel de Carvalho Nobre)
19/09/23 UCL GS Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Porto (Davide Massa)
14/10/23 EURO Q Denmark v Kazakhstan (Michael Oliver)
20/11/23 U21 QR Greece v Portugal (Nikola Popov)
30/11/23 UEL GS Freiburg v Olymbiakós (Irfan Peljto)


Giorgi Vadachkoria

13/07/23 UECL 1QR La Fiorita v Zimbru (Luis Miguel do Nascimento Teixeira)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Gent v Žilina (Visar Kastrati)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Maccabi Tel Aviv v AEK Lárnakas (Fran Jović)
12/09/23 U21 QR Armenia v Montenegro (Edgars Maļcevs)
17/10/23 U21 QR Andorra v Faroe Islands (Denys Shurman)
09/11/23 UECL GS Beşiktaş v Bodø/Glimt (Sander van der Eijk)
19/11/23 EURO Q Bosnia and Herzegovina v Slovakia (Julian Weinberger)


Herbert Fandel

03/08/23 UECL 2QR Hammarby v Twente (Manfredas Lukjančukas)
08/08/23 UCL 3QR PSV v Sturm Graz (Radu Marian Petrescu)
07/09/23 EURO Q Netherlands v Greece (Michael Oliver)
04/10/23 UCL GS Atlético de Madrid v Feyenoord (François Letexier)


Helmut Fleischer

16/03/23 UEL R16 Feyenoord v Shakhtar Donetsk (Jesús Gil Manzano)
20/06/23 EURO Q Moldova v Poland (Filip Glova)
19/07/23 UCL 1QR Ludogorets v Ballkani (Luca Pairetto)
21/11/23 EURO Q Wales v Türkiye (Matej Jug)


Lutz Michael Fröhlich

15/02/23 UCL R16 Club Brugge v Benfica (Davide Massa)
17/05/23 UCL SF Man City v Real Madrid (Szymon Marciniak)
29/08/23 UCL PO Panathinaïkós v Braga (Daniele Orsato)
15/10/23 EURO Q Türkiye v Latvia (Enea Jorgji)
07/11/23 UCL GS Shakhtar Donetsk v Barcelona (Irfan Peljto)
18/11/23 U21 QR Serbia v England (Peter Kjærsgaard)


Peter Sippel

09/03/23 UEL R16 Sevilla v Fenerbahçe (François Letexier)
13/04/23 UEL QF Feyenoord v Roma (José María Sánchez Martínez)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Pyunik v Kalmar (Igor Stojčevski)
09/08/23 UCL 3QR Slovan Bratislava v Maccabi Haifa (Andris Treimanis)
04/10/23 UCL GS Celtic v Lazio (Donatas Rumšas)
16/10/23 EURO Q Greece v Netherlands (Alejandro José Hernández Hernández)
20/11/23 U21 QR Sweden v Netherlands (Robert Harvey)


Edgar Steinborn

16/02/23 UECL KOR-PO AEK Lárnakas v Dnipro-1 (Jakob Kehlet)
17/06/23 EURO Q Portugal v Bosnia and Herzegovina (Davide Massa)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Tobyl v Basel (Miloš Milanović)
10/08/23 UEL 3QR Zrinjski v Breiðablik (Nicolas Walsh)
21/09/23 UEL GS Union SG v Toulouse (Rohit Saggi)
12/10/23 EURO Q Belarus v Romania (Espen Andreas Eskås)
24/10/23 UCL GS Benfica v Real Sociedad (Clément Turpin)


Geórgios Bíkas

19/06/23 EURO Q Israel v Andorra (Dragomir Draganov)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Linfield v Vllaznia (Ivo Manuel Torres da Rocha Fernandes)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Urartu v Farul Constanța (Thomas Gary Owen)
24/08/23 UECL PO Farul Constanța v HJK (Philip Farrugia)
21/09/23 UECL GS Maccabi Tel Aviv v Breiðablik (Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs)
13/10/23 U21 QR Cyprus v Slovenia (David Munro)
18/11/23 EURO Q France v Gibraltar (John Brooks)
14/12/23 UEL GS Slavia Praha v Servette (Nicolas Walsh)


Michaíl Koukoulákis

20/07/23 UECL 1QR Derry v HB Tórshavn (Tomáš Klíma)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Legia v Ordabasy (Kevin Clancy)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Ferencváros v Ħamrun Spartans (Georgi Davidov)
11/09/23 EURO Q Latvia v Wales (Michal Očenáš)
26/10/23 UECL GS Gent v Breiðablik (Robertas Valikonis)
30/11/23 UECL GS AZ Alkmaar v Zrinjski (Oleksiy Derevinsʹkyy)


Stávros Tritsónis

20/04/23 UECL QF AZ Alkmaar v Anderlecht (Davide Massa)
16/06/23 EURO Q Finland v Slovenia (Guillermo Cuadra Fernández)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Osijek v ZTE FC (Bastian Dankert)
24/08/23 UECL PO Gent v APOEL (Sven Jablonski)
19/09/23 UCL GS Paris v Dortmund (Jesús Gil Manzano)
16/10/23 EURO Q Belgium v Sweden (Maurizio Mariani) / match abandoned at half-time
26/10/23 UEL GS Leverkusen v Qarabağ (Horațiu Mircea Feșnic)
30/11/23 UECL GS HJK v Aberdeen (Genc Nuza)


Kýros Vassáras

08/03/23 UCL R16 Bayern v Paris (Daniele Orsato)
20/04/23 UECL QF Nice v Basel (Serdar Gözübüyük)
21/06/23 U21 GS Ukraine v Croatia (Mohammed Al-Hakim)
24/06/23 U21 GS Spain v Croatia (Allard Lindhout)
28/06/23 U21 GS Italy v Norway (Erik Lambrechts)
22/08/23 UCL PO Raków v København (Irfan Peljto)
12/09/23 EURO Q Norway v Georgia (Nikola Dabanović)
07/11/23 UCL GS Milan v Paris (Jesús Gil Manzano)
12/11/23 EURO Q Kosovo v Israel (Ivan Kružliak)
29/11/23 UCL GS Arsenal v Lens (Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias)


Viktor Kassai

23/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Nantes v Juventus (José María Sánchez Martínez)
24/03/23 EURO Q Serbia v Lithuania (Lawrence Visser)
12/07/23 UCL 1QR Häcken v The New Saints (Henrik Nalbandyan)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR FCSB v CSKA 1948 (Juxhin Xhaja)
24/08/23 UEL PO Slovan Bratislava v Áris Lemesoú (William Collum)
21/09/23 UECL GS Zorya Luhansk v Gent (Daniele Chiffi)
15/10/23 EURO Q Norway v Spain (Tobias Stieler)
09/11/23 UEL GS AEK Athens v Marseille (Glenn Nyberg)
14/12/23 UECL GS Viktoria Plzeň v Astana (Willy Delajod)


Ferenc Székely

17/06/23 EURO Q Iceland v Slovakia (Donald Robertson)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Žilina v Levadia (David Dickinson)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Aqtöbe v Torpedo Kutaisi (Trustin Farrugia Cann)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Luzern v Hibernian (Aristotélis Diamandópoulos)
12/09/23 U21 QR Belarus v Portugal (Antoni Bandić)
30/11/23 UEL GS Maccabi Haifa v Rennes (Horațiu Mircea Feșnic)


Vencel Tóth

26/03/23 EURO Q Slovenia v San Marino (Nathan Verboomen)


László Vágner

12/07/23 UECL 1QR Diddeleng v St Patrick’s (Radoslav Gidzhenov)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR CSKA-Sofia v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe (Jochem Kamphuis)
24/08/23 UECL PO Fenerbahçe v Twente (Andrew Madley)
07/09/23 U21 QR Bosnia and Herzegovina v Slovenia (Kári Jóannesarsson á Høvdanum)
21/09/23 UECL GS Lugano v Bodø/Glimt (David Šmajc)
18/11/23 EURO Q Netherlands v Republic of Ireland (Marco Di Bello)


Edward Foley

09/03/23 UECL R16 Anderlecht v Villarreal (Bartosz Frankowski)
20/06/23 EURO Q Scotland v Georgia (István Vad)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Inter Escaldes v Víkingur (Jérémy Muller)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Larne v Ballkani (Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson)
31/08/23 UECL PO Rijeka v Lille (Luís Miguel Branco Godinho)
21/09/23 UEL GS Atalanta v Raków (Roi Reinshreiber)
31/10/23 UWNL LS Faroe Islands v Cyprus (Vivian Peeters)
30/11/23 UECL GS Ballkani v Viktoria Plzeň (Marian Alexandru Barbu)


Gerard Perry

20/07/23 UECL 1QR RFS v Makedonija (Urs Schnyder)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Djurgården v Luzern (Sander van der Eijk)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Neftçi v Beşiktaş (Lukas Fähndrich)
11/09/23 EURO Q Iceland v Bosnia and Herzegovina (Lawrence Visser)
13/10/23 U21 QR Finland v Albania (Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi)
09/11/23 UEL GS Servette v Sheriff (Manfredas Lukjančukas)


Ian Stokes

25/07/23 UECL 2QR Tre Penne v Valmiera (Miloš Bošković)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Adana Demirspor v Osijek (Goga Kikacheishvili)
05/10/23 UECL GS Fiorentina v Ferencváros (Daniel Schlager)
16/11/23 EURO Q Luxembourg v Bosnia and Herzegovina (Andris Treimanis)


John Ward

16/06/23 EURO Q Andorra v Switzerland (Balázs Berke)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Maribor v Birkirkara (Mohammed Al-Emara)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Dukagjini v Rijeka (Jasmin Sabotic)
31/08/23 UECL PO Twente v Fenerbahçe (Fabio Maresca)
13/10/23 U21 QR Switzerland v Montenegro (Ívar Orri Kristjánsson)


Þóroddur Hjaltalín

27/03/23 EURO Q Austria v Estonia (Enea Jorgji)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Sutjeska v Cosmos (Jason Lee Barcelo)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Žilina v Gent (Dumitru Muntean)
31/08/23 UECL PO Bodø/Glimt v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe (Robert Harvey)
20/11/23 U21 QR Belarus v Croatia (Peter Kráľovič)
30/11/23 UECL GS KÍ Klaksvík v Slovan Bratislava (Kristo Tohver)


Kristinn Jakobsson

20/07/23 UECL 1QR Shkupi v FC Hegelmann (Timothy Marshall)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Bodø/Glimt v Bohemians Praha (Arda Kardeşler)
24/08/23 UECL PO Genk v Adana Demirspor (António Emanuel de Carvalho Nobre)
12/09/23 EURO Q Israel v Belarus (Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea)
16/10/23 U21 QR Northern Ireland v Serbia (Kristoffer Hagenes)
09/11/23 UECL GS Ludogorets v Fenerbahçe (Ondřej Berka)
14/12/23 UECL GS Lugano v Beşiktaş (Paweł Raczkowski)


Gunnar Jarl Jónsson

18/07/23 UCL 1QR Maccabi Haifa v Ħamrun Spartans (Igor Pajač)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Vitória SC v Celje (Viktor Kopiyevsʹkyy)
31/08/23 UECL PO Viktoria Plzeň v Tobyl (Matej Jug)
07/09/23 U21 QR Hungary v Kazakhstan (Amine Kourgheli)
16/10/23 EURO Q Luxembourg v Slovakia (José María Sánchez Martínez)
17/11/23 U21 QR Norway v Republic of Ireland (Walter Altmann)
14/12/23 UECL GS Ludogorets v Nordsjælland (Ovidiu Alin Hațegan)


Gylfi Þór Orrason

16/03/23 UECL R16 AZ Alkmaar v Lazio (Matej Jug)
20/06/23 EURO Q Norway v Cyprus (Aleksandar Stavrev)
18/07/23 UCL 1QR Struga v Žalgiris Vilnius (Darren England)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Petrocub v Maccabi Tel Aviv (Peter Kjærsgaard)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Nordsjælland v FCSB (Genc Nuza)
14/10/23 EURO Q Northern Ireland v San Marino (Bram Van Driessche)
09/11/23 UEL GS Qarabağ v Leverkusen (Craig Pawson)
12/12/23 UCL GS Lens v Sevilla (Felix Zwayer)


Shmuel Shteif

16/06/23 EURO Q Gibraltar v France (Yevhen Aranovsʹkyy)
18/07/23 UCL 1QR BATE Barysaŭ v Partizani (Kevin Clancy)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Ararat-Armenia v Áris Thessaloniki (Bolat Sariev)
24/08/23 UECL PO Dynamo Kyiv v Beşiktaş (Darren England)
21/09/23 UEL GS Qarabağ v Molde (John Beaton)


Chaim Ya’akov

09/03/23 UEL R16 Juventus v Freiburg (Anastásios Sidirópoulos)
22/06/23 U21 GS France v Italy (Allard Lindhout)
25/06/23 U21 GS Switzerland v Italy (Mohammed Al-Hakim)
27/06/23 U21 GS Croatia v Romania (João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro)
11/07/23 UCL 1QR Žalgiris Vilnius v Struga (Elçin Məsiyev)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Rosenborg v Crusaders (Ádám Farkas)
10/08/23 UEL 3QR Slavia Praha v Dnipro-1 (Lawrence Visser)
09/09/23 EURO Q North Macedonia v Italy (François Letexier)
05/10/23 UECL GS KÍ Klaksvík v Lille (Elçin Məsiyev)
29/11/23 UCL GS Benfica v Inter (Andris Treimanis)


Alon Yefet

17/06/23 EURO Q Azerbaijan v Estonia (Ondřej Berka)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Birkirkara v Maribor (Martin Dohál)
01/08/23 UECL 2QR Zimbru v Fenerbahçe (Robert Harvey)
05/10/23 UECL GS Astana v Viktoria Plzeň (Gustavo Fernandes Correia)


Antonio Damato

21/06/23 U21 GS Georgia v Portugal (Espen Andreas Eskås)
24/06/23 U21 GS Portugal v Netherlands (Horațiu Mircea Feșnic)
28/06/23 U21 GS England v Germany (Əliyar Ağayev)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Vaduz v Nioman (Jovan Kačevski)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR CFR Cluj v Adana Demirspor (Elçin Məsiyev)
24/08/23 UECL PO Maccabi Tel Aviv v Celje (Manfredas Lukjančukas)
09/09/23 EURO Q Azerbaijan v Belgium (Nenad Minaković)
17/10/23 U21 QR Moldova v North Macedonia (Robert Ian Jenkins)
20/11/23 U21 QR Wales v Denmark (José Luis Munuera Montero)
14/12/23 UEL GS Ajax v AEK Athens (Craig Pawson)


Domenico Messina

13/04/23 UEL QF Man United v Sevilla (Felix Zwayer)
20/06/23 EURO Q Hungary v Lithuania (António Emanuel de Carvalho Nobre)
24/10/23 UCL GS Sevilla v Arsenal (Glenn Nyberg)


Nicola Rizzoli

19/04/23 UCL QF Bayern v Man City (Clément Turpin)
29/08/23 UCL PO Young Boys v Maccabi Haifa (Slavko Vinčič)
08/09/23 EURO Q Georgia v Spain (Daniel Siebert)
20/09/23 UCL GS Real Madrid v Union Berlin (Espen Andreas Eskås)
12/10/23 EURO Q Latvia v Armenia (Rade Obrenovič)
07/11/23 UCL GS Man City v Young Boys (Erik Lambrechts)
14/12/23 UEL GS Rennes v Villarreal (Atilla Karaoğlan)


Gianluca Rocchi

09/03/23 UEL R16 Man United v Real Betis (Daniel Siebert)
14/06/23 UNL SF Netherlands v Croatia (Istvan Kovacs)
16/06/23 EURO Q Belarus v Israel (Jarred Gavan Gillett)
19/07/23 UCL 1QR Dinamo Tbilisi v Astana (Stuart Attwell)
17/10/23 U21 QR Albania v Montenegro (Jarred Gavan Gillett)


Roberto Rosetti

14/02/23 UCL R16 Paris v Bayern (Michael Oliver)
07/03/23 UCL R16 Benfica v Club Brugge (Halil Umut Meler)
12/04/23 UCL QF Milan v Napoli (Istvan Kovacs)
09/05/23 UCL SF Real Madrid v Man City (Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias)
08/07/23 U21 F England v Spain (Espen Andreas Eskås)
16/08/23 USC Man City v Sevilla (François Letexier)
12/09/23 EURO Q Switzerland v Andorra (Elçin Məsiyev)
19/09/23 UCL GS Young Boys v Leipzig (Enea Jorgji)
05/10/23 UEL GS Marseille v Brighton (Mykola Balakin)
25/10/23 UCL GS Barcelona v Shakhtar Donetsk (Ivan Kružliak)
18/11/23 EURO Q Latvia v Croatia (Urs Schnyder)
28/11/23 UCL GS Shakhtar Donetsk v Antwerp (Bartosz Frankowski)


Matteo Simone Trefoloni

16/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Shakhtar Donetsk v Rennes (Irfan Peljto)
11/05/23 UECL SF West Ham v AZ Alkmaar (Halil Umut Meler)
17/06/23 EURO Q Montenegro v Hungary (Jesús Gil Manzano)
02/08/23 UCL 2QR Molde v HJK (Igor Pajač)
22/08/23 UCL PO Antwerp v AEK Athens (François Letexier)
26/10/23 UECL GS Eintracht Frankfurt v HJK (Viktor Kopiyevsʹkyy)
14/12/23 UECL GS Zrinjski v Aston Villa (Balázs Berke)


Alfredo Trentalange

12/07/23 UCL 1QR Slovan Bratislava v Swift Hesper (Viktor Kopiyevsʹkyy)
04/10/23 UCL GS FC Porto v Barcelona (Anthony Taylor)


Pavel Salii

31/08/23 UECL PO Celje v Maccabi Tel Aviv (Jérémie Pignard)
07/09/23 U21 QR San Marino v Norway (Mervan Bejtullahu)
21/09/23 UECL GS Ludogorets v Spartak Trnava (Genc Nuza)
20/11/23 EURO Q San Marino v Finland (Manfredas Lukjančukas)


Besfort Kasumi

21/11/23 U21 QR Türkiye v Norway (Denys Shurman)


Nerijus Dunauskas

19/06/23 U21 QR Gibraltar v Sweden (Nathan Verboomen)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Vllaznia v Linfield (Rauf Cabarov)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Haverfordwest v B36 Tórshavn (Christian-Petru Ciochirca)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Ballkani v Lincoln Red Imps (Kristoffer Karlsson)
10/09/23 EURO Q Kazakhstan v Northern Ireland (Daniel Schlager)
17/10/23 U21 QR Slovenia v Austria (Visar Kastrati)
26/10/23 UECL GS Lille v Slovan Bratislava (Luca Pairetto)


Gediminas Mažeika

13/07/23 UECL 1QR Dukagjini v Europa (Jóhan Hendrik Ellefsen)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Rapid Wien v Debrecen (Robert Hennessy)
31/08/23 UECL PO Brann v AZ Alkmaar (Gergő Bogár)
08/09/23 U21 QR Portugal v Andorra (Jochem Kamphuis)
21/09/23 UECL GS Legia v Aston Villa (Evángelos Manoúchos)
16/10/23 EURO Q Bosnia and Herzegovina v Portugal (Halil Umut Meler)


