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#Post#: 13777--------------------------------------------------
UEFA Referees Categories - second half of the 2019/20 season
DIR By: Vlad Vladadze
Date: December 13, 2019, 1:59 pm
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Orel Grinfeld (ISR - 1981), István Kovács (ROU - 1984) and
Slavko Vinčič (SVN - 1979) have been promoted to
Elite. Some new names (bold) and some retirements. No other
movements between categories.
Elite Category
Aliaksiej Kuĺbakoŭ (BLR - 1979), Pavel Královec (CZE -
1977), Michael Oliver (ENG - 1985), Anthony Taylor (ENG - 1978),
Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP - 1976), Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP -
1984), Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (ESP - 1977), Benoît Bastien
(FRA - 1983), Clément Turpin (FRA - 1982), Deniz Aytekin (GER -
1978), Felix Brych (GER - 1975), Felix Zwayer (GER - 1981),
Anastásios Sidirópoulos (GRE - 1979), Viktor Kassai (HUN -
1975), Orel Grinfeld (ISR - 1981), Daniele Orsato (ITA - 1975),
Björn Kuipers (NED - 1973), Danny Makkelie (NED - 1983), Szymon
Marciniak (POL - 1981), Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (POR -
1979), Ovidiu Alin Hațegan (ROU - 1980), István Kovács (ROU
- 1984), Sergey Karasyov (RUS - 1979), William Collum (SCO -
1979), Ivan Kruliak (SVK - 1984), Damir Skomina (SVN - 1976),
Slavko Vinčič (SVN - 1979), Cüneyt Çakır (TUR -
1976)
First Category
Harald Lechner (AUT - 1982), Manuel Schüttengruber (AUT - 1983),
Əliyar Ağayev (AZE - 1987), Irfan Peljto (BIH - 1984),
Georgi Kabakov (BUL - 1986), Ivan Bebek (CRO - 1977), Petr
Ardeleanu (CZE - 1980), Jakob Kehlet (DEN - 1980), Craig Pawson
(ENG - 1979), Xavier Estrada Fernández (ESP - 1976), José María
Sánchez Martínez (ESP - 1983), Kristo Tohver (EST - 1981),
Mattias Gestranius (FIN - 1978), Ruddy Buquet (FRA - 1977),
François Letexier (FRA - 1989), Daniel Siebert (GER - 1984),
Tobias Stieler (GER - 1981), Tamás Bognár (HUN - 1978), István
Vad (HUN - 1979), Marco Guida (ITA - 1981), Davide Massa (ITA -
1981), Gediminas Maeika (LTU - 1978), Andris Treimanis (LVA -
1985), Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD - 1977), Nikola Dabanović
(MNE - 1981), Serdar Gözübüyük (NED - 1985), Bas Nijhuis (NED -
1977), Paweł Gil (POL - 1976), Paweł Raczkowski (POL -
1983), Daniel Stefański (POL - 1977), Tiago Bruno Lopes
Martins (POR - 1980), Radu Marian Petrescu (ROU - 1982), Sergey
Ivanov (RUS - 1984), Aleksey Yes'kov (RUS - 1978), John Beaton
(SCO - 1982), Robert Madden (SCO - 1978), Srđan
Jovanović (SRB - 1986), Sandro Schärer (SUI - 1988), Matej
Jug (SVN - 1980), Andreas Ekberg (SWE - 1985), Halis Özkahya
(TUR - 1980), Ali Palabıyık (TUR - 1981), Yevhen
Aranovsʹkyy (UKR - 1976), Serhiy Boyko (UKR - 1977)
Second Category
Enea Jorgji (ALB - 1984), Alexandre Boucaut (BEL - 1980),
Jonathan Lardot (BEL - 1984), Lawrence Visser (BEL - 1989),
Ivaylo Stoyanov (BUL - 1981), Fran Jović (CRO - 1984), Duje
Strukan (CRO - 1984), Pavel Orel (CZE - 1988), Miroslav Zelinka
(CZE - 1981), Jřrgen Daugbjerg Burchardt (DEN - 1982),
Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN - 1983), Jens Grabski Maae
(DEN - 1982), Michael Tykgaard (DEN - 1977), Stuart Attwell (ENG
- 1982), David Coote (ENG - 1982), Christopher Kavanagh (ENG -
1985), Andrew Madley (ENG - 1983), Paul Tierney (ENG - 1980),
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (ESP - 1984), Ricardo de Burgos
Bengoetxea (ESP - 1986), Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (ESP
- 1982), Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP - 1982), José Luis Munuera
