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Destination number 31 Since its earliest days, UEFA has chosen to vary the destinations of its congresses, visiting the countries of each of its member associations in turn. Since 1955, 30 cities have thus hosted the general meeting of European football’s governing body. The most common destinations have been big capital cities such as Rome, London and Paris, but others include cultural centres such as Dubrovnik and Dresden, and tourist hotspots such as Cascais and Limassol. From a purely operational perspective, it would, of course, be easier to bring together the delegates of the member associations in the same place each year. But moving from one city to another has its own advantages: it enables the host associations to contribute actively to one of UEFA’s biggest events and gives them an opportunity to demonstrate their organisational expertise, while raising IN THIS ISSUE their country’s profile and prestige among the delegates of the other associations. For the delegates, these roaming congresses offer enriching cultural experiences, EURO 2012 qualifying draw in Warsaw 03 as well as opportunities to see the other associations at work. Spain retain European Moving from one city to another also reflects the dynamic character futsal crown 06 of European football, ever ready to rise to new challenges and adapt to constant Cities sign goodwill changes. It is also a means of reinforcing the unity of our confederation, by reminding declaration 08 our members that they all have a role to play and are all equally important to the New European Team smooth running of the organisation. Sports association 10 I look forward to joining the representatives of our associations in Tel Aviv, Centre of refereeing the 31st stop on the UEFA congress circuit. excellence in Nyon 12 Referee courses in Malta 15

News from member Michel Platini associations 16 UEFA President COVER The curtain was raised on the 2010–12 European Football Champi- onship on 7 February in Warsaw with the draw to determine the nine qualifying groups. Photo: UEFA-Woods

02 uefadirect 3.10 The curtain rises in Poland ...after...after aa lotlot ofof backstagebackstage workwork UEFA-Woods

IT’S 12.45 ON SUNDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2010. AT THE QUALIFYING ROUND DRAW A lot of sub-events IN THE PALACE OF CULTURE AND SCIENCE IN WARSAW, THE CURTAIN HAS JUST As for the draw hall itself, work on the design of the stage had COME DOWN. BUT IT HAS JUST BEEN RAISED ON EURO 2012. begun in July 2009 but couldn’t be completed until after the official unveil- The spectacular 45-minute 53 member associations. As it repre- ing of the EURO 2012 logo in Decem- ceremony screened by 70 TV net- sents such a rare gathering of the ber. The ceremony was the first public works and watched by millions all football family, it’s a tradition to stage outing for the final tournament brand- over Europe heralded the first a dinner on the eve of the draw, ing, so it was logical to invite commer- major event attached to the which added a further dimen- cial and broadcast partners to sample competition. And it was a major sion to the Warsaw logistics. the look and feel of it during a sponsor event. Preparations initiated in All in all, some 600 guests were information session on the Saturday March 2009 gained momentum divided into various target afternoon – one of many sub-events when the venue in Warsaw was groups, rooms were booked at pegged to the draw. Warsaw provided confirmed a month later. The four hotels in the city, a massive a first opportunity to see the strikingly backstage teams from UEFA and transport project was implemented, colourful branding at work on a series Poland met at five site visits to push and accreditation procedures were of products ranging from backdrops the project steadily towards comple- designed to cope with 1,083 people and TV graphics to placemats and tion, while the UEFA team assigned divided into nine different categories. welcome bags. to the event gradually increased from One such category was ‘volunteers’ – By Saturday, back-up services 5 to nigh on 100. the people who make the big events were fully operational. Welcome desks These preparations illustrate tick. In Warsaw, over 600 applied for had been set up at Warsaw airport that the qualifying draw is one of places in the squad and 163 were and the four hotels, the accreditation the truly big dates in the UEFA calen- selected for a variety of crucial back- centre was in top gear, security and dar – not least because it involves all stage roles. medical services were up and running,