Sergejus Slyva

20/06/23 U21 QR Kosovo v Estonia (Joey Kooij)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Glentoran v Gżira (Sigurd Smehus Kringstad)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Hibernian v Inter Escaldes (Peter Kráľovič)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Austria Wien v Legia (István Vad)
12/09/23 U21 QR Republic of Ireland v San Marino (Antoine Paul Chiaramonti)
31/10/23 UWNL LS Iceland v Germany (Tess Olofsson)


Sven Bindels

12/07/23 UECL 1QR B36 Tórshavn v Paide (Lothar D’Hondt)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Bodø/Glimt v Pyunik (Ion Orlic)
08/09/23 U21 QR Latvia v Italy (Snir Levi)
14/12/23 UECL GS Maccabi Tel Aviv v Gent (Jesús Gil Manzano)


Alain Hamer

16/03/23 UEL R16 Ferencváros v Leverkusen (Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias)
20/04/23 UEL QF Union SG v Leverkusen (Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Ararat-Armenia v Egnatia (Trustin Farrugia Cann)
10/08/23 UEL 3QR Sheriff v BATE Barysaŭ (Mohammed Al-Hakim)
09/09/23 EURO Q Estonia v Sweden (Horațiu Mircea Feșnic)
25/10/23 UCL GS Leipzig v Crvena zvezda (José María Sánchez Martínez)
30/11/23 UEL GS Rangers v Áris Lemesoú (Rohit Saggi)


Vadims Direktorenko

18/07/23 UCL 1QR Breiðablik v Shamrock Rovers (Adam Ladebäck)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Inter Escaldes v Hibernian (Joni Hyytiä)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Fenerbahçe v Maribor (Robert Jones)
11/09/23 EURO Q Armenia v Croatia (Clément Turpin)
09/11/23 UECL GS Čukarički v Fiorentina (Robert Schröder)


Andrejs Sipailo

20/07/23 UECL 1QR Paide v B36 Tórshavn (Vitaliy Romanov)
25/07/23 UECL 2QR Ħamrun Spartans v Dinamo Tbilisi (Miloš Gigović)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Levski v H. Be’er Sheva (Dumitru Muntean)
12/09/23 U21 QR Lithuania v Wales (Rauf Cabarov)
16/11/23 EURO Q Azerbaijan v Sweden (Esther Staubli)
14/12/23 UECL GS Zorya Luhansk v Breiðablik (Tomáš Klíma)


Vladimir Antonov

24/03/23 EURO Q Czechia v Poland (Anastásios Sidirópoulos)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Alashkert v Debrecen (Vasílios Fotiás)
08/08/23 UCL 3QR København v Sparta Praha (Benoît Bastien)
03/10/23 UCL GS Lens v Arsenal (Marco Guida)
16/11/23 EURO Q Montenegro v Lithuania (Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias)
06/12/23 UEL GS Villarreal v Maccabi Haifa (Nicolas Walsh)


Igor Șațchi

03/08/23 UECL 2QR Rijeka v Dukagjini (James Robert Robinson)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Omónia v Midtjylland (Sigurd Smehus Kringstad)
08/09/23 U21 QR Armenia v Albania (Radoslav Gidzhenov)
12/10/23 U21 QR Luxembourg v Ukraine (Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson)
17/11/23 EURO Q Kazakhstan v San Marino (Harald Lechner)
14/12/23 UECL GS Fenerbahçe v Spartak Trnava (Aleksandar Stavrev)


Emil Božinovski

23/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Midtjylland v Sporting CP (Ivan Kružliak)
28/03/23 EURO Q Georgia v Norway (Andris Treimanis)
18/05/23 UECL SF AZ Alkmaar v West Ham (Ivan Kružliak)
26/07/23 UCL 2QR Raków v Qarabağ (Lukas Fähndrich)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR FC Santa Coloma v AZ Alkmaar (Saiat Qarabaev)
31/08/23 UEL PO Sparta Praha v Dinamo Zagreb (Tobias Stieler)
03/10/23 UCL GS Napoli v Real Madrid (Clément Turpin)
15/10/23 EURO Q Switzerland v Belarus (João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro)
26/10/23 UEL GS Áris Lemesoú v Real Betis (Filip Glova)
12/12/23 UCL GS Salzburg v Benfica (Daniel Siebert)


Dimitar Mečkarovski

27/07/23 UECL 2QR Kecskemét v Riga (Irakli Kvirikashvili)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Celje v Nioman (Daniiar Sahi)
12/09/23 U21 QR Kosovo v Germany (Mikkel Redder)
13/10/23 U21 QR Bosnia and Herzegovina v France (Mohammed Al-Emara)
19/11/23 EURO Q Liechtenstein v Luxembourg (Stéphanie Frappart)
14/12/23 UECL GS Genk v Čukarički (Trustin Farrugia Cann)


Marco Borg

18/07/23 UCL 1QR Zrinjski v Urartu (Peter Kjærsgaard)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Hibernian v Luzern (Robertas Valikonis)
11/09/23 U21 QR Luxembourg v England (Miloš Savović)
21/09/23 UECL GS Ferencváros v Čukarički (Guillermo Cuadra Fernández)
16/10/23 EURO Q Iceland v Liechtenstein (Abdulkadir Bitigen)
21/11/23 U21 QR Moldova v Gibraltar (Ashot Ghaltakhchyan)


Christopher Lautier

19/06/23 EURO Q Belarus v Kosovo (Julian Weinberger)
26/07/23 UECL 2QR Struga v Budućnost Podgorica (Artiom Kutşin)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Valmiera v Partizani (Joni Hyytiä)
21/09/23 UECL GS Dinamo Zagreb v Astana (Paweł Raczkowski)
12/10/23 U21 QR Georgia v Netherlands (Alessandro Dudic)
21/11/23 U21 QR Republic of Ireland v Italy (Lionel Tschudi)


Clayton Pisani

13/07/23 UECL 1QR Magpies v Dundalk (Mohammad Usman Aslam)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Derry v Tobyl (Peter Kráľovič)
17/10/23 U21 QR Armenia v Switzerland (Ferenc Karakó)
09/11/23 UECL GS Astana v Ballkani (Balázs Berke)
20/11/23 EURO Q North Macedonia v England (Filip Glova)


Alan Mario Sant

28/03/23 EURO Q Kosovo v Andorra (Sebastian Gishamer)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR FK Arsenal Tivat v Alashkert (Oleksiy Derevinsʹkyy)
31/08/23 UECL PO PAOK v Hearts (Guillermo Cuadra Fernández)
03/10/23 UCL GS PSV v Sevilla (Daniele Orsato)
31/10/23 UWNL LS Albania v Republic of Ireland (Araksya Saribekyan)
14/12/23 UEL GS Qarabağ v Häcken (Juxhin Xhaja)


Goran Mihaljević

13/07/23 UECL 1QR Gżira v Glentoran (Stefan Ebner)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Vorskla Poltava v Dila (Nikola Popov)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Twente v Riga (Robert Schröder)
21/09/23 UECL GS Eintracht Frankfurt v Aberdeen (Chrysovalándis Theoulí)
21/11/23 EURO Q Romania v Switzerland (Davide Massa)
14/12/23 UEL GS LASK v Toulouse (Fabio Maresca)


Pavle Radovanović

16/06/23 U21 QR Lithuania v Denmark (Henrik Nalbandyan)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Dinamo Tbilisi v Ħamrun Spartans (Viktar Šymusik)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Nioman v Celje (Ferenc Karakó)
10/09/23 EURO Q San Marino v Slovenia (Mykola Balakin)
09/11/23 UECL GS Olimpija Ljubljana v KÍ Klaksvík (Philip Farrugia)
17/11/23 U21 QR Austria v France (Robert Jones)


Ruud Bossen

18/07/23 UCL 1QR The New Saints v Häcken (Dario Bel)
02/08/23 UECL 2QR Diddeleng v Gżira (Yigal Frid)
31/08/23 UECL PO Adana Demirspor v Genk (José Luis Munuera Montero)
08/09/23 EURO Q Luxembourg v Iceland (Goga Kikacheishvili)
16/11/23 U21 QR Wales v Iceland (Antoni Bandić)
30/11/23 UECL GS Nordsjælland v Fenerbahçe (Jérémie Pignard)


Marinus Koopman

16/03/23 UEL R16 Real Betis v Man United (Srđan Jovanović)
27/03/23 EURO Q Hungary v Bulgaria (Halil Umut Meler)
02/08/23 UCL 2QR Galatasaray v Žalgiris Vilnius (Willy Delajod)
17/08/23 UEL 3QR Breiðablik v Zrinjski (Anastásios Papapétrou)
12/09/23 EURO Q Spain v Cyprus (Simone Sozza)
05/10/23 UEL GS Liverpool v Union SG (Morten Krogh Hansen)
24/10/23 UCL GS Union Berlin v Napoli (Irfan Peljto)
17/11/23 U21 QR Kosovo v Bulgaria (Patrik Kolarić)
13/12/23 UCL GS Dortmund v Paris (Glenn Nyberg)


Björn Kuipers

11/04/23 UCL QF Man City v Bayern (Jesús Gil Manzano)
16/05/23 UCL SF Inter v Milan (Clément Turpin)
31/05/23 UEL F Sevilla v Roma (Anthony Taylor)
15/06/23 UNL SF Spain v Italy (Slavko Vinčič)
24/06/23 U21 GS Romania v Ukraine (Morten Krogh Hansen)
27/06/23 U21 GS Spain v Ukraine (Donatas Rumšas)
05/07/23 U21 SF Spain v Ukraine (Erik Lambrechts)
08/11/23 UCL GS Real Madrid v Braga (Halil Umut Meler)
29/11/23 UCL GS Real Sociedad v Salzburg (Mykola Balakin)
14/12/23 UEL GS Leverkusen v Molde (Robert Jones)


René Temmink

27/07/23 UECL 2QR Ferencváros v Shamrock Rovers (Ashot Ghaltakhchyan)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Legia v Austria Wien (Pierre Gaillouste)
10/09/23 EURO Q Greece v Gibraltar (Manfredas Lukjančukas)
13/10/23 U21 QR Romania v Armenia (Robertas Valikonis)
14/12/23 UEL GS Sporting CP v Sturm Graz (William Collum)


Jan Willem Wegereef

09/03/23 UEL R16 Roma v Real Sociedad (Sandro Schärer)
24/03/23 EURO Q Gibraltar v Greece (Rohit Saggi)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Crusaders v Rosenborg (Evángelos Manoúchos)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Debrecen v Alashkert (Robert Schröder)
19/08/23 UCL 3QR AEK Athens v Dinamo Zagreb (Espen Andreas Eskås)
21/09/23 UEL GS Leverkusen v Häcken (Manfredas Lukjančukas)
04/10/23 UCL GS Antwerp v Shakhtar Donetsk (Rade Obrenovič)
07/11/23 UCL GS FC Porto v Antwerp (Maurizio Mariani)


John Ferry

20/07/23 UECL 1QR Víkingur Reykjavík v Riga (Alessandro Dudic)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Spartak Trnava v Lech Poznań (César Soto Grado)
11/09/23 U21 QR Belgium v Kazakhstan (Kaspar Sjöberg)
21/09/23 UECL GS Genk v Fiorentina (Stéphanie Frappart)
16/10/23 EURO Q Azerbaijan v Austria (Aristotélis Diamandópoulos)
16/11/23 U21 QR Netherlands v Gibraltar (Luis Miguel do Nascimento Teixeira)


Leslie Irvine

14/03/23 UCL R16 Man City v Leipzig (Slavko Vinčič)
18/06/23 UNL 3P Netherlands v Italy (Glenn Nyberg)
20/06/23 EURO Q Bosnia and Herzegovina v Luxembourg (Gal Leibovitz)
25/07/23 UCL 2QR Dinamo Zagreb v Astana (Guillermo Cuadra Fernández)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Spartak Trnava v Auda (Luca Cibelli)
31/08/23 UEL PO Áris Lemesoú v Slovan Bratislava (Erik Lambrechts)
10/09/23 EURO Q Finland v Denmark (Szymon Marciniak)
20/09/23 UCL GS Galatasaray v København (Georgi Kabakov)
26/10/23 UEL GS Panathinaïkós v Rennes (João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro)
13/12/23 UCL GS Antwerp v Barcelona (Marco Guida)


David Malcolm

16/03/23 UECL R16 West Ham v AEK Lárnakas (Georgi Kabakov)
27/03/23 EURO Q Sweden v Azerbaijan (Stéphanie Frappart)
11/07/23 UCL 1QR KÍ Klaksvík v Ferencváros (Juri Frischer)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Qəbələ v Omónia (Andrei Florin Chivulete)
24/08/23 UECL PO Nordsjælland v Partizan (Yigal Frid)
05/10/23 UEL GS Roma v Servette (Igor Pajač)
15/10/23 EURO Q Romania v Andorra (Kristo Tohver)
09/11/23 UEL GS Rangers v Sparta Praha (Davide Massa)


Michael Thomas Ross

27/03/23 EURO Q Montenegro v Serbia (Clément Turpin)
13/04/23 UECL QF Basel v Nice (Glenn Nyberg)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Progrès v Gjilani (Oliver Reitala)
02/08/23 UCL 2QR Astana v Dinamo Zagreb (Dennis Johan Higler)
24/08/23 UECL PO Rapid Wien v Fiorentina (Igor Pajač)
09/11/23 UECL GS Legia v Zrinjski (Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea)
19/11/23 EURO Q Serbia v Bulgaria (Erik Lambrechts)
12/12/23 UCL GS PSV v Arsenal (Tobias Stieler)


Kjell Gunnar Alseth

23/03/23 EURO Q Denmark v Finland (Daniel Siebert)
26/07/23 UECL 2QR Nioman v Balzan (Ívar Orri Kristjánsson)
09/08/23 UECL 3QR Gent v Pogoń (Vasílios Fotiás)
12/09/23 U21 QR Estonia v Poland (Stefan Ebner)
14/10/23 EURO Q Bulgaria v Lithuania (Giorgi Kruashvili)
26/10/23 UECL GS Aberdeen v PAOK (Sebastian Gishamer)


Terje Hauge

22/02/23 UCL R16 Leipzig v Man City (Serdar Gözübüyük)
22/06/23 U21 GS Germany v Israel (Willy Delajod)
24/06/23 U21 GS Georgia v Belgium (Duje Strukan)
27/06/23 U21 GS Netherlands v Georgia (Rade Obrenovič)
02/07/23 U21 QF England v Portugal (Rade Obrenovič)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Dynama Minsk v Željezničar (Michal Očenáš)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Celje v Vitória SC (Chrysovalándis Theoulí)
12/09/23 EURO Q Malta v North Macedonia (Henrik Nalbandyan)
04/10/23 UCL GS Dortmund v Milan (Szymon Marciniak)
26/10/23 UEL GS Olymbiakós v West Ham (Andris Treimanis)
29/11/23 UCL GS Bayern v København (Stéphanie Frappart)


Rune Pedersen

23/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Union Berlin v Ajax (Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea)
11/05/23 UECL SF Fiorentina v Basel (François Letexier)
02/08/23 UCL 2QR Qarabağ v Raków (Sven Jablonski)
31/08/23 UEL PO Čukarički v Olymbiakós (Danny Makkelie)
09/09/23 EURO Q Romania v Israel (Slavko Vinčič)
20/09/23 UCL GS Braga v Napoli (Serdar Gözübüyük)
26/10/23 UEL GS Sturm Graz v Atalanta (Duje Strukan)
18/11/23 EURO Q Armenia v Wales (Benoît Bastien)
28/11/23 UCL GS Paris v Newcastle (Szymon Marciniak)


Jon Eilif Skjervold

26/03/23 EURO Q Luxembourg v Portugal (Radu Marian Petrescu)
18/04/23 UCL QF Chelsea v Real Madrid (Daniele Orsato)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Linfield v Pogoń (David Šmajc)
15/08/23 UCL 3QR Áris Lemesoú v Raków (Matej Jug)
05/10/23 UEL GS Real Betis v Sparta Praha (Duje Strukan)
13/10/23 EURO Q Estonia v Azerbaijan (Robert Schröder)
09/11/23 UEL GS Slavia Praha v Roma (François Letexier)
16/11/23 U21 QR Malta v Kazakhstan (Antoine Paul Chiaramonti)
13/12/23 UCL GS Celtic v Feyenoord (Benoît Bastien)


Paweł Gil

20/07/23 UECL 1QR FC Santa Coloma v Penybont (Roman Jitari)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Maccabi Tel Aviv v Petrocub (Matthew De Gabriele)
24/08/23 UECL PO AZ Alkmaar v Brann (Evángelos Manoúchos)
09/09/23 EURO Q Kosovo v Switzerland (Jakob Kehlet)
05/10/23 UECL GS Čukarički v Genk (Adam Ladebäck)
17/10/23 U21 QR France v Cyprus (Miloš Bošković)
09/11/23 UEL GS Toulouse v Liverpool (Georgi Kabakov)
17/11/23 U21 QR Spain v Hungary (Jarred Gavan Gillett)


Tomasz Mikulski

07/03/23 UCL R16 Chelsea v Dortmund (Danny Makkelie)
25/03/23 EURO Q Scotland v Cyprus (Duje Strukan)
26/07/23 UCL 2QR Ludogorets v Olimpija Ljubljana (Rohit Saggi)
31/08/23 UEL PO Zrinjski v LASK (Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins)
20/09/23 UCL GS Real Sociedad v Inter (Michael Oliver)
12/10/23 EURO Q Spain v Scotland (Serdar Gözübüyük)
25/10/23 UCL GS Paris v Milan (Slvako Vinčič)
30/11/23 UEL GS Molde v Qarabağ (Erik Lambrechts)


Zbigniew Przesmycki

09/03/23 UECL R16 Fiorentina v Sivasspor (Enea Jorgji)


Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista

09/03/23 UECL R16 Basel v Slovan Bratislava (Rade Obrenovič)
15/03/23 UCL R16 Napoli v Eintracht Frankfurt (Anthony Taylor)
18/05/23 UECL SF Basel v Fiorentina (José María Sánchez Martínez)
19/06/23 EURO Q Türkiye v Wales (Fabio Maresca)
26/07/23 UCL 2QR Áris Lemesoú v BATE Barysaŭ (Yigal Frid)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Sabah v Partizan (Giorgi Kruashvili)
24/08/23 UEL PO Dinamo Zagreb v Sparta Praha (Marco Guida)
20/09/23 UCL GS Bayern v Man United (Glenn Nyberg)
12/10/23 EURO Q Albania v Czechia (Danny Makkelie)
26/10/23 UEL GS Brighton v Ajax (Bartosz Frankowski)
29/11/23 UCL GS Real Madrid v Napoli (François Letexier)


Nuno Alexandre Parreira de Castro

23/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Partizan v Sheriff (Andreas Ekberg)
21/06/23 U21 GS Romania v Spain (Erik Lambrechts)
25/06/23 U21 GS Norway v France (Donatas Rumšas)
28/06/23 U21 GS Switzerland v France (Morten Krogh Hansen)
01/07/23 U21 QF Spain v Switzerland (Erik Lambrechts)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Milsami v Panevėžys (Erkan Özdamar)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR B36 Tórshavn v Haverfordwest (Snir Levi)
08/11/23 UCL GS PSV v Lens (Daniel Siebert)
20/11/23 EURO Q Northern Ireland v Denmark (Jérôme Brisard)


