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Title: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Tue 19 Mar 2019 00:17
Group C
21 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Rotterdam (Stadion Feijenoord)
NETHERLANDS - BELARUS
Referee: Davide Massa (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Messner (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: José Guilherme Aguiar (POR)

Group C
21 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Belfast (Windsor Park)
NORTHERN IRELAND - ESTONIA
Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Pataki (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Zobenica (CRO)
Fourth Official: Igor Pajač (CRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi (SMR)
UEFA Delegate: Alin Cioban (ROU)

Group E
21 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Zagreb (Stadion Maksimir)
CROATIA - AZERBAIJAN
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Diyan Valkov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Nikola Popov (BUL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nikolay Ivanov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Emil Ubias (CZE)

Group E
21 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Trnava (City Arena - Štadión Antona Malatinského)
SLOVAKIA - HUNGARY
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Valeriy Danchenko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Aleksey Yes'kov (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Niklas á Líđarenda (FRO)
UEFA Delegate: Campbell Ogilvie (SCO)

Group G
21 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Vienna (Ernst-Happel-Stadion)
AUSTRIA - POLAND
Referee: Anastásios Sidirópoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Polychrónis Kostarás (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Lázaros Dimitriádis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Ioánnis Papadópoulos (GRE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Haim Jakov (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Nebojša Ivković (SRB)

Group G
21 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Skopje (Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski)
NORTH MACEDONIA - LATVIA
Referee: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kemal Yılmaz (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kerem Ersoy (TUR)
Fourth Official: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kaj Řstergaard (DEN)
UEFA Delegate: Ivan Tsitovich (RUS)

Group G
21 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Haifa (Itztadion Sammy Ofer)
ISRAEL - SLOVENIA
Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Luís André Ferreira Pinto Campos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Miguel Mota Almeida (POR)
Fourth Official: Joăo Carlos dos Santos Capela (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Roy Cathcart (NIR)

Group I
21 March 2019, 16:00 CET - Astana (Astana Arena)
KAZAKHSTAN - SCOTLAND
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Novak Simović (SRB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Igor Șațchii (MDA)
UEFA Delegate: Sergiu Lisnic (MDA)

Group I
21 March 2019, 18:00 CET - Nicosia (Stádio GSP)
CYPRUS - SAN MARINO
Referee: Juri Frischer (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Silver Kőiv (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Aron Härsing (EST)
Fourth Official: Kristo Tohver (EST)
UEFA Referee Observer: Albano Janku (ALB)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Krähenbühl (SUI)

Group I
21 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Brussels (Koning Boudewijnstadion)
BELGIUM - RUSSIA
Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hațegan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Șovre (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Sebastian Constantin Colțescu (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Yariv Teper (ISR)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Tue 19 Mar 2019 09:24
Group A
22 March 2019, 18:00 CET - Sofia (Natsionalen Stadion "Vasil Levski")
BULGARIA - MONTENEGRO
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Haquette (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Julien Pacelli (FRA)
Fourth Official: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Vladislav Khodeyev (RUS)

Group A
22 March 2019, 20:45 CET - London (Wembley Stadium)
ENGLAND - CZECH REPUBLIC
Referee: Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Licínio Barbosa Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Alexandre dos Santos Soares (POR)
Fourth Official: Hugo Filipe Ferreira de Campos Moreira Miguel (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: Jacques Antenen (SUI)

Group B
22 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Luxembourg (Stade Josy Barthel)
LUXEMBOURG - LITHUANIA
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: David Elias Biton (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Matityahu Yakobov (ISR)
Fourth Official: Eitan Shmuelevitz (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Lyon (GIB)

Group B
22 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Lisbon (Estádio do SL Benfica)
PORTUGAL - UKRAINE
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: Benoît Millot (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Duncan Fraser (SCO)

Group H
22 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Shkodër (Stadiumi Loro Boriçi)
ALBANIA - TURKEY
Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mike Pickel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Gittelmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Christian Dingert (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)
UEFA Delegate: Graham Hover (ENG)

Group H
22 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Andorra la Vella (Estadi Nacional)
ANDORRA - ICELAND
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: Asim Xudiyev (AZE)
UEFA Delegate: Vasko Dojčinovski (MKD)

Group H
22 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)
MOLDOVA - FRANCE
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Fourth Official: Dimitar Mečkarovski (MKD)
UEFA Referee Observer: Gevorg Hovhannisyan (ARM)
UEFA Delegate: Kurt Zuppinger (SUI)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Readingfan on Tue 19 Mar 2019 13:20
So, UEFA have now dropped AARs for Euro qualifiers - I wonder if the Europa League semi-finals this season will be the last games to use them?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Tue 19 Mar 2019 20:21
A Russian ref for Slovakia v Hungary - that will be interesting given the recentish history between the 3 nations!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Wed 20 Mar 2019 09:34
Group D
23 March 2019, 15:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadzis Dinamo Arena)
GEORGIA - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Fourth Official: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)
UEFA Delegate: Mark Bos (NED)

Group D
23 March 2019, 18:00 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
GIBRALTAR - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Referee: Anastásios Papapétrou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Trýfon Petrópoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Iordánis Aptósoglou (GRE)
Fourth Official: Aristotélis Diamantópoulos (GRE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Guy Goethals (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Peter Oskam (NED)

Group F
23 March 2019, 18:00 CET - Ta' Qali (National Stadium)
MALTA - FAROE ISLANDS
Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Ţórarinsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Gylfi Már Sigurđsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Birkir Sigurđarson (ISL)
Fourth Official: Ívar Orri Kristjánsson (ISL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jari Maisonlahti (FIN)
UEFA Delegate: Nikola Kostov (MKD)

Group F
23 March 2019, 18:00 CET - Solna (Friends Arena)
SWEDEN - ROMANIA
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Paul Tierney (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jan Carlsen (DEN)
UEFA Delegate: Ariel Kenneth Scheiman (ISR)

Group F
23 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Valčncia (Mestalla, camp del Valčncia)
SPAIN - NORWAY
Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Christian Mutschler (SUI)

Group J
23 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Sarajevo (Stadion Grbavica)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - ARMENIA
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Hummelgaard (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Heine Sřrensen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Jens Grabski Maae (DEN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Drago Kos (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: Yuriy Barbash (UKR)

Group J
23 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Udine (Dacia Arena)
ITALY - FINLAND
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dvir Shimon (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Roi Hassan (ISR)
Fourth Official: Erez Papir (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Luc Wilmes (LUX)
UEFA Delegate: Danijel Jošt (SVN)

Group J
23 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Vaduz (Rheinpark Stadion)
LIECHTENSTEIN - GREECE
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Laurent Conotte (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Jimmy Cremers (BEL)
Fourth Official: Jonathan Lardot (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marco Borg (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: Maksimas Bechterevas (LTU)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Acme Thunderer on Wed 20 Mar 2019 10:44
Congrats to Craig and Michael and hope you and your teams have good games
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Wed 20 Mar 2019 14:45
Soares Dias for us at Wembley, and Dallas observing too. A chance to make an impression in front of an important committee member and second in charge.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Wed 20 Mar 2019 16:15
A Russian ref for Slovakia v Hungary - that will be interesting given the recentish history between the 3 nations!

At least he is not Karasev  :D
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Wed 20 Mar 2019 16:36
A Russian ref for Slovakia v Hungary - that will be interesting given the recentish history between the 3 nations!

At least he is not Karasev  :D

Very true!

The young lad whose father is an observer was impressive in the game he did. I think that might have been in the EL as opposed to a NT game but he looked decent.  Can't remember his name though!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Wed 20 Mar 2019 17:53
A Russian ref for Slovakia v Hungary - that will be interesting given the recentish history between the 3 nations!

At least he is not Karasev  :D

Very true!

The young lad whose father is an observer was impressive in the game he did. I think that might have been in the EL as opposed to a NT game but he looked decent.  Can't remember his name though!

I think that you mean Kirill Levnikov. He did Ujpest - Sevilla last summer and later on he did the Ludogorets - Zurich match on EL GS.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Wed 20 Mar 2019 20:20
A Russian ref for Slovakia v Hungary - that will be interesting given the recentish history between the 3 nations!

At least he is not Karasev  :D

Very true!

The young lad whose father is an observer was impressive in the game he did. I think that might have been in the EL as opposed to a NT game but he looked decent.  Can't remember his name though!

I think that you mean Kirill Levnikov. He did Ujpest - Sevilla last summer and later on he did the Ludogorets - Zurich match on EL GS.

That's him. The Lilák game v Sevilla, he was very good.  It was an easy game in many ways to referee but I was impressed with him. I didn't even cuss him once which is a major feat when I there watching Lilák!!!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Footyfan on Thu 21 Mar 2019 00:49
Portugese ref for England then which means alot of whistle and cheap free kicks. Should suit us with our dead ball situations.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Thu 21 Mar 2019 09:45
Group E
24 March 2019, 15:00 CET - Cardiff (Cardiff City Stadium)
WALES - SLOVAKIA
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Georg Lüchinger (LIE)

Group I
24 March 2019, 15:00 CET - Astana (Astana Arena)
KAZAKHSTAN - RUSSIA
Referee: Slavko Vinčič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stephen Lodge (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Bakar Zhordania (GEO)

Group E
24 March 2019, 18:00 CET - Budapest (Groupama Aréna)
HUNGARY - CROATIA
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Graeme Stewart (SCO)
Fourth Official: Robert Madden (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sergey Zuyev (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Joăo Morais (POR)

Group G
24 March 2019, 18:00 CET - Haifa (Itztadion Sammy Ofer)
ISRAEL - AUSTRIA
Referee: Yevhen Aranovs'kyy (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Andriy Skrypka (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Volodin (UKR)
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Romanov (UKR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Scott Struthers (SCO)

Group I
24 March 2019, 18:00 CET - Serravalle (San Marino Stadium)
SAN MARINO - SCOTLAND
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Kühr (AUT)
Fourth Official: Christopher Jäger (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Zbigniew Przesmycki (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Florian Prunea (ROU)

Group C
24 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Amsterdam (Johan Cruijff ArenA)
NETHERLANDS - GERMANY
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Fourth Official: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Peadar Ryan (IRL)

Group C
24 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Belfast (Windsor Park)
NORTHERN IRELAND - BELARUS
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Michał Obukowicz (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Radosław Siejka (POL)
Fourth Official: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Jevgeņijs Miļevskis (LVA)

Group G
24 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Warsaw (PGE Narodowy)
POLAND - LATVIA
Referee: Əliyar Ağayev (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Rza Məmmədov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Namiq Hüseynov (AZE)
Fourth Official: Rəhim Həsənov (AZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandr Keplin (KAZ)

Group G
24 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
SLOVENIA - FYR MACEDONIA
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Javier Aguilar Rodríguez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Teodoro Sobrino Magán (ESP)
Fourth Official: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Yuriy Baskakov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Karl Espen Eriksen (NOR)

Group I
24 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Nicosia (Stádio GSP)
CYPRUS - BELGIUM
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu (ROU)
UEFA Delegate: Geir Ţorsteinsson (ISL)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Thu 21 Mar 2019 18:37
Lucky Lucky William Collum is going to have one very pálinka'd up Missy bmb in the crowd!!! Don't envy him having to keep me happy, I'm not the most rational when watching the NT!!!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Thu 21 Mar 2019 19:48
Big game for Manzano in Holland, and Vincic in for a chilly night in the bowels of far Eastern Europe.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Thu 21 Mar 2019 21:59
A Russian ref for Slovakia v Hungary - that will be interesting given the recentish history between the 3 nations!

Well he was better than Karasev but that's not really much of a compliment.  I'd not be happy to see his name on another of our games.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Thu 21 Mar 2019 22:04
Ivan Bebek seemed to be doing ok in the NI game from what I saw. I had the game on but was really watching Slovakia v Hungary and was only glancing at the NI game on & off.  He's got some great facial expressions & there was one occasion where he gave a group of players a bit of a talking too, which I thought was good man management. Can't say with any accuracy though what his overall performance was like but the bits I saw he was doing ok & no probs.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Fri 22 Mar 2019 10:58
Group H
25 March 2019, 18:00 CET - Eskişehir (Eskişehir Yeni Atatürk Stadyumu)
TURKEY - MOLDOVA
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Semen Shlonchak (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ihor Al'okhin (UKR)
Fourth Official: Mykola Balakin (UKR)
UEFA Referee Observer: John Ferry (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: John Taylor (SCO)

Group A
25 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Prishtina (Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri)
KOSOVO - BULGARIA
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Fourth Official: Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Kris Bellon (BEL)

Group A
25 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Podgorica (Gradski Stadion)
MONTENEGRO - ENGLAND
Referee: Aliaksiej Kuĺbakoŭ (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dzmitryj Žuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alieh Maslianka (BLR)
Fourth Official: Dzianis Ščarbakoŭ (BLR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Jānis Mežeckis (LVA)

Group B
25 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Luxembourg (Stade Josy Barthel)
LUXEMBOURG - UKRAINE
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikko Alakare (FIN)
Fourth Official: Petri Viljanen (FIN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Michel Schafroth (SUI)

Group B
25 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Lisbon (Estádio do SL Benfica)
PORTUGAL - SERBIA
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Tomasz Musiał (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Tarik Shamel (ENG)

Group H
25 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Andorra la Vella (Estadi Comunal)
ANDORRA - ALBANIA
Referee: Filip Glova (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: František Ferenc (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Kováč (SVK)
Fourth Official: Boris Marhefka (SVK)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michális Koukoulákis (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Jacob Erel (ISR)

Group H
25 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Saint-Denis (Stade de France)
FRANCE - ICELAND
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Florin Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Ionuț Marius Avram (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Tammo Beishuizen (NED)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Fri 22 Mar 2019 19:46
Kovacs and Marciniak with important observers... the latter really needs to up his game after a very indifferent last few months IMO.

For us, a good game for Kulbakov in Montenegro.

Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Fri 22 Mar 2019 19:51
Kovacs and Marciniak with important observers... the latter really needs to up his game after a very indifferent last few months IMO.

For us, a good game for Kulbakov in Montenegro.

I can't tell if Kovacs has any realistic chances for promotion to the Elite. But he is trusted by the committee with an interesting match. I guess that Kyros Vassaras may have played a part on it.

Kulbakov should be considered an Elite referee. His appointments and performances those last months have been more than good. Final test perhaps?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Fri 22 Mar 2019 19:53
Plenty of Hungarian observers around these days! Piller seems to be a regular observer in the CL and EL but I'm not familiar with Szekely.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Fri 22 Mar 2019 22:44
Plenty of Hungarian observers around these days! Piller seems to be a regular observer in the CL and EL but I'm not familiar with Szekely.

