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       #Post#: 10625--------------------------------------------------
       Saudi Arabia 2019/20
       By: Vlad Vladadze Date: August 31, 2019, 3:58 pm
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       SAUDI PRO LEAGUE (Matchday 1)
       Thursday 22 August 2019
       18:00CET
       An-Nassr Riyadh - Damak Khamis Mushait
       Referee: Matthew Conger (NZL)
       Assistant Referee 1: Tevita Makasini (TGA)
       Assistant Referee 2: Mark Rule (NZL)
       Fourth Official: Campbell-Kirk Kawana Waugh (NZL)
       Video Assistant Referee: Joăo Carlos Santos Capela (POR)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nélson Carlos Cordeiro Moniz
       (POR)
       19:50CET
       Al-Ahli Jiddah - Al-A'adalah Al-Ahasa
       Referee: Bakary Papa Gassama (GAM)
       Assistant Referee 1: Djibril Camara (SEN)
       Assistant Referee 2: El Hadji Malick Samba (SEN)
       Fourth Official: Dennis Higler (NED)
       Video Assistant Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof (NED)
       Friday 23 August 2019
       18:00CET
       Al-Hilal Riyadh - Abha
       Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
       Assistant Referee 1: Terry Hoekstra (NED)
       Assistant Referee 2: Erik Kleinjan (NED)
       Fourth Official: Erwin Blank (NED)
       Video Assistant Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof (NED)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ingmar Oostrom (NED)
       18:10CET
       At-Ta'awun Buraidah - Al-Hazm Ar-Rass
       Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho (POR)
       Assistant Referee 1: Luís André Ferreira Pinto Campos (POR)
       Assistant Referee 2: Rui Manuel Cidade Silva (POR)
       Fourth Official: Matthew Conger (NZL)
       Video Assistant Referee: Joăo Carlos Santos Capela (POR)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Hélder Miguel Azevedo
       Malheiro (POR)
       19:50CET
       Al-Ittihad Jiddah - Ar-Ra'id Buraidah
       Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
       Assistant Referee 1: Kim Thomas Haglund (NOR)
       Assistant Referee 2: Magnus Lundberg (NOR)
       Fourth Official: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
       Video Assistant Referee: Bakary Papa Gassama (GAM)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Djibril Camara (SEN)
       Saturday 24 August 2019
       17:50CET
       Al-Fatah Al-Ahasa - Ash-Shabab Riyadh
       Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof (NED)
       Assistant Referee 1: Terry Hoekstra (NED)
       Assistant Referee 2: Erik Kleinjan (NED)
       Fourth Official: Erwin Blank (NED)
       Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ingmar Oostrom (NED)
       18:05CET
       Al-Faisali Harmah - Al-Faiha'a Al-Majma'ah
       Referee: Matthew Conger (NZL)
       Assistant Referee 1: Tevita Makasini (TGA)
       Assistant Referee 2: Mark Rule (NZL)
       Fourth Official: Campbell-Kirk Kawana Waugh (NZL)
       Video Assistant Referee: Joăo Carlos Santos Capela (POR)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nélson Carlos Cordeiro Moniz
       (POR)
       19:50CET
       Al-Wahda Makkah - Al-Ittifaq Ad-Dammam
       Referee: Bakary Papa Gassama (GAM)
       Assistant Referee 1: Djibril Camara (SEN)
       Assistant Referee 2: El Hadji Malick Samba (SEN)
       Fourth Official: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
       Video Assistant Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Turki Al-Khudair (KSA)
       #Post#: 10626--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Saudi Arabia 2019/20
       By: Vlad Vladadze Date: August 31, 2019, 4:22 pm
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       SAUDI PRO LEAGUE (Matchday 2)
       Thursday 29 August 2019
       17:45CET
       Al-A'adalah Al-Ahasa - Damak Khamis Mushait
       Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
       Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
       Assistant Referee 2: Mario Diks (NED)
       Fourth Official: Rob Dieperink (NED)
       Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti (NED)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Stan Teuben (NED)
       19:20CET
       Al-Faiha'a Al-Majma'ah - Al-Hazm Ar-Rass
       Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
       Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
       Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
       Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
       Video Assistant Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dalibor
       Đurđević (SRB)
       Friday 30 August 2019
       17:55CET
       Ash-Shabab Riyadh - Al-Faisali Harmah
       Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
       Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (HUN)
       Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
       Fourth Official: József Erdős (HUN)
       Video Assistant Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
