UEFA has published the 24 referee appointments for the coming fourth matchday of UEFA Europa League.
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| Finally back at the international whistle: István Vad (HUN) |
(RUS) Anzhi
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Liverpool (ENG)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 18:00 CET, Stadion Lokomotiv, Moscow (RUS) GROUP A
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Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
Assistant
Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Assistant
Referee 2: Jorge Canelo Prieto (ESP)
Fourth
Official: José Fernández Miranda (ESP)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: César Muñiz Fernández (ESP)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
UEFA
Delegate: Pertti Alaja (FIN)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Jean Lemmer (LUX)
Referee Liaison Officer: Dennis Mareev (RUS) |
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(AZE) Neftçi
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Rubin Kazan (RUS)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 18:00 CET, Tofig Bahramov Rep. Stadium, Baku (AZE) GROUP H
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Referee: Manuel De Sousa (POR)
Assistant
Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR)
Assistant
Referee 2: Rui Tavares (POR)
Fourth
Official: Nuno Santos Tomás (POR)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: João Capela (POR)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: João Ferreira (POR)
UEFA
Delegate: Michal Listkiewicz (POL)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Suheil Daood (ISR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Rustam Rahimov (AZE)
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(ITA) Udinese
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Young Boys (SUI)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Stadio Friuli, Udine (ITA) GROUP A
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Referee: Kristo Tohver (EST)
Assistant
Referee 1: Dmitri Vinogradov (EST)
Assistant
Referee 2: Hannes Reinvald (EST)
Fourth
Official: Jaanus Mutli (EST)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Hannes Kaasik (EST)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Roomer Tarajev (EST)
UEFA
Delegate: Markus Stenger (GER)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Rene Temmink (NED)
Referee Liaison Officer: Luca De Reggi (ITA) |
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(POR) Académica
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Atlético (ESP)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra (POR) GROUP B
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Referee: Lee Probert (ENG)
Assistant
Referee 1: Jake Collin (ENG)
Assistant
Referee 2: Simon Beck (ENG)
Fourth
Official: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Jonathan Moss (ENG)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Kevin Friend (ENG)
UEFA
Delegate: Léon Schelings (BEL)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman (NED)
Referee Liaison Officer: Antonio José Fernandes (POR) |
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(CZE) Viktoria Plzen
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Hapoel Tel-Aviv (ISR)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Stadion mesta Plzne, Plzen (CZE) GROUP B
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Referee: Stanislav Todorov (BUL)
Assistant
Referee 1: Ventsislav Gavrilov (BUL)
Assistant
Referee 2: Nikolay Angelov (BUL)
Fourth
Official: Veselin Dobriyanov (BUL)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Nikolay Yordanov (BUL)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Georgi Yordanov (BUL)
UEFA
Delegate: Ísak Mikladal (FRO)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Iouri Baskakov (RUS)*
Referee Liaison Officer: Adriana Secova (CZE) |
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(FRA) Olympique Marseille
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Borussia M'gladbach (GER)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Stadio Friuli, Udine (ITA) GROUP C
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Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant
Referee 1: Roman Slyško (SVK)
Assistant
Referee 2: Tomas Somolani (SVK)
Fourth
Official: Erik Weiss (SVK)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Richard Trutz (SVK)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Kralović (SVK)
UEFA
Delegate: Benny Jacobsen (DEN)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Pierre Masse (FRA) |
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(TUR) Fenerbahçe
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AEL Limasol (CYP)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Sükrü Saracoglu, Istanbul (TUR) GROUP C
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Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)
Assistant
Referee 1: Johann Gudmundsson (ISL)
Assistant
Referee 2: Gunnar Gunnarsson (ISL)
Fourth
Official: Sigurður Þórleifsson (ISL)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (ISL)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Erlendur Eiriksson (ISL)
UEFA
Delegate: Adrian Titcombe (ENG)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Milovan Nikolić (SVN)
Referee Liaison Officer: Alper Dogmen (TUR) |
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(BEL) Club Brugge
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Newcastle Utd (ENG)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges (BEL) GROUP D
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Referee: Luca Banti (ITA)
Assistant
Referee 1: Nicola Nicoletti (ITA)
Assistant
Referee 2: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
Fourth
Official: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Andrea Gervasoni (ITA)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Domenico Celi (ITA)
