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Left: Mr. Konrad Borg (FIFA Ass. Ref)
Right: Mr. Alan Camilleri (FIFA Ass. Ref)
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UEFA Intertoto Cup
KS Cracovia (Pol) vs Shakhtyor Soligorsk (Bel)

It was our first visit to Poland and we ended up saying that it was one of our best trips so far! We arrived in Krakow via Munich and after booking into our hotel we went for a light training session at a stadium nearby. We had a very relaxing evening; we dined at the hotel watching the EURO 2008 quarter final match Croatia vs Turkey.

On Saturday morning after the UEFA scheduled meeting, thanks to our liasion officer who happened to be our fourth official Mr Radoslaw Siejka, we went for a guided walking city tour of Krakow.....

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2008/09 Referees Seminar
Seminar Day 1

This year’s seminar was opened by the President of the Malta Football Association, Dr.Joe Mifsud, who spoke at length about the efforts being made by the Referees Board to improve refereeing in Malta.......Click here to read more
 

Seminar Day 2

Many interesting items were discussed today. Mr.Jaap Uilenberg showed film clips of incidents concerning advantage, the illegal use of elbows and hands, communication between the officials and advantage. It was worthwhile watching how these incidents which were taken from Euro 2008 were interpreted by the top European referees......Click here to read more


   

Seminar Day 3

Management of the game, offside and pushing and holding were the three main items discussed on the third and final day of the seminar led by Mr.Jaap Uilenberg. Perhaps the most interesting discussion was the one which concentrated on offside decisions – both correct and incorrect ones – taken by the assistant referees in Euro 2008......Click here to read more


Association News
International Appointments.

UEFA Cup Matches and UEFA Under 19's Finals tournament appointments were given to Maltese Officials. Good Luck to all our colleagues....... (more)


 


Articles
The Fourth Official - Football's lonely man?

When the fourth official was first appointed to international matches some years ago there were many who described his appointment as one of a looker on – an official who was present but who took no part in decisions. After a few months it was realized that this was not so especially when various leagues around the world opted to take up FIFA’s proposal and started to officially appoint a referee to position himself between the two benches....... (more)

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Some Recommendations for Match Officials - UEFA Development Programme
June 2008

In the pre-match talk it is essential to emphasise that eye contact is a two way process but the clear use of the flag is of the utmost importance to ensure that the referee and his assistants have understood each other.....

   

   
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