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Referees in the media (week 2)

Posted on January 11, 2012 | 1 Comment

‘Referees in the media’ will be published at the beginning of the week on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading.

“I know it’s not easy to clinch another final match gig because there are so many good referees in Asia now. But I’m sure it’s the dream of everyone who will soon hang his whistle and I’m one of them.”

Abdul Malik Bashir. Source: AFC

Singaporean referee Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir who will turn 44 on Wednesday has two more years to achieve his goal.

“There has been a personal discussion with the referee. He admitted everything, apologized, and said it does not happen again.”

Says former Bundesliga referee Frank Fleske, now regional director, about a local referee who has been suspended because of anti-semitical posts on his Facebook account.

“That player is cheating at that moment, but I belong to the 22 best referees in Europe. I have to be prepared with my assistants for these kind of situations. The aftermath of that game was huge.”

Referee Kevin Blom is reviewing the past year and talks about the incident in the match between Scotland and Czech Republic. In the last minute he awarded a penalty kick to the Czechs, from which they scored the 2:2.

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Referees in the media (week 36)

Posted on September 6, 2011 | 4 Comments

‘Referees in the media’ will be published each Monday on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading.

“Tell them and train them to understand that modern day refereeing involves a host of extremely technical skills. It demands a certain level of academic flair, high physical fitness, strong mental and psychological personalities and also excellent communication skills.”

An advice to all Asian fitness instructors by Toshio Utsumi, Fifa fitness instructor.

“If he has seen it again, all he has to say is, ‘I’m sorry’.”

Says former Dutch international top referee Mario van der Ende about Kevin Blom’s performance and last minute penalty kick call against Scotland after a dive.

“When no one speaks about you, everything is fine.”

Says Sacha Stegemann, one of German refereeing brothers.

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Kevin Blom appointed for Egyptian top match

Posted on June 29, 2011 | 7 Comments

Kevin Blom has been appointed for the Egyptian top clash between numbers one and two Al Ahly and Zamalek, the Dutch FA confirmed. The match started today at eight pm.

Nicky Siebert and Patrick Langkamp will be the assistant referees. It’s the first time a Dutch referee team will officiate in the Egyptian competition.

Maybe this video below, which I just found yesterday on YouTubee, is the reason why the Egyptian FA wants foreign referees.


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Update: Kevin Blom’s reaction after the match to Dutch radio 1: “It was a fantactic match, which ended in 2-2. A real match which contains everything: with fireworks, torches. I can’t describe it, I’ve never experienced someting like that.”

“Everything went well at the stands too, but the fans are very fanatic. After the match we had to leave the pitch very fast, because it was very hectic. Very exciting though, the emotions run high.”

“Early in the morning we got the message that the match would be cancelled, because of the agitated situation on Tahrir square. But we continued whit the preparation for the match, because we heard there was still a chance the match might start. Later that day, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs decide the game should go on. I’ve never experienced this. For me it was El Classico times ten.”

For the Dutch readers: here’s the audio file from Dutch Radio:

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Janssen, Makkelie and Blom present their new outfit

Posted on January 18, 2011 | 1 Comment

The 2011 Dutch referee outfits with new sponsor were presented today. Have a look …

Ed Janssen, Danny Makkelie en Kevin Blom presenting the new Dutch referee outfits.

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Pol van Boekel promoted on international list

Posted on December 22, 2010 | 3 Comments

Dutch referee Pol van Boekel has been promoted to category two on the international refereeing list. He’s on the Uefa list since 2007. Uefa doesn’t want to publish the full list at this moment.

The 35-year-old Van Boekel made his international debut during the U17 match Slovakia-Serbia on 26 March 2008. He’s officiated 19 official international games, including five Europa League matches.

Dutch international referees:
Björn Kuipers and Kevin Blom on the Elite List.
Eric Braamhaar on the Premier list.
Bas Nijhuis and Pol van Boekel on the category two list.
Richard Liesveld is a category three referee.
Danny Makkelie is on the cat. 4 list.

Pieter Vink, who was on the Elite List, stopped because he wants to give young refs a chance and because he got death threats via his daughter’s lunchbox.

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Dutch referees want video technology

Posted on August 4, 2010 | 4 Comments

The Dutch professionals stressed that they’d like to introduce video technology into soccer. “As fast as possible”, says international elite referee Kuipers. “In the year 2010, isn’t it strange that we do not use it?”

Earlier this week all Dutch referees had fitness test and a meeting together. Dick van Egmond, the new referee boss, stated that respect is the keyword for the next season.

The Dutch referees were not part of the last World Cup, but they do everything to be there with at least one team at the next big tournament. “But it’s difficult for the Dutch referees. Europe got 10 refs, but six referees come always from the same countries. All the other refs need to fight for the last spots”, the referees said after the meeting.

At this moment Holland got three referees at Uefa’s Elite group after the promotion of Kevin Blom. Vink and Kuipers are also on that list. Braamhaar is on the Premier list.

Young referee Nijhuis noted that he can deal better with negativity about referees in the media. “It’s annoying sometimes, but it’s part of the job”, says he after the press conference. “I was already thinking about what the newspapers would write. Earlier that was very difficult to me.”

The Dutch Eredivisie season starts next Friday.

UPDATE: Referees Pieter Vink (Uefa Elite) and Ruud Bossen didn’t pass the LATG knowledge test. The may officiate in the next weeks and have to pass the test in a few weeks at their second chance. Someone ever heard an Elite Referee doesn’t know the rules (at that moment)? It surprised me.

