Sunday, 9 February 2025

Europa League 2024/25 - Referee Appointments - KO Play-Offs (First Legs)

The referees in charge of 2024-25 UEFA Europa Leage KO stage Play-Offs, first legs. 


Thursday 13 February 2025 

18:45 CET - Budapest (Ferencváros Stadion)
FERENCVÁROSI TC (HUN) - FC VIKTORIA PLZEŇ (CZE)
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Levan Varamishvili GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgi Elikashvili GEO
Fourth Official: Aleko Aptsiauri GEO
Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Brand GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Johann Pfeifer GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Björn Kuipers NED
UEFA Delegate: João Morais POR

18:45 CET - Brussels (King Baudouin Stadium)
ROYALE UNION SAINT-GILLOISE (BEL) - AFC AJAX (NED) 
Referee: Donatas Rumšas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Sužiedėlis LTU
Fourth Official: Manfredas Lukjančukas LTU
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:Daniele Doveri ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: João Ferreira POR
UEFA Delegate: Georges Lüchinger LIE

18:45 CET - Herning (Arena Herning) 
FC MIDTJYLLAND (DEN) - REAL SOCIEDAD DE FÚTBOL (ESP)
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Roy Hassan ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Idan Yarkoni ISR
Fourth Official: Gal Leibovitz ISR
Video Assistant Referee: Ziv Adler ISR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:Dennis Johan Higler NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Lucilio Batista POR
UEFA Delegate: Filips Dhondt BEL

18:45 CET - Istanbul (Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi)
FENERBAHÇE SK (TUR) - RSC ANDERLECHT (BEL)  
Referee: Nikola Dabanović MNE
Assistant Referee 1: Vladan Todorović MNE
Assistant Referee 2: Srđan Jovanovic MNE
Fourth Official: Miloš Bošković MNE
Video Assistant Referee: Pascal Müller GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Robert Schröder GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Augustus Constantin ROU
UEFA Delegate: Alzhanov Ayan KAZ

21:00 CET - Enschede (FC Twente Stadion) 
FC TWENTE (NED) - FK BODØ/GLIMT (NOR) 
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Santino Schreiner AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Alexander Borucki AUT
Fourth Official: Walter Altmann AUT
Video Assistant Referee: Alan Kijas AUT
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci ALB
UEFA Delegate: Scott Struthers SCO 

21:00 CET - Alkmaar (AZ Stadion) 
AZ ALKMAAR (NED) - GALATASARAY (TUR)
Referee: João Pinheiro POR
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Jesus POR
Assistant Referee 2: Luciano Maia POR
Fourth Official: João Gonçalves POR
Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Martins POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Lutz Michael Fröhlich GER
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandra Pejkovska MKD

21:00 CET - Thessalonki (Stadio Toumba) 
PAOK (GRE) - FC FCSB (ROU) 
Referee: Lawrence Visser BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen BEL
Fourth Official: Simon Bourdeaud'hui BEL
Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bert Put BEL 
UEFA Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis CYP
UEFA Delegate: Gijs De Jong NED

21:00 CET - Porto (Estádio do Dragão)
FC PORTO (POR) - AS ROMA (ITA)
Referee: Tobias Stieler GER 
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Gittelmann GER
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Borsch GER 
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner GER
Video Assistant Referee: Sören Storks GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP
UEFA Delegate: Patrick Dempsey IRL
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7 comments:

  1. Ferd11 February 2025 at 10:53

    Chefren,What do you think about the fact that only 2 elite referee appointment made today(Alkmaar-Galatasaray(Pinherio),Porto-Braga(Stieler).Can you say that the committee attaches more importance to these teo matches than the other matches?

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    1. MARIO11 February 2025 at 11:55

      Greenfeld is still "on the paper" an elite referee :-) BTW, great assignement for Dabanovic, Fenerbache - Anderlecht is a top match like as Porto- Rome; Great attention to Kruhashilii with Kuipers, while I would have swapped Gishamer with Saggi (Peter please don't hate me :-) ), with the Norwegian in Europe League

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    2. Chefren11 February 2025 at 12:27

      There is Grinfeeld, so three Elite referee, but at moment the Israeli is considered less than other Elite referees. In my opinion indeed there is more focus on AZ - Galatasaray and Porto - Roma, especially the second game with an experienced Elite. This choice was absolutely expected with the Italian team in a potentially hot game. One must say very good path for the German, and at moment it seems very hard to understand about a possible ranking. Nevertheless, Zwayer stays as nr. 1 in my opinion. For Pinheiro in Alkmaar, a definitely better game than the previous one.
      But before that, maybe one should have mentioned Kruashvili with Kuipers, chances for a promotion? That's very interesting in my opinion. I think that his previous performance in Anderlecht game, despite of possible handball (now he will have German VARs), had been a very good one. Still, looking at the big picture the referee from Georgia should achieve more before thinking about a big step and I think he should have got more games, but the path is OK, and we have only to see how he will officiate in Hungary (a must-see game). The rest, experienced Category 1 with rather normal assignments for them, let's see how far the Austrian can go, it seems in a good moment.

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    3. Skystar11 February 2025 at 13:26

      Hi Chefren, the path of the Georgian referee is noteworthy indeed. The development of the Georgian referee towards a certain path is clear. One side note, Cuneyt Cakir is the head of referees in Georgia for some years now. I think he made a good contribution to the development of Georgian referess recently. I have read somewhere that his contract is extended for another 2 years recently.
      It is incredible to watch the develeopment path for the Georgian referee and while comparing of the downfall of Turkish referees.

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  2. CarlRDM11 February 2025 at 11:20

    When we look at the appointments for the Europa league and Conference league we can see that only referees who attended the course in Athens are appointed. So, can we conclude that referees like Schnyder or Osmers who didn't attend the course will miss the knockout stage of these two competitions?

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    1. Chefren11 February 2025 at 12:27

      If I remember correctly, but I'm not sure, in recent years, a couple of referees who hadn't attended UEFA course, were assigned only to Conference League but not in Europa League (CL not even to be mentioned, of course). Let's wait now for second legs on next week, if not, then very likely I think that committee will appoint only referees who were in Athens a few days ago (unless replacements and other reasons).

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    2. Peter11 February 2025 at 12:43

      I even think to remember that in the knockout phase, only referees who had attended the UEFA Advanced Course for Top Referees were used. In my case (Austria), depending on whether Harald Lechner was invited or not, I already knew for many years whether Austria would still be represented in one of the three competitions in spring. If he was invited, he also got a game, although only one in the round of 32 of the Conference League. If not, neither he nor any other Austrian was called again. This year, I already expected Sebastian Gishamer, although rather in the Conference League. The only difference to previous seasons seems to be that the group phase in the new format extends partly into the new year where a few referees who are not invited to the UEFA Advanced Course for Top Referees are appointed (such as "our" Julian Weinberger).

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