UEFA
Delegate: Andreas Akkelides (CYP)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Carlos Manuel Ferreira Matos (POR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Willy van Driessche (BEL) |
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(FRA) Girondins Bordeaux
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Marítimo (POR)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux (FRA) GROUP D
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Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU)
Assistant
Referee 1: Vytautas Simkus (LTU)
Assistant
Referee 2: Arturas Pipiras (LTU)
Fourth
Official: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Nerijus Dunauskas (LTU)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Juriy Paskovskij (LTU)
UEFA
Delegate: Luis Cuervas Del Real (ESP)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Vlado Sajn (SVN)*
Referee Liaison Officer: Alain Augu (FRA) |
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(NOR) Molde
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Steaua (ROU)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Molde Stadion, Molde (NOR) GROUP E
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Referee: István Vad (HUN)
Assistant
Referee 1: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Assistant
Referee 2: István Albert (HUN)
Fourth
Official: Zsolt Szpisjak (HUN)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Tamás Bognar (HUN)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Mihály Fabián (HUN)
UEFA
Delegate: Patrick Wattebled (FRA)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Neale Barry (ENG)
Referee Liaison Officer: Einar Halle (NOR) |
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(DEN) København
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VfB Stuttgart (GER)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Parken, Copenhagen (DEN) GROUP E
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Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO)**
Assistant
Referee 1: Graham Chambers (SCO)
Assistant
Referee 2: Stuart Stevenson (SCO)
Fourth
Official: George Drummond (SCO)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Brian Colvin (SCO)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Paul Robertson (SCO)
UEFA
Delegate: Barry Bright (ENG)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Valentin Ivanov (RUS)
Referee Liaison Officer: Bill René Hansen (DEN) |
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(SWE) AIK Solna
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PSV Eindhoven (NED)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Rasundastadion, Solna (SWE) GROUP F
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Referee: Maksim Layushkin (RUS)
Assistant
Referee 1: Oleg Tselovalnikov (RUS)
Assistant
Referee 2: Vitaly Drozdov (RUS)
Fourth
Official: Aleksei Vorontsov (RUS)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksei Nikolaev (RUS)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Vladimir Kazmenko (RUS)
UEFA
Delegate: Geir Thorsteinsson (ISL)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Stefan Ormandjiev (BUL)
Referee Liaison Officer: Leif Sundell (SWE) |
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(ITA) SSC Napoli
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Dnipro (UKR)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Molde Stadion, Molde (NOR) GROUP E
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Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)
Assistant
Referee 1: Danny Krasikow (ISR)
Assistant
Referee 2: Amihay Yosehua Mozes (ISR)
Fourth
Official: Nissan Davidy (ISR)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Eli Hacmon (ISR)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Ziv Adler (ISR)
UEFA
Delegate: Mark Blackbourne (ENG)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI)
Referee Liaison Officer: Giorgio Castronuovo (ITA) |
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(SUI) FC Basel
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Videoton (HUN)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, St. Jakob-Park, Basel (SUI) GROUP G
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Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi (UKR)
Assistant
Referee 1: Oleksyi Andrieiev (UKR)
Assistant
Referee 2: Serhiy Bekker (UKR)
Fourth
Official: Mykola Levko (UKR)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Serhiy Boiko (UKR)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Shevtsov (UKR)
UEFA
Delegate: Jevgenijs Milevskis (LVA)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vazquez (ESP)
Referee Liaison Officer: Jürg Burkhart (SUI) |
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(POR) Sporting
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KRC Genk (BEL)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, José Alvalade, Lisbon (POR) GROUP G
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Referee: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Assistant
Referee 1: Stefan Wittberg (SWE)
Assistant
Referee 2: Magnus Sjöblom (SWE)
Fourth
Official: Henrik Andrén (SWE)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Tobias Mattsson (SWE)
UEFA
Delegate: Alan McRae (SCO)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Jan Fasung (SVK)
Referee Liaison Officer: João Almeida Esteves (POR) |
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(SRB) Partizan
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Internazionale (ITA)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, FK Partizan, Belgrade (SRB) GROUP H
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Referee: Duarte Gomes (POR)
Assistant
Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR)
Assistant
Referee 2: Venâncio Raposo Tomé (POR)
Fourth
Official: Tiago Trigo (POR)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Taborda Xistra (POR)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Hugo Miguel (POR)