03 A meeting of the commercial partners

A special textile was used for the country names. UEFA-Woods G.Turner UEFA-Woods

hospitality areas were being set up and The first it was felt that the pots could be equipped, and all the behind-the-scenes issue of Alive, better positioned on the two tables; the official operations, such as catering for the EURO 2012 presenters Masha Yefrosinina and volunteers, were also up to speed. This newsletter Piotr Sobczynski looked slightly differ- published in all added up to a grandiose operation. English, ent from their Sunday lunchtime Polish and Ukrainian, versions (but equally relaxed) in their Big challenges was distributed winter street clothes; and, in the in Warsaw. Grandiose might also be a good dummy draw, there was laughter adjective to apply to the Palace of Culture when England and Scotland were and Science as well. To give the enor- drawn together in Group F. mous monument a EURO 2012 feel, the UEFA signage teams had been at work since Tournament ambassadors the previous Monday. The media dimen- Two rehearsals Michel Platini, one of a hand- sions of the event were highlighted by In the auditorium, serious pre- ful of spectators at the first rehearsal, the two compounds for high-definition parations for the draw ceremony began braved the sub-zero temperatures TV broadcast trucks and satellite uplinks – early on the Saturday morning. In a small to record his welcome message on the one inside the massive structure and backstage room, the names of the 51 steps of the palace and, in the after- the other amid the heaps of snow out- national associations going into the draw noon, faced dozens of reporters and side. The dimensions of the building had were carefully rolled up and inserted 19 TV cameras in the press conference thrown up challenges that the viewing into the plastic balls. This time, instead room. In the meantime, he had found public would never dream of. For exam- of paper, a special textile material was the time to watch the second rehearsal, ple, the kilometres of cabling from the used so that, when the name was dis- at which, instead of TV personnel broadcast compound to the draw hall played to the audience and the cameras, with huge name tags on strings round had to be minutely plotted and woven it didn’t appear creased and crumbled. their necks, the genuine tournament like skeins of wool to avoid them disrupt- Three complete sets had to be compiled – ambassadors were on stage to help ing normal life in parts of the building one for the draw itself and one for each UEFA’s general secretary, Gianni Infan- which were unaffected by the big draw. of the two rehearsals scheduled for the tino, with the draw. This time, Zbig- As at EURO 2008, UEFA Media Technolo- Saturday. niew Boniek, Andrzej Szarmach, Oleg gies were in charge of producing the TV At the first, lighting levels were Blokhin and Andriy Shevchenko raised signal – this time in conjunction with Pol- scrupulously tested; it was decided that a laugh by drawing France and the ish network TVP. In the gallery just up the the trophy was better positioned on one Republic of Ireland into the same stairs from the draw hall, a spectacular in- side of the stage rather than the other; group. By early evening, the ceremony terview area had been constructed for 70 the departure of the AudioFeels group looked good enough for efforts to rights-holding TV and radio stations, 72 (as impressive in rehearsal as during the concentrate on helping the guests to non-rights holders, 46 photographers and ceremony itself) from the stage through enjoy the traditional dinner in the 166 written-press and website reporters. the audience was slightly reorganised; impressive Polytechnika building. But there were few late nights. At 06.30 on the Sunday morning,

The cameras are levelled at the stage.

The UEFA president, Michel Platini, recording his welcome message UEFA-Woods UEFA-Woods 04 uefadirect 3.10 The tournament The position ambassadors, Ukraine’s of the trophy Andriy Shevchenko on stage and Oleg Blokhin and was a matter Poland’s Andrzej Szarmach of much and Zbigniew Boniek, deliberation. helped to conduct the draw. UEFA-Woods UEFA-Woods UEFA-Woods

