The tournament is about to start in Switzerland. UEFA has published the first set of referees' assignments.
Matchday 1
2 July 2025 - Group A
18:00 CET - Stockhorn Arena, Thun
ICELAND - FINLAND
Referee: Katalin Anna Kulcsár HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Anita Vad HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Irina Pozdejeva LTU
Fourth Official: Catarina Isabel Ferreira de Campos POR
Video Assistant Referee: Tamás Bognár HUN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Katrin Rafalski GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Marta Frías Acedo ESP
UEFA Delegate: Nermina Hadžibajrić BIH
2 July 2025 - Group A
21:00 CET - St. Jakob-Park, Basel
SWITZERLAND - NORWAY
Referee: Ionela Alina Peșu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Daniela Costantinescu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Svitlana Hrushko UKR
Fourth Official: Marta Huerta de Aza ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Sorin Popa ROU
UEFA Referee Observer: Dagmar Damková CZE
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandra Pejkovska MKD
Maybe the new kits for next season will premiere in the UEFA Women's Euro, given the news last week. Let's see!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, which news are you talking about? I completely missed it 😅
DeleteI definitely spend too little time with this forum: Referee Observer Marta Frias Acedo has not caught my attention in connection with high-profile matches and/or referees so far; I would not have expected to read her name at the (Women's) EURO ...
ReplyDeleteEspecially for you, this season's appointments of Marta Frías Acedo:
Delete30/05 UWNL Serbia - Hungary (Kirsty Dowle)
26/02 UWNL Belgium - Portugal (Eléni Andoníou)
12/12 UWCL Bayern München - Juventus (Stéphanie Frappart)
29/10 EUROPO Portugal - Azerbaijan (Shona Shukrula)
08/10 UWCL Roma - Wolfsburg (Catarina Campos)
18/09 UWCLQ Hammarby - Benfica (Miriama Bočková)
07/09 UWCLQ Paris FC - Sparta Praha (Déborah Anex)
04/09 UWCLQ Paris FC - First Vienna (Hristiyana Guteva)
Thank you very much for your special service! ;-) I must admit that I indeed already heard of names like "Stéphanie Frappart", countries like "Belgium" and "Portugal", and clubs like "Bayern München" and "Juventus" before. ;-) However, from briefly skimming through the lists, I was more familiar with observers like Blaženka Logarušić than with this Spanish lady. ;-)
DeleteMarta Frías Acedo became #2 of CTA-RFEF section of women's refereeing, it kinda makes sense.
DeleteStrong focus on the Hungarian referee since she returned, she has been under close observation by the committee.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, it’s a crucial test for the Romanian, who will be officiating under the eyes of committe member Damkova.
In recent times, the concept of "opening match" in these tournaments has been somewhat changed, traditionally, it should feature the host team, but instead, there is always another match played before it. So, we should consider the Hungarian referee's match as the opener, even if the major spotlight is on the Romanian referee with the host nation. About VAR, one could find particular to see Popa only as AVAR. Given the experience he could have got main VAR duty with referee from same nation.
It’s misguided to not have the host nation be the opening match. It’s takes away the glitz and glamour of the opening ceremonies. Opening day should only feature a single match.
DeleteI agree. I don't know why this one changed, in almost all tournaments, in recent times.
DeleteBecause the male controlled football world doesn’t give the same considerations to the women’s game. In a true misogynistic manner, they’re still viewed as lesser’s.
DeleteEURO 2012 had two matches on MD1. WC 2022 was slated to have several on MD1 until a relatively late change. Were those misogynistic decisions?
DeleteAlso the defending champion, not the host, opened up the men's World Cup tournament through the entire 20th century. Were the first 15 or so men's World Cups misogynistic?
Copa America 2024 opened with Argentina v Canada, rather than with the hosts. I'm sure that was misogynistic and you pointed out as much at the time.
The contemperanouse U21 men's UEFA competition had two matches on the opening day, just like this event. I'm sure that was misogynistic. Or perhaps ageism?
Some people will complain about anything.
On the merits here, if you or anyone else thinks that the Iceland v Finland tie will distract or take away the glitz and glamour from the Switzerland v Norway evening affair, I don't know what to tell you.
Is there an AR at this tournament not previously announced?. Remember seeing a post about the Andorran Fernandez being injured so wonder if anyone has replaced her.
ReplyDeleteIt seems as Paulina Baranowska is missing as well, and I don't see / read other assistant referees replacing them. Would be a courtesy gesture by UEFA and I agree with it, once you select some officials and they are out for inury, it is rather unfair replacing them with other names when tournament is close. But we will see, I don't know for sure.
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