UEFA
Delegate: Pat Quigley (IRL)
UEFA
Referee Observer: George B. Smith (SCO)
Referee Liaison Officer: Grujica Tomić (SRB) |
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(ISR) Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
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Sparta Praha (CZE)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa (ISR) GROUP I
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Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Assistant
Referee 1: Andrei Hetsikau (BLR)
Assistant
Referee 2: Dmitry Zhuk (BLR)
Fourth
Official: Aleh Maslianka (BLR)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Dzianis Shcherbakou (BLR)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Siarhei Tsynkevich (BLR)
UEFA
Delegate: Ghenadie Scurtul (MDA)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Christer Fällström (SWE)
Referee Liaison Officer: Yossi Benishty (ISR) |
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(ESP) Athletic Club
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Olympique Lyon (FRA)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao (ESP) GROUP I
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Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Assistant
Referee 1: Angelo Boonman (NED)
Assistant
Referee 2: Berry Simons (NED)
Fourth
Official: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Tom van Sichem (NED)
UEFA
Delegate: Jean Paul Mievis (BEL)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Kaj Østergaard (DEN)
Referee Liaison Officer: Jon Aguirre Huerga (ESP) |
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(ITA) Lazio Roma
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Panathinaikos (GRE)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, Stadio Olimpico, Rome (ITA) GROUP J
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Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
Assistant
Referee 1: Alain Hoxha (AUT)
Assistant
Referee 2: Matthias Winsauer (AUT)
Fourth
Official: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Rene Eisner (AUT)
UEFA
Delegate: Tryvge Bornø (NOR)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)
Referee Liaison Officer: Danilo Filacchione (ITA) |
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(ENG) Tottenham
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Maribor (SVN)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, White Hart Lane, London (ENG) GROUP J
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Referee: Antti Munukka (FIN)
Assistant
Referee 1: Matti Heininen (FIN)
Assistant
Referee 2: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Fourth
Official: Jukka Honkanen (FIN)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Dennis Antamo (FIN)
UEFA
Delegate: Georg Lüchinger (LIE)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR)
Referee Liaison Officer: Keren Barratt (ENG) |
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(UKR) Metalist
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Rosenborg (NOR)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv (UKR) GROUP K
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Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant
Referee 1: Gregor Rojko (SVN)
Assistant
Referee 2: Marko Stančin (SVN)
Fourth
Official: Andrej Kokolj (SVN)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Balažič (SVN)
UEFA
Delegate: Velid Imamović (BIH)
UEFA
Referee Observer: László Vagner (HUN)
Referee Liaison Officer: Vitalii Shved (UKR) |
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(GER) Bayer Leverkusen
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Rapid Wien (AUT)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, BayArena, Leverkusen (GER) GROUP K
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Referee: Libor Kovarik (CZE)
Assistant
Referee 1: Krystof Mencl (CZE)
Assistant
Referee 2: Jiri Molaček (CZE)
Fourth
Official: Patrik Filipek (CZE)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Radek Prihoda (CZE)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Tomas Kocourek (CZE)
UEFA
Delegate: Sergio Di Cesare (ITA)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis (CYP)
Referee Liaison Officer: Jürgen Aust (GER) |
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(GER) Hannover 96
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Helsingborg (SWE)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, AWD Arena, Hannover (GER) GROUP L
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Referee: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
Assistant
Referee 1: Christophe Capelli (FRA)
Assistant
Referee 2: Huseyin Ocak (FRA)
Fourth
Official: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Benoît Millot (FRA)
UEFA
Delegate: Carmel Bartolo (MLT)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Peter Jones (ENG)
Referee Liaison Officer: Wolfgang Mierswa (GER) |
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(NED) FC Twente
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Levante UD (ESP)
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Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, FC Twente Stadion, Enschede (NED) GROUP L
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Referee: Tony Chapron (FRA)
Assistant
Referee 1: Fredji Harchay (FRA)
Assistant
Referee 2: Emmanuel Boisdenghien (FRA)
Fourth
Official: Frédéric Cano (FRA)
Additional
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Rainville (FRA)
Additional
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandre Castro (FRA)
UEFA
Delegate: Mehmet S. Onen (TUR)
UEFA
Referee Observer: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)
Referee Liaison Officer: Jef van Vliet (NED) |
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* UEFA Referee Committee Member
** replaced Euan Norris (SCO).

Banti should get his first appointment there.