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C the eight host cities displayed what they will be able to offer to the fans in Germany Russia Italy just over two years’ time. Turkey Slovakia Serbia Austria Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Press conference Belgium FYR Macedonia Slovenia In the draw hall, UEFA’s team Kazakhstan Armenia Estonia of media officers marked out positions Azerbaijan Andorra Faroe Islands for photographers and rehearsed all the frantic post-draw manoeuvring GROUP D GROUP E GROUP F aimed at getting the coaches on stage France Netherlands Croatia for group photos immediately after Romania Sweden Greece they had discovered their opponents Bosnia-Herzegovina Finland Israel and then moving them upstairs to place them in front of the right cam- Belarus Hungary Latvia eras, microphones and reporters at the Albania Moldova Georgia right time. At 10.00, the TV commen- Luxembourg San Marino Malta tators got together in the press confer- GROUP G GROUP H GROUP I ence room to run a fine-tooth comb through the ceremony running order, England Portugal Spain to check access routes between Switzerland Denmark Czech Republic commentary and interview positions, Bulgaria Norway Scotland and to pass on their requests for Wales Cyprus Lithuania post-ceremony interviews. Montenegro Iceland Liechtenstein By this time, the big names were arriving. Joachim Löw and Berti The group winners and best runners-up qualify automatically for the final round; the other eight runners-up will contest play-offs for the remaining four places at EURO 2012. Vogts were saying hello, unaware that they would be drawn into the same group. The same applied to Bert van stewards, volunteers and medical staff rooms where administrators of the Marwijk and Erwin Koeman. And, as were being briefed. By that time – bear- teams in each group could sit down the guests made their way into the ing in mind that the Polish prime minis- after the draw to thrash out fixture auditorium, Giovanni Trapattoni was ter, Donald Tusk, was among the big lists and logistics. Waitresses, beauti- busy greeting coaches who had once names involved – tight security was in fully dressed in traditional Polish style, been his players. At 11.45, everybody place. By 08.00 the huge media centre worked with caterers to bring the had somehow been persuaded to take and broadcast compound were open. hospitality areas to life and welcome their seats and, spot on 12.00, the Staff were checking the nine meeting visitors into a custom-built area where first-night nerves were finally calmed as the show got under way. The rest, as they say, is history… UMET was in charge of producing the images.

Fabio Capello answers journalists’ questions in the UEFA-Woods mixed zone. Sportsfile UEFA-Woods 05 The third-place Michel Platini play-off presents

between the Spain with G. Baricsa Czech Republic their winners’ (Martin medals. Dlouhy, in red) and Azerbaijan (Felipe) Sportsfile Sportsfile European Futsal

ChampionshipSpain make it five in in Hungary five-a-side

SPAIN’S VICTORY OVER PORTUGAL ON 30 JANUARY IN THE HUNGARIAN CITY OF DEBRECEN GAVE THEM THEIR FOURTH GOLD MEDAL IN THE SIX OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN DISPUTED TO DATE. BUT THEIR TRIUMPH IN THE FIRST EUROPEAN TOURNAMENT TO BE PLAYED UNDER UEFA AUSPICES IN 1996 GIVES THEM LEGITIMATE CLAIMS TO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEIR POKER HAND IN THE INDOOR GAME.

Although the final outcome and, on the contrary, had turned out and even during the 60-second time- may have been familiar, Hungary 2010 to be highly competitive. outs. These spectators, along with the represented a radically different event viewing public which tuned into the compared with previous editions. It was Other novelties matches screened by Eurosport, were the first final tournament to feature For the first time, the final tour- also witnesses to another ground- 12 teams, with the opening phase con- nament was staged in two cities – Buda- breaking feature – the black playing ducted in four groups of three. pest and Debrecen – more than 200km surface adorned with a centre circle in The results in Hungary provided apart. This measure took futsal out into the form of the tournament logo. some compelling evidence. Azerbaijan – the country and the Hungarian associa- one of the newcomers – emerged as tion was rewarded by attendance figures Highlights the dark horses of the tournament: which averaged out at over 2,800 per The new format (four groups after they had been beaten by Portugal game – a significant increase on the 2007 of three followed by quarter- and semi- in the penalty shoot-out which decided finals played at venues of lesser capacity. finals) meant that 20 matches were their semi-final, they lost the third-place Talking about the hosts, the played at Hungary 2010. So these match to the Czech Republic, who, contribution made by the Hungarian pages don’t set out to provide reports by going home with bronze medals, national association warrants a round of on all of them, but just to mention recorded their best ever performance in applause. The tournament was impec- some highlights. a final tournament. Prior to the knock- cably organised and laid benchmarks in Czech Republic v Hungary in out stages, the revolutionary format several areas – not least the levels of en- Group A, for example. Both had been had been endorsed by final matchdays tertainment offered to spectators before soundly beaten by Azerbaijan in their in which no fixtures were meaningless matches, during the half-time break opening matches, leaving them to battle for second place in the final game. The hosts, with a more favour- able goal difference, required only a draw. With only 15 minutes remaining, they were doing substantially better than that. They were 4-0 up. Tomas Neumann’s team hit back – 5 times in 13 minutes – but the worm turned again, with Zsolt Gyurcsanyi scoring, with 39 seconds remaining, the equaliser that earned the home fans the prospect of a quarter-final place. Before the cheering subsided, that hope was dashed, with Marek Kopecky giving the Czechs a 6-5 advantage 19 seconds before the end! This may have been the most striking example of brinkmanship but it was by no means the only one. In the second Group D fixture, Portugal seemed to be cruising after Sportsfile 06 uefadirect 3.10 Russia’s Pavel The quarter- Chistopolov final between