Montero (ESP - 1983), Juri Frischer (EST - 1984), Antti Munukka
(FIN - 1982), Karim Abed (FRA - 1988), Jérôme Brisard (FRA -
1986), Willy Delajod (FRA - 1992), Amaury Delerue (FRA - 1977),
Benoît Millot (FRA - 1982), Frank Schneider (FRA - 1979), Giorgi
Kruashvili (GEO - 1986), Bastian Dankert (GER - 1980), Christian
Dingert (GER - 1980), Marco Fritz (GER - 1977), Harm Osmers (GER
- 1985), Sascha Stegemann (GER - 1984), Geórgios Komínis (GRE -
1980), Anastásios Papapétrou (GRE - 1985), Ádám Farkas (HUN -
1982), Neil Doyle (IRL - 1978), Robert Harvey (IRL - 1988),
Robert Hennessy (IRL - 1990), Ţorvaldur Árnason (ISL - 1982),
Vilhjálmur Alvar Ţórarinsson (ISL - 1985), Roi Reinshreiber (ISR
- 1980), Eitan Shmuelevitz (ISR - 1978), Marco Di Bello (ITA -
1981), Daniele Doveri (ITA - 1977), Michael Fabbri (ITA - 1983),
Massimiliano Irrati (ITA - 1979), Fabio Maresca (ITA - 1981),
Maurizio Mariani (ITA - 1981), Paolo Valeri (ITA - 1978), Artom
Kuchin (KAZ - 1977), Donatas Rumas (LTU - 1988), Alain Durieux
(LUX - 1985), Dumitru Muntean (MDA - 1985), Dimitar
Mečkarovski (MKD - 1975), Trustin Farrugia Cann (MLT -
1985), Alan Mario Sant (MLT - 1980), Dennis Johan Higler (NED -
1985), Espen Andreas Eskĺs (NOR - 1988), Tore Hansen (NOR -
1978), Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR - 1979), Bartosz Frankowski (POL -
1986), Krzysztof Jakubik (POL - 1983), Joăo Pedro Silva Pinheiro
(POR - 1988), Manuel Jorge Neves Moreira de Sousa (POR - 1975),
Fábio José Costa Veríssimo (POR - 1982), Ionuț Marius Avram
(ROU - 1979), Horațiu Mircea Feșnic (ROU - 1989),
Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS - 1973), Sergey Lapochkin (RUS -
1981), Kirill Levnikov (RUS - 1984), Vitaliy Meshkov (RUS -
1983), Kevin Clancy (SCO - 1983), Donald Robertson (SCO - 1987),
Alain Bieri (SUI - 1979), Adrien Jaccottet (SUI - 1983), Filip
Glova (SVK - 1988), Peter Kráľovič (SVK - 1983),
Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE - 1985), Glenn Nyberg (SWE - 1988), Bojan
Pandzic (SWE - 1982), Martin Strömbergsson (SWE - 1977), Hüseyin
Göçek (TUR - 1976), Mete Kalkavan (TUR - 1979), Halil Umut Meler
(TUR - 1986), Mykola Balakin (UKR - 1989), Iwan Arwel Griffith
(WAL - 1988)
Third Category
Eldorjan Hamiti (ALB - 1983), Juxhin Xhaja (ALB - 1990), Luís
Miguel do Nascimento Teixeira (AND - 1987), Suren Baliyan (ARM -
1980), Zaven Hovhannisyan (ARM - 1980), Walter Altmann (AUT -
1984), Christian-Petru Ciochirca (AUT - 1989), Sebastian
Gishamer (AUT - 1988), Christopher Jäger (AUT - 1985), Julian
Weinberger (AUT - 1985), Rauf Cabbarov (AZE - 1985), Rəhim
Həsənov (AZE - 1983), Nicolas Laforge (BEL - 1986),
Erik Lambrechts (BEL - 1984), Bram Van Driessche (BEL - 1985),
Nathan Verboomen (BEL - 1988), Dragan Petrović (BIH -
1981), Admir ehović (BIH - 1982), Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ
(BLR - 1988), Amine Kourgheli (BLR - 1991), Viktar ymusik (BLR
- 1985), Stefan Apostolov (BUL - 1988), Volen Chinkov (BUL -
1983), Dragomir Draganov (BUL - 1981), Nikola Popov (BUL -
1983), Igor Pajač (CRO - 1985), Tihomir Pejin (CRO - 1983),
Mario Zebec (CRO - 1982), Timótheos Christofí (CYP - 1987),
Vasílis Dimitríou (CYP - 1977), Nikólas Neokléous (CYP - 1989),
Loúkas Sotiríou (CYP - 1982), Ondřej Pechanec (CZE - 1986),
Pavel Rejek (CZE - 1990), Morten Hansen (DEN - 1988), Peter
Kjćrsgaard (DEN - 1984), Roomer Tarajev (EST - 1980), Kaarlo
Oskari Hämäläinen (FIN - 1993), Ville Nevalainen (FIN - 1984),
Petri Viljanen (FIN - 1987), Kári Jóannesarson á Hřvdanum (FRO -
1990), Alex de Albuquerque Troleis (FRO - 1980), Goga
Kikacheishvili (GEO - 1991), Giorgi Vadachkoria (GEO - 1977),