       19:40CET
       Al-Fatah Al-Ahasa - An-Nassr Riyadh
       Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hațegan (ROU)
       Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Șovre (ROU)
       Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe (ROU)
       Fourth Official: Rob Dieperink (NED)
       Video Assistant Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti (NED)
       19:40CET
       Al-Wahda Makkah - Abha
       Referee: Manuel Jorge Neves Moreira de Sousa (POR)
       Assistant Referee 1: Paulo Jorge Rocha Miranda (POR)
       Assistant Referee 2: Nuno Miguel da Silva Manso (POR)
       Fourth Official: Majid Ash-Shamrani (KSA)
       Video Assistant Referee: António Emanuel Carvalho Nobre (POR)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
       Saturday 31 August 2019
       17:40CET
       Al-Ittifaq Ad-Dammam - Al-Ahli Jiddah
       Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
       Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
       Assistant Referee 2: Mario Diks (NED)
       Fourth Official: Rob Dieperink (NED)
       Video Assistant Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hațegan (ROU)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti (NED)
       18:05CET
       Ar-Ra'id Buraidah - Al-Hilal Riyadh
       Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
       Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
       Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
       Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
       Video Assistant Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dalibor
       Đurđević (SRB)
       #Post#: 10643--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Saudi Arabia 2019/20
       By: RCG Date: September 1, 2019, 4:18 am
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       Not sure how UEFA or their home leagues would view doing 2 games
       in 3 days and VAR on the day in between. Definitely getting
       their money's worth
       #Post#: 10649--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Saudi Arabia 2019/20
       By: bmb Date: September 1, 2019, 6:39 am
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       [quote author=RCG link=topic=989.msg10643#msg10643
       date=1567329498]
       Not sure how UEFA or their home leagues would view doing 2 games
       in 3 days and VAR on the day in between. Definitely getting
       their money's worth
       [/quote]
       The appointments are made through UEFA.  With our Hungarian
       referees they are given the weekend off from the domestic
       leagues, although I noticed earlier in the week that both József
       Erdős & György Ring had been appointed to an NBII match
       today. [s]Will check and see if they are still listed. [/s]
       They are still listed on the ETO Győr v Vasas game at 8pm CEST.
       #Post#: 10679--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Saudi Arabia 2019/20
       By: Toprefm Date: September 2, 2019, 5:51 am
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       What is the reasoning behind this? Are the Saudi referees not
       good enough or is it something else?
       #Post#: 10682--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Saudi Arabia 2019/20
       By: bmb Date: September 2, 2019, 6:08 am
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       [quote author=Toprefm link=topic=989.msg10679#msg10679
       date=1567421490]
       What is the reasoning behind this? Are the Saudi referees not
       good enough or is it something else?
       [/quote]
       Not 100% sure. Our Hungarian refs have refereed at least 1 or 2
       games in Saudi Arabia and Egypt for as long as I have been
       following the league. (10 years) It always tended to be the real
       big derby matches in part to protect local referees from
       threats/attempted bribery etc.
       Last season Viktor spent as much time in Saudi as he did
       domestically - I think it was 12 games there (as referee plus
       others as the VAR) & 14 in our league which was mainly down to
       VAR training/experience/practice.  They have the VAR system set
       up and working well there whereas in Hungary we barely have the
       infrastructure for more than 1 TV camera in grounds! It's not
       quite that bad, but it's only the last 2-3 seasons where there
       is now a camera in each half and maybe another 1 or 2 and they
       are all the same side of the pitch, certainly no views from the
       other side of the pitch/behind goals etc. A lot of the Eastern
       European leagues are similar, there's not the money in the games
       there yet to set up 12+ cameras to install an infrastructure
       capable of supporting a VAR system. Saudi Arabian league seem
       open to having foreign referees there on a weekly basis to learn
       the VAR system & gain experience & I guess in turn they get
       referees from leagues who are at a higher level than their own
       league is.