João Francisco Lopes Ferreira

23/02/23 UEL KOR-PO PSV v Sevilla (Daniele Orsato)
24/03/23 EURO Q Bulgaria v Montenegro (Əliyar Ağayev)
11/07/23 UCL 1QR Ħamrun Spartans v Maccabi Haifa (Donald Robertson)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Lech Poznań v Kauno Žalgiris (Luka Bilbija)
15/08/23 UCL 3QR Marseille v Panathinaïkós (Michael Oliver)
31/08/23 UECL PO APOEL v Gent (Rohit Saggi)
21/09/23 UEL GS Rangers v Real Betis (Lawrence Visser)
14/10/23 EURO Q Italy v Malta (Duje Strukan)
26/10/23 UEL GS Molde v Häcken (Urs Schnyder)
28/11/23 UCL GS Feyenoord v Atlético de Madrid (Anthony Taylor)


Augustus Viorel Constantin

16/06/23 EURO Q San Marino v Kazakhstan (Anastásios Papapétrou)
22/06/23 U21 GS Norway v Switzerland (João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro)
02/07/23 U21 QF France v Ukraine (João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro)
11/07/23 UCL 1QR Urartu v Zrinjski (Philip Farrugia)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Drita v Viktoria Plzeň (Jakob Alexander Sundberg)
24/08/23 UECL PO Levski v Eintracht Frankfurt (Adam Ladebäck)
21/09/23 UEL GS Sparta Praha v Áris Lemesoú (Jérôme Brisard)
21/11/23 EURO Q Gibraltar v Netherlands (Arda Kardeşler)
25/11/23 UECL GS Maccabi Tel Aviv v Zorya Luhansk (Lukas Fähndrich)
14/12/23 UEL GS Olymbiakós v TSC Bačka Topola (Morten Krogh Hansen)


Alexandru Deaconu

14/02/23 UCL R16 Milan v Tottenham (Sandro Schärer)
18/05/23 UEL SF Sevilla v Juventus (Danny Makkelie)
16/06/23 EURO Q Malta v England (Igor Pajač)
01/08/23 UCL 2QR BATE Barysaŭ v Áris Lemesoú (Morten Krogh Hansen)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Áris Thessaloniki v Dynamo Kyiv (Jarred Gavan Gillett)
31/08/23 UEL PO Aberdeen v Häcken (Daniel Siebert)
20/09/23 UCL GS Arsenal v PSV (Felix Zwayer)
26/10/23 UEL GS Liverpool v Toulouse (Rade Obrenovič)
28/11/23 UCL GS Lazio v Celtic (Halil Umut Meler)


Nicolae Grigorescu

28/03/23 U21 QR Greece v Belarus (Sigurd Smehus Kringstad)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR St Patrick’s v Diddeleng (Edgars Maļcevs)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Shkupi v Levski (David Fuxman)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR B36 Tórshavn v Rijeka (Mohammed Al-Emara)
07/09/23 U21 QR Cyprus v Austria (Ante Čulina)
17/10/23 U21 QR Azerbaijan v Luxembourg (Dumitru Muntean)
26/10/23 UECL GS Fenerbahçe v Ludogorets (Guillermo Cuadra Fernández)
16/11/23 EURO Q Liechtenstein v Portugal (Mohammed Al-Hakim)


Kenneth William Clark

23/03/23 EURO Q North Macedonia v Malta (Kristo Tohver)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Crusaders v Haka (Jan Petřík)
26/07/23 UECL 2QR CSKA 1948 v FCSB (Luca Pairetto)
08/09/23 EURO Q Croatia v Latvia (Philip Farrugia)
17/10/23 U21 QR Lithuania v Iceland (Luis Miguel do Nascimento Teixeira)
09/11/23 UEL GS West Ham v Olymbiakós (Matej Jug)
30/11/23 UECL GS Beşiktaş v Club Brugge (David Šmajc)


Hugh Dallas

21/02/23 UCL R16 Liverpool v Real Madrid (Istvan Kovacs)
20/04/23 UECL QF West Ham v Gent (Orel Grinfeld)
15/08/23 UCL 3QR Sturm Graz v PSV (Srđan Jovanović)
10/09/23 EURO Q Republic of Ireland v Netherlands (Irfan Peljto)
05/10/23 UECL GS Aston Villa v Zrinjski (Urs Schnyder)
25/10/23 UCL GS Newcastle v Dortmund (Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias)
17/11/23 EURO Q England v Malta (Luís Miguel Branco Godinho)
30/11/23 UECL GS Eintracht Frankfurt v PAOK (Damian Sylwestrzak)


Calum Murray

20/07/23 UECL 1QR Dinamo Batumi v Tirana (Fabio Maresca)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Adana Demirspor v CFR Cluj (Nathan Verboomen)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Brann v Arouca (Bram Van Driessche)
09/09/23 EURO Q Andorra v Belarus (Eldorjan Hamiti)
13/10/23 U21 QR Latvia v Republic of Ireland (Oliver Reitala)
26/10/23 UECL GS Fiorentina v Čukarički (Chrysovalándis Theoulí)
21/11/23 U21 QR Belgium v Spain (Dario Bel)


William Young

09/03/23 UEL R16 Leverkusen v Ferencváros (Davide Massa)
28/03/23 EURO Q Switzerland v Israel (Nikola Dabanović)
13/04/23 UECL QF Gent v West Ham (Anastásios Sidirópoulos)
25/07/23 UCL 2QR Servette v Genk (István Vad)
20/09/23 UCL GS Benfica v Salzburg (Halil Umut Meler)
17/10/23 EURO Q England v Italy (Clément Turpin)
21/11/23 U21 QR Serbia v Luxembourg (Sigurd Smehus Kringstad)
14/12/23 UEL GS Panathinaïkós v Maccabi Haifa (Georgi Kabakov)


Stefano Podeschi

16/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Sheriff v Partizan (Harm Osmers)
20/06/23 EURO Q Estonia v Belgium (John Beaton)
02/08/23 UCL 2QR Maccabi Haifa v Sheriff (Damian Sylwestrzak)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Pyunik v Bodø/Glimt (Helgi Mikael Jónasson)
03/10/23 UCL GS København v Bayern (Orel Grinfeld)
17/11/23 EURO Q Finland v Northern Ireland (Əliyar Ağayev)
30/11/23 UEL GS AEK Athens v Brighton (Sandro Schärer)


Nenad Đokić

13/07/23 UECL 1QR KA Akureyri v Connah’s Quay (Antoine Paul Chiaramonti)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Tarpieda Žodzina v AEK Lárnakas (Timothy Marshall)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Midtjylland v Omónia (Ian McNabb)
08/09/23 U21 QR Netherlands v Moldova (Miloš Gigović)
17/10/23 U21 QR Kazakhstan v Spain (Walter Altmann)
21/11/23 U21 QR Germany v Poland (Kyriákos Athanasíou)
14/12/23 UECL GS Lille v KÍ Klaksvík (António Emanuel de Carvalho Nobre)


Dejan Filipović

16/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Barcelona v Man United (Maurizio Mariani)
11/05/23 UEL SF Juventus v Sevilla (Daniel Siebert)
16/06/23 EURO Q North Macedonia v Ukraine (Lukas Fähndrich)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Borac v Austria Wien (Urs Schnyder)
29/08/23 UCL PO Galatasaray v Molde (Szymon Marciniak)
07/09/23 EURO Q France v Republic of Ireland (Urs Schnyder)
20/09/23 UCL GS Sevilla v Lens (Tobias Stieler)
26/10/23 UEL GS Sparta Praha v Rangers (Sascha Stegemann)
29/11/23 UCL GS Braga v Union Berlin (Clément Turpin)


Boško Jovanetić

15/03/23 UECL R16 İstanbul Başakşehir v Gent (Benoît Bastien)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Haka v Crusaders (Sivert Øksnes Amland)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Ordabasy v Legia (Helgi Mikael Jónasson)
31/08/23 UECL PO HJK v Farul Constanța (Sebastian Gishamer)
12/09/23 EURO Q Belgium v Estonia (Bartosz Frankowski)
08/11/23 UCL GS Napoli v Union Berlin (Danny Makkelie)


Milorad Mažić

16/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Sporting CP v Midtjylland (François Letexier)
26/03/23 EURO Q Malta v Italy (Georgi Kabakov)
13/04/23 UEL QF Juventus v Sporting CP (Halil Umut Meler)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Levski v Shkupi (Lionel Tschudi)
15/08/23 UCL 3QR Galatasaray v Olimpija Ljubljana (Marco Guida)
08/09/23 EURO Q Slovakia v Portugal (Glenn Nyberg)
24/10/23 UCL GS Lens v PSV (Radu Marian Petrescu)


Sascha Amhof

17/06/23 EURO Q Belgium v Austria (Jérôme Brisard)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Sarajevo v Torpedo Kutaisi (Ion Orlic)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Dundalk v KA Akureyri (Walter Altmann)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Aqtöbe v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe (Daniele Chiffi)
08/09/23 U21 QR Poland v Kosovo (Lothar D’Hondt)
16/11/23 U21 QR North Macedonia v Georgia (Rauf Cabarov)
30/11/23 UECL GS Aston Villa v Legia (Marco Di Bello)


Francesco Bianchi

23/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Man United v Barcelona (Clément Turpin)
20/04/23 UECL QF Fiorentina v Lech Poznań (Rade Obrenovič)


Alain Bieri

20/07/23 UECL 1QR Víkingur v Inter Escaldes (Jan Machálek)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Željezničar v Neftçi (Juri Frischer)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Arouca v Brann (David Munro)
19/11/23 EURO Q Portugal v Iceland (Anastásios Papapétrou)


Markus Nobs

23/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Rennes v Shakhtar Donetsk (Tobias Stieler)
18/06/23 UNL F Croatia v Spain (Felix Zwayer)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Tirana v Dinamo Batumi (Robert Jones)
08/08/23 UCL 3QR KÍ Klaksvík v Molde (Əliyar Ağayev)
24/08/23 UEL PO KÍ Klaksvík v Sheriff (Rade Obrenovič)
08/09/23 EURO Q Cyprus v Scotland (Balázs Berke)
19/09/23 UCL GS Lazio v Atlético de Madrid (Slavko Vinčič)
15/10/23 EURO Q Georgia v Cyprus (Robert Jones)
13/12/23 UCL GS FC Porto v Shakhtar Donetsk (Istvan Kovacs)


Andreas Schluchter

16/03/23 UEL R16 Arsenal v Sporting CP (Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz)
18/07/23 UCL 1QR Sheriff v Farul Constanța (Miguel Bértolo Nogueira)
01/08/23 UECL 2QR Balzan v Nioman (Ioánnis Papadópoulos)
24/08/23 UEL PO Ludogorets v Ajax (Marco Di Bello)
21/09/23 UEL GS Panathinaïkós v Villarreal (Craig Pawson)
18/11/23 EURO Q Belarus v Andorra (Bolat Sariev)
13/12/23 UCL GS Newcastle v Milan (Danny Makkelie)


Cyril Zimmermann

23/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Lech Poznań v Bodø/Glimt (Nikola Dabanović)
16/06/23 EURO Q Greece v Republic of Ireland (Harald Lechner)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR AGF v Club Brugge (Atilla Karaoğlan)
15/08/23 UCL 3QR Maccabi Haifa v Slovan Bratislava (Craig Pawson)
05/10/23 UEL GS AEK Athens v Ajax (Matej Jug)
12/12/23 UCL GS Napoli v Braga (Slavko Vinčič)


Ladislav Gádoši

19/06/23 EURO Q Finland v San Marino (Genc Nuza)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Sabah v RFS (Fedayi San)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Osijek v Adana Demirspor (John Brooks)
07/09/23 U21 QR Belarus v Faroe Islands (Ashot Ghaltakhchyan)
20/09/23 UECL GS Lille v Olimpija Ljubljana (Joey Kooij)
17/11/23 U21 QR Poland v Israel (Jovan Kačevski)


Marián Ružbarský

23/02/23 UECL KOR-PO CFR Cluj v Lazio (Felix Zwayer)
28/03/23 EURO Q Scotland v Spain (Sandro Schärer)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Neftçi v Željezničar (Balázs Berke)
15/08/23 UCL 3QR Molde v KÍ Klaksvík (Nikola Dabanović)
31/08/23 UECL PO Ferencváros v Žalgiris Vilnius (Urs Schnyder)
05/10/23 UEL GS Villarreal v Rennes (Harald Lechner)
15/10/23 EURO Q Poland v Moldova (Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias)
07/11/23 UCL GS Crvena zvezda v Leipzig (Daniele Orsato)
14/12/23 UEL GS Raków v Atalanta (Enea Jorgji)


Darko Čeferin

15/02/23 UCL R16 Dortmund v Chelsea (Jesús Gil Manzano)
21/06/23 U21 GS Belgium v Netherlands (Əliyar Ağayev)
25/06/23 U21 GS Czechia v Germany (Espen Andreas Eskås)
27/06/23 U21 GS Portugal v Belgium (Willy Delajod)
01/07/23 U21 QF Georgia v Israel (Espen Andreas Eskås)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Pyunik v Trans (Kyriákos Athanasíou)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Viktoria Plzeň v Drita (Henrik Nalbandyan)
15/08/23 UCL 3QR TSC Bačka Topola v Braga (Jakob Kehlet)
31/08/23 UEL PO Lugano v Union SG (Harm Osmers)
09/09/23 EURO Q Ukraine v England (Georgi Kabakov)
13/10/23 EURO Q Liechtenstein v Bosnia and Herzegovina (Damian Sylwestrzak)
08/11/23 UCL GS København v Man United (Donatas Rumšas)
17/11/23 U21 QR Ukraine v Luxembourg (Sandi Dhia Jirjis Putros)
13/12/23 UCL GS Atlético de Madrid v Lazio (Serdar Gözübüyük)


Drago Kos

16/03/23 UECL R16 Nice v Sheriff (Lawrence Visser)
26/03/23 EURO Q England v Ukraine (Serdar Gözübüyük)
19/07/23 UCL 1QR Larne v HJK (Aristotélis Diamandópoulos)
17/08/23 UEL 3QR BATE Barysaŭ v Sheriff (Tamás Bognár)
09/11/23 UEL GS Real Betis v Áris Lemesoú (Mohammed Al-Hakim)
21/11/23 EURO Q Greece v France (Daniel Siebert)
29/11/23 UCL GS Galatasaray v Man United (José María Sánchez Martínez)


Vladimir Šajn

25/03/23 EURO Q Croatia v Wales (João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro)
12/04/23 UCL QF Real Madrid v Chelsea (François Letexier)
07/06/23 UECL F Fiorentina v West Ham (Carlos del Cerro Grande)
21/09/23 UEL GS Olymbiakós v Freiburg (Allard Lindhout)
08/11/23 UCL GS Bayern v Galatasaray (António Emanuel de Carvalho Nobre)
17/11/23 EURO Q Italy v North Macedonia (Felix Zwayer)
30/11/23 UEL GS Marseille v Ajax (Simone Sozza)


Martin Hansson

09/03/23 UECL R16 Gent v İstanbul Başakşehir (Kristo Tohver)
27/03/23 EURO Q Poland v Albania (Slavko Vinčič)
09/08/23 UCL 3QR Rangers v Servette (Donatas Rumšas)
24/08/23 UECL PO Midtjylland v Legia (Mykola Balakin)
03/10/23 UCL GS Man United v Galatasaray (Ivan Kružliak)
26/10/23 UEL GS Union SG v LASK (Atilla Karaoğlan)
14/12/23 UEL GS West Ham v Freiburg (João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro)


Martin Ingvarsson

16/03/23 UEL R16 Fenerbahçe v Sevilla (Michael Oliver)
28/03/23 EURO Q Wales v Latvia (Giorgi Kruashvili)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR KuPS v Derry (Dario Bel)
15/08/23 UCL 3QR Dinamo Zagreb v AEK Athens (João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro)
30/08/23 UCL PO København v Raków (Istvan Kovacs)
19/09/23 UCL GS Milan v Newcastle (José María Sánchez Martínez)
16/10/23 EURO Q Gibraltar v Republic of Ireland (Christian-Petru Ciochirca)
09/11/23 UEL GS Maccabi Haifa v Villarreal (Mykola Balakin)
30/11/23 UEL GS Sparta Praha v Real Betis (Nikola Dabanović)


Stefan Johannesson

23/02/23 UEL KOR-PO Monaco v Leverkusen (Alejandro José Hernández Hernández)
13/04/23 UECL QF Lech Poznań v Fiorentina (Irfan Peljto)
20/06/23 EURO Q Faroe Islands v Albania (Chrysovalándis Theoulí)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Željezničar v Dynama Minsk (Evángelos Manoúchos)
08/08/23 UCL 3QR Raków v Áris Lemesoú (Duje Strukan)
31/08/23 UECL PO Partizani v Astana (Abdulkadir Bitigen)
21/09/23 UEL GS Servette v Slavia Praha (Giorgi Kruashvili)
13/10/23 EURO Q Austria v Belgium (Jesús Gil Manzano)
24/10/23 UCL GS Braga v Real Madrid (Michael Oliver)


Markus Strömbergsson

23/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Basel v Trabzonspor (Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz)
19/06/23 EURO Q England v North Macedonia (Istvan Kovacs)
19/07/23 UCL 1QR Swift Hesper v Slovan Bratislava (Abdulkadir Bitigen)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Tirana v Beşiktaş (Stuart Attwell)
24/08/23 UEL PO Olymbiakós v Čukarički (Donatas Rumšas)
04/10/23 UCL GS Leipzig v Man City (Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias)
27/10/23 UWNL LS Austria v Portugal (Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi)
21/11/23 EURO Q Croatia v Armenia (Ivan Kružliak)
14/12/23 UEL GS Brighton v Marseille (José María Sánchez Martínez)


Cüneyt Çakır

12/07/23 UCL 1QR Astana v Dinamo Tbilisi (Christian-Petru Ciochirca)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Bohemians Praha v Bodø/Glimt (Marcel Bîrsan)
24/08/23 UECL PO Struga v Breiðablik (Damian Sylwestrzak)
08/09/23 EURO Q Bosnia and Herzegovina v Liechtenstein (Saiat Qarabaev)
21/09/23 UECL GS Slovan Bratislava v KÍ Klaksvík (Christian-Petru Ciochirca)
15/10/23 EURO Q Czechia v Faroe Islands (Rohit Saggi)
09/11/23 UEL GS Sporting CP v Raków (Enea Jorgji)


Sabri Çelik

20/06/23 U21 QR Denmark v Wales (Ante Čulina)
13/07/23 UECL 1QR Dunajská Streda v Dila (Jarred Gavan Gillett)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Panevėžys v H. Be’er Sheva (Jan Petřík)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Tobyl v Derry (Stefan Ebner)
31/08/23 UECL PO Partizan v Nordsjælland (Kevin Clancy)
07/09/23 EURO Q Czechia v Albania (Anthony Taylor)
12/10/23 U21 QR Azerbaijan v Northern Ireland (Georgi Davidov)
09/11/23 UEL GS Atalanta v Sturm Graz (Jérôme Brisard)
30/11/23 UECL GS Olimpija Ljubljana v Lille (Sven Jablonski)