Jason Lee Barcelo (GIB - 1980), Aristotélis Diamandópoulos (GRE
- 1983), Ioánnis Papadópoulos (GRE - 1982), Emmanouíl Skoulás
(GRE - 1986), Athanásios Tzílos (GRE - 1983), Balázs Berke (HUN
- 1984), Ferenc Karakó (HUN - 1983), Paul McLaughlin (IRL -
1979), Helgi Mikael Jónasson (ISL - 1993), Ívar Orri
Kristjánsson (ISL - 1989), Yigal Frid (ISR - 1992), David Fuxman
(ISR - 1990), Gal Leibovitz (ISR - 1986), Furkat Atazhanov (KAZ
- 1986), Arman Ismuratov (KAZ - 1987), Daniyar Sakhi (KAZ -
1991), Visar Kastrati (KOS - 1986), Besfort Kasumi (KOS - 1983),
Genc Nuza (KOS - 1989), Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU - 1991),
Laurent Kopriwa (LUX - 1983), Jasmin Sabotic (LUX - 1990),
Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA - 1984), Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA -
1981), Veaceslav Banari (MDA - 1975), Alexandru Tean (MDA -
1983), Dejan Jakimovski (MKD - 1985), Matthew De Gabriele (MLT -
1988), Fyodor Zammit (MLT - 1985), Jovan Kaluđerović
(MNE - 1977), Milovan Milačić (MNE - 1982), Jochem
Kamphuis (NED - 1986), Allard Lindhout (NED - 1987), Keith
Kennedy (NIR - 1991), Tim Marshall (NIR - 1988), Ian McNabb (NIR
- 1988), James Robert Robinson (NIR - 1994), Kristoffer Hagenes
(NOR - 1990), Sigurd Smehus Kringstad (NOR - 1987), Rohit Saggi
(NOR - 1992), Kai Erik Steen (NOR - 1985), Tomasz Musiał
(POL - 1981), Vítor Jorge Fernandes Ferreira (POR - 1988), Luís
Miguel Branco Godinho (POR - 1985), Hugo Filipe Ferreira de
Campos Moreira Miguel (POR - 1977), António Emanuel Carvalho
Nobre (POR - 1988), Marcel Bîrsan (ROU - 1982), Sebastian
Constantin Colțescu (ROU - 1977), Aleksey Matyunin (RUS -
1982), Vladimir Moskalyov (RUS - 1986), David Munro (SCO -
1990), Nicolas Walsh (SCO - 1990), Luca Barbeno (SMR - 1981),
Milo Đorđić (SRB - 1987), Danilo Grujić
(SRB - 1980), Lazar Lukić (SRB - 1981), Novak Simović
(SRB - 1982), Lukas Fähndrich (SUI - 1984), Fedayi San (SUI -
1982), Urs Schnyder (SUI - 1986), Lionel Tschudi (SUI - 1989),
Boris Marhefka (SVK - 1987), Michal Očená (SVK - 1991),
Nejc Kajtazovič (SVN - 1982), Rade Obrenovič (SVN -
1990), Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE - 1984), Kaspar Sjöberg (SWE -
1987), Arda Kardeşler (TUR - 1988), Viktor Kopiyevs'kyy
(UKR - 1990), Yaroslav Kozyk (UKR - 1980), Vitaliy Romanov (UKR
- 1980), Denys Shurman (UKR - 1986), Robert Jenkins (WAL -
1989), Bryn Markham-Jones (WAL - 1986)
Retirements:
Gianluca Rocchi (ITA - 1973, elite)
Kevin Blom (NED - 1974, first)
Alexander Harkam (AUT - 1981, first)
Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT - 1973, first)
Siarhiej Cynkievič (BLR - 1976, second)
Tobias Welz (GER - 1977, second)
Pol van Boekel (NED - 1975, second)
Arnold Hunter (NIR - 1979, second)
Ola Hobber Nilsen (NOR - 1986, second)
Andrew Dallas (SCO - 1983, second)
Stephan Klossner (SUI - 1981, second)
Dzianis čarbakoŭ (BLR - 1978, third)
Stanislav Todorov (BUL - 1976, third)
Zbyněk Proske (CZE - 1981, third)
Nicolas Rainville (FRA - 1982, third)
Irakli Kvirikashvili (GEO - 1984, third)
Erez Papir (ISR - 1980, third)
Christophe Pires Martins (LUX - 1989, third)
Joăo Carlos dos Santos Capela (POR - 1974, third)
Ümit Öztürk (TUR - 1983, third)
Mykola Kryvonosov (UKR - 1983, third)
#Post#: 13778--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Referees Categories - second half of the 2019/20 season
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: December 13, 2019, 2:39 pm
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Interesting that only one elite official from Italy
nowadays....usually a good flow of referees are in elite or on
the cusp of elite.