G. Baricsa is cornered Azerbaijan by two and Ukraine Spaniards in also went their goalless to a penalty quarter-final. shoot-out. Sportsfile G. Baricsa

dits’ prediction that they would play in psychological and sporting terms, the final, were to meet in the last eight. successfully come back from the group- It was at this stage that brink- phase brink. And, in the semi-final, manship was taken a step further. Of the they twice came from behind against six knockout matches played during the a talented Azerbaijani side which was run-up to the Hungary 2010 final, four led by Brazilian coach Alesio and whose went to penalty shoot-outs. dressing room was rich in naturalised Sportsfile The first two decreed unex- Brazilian accents. Italy’s Saad Assis (in blue) up against Marek pected exits for Italy (champions in 2003) The Czechs, in one of the few Kopecky of the Czech Republic in the quarter-finals. and Ukraine (silver medallists in 2001 games which respected the form book, taking an early 2-0 lead against and 2003). The Italians – solid winners had valiantly restricted Spain to an 8-1 a Belarus side which had been ham- against Belgium and Ukraine – could do scoreline in the other semi-final. “Their mered 9-1 by Spain on the opening no better than 3-3 against the Czechs futsal is of a far higher level than ours,” day. But the debutants fought back and went home unbeaten. The Ukraini- the Czech coach, Tomas Neumann, with 4 goals in 15 minutes, which left ans, after an identical scoreline, suffered admitted. the Portuguese less than 9 minutes a shoot-out defeat against Azerbaijan. The result set up an all-Iberian from an early exit. Back from the brink On the following day, there was even final which was disputed with all the ten- they came, to go 5-4 up with 69 sec- more drama in the shoot-out which sions of a local derby and which respected onds on the clock… only to concede an followed a tense, goalless stalemate be- the tournament norm of having a sting equaliser from the double-penalty mark tween the Russians and Spaniards. in the tail. After Carlos Ortiz and Javi just a second from the final whistle. After hammering the ninth Rodríguez had given José Venancio’s de- This draw meant that the penalty over the head of Russian keeper fending champions a 2-0 half-time lead, Belarus squad stayed in Debrecen for Sergii Zuev, Spain’s captain, Javi Rodrí- it looked like game over when Lin added another couple of days on the outside guez, wheeled away to celebrate with his a third with just over four minutes to play. chance that the Portuguese would lose team-mates – only to realise that the Not in this tournament. With the flying to Spain by eight goals or more. When match officials had disallowed his ‘win- goalkeeper directing operations, Portugal Orlando Duarte’s side fell 5-1 behind ning goal’. When the shoot-out resumed, hit back with two goals in 39 seconds to midway through the second half, the the disconcerted Spaniards were not hint at further exploits in brinkmanship. Belarus contingent behind the Spanish favourites to win. But it spoke volumes Yet just when an equaliser seemed on goal became quite lively… only for Por- for their experience and their ability to the cards, Daniel turned them over again tugal to play out a 6-1 defeat which manage critical moments that they con- by ramming the ball in at the other end sent them into the competition’s record verted three more spot kicks before Luís to make it 4-2 with only 22 seconds to books as the only side to have qualified Amado, once again a key performer be- play. It was an appropriate finale to a from a group phase with one point. tween the posts, made the winning save. tournament where the results might hint That wasn’t all. A day earlier, The odd one out in the quarter- at the slender margins between victory the Russian team which had beaten the finals was a 5-1 win and defeat but cannot begin to reflect Slovenians 5-1 in their opening game, over Serbia which the dramas which underlay them. appeared to be cruising when they suggested that the took a 2-0 lead early in the second half Portuguese had, against Serbia and maintained it until