Orhan Erdemir

20/06/23 EURO Q Bulgaria v Serbia (Craig Pawson)
20/07/23 UECL 1QR Levadia v Žilina (Miloš Savović)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Basel v Tobyl (Gustavo Fernandes Correia)
24/08/23 UECL PO Astana v Partizani (Donald Robertson)
14/12/23 UECL GS Ferencváros v Fiorentina (Luís Miguel Branco Godinho)


Erol Ersoy

19/06/23 EURO Q Ukraine v Malta (Ruddy Buquet)


Mehmet Murat Ilgaz

16/03/23 UEL R16 Union SG v Union Berlin (José María Sánchez Martínez)
23/03/23 EURO Q Bosnia and Herzegovina v Iceland (Donatas Rumšas)
25/07/23 UCL 2QR Breiðablik v København (Gergő Bogár)
08/08/23 UEL 3QR Astana v Ludogorets (Horațiu Mircea Feșnic)
31/08/23 UECL PO Club Brugge v Osasuna (Daniel Stefański)
21/09/23 UEL GS LASK v Liverpool (Marco Di Bello)
13/10/23 EURO Q Iceland v Luxembourg (Sebastian Gishamer)
09/11/23 UEL GS Häcken v Molde (Donald Robertson)
12/12/23 UCL GS Inter v Real Sociedad (Sandro Schärer)


Barış Şimşek

17/06/23 EURO Q Albania v Moldova (Dennis Johan Higler)
18/07/23 UECL 1QR Balzan v Domžale (Visar Kastrati)
01/08/23 UECL 2QR Swift Hesper v The New Saints (Ishmael Barbara)
24/08/23 UECL PO Hearts v PAOK (Andris Treimanis)
05/10/23 UEL GS TSC Bačka Topola v Olymbiakós (Benoît Bastien)
13/10/23 U21 QR Malta v Belgium (Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ)
16/11/23 EURO Q Slovakia v Iceland (Craig Pawson)
30/11/23 UECL GS Bodø/Glimt v Lugano (Dario Bel)


Volodymyr Petrov

16/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Ludogorets v Anderlecht (Duje Strukan)
26/03/23 EURO Q Slovakia v Bosnia and Herzegovina (Marco Di Bello)
13/04/23 UECL QF Anderlecht v AZ Alkmaar (Daniel Siebert)
16/06/23 EURO Q Latvia v Türkiye (Tamás Bognár)
19/07/23 UCL 1QR Valmiera v Olimpija Ljubljana (César Soto Grado)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Omónia v Qəbələ (Adam Ladebäck)
10/08/23 UEL 3QR Qarabağ v HJK (Roi Reinshreiber)
31/08/23 UECL PO Breiðablik v Struga (Daniel Schlager)
05/10/23 UEL GS Sporting CP v Atalanta (Alejandro José Hernández Hernández)
25/10/23 UCL GS Antwerp v FC Porto (Benoît Bastien)
17/11/23 EURO Q Denmark v Slovenia (José María Sánchez Martínez)
14/12/23 UECL GS PAOK v HJK (Giorgi Kruashvili)


Viktor Shvetsov

27/07/23 UECL 2QR H. Be’er Sheva v Panevėžys (Robert Hennessy)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Viktoria Plzeň v Gżira (Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson)
12/09/23 U21 QR Andorra v Greece (James Robert Robinson)
05/10/23 UECL GS Spartak Trnava v Fenerbahçe (Sascha Stegemann)
18/11/23 EURO Q Switzerland v Kosovo (António Emanuel de Carvalho Nobre)


Raymond Ellingham

16/02/23 UECL KOR-PO Bodø/Glimt v Lech Poznań (Harald Lechner)
16/03/23 UECL R16 Sivasspor v Fiorentina (Nikola Dabanović)
17/06/23 EURO Q Cyprus v Georgia (Fábio José da Costa Veríssimo)


Simon Lee Evans

13/07/23 UECL 1QR FC Hegelmann v Shkupi (Menélaos Andoníou)
27/07/23 UECL 2QR Auda v Spartak Trnava (Kári Jóannesarsson á Høvdanum)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Club Brugge v KA Akureyri (Miloš Milanović)
07/09/23 EURO Q Denmark v San Marino (Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs)
17/10/23 U21 QR Croatia v Belarus (Igor Stojčevski)
26/10/23 UECL GS Ballkani v Astana (Vasílios Fotiás)
17/11/23 U21 QR Germany v Estonia (Daniiar Sahi)


Kevin Parry

27/07/23 UECL 2QR Gżira v Diddeleng (Tomáš Klíma)
10/08/23 UECL 3QR Rosenborg v Hearts (Andrei Florin Chivulete)
12/09/23 U21 QR Faroe Islands v Croatia (Jérémy Muller)
21/09/23 UECL GS Fenerbahçe v Nordsjælland (Gergő Bogár)
19/11/23 EURO Q Scotland v Norway (Horațiu Mircea Feșnic)
14/12/23 UECL GS Dinamo Zagreb v Ballkani (Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea)


Mark Steven Whitby

13/07/23 UECL 1QR Tobyl v Honka (Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ)
03/08/23 UECL 2QR Shamrock Rovers v Ferencváros (Tomasz Musiał)
17/08/23 UECL 3QR Partizani v Valmiera (Sandi Dhia Jirjis Putros)
10/09/23 EURO Q Lithuania v Serbia (Sascha Stegemann)
26/10/23 UECL GS Lugano v Club Brugge (Ovidiu Alin Hațegan)
14/12/23 UECL GS Slovan Bratislava v Olimpija Ljubljana (Arda Kardeşler)


With the occasion, our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!

174 comments:

  1. Great work by Euro Soccer Referee, congratulations and thank you. I tried to interpret the numbers and I think 8/9 viewings is the average number, many are below some are above average. I would say that by far the most used observers are the Spanish, all with a high number of viewings, then Portuguese, Romanians, Swedes.
    10 matches : Clos, Vega, Borbalan, Vassaras, Ya'akov, Damato, Bozinovski, Kuipers, Irvine, Lopes Ferreira, Viorel,
    11 matches: Bernardino, Hauge, Cardoso
    12 matches: Carballo, Rosetti, Petrov
    14 matches: Ceferin

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  2. Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful Holiday and a Happy New Year

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  3. Shouldn't this atleast be VAR check?

    https://twitter.com/i/status/1739043583460618244.

    Besides that very ugly game with lenient Kardesler.

    You would expect that in match this magnitude but stats don't lie.

    45 fouls,7 bookings and plenty talking and gestures that can't be tolerated,I think that one Edin Dzeko protested 10 times atleast.

    After match both sides are complaining.

    Galata is saying they have been robbed by Kardesler,that clear penalty was no whistled and that whole Turkey is against them.

    Fener is saying that they create such image and they manipulate system.

    Anyway,their next match is on Friday,SuperCup.

    Interesting to see who handles that.

    I will not be surprised if we see some international name due to fact that venue of playing is in Saudi Arabia.

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    1. I have touched on this issue in my previous analyses of Turkish football. Today, we learned that the broadcaster does not send all the footage to the VAR room. Last year, it was revealed that some footage that was not broadcast on TV was sent to the president of Fenerbahçe via whatsapp by the former head of the referee committee. I am sure that the president of the club has the best camera footage of this position. This position happens at the penalty point and none of the 26 cameras can capture this position. This is unbelievable but I am not surprised anymore.

      The Football Federation (TFF) interviewed Turkish referee Serdar Gözübüyük for the Super Cup final. Gözübüyük wanted the VAR referees for the match from the Netherlands, but the TFF rejected it. Former referee Fırat Aydınus said that the referee for this match will be Abdülkadir Bitigen (all Aydınus' predictions so far have been correct).

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    2. Even if you are not convinced by the intention, the situation is at least careless striking and therefore certainly should lead to an OFR for a missed penalty.
      Then, the referee can still decide, whether it is VC for him or just the penalty.

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    3. This is very clear penalty. Evident mistake by VAR. As Philipp says, surely foul + careless so missed penalty by VAR. Impossible to find reasons to play on (ball was in play).

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    1. He decided to quit refereeing, so he is not a UEFA observer.

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  5. I really miss his style and ability, Skomina was an excellent referee

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  6. Anastásios Sidirópoulos (Kostarás, Dimitriádis; VAR Evangélou) in Al-Ittihad Jiddah v An-Nassr Riyadh in Saudi League.

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    1. Any game between the big 4 teams in Saudi League must be very tense. And difficult to officiate for the referees consequently.
      I was wondering if the Saudis care about what referees they receive. Is it the same thing for them if Marciniak or Turpin come to do the difficult job or if a low Elite or First Category Ref is sent? Or simply as long as the referee is not from Saudi it is alright for them? I guess that the Saudi FA makes a request to UEFA and ask for referees for some specific games and not directly to the National Federations. And then the Ref Com look at the table and decide how important the game is and select a referee, informing his country FA. This is purely my guess based on logics, I don't have any info about the process.

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  7. General question: Which female referees have officiated a Champions League match? How many did each officiate? I know that Frappart was the first one in 2020.

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    1. Frappart only has officiated in CL GS, she has 3 games

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    2. Oh thanks, and if we go one level down? Same question for Europa League (UEFA Cup)?

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    3. Kateryna Monzul handled a couple of Europa League GS matches 2-3 years ago (Gent - Slovan Liberec and Dinamo Zagreb - Rapid Wien) - and ftr she made a mess in both of them.

      She also was appointed to a Conference League game in its inaugural season (Copenhagen vs Lincoln Red Imps)

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  8. https://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/2023/12/27/news/orsato_arabia_arbitri_offerta_saudi_league-421759743/?ref=RHLF-BG-P16-S4-T1

    The most popular Italian referee was offered double his salary to move to the Saudi Pro league. With the guarantee of a future as a manager.

    Daniele Orsato requested by Saudi Arabia. According to Tuttosport, the Saudi Pro League - after the compulsive shopping of players, has decided to invest in the refereeing class. And they would like to take away from our Serie A the most representative referee who, despite his 48 years, is still among the most appreciated and known by our fans.

    Orsato has already refereed 5 matches in Arabia in 2023.
    In addition to a match in the top flight of the United Arab Emirates (Al-Ain-Al-Wahda), the referee from Veneto officiated five matches in Arabia in 2023: the first in January, the big match between Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal, the last one in September, when he was on the pitch for the match between Al-Ittihad and Al-Fateh.

    Double offer for Orsato: first as referee, then as manager.
    The Saudi Pro League offered to pay him double what he receives in Italy. Guaranteeing him two possibilities in 2024: if he no longer wanted to continue on the pitch, he could become the country's top referee manager, with a much higher salary than in Italy. It would be a setback for the Italian Referees Association, ready to welcome Orsato to the upper levels when he retires.

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  9. The referee for the Turkish Super Cup match has been determined.

    According to this, Abdulkadir Bitigen will officiate the Super Cup match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe.

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  10. FIFA referees for Belgium 2024

    Men's referees:
    The same 7 names as last season: Lothar D'Hondt, Erik Lambrechts, Jonathan Lardot, Bram Van Driessche, Nathan Verboomen, Jasper Vergoote and Lawrence Visser.

    Men's assistant referees:
    8 of 10 names are the same as last season.
    Nico Claes, Jo De Weirdt, Romain Devillers, Mathias Hillaert, Kevin Monteny, Thibaud Nijssen, Rien Vanyzere and Ruben Wyns
    The other 2 assistant referees from last season Yves De Neve and Florian Lemaire leave the list and are replaced by newcomers Quentin Lesceux and Martijn Tiesters.

    Video referees:
    Same 5 names as last season: Ella De Vries, Erik Lambrechts, Bram Van Driessche, Nathan Verboomen and Lawrence Visser

    Women referees:
    2 of 3 names remain on the list: Caroline Lanssens and Jana Van Laere. The other female referee (Viki De Cremer) has been removed from the list. No one replaces her on the list.

    Women assistant referees:
    2 of 4 names from last season remain on the list: Mélissa Lejear, Irmgard Van Meirvenne. The other 2 female assistant referees have been removed from the list (Ella De Vries and Joline Delcroix). There is 1 new assistant referee: Margot Jacobs.

    Men's indoor football:
    The same 4 names as last season: Yasin Alageyik, Jiri Bergs, Juan Boelen and Stefan Vrijens.

    Men's beach football:
    The same 3 names as last season: Mehdi Sayoud, Jordy Vermeire and Emmanuel Vocale.

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  11. KMIs from Sidirópoulos' game in Al-Ittihad v An-Nassr

    https://streamable.com/usc9dx

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  12. Wow, difficult moment for the VARs in Arsenal - West Ham, 14'. I guess that they could not find an image to prove that the ball was out and therefore the original decision was kept.

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    1. https://ibb.co/NK0Yh9P
      Indeed very unlucky situation for VAR, I think the picture on the left can alow us to say it was 99% out but the evidence is impossible due to the player covering the ball in the closer footage. They couldn't draw a conclusion, correct by VAR to support.

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    2. https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS_EN/status/1741070282700329121

      The ball was in.

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  13. Istvan Kovacs (Marinescu, Artene; VAR Feșnic) will handle the Al-Ahli vs Al-Khaleej game in Saudi Arabia today.

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    1. https://youtu.be/a8lkMP7qeGE?si=JKdqb6WL9Vd2SIuB

      A late but obvious penalty. Correctly spotted, it was a blatant kick.

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  14. BREAKING Galatasaray vs Fenerbahce cup final in Saudi Arabia cancelled 'as clubs refuse to play'

    The contest had been slated to take place on Friday night in Saudi Arabia. However, it has been reported that the two sides refused to play the game due to Saudi allegedly having requested to not allow the Turkish national anthem to be played prior to kick-off.

    Additionally, it has also been claimed that a banner of Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, was not allowed to be displayed in the ground.

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  15. OT:

    What do you guys think as a VAR and as a referee?

    https://streamable.com/hykbzv

    All opinions are highly appreciated🙏🏻

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    1. I think that it's not a penalty, attacker was already falling when I saw contact in legs. Not VAR stuff, regardless of decision in field

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    2. @ESTref Thank you for your opinion, what about the holding? Did you notice it?

      VAR called for OFR for persistent holding but the referee decided to play on.

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    3. Only the tackle wouldn't be enough for an OFR, but we have the holding., I think it is a very difficult situation, maybe live you can see the tackle but not exactly the holding, so I wouldn't be surprised about an OFR. Nevertheless, to me if we stay 100% to protocol, as ESTref said, this should be supported, also because referee made gesture. I think penalty is more expected decision because you have many elements, but play on still "acceptable". It can also depend on the discretion of referee, difficult to say 100% black or white.

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    4. Okay, double-checked it now, and the holding is looking like penalty :D

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  16. Danny Makkelie (Steegstra, Inia; VAR Dieperink) will handle the Ash-Shabab vs Al-Wahda game in Saudi Arabia today.

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  17. It's 2024 already in Spain, so happy new year to all fellow readers! 🥂

    (Hopefully with a great KO stage and EURO)

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  18. Wishing everybody a happy new year, I made a list of top-flight football fixtures to be played on first days of 2024.

    01/01
    21:00 Liverpool v Newcastle United (Anthony Taylor / Stuart Attwell)

    02/01
    17:00 Getafe v Rayo Vallecano (Jorge Figueroa Vázquez / Juan Martínez Munuera)
    19:15 Real Sociedad v Deportivo Alavés (Víctor García Verdura / Santiago Jaime Latre)
    20:30 West Ham United v Brighton & Hove Albion (Samuel Barrott / Robert Jones)
    21:00 Milan v Cagliari (Alessandro Prontera / Matteo Gariglio)
    21:30 Valencia v Villarreal (Jesús Gil Manzano / Valentín Pizarro Gómez)

    03/01
    17:00 Granada v Cádiz (Juan Luis Pulido Santana / Eduardo Prieto Iglesias)
    18:00 Atalanta v Sassuolo (Alberto Santoro / Marco Serra)
    19:15 Celta de Vigo v Real Betis (Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias / Santiago Jaime Latre)
    19:15 Real Madrid v Mallorca (Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz / Javier Iglesias Villanueva)
    20:45 Paris Saint-Germain v Toulouse (Hakim Ben El Hadj Salem / Benoît Millot)
    21:00 Roma v Cremonese (Luca Pairetto / Francesco Meraviglia)
    21:30 Girona v Atlético de Madrid (Alejandro José Hernández Hernández / Guillermo Cuadra Fernández)

    04/01
    17:00 Osasuna v Almería (César Soto Grado / Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos)
    19:15 Sevilla v Athletic Club (José María Sánchez Martínez / Carlos del Cerro Grande)
    21:00 Crystal Palace v Everton (Christopher Kavanagh / Craig Pawson)
    21:00 Juventus v Salernitana (Davide Ghersini / Gianluca Aureliano)
    21:30 Las Palmas v Barcelona (Pablo González Fuertes / Mario Melero López)

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  19. Some incidents from today's Liverpool vs Newcastle United:

    20' - Penalty for careless tackle; missed YC for DOGSO-attempt?
    https://streamable.com/ga01m2

    29' - PAI handball
    https://streamable.com/pyvh7z

    42' - Good advantage and no YC afterwards despite blatant SPA offence - correct according to the LotG but against common sense?
    https://streamable.com/sf390a

    45' - YC 7LIV for dissent
    https://streamable.com/d2kp5k

    45+1' - YC 67NEW for reckless tackle and dealing with mobbing
    https://streamable.com/jib21w

    45+5' - YC 33LIV for DtR
    https://streamable.com/r081rx

    73' - PAI kicking and goal for the other team
    https://streamable.com/zn6xdw

    84' - Penalty after GK's intervention, YC 1NEW for DOGSO-attempt
    https://streamable.com/s0ig4i

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    1. Firstly, thank you for your great work!
      About the penalty: Here we see the problem with VAR that cannot be solved. As long as there is contact, VAR won‘t intervene which generally might be reasonable but due to this VAR doesn‘t intervene in this case of a blatant „dive“ (not by the rulebook, since there was contact of course). The fact that Jota runs 2 or three steps without any impact on him and then embarrassingly goes to ground makes it clear that this is a clear case of cheating. Football has become a game where the team that cheats the best wins…

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    2. Jonas, absolutely right.
      A very clear simulation indeed in my opinion, attacker could decide to continue the action, this is very evident, but he opted for falling and then getting penalty with some delay because he was in doubt about what to do. The contact impedes VAR to intervene and you have this outcome...

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    3. 42' stopping the game and a YC is better than advantage and no yc here. Taylor lost control of the last few minutes of a half after this

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    4. I love this "2 or 3 more step" stuff. He took ONE more step. One. The first "step" (contact with ground) after the foul action was always going to occur as that right leg is in the air when the goalkeeper hits him. He then plants his left foot and then falls.

      But more to the point, I don't understand why we want to call this simulation. An attacker skillfully rounds the goalkeeper. The goalkeeper attempts a save and instead hits his opponent. It's an absolute empty net if Jota can stay on his feet and a certain goal. And we are going to put ourselves in the head of the attacker and...