52yr old. Retired 09/10 I think. Was an AR not referee. His International exploits include World Cup 2002 In Japan/South Korea, FIFA Confederations Cup in 2001, same place, Olympic games in 2000, U21 Euros in 2000 all of which he  was the only representative from Hungary. In 01/02 he had a couple of AR appointments in the CLQual (1) & CL(2) including as AR1 to Kyros Vassaras, but not with a Hungarian team of match officials, several more appointments the following season but again not with Hungarian officials - he was in Hugh Dallas's team twice & Graham Polls team. 2004 he appeared with a Hungarian team in a CL qual - Janos Megyebiro was ref & Tibor Vámos, who later went onto line for one Mr Kassai! He had 3 games in the EL Qual 1 in 97/98 with Sándor Piller as ref, piller retired the following year I do believe, 1 in 00/01 with Ferenc Bede & 1 with a Romanian referee. He also did an International friendly with Bede, who did at most 10-15 matches across several seasons.  His only other international appointment was in the intertoto cup in 05/06 with Szabolcs Saskoy as ref.  Hungary were not blessed in the early years of Puhl's reign (2000-onwards) in terms of International match officials!!! Thank goodness for Károly Palotai or Kassai would never have made the International list!!!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Sat 23 Mar 2019 09:18
Soares Dias for us at Wembley, and Dallas observing too. A chance to make an impression in front of an important committee member and second in charge.

Fairly routine for Soares Dias last night. He clearly identified Bedenerek as the offender for the penalty and a card too, but it looked like a sandwich so a tad unfortunate to be the only party sanctioned. 

Other than that, had hardly anything else to do all evening. However a few close offside calls for both AR’s which were very borderline.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Sat 23 Mar 2019 09:34
Group J
26 March 2019, 18:00 CET - Yerevan (Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht)
ARMENIA - FINLAND
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Milutin Đukić (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jovica Tatar (MNE)
Fourth Official: Milovan Milačić (MNE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Michał Listkiewicz (POL)

Group D
26 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Dublin (Aviva Stadium)
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND - GEORGIA
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Charles Schaap (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Dennis Higler (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Matteo Simone Trefoloni (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Vignir Már Ţormóđsson (ISL)

Group D
26 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Basel (St. Jakob-Park)
SWITZERLAND - DENMARK
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Fourth Official: Matej Jug (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Alan McRae (SCO)

Group F
26 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Ta' Qali (National Stadium)
MALTA - SPAIN
Referee: Andrew Dallas (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel McFarlane (SCO)
Fourth Official: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Zoran Petrović (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Kieran O'Connor (WAL)

Group F
26 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Oslo (Ullevaal Stadion)
NORWAY - SWEDEN
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: Rainer Koch (GER)

Group F
26 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Cluj-Napoca (Stadionul "Dr. Constantin Rădulescu")
ROMANIA - FAROE ISLANDS
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Esat Sancaktar (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: İbrahim Çağlar Uyarcan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Igor Pristovnik (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Márton Esterházy (HUN)

Group J
26 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Zenica (Stadion Bilino polje)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - GREECE
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Diks (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Pol van Boekel (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Christer Fällström (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Thura Win (ENG)

Group J
26 March 2019, 20:45 CET - Parma (Stadio Ennio Tardini)
ITALY - LIECHTENSTEIN
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitriy Mosyakin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksey Vorontsov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vladimir Moskalev (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR)
UEFA Delegate: Crawford Wilson (NIR)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Acme Thunderer on Sat 23 Mar 2019 10:46
Thura Win of England - I'd never heard of her before but she is shown as on FA womens committees (Google). Is it usual for there to be female UEFA delegates for these games? Just interested.

Big guns out at Norway and Bosnia, probably justified in view of the opposition in each case. 
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Aberdare on Sat 23 Mar 2019 15:21
Thura Win is male, who  has always been quite high profile in the Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey area.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Sat 23 Mar 2019 16:05
A big hitter for the Scandinavian Derby is sensible, good game for Gozubuyuk in Ireland and Dallas jnr in Malta.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Sat 23 Mar 2019 18:37
Important observers for Gözübüyük, Skomina, Dallas and Levnikov.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Sat 23 Mar 2019 19:45
Important observers for Gözübüyük, Skomina, Dallas and Levnikov.

Who do you think is in prime position to take over Kuipers’ crown. Gözübüyük or Makkelie?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Sat 23 Mar 2019 21:57
Makkelie, definitely. Gözübüyük is still only in First Group and needs time to develop. He had some doubtful performances the last 2 years and seems to struggle a bit.

Makkelie seems to be in pole position because he is in the Elite group but also his performances have been quite good.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Footyfan on Wed 27 Mar 2019 02:19
Should Sterling of been punished for his celebration in the montenegro game? Possibly inciting the crowd?? RED CARD?

Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TVOS on Wed 27 Mar 2019 07:04
Should Sterling of been punished for his celebration in the montenegro game? Possibly inciting the crowd?? RED CARD?

Inciting a crowd that had spent the whole game racially abusing him? Good one.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Footyfan on Wed 27 Mar 2019 11:41
LAW 12 states an inflamatory gesture likely to encite the crowd should be treated as offensive insulting or abusive language and or gestures.

Im not condoning the racism at all and its disgraceful but surely the referee must follow the laws of the game
 (If they have to caution a player for removing his shirt to show an undershirt on with a tribute to someone who has died then this law should also of been followed)

Maybe an assessor could explain.

EITHER WAY RACISM IS DISGUSTING
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TVOS on Wed 27 Mar 2019 12:59
LAW 12 states an inflamatory gesture likely to encite the crowd should be treated as offensive insulting or abusive language and or gestures.

Im not condoning the racism at all and its disgraceful but surely the referee must follow the laws of the game
 (If they have to caution a player for removing his shirt to show an undershirt on with a tribute to someone who has died then this law should also of been followed)

Maybe an assessor could explain.

EITHER WAY RACISM IS DISGUSTING



Sounds to me like you’re trying to make an issue out of something that doesn’t really need it.


Edited to fix the quote thingamajigga, bmb.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Footyfan on Wed 27 Mar 2019 13:48
Well i would of sent sterling off for his celebration.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: ajb95 on Wed 27 Mar 2019 16:48
Why did sterling and others not report the abuse to the officials so the referee could get the tannoy/pa system to send out a message??
And if they did report it why was no action taken?

Sterling in particular brings a lot of attention to himself but it’s high time uefa fifa fa and others start imposing fines in the millions, double digit points deductions and competition expulsions as it has got too much now!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: highfieldlatic on Wed 27 Mar 2019 19:59
Should Sterling of been punished for his celebration in the montenegro game? Possibly inciting the crowd?? RED CARD?


I expected a comment like this, from one of the usual card-hungry suspects much earlier than this!!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TVOS on Wed 27 Mar 2019 20:16
Well i would of sent sterling off for his celebration.

He hardly scaled the fence and did the Macarena in front of the home fans!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: DublinRef on Wed 27 Mar 2019 20:20
Makkelie, definitely. Gözübüyük is still only in First Group and needs time to develop. He had some doubtful performances the last 2 years and seems to struggle a bit.

Makkelie seems to be in pole position because he is in the Elite group but also his performances have been quite good.

Thought he was generally good last night Edy, imo he missed one maybe even two YC one after an excellent advantage after a foul by a Georgian player and the other being for what looked a reckless tackle to me by McLean (surprise surprise!!).

Other than that thought he fell for a few very soft free kicks for Georgia and let a few too many holding offences go, had good authority and rapport with players, very good use of advantage and assistants seemed very sharp. 8.3 level performance for me watching in the stadium and not having seen any replays, anyone else watch the game?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Footyfan on Wed 27 Mar 2019 23:26
Dont really answer my question though.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Whistleblower on Thu 28 Mar 2019 09:25
If Sterling had given the finger to the crowd then I would agree. I took his cupped ears to mean that I have heard your racist chanting and my response to it is to score goals. No red card for me.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Toprefm on Tue 04 Jun 2019 14:06
7th June

Georgia V Gibraltar

Referee
Antti Munukka (FIN)

Assistant referees
Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Turkka Joonas Valjakka (FIN)

Fourth official
Mattias Gestranius (FIN)

Montenegro v Kosovo

Referee
Daniele Orsato (ITA)

Assistant referees
Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Giorgio Peretti (ITA)

Fourth official
Michael Fabri (ITA)

Czech Republic v Bulgaria

Referee
Tamás Bognar (HUN)

Assistant referees
Balázs Buzás (HUN)
Péter Kóbor (HUN)

Fourth official
István Vad (HUN)

Ukraine v Serbia

Referee
Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)

Assistant referees
Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Roberto del Palomar (ESP)

Fourth official
José Luis Munuera Montero (ESP)

Lithuania v Luxembourg

Referee
Ádám Farkas (HUN)

Assistant referees
György Ring (HUN)
Balázs Szert (HUN)

Fourth official
Balázs Berke (HUN)

Denmark v Rep of Ireland

Referee
Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)

Assistant referees
Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Tarik Ongun (TUR)

Fourth official
Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)

Sweden v Malta

Referee
Rob Harvey (IRL)

Assistant referees
Wayne McDonnell (IRL)
Mark Gavin (IRL)

Fourth official
Paul Mclaughlin (IRL)

Norway v Romania

Referee
Sergei Karasev (RUS)

Assistant referees
Anton Averianov (RUS)
Aleksei Lunev (RUS)

Fourth official
Vitali Meshkov (RUS)

Faroe Islands v Spain

Referee
Enea Jorgji (ALB)

Assistant referees
Ridiger Çokaj (ALB)
Rejdi Avdo (ALB)

Fourth official
Juxhin Xhaja (ALB)


Latvia v Israel

Referee
Sergei Ivanov (RUS)

Assistant referees
Roman Usachev (RUS)
Egor Bolkhovitin (RUS)

Fourth official
Sergei Lapochkin (RUS)

North Macedonia v Poland

Referee
Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)

Assistant referees
Ciro Carbone (ITA)
Stefano Alassio (ITA)

Fourth official
Daniele Doveri (ITA)

Austria v Slovenia

Referee
Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)

Assistant referees
Dmitri Zhuk (BLR)
Oleg Maslyanko (BLR)

Fourth official
Denis Scherbakov (BLR)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Toprefm on Wed 05 Jun 2019 14:31
8th June 2019

Croatia v Wales

Referee
István Kovács (ROU)

Assistant referees
Vasile Florin Marinescu (ROU)
Ovidiu Artene (ROU)

Fourth official
Marius Avram (ROU)

Iceland v Albania

Referee
Bobby Madden (SCO)

Assistant referees
Douglas Ross (SCO)
David Roome (SCO)

Fourth official
Donald Robertson (SCO)

Estonia v Northern Ireland

Referee
Fabio Verissimo (POR)

Assistant referees
Paulo Soares (POR)
Rui Teixeira (POR)

Fourth official
Joăo Capela (POR)

Azerbaijan v Hungary

Referee
Kevin Blom (NED)

Assistant referees
Bas van Dongen (NED)
Johan Balder (NED)

Fourth official
Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)

Moldova v Andorra

Referee
Bojan Pandžić (SWE)

Assistant referees
Joakim Amri Nilsson (SWE)
Daniel Gustavsson (SWE)

Fourth official
Kaspar Sjöberg (SWE)

Russia v San Marino

Referee
Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)

Assistant referees
Daniel Wärnmark (SWE)
Fredrik Klyver (SWE)

Fourth official
Martin Strömbergsson (SWE)


Finland v Bosnia Herzegovina

Referee
Daniel Stefanski (POL)

Assistant referees
Marcin Boniek (POL)
Dawid Igor Golis (POL)

Fourth official
Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)


Armenia v Liechtenstein

Referee
Nikola Popov (BUL)

Assistant referees
Georgi Todorov (BUL)
Ivo Kolev (BUL)

Fourth official
Ivaylo Stoyanov (BUL)


Belarus v Germany

Referee
Srdjan Jovanović (SRB)

Assistant referees
Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Milan Mihajlović (SRB)

Fourth official
Novak Simović (SRB)

Turkey v France

Referee
Damir Skomina (SVN)

Assistant referees
Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Robert Vukan (SVN)

Fourth official
Rade Obrenovic (SVN)

Scotland v Cyprus

Referee
Ola Hobber Nilsen (NOR)

Assistant referees
Tom Harald Grřnevik (NOR)
Geir Isaksen (NOR)

Fourth official
Kristoffer Hagenes (NOR)

Belgium v Kazakhstan

Referee
Irfan Peljto (BIH)

Assistant referees
Senad Ibrisimbegović (BIH)
Davor Beljo (BIH)

Fourth official
Admir Šehović (BIH)


Greece v Italy


Referee
Anthony Taylor (ENG)

Assistant referees
Gary Beswick (ENG)
Adam Nunn (ENG)

Fourth official
Craig Pawson (ENG)

Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Toprefm on Fri 07 Jun 2019 12:38
10th June

Czech Republic v Montenegro

Referee
Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)

Assistant referees
Valeri Danchenko (RUS)
Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)

Fourth official
Kirill Levnikov (RUS)

Bulgaria v Kosovo

Referee
Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN)

Assistant referees
Dennis W. Rasmussen (DEN)
Victor Skytte (DEN)

Fourth official
Michael Tykgaard (DEN)

Ukraine v Luxembourg

Referee
Peter Kralović (SVK)

Assistant referees
Milan Štrbo (SVK)
Erik Weiss (SVK)

Fourth official
Michal Ocenᚠ(SVK)


Serbia v Lithuania

Referee
Adrien Jaccottet (SUI)

Assistant referees
Vital Jobin (SUI)
Raffael Zeder (SUI)

Fourth official
Fedayi San (SUI)

Ireland v Gibraltar

Referee
Radu Petrescu (ROU)

Assistant referees
Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Vladimir Urzică (ROU)

Fourth official
Marcel Birsan (ROU)

Denmark v Georgia

Referee
Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)

Assistant referees
Markus Gutschi (AUT)
Stefan Kuehr (AUT)

Fourth official
Sebastian Gishamer (AUT)

Spain v Sweden

Referee
William Collum (SCO)

Assistant referees
David McGeachie (SCO)
Graeme Stewart (SCO)


Fourth official
Nicholas Walsh (SCO)

Malta v Romania

Referee
Dennis Higler (NED)

Assistant referees
Davie Goossens (NED)
Joost van Zuilen (NED)

Fourth official
Bas Nijhuis (NED)

Faroe Islands v Norway

Referee
Donatas Rumšas (LTU)

Assistant referees
Aleksandr Radius (LTU)
Vytis Snarskis (LTU)

Fourth official
Manfredas Lukjancukas (LTU)

Poland v Israel

Referee
Tobias Stieler (GER)

Assistant referees
Mike Pickel (GER)
Marco Achmüller (GER)

Fourth official
Christian Dingert (GER)

Latvia v Slovenia

Referee
Kevin Clancy (SCO)

Assistant referees
Jordan Stokoe (SCO)
Daniel McFarlane (SCO)


Fourth official
Chris Kavanagh (ENG)

North Macedonia v Austria

Referee
Aleksei Eskov (RUS)

Assistant referees
Dmitri Mosyakin (RUS)
Dmitry Safyan (RUS)

Fourth official
Vladimir Moskalev (RUS)



Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Sat 08 Jun 2019 17:57

Azerbaijan v Hungary

Referee
Kevin Blom (NED)

Assistant referees
Bas van Dongen (NED)
Johan Balder (NED)

Fourth official
Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)

I shall say this whilst Hungary are 1-0 up... I hope we never see this guy on a Hungary game again. He's not having a good game, foul detection is random at best. Completely missed a dreadful tackle on Kleinheisler, seeing how his ankle bent on the replay, he's lucky to still be walking. Not a clue what is an isn't a foul today. He played an advantage for Azerbaijan after a Hungary foul - Hungary were in possession as a direct result of the foul and then booked an Azerbaijan player for retaliating - fair enough to a degree but if he had given the foul by Hungary as he should have it would never have happened. The way he spoke to Szoboszlai was appalling and unprofessional, he was literally shouting in his face, Szoboszlai just stood there looking stunned! Not even sure as to why he was in his face anyway, game was stopped for treatment after a foul by a Hungarian player, not Szoboszlai who was stood about 30 feet away and he went over to him & starting shouting in his face - very random & extremely unprofessional.  He's wearing jewelry out on the pitch as well, again unprofessional.