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New international referee list: Blom and Rocchi Elite

Posted on July 9, 2010 | 6 Comments

Uefa has released the new international referee list to the Dutch Referee blog. Kevin Blom (NED) and Gianluca Rocchi (ITA) are new on the Elite list of European referees.

They replace Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez, who reached the age limit, and Tom Henning Øvrebø, who quits international refereeing after he was not picked for the World Cup in South Africa. He was non-eligible for Euro 2012 due to Uefa’s age limit of 45.

Update Uefa: “Fifa will replace Rosetti in January for another Italian referee. Uefa has no country quota’s, so everyone could replace him.” On Thursday 8th of July Roberto Rosetti announced that he stops refereeing in favour of an administrative role in the Serie B (2nd level in Italy) with the Association of Italian Referees. He was still age-eligible for Euro 2012 and on Uefa’s Elite list.

Elite list
Terje Hauge (05/10/1965) Norwegian Football Association
Alain Hamer (10/12/1965) Luxembourg Football Federation
Claus Bo Larsen (28/10/1965) Danish Football Association
Florian Meyer (21/11/1968) German Football Association
Laurent Duhamel (10/10/1968) French Football Federation
Frank De Bleeckere (01/07/1966) Royal Belgian Football Association
Massimo Busacca (06/02/1969) Swiss Football Association
Gianluca Rocchi (25/08/1973) Italian Football Federation
Wolfgang Stark (20/11/1969) German Football Association
Olegaria Manuel Bartolo Faustino Benquerença (18/10/1969) Portuguese Football Federation
Martin Hansson (06/04/1971) Swedish Football Association
Viktor Kassai (10/09/1975) Hungarian Football Federation
Alberto Undiano Mallenco (08/10/1973) Spanish Football Federation
Damir Skomina Damir (05/08/1976) Football Association of Slovenia
Jonas Eriksson (28/03/1974) Swedish Football Association
Felix Brych Felix (03/08/1975) German Football Association
Stéphane Laurent Lannoy (18/09/1969) French Football Federation
Craig Alexander Thomson (20/06/1972) The Scottish Football Association
Pieter Pieter (13/03/1967) Royal Netherlands Football Association
Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves Garcia (03/11/1970) Portuguese Football Federation
Nicola Rizzoli (05/10/1971) Italian Football Federation
Howard Melton Webb (14/07/1971) The Football Association
Bernie Raymond (Kevin) Blom (21/02/1974) Royal Netherlands Football Association
Bjorn Kuipers (28/03/1973) Royal Netherlands Football Association
Martin Atkinson (31/03/1971) The Football Association

Premier
Eric Braamhaar (13/10/1966) Royal Dutch Football Association
Michael Dean (02/07/1968) The Football Association
Kristinn Jakobsson (11/06/1969) Football Association of Iceland
Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez (20/02/1967) Spanish Football Federation
Darko Ceferin (11/07/1968) Football Association of Slovenia
Pavel Kralovec (16/08/1977) Football Association of the Czech Republic
Alon Yefet (01/09/1972) The Israel Football Association
Alexandru Dan Tudor (13/09/1971) Romanian Football Federation

New in this group are Kralovec, Yefet and Tudor. They promoted from the Premier Development list.

Out are: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (POR; age), Matteo Simone Trefoloni (ITA; stopped his international career), Kircher (GER; relegated to cat. 2), Anton Genov (relegated to cat. 2).

The latter has not officiated in 2010 for Uefa yet, because there were ‘obvious irregular betting patterns’ during his matches. Genov was not punished and now his status has been put on ‘active’ it seems he can officiate international matches in his last year as football referee. Genov is age-eligible untill the end of 2011. Read more about the disciplinary actions take by Uefa to other referees in an interview with Uefa’s general secretary Gianni Infantino.

Premier Development
Thomas Einwaller (25-04-1977) Austrian Football Association
Serge Gumienny (14-04-1972) Royal Belgian Football Association
Ivan Bebek (30-05-1977) Croatian Football Federation
Carlos Velasco Carballo (16-03-1971) Spanish Football Federation
Tony Chapron (23-04-1972) French Football Federation
Manuel Gräfe (21-09-1973) German Football Federation
Alan Kelly (09-04-1975) The Football Association of Ireland
Svein Oddvar Moen (22-01-1979) Norwegian Football Association
Bruno Miguel Duarte Paixao (18-05-1974) Portugese Football Federation
Pavel Cristian Balaj (17-08-1971) Romanian Football Federation
Alexei Nikolaev (01-08-1971) Football Union of Russia
William Collum (18-01-1979) The Scottinh Football Association
Stefan Johannesson (22-11-1971) Swedish Football Association
Cüneyt Cakir (23-11-1976) Turkish Football Association

Promoted to this group: Manuel Gräfe.
Out of this group: Claudio Circhetta (SWI, relegated to cat. 2), Kralovec, Yefet and Tudor (all promoted to PD) and Blom and Rocchi (promoted to Elite).

Category 2
Not many changes in this group.
New are: Kircher, Genov and Circhetta (relegated from higher groups) and Georgis Daloukas (11.07.1978) from Greece and Marijo Strahonja (21.08.1975) from Croatia (both promoted from cat. 3).
Out of cat. 2: Oleg Oriekhov from Ukraine (due to match-fixing and corruption) and Seçuk Dereli from Turkey (stopped his international career).

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