just over ten minutes from time. But Spain’s Kike the Serbs back came with four goals tries to get in six minutes. Although the Russians past Portugal’s Gonçalo Alves deployed a flying goalkeeper, their only in the final. reward was a 4-3 defeat. Spain and Russia, instead of respecting the pun- THE KNOCKOUT PHASE QUARTER-FINALS 25.01 in Budapest Azerbaijan – Ukraine 3-3* 25.01 in Debrecen Czech Republic – Italy 3-3* 26.01 in Budapest Serbia – Portugal 1-5 26.01 in Debrecen Russia – Spain 0-0* SEMI-FINALS 28.01 in Debrecen Azerbaijan – Portugal 3-3* 28.01 in Debrecen Czech Republic – Spain 1-8 THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF 30.01 in Debrecen Azerbaijan – Czech Republic 3-5 Sportsfile FINAL 30.01 in Debrecen Portugal – Spain 2-4 07 * after penalty kicks Jaime Lissavetzky, Jim Battle Jordi Hereu, Senes Erzik of Manchester and Joan Laporta city council signs the goodwill declaration. Fan hosting seminarPromotion ofin fair Barcelona play and respect

EUROPEAN CLUB FOOTBALL HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. WHY HAS THERE NEVER BEEN A MEETING LIKE THIS BEFORE? THAT WAS THE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION AS CLUBS, CITIES AND UEFA TEAMED UP IN BARCELONA FOR A GROUNDBREAKING SEMINAR.

The inspiration for the event motiv of a unique encounter between autograph hunters and photographers dates back to a conversation between representatives of major clubs and cities. focused on former stars such as Luís Michel Platini and the mayor of Barce- Figo and Emilio Butragueño, who were lona, Jordi Hereu. The Catalan capital Public ceremony appearing for FC Internazionale and regularly stages high-profile European The event on 1 and 2 February Real Madrid CF, yet, on this occasion, the matches and, as the city’s councillor consisted of two distinct segments under thousand words were worth more than for prevention and security, Assumpta the banner ‘football, host cities and the picture. Escarp, was later to explain, a game respect’. The first was a public ceremony The four speakers transmitted played two seasons ago represented a in the city hall which attracted 31 pho- the same message. Senes Erzik remarked turning point. The city was left to foot tographers and 11 TV crews. On stage that welcoming groups of visiting sup- the bill for damage to public property was UEFA’s first vice-president, Senes porters often boils down to preventing and a massive mop-up operation. The Erzik, alongside the president of damage, identifying troublemakers, Barcelona authorities decided to turn FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, Spain’s avoiding incidents and segregating fans ‘crisis’ into opportunity and the result secretary of state for sport, Jaime from the local population – negative was a decision to take a proactive Lissavetzky, and Jordi Hereu. aspects, each and every one of them. approach and to implement a new phi- The ceremony itself was for He summed up the core theme of the losophy on how fans could best be wel- the signing by the city and club represen- gathering by asking “do we segregate comed to the city. That was the theme tatives of a goodwill declaration promot- or integrate?” of the conversation between the mayor ing fair play and respect in cities where Jordi Hereu, reflecting on Bar- and the UEFA president – and the leit- international matches are staged. The celona’s change of policy, commented “the time has come to focus on enjoying football and enjoying the experience of visiting a foreign city.” Jaime Lissavetzky added: “Spain wants to be a reference point in terms of positive behaviour and the best way to achieve this is to make respect and passion for the game com- patible on the pitch, in the stadium and in the city.” Joan Laporta told the audi- ence that FC Barcelona was working hand in hand with UNESCO to eradicate racism and violence and “this is the moment to promote football matches as social opportunities”. This theme was carried into the second part of the event – a seminar staged the following morning. Richard Giulianotti, a professor at Durham Uni- versity in the UK and a researcher into A perfect setting for the ceremony fans’ behaviour for a couple of decades,