Dreadful 1st half showing.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: ajb95 on Sat 08 Jun 2019 18:18

Azerbaijan v Hungary

Referee
Kevin Blom (NED)

Assistant referees
Bas van Dongen (NED)
Johan Balder (NED)

Fourth official
Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)

I shall say this whilst Hungary are 1-0 up... I hope we never see this guy on a Hungary game again. He's not having a good game, foul detection is random at best. Completely missed a dreadful tackle on Kleinheisler, seeing how his ankle bent on the replay, he's lucky to still be walking. Not a clue what is an isn't a foul today. He played an advantage for Azerbaijan after a Hungary foul - Hungary were in possession as a direct result of the foul and then booked an Azerbaijan player for retaliating - fair enough to a degree but if he had given the foul by Hungary as he should have it would never have happened. The way he spoke to Szoboszlai was appalling and unprofessional, he was literally shouting in his face, Szoboszlai just stood there looking stunned! Not even sure as to why he was in his face anyway, game was stopped for treatment after a foul by a Hungarian player, not Szoboszlai who was stood about 30 feet away and he went over to him & starting shouting in his face - very random & extremely unprofessional.  He's wearing jewelry out on the pitch as well, again unprofessional.

Dreadful 1st half showing.

Is this the same Kevin Blom that gave a dodgy penalty against Scotland (was it a play off game) can’t remember. He’s utterly dreadful. Seems nothing has changed! He’s had a lengthy spell out and hasn’t reffed a eredivisie game since January!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Sat 08 Jun 2019 20:19

Azerbaijan v Hungary

Referee
Kevin Blom (NED)

Assistant referees
Bas van Dongen (NED)
Johan Balder (NED)

Fourth official
Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)

I shall say this whilst Hungary are 1-0 up... I hope we never see this guy on a Hungary game again. He's not having a good game, foul detection is random at best. Completely missed a dreadful tackle on Kleinheisler, seeing how his ankle bent on the replay, he's lucky to still be walking. Not a clue what is an isn't a foul today. He played an advantage for Azerbaijan after a Hungary foul - Hungary were in possession as a direct result of the foul and then booked an Azerbaijan player for retaliating - fair enough to a degree but if he had given the foul by Hungary as he should have it would never have happened. The way he spoke to Szoboszlai was appalling and unprofessional, he was literally shouting in his face, Szoboszlai just stood there looking stunned! Not even sure as to why he was in his face anyway, game was stopped for treatment after a foul by a Hungarian player, not Szoboszlai who was stood about 30 feet away and he went over to him & starting shouting in his face - very random & extremely unprofessional.  He's wearing jewelry out on the pitch as well, again unprofessional.

Dreadful 1st half showing.

Is this the same Kevin Blom that gave a dodgy penalty against Scotland (was it a play off game) can’t remember. He’s utterly dreadful. Seems nothing has changed! He’s had a lengthy spell out and hasn’t reffed a eredivisie game since January!

Explains why he couldn't keep up with play then! He wasn't as dreadful 2nd half but was still dreadful! Waiting for the written match reports to all come out to see I can work out why he sent our manager off, although as I was watching it with the press guys who will be writing them I'm not sure I will get an answer - we were all scratching our heads about it at the time!

We won 3-1 so certainly not sour grapes!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Tweed on Sat 08 Jun 2019 23:27

Azerbaijan v Hungary

Referee
Kevin Blom (NED)

Assistant referees
Bas van Dongen (NED)
Johan Balder (NED)

Fourth official
Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)

I shall say this whilst Hungary are 1-0 up... I hope we never see this guy on a Hungary game again. He's not having a good game, foul detection is random at best. Completely missed a dreadful tackle on Kleinheisler, seeing how his ankle bent on the replay, he's lucky to still be walking. Not a clue what is an isn't a foul today. He played an advantage for Azerbaijan after a Hungary foul - Hungary were in possession as a direct result of the foul and then booked an Azerbaijan player for retaliating - fair enough to a degree but if he had given the foul by Hungary as he should have it would never have happened. The way he spoke to Szoboszlai was appalling and unprofessional, he was literally shouting in his face, Szoboszlai just stood there looking stunned! Not even sure as to why he was in his face anyway, game was stopped for treatment after a foul by a Hungarian player, not Szoboszlai who was stood about 30 feet away and he went over to him & starting shouting in his face - very random & extremely unprofessional.  He's wearing jewelry out on the pitch as well, again unprofessional.

Dreadful 1st half showing.

Is this the same Kevin Blom that gave a dodgy penalty against Scotland (was it a play off game) can’t remember. He’s utterly dreadful. Seems nothing has changed! He’s had a lengthy spell out and hasn’t reffed a eredivisie game since January!

I think it was a qualifying game against the Czech Republic, he denied us a stonewall penalty at one end when we were 2-1 up and then sauntered down the other end and gave them one.  I'd hoped he was no longer refereeing, utterly utterly hopeless.

See Kavanagh is 4th official for Clancy, surely a bit unusual?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Sun 09 Jun 2019 05:54

Azerbaijan v Hungary

Referee
Kevin Blom (NED)

Assistant referees
Bas van Dongen (NED)
Johan Balder (NED)

Fourth official
Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)

I shall say this whilst Hungary are 1-0 up... I hope we never see this guy on a Hungary game again. He's not having a good game, foul detection is random at best. Completely missed a dreadful tackle on Kleinheisler, seeing how his ankle bent on the replay, he's lucky to still be walking. Not a clue what is an isn't a foul today. He played an advantage for Azerbaijan after a Hungary foul - Hungary were in possession as a direct result of the foul and then booked an Azerbaijan player for retaliating - fair enough to a degree but if he had given the foul by Hungary as he should have it would never have happened. The way he spoke to Szoboszlai was appalling and unprofessional, he was literally shouting in his face, Szoboszlai just stood there looking stunned! Not even sure as to why he was in his face anyway, game was stopped for treatment after a foul by a Hungarian player, not Szoboszlai who was stood about 30 feet away and he went over to him & starting shouting in his face - very random & extremely unprofessional.  He's wearing jewelry out on the pitch as well, again unprofessional.

Dreadful 1st half showing.

Is this the same Kevin Blom that gave a dodgy penalty against Scotland (was it a play off game) can’t remember. He’s utterly dreadful. Seems nothing has changed! He’s had a lengthy spell out and hasn’t reffed a eredivisie game since January!

I think it was a qualifying game against the Czech Republic, he denied us a stonewall penalty at one end when we were 2-1 up and then sauntered down the other end and gave them one.  I'd hoped he was no longer refereeing, utterly utterly hopeless.

See Kavanagh is 4th official for Clancy, surely a bit unusual?

Trust me whatever he was doing on that pitch last night was not refereeing, not sure what it was, making up the numbers maybe but under the trades description act it could certainly not be called refereeing!! I'd rather have had Hategan or Karasev and I think my feelings on those 2 are very well known! The fact he stood there shouting right in the face of an 18yr old kid for no apparent reason was just utterly disgusting. Szoboszlai was just standing there doing nothing about 30 feet away from a player having treatment, he was not the player who had committed the foul and was nowhere near the player on the floor or the ref. Now obviously I don't know if Szoboszlai said anything to him but given the distance between them he'd have had to have shouted it and he didn't appear to be shouting and he wasn't even facing the incident, Blom just ran towards him shouting and was right in his face shouting.  I have emailed the MLSz and said that I hope they will be putting in a formal complaint regarding his conduct.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Toprefm on Mon 10 Jun 2019 11:04
11th June

Kazakhstan v San Marino

Referee
Bartosz Frankowski (POL)

Assistant referees
Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Radosław Siejka (POL)

Fourth official
Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)

Azerbaijan v Slovakia

Referee
John Beaton (SCO)

Assistant referees
Alan Mulvanny (SCO)
Sean Carr (SCO)


Fourth official
Donald Robertson (SCO)

Germany v Estonia

Referee
Ali Palabıyık (TUR)

Assistant referees
Kemal Yilmaz (TUR)
Serkan Olguncan (TUR)

Fourth official
Halil Umut Meler (TUR)

Belarus v Northern Ireland

Referee
Harald Lechner (AUT)

Assistant referees
Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Andreas Staudinger (AUT)

Fourth official
Julian Weinberger (AUT)

Hungary v Wales

Referee
Matej Jug (SVN)

Assistant referees
Matej Žunič (SVN)
Manuel Vidali (SVN)

Fourth official
Nejc Kajtazovic (SVN)

Iceland v Turkey

Referee
Szymon Marciniak (POL)

Assistant referees
Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)

Fourth official
Tomasz Musiał (POL)

Andorra v France

Referee
Fran Jović (CRO)

Assistant referees
Ivica Modrić (CRO)
Hrvoje Radić (CRO)

Fourth official
Mario Zebec (CRO)

Albania v Moldova

Referee
Ville Nevalainen (FIN)

Assistant referees
Jukka Honkanen (FIN)
Mika Lamppu (FIN)

Fourth official
Petri Viljanen (FIN)

Russia v Cyprus

Referee
Marco Di Bello (ITA)

Assistant referees
Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Ciro Carbone (ITA)

Fourth official
Maurizio Mariani (ITA)

Belgium v Scotland

Referee
Petr Ardeleanu (CZE)

Assistant referees
Ivo Nadvornik (CZE)
Jiří Moláček (CZE)

Fourth official
Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)

Liechtenstein v Finlad

Referee
Jens Maae (DEN)

Assistant referees
Lars Hummelgaard (DEN)
Heine Sřrensen (DEN)

Fourth official
Jakob Kehlet (DEN)

Italy v Bosnia Herzegovina

Referee
Xavier Estrada Fernandez (ESP)

Assistant referees
Javier Rodriguez (ESP)
Teodoro Sobrino (ESP)

Fourth official
Ricardo De Burgos (ESP)

Greece v Armenia

Referee
Kristo Tohver (EST)

Assistant referees
Silver Koiv (EST)
Aron Härsing (EST)

Fourth official
Juri Frischer (EST)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: helloworld on Wed 12 Jun 2019 18:25
Bjorn kuipers doesn't get any appointment since the semi final of CL. Dose anyone know why?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Wed 12 Jun 2019 20:54
Anybody know anything about the Czech official in the Belgium game. He is being observed by Karlsson. A good prospect?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: referee12 on Sun 01 Sep 2019 09:55
does anybody know who the refs are from thursday onwards?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Sun 01 Sep 2019 16:53
Should be released tomorrow.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Mon 02 Sep 2019 09:29
Group J
5 September 2019, 18:00 CET - Yerevan (Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht)
ARMENIA - ITALY
Referee: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Häcker (GER)
Fourth Official: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kýros Vasáras (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Duško Grabovac (CRO)

Group D
5 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
GIBRALTAR - DENMARK
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Florian Lemaire (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Karel De Rocker (BEL)
Fourth Official: Alexandre Boucaut (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Loukás Siótropos (GRE)

Group D
5 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Dublin (Aviva Stadium)
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Antonio Talarico (ITA)

Group F
5 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Tórshavn (Tórsvřllur)
FAROE ISLANDS - SWEDEN
Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Luís André Ferreira Pinto Campos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Miguel Almeida Mota (POR)
Fourth Official: Fábio José Costa Veríssimo (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Guy Goethals (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Róbert Birgir Agnarsson (ISL)

Group F
5 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Oslo (Ullevaal Stadion)
NORWAY - MALTA
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 1: Vladislav Lifciu (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrei Bodean (MDA)
Fourth Official: Veaceslav Banari (MDA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Vitković (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Jaroslav Dudl (CZE)

Group F
5 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Bucharest (Arena Națională)
ROMANIA - SPAIN
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Fourth Official: Tobias Stieler (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Zoran Petrović (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Martin Sturkenboom (NED)

Group G
5 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Be'er Sheva (Itztadion Ya'akov Turner Toto)
ISRAEL - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Kaspar Sjöberg (SWE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jaap Uilenberg (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Ivan Lekov (BUL)

Group J
5 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Zenica (Stadion Bilino polje)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - LIECHTENSTEIN
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Joakim Amri Nilsson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stávros Tritsónis (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Paul Lyon (GIB)

Group J
5 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Tampere (Tampereen stadion)
FINLAND - GREECE
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabańero Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Íńigo Prieto López de Ceraín (ESP)
Fourth Official: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Luciano Luci (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Jan Damgaard (DEN)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Tue 03 Sep 2019 09:17
Group C
6 September 2019, 18:00 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
ESTONIA - BELARUS
Referee: Alain Durieux (LUX)
Assistant Referee 1: Gilles François Becker (LUX)
Assistant Referee 2: Joaquim Da Silva (LUX)
Fourth Official: Laurent Kopriwa (LUX)
UEFA Referee Observer: Draženko Kovačić (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Vito Di Gioia (ITA)

Group I
6 September 2019, 18:00 CET - Nicosia (Stádio GSP)
CYPRUS - KAZAKHSTAN
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikko Alakare (FIN)
Fourth Official: Ville Nevalainen (FIN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Gerard Perry (IRL)
UEFA Delegate: Florin Prunea (ROU)

Group C
6 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Hamburg (Volksparkstadion)
GERMANY - NETHERLANDS
Referee: Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Licínio Barbosa Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Alexandre Santos Soares (POR)
Fourth Official: Hugo Filipe Ferreira Campos Moreira Miguel (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Domenico Messina (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Geir Ţorsteinsson (ISL)

Group E
6 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Trnava (City Arena - Štadión Antona Malatinského)
SLOVAKIA - CROATIA
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Andrew Shaw (ENG)

Group E
6 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Cardiff (Cardiff City Stadium)
WALES - AZERBAIJAN
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (MLT)
Assistant Referee 1: Alan Camilleri (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Luke Portelli (MLT)
Fourth Official: Alan Mario Sant (MLT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jouni Hyytiä (FIN)
UEFA Delegate: Christian Welander (SWE)

Group G
6 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Salzburg (Red Bull Arena)
AUSTRIA - LATVIA
Referee: Robert Hennessy (IRL)
Assistant Referee 1: Dermot Broughton (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Allen Lynch (IRL)
Fourth Official: Neil Doyle (IRL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov (UKR)
UEFA Delegate: Christian Kofoed (DEN)

Group G
6 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
SLOVENIA - POLAND
Referee: Sergey Karasyov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Meshkov (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Armen Minasyan (ARM)

Group I
6 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Serravalle (San Marino Stadium)
SAN MARINO - BELGIUM
Referee: Horațiu Mircea Feșnic (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Alexandru Cerei (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Valentin Gabriel Avram (ROU)
Fourth Official: Ionuț Marius Avram (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)
UEFA Delegate: Steven Stride (ENG)

Group I
6 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Glasgow (Hampden Park)
SCOTLAND - RUSSIA
Referee: Anastásios Sidirópoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Polychrónis Kostarás (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Lázaros Dimitriádis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Ioánnis Papadópoulos (GRE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Rien Koopman (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Kurt Zuppinger (SUI)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Tue 03 Sep 2019 18:23
Huge match for Soares Dias. Definitely a test for him.