      A) Determine that he must have preferred the penalty to the open net, therefore he had incentive to simulate AND

      B) Excuse the play of the goalkeeper who missed the ball and struck his opponent while punishing the attacker?

      We are our own worst enemies sometimes. This should always be a penalty. It's a penalty in any game that any of us referee without VAR. It should be the same at this level. VAR was not introduced to create more controversies than it solved, but here we are, I suppose.

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    5. Also,we have to say it that Taylor is having pretty mediocre and for his standards bad season.
      I repeat,for HIS STANDARDS.

      Too many controversies this season surounding him and too many matches that he loses control.

      Some crucial decisions were also wrong,resulting in one matchday demotion.

      We could say that he is living under his past glory,so he's still getting top matches as result of that.

      I dont know what has happened to him;maybe last year's EL Final trauma is still there or something else but for sure he has been mediocre this season.

      And ina match where Liverpool needs every point and we all know Newcastle and theie dark arts of football,we could all asume that it would be challenging match to handle as it was.

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  20. Hello. I created the world's biggest whistle test. I included every Acme, Fox 40 and Molten plus many others. If you are interested and want to compare whistles you can watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF2OUtj445s

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  21. i heard that the winter course for Elite referees will be held in Cyprus; do you confirm ? Do you know the list of the attendees ?

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  22. Two incidents from West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion

    02' - PAI kicking/tripping
    https://streamable.com/r4nmcu

    53' - PAI handball
    https://streamable.com/wleogj

    Especially the handball is very interesting, I think it should've been a penalty given the player's action is targeted only to block a pass and his supporting arm is widely outstretched at the moment of ball contact.

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    1. First one absolutely not a penalty for me, the attacker is searching for the contact. The second one should probably be considered correct by PL standards, but this is just another one of those that gets judged very differently in different countries, and in some this might even be VAR stuff.

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  23. https://www.fifa.com/technical/refereeing/international-referees
    Updated with 2024 lists

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  24. New male FIFA referees in other confederations:

    CONMEBOL:

    Robert Nicolás Cabrera Santos (ECU)
    Anthony Yamil Díaz Mora (ECU)
    Yerson Leodán Zambrano Zambrano (ECU)
    Nazareno José Arasa (ARG)
    Sebastián Alejandro Zunino (ARG)
    Javier Edgar Rebollo Miranda (BOL)
    Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima (BRA)
    Rafael Rodrigo Klein (BRA)
    Blas Antonio Romero (PAR)
    Rafael Trino Torres Orozco (VEN)
    Alejandro Andrés Velasquez Fernández (VEN)

    AFC:

    Ryan Nanda Saputra (IDN)
    Jianxin Du (CHN)
    Hong Wei Clarence Leoh (SGP)
    Ammar Abo Alo (SYR)
    Phyo Htet Aung (MYA)
    Mohammed Abdalla Ibrahim Al-Harmoodi (UAE)
    Abdullah Ali Ahmed Al-Aqar (YEM)
    Mohammed Abdulkarim Salama Ba-Saleh (YEM)
    Zaheer Hussain (MDV)
    Chun Kit Poon (HKG)
    Koji Takasaki (JPN)
    Senthulnathan Sekaran (IND)
    Mohamad Kamil Zakaria Ismail (MAS)
    Shanzhar Zhakypbekov (KGZ)
    Shyam Lal Danuwar (NEP)
    Jack Morgan (AUS)
    Ugyen Penyor (BHU)
    Ali Hussein Ali Doshi (IRQ)
    Mahmoud Al-Samalweh (JOR)
    Bodoin Edgard Ignace Maina Sambo (BRU)

    CONCACAF:

    Filip Dujic (CAN)
    Steven Madrigal Fallas (CRC)
    Jorge Iván Leira Estévez (PAN)
    Modesto Yoilier Hierrezuelo Hernández (CUB)
    Timothy Emmanuel Steven Derry (TRI)
    Nikolai Levi Darius Jamie Nyron (TRI)
    Jon Freemon (USA)
    Lukasz Szpala (USA)
    José Adricer Corporán Corporán (DOM)
    Cristhofer Daniel Corado Sarceno (GUA)
    Kendy Sylveus Benjamin (HAI)
    José Javier Valladares Canales (HON)
    Ricardo José Mendoza Benavídez (NCA)
    Félix Daniel Mojica Gutiérrez (NCA)
    Shekiel Byon Jokim (SUR)
    José Waldir García Menéndez (SLV)
    Hakeem Harvey (SKI)

    CAF:

    Willy Ngah (CMR)
    Shadrack Tanyi (CMR)
    Reginald Collins Amoah (GHA)
    Abdallah Jammeh (GAM)
    Josy Roselyn Mezui Abaa (GAB)
    Hicham Temsamani (MAR)
    Nelson Agostinho Da Silva (ANG)
    Ephrame Debele Kabeta (ETH)
    Thabang Ketsabile (BOT)
    Moemedi Thabologang (BOT)
    Rashid Mohamed Conte (SLE)
    Arima Mohamed Moustapha Akakpo (TOG)
    Kossi Fabrice Senyo (TOG)
    Tichaona Mbire (ZIM)
    Thabani Ruzario (ZIM)
    Gilson da Lima Costa Pereira (STP)
    Josefa Moreno Aurelio (STP)
    Yhanick Dilan Lopes Dos Santos (GNB)
    Leonidas Lenine Barbosa Da Graca (CPV)
    Kelvin Maina (KEN)
    Washington Dolo (LBR)
    Abdoulaye Diarra (MLI)
    Richard Kamate (MLI)
    Arnaud Razafimahatoha (MAD)
    Lominson Josianno Elivas Todihajaniaina (MAD)
    Patrick John Egba (NGA)
    Louis Mwamba Masangume (COD)
    Chola Chansa (ZAM)
    Service Neleko (CHA)
    Gerson Adolfo Mico Esono Angomo (EQG)
    Antimo Esono Esono Avomo (EQG)

    OFC:

    Torika Nasau Delai (FIJ)
    Benjamin Abraham (NZL)

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  25. Faghani is once again shown as Iranian and not Australian. Ben Abraham also referees in Australia and is named as a New Zealander so will be interesting to see if he will also referee in Asian competitons or if it will be just OFC

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    1. It seems that they are using a database with some old information, indeed for the referees who were already on FIFA list on a different position / nation, the original year of first appointment is reported. Just as example, Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni is now new international FIFA VAR for Italy, you can find him on the site but it is reported FIFA since 2011. This was the year when he became FIFA referee for the first time 13 years ago. So I think possible they can't highlight changes / new information by using this way of publishing FIFA listed officials. If they were already on FIFA list before, original information about them appears. And let me say, very uncomfortable site.

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    2. Yeah that's true. It's the same for Darren England who is said to have been a FIFA international since 2013 because he was formerly on the assistants panel

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    3. It labelled as 2023 FIFA referee list so it seems not updated for the new year. Is there a pdf or excel version ?

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  26. New UEFA assistant referees

    Male:

    Erind Burgu (ALB)
    Xhuljo Mani (ALB)
    Arbër Zalla (ALB)
    Quentin Lesceux (BEL)
    Martijn Tiesters (BEL)
    Andreas Fotopoulos (GRE)
    Yannick Mentz (LUX)
    Kevin Stammet (LUX)
    Ragnar Thór Bender (ISL)
    Christopher Rae (SCO)
    Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno (ESP)
    James Mainwaring (ENG)
    Christian De Casseres (FIN)
    Samu Koskinen (FIN)
    Martin Markus (DEN)
    Anton Gusev (BLR)
    Jógvan Breckmann (FRO)
    Amir Kadić (BIH)
    Stefan Tešanović (BIH)
    Tuval Rahamim Koltunoff (ISR)
    Carlos Miguel Braga Gonçalves (POR)
    Nelson Filipe Vila Pereira (POR)
    Luis Miguel Pinilla Acosta (AND)
    Marko Gojković (MNE)
    Vladislav Radenović (MNE)
    Alf Olav Rossland (NOR)
    Guillaume Maire (SUI)
    Benjamin Zürcher (SUI)
    Deniz Caner Özaral (TUR)
    Furkan Ürün (TUR)
    Rustam Mukhtarov (RUS)
    Andrey Obrazko (RUS)
    Gevorg Shakhkaldyan (ARM)
    Dusan Stofik (SVK)
    Ivan Janić (CRO)
    Benas Kikutis (LTU)
    Aleksandras Stepanovas (LTU)
    Nikola Borović (SRB)
    Attila Harmath (SRB)
    Milan Pašajlić (SRB)
    Lukáš Matoušek (CZE)
    Michal Volf (CZE)
    Alessio Berti (ITA)

    Female:

    Linda Thieme (GER)
    Jasmin Matysiak (GER)
    Margot Jacobs (BEL)
    Ashley Michelle De Haan (NED)
    Bérenguère Jourdain (FRA)
    Melissa Rossignol (FRA)
    Aleksandra Mostowska (POL)
    Iragartze Fernández Esesúmaga (ESP)
    Michelle Jane Portelli (WAL)
    Georgia Ball (ENG)
    Nicoleta-Ramona Bria (ENG)
    Sophie Dennington (ENG)
    Taru Tiensuu (FIN)
    Anna Kjaer Schmidt (DEN)
    Hanna Nalivaika (BLR)
    Valentina Zop (MDA)
    Sopo Tsulaia (GEO)
    Tomke Kathrin Poppen (NOR)
    Helle Reiten (NOR)
    Marilena Catalina Nan (ROU)
    Sadrine Gonçalves Santos (POR)
    Laetitia Sonia Nuara (SUI)
    Merve Turan (TUR)
    Irina Chechenina (RUS)
    Marijana Rajović (SRB)
    Stefania Genoveffa Signorelli (ITA)

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    1. Linda Thieme is another example for mixed nationality, because she origins from Germany, but moved to Austria in 2021, where she now referees in their women's Bundesliga. So she clearly was nominated by ÖFB (also not mentioned in DFB's statement).
      For the gossip column: She is in a relationship with German FIFA AR Marco Achmüller.

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  27. IFFHS RANKING 2023
    1. Marciniak
    2. Orsato
    3. Turpin
    4. Oliver
    5. Taylor
    6. Letexier
    7. Makkelie
    8. Roldan
    9. Gil Manzano
    10. Zwayer

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    1. While men's list is fully reasonable, IFFHS shows again the "competence" by awarding Frappart with the first place for women... well..they don't even mention why but they report indeed that Penso was the referee for Women's WC final. I could have accepted that in case of good performances by the French, but we wll remember her Women's WC.
      https://iffhs.com/posts/3294

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    2. In my opinion Lady Penso is stronger than the French, moreover, athletically it is not even comparable

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    3. Oliver and Taylor better than Makkelie? Letexier better than Gil Manzano? Not so sure. Also, only one non european ref?

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    4. Letexier is highly regarded by the UEFA committee, personally I prefer Jérémie Pignard. The ranking is meaningless to me, of the Europeans Nyberg is missing, if there is Letexier there must be Nyberg. The presence of so many Europeans is due to the lack of South Americans. Rapallini could be there after Nestor's retirement.

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  28. https://www.fifa.com/en/technical/refereeing/international-referees
    2024 list is out!!

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    1. And question to argentinians out here: where is Fernando Rapallini?

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    2. Thanks, do you know why? I thought he is one of the main men in Argentina and CONMEBOL

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    3. Okay, I think this is very wrong, age limit needs to be abolished, wherever it is still

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  29. Question:

    Referee played advantage after a clear DOGSO from goalkeeper outside penalty area. Ball went to the attackers teammate in front of an empty goal. He missed it!

    Should/Could VAR recommend an OFR or no?

    Where does it say in the protocol?

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    1. If the advantage is played and clearly visible by referee, then VAR shouldn't intervene because an assessment has been made regarding that foul. Even more because after advantage with DOGSO scenario outside the box in all cases a YC must follow, so the evaluation then concludes with that decision, in case.
      "Clever" (?) refereeing would suggest (but I'm not here to invite you to do that...) to wait the end of action without making any gesture, so in case of missed goal, going back to the infringment would be allowed and accepted by fans.

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  30. FA Cup, Palace v Everton, Kavanagh (VAR: Pawson). 79' Interesting RC after OFR for SFP. I'm very confident this would not have been given a month ago in England, and it's only because many examples over two matchweeks last month, with YCs being assessed as incorrect on tackles with raised studs, has this stricter line been taken. I expect this will be deemed an incorrect review and RC (by FA standards at least). Otherwise it marks a shift in how these tackles are assessed in England

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    1. Ridiculously bad VAR intervention from Craig Pawson. No force at all in the challenge, certainly not a clear and obvious error especially how the referee was 5 yards away and didn't even give a foul.

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    2. https://streamff.co/v/0IWVf4_5Y-
      Here the OFR. I think that thank to replays shown, we understand why VAR called referee (point of contact and studs up). These criteria fulfill the serious foul play, while one can discuss about the intensity. I praise this intervention, but knowing Premier League style of officiating, I think this wont be accepted.
      Also, I'm not convinced by Kavanagh, I don't understand why so long time, once seen the incident, and the red card showing procedure is definitely poor, in my opinion. I don't see a strong body language but rather a lost referee after having checked the incident at monitor.

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    3. @Chefren

      Everton have successfully appealed the red card, the ban has been rescinded.

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    4. Which is what I'm sure most thought would happen and almost all in England would deem the right outcome

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  31. OT: Rosetti was at the german referees trainings camp.

    https://fb.watch/pqDXXl7nRu/?mibextid=Nif5oz

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    1. They discussed more than an hour about handball, Rosetti said. Well, I can fully understand why, but let me say with only one lesson, it is simply impossible that he has changed the German minds about handballs. They have, as well as England, totally different ideas, and I think consistency is simply impossible. So, just circumstance words by Rosetti... even more impossible because we know that already inside UEFA we have the VAR "Elite" pool and then all the other VARs from different countries appointed in certain games, that decide about handballs according to their ideas. So I don't think there will be any result, this lesson with Rosetti was just sharing experience, but surely not for changing minds.

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  32. Lazio – Roma, Mercoledì 10/01 H.18.00
    Orsato
    Imperiale – Rossi L.
    Iv: Manganiello
    Var: Irrati
    Avar: Abbattista


    This was expected and obvious choice.

    Top ref in the world(with Marciniak) for one of the toughest matches in the world.

    With all what's at stake,both team's only chance for a trophy,problematic and temperamental players and managers and the fact that it's a derby, we will be in for a treat.

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  33. Chefren, referee for PAO-Olimpiakos?

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    1. https://www.newsit.gr/athlitika/kypello-elladas-oi-ksenoi-diaitites-gia-ta-ntermpi-panathinaikos-olympiakos-kai-aek-aris/3949727/

      Julien Weinberger, from the UEFA first category, has been appointed in the "eternal" derby, Panathinaikos - Olympiacos, while Matei Jug for AEK - Aris.

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  34. AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023

    12/01/24

    Group A
    QATAR - LEBANON
    REF: Alireza Faghani IRN
    AR1: Anton Shchetinin AUS
    AR2: Ashley Warwick Beecham AUS
    4OF: Ko Hyung-jin KOR
    VAR: Shaun Robert Evans AUS
    AVAR: Katherine Margaret Jacewicz AUS
    RAR: Yoon Jae-yeol KOR
    Assessor: Toru Kamikawa JPN

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    1. Do you have the list of the selected AFC referees like for CAF confederation cup ?

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  35. Today in Rome's derby, The first "Italian" OFR by Orsato after a veeeery long time (I really don't remember the last one, surely more than a year ago):
    https://streamable.com/nguybh
    Orsato missing it, it looks to me he didn't strive too much for watching this incident.

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    1. His last domestic OFR was in February last year (Bologna-Inter, offside interference)

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    2. Is it normal for AR to run to the halfway line? Isn't the 4th official enough to control benches? Who controls the players on the pitch during OFR in this case?

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  36. PINHEIRO João and MARIANI Maurizio at the pre-season training camp for Conmebol referees, which takes place between this Wednesday and next Saturday in Paraguay.

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    1. Thank you so much for this information!

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    2. Candidates for UEFA representative at Copa América?

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    3. Mariani to Copa America and Guida nothing (if Massa and Orsato to Euro)?

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    4. Pinheiro would make sense, but I don't see the point of having Mariani there. Already 42 this year, snubbed in favour of Guida of promotion, it certainly wouldn't be to gain any form of experience

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    5. @GO_REF Can you publish the whole list of the attendees at pre-season training camp for Conmebol referees, which takes place between this Wednesday and next Saturday in Paraguay ? Due to Rapallini and Sampaio's retirement I'm very interested to know on which men COMNEBOL is putting focus for next Olympics games and FIFA WC2026.

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    6. @f Wilton Sampaio is still on the FIFA list, it was just his younger brother Savio who retired and he wasn't really a candidate for anything. Argentina still have Facundo Tello and Darío Herrera.

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  37. Hot end of the game in Rome, three red cards shown by Orsato:
    https://streamable.com/4kxbya
    https://streamable.com/t1imy1

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    1. Missed atleast YC for Paredes.

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    2. What was the red card for Azmoun for? The slap only happens after he has received a red card?

      In addition, I cannot see a Roma match in which Mancini doesn't misbehave several times. Good that Orsato is doing something about this

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    3. Yep but he gave him RC when the match was over.

      He was doing his usual behaviour for whole match and did not stop for a second.

      Generally,Orsato led this game with his name,he is too big of a name to let thing get away so he allowed too much maybe and was not his usual self.

      Therefore,missed penalty that for him is big mistake,missed couple of YC's and we can see that his age and injury took away his athletic ability.

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  38. Can you share the names of the referees who are officiating the Spanish Super cup in Asia ? @Chefren any prediction for the ones of Italian supercup next week ?

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    1. Real Madrid CF - Club Atlético de Madrid
      REF: Javier Alberola Rojas
      AR1: Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno
      AR2: Teodoro Sobrino Magán
      4OF: Francisco José Hernández Maeso
      VAR: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias
      AVAR 1: Santiago Jaime Latre
      AVAR 2: Mario Melero López

      FC Barcelona - CA Osasuna
      REF: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz
      AR1: Eliana Fernández González
      AR2: Fabián Blanco Rodríguez
      4OF: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias
      VAR: Carlos del Cerro Grande
      AVAR 1: Valentín Pizarro Gómez
      AVAR 2: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

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    2. SF1 (Real Madrid - Atlético, yesterday):
      Javier Alberola Rojas - Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno, Teodoro Sobrino Magán - Francisco José Hernández Maeso
      [Eduardo Prieto Iglesias, Santiago Jaime Latre, Mario Melero López]

      SF2 (Barcelona - Osasuna, today):
      Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz - Eliana Fernández González, Fabián Blanco Rodríguez - Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias
      [Carlos del Cerro Grande, Valentín Pizarro Gómez, Francisco José Hernández Maeso]

      Last weekend the Copa del Rey Round of 32 was disputed an essentially every referee without a game was brought to Saudi. Considering this, it's 99% sure the final will be for Martínez Munuera.

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    3. And Rojas was his usual self this match.

      Total match control,surprised that match did not escalate but both teams were focused on playing football rather than injuring players.

      Match control-great.
      Disciplinary control-awful.