08 uefadirect 3.10 Emilio Butragueno UEFA vice-president lent his support Senes Erzik and Luis Figo to the ‘fan hosting’ shake hands. initiative.

commented: “Today’s supporters are porters can help to marginalise the to engage with communities as well as often experienced travellers within an bad guys.” their established fan groups. ‘imagined community’ united by their Daniela Wurb, representing The seminar and the signing of allegiance, their memories, their rivalries the FSE (Football Supporters Europe) the declaration of goodwill in Barcelona and their friendships. While they are network, feels that “there is an were regarded as milestone events in protective of their collective identity, they overemphasis on the behaviour of a terms of reviewing the way visiting fans are open to cultural exchanges. There minority and something must be done are treated. But reaching a milestone has is no single formula for achieving this, to change a climate in which fans are little significance if the travellers sit down but UEFA could certainly follow up this sometimes prevented from seeing to admire it. The challenge is to take magnificent initiative by establishing the city they are visiting.” Karl Evans the fan hosting concept a stage further – a network of information based on the of Manchester United FC and Mike and the city of Barcelona insisted that strategies adopted by different cities.” Storey, the lord mayor of Liverpool, further invitations would be issued with agreed that there was a tendency to a view to monitoring progress. Different strategies over-concentrate on negatives or The diversities within Europe And there will be different stra- to underestimate or disregard informa- and European football mean that, tegies, with clubs and cities aiming to find tion provided by the fans themselves. as Willie McDougall put it, “there is no a way of recreating the sort of fan-park However, both reported that clubs single blueprint. But by working alone atmosphere that converted EURO 2008 were now making determined efforts we will achieve nothing.” into a fiesta. Assumpta Escarp told the gathering that Barcelona’s approach was to offer, with the collaboration of public and private bodies, leisure activities, music, food and refreshments as well as making sure that signage and public transport were user-friendly to visiting fans. The mayor of Glasgow, Bob Winter, added that, although policing policies and attitudes remained core elements at high-risk matches, his city had also in- volved various partners in a Team Glasgow project aimed at creating a welcoming atmosphere – which often started with mementos being handed out as soon as fans arrived at the airport. “This is two- way traffic,” he said, “based on intensive contacts with other cities. We make our own population aware of the identity and culture of the supporters who are visiting our city and, at the same time, we try to display Scottish culture to the visitors. The emphasis is on them enjoying the visit as well as enjoying the match.” Willie McDougall, one of UEFA’s security officers and, as the name might suggest, a fellow Scotsman, endorsed the value of giving something, however small, to supporters who might then be more prepared to give something back in terms of behaviour. “The policing element will always be there,” he commented, “and forward planning is crucial. You need to create a safe venue and manage the crowd in a secure manner, but a lot can be done to generate positive waves.

For example, empowering ‘friendly’ sup- Photos: Laura Llach

09 UEFA-Woods

European Team Sports association takes shape Team sports combine forces TEAM SPORTS RELY, IN ESSENCE, ON COLLECTIVE EFFORT, SO IT IS ONLY NORMAL THAT THE FEDERATIONS THAT ORGANISE AND MANAGE THEIR ACTIVITIES SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT.