Kasarev under Fandel's eye. I wonder what this appointment means. Also a test for Sidiropoulos.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Tue 03 Sep 2019 20:29
Huge match for Soares Dias. Definitely a test for him.

Kasarev under Fandel's eye. I wonder what this appointment means. Also a test for Sidiropoulos.

Siebert with an important observer too... perhaps a sign of starting to look beyond Brych in the coming years?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Tue 03 Sep 2019 21:50
Huge match for Soares Dias. Definitely a test for him.

Kasarev under Fandel's eye. I wonder what this appointment means. Also a test for Sidiropoulos.

Siebert with an important observer too... perhaps a sign of starting to look beyond Brych in the coming years?

I don't know why they focus on Siebert more than on Stieler. The former is far, far from complete referee...
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Wed 04 Sep 2019 09:28
Group A
7 September 2019, 15:00 CET - Prishtina (Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri)
KOSOVO - CZECH REPUBLIC
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Diks (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Kevin Blom (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Paolo Rondelli (SMR)

Group A
7 September 2019, 18:00 CET - London (Wembley Stadium)
ENGLAND - BULGARIA
Referee: Marco Guida (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Peter Lundström (FIN)

Group B
7 September 2019, 18:00 CET - Vilnius (LFF stadionas)
LITHUANIA - UKRAINE
Referee: Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo (BIH)
Fourth Official: Dragan Petrović (BIH)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís (CYP)
UEFA Delegate: Edgars Pukinsks (LVA)

Group H
7 September 2019, 18:00 CET - Reykjavík (Laugardalsvöllur)
ICELAND - MOLDOVA
Referee: Joăo Pedro Silva Pinheiro (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Miguel Campos Rodrigues (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Álvaro Daniel Carvalho Mesquita (POR)
Fourth Official: Manuel Jorge Neves Moreira de Sousa (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ján Fašung (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: Peter Oskam (NED)

Group B
7 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Belgrade (Stadion Rajko Mitić)
SERBIA - PORTUGAL
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarık Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR)
UEFA Delegate: Petr Fousek (CZE)

Group H
7 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Saint-Denis (Stade de France)
FRANCE - ALBANIA
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Fourth Official: José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Jānis Mežeckis (LVA)

Group H
7 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Istanbul (Vodafone Park)
TURKEY - ANDORRA
Referee: Donald Robertson (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Sean Carr (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Potter (SCO)
Fourth Official: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Alexandre Parreira Castro (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Mark Bos (NED)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Wed 04 Sep 2019 18:04
Huge match for Soares Dias. Definitely a test for him.

Kasarev under Fandel's eye. I wonder what this appointment means. Also a test for Sidiropoulos.

Siebert with an important observer too... perhaps a sign of starting to look beyond Brych in the coming years?

I don't know why they focus on Siebert more than on Stieler. The former is far, far from complete referee...

Siebert is younger, though. He is 35 and Stieler is 38. He has more years to develop.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Thu 05 Sep 2019 00:07
Peljto is a new name to me... with an important observer watching. Any info on him?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Thu 05 Sep 2019 08:45
Peljto is a new name to me... with an important observer watching. Any info on him?

I watched him this summer on the UEFA U19 Championship. A very good referee. He is not afraid to use cautions if they are needed on the match. He is not fussy at all and mostly stays in the background and let the teams play football.

I am certain that we will see him in CL quickly and in a couple of years on the Elite Group.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Thu 05 Sep 2019 08:46
Peljto is a new name to me... with an important observer watching. Any info on him?

Extremely talented, future elite if you ask me. However, nowadays UEFA strongly prefer the referees who operate with VAR in their domestic leagues.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Thu 05 Sep 2019 09:21
Group J
8 September 2019, 15:00 CET - Yerevan (Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht)
ARMENIA - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Frédéric Haquette (FRA)
Fourth Official: Benoît Millot (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nikolay Ivanov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Christian Mutschler (SUI)

Group D
8 September 2019, 18:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadzis Dinamo Arena)
GEORGIA - DENMARK
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Róbert Barczi (HUN)

Group D
8 September 2019, 18:00 CET - Sion (Stade de Tourbillon)
SWITZERLAND - GIBRALTAR
Referee: Pavel Orel (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nádvorník (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Petr Blažej (CZE)
Fourth Official: Ondřej Pechanec (CZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi (SMR)
UEFA Delegate: Rudolphe Mannaerts (BEL)

Group F
8 September 2019, 18:00 CET - Ploiești (Stadionul Ilie Oană)
ROMANIA - MALTA
Referee: Duje Strukan (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Perica (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Vedran Đurak (CRO)
Fourth Official: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kaj Řstergaard (DEN)
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Kindle (LIE)

Group F
8 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Gijón (Estadio Municipal El Molinón-Enrique Castro "Quini")
SPAIN - FAROE ISLANDS
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Radosław Siejka (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Arkadiusz Kamil Wójcik (POL)
Fourth Official: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Haris Gvozden (BIH)

Group F
8 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Solna (Friends Arena)
SWEDEN - NORWAY
Referee: Slavko Vinčič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Nejc Kajtazovič (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)
UEFA Delegate: Roland Tis (BEL)

Group J
8 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Tampere (Tampereen stadion)
FINLAND - ITALY
Referee: Robert Madden (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: David Roome (SCO)
Fourth Official: John Beaton (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Tormod Larsen (NOR)

Group J
8 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Athens (Olympiakó Athlitikó Kéntro Athinón "Spýros Loúis")
GREECE - LIECHTENSTEIN
Referee: Alexander Harkam (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Witschnigg (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Staudinger (AUT)
Fourth Official: Harald Lechner (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen (FRO)
UEFA Delegate: Borja Bilbao Vizcaíno (ESP)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Fri 06 Sep 2019 08:01
Group E
9 September 2019, 18:00 CET - Baku (Bakcell Arena)
AZERBAIJAN - CROATIA
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Sladan Josipovic (SUI)
Fourth Official: Fedayi San (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)
UEFA Delegate: Siarhiej Ilič (BLR)

Group C
9 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
ESTONIA - NETHERLANDS
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Volodymyr Volodin (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Andriy Skrypka (UKR)
Fourth Official: Yevhen Aranovs'kyy (UKR)
UEFA Referee Observer: David Malcolm (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: Geórgios Fándaros (CYP)

Group C
9 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Belfast (Windsor Park)
NORTHERN IRELAND - GERMANY
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Claude Runavot (FRA)

Group E
9 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Budapest (Groupama Aréna)
HUNGARY - SLOVAKIA
Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Diaz Pérez del Palomar (ESP)
Fourth Official: Xavier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Oğuz Sarvan (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Nebojša Ivković (SRB)

Group G
9 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Riga (Daugavas stadions)
LATVIA - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Espen Andreas Eskĺs (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Jon-Michael Knutsen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Řystein Simon Ytterland (NOR)
Fourth Official: Kai Erik Steen (NOR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sergey Zuyev (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Vignir Már Ţormóđsson (ISL)

Group G
9 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Warsaw (PGE Narodowy)
POLAND - AUSTRIA
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Fourth Official: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Zoran Cvrk (CRO)

Group G
9 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
SLOVENIA - ISRAEL
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Manuel López Fernández (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Márton Esterházy (HUN)

Group I
9 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Kaliningrad (Stadion "Kaliningrad")
RUSSIA - KAZAKHSTAN
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Milutin Đukić (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jovica Tatar (MNE)
Fourth Official: Milovan Milačić (MNE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)
UEFA Delegate: Oleg Harlamov (EST)

9 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Serravalle (San Marino Stadium)
SAN MARINO - CYPRUS
Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (WAL)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Beckett (WAL)
Assistant Referee 2: Lewiss Edwards (WAL)
Fourth Official: Bryn Markham-Jones (WAL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Lennart Vestervall (SWE)

9 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Glasgow (Hampden Park)
SCOTLAND - BELGIUM
Referee: Paweł Gil (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Eugčne Westerink (NED)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Fri 06 Sep 2019 14:40
Isn't Lahos the one you guys keep saying is terrible?

Viktor travelling on his birthday! Good to see him out though!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Fri 06 Sep 2019 15:30
Isn't Lahos the one you guys keep saying is terrible?

Viktor travelling on his birthday! Good to see him out though!

How Lahoz is elite is completely baffling....
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Fri 06 Sep 2019 15:55
Isn't Lahos the one you guys keep saying is terrible?

Viktor travelling on his birthday! Good to see him out though!

How Lahoz is elite is completely baffling....

Actually he has improved since last season. He had a CL SF and mostly good performances.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Fri 06 Sep 2019 15:59
Viktor travelling on his birthday! Good to see him out though!

Big match for Kassai. Hope it goes without trouble.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Sat 07 Sep 2019 09:49
Group A
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Southampton (St Mary's Stadium)
ENGLAND - KOSOVO
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth Official: Christian Dingert (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Matthew Paris (MLT)

Group A
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Podgorica (Gradski stadion)
MONTENEGRO - CZECH REPUBLIC
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Emre Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Serkan Olguncan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: Dag Steinar Vestlund (NOR)

Group B
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Vilnius (LFF stadionas)
LITHUANIA - PORTUGAL
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Johan Balder (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Davie Goossens (NED)
Fourth Official: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Yuriy Baskakov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Ariel Kenneth Scheiman (ISR)

Group B
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Luxembourg (Stade Josy Barthel)
LUXEMBOURG - SERBIA
Referee: Davide Massa (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Roy Cathcart (NIR)

Group H
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Elbasan (Elbasan Arena)
ALBANIA - ICELAND
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: TomᚠSomoláni (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Štrbo (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Kráľovič (SVK)
UEFA Referee Observer: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Alin Cioban (ROU)

Group H
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Saint-Denis (Stade de France)
FRANCE - ANDORRA
Referee: Mykola Balakin (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Valentyn Kutsev (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Vysots'kyy (UKR)
Fourth Official: Yaroslav Kozyk (UKR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Haim Jakov (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Graham Hover (ENG)

Group H
10 September 2019, 20:45 CET - Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)
MOLDOVA - TURKEY
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Roi Hassan (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Idan Yarkoni (ISR)
Fourth Official: Roi Reinshreiber (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Sergio Di Cesare (ITA)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Mon 07 Oct 2019 09:23
Group I
10 October 2019, 16:00 CET - Nur-Sultan (Astana Arena)
KAZAKHSTAN - CYPRUS
Referee: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Mohamed Taa (FRA)

Group C
10 October 2019, 18:00 CET - Minsk (Nacyjanaĺny Alimpijski stadyjon Dynama)
BELARUS - ESTONIA
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Fourth Official: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Sergio Di Cesare (ITA)

Group C
10 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Rotterdam (Stadion Feijenoord)
NETHERLANDS - NORTHERN IRELAND
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Frédéric Haquette (FRA)
Fourth Official: Benoît Millot (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: Georg Lüchinger (LIE)

Group E
10 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Split (Stadion Poljud)
CROATIA - HUNGARY
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Davide Massa (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)
UEFA Delegate: Dennis Cruise (IRL)

Group E
10 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Trnava (City Arena - Štadión Antona Malatinského)
SLOVAKIA - WALES
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Carlos Yusté Jiménez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Dag Steinar Vestlund (NOR)

Group G
10 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Vienna (Ernst-Happel-Stadion)
AUSTRIA - ISRAEL
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: David McGeachie (SCO)
Fourth Official: Nicolas Walsh (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Michael Foster (ENG)

Group G
10 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Skopje (Nacionalna Arena "Toše Proeski")
NORTH MACEDONIA - SLOVENIA
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Diks (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Kevin Blom (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Mikael Salzer (SWE)

Group G
10 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Riga (Daugava stadions)
LATVIA - POLAND
Referee: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kemal Yılmaz (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR)
Fourth Official: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)
UEFA Delegate: Crawford Wilson (NIR)

Group I
10 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Brussels (Koning Boudewijnstadion)
BELGIUM - SAN MARINO
Referee: Anastásios Papapétrou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Trýfon Petrópoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Iordánis Aptósoglou (GRE)
Fourth Official: Athanásios Tzílos (GRE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alieh Čykun (BLR)
UEFA Delegate: Heike Ullrich (GER)

Group I
10 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Moscow (Bolshaya sportivnaya arena olimpiyskogo kompleksa "Luzhniki")
RUSSIA - SCOTLAND
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Heine Sřrensen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Richardt Nřrgaard (DEN)
Fourth Official: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Aristídis Stavrópoulos (GRE)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Tue 08 Oct 2019 09:25
Group A
11 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Prague (Sinobo Stadium)
CZECH REPUBLIC - ENGLAND
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Fourth Official: Matej Jug (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Rainer Koch (GER)

Group A
11 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Podgorica (Gradski stadion)
MONTENEGRO - BULGARIA
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Kaspar Sjöberg (SWE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Matteo Simone Trefoloni (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Danijel Jošt (SVN)

Group B
11 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade)
PORTUGAL - LUXEMBOURG
Referee: Daniel Stefański (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Golis (POL)
Fourth Official: Paweł Gil (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Mehmet Murat Ilgaz (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: William Campbell (NIR)

Group B
11 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Kharkiv (Oblasnyy Sportyvnyy Kompleks "Metalist")
UKRAINE - LITHUANIA
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Fourth Official: Alexander Harkam (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Tugomir Frajman (SVN)

Group H
11 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Andorra la Vella (Estadi Comunal)
ANDORRA - MOLDOVA
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Florian Lemaire (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Karel De Rocker (BEL)
Fourth Official: Nathan Verboomen (BEL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Thomas Ross (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: Marko Simeunovič (SVN)

Group H
11 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Reykjavík (Laugardalsvöllur)
ICELAND - FRANCE
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Alojzije Šupraha (CRO)

Group H
11 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Istanbul (Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi)
TURKEY - ALBANIA
Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hațegan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Șovre (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Sebastian Constantin Colțescu (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: John Ward (IRL)
UEFA Delegate: Olzhas Abrayev (KAZ)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: RCG on Tue 08 Oct 2019 18:41
👍👍👍👍pleased with that appointment, as English a referer as there is in Europe. Usually does a very good job when taking charge of England
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Wed 09 Oct 2019 09:34
Group D
12 October 2019, 15:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadzis Dinamo Arena)
GEORGIA - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Referee: Marco Guida (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Ciro Carbone (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Florin Prunea (ROU)

Group D
12 October 2019, 18:00 CET - Copenhagen (Telia Parken)
DENMARK - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Aliaksiej Kuĺbakoŭ (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dzmitryj Žuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alieh Maslianka (BLR)
Fourth Official: Dzianis Ščarbakoŭ (BLR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kýros Vassáras (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: David Findlay (SCO)

