{"id":1351930,"date":"2024-06-12T15:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1351930"},"modified":"2024-06-13T11:51:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T10:51:23","slug":"euro-2024-referee-profiles-officials-stats-and-var-rules","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/euro-2024-referee-profiles-officials-stats-and-var-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2024 Referee Profiles: Officials, Stats and VAR rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We&#8217;re just days away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/euro-2024\/\">Euro 2024<\/a> and the list of officials who will take charge of matches at the tournament has been revealed. Find out which referees have been selected, and which roles they will take up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [betano-euros] does not exist -->\n<h2>Referees<\/h2>\n<p>Nineteen officials have been selected to referee matches at Euro 2024, 18 coming from European nations and one from Argentina as part of a co-operation agreement between UEFA and CONMEBOL.<\/p>\n<p>Referees have been appointed by UEFA on a match-by-match basis. The selections were chosen from the international list and will not be able to lead matches from their own nations group.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table class=\"search-table inner\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #FF3637;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"8\"><strong>Referees<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Nation<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2023\/24 Record<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ave bookings per match<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Facundo Tello<\/td>\n<td>Argentina<\/td>\n<td>22 matches, 102 yellow, 5 red<\/td>\n<td>4.64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael Oliver<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">England<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">34 matches, 143 yellow, 7 red<\/td>\n<td>4.21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anthony Taylor<\/td>\n<td>England<\/td>\n<td>43 matches, 177 yellow, 9 red<\/td>\n<td>4.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Fran\u00e7ois Letexier<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">France<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">31 matches, 122 yellow, 3 red<\/td>\n<td>3.94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cl\u00e9ment Turpin<\/td>\n<td>France<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">32 matches, 106 yellow, 7 red<\/td>\n<td>3.31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Daniel Siebert<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Germany<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">33 matches, 147 yellow, 6 red<\/td>\n<td>4.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Felix Zwayer<\/td>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">33 matches, 159 yellow, 4 red<\/td>\n<td>4.82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Marco Guida<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Italy<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">28 matches, 108 yellow, 3 red<\/td>\n<td>3.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Daniele Orsato<\/td>\n<td>Italy<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">28 matches, 132 yellow, 8 red<\/td>\n<td>4.71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Danny Makkelie<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Netherlands<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">41 matches, 139 yellow, 5 red<\/td>\n<td>3.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Szymon Marciniak<\/td>\n<td>Poland<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">45 matches, 202 yellow, 7 red<\/td>\n<td>4.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Artur Soares Dias<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Portugal<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">29 matches, 145 yellow, 8 red<\/td>\n<td>5.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Istv\u00e1n Kov\u00e1cs<\/td>\n<td>Romania<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">32 matches, 182 yellow, 7 red<\/td>\n<td>5.69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Ivan Kru\u017eliak<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Slovakia<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">33 matches, 145 yellow, 5 red<\/td>\n<td>4.39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Slavko Vin\u010di\u0107<\/td>\n<td>Slovenia<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">24 matches, 95 yellow, 2 red<\/td>\n<td>3.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Jes\u00fas Gil Manzano<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Spain<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">31 matches, 134 yellow, 5 red<\/td>\n<td>4.32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Glenn Nyberg<\/td>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">19 matches, 62 yellow, 3 red<\/td>\n<td>3.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Sandro Sch\u00e4rer<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Switzerland<\/td>\n<td 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Thirty-six of these come from Europe with two joining from CONMEBOL nation, Argentina.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #FF3637;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"8\">Assistant Referees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Name<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Nation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"nowrap\">Gabriel Chade<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Ezequiel Brailovsky<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Argentina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Stuart Burt<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Dan Cook<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Gary Beswick<br \/>\nAdam Nunn<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"nowrap\">Cyril Mugnier<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Mehdi Rahmouni<\/span><br \/>\nNicolas Danos<br \/>\nBenjamin Pages<\/td>\n<td>France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Jan Seidel<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Rafael Foltyn<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Stefan Lupp<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Marco Achm\u00fcller<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"nowrap\">Filippo Meli<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Giorgio Peretti<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Ciro Carbone<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Alessandro Giallatini<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Hessel Steegstra<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Jan de Vries<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"nowrap\">Tomasz Listkiewicz<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Adam Kupsik<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Poland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Paulo Soares<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Pedro Ribeiro<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Portugal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"nowrap\">Vasile Florin Marinescu<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Mihai Ovidiu Artene<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Romania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Branislav Hancko<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Jan Pozor<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Slovakia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toma\u017e Klan\u010dnik<br \/>\nAndra\u017e Kova\u010di\u010d<\/td>\n<td>Slovenia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Diego Barbero Sevilla<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">\u00c1ngel Nevado Rodriguez<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"nowrap\">Mahbod Beigi<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Andreas S\u00f6derkvist<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">St\u00e9phane de Almeida<br \/>\nBekim Zogaj<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"nowrap\">Mustafa Emre Eyisoy<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">Kerem Ersoy<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Turkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/go\/betano?q=gb-all-soa-bst-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1354485 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90.jpg 728w, 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100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>VAR Officials<\/h2>\n<p>Twenty VAR Officials have been selected to act as Video Match Officials at Euro 2024. They won&#8217;t be able to act as officials for matches from their own nations group.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 12 &#8216;Support Match Officials&#8217; have been selected at Euro 2024. They will act as fourth officials or reserve assistant referees and have been selected from UEFA nations. These nations are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #FF3637;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"8\">VAR Officials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Name<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Nation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stuart Attwell<br \/>\nDavid Coote<\/td>\n<td>England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">J\u00e9r\u00f4me Brisard<br \/>\nWilly Delajod<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bastian Dankert<br \/>\nChristian Dingert<br \/>\nMarco Fritz<\/td>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Massimiliano Irrati<br \/>\nPaolo Valeri<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rob Dieperink<br \/>\nPol van Boekel<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Bartosz Frankowski<br \/>\nTomasz Kwiatkowski<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Poland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tiago Martins<\/td>\n<td>Portugal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Catalin Popa<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Romania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nejc Kajtazovi\u010d<\/td>\n<td>Slovenia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Alejandro Hern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez<br \/>\nJuan Mart\u00ednez Munuera<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fedayi San<\/td>\n<td>Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #181d23;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Alper Ulusoy<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Turkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>VAR will be in full operation for Euro 2024 and there has been one major change in how Video Assistance will work in Germany. Referees will relay all information about decisions made by VAR to the on-field captain for both nations that are playing, ensuring that players have the full information about how, and why, a decision was reached.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a decrease in the amount of time it takes to come to offside decisions made by VAR, thanks to cutting edge technology in the match balls as well as the continuation of the semi-automated offside technology used at the 2022 World Cup. UEFA are hoping this leads to an average decision time of around 25 seconds, compared to the average of 70 seconds that offside decisions have taken to be made in the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/go\/betano?q=gb-all-soa-bst-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1354485 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90.jpg 728w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90-110x14.jpg 110w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90-566x70.jpg 566w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90-66x8.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90-80x10.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90-180x22.jpg 180w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90-380x47.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90-240x30.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90-85x11.jpg 85w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11155138\/1354004_1354004_728x90-162x20.jpg 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re just days away from Euro 2024 and the list of officials who will take charge of matches at the tournament has been revealed. 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