All European sports organisations There are no plans at pre- in the association’s inaugural media have certain things in common, be it in sent for this new association to have release: “The European Team Sports their everyday activities, such as the its own permanent headquarters. express their satisfaction with the organisation of competitions, or in issues Instead, the member federations will newly recognised status of sport in the linked to their politico-economic environ- continue to take turns to host meet- Lisbon Treaty. As responsible, profes- ment. It was this realisation that led ings, chaired by the president of the sional, democratic and representative them, early in the new millennium, to host federation. It is conceivable that European partners, the European come together for informal discussions other team sports will join the move- Team Sports also express their desire to on points of common interest. ment, which will work in harmony work in partnership together with Regular meetings of this sort with other sports organisations. their direct institutional counterparts, have been organised by the basketball namely the European Parliament, (FIBA Europe), handball (EHF), ice hockey EU matters the Council of the European Union (IIHF), volleyball (CEV) and football (UEFA) The objective of the ETS is to and the European Commission, federations, which were later joined by promote, develop and represent the in order to shape a healthy future for their rugby counterparts (FIRA-AER). interests of European team sports and European sport.” The next step was taken on 8 December, to increase the exchange of informa- Since the Bosman case, which when the group strengthened their tion between its members. Clearly, affected not only football but also relationship by creating the European issues linked to the EU are a key area other team sports in Europe, numerous Team Sports association (ETS). of concern for the ETS, as underlined questions have been raised by Euro- pean legislation and the stability of sport has been jeopardised by the uncertainties that have emerged as regards the conformity of sports regulations with EU law. As in the Bosman case, all deci- sions taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union against the sport- ing regulations of a European federa- tion can have a kind of snowball effect that comes to bear on other sports. It is therefore particularly important that the federations should have a suit- able platform for sharing information and experiences, and adopting com-

UEFA-Woods mon positions and strategies.

10 uefadirect 3.10 The logos of the six members of the European Team Sports association: basketball, rugby, handball, football, volleyball and ice hockey UEFA Woods

In this context, the ETS News from Brussels has clearly explained its position: “As regards EU law and sport, the Euro- On Tuesday, 9 February, the European Parliament officially voted in a new college of commissioners, who will hold office for the next four pean Team Sports support the view years under the continued presidency of José Manuel Barroso. that the specific nature of sport should As before, sport will fall within the remit of the commissioner respon- be fully acknowledged by all European sible for education and culture. institutions.” Composed of one commissioner per EU member state, the European Commission is one of the most important institutions of the EU. Various subjects Its main role is to propose and put in place EU policies and ensure that Numerous issues that could they are duly applied throughout the union. be affected by EU law have yet to be Having been initially nominated by their heads of state and govern- resolved, including the development of ment, the European commissioners were appointed on 27 November. the federations and the pyramid struc- The college was then approved by the European Parliament last month, ture of the European sports model, the with 488 votes for, 137 against and 72 abstentions. protection of national teams and vital The new commissioners and their portfolios are as follows: questions linked to the commercial Austria: Johannes Hahn – Regional Policy rights of the federations which, in turn, Belgium: Karel De Gucht – Trade finance grassroots sport in Europe. Bulgaria: Kristalina Georgieva – International Cooperation, Humani- These are all areas in which the ETS will tarian Aid and Crisis Response Cyprus: Androulla Vassiliou – Education, Culture, Multilingualism be able to adopt a common approach. and Youth (including sport) However, the activities of the Czech Republic: Stefan Füle – Enlargement and European Neighbour- ETS will not be limited to EU matters. hood Policy The federations can learn from each Denmark: Connie Hedegaard – Climate Action other's experiences in fields including Estonia: Siim Kallas (Vice-President) – Transport competition regulations and formats, Finland: Olli Rehn – Economic and Monetary Affairs marketing of their competitions, rela- France: Michel Barnier – Internal Market and Services Germany: Günther Oettinger – Energy tions between continental and world Greece: Maria Damanaki – Fisheries and Maritime Affairs federations, match calendars, medical Hungary: László Andor – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion matters and even refereeing issues, such Ireland: Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – Research and Innovation as numbers of referees per match. Italy: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President) – Industry and Entrepreneurship It should also be noted that four of the Latvia: Andris Piebalgs – Development six ETS member federations support Lithuania: Algirdas Semeta – Taxation and Customs Union, Audit the MESGO programme, which aims and Anti-Fraud to deliver an Executive Master in Euro- Luxembourg: Viviane Reding (Vice-President) – Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship pean Sport Governance (cf. uefadirect, Malta: John Dalli – Health and Consumer Policy January 2010). Netherlands: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President) – Digital Agenda The ETS could also discuss the Poland: Janusz Lewandowski – Financial Programming and Budget structures of the federations themselves, Portugal: José Manuel Barroso – President their licensing systems and their discipli- Romania: Dacian Ciolos – Agriculture and Rural Development nary measures. In all of these areas, Spain: Joaquín Almunia (Vice-President) – Competition each federation has its own experience United Kingdom: Catherine Ashton (Vice-President) – High Represen- tative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and has sought its own solutions. Pool- Slovakia: Maros Sefcovic (Vice-President) – Inter-Institutional ing the lessons they have learned can Relations and Administration only be good for all European team Slovenia: Janez Potocnik – Environment sports and help to strengthen their unity, Sweden: Cecilia Malmström – Home Affairs while at the same time consolidating Androulla Vassiliou, born in Cyprus on 30 November 1943, the position of sport as a whole in was previously commissioner for health. In this capacity, she worked with European society. UEFA on the Eat for Goals! cookbook, launched on 30 September 2008 (cf. uefadirect, No. 78).