Group F
12 October 2019, 18:00 CET - Tórshavn (Tórsvřllur)
FAROE ISLANDS - ROMANIA
Referee: Əliyar Ağayev (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Akif Əmirəli (AZE)
Fourth Official: Rəhim Həsənov (AZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stephen Lodge (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Richard Havrilla (SVK)

Group J
12 October 2019, 18:00 CET - Zenica (Stadion Bilino polje)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - FINLAND
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: TomᚠSomoláni (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
Fourth Official: Filip Glova (SVK)
UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)
UEFA Delegate: Jacques Antenen (SUI)

Group F
12 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Ta' Qali (National Stadium)
MALTA - SWEDEN
Referee: Sergey Ivanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Usachov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Valeriy Danchenko (RUS)
Fourth Official: Sergey Lapochkin (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Haim Jakov (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Efraim Barak (ISR)

Group F
12 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Oslo (Ullevaal Stadion)
NORWAY - SPAIN
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Paul Tierney (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Domenico Messina (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Peadar Ryan (IRL)

Group J
12 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Rome (Stadio Olimpico)
ITALY - GREECE
Referee: Sergey Karasyov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Meshkov (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Uno Tutk (EST)
UEFA Delegate: Per Svärd (SWE)

Group J
12 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Vaduz (Rheinpark Stadion)
LIECHTENSTEIN - ARMENIA
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Florin Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Ionuț Marius Avram (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jan Willem Wegereef (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Bujar Kasmi (ALB)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Acme Thunderer on Wed 09 Oct 2019 13:28
Best of luck to Craig, William and Michael and hope you and your teams have good games

Pleased that the vastly experienced Skomina has the England game in the Czech Republic as I think this is a game that will require a firm hand in charge.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Thu 10 Oct 2019 12:06
Group I
13 October 2019, 15:00 CET - Nur-Sultan (Astana Arena)
KAZAKHSTAN - BELGIUM
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Fourth Official: Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Messner (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Bakar Jordania (GEO)

Group C
13 October 2019, 18:00 CET - Minsk (Nacyjanaĺny Alimpijski stadyjon Dynama)
BELARUS - NETHERLANDS
Referee: Anastásios Sidirópoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Polychrónis Kostarás (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Lázaros Dimitriádis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Aristotélis Diamantópoulos (GRE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Alfred Ludwig (AUT)

Group E
13 October 2019, 18:00 CET - Budapest (Groupama Aréna)
HUNGARY - AZERBAIJAN
Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Johan Balder (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Joost van Zuilen (NED)
Fourth Official: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Ariel Kenneth Scheiman (ISR)

Group I
13 October 2019, 18:00 CET - Nicosia (Stádio GSP)
CYPRUS - RUSSIA
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Novak Simović (SRB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Ciprian Paraschiv (ROU)

Group I
13 October 2019, 18:00 CET - Glasgow (Hampden Park)
SCOTLAND - SAN MARINO
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Benjamin Pagčs (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Fourth Official: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Petteri Kari (FIN)
UEFA Delegate: Diana Andersen (DEN)

Group C
13 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
ESTONIA - GERMANY
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Diyan Valkov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Stanislav Todorov (BUL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Christer Fällström (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Metin Kazancıoğlu (TUR)

Group E
13 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Cardiff (Cardiff City Stadium)
WALES - CROATIA
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Pol van Boekel (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev (BUL)
UEFA Delegate: Kazimierz Oleszek (POL)

Group G
13 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Warsaw (PGE Narodowy)
POLAND - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (ESP)
Fourth Official: Xavier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarský (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: Kuanysh Kanapyanov (KAZ)

Group G
13 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
SLOVENIA - AUSTRIA
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarık Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Ali Palabıyık (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jřrn West Larsen (DEN)
UEFA Delegate: Pavel Kolev (BUL)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Thu 10 Oct 2019 20:14
Some big hitters appointed as we head into the business end of the qualifiers.



Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Thu 10 Oct 2019 20:42
Group I

Group E
10 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Split (Stadion Poljud)
CROATIA - HUNGARY
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Davide Massa (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)
UEFA Delegate: Dennis Cruise (IRL)


My only complaint with the ref so far is that he failed to ensure that both teams were out on the pitch for the start of the game. Think Hungary have arrived to the game late because they've certainly not been out on the pitch at all in the first half! Huge test of mental strength on mental health awareness day! watching this, well whatever you call it! Certainly not a contest, that takes 2 teams to turn up & play!!!  ::)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Thu 10 Oct 2019 22:00
Group I

Group E
10 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Split (Stadion Poljud)
CROATIA - HUNGARY
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Davide Massa (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)
UEFA Delegate: Dennis Cruise (IRL)


My only complaint with the ref so far is that he failed to ensure that both teams were out on the pitch for the start of the game. Think Hungary have arrived to the game late because they've certainly not been out on the pitch at all in the first half! Huge test of mental strength on mental health awareness day! watching this, well whatever you call it! Certainly not a contest, that takes 2 teams to turn up & play!!!  ::)

Slightly less abject 2nd half display by Hungary but fully deserving of the 3-0 drubbing.

Daniele Orsato did nothing wrong - well he wore yellow, but that was it in terms of error. He didn't have too much to do in fairness, only 2 real big calls to make and he got them both spot on.  Penalty & red against Hungary.  The red was a YYR as opposed to a straight red & highlighted player stupidity at its fullest! Kleinheisler was an absolute idiot. Went steaming in for the 1st yellow & earlyish in the 2nd half went steaming in again, this time in the penalty area. Big but easy calls for the ref. Thankfully Gulácsi saved the penalty but in view of 2 of the goals he gave away in the 1st half he needed to redeem himself.  Anyone feeling like they need a laugh, just watch the 1st half of that game & the giftwrapped, complete with bows & ribbons goals gifted by Hungary to Croatia. Happy with all the yellows given & don't feel he missed any, for either team. Played a couple of lovely advantages for Croatia - didn't get the chance to do the same for Hungary as attacking wasn't on the agenda for us tonight, nor was defending or goalkeeping come to think of it but hey ho! No complaints with his performance at all.

Don't tell Edy but I am a little bit in love with Lorenzo Manganelli right now. He was Hungary's most effective defender 2nd half, thank the lord of football for Law 11!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Fri 11 Oct 2019 09:19
Group A
14 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Sofia (Natsionalen stadion "Vasil Levski")
BULGARIA - ENGLAND
Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Pataki (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Zobenica (CRO)
Fourth Official: Mario Zebec (CRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: René Temmink (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Danilo Filacchione (ITA)

Group A
14 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Prishtina (Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri)
KOSOVO - MONTENEGRO
Referee: Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Licínio Barbosa Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Alexandre dos Santos Soares (POR)
Fourth Official: Hugo Filipe Ferreira de Campos Moreira Miguel (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Emil Božinovski (MKD)
UEFA Delegate: Duncan Fraser (SCO)

Group B
14 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Vilnius (LFF stadionas)
LITHUANIA - SERBIA
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Michał Obukowicz (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Radosław Siejka (POL)
Fourth Official: Paweł Gil (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Aleksey Spirin (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Orxan Hüseynzadə (AZE)

Group B
14 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Kyiv (Natsionalʹnyy sportyvnyy kompleks "Olimpiysʹkyy")
UKRAINE - PORTUGAL
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: Craig Pawson (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michális Koukoulákis (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Velid Imamović (BIH)

Group H
14 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Saint-Denis (Stade de France)
FRANCE - TURKEY
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimír Medveď (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: Joăo Morais (POR)

Group H
14 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Reykjavík (Laugardalsvöllur)
ICELAND - ANDORRA
Referee: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Buzás (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Kóbor (HUN)
Fourth Official: Balázs Berke (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen (FRO)
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Kindle (LIE)

Group H
14 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)
MOLDOVA - ALBANIA
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Cook (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Constantine Hatzidakis (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nikolay Levnikov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Léon Schelings (BEL)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Acme Thunderer on Fri 11 Oct 2019 10:08
Best of luck to Anthony and Chris. I'm not sure whether there is anything riding on Chris's game, Moldova v Albania, but good that he has got a game at this stage of the qualifying competition.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Sat 12 Oct 2019 09:23
Group J
15 October 2019, 18:00 CET - Turku (Veritas Stadion)
FINLAND - ARMENIA
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: David Malcolm (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: Jacob Erel (ISR)

Group D
15 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
GIBRALTAR - GEORGIA
Referee: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio (ITA)
Fourth Official: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Iain Robertson Brines (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: Michal Mertinyák (SVK)

Group D
15 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Geneva (Stade de Genčve)
SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Tomasz Musiał (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR)
UEFA Delegate: José Guilherme Aguiar (POR)

Group F
15 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Tórshavn (Tórsvřllur)
FAROE ISLANDS - MALTA
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabańero Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Sigurđur Hannesson (ISL)

Group F
15 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Bucharest (Arena Națională)
ROMANIA - NORWAY
Referee: Robert Madden (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David Roome (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Sean Carr (SCO)
Fourth Official: Nicolas Walsh (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: František Laurinec (SVK)

Group F
15 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Solna (Friends Arena)
SWEDEN - SPAIN
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: François Letexier (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: John Taylor (SCO)

Group G
15 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Be'er Sheva (Itztadion Toto Ya'akov Turner)
ISRAEL - LATVIA
Referee: Arnold Hunter (NIR)
Assistant Referee 1: Gareth Eakin (NIR)
Assistant Referee 2: Georgios Argyropoulos (NIR)
Fourth Official: Tim Marshall (NIR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Milan Karadžić (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Sviatlana Hrynkievič (BLR)

Group J
15 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Athens (Olympiakó Athlitikó Kéntro Athinón "Spýros Loúis")
GREECE - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth Official: Christian Dingert (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Manuel López Fernández (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Kris Bellon (BEL)

Group J
15 October 2019, 20:45 CET - Vaduz (Rheinpark Stadion)
LIECHTENSTEIN - ITALY
Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Björn Fecker (GER)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Acme Thunderer on Sat 12 Oct 2019 11:48
Best of luck to Craig, William and Michael and hope you and your teams have good games

Pleased that the vastly experienced Skomina has the England game in the Czech Republic as I think this is a game that will require a firm hand in charge.

For what it is worth, I thought that Skomina had a good game in Prague, in a match which was probably not as contentious (on and off the pitch) as it could have been. I particularly liked his practical demonstration of a foul charge and his friendly push to get a substituted Czech player off the field a bit quicker towards the end, although I'm not sure the authorities would have seen it in the same way. Pity that England couldn't have performed as well :(
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Sat 12 Oct 2019 19:48
Michael Oliver in pink socks this evening.... 👎  Looks hideous!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: JCFC on Sat 12 Oct 2019 19:59
Yes, but the socks are OK.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: ajb95 on Sun 13 Oct 2019 09:24
Correct decision imo for the Norway pen in the last minute - don’t know what the Spanish players were on about!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Readingfan on Sun 13 Oct 2019 14:27
Correct decision imo for the Norway pen in the last minute - don’t know what the Spanish players were on about!

I agree - here are the highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axzsDU9sUpY

The sort of challenge goalkeepers sometimes get away with but correct to penalise it I think.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: RCG on Sun 13 Oct 2019 14:51
Cannot argue with that

The pink socks however! How many years has the game been played with teams wearing black or dark socks with no issues? Yet domestically referees wear same colour shirt as a goalkeeper
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Sun 13 Oct 2019 19:17


Group E
13 October 2019, 18:00 CET - Budapest (Groupama Aréna)
HUNGARY - AZERBAIJAN
Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Johan Balder (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Joost van Zuilen (NED)
Fourth Official: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Ariel Kenneth Scheiman (ISR)


Feel very sorry for Mr Higler.  He was absolutely superb for 90+2 mins & heading for an 8.4.  In 90+2 Azerbaijan equalised but he ruled it out for handball, it wasn't, it was his chest/stomach area.  I can understand why from his angle why he thought that it had hit the arm, including from the players own arm movement, but it was essentially on his blindside & it was the camera view from behind the goal that showed clearly that it wasn't a HB at all & it had not touched his arm at all.  He needed either an AAR there or VAR - either would have helped him out. Shame for him, Azerbaijan will rightly feel aggrieved, whilst Hungary will feel extremely lucky to be on the receiving end in their favour for a change.

Up until that point he had refereed very well. Smile on his face, great rapport with both sets of players and fair and consistent.  Such a shame that a decent performance was 'ruined' at the end with an error that he on his own had no chance of calling right.  If they are not going to use VAR in these games then they must have AARs. Very unfair for him now to only get a 7.9.

The fan in me is however grateful that he did call it wrong! It leaves Hungary 2nd in the table and in with a chance of qualifying especially if Croatia beat Wales tonight!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: QuoCob on Sun 13 Oct 2019 20:24
Switched over late in the Scotland game this afternoon, I think that it was already 5-0, it must have been very close to being abandoned with that amount of surface water that kept stopping the ball? What do others think?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Tweed on Mon 14 Oct 2019 10:43
Undoubtedly it should have been abandoned at half time. Ridiculously I was sitting hoping Declan Gallagher didn't get on as it looked like an injury waiting to happen. Normally I'd champion any Motherwell player to get on.

Also the free kick in the lead up to the 6th goal was hilarious. Ref didn't give a clear one in the centre circle and the ball ran through to the keeper who picked it up outside the area and that was the free kick that was given and inevitably we scored.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Mon 14 Oct 2019 12:47
Thought Kuipers was poor last night. Despite some correct carding there was one challenge when Wales were breaking which was completely deliberate and miles from the ball which wasn’t carded.