      Missed atleast 2 clear YC's(Carvajal and Morata).

      No matter the score,Morata with his obvious SPA and Carvajal with his persistent fouling deserved to be caution.

      And it's not just that,you can see in his style that he doesn't want to book players like his life depends on it,just like Doveri.

      He is very lucky that both teams behavedlike it was friendly match.

      If there was someone like Ramos,Godin or Raul .Garcia he would be in huge problems.

      But Madrid derbies are not that feisty and dirty anymore,just like El Clasico.

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  39. Asian Nations Cup 2024 - Qatar
    Groups

    Qatar - Lebanon

    Referee: Faghani Alireza (IRN)
    Assistant Referee 1: Anton Shchetinin (AUS)
    Assistant Referee 2: Ashley Warwick Beecham (AUS)
    Fourth Official: Ko HyungJin (KOR)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Yoon Jaeyeol (KOR)
    Video Assistant Referee: Evans Shaun Robert (AUS)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jacewicz Katherine Margaret (AUS)
    Referee Assessor : Kamikawa Toru (JPN)



    Australia - India

    Referee: Yamashita Yoshimi (JPN)
    Assistant Referee 1: Bozono Makoto (JPN)
    Assistant Referee 2: Teshirogi Naomi (JPN)
    Fourth Official: Araki Yusuke (JPN)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Mihara Jun (JPN)
    Video Assistant Referee: Kimura Hiroyuki (JPN)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Iida Jumpei (JPN)
    Referee Assessor : Chia Eng Wah John (SGP)


    China - Tajikistan

    Referee: Mohammed Khled S Al Hoish (KSA)
    Assistant Referee 1: Alshammari Khalaf Zaid M (KSA)
    Assistant Referee 2: Yasir Abdullah S Alsultan (KSA)
    Fourth Official: Muhammad Nazmi Bin Nasaruddin (MAS)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: YMohamad Zairul Bin Khalil Tan (MAS)
    Video Assistant Referee: EKhalid Saleh H Alturais (KSA)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: JAbdullah M Jamali (KUW)
    Referee Assessor : Ismail Adnan Ismail Alhafi (JOR)


    Uzbekistan - Syria

    Referee: Ahmed Abu Bakar Said Al Kaf (OMA)
    Assistant Referee 1: Al-Amri Abu Bakar Salim Mahad (OMA)
    Assistant Referee 2: Rashid Hamed Ali Al Ghaithi (OMA)
    Fourth Official: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (IRQ)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Watheq Mdallal Obaid Al-Swaiedi (IRQ)
    Video Assistant Referee: Khamis Mohammed S A Al-Marri (QAT)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi (QAT)
    Referee Assessor : Cheung Yim Yau (HKG)

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  40. Any knowledge of the dates for the winter course for UEFA, For Elite and 1st catagory referees?

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  41. Afcon 2024
    Ivory coast guinee bisao
    Referee: Amin Omar (EGY)
    Assistant Referee 1: Mahmoud A bourgel (EGY)
    Assistant Referee 2: AHMED TAHA (EGY)
    Fourth Official: Mohame Maarouf (EGY)
    Video Assistant : mahmoud Ashor (EGY)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mahmoud Zakaria El banna (EGY)
    Referee Assessor : YAHYA HADQA (MAR)

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    1. Thank you! Please keep posting appointments for next games as CAF don't publish them anywhere.

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    2. RAR: Diana Chikotesha ZAM

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  42. OT

    Halil Umut Meler is back

    14.01.2024
    TFF Super league
    Istanbulspor-Konyaspor

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  43. Replies
    1. It is, as far as I know :)

      Until European KO stages begin next month we can 'only' talk about domestic competitions/AFCON/Asian Cup

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  44. Very good start of the Asian Cup by Alireza Faghani. All key match incidents assessed correctly, all cards correct, no mandatory cards missed. Given also his experience, he must be one of the favourites to handle the final.

    KMIs
    06' - Goal QAT disallowed for offside (AR1)
    12' - PAI QAT; fair physical challenge
    36' - PAI QAT: handball; blocking a shot but very close to body, correct play-on
    45' - Goal QAT: potential foul in the APP; it was rather a defender running back into an attacker and therefore natural collision and not a foul in attack
    56' - Goal QAT; good onside (AR2)
    88' - PAI QAT; fair physical challenge

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    1. Great ali he deserve the final
      I hope plotics don't interfere

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    2. Alireza faghani deserved the final if iran and Australia and Saudi Arabia not reached the final

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  45. Africa Cup of Nations 2023 Ivory Coast
    Groups

    Ivory Coast - Guinea-Bissau

    Referee: Amin Mohamed Omar (EGY)
    Assistant Referee 1: Mahmoud Ahmed Kamedl Abouregal (EGY)
    Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Hossameldin Taha Ibrahim (EGY)
    Fourth Official: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour(EGY)
    Reserve Assistant Referee:
    Video Assistant Referee: Mahmoud Mohamed Ashour H. (EGY)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mahmoud Zakaria M. Elbana (EGY)
    Referee Assessor : Yahya Hadqa (MAR)


    Nigeria - Equatorial Guinea

    Referee: Abongile Tom (RSA)
    Assistant Referee 1: Souru Phatsoane (LES)
    Assistant Referee 2: Liban Abdoulrazack (DJI)
    Fourth Official: Weyesa Bamlak Tessema (ETH)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: DDiana Chicotesha (ZAM)
    Video Assistant Referee: Benbraham Lahlou (ALG)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rivet Maria Pakuita Cinquela (MRI)



    Egypt - Mozambique

    Referee: Beida Dahane (MTN)
    Assistant Referee 1: Dimbiniaina Andriatianarivelo (MAD)
    Assistant Referee 2: Ahonto Koffi Jonathan (TOG)
    Fourth Official: Bouh Abdel Aziz (MTN)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Ditsoga Boris Marlaise (GAB)
    Video Assistant Referee: Kamaku Peter Waweru (KEN)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Guirat Haythem (TUN)


    Ghana - Cape Verde

    Referee: Ndala Ngambo Jean-Jacques (COD)
    Assistant Referee 1: Elvis Guy Nguengoue Noupue (CMR)
    Assistant Referee 2: Dos Reis Monte Negro Abelmiro (STP)
    Fourth Official: Heerallal Ahmed Imtehaz (MRI)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Ditsoga Boris Marlaise (GAB)
    Video Assistant Referee: Ghorbal Mustapha (ALG)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mokrane Gourari (ALG)

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  46. Asian Nations Cup 2024 - Qatar
    Groups


    Japan - Viet Nam


    Referee: Kim Jong Hyeok (KOR)
    Assistant Referee 1: Yoon Jaeyeol (KOR)
    Assistant Referee 2: Park Sangjun (KOR)
    Fourth Official: Mooud Bonyadifard (IRN)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Saeid Ghasemi (IRN)
    Video Assistant Referee: Kim Heegon (KOR)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: JKo HyungJin (KOR)
    Referee Assessor : Abdullaev Farkhad (UZB)


    United Arab Emirates - Hong Kong


    Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (SGP)
    Assistant Referee 1: Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Ronnie Gu Minjie) (SGP)
    Assistant Referee 2: Abdul Hannan Bin Abdul Hasim (SGP)
    Fourth Official: Ahmad Kh Y Y A Alali (KUW)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Abdulhadi M O A B Alanezi (KUW)
    Video Assistant Referee: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (THA)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jacewicz Katherine Margaret (AUS)
    Referee Assessor : Abdulrahman Mohammed A M Hussain (QAT)


    Iran - Palestine

    Referee: Abdulrahman Ibrahim Y J Al-Jassim (QAT)
    Assistant Referee 1: Taleb Salem H A Al-Marri (QAT)
    Assistant Referee 2: Saoud Ahmed S A Almaqaleh (QAT)
    Fourth Official: Hanna Hattab (SYR)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Ali Ahmad (SYR)
    Video Assistant Referee: Abdulla Ali A A Al-Marri (QAT)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Khamis Mohammed S A Al-Marri (QAT)
    Referee Assessor :Saad K M Alfadhli (KUW)

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  47. A tricky offside incident that occured in the Celta de Vigo v Real Betis game last week. Celta player was deemed offside by AR1 but he wasn't. The ball was not played by him but by Betis player. Then, the ball reached another Celta player who was in an offside position at the moment of the initial pass. VAR had hard time to decide: deliberate play by defender or not? Of course, it was deliberate but rather not according to current interpretation. Fortunately for all (beside Celta), the defender was kicked and therefore the goal was disallowed for that offence. Otherwise, it would've been a big discussion about the current interpretation, I think.

    https://we.tl/t-3XI0KStyBL

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    1. I think that in the spirit of the game yu can consider the action by defender, that is surely deliberate, as a save, so even if deliberate action, still offside after that. Going for deliberate play and then allowing the goal would have been indded impossible to accept, good that extra stuff happned to make then a certain assessment here!

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  48. Yoshimi Yamashita delivered another good performance at AFC Asian Cup in AUSIND. Correctly assessed key match incidents, the only YC for reckless step on foot by 24IND in 90+4'. Perhaps it could've been issued two minutes earlier for a reckless challenge by 5IND as rising frustration of India players was visible for some minutes but nothing more than that.

    KMIs:
    09', 35', 86', 90' - minor PAIs AUS, not enough for a penalty
    42' - PAI AUS: head collision; immediate reaction to allow medical treatment, although we often see 'head fouls' not whistled, there is no foul in this incident, just bad luck

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  49. Asian Nations Cup 2024 - Qatar
    Groups

    Korea Republic - Bahrain

    Referee: Ma Ning (CHN)
    Assistant Referee 1: Zhou Fei (CHN)
    Assistant Referee 2: Zhang Cheng (CHN)
    Fourth Official: Araki Yusuke (JPN)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Takagi Takumi (JPN)
    Video Assistant Referee: Fu Ming (CHN)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Hanna Hattab (SYR)
    Referee Assessor : Chia Eng Wah John (SGP)


    Indonesia - Iraq


    Referee: Tantashev Ilgiz (UZB)
    Assistant Referee 1: Tsapenko Andrey (UZB)
    Assistant Referee 2: Gaynullin Timur (UZB)
    Fourth Official: Gulmurodi Sadullo (TJK)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Nakarit Rawut (THA)
    Video Assistant Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi (QAT)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (THA)
    Referee Assessor : Cheung Yim Yau (HKG)


    Malaysia - Jordan

    Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (UAE)
    Assistant Referee 1: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef Abdulla Alhammadi (UAE)
    Assistant Referee 2: Hasan Mohamed Hasan Abdulla Almahri (UAE)
    Fourth Official: Mohammed Khled S Al Hoish (KSA)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Alshammari Khalaf Zaid M (KSA)
    Video Assistant Referee: Omar Mohamed Ahmed Hassan Alali (UAE)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Adel Ali Ahmed Khamis Alnaqbi (UAE)
    Referee Assessor : Kamikawa Toru (JPN)

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  50. Africa Cup of Nations 2023 Ivory Coast
    Groups
    Senegal - Gambia
    Referee: Jiyed Redouane (MAR)
    Assistant Referee 1: Azgaou Lahsen (MAR)
    Assistant Referee 2: Akarkad Mostafa (MAR)
    Fourth Official: Karboubi Bouchra (MAR)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Abbes Akram Zerhouni (ALG)
    Video Assistant Referee: Guezzaz Samir (MAR)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ibrahim Abdallah Mohamed (SDN)
    Referee Assessor : Haimoudi Djamel (ALG)
    Cameroon - Guinea
    Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz A. Ibrahim (LBY)
    Assistant Referee 1: Hassani Khali (TUN)
    Assistant Referee 2: Amsaaed Attia M. Essa (LBY)
    Fourth Official: Gamouh Youcef (ALG)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Abbes Akram Zerhouni (ALG)
    Video Assistant Referee: Mahmoud Mohamed Ashour H. (EGY)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mahmoud Zakaria M. Elbana (EGY)
    Algeria - Angola
    Referee: Sy Issa (SEN)
    Assistant Referee 1: Camara Djibril (SEN)
    Assistant Referee 2: Bangoura Nouha (SEN)
    Fourth Official: Uwikunda Samuel (RWA)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Ayimavo Ulrich Eric (BEN)
    Video Assistant Referee: Atcho Pierre Ghislain (GAB)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Carine Atezambong (CMR)

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  51. CHNTJK

    KMIs
    81' - [OFR] Goal CHN disallowed for offside-interference
    90+4' - YC 22TJK for reckless use of arm; one can argue it was deliberate and therefore VC

    The game was more challenging than the first two easy-going clashes. I think the offside call is correct but maybe not every VAR would've called the referee. Al-Huwaish was well respected throughout. All cards correct but not cautioning 5CHN for three late SPA-like offences was poor (6', 31', 67'). Maybe too much tolerance for DtR by Chinese late in the game. Good performance.

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    1. Clip for the disallowed goal:
      https://www.streambug.io/cv/400e6a

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    2. Fully correct decision and impossible from the field. Keeper has reduced space to make his movement with player in offside making even contact with him, nothing to add. That's excellent presentation for using VAR in difficult cases!

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  52. Small review of the AFCON opening game (Ivory Coast vs. Guinea-Bissau) handled by Mohamed Amin Omar. Overall it was a good performance by the Egyptian imo.

    https://www.streambug.io/cv/4dfe11

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    1. Looks like a very good performance to me!
      Some remarks.
      Great advantage in 29', most of referees, hurry to issue YC for that challenge, would have stopped game!
      41'is a good NO PENALTY decision for me, even more in real pace, I don't have the perception of a foul by defender. A tricky situation in which a penalty call would have been wrong.
      The rest of cards, fully correct decisions for me...

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  53. Brilliant Performance by Egyptian, Totally acceptable by the players, Very Athletic referee .. BRAVO

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  54. UZBSYR

    KMIs
    41' - PAI UZB: pushing; one can deem it as foul but not clear and obvious for VAR to get involved
    77' - Goal SYR disallowed for offside (AR2)
    84' - PAI SYR: handball; no handball at all

    Alertness and prevention were key to keep control in this hot clash with both teams playing in a physical and often provocative manner (especially Syria as we know them). Al-Kaf was a very good choice for this game and he delivered a very good performance. He didn't shot out his munition after studs-up challenge by 5UZB (5'), studs-up tackle by 21SYR (8') and provocation by 24SYR (22'). Instead, a rather soft YC to 25SYR for impeding was issued for management purpose (31'). The second half was calmer in general: mandatory YC to 25UZB for reckless tackle was shown in 54'. On several occasions, Syria players exuberantly protested Al-Kaf's calls or provoked conflicts with opponents but the referee was very alert to such type of behaviours and maintained confident and calm while warning the players.

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  55. JPNVIE

    KMIs
    44', 85' - potential fouls (tripping and kicking respectively) before JPN's second and fourth goal; no replay of the first incident and typical football collision in the second case

    Easy-going game for Kim Jong-hyeok. The only mandatory YC was issued to 2JPN for SPA/reckless tackle in 31' and 25VIE warned after late kick in 62'. The Korean allowed some physical duels in the second half but it was OK as the players were focused on playing football. Not much more to report.

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  56. Africa Cup of Nations 2023 Ivory Coast
    Groups
    Burkina Faso - Mauritania
    Referee: Jayed Jalal (MAR)
    Assistant Referee 1: Brinzi Zakaria (MAR)
    Assistant Referee 2: Arsenio Chadreque Maringule (MOZ)
    Fourth Official: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (BEN)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Ayimavo Ulrich Eric (BEN)
    Video Assistant Referee: Guirat Haythem (TUN)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Diana Chicotesha (ZAM)
    Tunisia - Namibia
    Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (SOM)
    Assistant Referee 1: Gilbert Cheriyot (KEN)
    Assistant Referee 2: Yiembe Stephen (KEN)
    Fourth Official: Mebiame Patrice Tanguy (GAB)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Lopes Ivanildo Oliveira (ANG)
    Video Assistant Referee: Laryea Daniel Nii Ayii (GHA)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Heerallal Ahmed Imtehaz (MRI)
    Mali - South Africa
    Referee: Mohamed Adel Elsaid Hussien (EGY)
    Assistant Referee 1: Mahmoud Ahmed Kamedl Abouregal (EGY)
    Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Hossameldin Taha Ibrahim (EGY)
    Fourth Official: Amin Mohamed Omar (EGY)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Lopes Ivanildo Oliveira (ANG)
    Video Assistant Referee: Benbraham Lahlou (ALG)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mukansanga Salima Rhadia (RWA)

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  57. Asian Nations Cup 2024 - Qatar
    Groups

    Thailand - Kyrgyzstan

    Referee: Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh (JOR)
    Assistant Referee 1: Mohammad Mustafa Hassan Alkalaf (JOR)
    Assistant Referee 2: Ahmad Moannes Nadi Alroalle (JOR)
    Fourth Official: Kim Heegon (KOR)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Kim Kyoung Min (KOR)
    Video Assistant Referee: Adel Ali Ahmed Khamis Alnaqbi (UAE)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Hasan Mohamed Hasan Abdulla Almahri (UAE)
    Referee Assessor : Abdulrahman Mohammed A M Hussain (QAT)


    Saudi Arabia - Oman

    Referee: Evans Shaun Robert (AUS)
    Assistant Referee 1: Anton Shchetinin (AUS)
    Assistant Referee 2: Ashley Warwick Beecham (AUS)
    Fourth Official: Abdullah M M H M H Jamali (KUW)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Ahmad S H M Abbas (KUW)
    Video Assistant Referee: Jacewicz Katherine Margaret (AUS)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Iida Jumpei (JPN)
    Referee Assessor : Ismail Adnan Ismail Alhafi (JOR)

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  58. UAEHKG

    KMIs
    20' - PAI UAE: step on foot; inconclusive replays
    31' - [OFR] Penalty awarded to UAE for handball and YC 3HKG; unnatural hand position while blocking a shot
    47' - PAI UAE: kicking; more collision than anything else, no impact on play, negligible contact
    62' - PAI UAE: tripping; penalty could be given but most likely referee and VAR assessed the attacking player created the contact
    72' - [OFR] PAI UAE: tackle - no penalty call confirmed after OFR; the referee again assessed that the attacking player looked for penalty but given the images presented by VAR it's difficult to explain why penalty was not awarded at the end...
    90+1' - No card 9HKG after high leg challenge; at least YC should've been issued but also a strong case for SFP
    90+2' - [OFR] Penalty awarded to UAE for kicking; AR1 should be able to help in real time
    90+11' - [VAR] Goal HKG disallowed for handball of the goal scorer
    90+14' - PAI HKG: pushing/charging; not enough for penalty

    A very challenging game for Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari bin Jahari. Many key match incidents to assess for him but at the end and unconvincing impression as almost every big call had to be made with VAR involvement.

