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 - Arena Thun, Thun
ICELAND - FINLAND
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Anita Vad HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Irina Pozdejeva LTU
Fourth Official: Catarina Campos POR
Video Assistant Referee: Tamás Bognár HUN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Katrim Rafalski GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Marta Frias Acedo ESP
UEFA Delegate: Nermina Hadžibajrić BIH
2 July 2025 - Group A
21:00 CET - St. Jakob-Park, Basel
SWITZERLAND - NORWAY
Referee: Alina Peşu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Daniela Costantinescu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Svitlana Grushko UKR
Fourth Official: Marta Huerta De Aza ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Catalin Popa ROU
UEFA Referee Observer: Dagmar Damkova 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.