ReplyDeleteI also thought Halis Ozkahya could make his debut this year. But, he has a Sunday match with non-expected ARs. It seems he will not be there on this matchday
DeleteChapron is appointed for twente - levante
ReplyDeleteHello from France
Michal Listkiewicz is in Thailand for the Futsal WC...
ReplyDeleteFenerbahçe-AEL Limassol: Kristinn Jakobsson
ReplyDeleteIstvan Vad at Molde-Steaua. He's back!
ReplyDeleteThe best news respecting to the appointments. But he is strong enough for a different game...
DeleteAgree, should have been more. It however is very relieving to see UEFA has not lost its prudence.
DeleteAnji - Liverpoul: David Fernandez Borbalan (ESP)
ReplyDeleteNeftci - Rubin: Manuel De Sousa (POR)
Udinese - Young Boys: Kristo Tohver (EST)
Academica - Atletiko: Lee Probert (ENG)
Plzen - Hapoel Tel Aviv: Stanislav Todorov (BUL)
Marseille - Glandbach: Ivan Kruzliak (SVK)
Fenerbahce - AEL: Kristin Jakobsson (ISL)
Club Brugge - Newcastle: Luca Banti (ITA)
Bordeaux - Maritimo: Gediminas Mazeika (LTU)
Molde - Steaua: Istvan Vad (HUN)
Kobenhavn - Stuttgard: Euan Norris (SCO)
AIK - PSV: Maksim Layuskin (RUS)
Napoli - Dnipro: Alon Yefet (ISR)
Basel - Videoton: Yevhen Aranovskiy (UKR)
Sporting - Genk: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Partizan - Inter: Duarte Gomes (POR)
H. Kiryat - Sparta Praha: Aliaksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Athletic - Lyon: Pol Van Boekel (NED)
Lazio - Panathinaikos: Robert Schorgenhofer (AUT)
Tottenham - Maribor: Anti Munukka (FIN)
Metalist - Rozenborg: Matej Jug (SVN)
Leverkuzen - Rapid Vien: Libor Kovarik (CZE)
Hannover - Helsinborg: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
Twente - Levante: Tony Chapron (FRA)
Kristo Tohver is overcoming Kaasik....
DeleteAnd it's very good. Tohver is a very big talent. Saw him three times and he always was excellent. He's one of the best referees in 1st Category but we know politics reasons... Such countries like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland aren't popular to UEFA Referee Committee... And Kaasik was a referee in one match that I saw (Steaua and not remember opponent) two/three years ago. Extremely intense match, three missed red cards and I think it was crucial moment to his career. He was very perspective referee and now... Now we have Tohver and I hope he'll get the chance to be Elite Development soon.
DeleteTo the best of my knowledge, Tohver is still a category 2 referee at this moment?
DeleteOh yes, sorry, my fault. But this fact just indicates UEFA's passive approach to so much talented referees. I hope Tohver and Marciniak are 100% sure to advance to the 1st Cat.
DeleteI do not think their approach is passive. It's clear that referees from Baltic nations need more matches to be promoted or to get high profile clashes than refs from England, Italy or Germany. Latters' leagues are just more intense and challenging so that referees mostly exhibit a lot of experience even before they receive the fifa badge, so it's just logical to my mind.
DeleteReally? Kassai, Michel were from poor football countries where matches the game isn't so intense to your mind and they were pushed... If the referee is an obvious talent, it's unfair to keep him in lower category only because he's from worse league than ENG/ESP/GER... There are good and better COUNTRIES in UEFA's eyes.
DeleteKassai was pushed when he achieved CL level, but in his early career, he needed more time as others as well. I saw Tohver at U17 EURO 2011 (you cannot expect a promotion from 3rd Group to 1st within 1,5 years), I found him convincing, but never to be compared to someone like Kassai.
DeleteFor me as German it's easy to put forward this argument with the "bigger leagues", but it's probably true that a referee can cope more with an intense and high pace match in front of 60.000 supporters in Champions League if he is used to whistle in front of an average attendance of 45.000 supporters like in Bundesliga, if the football played in Spain is 2 times faster than in Estonia. These are just facts, but of course I do not want to arouse the impression that these are the only facets of refereeing experience (not to be understood in a wrong way).
