Jonas Eriksson and Stéphane Lannoy to oversee Europa League semifinals

Swedish Jonas Eriksson as well as Stéphane Lannoy of France have been assigned to be in charge of Thursday's UEFA Europa League semifinals' return legs at Stamford Bridge and Estádio da Luz respectively.

02 May 2013, 21:05 CET

Stamford Bridge, London, England

Chelsea FC - FC Basel

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)

Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)

Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE)

Additional Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)

Additional Assistant Referee 2: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE)

Fourth Official: Stefan Wittberg (SWE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Castro (POR)

UEFA Delegate: Steen Dahrup (DEN)

25 April 2013, 21:05 CET

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal

Benfica SL - Fenerbahçe

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)

Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Cano (FRA)

Assistant Referee 2: Michael Annonier (FRA)

Additional Assistant Referee 1: Antony Gautier (FRA)

Additional Assistant Referee 2: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)

Fourth Official: Laurent Stien (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Manuel López Fernández (ESP)

UEFA Delegate: Georg Pangl (AUT)

Damir Skomina to take charge of Barcelona - Bayern

UEFA has revealed the last match official appointment of this Champions League season before they are going to announce the referee for Wembley final at the end of May: Slovenian Damir Skomina and his team have been appointed to take charge of the second leg of the top clash between FC Barcelona and Bayern München at Camp Nou. 

Damir Skomina from Slovenia (c) ZIMBIO

(ESP) FC Barcelona	20:45	Bayern München (GER)
01 May 2013, 20:45 CET – Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain [1st Leg: 0:4]
Referee	Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1	Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2	Bojan Ul (SVN)
Additional Assistant Referee 1	Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Additional Assistant Referee 2	Roberto Ponis (SVN)
Fourth Official	Primož Arhar (SVN)
UEFA Referee Observer	Bosse Karlsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate	Dag Steinar Vestlund (NOR)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer	Antonio Uzcudun Gómez (ESP)

Howard Webb will control Real - BVB

English top-class referee Howard Webb will be the man in the middle when Real Madrid are going to try to redeem the 1:4 loss they suffered in the first leg against Borussia Dortmund in next week's UEFA Champions League semifinal.

Howard Webb (ENG) (c) ran.de

(ESP) Real Madrid	20:45	Borussia Dortmund (GER)
30 April 2013, 20:45 CET – Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain [1st Leg: 1:4]
Referee	Howard Webb (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1	Darren Cann (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2	Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Additional Assistant Referee 1	Mike Dean (ENG)
Additional Assistant Referee 2	Michael Oliver (ENG)
Fourth Official	Stephen Child (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer	Jozef Marko (SVK)
UEFA Delegate	Sándor Berzi (HUN)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer	Raúl Masso Zambudio (ESP)

Dutch veteran stars honour deceased Richard Nieuwenhuizen

A team riddled with several former Dutch football stars have joined a benefit match against an amateur team and thus gained 56.000 € for the relatives of Dutch assistant referee Richard Nieuwenhuizen, who was bludgeoned to death by young amateur players after a match played in Almere in December 2012.

Ajax Amsterdam's current coach Frank de Boer had the idea to organize this match. Among others, Edwin van der Sar, Dennis Bergkamp, Pierre van Hooijdonk and Giovanni van Bronckhorst belonged to the team that won 8:1 and which was managed by Ronald Koeman, European champion in 1988, and Ajax legend Sjaak Swart.

Prior to the match, the chief officer of the Dutch football association KNVB, Michael van Praag, as well as Almere's mayoress Annemarie Jorritsma have plead in favour of a football that is clean of every form of violent behaviour.

The suspected culprits are remaining in custody until their trial that is expected for summer 2013. 

Following the outrage, there has been a widely supported campaign aimed at honouring and respecting the victim.

2013 UEFA Under-21 EURO - Referees

The UEFA Referees Committee has appointed the following six neutral referees, eight neutral assistant referees, eight neutral additional assistant referees and one fourth official for the final round of the European Under-21 Championship taking place in Israel from 5 to 18 June 2013. 

Referees

	Country	Surname	First Name	Date of Birth
1	Croatia	Bebek	Ivan	30/05/1977
2	France	Gautier (photo)	Antony	19/11/1977
3	Poland	Gil	Pawel	28/06/1976
4	Romania	Hategan	Ovidiu	14/07/1980
5	Slovenia	Jug	Matej	25/09/1980
6	Ukraine	Boiko	Sergii	30/06/1977

Additional Assistant Referees

	Country	Surname	First Name	Date of Birth
1	Belgium	Delferiere	Sébastien	02/07/1981
2	Czech Republic	Zelinka	Miroslav	23/02/1981
3	Denmark	Hansen	Kenn	29/05/1980
4	Estonia	Tohver	Kristo	11/06/1981
5	Finland	Munukka	Antti	03/03/1982
6	Greece	Spathas	Ilias	18/02/1980
7	Slovakia	Kruzliak	Ivan	24/03/1984
8	Turkey	Ozkahya	Halis	30/05/1980

Assistant Referees

	Country	Surname	First Name	Date of Birth
1	Austria	Brandner	Roland	24/01/1978
2	Bulgaria	Kolev	Ivo	25/06/1979
3	Belarus	Zhuk	Dzmitry	22/04/1986
4	Hungary	Toth	Vencel	24/03/1978
5	Iceland	Gudmundsson	Johann Gunnar	08/09/1978
6	Latvia	Gudermanis	Haralds	14/10/1979
7	Scotland	Mulvanny	Alan	13/03/1980
8	Switzerland	Pozzi	Sandro	03/11/1980

 

Fourth Officials

	Country	Surname	First Name	Date of Birth
1	Israel	Krasikow	Danny	05/02/1973
2	Israel	Davidy	Nissan	01/01/1972

The two fourth officials are FIFA assistant referees and appointed for the group matches and as fourth officials only. 

Thanks to the UEFA Media Department for having provided the blog with this piece of news.