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    1. Here are the four interventions in this game:

      1) https://www.streambug.io/cv/864d16

      2) https://www.streambug.io/cv/1d92bf

      3) https://www.streambug.io/cv/12a82e

      4) https://www.streambug.io/cv/f98a88

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    2. What a poor officiating, definitely! I expected more from the Singapore referee. Quite shocked about some decisions but more important than that, missed alertness. I think you can't blame him only regarding last OFR, difficult to see the control by arm and correct VAR intervention, but the previous three incidents... ohh!
      First OFR: referee totally unaware, missed incident, no reaction at all, too long time at monitor (my opinion of course).
      Second OFR: OK you don't give penalty for keeper late attempt, this one was at referee's discretion and I agree not a clear one, but the second, definitely a clear penalty. Incredible to play on after having rewatched it, I think his argument here was that attacker was already falling down due to his movement, when he got the contact by defender's tackle. True, but this doesn't change reality, that's absolutely perceived as very clear penalty, if you ask me, by all people. This is sophisticated officiating, making a second assessment when you have already in front of your eyes the easy and correct solution... no need to go frame by frame here.
      Third OFR: sorry to say and I didn't want to use such harsh words, but an AR who doesn't see that so close, must be removed from a so big tournament, I can't find explanation, extremely low level of refereeing.

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  59. Interesting caveat of the OFR conducted to disallow a goal for active offside in Ghana vs. Cape Verde is that you can hear what Jean-Jacques Ndala was saying to VAR Mustapha Ghorbal in the review area. The correct decision was reached after the intervention; offside, no goal. To be honest, between Ndala and the (WC-)experienced linesman Noupué this should have been solved without the need for VAR, and one would guess that more blame would be with the referee here.

    Clip:
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    1. No way you can blame the referee here. The job of detecting an offside play is for the assistant. I can't understand how you are putting this on the referee

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    2. It is interesting to hear referee, I'm not sure I got exactly what he said a few before the end of OFR? He was convinced keeper would have had time to see the ball.
      About the situation, my opinion is that, even if the attacker is exactly right in front of keeper (camera is very clear), I would argue about this call. I know there is a certain tolerance when the shot is from very far away and there is considerable space between the keeper and the attacker. OK, ball was hidden at the moment of the shot, but this is not a very black or white situation, if you ask me. Enormous free space could lead us to further considerations, nevertheless, I still think it is difficult for both referee and the officials on the pitch to see that. Extremely hard for AR because attacker is not close to keeper, as I said, and for this reason, he can't detect exactly that he is right in front, the point of view of referee would have been more suitable for field assessment in this case, but still not easy.

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  60. Asian Nations Cup 2024 - Qatar
    Groups

    Lebanon - China

    Referee: Ko HyungJin (KOR)
    Assistant Referee 1: Park Sangjun (KOR)
    Assistant Referee 2: Kim Kyoung Min (KOR)
    Fourth Official: Tantashev Ilgiz (UZB)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Tsapenko Andrey (UZB)
    Video Assistant Referee: Kim Jong Hyeok (KOR)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kim Heegon (KOR)
    Referee Assessor : Cheung Yim Yau (HKG)

    Tajikistan - Qatar

    Referee: Kimura Hiroyuki (JPN)
    Assistant Referee 1: Mihara Jun (JPN)
    Assistant Referee 2: Takagi Takumi (JPN)
    Fourth Official: Yamashita Yoshimi (JPN)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Teshirogi Naomi (JPN)
    Video Assistant Referee: Iida Jumpei (JPN)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Araki Yusuke (JPN)
    Referee Assessor : Saad K M Alfadhli (KUW)

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  61. Africa Cup of Nations 2023 Ivory Coast
    Groups

    Morocco - Tanzania

    Referee: Alhadji Allaou Mahamat (CHA)
    Assistant Referee 1: Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (ANG)
    Assistant Referee 2: Tiama Seydou (BFA)
    Fourth Official: Traore Boubou (MLI)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Samake Modibo (MLI)
    Video Assistant Referee: Mahmoud Mohamed Ashour (EGY)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rivet Maria Pakuita Cinquela (MRI)

    Congo - Zambia
    Referee: Weyesa Bamlak Tessema (ETH)
    Assistant Referee 1: Liban Abdoulrazack (DJI)
    Assistant Referee 2: Nouho Ouattara (CIV)
    Fourth Official: Ndabihawenimana Pacifique (BDI)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Samake Modibo (MLI)
    Video Assistant Referee: Beida Dahane (MTN)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Akhona Zennith Makalima (RSA)

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  62. IRNPLE

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    10' - YC 15PLE for reckless kick; the force is very high and the kick not so close to the ball, difficult to assess if intentional or not but something one can discuss about
    22' - PAI IRN holding; stupid by defender no impact on the attacking player
    39' - Missed 2YC 15PLE for (at least) reckless step on heel
    67' - PAI IRN: pushing; not enough or even nothing there
    68' - PAI PLE: pushing/holding; no replay
    71' - PAI IRN: handball; the arm is rather close to the body but a replay showing a real impact on the shot is missing
    80' - YC 2PLE for reckless step on heel; decision most likely came after VAR advice; again it's something more than YC but maybe not 100% RC for everyone
    90+2' - [OFR] RC 5PLE for DOGSO downgraded to YC for SPA after OFR; I agree with VAR interpretation but also understandable initial decision by Al-Jassim - making a 'screenshot' at the moment of the offence pointed to DOGSO but the direction the ball was played by the attacking player made defender being able to intervene

    Challenging game for Al-Jassim. Palestine players did everything to make the game a hard time for their opponents. All cautions were mandatory and overall dealing with PLE rough way of play was decent but two-three more YCs could/should have been issued (31' - reckless kick by 10PLE, 39' - (at least) reckless step on heel by already cautioned 15PLE, 81' - studs up challenge by 6PLE). Although the Qatari had two key match errors, they didn't impact the result and I don't think it's enough to refuse this performance given that overall he was good in a challenging scenario.

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  63. KORBHR

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    34', 49' - Possible 2YCs 2KOR; after being cautioned in 28' for SPA, the player committed further two SPA-like fouls; while the holding in 34' is still no clear SPA, the second offence is more problematic but maybe also the caution was not 100% mandatory
    36' - PAI KOR: holding; no conclusive replay
    38' - Possible 2YC 5KOR for reckless use of arm; quite accidental but also with a strong elbow contact with an opponent's head.
    68' - Goal KOR; VAR had to determine whether the ball crossed the touchline before - no replays were shown
    90+4' - PAI KOR: YC 7KOR for simulation; great call!

    Challenging game for Ma Ning given that both teams were not afraid of committing cautionable offences. However, disciplinary control was not consistent at all. While all cards issued were mandatory, there were several other cases when caution (or at least strong reaction) was missing, the most obvious being: 13' - mobbing by 7BHR, 46' - reckless cynical kick by 4BHR, 84' - charging against face, 90+5' - reckless step on foot by 6BHR, 90+7' - SPA by 16KOR. The same could be said about technical accuracy: some good spots but also some astonishing misses. The most important thing is that the Chinese has no feeling when to jump in / stamp his authority / use stronger action and therefore really lacks in alertness and prevention. Surely too chaotic and shaky impression for refereeing analysts but perhaps nothing too big to catch general attention.

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  64. Asian Nations Cup 2024 - Qatar
    Groups
    Syria - Australia
    Referee: Adel Ali Ahmed Khamis Alnaqbi (UAE)
    Assistant Referee 1: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef Abdulla Alhammadi (UAE)
    Assistant Referee 2: Hasan Mohamed Hasan Abdulla Almahri (UAE)
    Fourth Official: Mooud Bonyadifard (IRN)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Ildorom Alireza (IRN)
    Video Assistant Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (UAE)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Abdulla Ali A A Al-Marri (QAT)
    Referee Assessor : Kamikawa Toru (JPN)
    India - Uzbekistan
    Referee: Fu Ming (CHN)
    Assistant Referee 1: Zhou Fei (CHN)
    Assistant Referee 2: Zhang Cheng (CHN)
    Fourth Official: Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh (JOR)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Mohammad Mustafa Hassan Alkalaf (JOR)
    Video Assistant Referee: Omar Mohamed Ahmed Hassan Alali (UAE)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Araki Yusuke (JPN)
    Referee Assessor : Chia Eng Wah John (SGP)
    Palestine - United Arab Emirates
    Referee: Ahmad Kh Y Y A Alali (KUW)
    Assistant Referee 1: Abdulhadi M O A B Alanezi (KUW)
    Assistant Referee 2: Ahmad S H M Abbas (KUW)
    Fourth Official: Ahmed Abu Bakar Said Al Kaf (OMA)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Al-Amri Abu Bakar Salim Mahad (OMA)
    Video Assistant Referee: Abdulrahman Ibrahim Y J Al-Jassim (QAT)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Abdullah M Jamali (KUW)
    Referee Assessor : Ismail Adnan Ismail Alhafi (JOR)

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  65. Africa Cup of Nations 2023 Ivory Coast
    Groups
    Equatorial Guinea - Guinea-Bissau
    Referee: Uwikunda Samuel (RWA)
    Assistant Referee 1: Dimbiniaina Andriatianarivelo (MAD)
    Assistant Referee 2: Ahonto Koffi Jonathan (TOG)
    Fourth Official: Heerallal Ahmed Imtehaz (MRI)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Steven Danek Moyo Moutsassi (CGO)
    Video Assistant Referee: Guirat Haythem (TUN)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kamaku Peter Waweru (KEN)
    Ivory Coast - Nigeria
    Referee: Ghorbal Mustapha (ALG)
    Assistant Referee 1: Abbes Akram Zerhouni (ALG)
    Assistant Referee 2: Bangoura Nouha (SEN)
    Fourth Official: Ndala Ngambo Jean-Jacques (COD)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Steven Danek Moyo Moutsassi (CGO)
    Video Assistant Referee: Benbraham Lahlou (ALG)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mokrane Gourari (ALG)
    Egypt - Ghana
    Referee: Atcho Pierre Ghislain (GAB)
    Assistant Referee 1: Ditsoga Boris Marlaise (GAB)
    Assistant Referee 2: Carine Atezambong (CMR)
    Fourth Official: Mebiame Patrice Tanguy (GAB)
    Reserve Assistant Referee: Ngoh Adou Hermann (CIV)
    Video Assistant Referee: Sy Issa (SEN)
    Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Abongile Tom (RSA)

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  66. It seems a technical mistake from Shuan Evans in Saudi Arabia-Oman. Despite the fact that the last score of Saudi was regular, he cancelled it after VAR review, re started the game and interrupted it again to validate the score. What happened ? How do you comment it ?

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    1. I think he just made a mess by bad choice of gestures after OFR. He decided to show an IDFK sign for offside, then denying gesture to communicate there was no offside and pointed to the middle signalling a goal. Players interpreted this all as offside decision being confirmed.

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    2. Video:
      https://streamable.com/hit0i5
      Indeed it was like Euro Soccer Referee explained.
      Unnecessary gesture by Australian referee, he made the offside gesture then adding "no" after that, like when you rescind or change a RC/ YC after OFR. This was never seen before and can just create confusion, he should have only indicated the goal after the intervention. Maybe in Australian league they use to make gestures in this way when they change an offside decision.
      Also, clear the reason why AR2 made a mistake, too late in reacting after corner kick and contrary movement when having to make decisive assessment.

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  67. IDNIRQ

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    45+7' - Goal IRQ; VAR had to determine whether one of the attacking players touched the ball passed the ball centred into the penalty area in the APP - such touch would result in an offside offence; goal allowed, no touch detected
    50' - Goal IRQ disallowed for offside (AR2); good spot!

    The game didn't bring many challenges for the Uzbeki crew. Tantashev made a good start with an early caution for clear SPA in 2' but then turned his usual lenient mode on. A pity he didn't react stronger to one of IDN fouls between 62' and 65' (all three offences could/should have led to a player being cautioned - 7IDN for reckless stamp (62'), 8IDN for reckless cynical tackle (64') and 2IDN for scratch against heel from behind (65')). In 72', huge blackout in cooperation between AR2 and Ref - offside signalled after corner kick and play by defending player. Two frustration fouls by IDN players during the added time resulted in mandatory YC to 23IDN for reckless tackle (90+5') and no sanction to 15IDN for cynical/reckless challenge (90+7'). Whenever I see Tantashev his biggest goal is to make the game flow sacrificing disciplinary control. Similarly to Ma Ning - not my cup of tea.

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  68. Anyone saw QAT's first goal in TJKQAT? What's your opinion about referee's position?

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    1. Very eventful game for Kimura/Iida, besides the incident of Qatari 1st goal:

      1) 33' OFR for a potential PK for Qatar. Final decision was defensive FK for Tajikistan for previous holding by Qatari attacker, but also a YC to TJK5 for illegal use of arms.

      2) 45' YC for QAT20 for a reckless challenge. Quite hard tackle, borderline RC, no VAR intervention.

      3) 81' RC for TJK13 for VC after OFR. Kicked an opponent in the face while on the ground after being fouled.

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  69. MASJOR

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    10' - PAI MAS: potential YC 12MAS for simulation
    12' - Goal JOR: possible foul in APP; no replay
    13' - [OFR] Offside call by AR2 changed to penalty in favour of JOR; contrary movements but avoidable mistake at this level, the following tripping was clear
    25' - [VAR] Goal JOR disallowed for offside after VAR intervention; this time absolutely no blame on AR2 as the offside was marginal

    Quite easy game for the Muhammad Abdullah Hassan Muhammad but he also contributed to the friendly game character by some unofficial talks, smiles, etc. Surely one of the best (if not THE best) AFC referee regarding personality, approach and game feeling. Disciplinary control was lenient but at the same time the no-card decisions were supportable - he knew well when to jump in with a card for too reckless tackle of 21JOR in 45+1'.
    On the other hand, a very challenging game for assistant referees, especially the AR2. Many good spots, one avoidable mistake at KMI (see above) and some tight calls that could be called into question (4', 88' x2).

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  70. THAKGZ

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    14' - Goal THA disallowed for offside (AR1)
    21' - PAI KGZ: YC 10KGZ for trying to win a penalty; although there is a contact, everything is created by the attacking player - great call!
    90+2' - PAI KGZ: handball; ball played from a long distance but an opponent jumping in front of the player made it quite unexpected; position of the arm was natural; correct play-on

    Adham Makhadmah's presence and attitude could be described with a short term: tough guy. Early YC for reckless use of arm (correct but I can imagine most referees would've only warned a player in this phase) no soft free kicks and many preventative warnings issued in a very strict and serious manner made players unwilling to undermine the Jordanian's calls. The game didn't offer many disciplinary challenges but Makhadmah knew well when to jump in with cautions in the last 10 minutes of the game. Good performance!

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  71. AFC Asian Cup 2023 - Qatar
    Hongkong, China vs Iran
    R: Hanna Hattab (SYR)
    AR1: Ali Ahmad (SYR)
    AR2: Mohamad Kazzaz (SYR)
    FO: Ko Hyung Jin (KOR)
    VAR: Kimura Hiroyuki (JPN)
    AVAR: Jacewicz Katherine Margaret (AUS)
    Referee Observer: Abdulrahman Mohammed A.M. Hussain (QAT)

    Iraq vs Japan
    R: Khalid Saleh H. Alturais (KSA)
    AR1: Alshammari Khalaf Zaid M. (KSA)
    AR2: Yasir Abdullah S. Alsultan (KSA)
    FO: Muhammad Nazmi Bin Nasaruddin (MAS)
    VAR: Khamis Mohammed S. A. Al-Marri (QAT)
    AVAR: Mohammed Khled S. Al Hoish (KSA)
    Referee Observer: Cheung Yim Yau (HKG)

    Vietnam vs Indonesia
    R: Gulmurodi Sadullo (TJK)
    AR1: Tsapenko Andrey (UZB)
    AR2: Gaynullin Timur (UZB)
    FO: Tantashev Ilgiz (UZB)
    VAR: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (THA)
    AVAR: Fu Ming (CHN)
    Referee Observer: Saad K. M. Alfadhli (KUW)

    Jordan vs Korea Republic
    R: Salman Ahmad Falahi (QAT)
    AR1: Taleb Salem H A Al-Marri (QAT)
    AR2: Saoud Ahmed S A Almaqaleh (QAT)
    FO: Adel Ali Ahmed Khamis Alnaqbi (UAE)
    VAR: Abdulla Ali A A Al-Marri (QAT)
    AVAR: Abdulrahman Ibrahim Y.J. Al-Jassim (QAT)
    Referee Observer: Kamikawa Toru (JPN)

    Bahrain vs Malaysia
    R: Ahmed Abu Bakar Said Al Kaf (OMA)
    AR1: Al-Amri Abu Bakar Salim Mahad (OMA)
    AR2: Rashid Hamed Ali Al Ghaithi (OMA)
    FO: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (IRQ)
    VAR: Omar Mohamed Ahmed Hassan Alali (UAE)
    AVAR: Evans Shaun Robert (AUS)
    Referee Observer: Chia Eng Wah John (SGP)

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  72. I don't know if it was poor or strange management by the committee. You can see the match officials for Vietnam vs Indonesia basically it was same line-up match officials in Indonesia vs Iraq. The different is we will have debutant, Saldullo Gulmurodi from Tajikistan will become the 1st Tajik referee in AFC Asian Cup history and Sivakorn will act as VAR.

    The strange things are:
    1. In pre-list match officials Saldullo Gulmurodi only included as stand-by referee. Mohanad Qasim Essey Sarray and Mooud Bonyadifard iinm both not yet got a game.
    2. I don't know why this match must get VAR from the same region as we know that we have more than 30 referees, I mean was that not enough to choose VAR from the other region?

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    1. Also to mentioned, we know how AFF region rivalries. This is for me simply unacceptable management on this level.

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    2. Can you kindly share the pre-list match officials you mentioned ? as well the final list of the selected referees ?

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    3. https://assets.the-afc.com/2023_AFC_Asian_Cup/Downloads/Referees/AFC-Asian-Cup-Qatar%E2%84%A2-2023-Match-Officials.pdf

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    4. The line-up from Indonesia vs Iraq
      R: Tantashev Ilgiz (UZB)
      AR1: Tsapenko Andrey (UZB)
      AR2: Gaynullin Timur (UZB)
      FO: Gulmurodi Sadullo (TJK)
      VAR: Salman Ahmad Falahi (QAT)
      AVARe: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (THA)
      Referee Observer: Cheung Yim Yau (HKG)

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    5. For all experts on this blog, can you mentioned "similar" management/arrangement like that in UEFA Euro?

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    6. Risķullaev got injured just before the tournament and the Tajik was consequently promoted from reservist to replace him (thanks to HowardMaxi for this info!). Indeed it is rather poor form to basically repeat the same referees for the two Indonesia games and seems a bit like a ‘lack of respect’ towards them. In terms of EUROs, this ‘exact’ situation happened in 1992 and Jol/Melo Pereira refereed the same team two games in a row at 2000 but Nielsen’s injury and the necessary reshuffling limited the options a bit back then.

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    7. Thanks for the list Juan

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    8. I think it's for the first time on the high level, the VAR is from the same region as both teams who have very high rivalries. With ongoing uncertain level of VAR intervene, simply this is not Wales vs Northern Ireland when you can easily appoint Martin Atkinson in charge. I hope we won't see any controversies from the match officials. Btw what's your opinion about no reaction from the VAR room for Ko Hyung Jin no card decision in Lebanon-China ("the kungfu kick")?

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    9. the VAR was Kim Jong Hyeok from Korea

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  73. Participants of FIFA seminar in Seville that Zwayerbrazil mentioned in the RAP 2023:2 thread:

    Kruzliak, Eskas, Makkelie, Nyberg, Kovács, Peljto, Sánchez Martínez, Schärer, Jovanovic, Letexier, Vincic, Pinheiro, Dias, Turpin, Zwayer, Olofsson, Massa, Gozubuyuk, Mariani, Meler, Frappart & Gil Manzano.