Malek kontusia no MD4 EL, GET-DOWN in 2 GROUP- CATEGORY
ReplyDeleteRoman Slyško this time is appointed with Ivan Kruzliak, finally in a full Slovakian team.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/Publications/01/88/50/82/1885082_DOWNLOAD.pdf
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, I looked for such a document (here is the older version: http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/66/1676366_DOWNLOAD.pdf
ReplyDeleteBy the way, it would not harm if some of the English and Scottish top referees were able to speak more than their mother tongue, just as all the other refs do as well.
ReplyDeleteA British delegate criticized once a UEFA match, why the referee speaks not good English.The referee replied that whether the delegate ruled a foreign language - no.
DeleteNice anecdote, thanks :D
DeleteThank you very much CroRef, in this file there are many info I was looking for.
ReplyDeleteHello!
ReplyDeleteDear author and dear users!
I want to thank you for running this blog. I read the entries posted here almost every day. I am very impressed with your passion and time spent on writing in this unique space. Until now, I would take no part in the discussion, perhaps soon will put some my opinions. Keep up the good work on, please.
Meanwhile, greetings from Vanuatu (however strange this would sound in Europe)!
N.C.
Thanks for this encouragement and being with us, would be nice to hear your opinions soon as well.
DeleteI'm going to watch Alon Yefet.
ReplyDeleteThomson In Copenhagen - Stuttgart
ReplyDeleteThomson instead of Norris at Kopenhagen-Stuttgart!
ReplyDeleteSo again no Norris, unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteKruzliak was not up to this match in Marseille. It was definitely too huge and UEFA's appointment is responsible for that, too much too early. Many mistakes, no crucial one, but not more than 8.0 for my taste.
Alon Yefet is a very fussy referee, if you complain, immediatly card. He likes also to talk even for a long time to a player, after a foul.
ReplyDeleteOverall, not difficult match to handle, but very intesive from 1' to 90'.
No crucial situations in penalty ares, assistants good on offsides without mistakes. Anyway in second half he allowed too much wasting of time by Dnipro and he gave only 3 minutes as additional time. He was also pedantic prior to every free kick, correcting the position from which the player had to kick the ball.
No other important thing to report, overall an average performance.
Big mistake by Van Boekel in Athletic Bilbao - Lyon: he allowed the 1-2 scored by Bilbao after a kick on the face of French keeper.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe that the additional was there without seeing the situation.
Fautrel with penalty for Hannover and two direct red cards for Helsingborg in the last minute of regular time. The defender made a sliding tackle and hit both, ball and legs. So maybe a foul, maybe not. The situation was on the edge of the penalty area. So maybe a penalty, maybe not. If it was a foul, then it was most probably a DOGSO. Fautrel showed a red card to a Helsingborg player, but I'm quite sure, it was not the one who made the tackling. The Swedish team protested heavily and Fautrel sent off another player, probably for insulting.
ReplyDeleteThe situation should be reviewed.
The second red card was for the player, who committed the foul. But strange, to issue a card for another player first...
DeleteI saw it. First of all, the tackle is very controversial. I wouldn't give that penalty but the Fautrel's call is acceptable (tackle hit both, leg and ball). The most important is a place of infrigement. For me, it was before the box, hence - free kick, but again in such case, penalty is acceptable. My feeling is: both red cards were for dissents not for the foul. He firstly sent off Atta, then he was going to look on the penalty and Larsson said something. Fautrel gave him straight red card. I think the foul wasn't DOGSO, maybe yellow card but it seems Fautrel didn't want to give that. Overall, very calm in this situation and every single call here is acceptable to my mind. But I'm sorry for Helsingborg... I understand both players as well.
DeleteYes, clearly a free-kick, not a penalty. And then I would not even have issued a yellow card. The purpose was clearly the ball, he partly touched it and although it was with both legs, I do not think he really endangered his opponent's health there. Furthermore I have doubts whether the red cards were really profound and based on verbal dissents or just because they did not stop complaining, but we cannot be sure about that.
Delete'Just in case anyone noticed that Euan Norris was replaced as referee in Thursday's Europa League match between Copenhagen and Stuttgart by Craig Thomson and was wondering why, it was after he was feeling unwell, collapsed and was subsequently hospitalised on Monday night, referee's chief John Fleming has said. He will also sit out this weekend's domestic matches, but should be back next week. He has also been publicly backed after Kilmarnock manager Kenny Shiels publicly criticised him last week.' - ratetheref user
ReplyDeleteGet well soon Euan
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