I would expect better from one of the top elite UEFA officials.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Tue 15 Oct 2019 22:59
A dreadful pitch for the Switzerland v Eire game... more like a muddy woodland park than a football surface.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Mon 11 Nov 2019 09:14
Thursday 14 November 2019

Group H
18:00 CET - Istanbul (Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi – Türk Telekom Stadyumu)
TURKEY - ICELAND
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)
UEFA Delegate: Duncan Fraser (SCO)

Group A
20:45 CET - Plzeň (Doosan Arena)
CZECH REPUBLIC - KOSOVO
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Ciro Carbone (ITA)
Fourth Official: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Mehmet Murat Ilgaz (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Anton Fagan (SCO)

Group A
20:45 CET - London (Wembley Stadium)
ENGLAND - MONTENEGRO
Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (ESP)
Fourth Official: Xavier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Luciano Luci (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Jozef Kliment (SVK)

Group B
20:45 CET - Almancil (Estádio Algarve)
PORTUGAL - LITHUANIA
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Julien Pacelli (FRA)
Fourth Official: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)
UEFA Delegate: Francesca Sanzone (ITA)

Group B
20:45 CET - Belgrade (Stadion Rajko Mitić)
SERBIA - LUXEMBOURG
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Charles Schaap (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Pol van Boekel (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Oleg Molceanov (MDA)

Group H
20:45 CET - Elbasan (Elbasan Arena)
ALBANIA - ANDORRA
Referee: Kristo Tohver (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Silver Kőiv (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Aron Härsing (EST)
Fourth Official: Roomer Tarajev (EST)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Rudolf Zavrl (SVN)

Group H
20:45 CET - Saint-Denis (Stade de France)
FRANCE - MOLDOVA
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vyteniz Kazlauskas (LTU)
Fourth Official: Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Brian Lawlor (WAL)
UEFA Delegate: Armen Minasyan (ARM)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Mon 11 Nov 2019 15:47
Oh goody....
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: ryan80 on Mon 11 Nov 2019 19:19
Massive game for Taylor as 1st play 3rd - France are the 2nd team in that group.  Taylor certainly seems to be the English referee with the big appointments in Europe.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Tue 12 Nov 2019 09:19
Friday 15 November 2019

Group F
18:00 CET - Oslo (Ullevaal Stadion)
NORWAY - FAROE ISLANDS
Referee: Fran Jović (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivica Modrić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Hrvoje Radić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Igor Pajač (CRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu (ROU)
UEFA Delegate: Philippe Prudhon (FRA)

Group J
18:00 CET - Yerevan (Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht)
ARMENIA - GREECE
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Michał Obukowicz (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Radosław Siejka (POL)
Fourth Official: Daniel Stefański (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ladislav Gádoši (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: Per Eliasson (SWE)

Group J
18:00 CET - Helsinki (Telia 5G -areena)
FINLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Frédéric Haquette (FRA)
Fourth Official: Benoît Millot (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kaj Řstergaard (DEN)
UEFA Delegate: Graham Hover (ENG)

Group D
20:45 CET - Copenhagen (Telia Parken)
DENMARK - GIBRALTAR
Referee: István Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: István Albert (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Berettyán (HUN)
Fourth Official: Ádám Farkas (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Pascal Garibian (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Vasko Dojčinovski (MKD)

Group D
20:45 CET - St. Gallen (Kybunpark)
SWITZERLAND - GEORGIA
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Diks (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Kevin Blom (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Mirosław Ryszka (POL)

Group F
20:45 CET - Bucharest (Arena Națională)
ROMANIA - SWEDEN
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarský (SVK)
UEFA Delegate: Rudolf Řepka (CZE)

Group F
20:45 CET - Cádiz (Estadio Ramón de Carranza)
SPAIN - MALTA
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Fourth Official: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sabri Çelik (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Kurt Zuppinger (SUI)

Group J
20:45 CET - Zenica (Stadion Bilino polje)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - ITALY
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (SUI)
UEFA Referee Observer: Yuriy Baskakov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Tarik Shamel (ENG)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Readingfan on Tue 12 Nov 2019 18:41
Massive game for Taylor as 1st play 3rd - France are the 2nd team in that group.  Taylor certainly seems to be the English referee with the big appointments in Europe.

I think that Taylor almost certainly goes to Euros unless he makes a particularly bad mistake, etc - only question in my mind really is if Oliver goes as well or if it's just Taylor.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Tue 12 Nov 2019 18:53
Risky as Vad has not done a game even domestically since 3rd August! I'd have thought it wiser to check he is fully match fit in a domestic game first. He's a very fit guy normally though, he obviously spends time in the gym working out etc. but still seems a risk to me to test him out in an International game when he has been out injured for 3 months. Nice to see our top referee out as well, he'll not be sat in front of the press box at the new International stadium opener then!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: RCG on Tue 12 Nov 2019 18:55
Currently 26 UEFA Elite referees, I cannot see how more than 2 from each country will be selected so that trims 2 Germans and 1 Spaniard. There are a couple for whom it is too early Bastien for one. Plus there may be a couple of the older hands who will retire or shown to be past their best.

I think it will be a minimum of 18 refs appointed so I believe both Taylor and Oliver will get games
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Whistleblower on Wed 13 Nov 2019 08:36
Massive game for Taylor as 1st play 3rd - France are the 2nd team in that group.  Taylor certainly seems to be the English referee with the big appointments in Europe.

I think that Taylor almost certainly goes to Euros unless he makes a particularly bad mistake, etc - only question in my mind really is if Oliver goes as well or if it's just Taylor.

Certainly about two years ago Taylor was regarded as the best English referee when it came to both domestic and international appointments. However, what I hear emanating from parts of the FA is this. Both are regarded as excellent referees and most worthy of appointments to domestic and international competition matches, however Oliver is now shading it over Taylor and establishing himself as the number 1, the postion occupied by Clattenburg, Webb, Poll, Courtney and the great late Jack Taylor OBE, in years past
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Whistleblower on Wed 13 Nov 2019 08:38
And my opinion, for what it's worth, is that both Taylor and Oliver will go to the Euros.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Wed 13 Nov 2019 09:33
Saturday 16 November 2019

Group I
15:00 CET - Nicosia (Stádio GSP)
CYPRUS - SCOTLAND
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Fourth Official: Alexander Harkam (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrković (BIH)
UEFA Delegate: Karl Espen Eriksen (NOR)

Group E
18:00 CET - Baku (Bakcell Arena)
AZERBAIJAN - WALES
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Fourth Official: Christian Dingert (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sergey Zuyev (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Mark Bos (NED)

Group G
18:00 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
SLOVENIA - LATVIA
Referee: Radu Marian Petrescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Adrian Ștefan Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marcel Bîrsan (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Sippel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Lennart Vestervall (SWE)

Group I
18:00 CET - St Petersburg (Gazprom Arena)
RUSSIA - BELGIUM
Referee: Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Licínio Barbosa Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Alexandre Santos Soares (POR)
Fourth Official: Hugo Filipe Ferreira Campos Moreira Miguel (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Paulius Malžinskas (LTU)
UEFA Delegate: Jacques Antenen (SUI)

Group I
18:00 CET - Serravalle (San Marino Stadium)
SAN MARINO - KAZAKHSTAN
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Emre Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Serkan Olguncan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Madeline Ekvall (SWE)

Group C
20:45 CET - Mönchengladbach (Borussia-Park)
GERMANY - BELARUS
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Roi Hasan (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Idan Yarkoni (ISR)
Fourth Official: Roi Reinshreiber (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Pavel Kolev (BUL)

Group C
20:45 CET - Belfast (Windsor Park)
NORTHERN IRELAND - NETHERLANDS
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Tomasz Musiał (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís (CYP)
UEFA Delegate: Isabel Hochstöger (AUT)

Group E
20:45 CET - Rijeka (Stadion HNK Rijeka)
CROATIA - SLOVAKIA
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: François Letexier (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Alexandre Parreira Castro (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Martin Sturkenboom (NED)

Group G
20:45 CET - Vienna (Ernst-Happel-Stadion)
AUSTRIA - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Paul Tierney (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Sergiu Lisnic (MDA)

Group G
20:45 CET - Jerusalem (Itztadion Teddy)
ISRAEL - POLAND
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikko Alakare (FIN)
Fourth Official: Kaarlo Oskari Hämäläinen (FIN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Gevorg Hovhannisyan (ARM)
UEFA Delegate: David Findlay (SCO)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Wed 13 Nov 2019 11:39
Important observer for Marciniak. Not sure Wales will be thrilled with the erratic Aytekin.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Ref Fan on Wed 13 Nov 2019 12:20
Oliver's game is 2nd v 3rd in the group as things stand I believe.  Austria need only a point to definitely qualify and N Macedonia with a remote chance of the play-offs if I understand it properly.

What is the significance, if any, of finishing 1st or 2nd in a group?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Whistleblower on Wed 13 Nov 2019 13:33
Important observer for Marciniak. Not sure Wales will be thrilled with the erratic Aytekin.

I hadn't realised Mr Kapitanis was such an important Observer. However, Michael Oliver has an extremely important and significant Observer.

I ususlly look to edy to gain wisdom about European refereeing matters but I am not sure I have seen him post much lately. I hope all is well with him.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Wed 13 Nov 2019 13:54

I ususlly look to edy to gain wisdom about European refereeing matters but I am not sure I have seen him post much lately. I hope all is well with him.

Busy work period for him. He is fine x
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Ref Fan on Wed 13 Nov 2019 13:59
And my opinion, for what it's worth, is that both Taylor and Oliver will go to the Euros.

Wasn't there a situation with FIFA for the last WC when it was alleged FIFA (Collina?) wanted Clattenburg and the FA put Atkinson's name forward.  In the end, both went.

It does seem that UEFA favour Taylor based on recent appointments, but that Oliver has had some backing from FIFA with for example appointments in the U17 and U20 tournaments - including a Final and Semi-Final I recall. Was it Oliver that went to some initial Course for the WC 2022 in Qatar?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Hertsref123 on Wed 13 Nov 2019 14:12
And my opinion, for what it's worth, is that both Taylor and Oliver will go to the Euros.

Wasn't there a situation with FIFA for the last WC when it was alleged FIFA (Collina?) wanted Clattenburg and the FA put Atkinson's name forward.  In the end, both went.


That Was At Euro 2016.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: RCG on Wed 13 Nov 2019 16:16

What is the significance, if any, of finishing 1st or 2nd in a group?

Position in group will be the first filter on seeding so worth trying to be top
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Ref Fan on Wed 13 Nov 2019 16:49
"That Was At Euro 2016".
Ah, yes, of course it was. Yet another memory failure.

 I thought it was longer ago than last year.  We didn't have an English ref. at WC 2018, did we.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Whistleblower on Wed 13 Nov 2019 20:34

I ususlly look to edy to gain wisdom about European refereeing matters but I am not sure I have seen him post much lately. I hope all is well with him.

Busy work period for him. He is fine x

Very pleased to read that.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Wed 13 Nov 2019 23:33
"That Was At Euro 2016".
Ah, yes, of course it was. Yet another memory failure.

 I thought it was longer ago than last year.  We didn't have an English ref. at WC 2018, did we.

No Clatts was the only English ref shortlisted and as as he left before it happened no English ref was chosen.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Thu 14 Nov 2019 09:22
Sunday 17 November 2019

Group B
15:00 CET - Luxembourg (Stade Josy Barthel)
LUXEMBOURG - PORTUGAL
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Rien Koopman (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Róbert Kispál (HUN)

Group B
15:00 CET - Belgrade (Stadion Rajko Mitić)
SERBIA - UKRAINE
Referee: Robert Madden (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David Roome (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Graeme Stewart (SCO)
Fourth Official: Donald Robertson (SCO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: Thura Win (ENG)

Group A
18:00 CET - Sofia (Natsionalen stadion "Vasil Levski")
BULGARIA - CZECH REPUBLIC
Referee: Sergey Karasyov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Sergey Ivanov (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stávros Tritsónis (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Nebojša Ivković (SRB)

Group A
18:00 CET - Prishtina (Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri)
KOSOVO - ENGLAND
Referee: Paweł Gil (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Daniel Stefański (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Christer Fällström (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Balázs Makray (HUN)

Group H
20:45 CET - Tirana (Air Albania Stadium)
ALBANIA - FRANCE
Referee: Slavko Vinčič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Nejc Kajtazovič (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nikolay Ivanov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Georg Lüchinger (LIE)

Group H
20:45 CET - Andorra la Vella (Estadi Nacional)
ANDORRA - TURKEY
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: TomᚠSomoláni (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Kráľovič (SVK)
UEFA Referee Observer: Draženko Kovačić (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Jan Willem van Dop (NED)

Group H
20:45 CET - Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)
MOLDOVA - ICELAND
Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nádvorník (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: TomᚠMokrusch (CZE)
Fourth Official: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Diana Andersen (DEN)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Thu 14 Nov 2019 09:40
Královec hasn’t been seen for an eternity it seems, and he has an important observer posted to his game in Plautz. A very good game for Madden in Serbia too.

Gil has shown he is a competent safe official.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Thu 14 Nov 2019 12:13
Important observer for Marciniak. Not sure Wales will be thrilled with the erratic Aytekin.

I hadn't realised Mr Kapitanis was such an important Observer. However, Michael Oliver has an extremely important and significant Observer.

I ususlly look to edy to gain wisdom about European refereeing matters but I am not sure I have seen him post much lately. I hope all is well with him.

Echo those comments completely. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rizzoli is one of the big chiefs of UEFA in the future.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Fri 15 Nov 2019 09:26
Monday 18 November 2019

Group D
20:45 CET - Gibraltar (Victoria Stadium)
GIBRALTAR - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Benoît Millot (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Haquette (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Bertrand Jouannaud (FRA)
Fourth Official: Frank Schneider (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Riley (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Claude Kremer (LUX)

Group D
20:45 CET - Dublin (Aviva Stadium)
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND - DENMARK
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Roland Tis (BEL)

Group F
20:45 CET - Ta' Qali (National Stadium)
MALTA - NORWAY
Referee: Əliyar Ağayev (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Akif Əmirəli (AZE)
Fourth Official: Rauf Cabarov (AZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi (SMR)
UEFA Delegate: Róbert Barczi (HUN)

Group F
20:45 CET - Madrid (Wanda Metropolitano)
SPAIN - ROMANIA
Referee: Aliaksiej Kuĺbakoŭ (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dzmitryj Žuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alieh Maslianka (BLR)
Fourth Official: Dzianis Ščarbakoŭ (BLR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Campbell Ogilvie (SCO)

Group F
20:45 CET - Solna (Friends Arena)
SWEDEN - FAROE ISLANDS
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Grega Kordež (SVN)
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Ivan Tsitovich (RUS)

Group J
20:45 CET - Athens (Olympiakó Athlitikó Kéntro Athinón "Spýros Loúis")
GREECE - FINLAND
Referee: Aleksey Yes'kov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitriy Mosyakin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Valeriy Danchenko (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Zbigniew Przesmycki (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Christian Mutschler (SUI)

Group J
20:45 CET - Palermo (Stadio Renzo Barbera)
ITALY - ARMENIA
Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Luís André Ferreira Pinto Campos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Miguel Almeida Mota (POR)
Fourth Official: António Emanuel Carvalho Nobre (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Messner (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Peter Oskam (NED)

Group J
20:45 CET - Vaduz (Rheinpark Stadion)
LIECHTENSTEIN - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Referee: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kemal Yılmaz (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR)
Fourth Official: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jouni Hyytiä (FIN)
UEFA Delegate: Luis Cuervas del Real (ESP)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Acme Thunderer on Fri 15 Nov 2019 11:07
A break on the Rock for Mike Riley, well away from continued domestic discussion on VAR....?  ;D
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Fri 15 Nov 2019 12:11
No surprise a big hitter gets the crunch game in Dublin. Brych always the 'go to' official in these cases. Shame there is no VAR for Riley to observe and digest, would help a long way to showing how it's done properly in Europe!!!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Vlad Vladadze on Sat 16 Nov 2019 09:22
Tuesday 19 November 2019

Group C
20:45 CET - Frankfurt am Main (Commerzbank-Arena)
GERMANY - NORTHERN IRELAND
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Gylfi Ţór Orrason (ISL)
UEFA Delegate: Kris Bellon (BEL)

Group C
20:45 CET - Amsterdam (Johan Cruijff ArenA)
NETHERLANDS - ESTONIA
Referee: Davide Massa (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)
UEFA Delegate: Cristel Brorsson (SWE)

Group E
20:45 CET - Trnava (City Arena - Štadión Antona Malatinského)
SLOVAKIA - AZERBAIJAN
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Volodymyr Volodin (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Semen Shlonchak (UKR)
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Romanov (UKR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kevin Azzopardi (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: Scott Struthers (SCO)