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    1. WOW, thank to RFEF for posting the news as well!
      https://rfef.es/es/noticias/congreso-de-arbitros-europeos-en-sevilla-rumbo-al-mundial-2026

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  74. KSAOMA

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    10' - [OFR] Penalty in favour of OMA awarded after an OFR; missed an accidental off-the-ball step on foot/ankle from behind with no impact on play wouldn't be enough to call the referee in many countries but on the other hand it would be difficult to explain the no call having a clear image of step on foot; big controversy but I understand VAR and referee choosing the easier call (you can't deny the images)
    45+7' - PAI KSA: GK's intervention; GK goes for the ball and kicks the attacking player with his knee in the back, even before catching the ball; I think it's a blatant penalty to be spotted by VAR and I don't understand no intervention here, tbh...
    90+6' - [VAR] Goal KSA, initially disallowed for offside, allowed after VAR intervention - no offside; huge mistake by AR2 here, shouldn't happen at any level; in addition, huge mess caused by unfortunate choice of gestures after VAR intervention - instead of simply pointing to the middle signalling a goal, the IDFK gesture was followed by "no" gesture and only then the referee pointed to the middle - confused OMA players restarted the game from an IDFK...

    One of the poorest performances of the tournament. Shaun Evans is a perspective AFC referee with imposing physique and a very talkative style but his authority among players was rather low and managerial skills to be improved - you simply shouldn't accept some things. Already in the first half, after some play-on calls (24' - illegal use of arm by 12KSA, 36' - reckless kick by 24KSA, hectic impression during the added time) he lost the plot a little bit. To not caution (or even have a strong word) blatant dissents by 12KSA (hand gesture) and 20KSA (arguing with and putting a palm on AR2's chest) in 45+6' and 65' respectively was really poor. You can't blame the referee for the (no) penalty call in 10' but the way of handling the game and no-penalty call in 45+7' left a lot to be desired and the goal/no-goal confusion just topped it off. AR2 left a bad impression with that last-minute offside call as well.

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    1. Hi Euro Soccer Ref,

      First of all, let me start by saying that one of the reasons why I check in everyday is to read your reports. So thank you for that! I’m sure I’m not the only one.

      I usually agree with most of what you write, like with your assessment in the 10’ incident.

      However, after watching the incident at 45+7’ I was surprised that I even had to read your report again to check that I’m not mistaken.

      This is never a penalty, I would go as far as saying it would’ve been a ‘scandalous’ penalty if given either by the referee or VAR.

      IMO the goalkeeper jumped 'normally' without any extra movement, I understand that his knee was as in front but that is how they jump and it was completely normal. No one protested and no one was expecting anything from both teams. It would’ve been a decision that is definitely not what ‘football expects’.

      Regarding 90+6’, I absolutely cannot understand why he chose to signal that way! I hope they don’t do that in Australia. Actually I’m sure they don’t as it is very deceiving to mostly eveyone! Of course for referee’s watching, we can understand but for anyone else, no way!

      Maybe he wanted to make it like his ‘trademark’ way of signaling but I’m sure he regrets it now and will never do it again.

      Thank you for the very informative feedbacks again! I look forward to read the rest of your reports.

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    2. Thanks for appreciation! About the GK's challenge, I just think that - despite the natural character of the challenge - the careless / reckless contact cannot be denied and therefore I expect a penalty. As well as I would've expected it for illegal use of arm, etc. I don't think that it's necessary to allow GKs ignoring the safety of their opponents as far as they challenges for the ball. But it's the beauty of football that we can have different opinions, isn't it? :)

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  75. LBNCHN

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    14' - Potential RC 13LBN for SFP. Shortly after an offside offence, 13LBN challenges the ball with a high boot and by follow-through movement puts studs on the opponent's face. Of course, you could argue he was interested in playing the ball and successfully did it, maybe he even tried to avoid the contact with an opponent BUT he performs such a dangerous challenge in front of his opponent, he has to be aware of his presence, therefore the challenge fulfill criteria for reckless and, as it also endangers the safety of an opponent, it should be punished with a straight RC, imo. I would expect a VAR intervention for SFP here.

    Poor impression by Ko Hyung-jin in a rough game. Totally isolated figure, not interested in managing players, many doubtful play-on calls and underpunished challenges. To not give a YC is one thing (although some players should've been cautioned in 28', 33', 45+3', 59', 77') but to not feel the need of at least strongly warning the players after some bad challenges is something different. In some cases, you could get the impression that the referee was totally confused about what happened - 23' two rough challenges from both sides, 72' allowing a CHN player to continue action despite of clear injury of the LBN GK, 83' doubtful play-on calls followed by confusion who should get the throw-in + several not detected clear offences. The Korean could be happy that the players behaved well in general and his weak foul detection / management didn't result in a big mess.

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  76. TJKQAT

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    17' - Goal QAT: possible foul in APP; bad positioning by the referee but no foul there
    31' - [OFR] PAI QAT and potential RC 5TJK: off-the-ball striking. After OFR, the referee decided to award a defensive FK and sanction 5TJK with a YC. Smart refereeing here, I would say, but one could argue that a deliberate striking in the head should've resulted in a RC being given.
    45+1' - Potential RC 20QAT for SFP tackle, only YC given; the YC decision could be supported but I would opt for a RC here as the tackle is out of control, the force is high and the hitting point very borderline
    62' - Possible 2YC 20QAT for SPA; could've been given but not 100% mandatory
    63' - Potential SPA/DOGSO handball by 2TJK but replays showed the ball hit the player's thigh and not the arm, good play-on call
    77' - [OFR] After being brought down by 4QAT, 13TJK retaliates while lying on the ground with a strong kicking movement that hit the nearly positioned 25QAT in the chest; perhaps a YC issued by the referee would've been enough if not the extra movement towards the opponent's face making a studs contact with his jaw. VAR had no choice here than to call the referee for an OFR and 13TJK was rightly sent off.

    Hiroyuki Kimura chose a lenient disciplinary line that not necessarily suited this hot game. In my opinion, some early YCs combined with stronger body language could've calmed down the players a little bit. But it wasn't the case. Lack of stronger action against early SPA holding offences by 5QAT in 1' and 2TJK in 6', late tripping by 5TJK in 22', wild tackle by 9TJK in 26' followed by only-YC for the above mentioned striking by 5TJK in 31', no reaction against interfering with GK in 39', only-YC for the above mentioned tackle by 20QAT in 45+1', only a warning after three cynical fouls by 17TJK in 52', 54' and 58', no YC for stamp by 6TJK in 61' led to a bad atmosphere between players and many 'agricultural' (as Mikael often describes it) challenges. The Japanese improved his body language a little bit in the second half but in general it was too weak, especially for such kind of game.

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  77. SYRAUS

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    04' - PAI AUS: handball; arm by the side of the body, correct play-on
    09' - PAI AUS: handball; no handball at all
    73' - PAI AUS: challenge; no replay shown

    Adil An-Naqbi risked much using a laidback and lenient approach in a game involving Syria - one of the roughest teams at the tournament - but Australians helped him by... playing quite rough. Quite funny to see how Syrians respected Australians after they saw their opponents are going to play in the same manner. The two cautions were shown to Australia players (sic!) for reckless use of arm (27') and reckless kick (85') - both mandatory. Some cynical fouls went unpunished but the only mandatory missed YC was the reckless challenge by 21SYR in 25' - a good warning followed though. The holding by 2SYR in 61' could've been cautioned as well. Overall, a good performance by another British-style Emirati. Both Probert and Bennett really influenced the refereeing in UAE :)

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  78. INDUZB

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    58' - PAI UZB: impeding; well, if not the second defender directly involved in play, the action of 5IND was really silly but it didn't impede the attacking player -> correct play-on

    Fu Ming chose a very lenient approach, not issuing a single YC. We can live with it given the game was played in a friendly atmosphere and was not challenging at all. I just wonder whether the Chinese didn't see the stamping offences properly or assessed them as not mandatory cautions (47', 89', 90'). There were some DtRs ignored by the referee as well (2', 20', 65'). I very much liked the instant reaction against the cynical late challenge by 25IND in 85' - well played! The same player should've been cautioned after another deliberate foul in 90+3' - this time Fu Ming decided to take the advantage away from Uzbekistan and warn him again, not risking any escalation. One can question the leniency but I liked the alertness and prevention in key moments of the game. Good performance, especially regarding management.

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  79. PLEUAE

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    26' - PAI PLE: handball; no replay shown
    34' - [OFR] After the initial play-on call, VAR calls the referee for an OFR and a penalty is awarded in favour of PLE for holding and 12UAE red-carded for DOGSO-no attempt. The referee's view was blocked at the moment of this quite blatant offence but at the end the correct decision (also disciplinary) was reached.
    50' - PAI PLE: handball (no replay) and shortly afterwards Goal PLE; UAE players tried to convince the referee one of them was fouled but nothing illegal by PLE player there.
    72' - PAI PLE: tackle; trailing leg tackle and quite long VAR check but (you know my strict approach regarding such tackles) I think that by no intervening the VAR got it right as the speed of play and force of the challenge was low and it didn't severely impact the PLE player('s well-being).
    75' - Too early goal-kick decision after signalisation of offside by AR2 therefore Goal PLE is scored after the whistle was blown by the referee; rather correct decision by AR2 but you have to delay the whistle in such cases.

    Ahmad Al-Ali is a serious-looking referee with a distant approach towards players. He needed too much time to reach some decisions hence sometimes he appeared too hesitant (29', 31'). (Too) lenient disciplinary as late challenges (31', 46') and holding (45') should've been cautioned or at least very strong warnings should've followed. Nothing very important as the game, although tight, wasn't overly challenging but I wasn't convinced by Kuwaiti's skills.

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  80. HKGIRN

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    90+1' - Possible RC 1IRN for DOGSO. Iranian GK plays the ball with his right hand denying HKG a very dangerous action. The big question is whether it's DOGSO or SPA? Due to close presence of 15IRN, who runs shoulder to shoulder with 25HKG, it's still SPA, imo. Therefore, no VAR intervention seems OK but surely a huge miss by the referee although, to be fair, it was very hard to spot as the goalkeeper's action was very clever.
    90+7' - PAI HKG: holding. A very borderline incident. 15IRN one-sidedly pulls the 25HKG's shirt in a very decisive moment when he is turning around towards the goal. We are unable to assess the possible offside position of 25HKG. In general, I wouldn't have nothing against penalty being awarded here but perhaps not 100% mandatory VAR intervention.

    The young Syrian Hanna Hattab faced a normal game with two difficult-to-assess key match incidents. Unfortunately, he looked frightened and nervous, trying to compensate bad calls with excessive talking. He started with a missed blatant undermining (1') and phantom FK (3'). Possible YCs for interfering with GK (4') and holding (33') were managed without cards, correct YC for SPA tackle followed (37'). Very late decision to caution 4HKG for step on foot in 46' and missed YC to 7IRN for even more serious same-type offence in 51'. To not caution 8HKG for reckless tackle in 57' was insane - talking is not enough in such cases. Afterwards, many theatrical warnings for time wasting, set piece holding/pushing and dissents. I think with his style involving nice talking and gesturing skills Hanna Hattab may achieve something in the future BUT he needs to improve his calls.

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  81. IRQJPN

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    05' - Goal IRQ; long VAR check regarding possible offside-interfering by 7IRQ; although there is an offside position, the Iraqi did nothing to make it an offside offence - goal correctly allowed
    15', 30', 45+1', 45+4' - Possible 2YC 4IRQ; after being cautioned for SPA impeding in 15', the Iraqi exuberantly protested against the referee's decision in 30', committed a follow-through kick in 45+1' and off-the-ball tripping in 45+4' - he could be happy he was allowed to stay on the pitch given his attitude
    45+4' - Goal IRQ; VAR checking whether the ball left the field of play in APP - it didn't, so the goal stood
    54' - PAI IRQ: holding, tackle, kick; very tricky incident - at first we have holding by 2JPN that starts outside but continues inside the penalty area - we could end the analysis here: penalty and red card to be issued; most likely VAR focused only on tackle by 2JPN and kick by GK JPN - both actions somehow failed as the ball was not played but given the attacker already lost his balance, one can understand the 'no-offence' call by VAR, however the initial holding shouldn't have been ignored, imo
    56' - [OFR] Penalty awarded in favour of JPN, canceled after OFR; well, by deduction we can be almost sure the defender's left leg touched the attacking player's right leg what caused him stumbling - to call the referee to the monitor and question the penalty by showing such inconclusive images is really, really poor by VAR, maybe a compensation for the previous doubtful call?
    73' - PAI JPN: kicking; 8JPN puts his leg in front of 20IRQ and the contact occurs; as the ball was moving towards both players, a penalty wouldn't have been a mistake as the move by Japanese player should be assessed as fair 'shielding the ball' (I know Mikael is against such interpretations but...)

    Khalid At-Turais with his serious and professional look gave rather good impression in the first half, although he was lenient in dealing with 4IRQ, as pointed above. He was rather distant to players but reading the game quite well. The penalty incidents (and poor work of VAR) in the second half made him losing focus at the end, with 86', 87' and 90+4' challenges not cautioned. Surely one to follow but I'm not sure about his future at this tournament.

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  82. VIEIDN

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    39' - Penalty awarded in favour of IDN for shirt pulling; offence that maybe had no significant impact but was soooo blatant that couldn't be ignored by the referee
    90+1' - 2YC 25VIE after a late tackle; acceptable call both due to SPA and reckless but given the lenient approach of the referee and that 7IDN just kicked the ball away to win this FK (see the player's left leg trailing even before being hit) I would be more than happy to see no 2YC being issued

    Weak performance of Gulmurod Sadullo. The Tajik referee showed significant lacks in his skills:
    - very central positioning, often too far from action and not being able to adjust position when close to play (5', 45+4')
    - too late reaction to potential head injury (66')
    - keeping both eyes closed to blatant DtR tactics by IDN players (kicking the ball away in 8', 45+3', 63', 90' (to warn a player here is a joke...) and interfering with a quick FK execution in 46', 76', 90+3', 90+6' (AR1 forced to manage the scene...))
    - too lenient disciplinary line: warning to 25IDN after off-the-ball impeding (9') and saving the same player again in 31' after very late cynical tripping (31'), 51' and 60'; in addition, bad tackle by 24VIE (10'), off-the-ball impeding by 7VIE (61'), missed reckless use of arm by 24VIE (66', 4OF at fault), missed illegal use of arm by 9VIE (85') - all without YC
    Bad times of WC2014 still alive in AFC. :/

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    1. Thank you so much once again for this outstanding work!
      Here the clips of major incidents in this game:
      39' - Penalty https://streamable.com/7bouvk
      90'+1 - Second YC https://streamable.com/52l7jd

      Well, at the end you can say that referee got right the two crucial incidents, so maybe for AFC (like 2014 WC FIFA times) this will be enough if not even very good!
      About the penalty, for me simply impossible to ignore and a certain point you must whistle. About the second YC, fully agree with you as well, but just looking at the incident we have to say correct card for the tackle on the man. Nevertheless, the action of attacker, kicking exactly ball in that moment is something extra ordinary in terms of "cleverness" (for him, of course)... because I think defender could have reached ball.

      The bad part, about disciplinary and so on, will follow later with some further clips of the incidents you mentioned!

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    2. A few cases among the ones you mentioned:

      10' Missed YC
      https://streamable.com/m20m9d

      66' Missed foul, card, and awareness
      https://streamable.com/qzzoo0

      85' (maybe this one not easy live, not even for AR involved)
      https://streamable.com/aghtmi

      90' Very blatant action not the first time and at the end of the game, not booking was indeed unacceptable
      https://streamable.com/qhdqwo

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  83. JORKOR

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    04' - [OFR] Penalty awarded in favour of KOR and YC 23JOR for DOGSO-attempt after OFR; 23JOR doesn't reach the ball with his tackle and his trailing leg causes a careless contact with an opponent's foot - not so clear in real time but very good VAR intervention and the final outcome; one could discuss about the need of caution though
    45+5' - PAI JOR: holding; slight shirt pulling by 4KOR running side-by-side with the attacking player who tries to use it already when realised that there is no chance to score - correct play-on call

    How different Salman Ahmad Fallahi is compared to most of other Asian referees at this tournament. And it's a very positive difference! UEFA style: very focused, always trying to control everything, making assessment of every single incident, able to efficiently connect with players, cool-headed. Unfortunately, some mistakes happened: two fouls rather wrongly assessed as reckless studs-up challenges (17', 90+5'), dissent by action by 22KOR after rather wrong FK should've been cautioned (77'), missed two corner kicks to KOR (42', 54'). On the other hand, one should highlight the ability to not react instantly to assistant's signal for offside - excellent delaying whistle in 64'(!) and very good advantage in 71'. Imo, the 33yo Qatari is surely one to watch!

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  84. BHRMAS

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    31' - PAI BHR: tripping; 21MAS doesn't manage to kick the ball and therefore clearly puts his leg in front of 10BHR - the contact is not so strong and the Bahraini even manages to make one more step before falling down; I think either call should be supported by VAR
    54' - PAI MAS: handball; no punishable handball as the ball is played from a very short distance, bounces off the defending player's foot and hits him in the naturally positioned arm given his movement

    Ahmad Al-Kaf delivered another strong performance at this tournament. As in his first game, he offered a stepped disciplinary approach, spending a warning for an SPA-like offence in 2' and then issuing mandatory cautions. On the negative side: two possible YCs missed: 5' - play-on after SPA-pushing by 3BHR, 44' - play-on after SPA-like tackle by 6BHR (difficult to spot), some annoying soft FKs, lack of reaction against DtR (10') and too late reaction for potential head injury (57'). A different style of refereeing comparing to most of AFC referees who prefer to ignore some incidents to make the game faster. Al-Kaf wants to have everything under control and often slows the game down to prevent escalations and bad fouls. Another game to follow

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  85. OMATHA

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    77' - Play-on after potential DOGSO handball by 16OMA; no DOGSO as the ball bounced off the 'legal' parts of the body at first (maybe indeed even no offence due to that) but anyway interesting case whether with such deliberate blocking action we should still consider 'supporting arm'
    85' - PAI OMA: kicking; no offence as the attacking player deliberately puts his leg in front of the opponent and the contact is negligible
    88' - PAI OMA: handball; no replay but even if there is a handball, the ball was deliberately played by THA player to his arm, so no offence

    Mu'ud Bonyadifard offered a very high technical accuracy with almost all calls being correct isolatedly. However, although elegant and professional, a very isolated impression. Something more should be done with too many cynical fouls by THA players - although no crystal clear yellow cards missed, to just whistle fouls was not enough in some cases and it led to frustration of some Omani players. Especially, 7THA was a trouble-maker committing many fouls through the game. Again at this tournament, we didn't see a strong reaction against DtR (18'), dissenting behaviour (35') and cynical interfering with GK (45'). To allow the flying tackle on the ball in 90', close to 4OF, was also suboptimal (another missed obvious foul close to Faghani in 19'). In general, a good performance but some points to consider for further development.

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