       #Post#: 10683--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Saudi Arabia 2019/20
       By: Toprefm Date: September 2, 2019, 6:16 am
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       Thanks BMB, I wonder if English refs will be involved?
       #Post#: 10689--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Saudi Arabia 2019/20
       By: bmb Date: September 2, 2019, 7:41 am
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       I was told by a couple of our referees that they had requested
       to be allowed to do this themselves (the FA to arrange it not
       them as individuals) but were told no and of course we now have
       VAR here in the PL at least so I'm pretty sure the answer from
       the ivory towers is that they can learn on the job domestically
       now so no need to send them abroad.
       #Post#: 10700--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Saudi Arabia 2019/20
       By: guest3 Date: September 2, 2019, 10:24 am
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       [quote author=Toprefm link=topic=989.msg10679#msg10679
       date=1567421490]
       What is the reasoning behind this? Are the Saudi referees not
       good enough or is it something else?
       [/quote]
       Most of the clubs there, don't really trust their referees. They
       prefer to spent money on bringing foreign referees than to give
       the opportunity on their own referees.
       #Post#: 10915--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Saudi Arabia 2019/20
       By: Vlad Vladadze Date: September 13, 2019, 5:42 am
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       SAUDI PRO LEAGUE (Matchday 3)
       Friday 13 September 2019
       17:50CET
       At-Ta'awun Buraidah - Al-A'adalah Al-Ahasa
       Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
       Assistant Referee 1: Ruud Bexkens (NED)
       Assistant Referee 2: Freek Vandeursen (NED)
       Fourth Official: Sander van der Eijk (NED)
       Video Assistant Referee: Edgar Bijl (NED)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Laurens Gerrets (NED)
       17:50CET
       Damak Khamis Mushait - Al-Ittihad Jiddah
       Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (POR)
       Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Martins (POR)
       Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Ribeiro (POR)
       Fourth Official: Abdullah Zafar (KSA)
       Video Assistant Referee: André Narciso (POR)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dalibor
       Đurđević (SRB)
       19:35CET
       An-Nassr Riyadh - Ash-Shabab Riyadh
       Referee: Daniel Stefański (POL)
       Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
       Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
       Fourth Official: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
       Video Assistant Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
       Saturday 14 September 2019
       17:40CET
       Al-Hilal Riyadh - Al-Faiha'a Al-Majma'ah
       Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
       Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
       Assistant Referee 2: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
       Fourth Official: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
       Video Assistant Referee: Daniel Stefański (POL)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marcin Boniek (POL)
       17:50CET
       Abha - Ar-Ra'id Buraidah
       Referee: André Narciso (POR)
       Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Martins (POR)
       Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Ribeiro (POR)
       Fourth Official: Muhammad As-Suma'ail (KSA)
       Video Assistant Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (POR)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dalibor
       Đurđević (SRB)
       19:35CET
       Al-Ahli Jiddah - Al-Wahda Makkah
       Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
       Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
       Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
       Fourth Official: Ra'id Az-Zahrani (KSA)
       Video Assistant Referee: Joăo Capela (POR)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nélson Moniz (POR)
       Sunday 15 September 2019
       17:50CET
       Al-Hazm Ar-Rass - Al-Ittifaq Ad-Dammam
       Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
       Assistant Referee 1: Ruud Bexkens (NED)
       Assistant Referee 2: Freek Vandeursen (NED)
       Fourth Official: Sander van der Eijk (NED)
       Video Assistant Referee: Edgar Bijl (NED)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Laurens Gerrets (NED)
       19:10CET
       Al-Faisali Harmah - Al-Fatah Al-Ahasa
       Referee: Daniel Stefański (POL)
       Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
       Assistant Referee 2: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
       Fourth Official: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
       Video Assistant Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
       Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
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