Group E
20:45 CET - Cardiff (Cardiff City Stadium)
WALES - HUNGARY
Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hațegan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Șovre (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Sebastian Constantin Colțescu (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)
UEFA Delegate: Lars Richt (SWE)

Group G
20:45 CET - Skopje (Nacionalna Arena "Toše Proeski")
NORTH MACEDONIA - ISRAEL
Referee: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Fourth Official: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Paolo Rondelli (SMR)

Group G
20:45 CET - Riga (Daugavas stadions)
LATVIA - AUSTRIA
Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Teodoro Sobrino Magán (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Raúl Cabańero Martínez (ESP)
Fourth Official: José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Léon Schelings (BEL)

Group G
20:45 CET - Warsaw (PGE Narodowy)
POLAND - SLOVENIA
Referee: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth Official: Christian Dingert (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jon Eilif Skjervold (NOR)
UEFA Delegate: Nils Řyvind Fisketjřnn (NOR)

Group I
20:45 CET - Glasgow (Hampden Park)
SCOTLAND - KAZAKHSTAN
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Johan Balder (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Davie Goossens (NED)
Fourth Official: Kevin Blom (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Karel Vidlák (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Duško Grabovac (CRO)

Group I
20:45 CET - Serravalle (San Marino Stadium)
SAN MARINO - RUSSIA
Referee: Ţorvaldur Árnason (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Jóhann Gunnar Guđmundsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Andri Vigfússon (ISL)
Fourth Official: Ívar Orri Kristjánsson (ISL)
UEFA Referee Observer: John Ferry (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: Jaroslav Dudl (CZE)

Group I
20:45 CET - Brussels (Koning Boudewijnstadion)
BELGIUM - CYPRUS
Referee: Jřrgen Daugbjerg Burchardt (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jesper Dahl (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Niels Hřg (DEN)
Fourth Official: Peter Kjćrsgaard (DEN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Edward Foley (IRL)
UEFA Delegate: Milovan Đukanović (MNE)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Sat 16 Nov 2019 16:22
Oh you are joking me... bmb is not a happy lady!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: RCG on Sat 16 Nov 2019 17:59
And looks like a winner takes all game
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Sat 16 Nov 2019 18:32
Not a great appointment for Wales v Hungary, and IMO not sensible given the last time Hategan messed up on British soil. Cakir or one of the safe hands would have been much more pragmatic. He does however have an important observer.

Scotland have the pleasure of Basil Fawlty for their last match.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Readingfan on Sat 16 Nov 2019 20:46
Not a great appointment for Wales v Hungary, and IMO not sensible given the last time Hategan messed up on British soil. Cakir or one of the safe hands would have been much more pragmatic. He does however have an important observer.

Scotland have the pleasure of Basil Fawlty for their last match.

I don't think  the fact Hategan did poorly in a game in Northern Ireland should prevent him doing a game in Wales two years later (apart from if it was felt to be symbolic of his general performance level.)

He seems well-established in UEFA refereeing and seems very likely to go to Euro 2020, so no reason he shouldn't get the game.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Sun 17 Nov 2019 12:18
no reason he shouldn't get the game.

Try telling that to a Northern Irish person, whose secondary residency is in Hungary...

I will be watching from the press box. Very small contingent of Hungarian press going so we're having a late lunch together & then onto the game, we're staying at the same hotel as our team!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Acme Thunderer on Sun 17 Nov 2019 19:10
The Polish referee Pawel Gil didn't have much to do in tonight's Kosovo v England game, but he did seem benevolent towards Harry Winks in the 1st half, with one foul in particular which should have been yellow carded after the Kosovo advantage ended. The lack of a card and the card issued to a Kosovo player in the 2nd half for a similar foul showed a lack of consistency, which was a pity in my view as this was an entertaining game in which both sides tried to play attacking football.   
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Mon 18 Nov 2019 18:42
Not a great appointment for Wales v Hungary, and IMO not sensible given the last time Hategan messed up on British soil.

It's not even just that.  Last International game Hungary had a 1 match behind closed doors ban (quite rightly as I have previously said) due to anti Romanian chants throughout the game from the Ultras. Within days of that Kovács István was racially abused when refereeing a derby match in Romania for being ethnic Hungarian. There is a hatred between the 2 nations going back centuries that is not going away anytime soon despite the best efforts of many to try and rid BOTH nations of it.  Dr Csányi has been all over the Hungarian media the past 2 weeks literally begging the Ultras to cut out the anti Romanian stuff at games because it harms our National Team so UEFA respond by appointing a Romanian ref to a crucial Hungarian game. There are now ultras travelling to the game who weren't going before & I'm pretty sure it's with the intent to chant anti Romanian stuff for 90 mins! Ridiculous on the part of UEFA to appoint a Romanian referee at a time when Hungary have just had a 1 match ban for anti Romanian chants. Dr Csányi is really trying to stamp it out & will issue lifetime bans to anyone found guilty of the chants but UEFA are not helping him in his efforts. I don't think Kovács István can referee Hungary competitively because although he is technically Romanian he is ethnic Hungarian & I believe has Hungarian citizenship.

On a personal level I will add I can't stand him as a referee because of the Northern Ireland game, his worst but not his only poor game, imo, & not because he is Romanian.  Hategan's nationality doesn't bother me in the slightest. His ability to destroy my NT games however does! My best friend is an ethnic Hungarian born in Romania.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Tue 19 Nov 2019 21:30
Usual rubbish from Nijhuis at Hampden. Should have been a red for a nasty studs up challenge by a Khazak player and how Burke wasn't given a penalty for a blatant foul on 84 mins was puzzling.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Wed 20 Nov 2019 00:41
Can't say I was overly impressed with Hategan tonight.  Very inconsistent, an example Patkai was climbing all over a Welsh player, hands on his shoulder literally holding him down, nothing given but within 2 mins a Welsh player did the same to a Hungarian player & free kick instantly given.  Lots of similar inconsistencies throughout the game in respect of both teams.  Wales were literally playing Hungary off the park, a far superior team and Hungary resorted to persistent silly fouls - we were not pretty to watch! No yellow cards until the 65th minute by which time we could have had by my reckoning 5 different players booked for persistent fouling. I like lenient referees but sometimes you can be too lenient. The silly little fouls had reached ridiculous levels before he took any action. We have someone totting up Baráth's fouls & I have my money on him committing more fouls that there were shots by both teams, seriously he was embarrassing and the total will be over 12-15 before he finally got a YC. Penalty shout for Hungary in the 1st half, which he quite rightly waved away, there was a slight push but nowhere near enough for a penalty imo. He did play a couple of lovely advantages for Wales, none for Hungary but we would have had to actually do some attacking for that opportunity to occur! His fitness was excellent, positioning decent and he built up a good rapport with players from both teams. Nothing majorly wrong, with his refereeing anyway, Hungary's defending on the other hand... Just very inconsistent & difficult to know what was and wasn't a foul as it was pot luck if he gave a kick or not. A smiley overly lenient performance.

Thankfully I did not hear any anti Romanian chanting from the ultras. This is of course may partially be due to them being drowned out by a very loud and melodic home crowd but hopefully the spotters there to ensure it didn't happen, yet again, didn't hear any either! I do sincerely hope it's because the ultras have listened to Dr Csányi & didn't go there.  He was in attendance along with our PM. Always good to see them supporting the team & wearing the NT colours even in the posh area!! They were both belting out the National Anthem as well! I like Dr Csányi, I think he represents the federation very well & is a genuine football man. He tries to do right for the game in general.

The Welsh fans were superb, spine tingling when they sung their anthem, I know it is stereotypical but the Welsh do sing beautifully. No wonder they gave us some pitying looks with our out of key effort at our National Anthem!

The far better team won on the night & whilst gutted I have no complaints with the scoreline. Congrats to Wales for qualifying for the Euros. As for us, well play offs here we come - again!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Wed 20 Nov 2019 00:52
Just as a PS:

Germany – Northern Ireland
Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)

Oh my... Totty alert!  :o

Other than that I am pretending this game didn't happen! I am in denial so leave me be! The big question is do I go for a pálinka with a whiskey chaser or a whiskey with a pálinka chaser!!  :-\
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Wed 20 Nov 2019 11:09
Can't say I was overly impressed with Hategan tonight.  Very inconsistent, an example Patkai was climbing all over a Welsh player, hands on his shoulder literally holding him down, nothing given but within 2 mins a Welsh player did the same to a Hungarian player & free kick instantly given.  Lots of similar inconsistencies throughout the game in respect of both teams.  Wales were literally playing Hungary off the park, a far superior team and Hungary resorted to persistent silly fouls - we were not pretty to watch! No yellow cards until the 65th minute by which time we could have had by my reckoning 5 different players booked for persistent fouling. I like lenient referees but sometimes you can be too lenient. The silly little fouls had reached ridiculous levels before he took any action. We have someone totting up Baráth's fouls & I have my money on him committing more fouls that there were shots by both teams, seriously he was embarrassing and the total will be over 12-15 before he finally got a YC. Penalty shout for Hungary in the 1st half, which he quite rightly waved away, there was a slight push but nowhere near enough for a penalty imo. He did play a couple of lovely advantages for Wales, none for Hungary but we would have had to actually do some attacking for that opportunity to occur! His fitness was excellent, positioning decent and he built up a good rapport with players from both teams. Nothing majorly wrong, with his refereeing anyway, Hungary's defending on the other hand... Just very inconsistent & difficult to know what was and wasn't a foul as it was pot luck if he gave a kick or not. A smiley overly lenient performance.

Thankfully I did not hear any anti Romanian chanting from the ultras. This is of course may partially be due to them being drowned out by a very loud and melodic home crowd but hopefully the spotters there to ensure it didn't happen, yet again, didn't hear any either! I do sincerely hope it's because the ultras have listened to Dr Csányi & didn't go there.  He was in attendance along with our PM. Always good to see them supporting the team & wearing the NT colours even in the posh area!! They were both belting out the National Anthem as well! I like Dr Csányi, I think he represents the federation very well & is a genuine football man. He tries to do right for the game in general.

The Welsh fans were superb, spine tingling when they sung their anthem, I know it is stereotypical but the Welsh do sing beautifully. No wonder they gave us some pitying looks with our out of key effort at our National Anthem!

The far better team won on the night & whilst gutted I have no complaints with the scoreline. Congrats to Wales for qualifying for the Euros. As for us, well play offs here we come - again!

I watched the match as well and I echo the sentiments about Hategan. Very lenient approach and literally he did nothing to stop Hungary from fouling all the time. His performance reminded me one of a FIFA tournament. He seemed to try hard to keep the cautions on his pocket at any cost.

Clear example is N5 from Hungary with did over 10 fouls to the match and wasn't booked. Unbelievable.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Wed 20 Nov 2019 11:59

Clear example is N5 from Hungary with did over 10 fouls to the match and wasn't booked. Unbelievable.

That is Baráth who I specifically mentioned and guesstimated 12-15 fouls from him. I thought he did get booked in the end? Embarrassing from him anyway!!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Fri 22 Nov 2019 13:36
There is a hatred between the 2 nations going back centuries that is not going away anytime soon despite the best efforts of many to try and rid BOTH nations of it.

I'm not counting chickens here but this path has the potential to get very messy!

Path A:
Iceland v Romania
Bulgaria v Hungary
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Fri 22 Nov 2019 21:28
There is a hatred between the 2 nations going back centuries that is not going away anytime soon despite the best efforts of many to try and rid BOTH nations of it.

I'm not counting chickens here but this path has the potential to get very messy!

Path A:
Iceland v Romania
Bulgaria v Hungary

A potential Romania - Hungary PO Final would be the hotter match. Kuipers or Brych would be my choices.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: RCG on Fri 22 Nov 2019 21:38
It will be interesting to see how important UEFA view these play offs.

Do you:
(a) Appoint referees from the lower third of the Elite group and say "here is your chance" or
(b) follow the Champions League example (where play offs are seen as v important) and appoint Cakir, Brych, Kuipers etc?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Readingfan on Fri 22 Nov 2019 21:48
I would say the second option. The referees will have been chosen for Euro 2020 by then presumably so would make sense to pretty much use them for the 12 games.

I wonder if they'll use VAR or wait until the Euros?
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Sat 23 Nov 2019 00:44
It will be interesting to see how important UEFA view these play offs.

Do you:
(a) Appoint referees from the lower third of the Elite group and say "here is your chance" or
(b) follow the Champions League example (where play offs are seen as v important) and appoint Cakir, Brych, Kuipers etc?

I would hope given the importance of the matches for the teams involved that the likes of Cakir, Brych, Kuipers etc will be used.

Hungary v Romania if it happened would need a very strong referee, it is a bit of a bloodbath at best! Sadly if it does happen I fear it will be remembered for which set of ultras managed to boo the loudest during the opposing anthems, which set of ultras won the street battle before and after the game & possibly even during it and how big the fines are for each country for the racism!!  The pyros would be awesome though! If you go onto youtube and search for either anthem at a game between the 2, you will see how hostile the atmosphere is. I wish it would stop and I can imagine both FAs are hoping it doesn't happen. I would certainly go but wouldn't even wear my Hungary scarf even in the relative safety of the press box! Hungary however haven't won in Bulgaria for 53 years and Iceland will be no push over for Romania especially away from home. The Iceland fans are amazing!

Also a potential for Northern Ireland to play the Republic of Ireland (again not counting chickens...). It would be very loud! That would need a strong referee as well but I don't think it would be a hostile game.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: tomp on Tue 06 Oct 2020 11:48
Playoff Semi Finals

18:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadze National Stadium Dinamo Arena)
GEORGIA - BELARUS
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
Video Assistant Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (TUR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Riley (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Kris Bellon (BEL)

20:45 CET - Skopje (National Arena Todor Proeski)
NORTH MACEDONIA - KOSOVO
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Diks (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Allard Lindhout (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kevin Blom (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Mehmet Murat Ilgaz (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Camelia Nicolae (ROU)

20:45 CET - Oslo (Ullevaal Stadion)
NORWAY - SERBIA
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Ciro Carbone (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
Video Assistant Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Uno Tutk (EST)
UEFA Delegate: Dennis Cruise (IRL)

20:45 CET - Glasgow (Hampden Park)
SCOTLAND - ISRAEL
Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Șovre (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Sebastian Colţescu (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Guida (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Alojzije Šupraha (CRO)

20:45 CET - Bratislava (Národný futbalový štadión)
SLOVAKIA - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: Frank Schneider (FRA)
Video Assistant Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Georg Lüchinger (LIE)

20:45 CET - Sarajevo (Stadion Grbavica)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - NORTHERN IRELAND
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez Del Palomar (ESP)
Fourth Official: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoechea (ESP)
Video Assistant Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Joăo Morais (POR)

20:45 CET - Sofia (Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski)
BULGARIA - HUNGARY
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł  Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Gil (POL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Loukas Siotropos (GRE)

20:45 CET - Reykjavík (Laugardalsvöllur)
ICELAND - ROMANIA
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Video Assistant Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)
UEFA Delegate: Mark Blackbourne (ENG)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Readingfan on Tue 06 Oct 2020 13:10
Let's hope Hategan performs better than the NI play-off for WC 2018! At least he's got VAR this time...
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Tue 06 Oct 2020 13:31
Kuipers, Brych and one English representative are certain locks for the finals now. Not sure where the fourth team will come from however...
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Hendo on Tue 06 Oct 2020 15:01
Kuipers, Brych and one English representative are certain locks for the finals now. Not sure where the fourth team will come from however...