Peljto seems to be very highly rated, and would probably be
elite in the near future.
Belarus have three new officials onto FIFA as well.. sounds like
a very good crop of up and coming officials are emerging from a
nation who haven't really produced top quality elite officials
in recent times.
#Post#: 13780--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Referees Categories - second half of the 2019/20 season
DIR By: bmb
Date: December 13, 2019, 7:35 pm
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Oh Vlad I have missed you so much - welcome back! :-*
Surprised to see Vad still there to be honest. He was out the
best part of last season injured and hasn't refereed a game
domestically since week 1 because he has been out injured. I
would have thought it would have been an ideal opportunity to
either swap him & Farkas groupwise or drop him altogether,
promote Farkas & give a white badge to one of the 3 very
promising youngsters we have right now. Bogár is developing very
well & is only 27. Kassai is 45 next year, Bognár & Vad only a
year younger than him. I suspect both Kassai & Bognár will get
+1 years. Vad seems unable to shake his injury woes though.
Gratulálok/Congratulations to István Kovács on his promotion as
well. I watch a few of his domestic games in Romania. [emoji122]
#Post#: 13782--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Referees Categories - second half of the 2019/20 season
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: December 14, 2019, 3:50 am
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I still tend to think of Attwell as a very young man because he
burst onto the scene at a very young age so it surprises me that
he is 37. I think the fact that he hasn't been promoted
amplifies what DublinRef has said on another thread that he
really isn't going to progress very far internationally. Perhaps
VAR will be his thing.
#Post#: 13783--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Referees Categories - second half of the 2019/20 season
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: December 14, 2019, 3:52 am
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Sorry to see Rocchi go. Always liked his refereeing.
#Post#: 13784--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Referees Categories - second half of the 2019/20 season
DIR By: ajb95
Date: December 14, 2019, 4:36 am
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How come Kuipers hasn't come off the list?
#Post#: 13786--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Referees Categories - second half of the 2019/20 season
DIR By: guest3
Date: December 14, 2019, 5:05 am
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Very surprised to see Grinfeld promoted. IMO, he is not Elite
material. Too passive at times and makes a small mess in most of
the cases.
Kovacs. Well he has one man to thank for. Vassaras. With only 3
CL matches it's unbelievable how he managed to get promoted.
Romania with 2 Elite and 1 First Group Referee. Not bad at all.
Finally about Vincic but I have the feeling that it's too late.
He is already 40. Technically he has a chance for Qatar but if
Skomina is still around, I think that it's difficult. So his
realistic target would be 2024 Euro.
#Post#: 13787--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Referees Categories - second half of the 2019/20 season
DIR By: bmb
Date: December 14, 2019, 9:01 am
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--- Quote from: edy link ---
>
> Kovacs. Well he has one man to thank for. Vassaras. With only
3 CL matches it's unbelievable how he managed to get promoted.
Romania with 2 Elite and 1 First Group Referee. Not bad at all.
>
>
--- End Quote ---
He has been refereeing very well domestically, certainly in the
games I have seen. His handling of the big Bucharest derby when
he was being very loudly racially abused for being ethnic
Hungarian & pelted with lighters/coins etc anytime he was near a
by line was exceptional imo. Never seen such vile hostility to
any referee on a pitch before & hope I never do again. I think
that probably showed a lot of what a strong character he is - I
don't speak Romanian at all but I needed very little translating
for me in that game & it was utterly vile. He's lucky to have
such a good leader there as well, I am sure Mr Vassaras has been
a great support to him, he seems that sort of leader.
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Re: UEFA Referees Categories - second half of the 2019/20 season
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: December 14, 2019, 3:35 pm
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May I ask what might be a silly question borne out of ignorance
of the system, why have Madley and Coote gone into the Second
Category when there is a Third Category? Just interested.
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Re: UEFA Referees Categories - second half of the 2019/20 season
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: December 14, 2019, 3:47 pm
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--- Quote from: Acme Thunderer link ---
>
> May I ask what might be a silly question borne out of
ignorance of the system, why have Madley and Coote gone into the
Second Category when there is a Third Category? Just interested.
>
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I think its because the English league and its status as one
of the leading competitions warrants that level of referee
grading, as an automatic entry point.
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