Bundesliga: Round 29

Appointments for Round 29 of Bundesliga matches, as football resumes after the Coronavirus pandemic halted football's playing. 

Marco Fritz to whistle MD 29 opener: SC Freiburg - Bayer Leverkusen

Bundesliga: Round 28

Appointments for Round 28 of Bundesliga matches, as football resumes after the Coronavirus pandemic halted football's playing. Amongst others, Tobias Stieler will handle the crucial Borussia Dortmund - Bayern München game. 

Tobias Stieler to handle Der Klassiker for the fourth time

Bundesliga: Round 27 Review

Thanks to our user Philipp and the BuliSchiri blog, please find our second review of Bundesliga games played this weekend, in Round 27. 

November's Berlin Derby, which was handled by Deniz Aytekin
Harm Osmers faced no such problems from the stands this time

Bundesliga: Round 26 Review

Thanks to our user Philipp and the BuliSchiri blog, please find a review of the last round of Bundesliga matches. Below find clips of the most interesting situations from the weekend, including 2.Bundesliga matches (with the solutions of both blogs) and short analysis of how the nine referees in charge of games got on.

Frank Willenborg took charge of Fortuna Düsseldorf - SC Paderborn 

UEFA EURO 2021 - What Now?

UEFA announced some weeks ago that EURO 2020 would be delayed by a year. Perhaps quite understandably there has been little discussion in our community of the potential consequences for refereeing of a competition who's mere happening feels rather abstract right now. This editorial article tries to consider the effect of a delay regarding the selection of match officials for the potentially upcoming EURO, and who we can most and least expect the Roberto Rosetti-chaired Referees Committee to select for the competition.

Refereeing Highlights

Find below the links of an assortment of refereeing highlights for your enjoyment. With thanks to the users Vlad Vladadze and Stake!

Arab Under-20 Cup 2020: Refereeing Highlights

Refereeing highlights of all thirty-one games at the UAFA Arab Under-20 Cup, 17 February - 4 March 2020.

Laws of the Game Revisions, 2020-21

International Football Association Board have announced the changes for the Laws of the Game for the season 2020-21. Decisions will come into force on 1st June 2020. 

Full document can be found below. 

Fred complains to Michael Mullarkey during the Brazil - Chile game at World Cup 2014
Would the goal ruled out by the Howard Webb's refereeing team stand after 1st June 2020?
IFAB announced a revision to the nature of handling for the 2020-21 season

UEFA to meet General Secretaries of National Associations

Member associations to discuss rescheduling options.

UEFA has invited the General Secretaries of its 55 members associations to a videoconference on Wednesday 1 April at midday to share an update on the progress made by the two working groups that were created two weeks ago and to discuss options identified with regards to the potential rescheduling of matches.

The meeting will look at developments across all UEFA national team and club competitions, as well as discussing progress at FIFA and European level on matters such as player contracts and the transfer system.

uefa.com

UEFA postpones EURO 2020 by 12 months

Priority given to completing domestic competitions in an unprecedented solidarity move by UEFA. Working group set up to examine possibilities for this season’s UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League competitions.