And let’s hope that the Englishman comes from Ashington and not Wythenshawe!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: ajb95 on Tue 06 Oct 2020 15:32
Kuipers, Brych and one English representative are certain locks for the finals now. Not sure where the fourth team will come from however...

And let’s hope that the Englishman comes from Ashington and not Wythenshawe!

We all know he won’t..
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: RCG on Tue 06 Oct 2020 16:11
A good learning experience in Tblisi (for the observor)

What about Collum? 😏😋
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Tue 06 Oct 2020 17:47
Despite the fact that the finals are a month away I would say that Brych, Kuipers, Taylor and Del Cerro Grande will get the finals.

I would be very surprised to see someone like Aytekin, Zwayer or Sidiropoulos on any of those matches.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Thu 08 Oct 2020 22:01
There is a hatred between the 2 nations going back centuries that is not going away anytime soon despite the best efforts of many to try and rid BOTH nations of it.

I'm not counting chickens here but this path has the potential to get very messy!

Path A:
Iceland v Romania
Bulgaria v Hungary

Not sure if I am delighted or disappointed that it will be Hungary v Iceland!

Going to be a very difficult game but at least it will be about the football and not which set of ultras can misbehave the most.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: referee12 on Sun 08 Nov 2020 09:14
4 refs for the 4 path finals-i think Taylor,Oliver, Brych,and 1 other probably go with the more experienced especially with a place at the euros at stake
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: ajb95 on Sun 08 Nov 2020 13:08
4 refs for the 4 path finals-i think Taylor,Oliver, Brych,and 1 other probably go with the more experienced especially with a place at the euros at stake

I wouldn’t say Oliver. I’d probably go for brych, taylor, kuipers/makkelie and either marciniak or Cakir
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Mon 09 Nov 2020 20:18
Hungary's game v Iceland is now behind closed doors.  It was a sell out crowd.  The MLSZ will be reimbursing all ticket costs.

I have a UEFA accredited press ticket but have been refused permission to travel. I expected that after being refused travel for the Fradi CL game.  I'm told though that only reporters & cameramen from M4 sports are going to be allowed into the stadium & everyone else has to use the M4 camera feeds to cover the game. One of the guys from Nemzeti Sport (the official national sports newspaper) has said they have been told by the MLSZ that they are not allowed entry either. M4 are very good about giving us all extra access including to interviews and pressers that aren't shown on TV.

I only really wanted to go as it meant I could sneak in as many as 36 hrs with Mr bmb!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: tomp on Tue 10 Nov 2020 09:42
12 November 2020

18:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadze National Stadium Dinamo Arena)
GEORGIA - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Paul Tierney (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Eugčne Westerink (NED)

20:45 CET - Belgrade (Stadion Rajko Mitić)
SERBIA - SCOTLAND
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez Del Palomar.(ESP)
Fourth Official: Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Video Assistant Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoechea (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: Elena Kobak (RUS)

20:45 CET - Belfast (Windsor Park)
NORTHERN IRELAND - SLOVAKIA
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Fritz (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: Per Svärd (SWE)

20:45 CET - Budapest (Puskás Aréna)
HUNGARY - ICELAND
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin E. J. Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Tarik Shamel (ENG)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Tue 10 Nov 2020 11:22
UEFA threw their big guns for these matches. The 3 names were expected after the PO matches apart from Lahoz (who already had a SF). But it seems that UEFA wanted very experienced referees for the PO matches.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Tue 10 Nov 2020 12:33
12 November 2020

20:45 CET - Budapest (Puskás Aréna)
HUNGARY - ICELAND
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin E. J. Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Tarik Shamel (ENG)

Delighted with this appointment. Huge game for both teams and we have probably the best referee that we could for it. It should purely be down to the 2 teams on the night.  Mr Rosetti observing - even more gutted I have been refused travel! Hajrá Magyarok!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Tue 10 Nov 2020 12:36
UEFA threw their big guns for these matches. The 3 names were expected after the PO matches apart from Lahoz (who already had a SF). But it seems that UEFA wanted very experienced referees for the PO matches.

So they should to be honest. I know the big nations treat the Nations League and the subsequent path to a Euro place as a joke but for us smaller nations it actually gives us a chance to compete in a tournament with the big boys. Huge game for all 8 nations competing this week.

Hajrá Magyarok! GAWA!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Tue 10 Nov 2020 15:26
UEFA threw their big guns for these matches. The 3 names were expected after the PO matches apart from Lahoz (who already had a SF). But it seems that UEFA wanted very experienced referees for the PO matches.

All the observers are big hitters too...
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Thu 12 Nov 2020 19:16
12 November 2020

18:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadze National Stadium Dinamo Arena)
GEORGIA - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Paul Tierney (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Eugčne Westerink (NED)

Mr Batta will have been happy with the performance he watched tonight. Some excellent man management included which was loud enough to hear over the camera.

Huge congrats to Macedonia - the first time they have ever qualified for a major tournament.  This is what the Nations League is all about!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Thu 12 Nov 2020 20:38
12 November 2020

18:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadze National Stadium Dinamo Arena)
GEORGIA - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Paul Tierney (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Eugčne Westerink (NED)

Huge congrats to Macedonia - the first time they have ever qualified for a major tournament.  This is what the Nations League is all about!

Wow, my region qualified? How could I miss that?  :)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: RCG on Thu 12 Nov 2020 21:34
All 3 evening kick offs have had goals in 88th minute or later, currently all one all and heading to extra time.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Thu 12 Nov 2020 21:35
12 November 2020

20:45 CET - Budapest (Puskás Aréna)
HUNGARY - ICELAND
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin E. J. Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Tarik Shamel (ENG)

Delighted with this appointment. Huge game for both teams and we have probably the best referee that we could for it. It should purely be down to the 2 teams on the night.  Mr Rosetti observing - even more gutted I have been refused travel! Hajrá Magyarok!

I think the whole of the south coast of England heard the Szoboszlai winner lol.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: RCG on Thu 12 Nov 2020 21:36
Even as far north as Scarborough 😍
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: RCG on Thu 12 Nov 2020 21:43
Not like they have a tough draw either now that theyre through 😏😋
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Thu 12 Nov 2020 22:33
What a match in Belgrade!!! Serbia equalized at 90' but Scotland is through on penalties. Congrats.

Mateu Lahoz with a good performance. He wasn't really challenged but maintained control and had good foul detection. The rain and the heavy pitch on the first half made it quite tricky but he managed the match pretty well.

Good decision by Rosetti and co to appoint him for this match.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Thu 12 Nov 2020 23:23
What an amazing night of football.  This is why the Nations League is just so incredibly special for the little nations - the love, support & respect between the little nations is something big nations fans really miss out on. You get the wins, the regular tournaments, the glory for sure but you miss out on those special moments because they are normal for you.

When North Macedonia won, I was watching with one of their press guys (online but we also had a press chatroom open) and when the final whistle went, the entire Balkan and Slavic regions erupted in joy! The congrats coming in from Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine and even Romania. Genuine delight for them and it was beautiful as a football fan to witness.

The latter games - oh my! My beloved Norn ion didn't make it though, but we go again for the next ones.  Happy (ish!!) for Slovakia - the ish only because it was at the expense of NI! Didn't mind so much the Serbia v Scotland result - I have good friends from both nations so delighted for the Scots and so sad for the Serbs.

As for Hungary! OMG. Szoboszlai Mr bmb didn't have time to hit the mute button on Skype - his ears may recover one day! Bring on the big boys!!!  Yep we will get stuffed in every single game but do you know what, we will love every second that we spend there, it's going to be so special.  Congrats have been pouring in from the Slavic and Balkan regions. It's a great night in our history!

I remember Tom, one of our press guys raving about Szoboszlai when he was still about 15/16. He was the first in the press camp to notice how special this kid is. Thankfully I have had the time to learn to spell his name (and pronounce it) before he has become well known!  ;D

Tonight was for you Marton Fulop. 5 years ago today he passed away.  Hungary beat Norway that night in the 1st playoff semi final (Clatts was ref & booked Gera - he is still not forgiven for that perfectly correct decision!), we were all in absolute shock about Marton, 3 days later we had a mins silence for him before the 2nd leg, I was sat near his family - we won and qualified for our first Euros in 44 years and 1st major tournament in over 30 years. Marton was on the pitch with us in both games. The day of our 1st Euros match there was a photo of our 3 goalies with a pair of Fulops gloves given to Király by Fulops dad. Király had them on the pitch with him - we won 2-0. Köszönöm Marton. Nyugodjon békében  :'(

Off to drink copious amounts of pálinka to celebrate and copious amounts of whiskey to drown my sorrows about Northern Ireland.

What a night!!!

Oh yeah Mr Kuipers can come again, superb performance from team ref!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Acme Thunderer on Fri 13 Nov 2020 08:24
Ah, Kiraly, I don't assume he will be in goal in his trackie bottoms in the Euro finals  ;D

Well done anyway, let's hope the Euro 2020, sorry 2021 finals, become a reality, England v Scotland on 18th June should be tasty!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Fri 13 Nov 2020 13:11
Ah, Kiraly, I don't assume he will be in goal in his trackie bottoms in the Euro finals  ;D

Well done anyway, let's hope the Euro 2020, sorry 2021 finals, become a reality, England v Scotland on 18th June should be tasty!

My heart broke the day Király retired! He was my favourite!

1st competitive game between England & Scotland since 2017 - my first thought was I wonder who will referee it! That will need a big name in charge.

Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Fri 13 Nov 2020 13:29
Ah, Kiraly, I don't assume he will be in goal in his trackie bottoms in the Euro finals  ;D

Well done anyway, let's hope the Euro 2020, sorry 2021 finals, become a reality, England v Scotland on 18th June should be tasty!

My heart broke the day Király retired! He was my favourite!

1st competitive game between England & Scotland since 2017 - my first thought was I wonder who will referee it! That will need a big name in charge.

I will dare to make an eraly prediction: Karasev....  ;)
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: dave26 on Fri 13 Nov 2020 14:52
I reckon it will be Brych or Cakir with Turpin or Davide Massa as outsiders 
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Fri 13 Nov 2020 14:58
Ah, Kiraly, I don't assume he will be in goal in his trackie bottoms in the Euro finals  ;D

Well done anyway, let's hope the Euro 2020, sorry 2021 finals, become a reality, England v Scotland on 18th June should be tasty!

My heart broke the day Király retired! He was my favourite!

1st competitive game between England & Scotland since 2017 - my first thought was I wonder who will referee it! That will need a big name in charge.

I will dare to make an eraly prediction: Karasev....  ;)

Haha! Keeps him away from Hungary games so I'm all for it! 

I think Kuipers, Brych or Cakir are the most likely candidates.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Fri 13 Nov 2020 18:13
Ah, Kiraly, I don't assume he will be in goal in his trackie bottoms in the Euro finals  ;D

Well done anyway, let's hope the Euro 2020, sorry 2021 finals, become a reality, England v Scotland on 18th June should be tasty!

My heart broke the day Király retired! He was my favourite!

1st competitive game between England & Scotland since 2017 - my first thought was I wonder who will referee it! That will need a big name in charge.

I will dare to make an eraly prediction: Karasev....  ;)

Haha! Keeps him away from Hungary games so I'm all for it! 

I think Kuipers, Brych or Cakir are the most likely candidates.

Hungary can have Karasev on MD 1 or 3. I shall pass the idea on a certain Greek Prince (the other one).

IMO Brych is the best candidate. He already had an England-Wales match on 2016 UEFA Euro.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Fri 13 Nov 2020 19:20
Ah, Kiraly, I don't assume he will be in goal in his trackie bottoms in the Euro finals  ;D

Well done anyway, let's hope the Euro 2020, sorry 2021 finals, become a reality, England v Scotland on 18th June should be tasty!

My heart broke the day Király retired! He was my favourite!

1st competitive game between England & Scotland since 2017 - my first thought was I wonder who will referee it! That will need a big name in charge.

I will dare to make an eraly prediction: Karasev....  ;)

Haha! Keeps him away from Hungary games so I'm all for it! 

I think Kuipers, Brych or Cakir are the most likely candidates.

Hungary can have Karasev on MD 1 or 3. I shall pass the idea on a certain Greek Prince (the other one).

IMO Brych is the best candidate. He already had an England-Wales match on 2016 UEFA Euro.

I have a horrible feeling it’ll be Lahoz....
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: Hendo on Fri 13 Nov 2020 19:22
Kuipers, best European ref around and with a good, steady head.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: edy on Sat 14 Nov 2020 13:34
Ah, Kiraly, I don't assume he will be in goal in his trackie bottoms in the Euro finals  ;D

Well done anyway, let's hope the Euro 2020, sorry 2021 finals, become a reality, England v Scotland on 18th June should be tasty!

My heart broke the day Király retired! He was my favourite!

1st competitive game between England & Scotland since 2017 - my first thought was I wonder who will referee it! That will need a big name in charge.

I will dare to make an eraly prediction: Karasev....  ;)

Haha! Keeps him away from Hungary games so I'm all for it! 

I think Kuipers, Brych or Cakir are the most likely candidates.

Hungary can have Karasev on MD 1 or 3. I shall pass the idea on a certain Greek Prince (the other one).

IMO Brych is the best candidate. He already had an England-Wales match on 2016 UEFA Euro.

I have a horrible feeling it’ll be Lahoz....

Actually that would be a really good appointment. He was very good on the PO Serbia-Scotland match.
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: flipmode on Sun 15 Nov 2020 12:16
OMG Szoboszlai

Pronounced “Shob-a-sch-lie” right? I scouted him and signed him in a Football Manager career I had last season, and he assisted the winner for Aguero in the CL Final  ::) ;D
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: bmb on Sun 15 Nov 2020 20:14
OMG Szoboszlai

Pronounced “Shob-a-sch-lie” right? I scouted him and signed him in a Football Manager career I had last season, and he assisted the winner for Aguero in the CL Final  ::) ;D

Ugh teeth on edge - don't listen to English commentators! They butcher his name every single time!!

Soh-boh-sloi

Sz = English S
o is a short oh
b like the English b
l like l in little
ai is oi

The English always pronounce Kassai as Cass-eye but it's Kosh-oi

Nagy is Nodge - like dodge with an n not a d!  Dear Lord the English commentator tonight with saying noigee!

I need to swap to M4sport at half time - it's painful to my ears!
Title: Re: UEFA EURO 2020 - Qualifying Round
Post by: jad on Mon 16 Nov 2020 13:32
When in doubt they should follow the example of David Coleman, who many decades ago found himself commentating on a game between Northern Ireland and the Soviet Union.  The Soviet team included a Georgian defender who rejoiced in the name of Revaz Dzodzuashvili, and Coleman took care to refer to him throughout as 'the man marking George Best'.

I suppose we should be thankful that another man with a splendid name, Matevos Karapetovich Mkrtchyan, had too short a career as an international referee to come to the notice of British TV commentators.