11 The Executive Committee was received by the president of Malta and former president of the Malta Football Association, George Abela. D. Aquilina D. Aquilina

Turkey. Their bids were to be handed over to UEFA in Nyon on 15 February, Meetings and while on 27 May – also at UEFA’s head- quarters – the candidates will present their bids to the Executive Committee, which, based on the recommendations other activities of the National Team Competitions Creation of a centre Committee, will take its decision the following day and then announce it of refereeing excellence in Geneva. Turning to other national team competitions, the committee received FLORIANA, NEAR TO MALTA’S CAPITAL, VALLETTA, WAS THE VENUE FOR a progress report on preparations for THE UEFA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE’S FIRST MEETING OF 2010, HELD ON 28 JANUARY EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. It also adapted the autumn dates in the WITH THE UEFA PRESIDENT, MICHEL PLATINI, IN THE CHAIR. 2009–11 European Under-21 Champi- onship in accordance with the changes Preceded by visits to the coun- to the European Football Champion- to the double-date system (Friday try’s prime minister, Lawrence Gonzi, ship, not to mention the restructuring and Tuesday instead of Saturday and and president, George Abela, the Exec- of the UEFA administration and budget- Wednesday). These date changes con- utive Committee meeting was organ- ary matters. cern mainly the play-offs, which will ised in Malta as part of the celebrations now take place on 8/9 and 11/12 to mark 100 years of national football National team competitions October 2010. Finally, the Executive competitions on the island and 50 years In national team competition Committee approved the regulations of the Malta Football Association matters, the committee began by set- of the 2010/11 UEFA Regions’ Cup, being a full member of UEFA and FIFA. ting the timeline for the EURO 2016 bid which 39 associations have entered. In a meeting lasting just over procedure. Following the withdrawal at Turning to club competitions four and a half hours, the Executive the end of 2009 of the joint bid of and, more precisely, the UEFA Futsal Committee dealt with a huge range of Norway and Sweden, three countries Cup, SL Benfica were chosen to business, from the UEFA Regions’ Cup remain in the running: France, Italy and host the finals, which will therefore

Changes in the UEFA administration At its meeting in Malta, the Executive Commit- general counsel, while Alexandre Fourtoy takes charge tee appointed Theodore Theodoridis as UEFA’s new of communications. deputy general secretary, to sup- port the general secretary, Gianni Alasdair Bell first became Infantino. A former member of involved with UEFA as part of the the Stadium and Security Commit- team that represented it in the tee and former vice-chairman of Bosman case. Since then he has under- the Club Competitions Committee, taken many other UEFA assignments. Theodore Theodoridis joined He also has vast experience of EU com- the UEFA administration in Janu- munity and competition law. He took ary 2008 as director of the up his new position in mid-February. UEFA-Woods

national associations division, UEFA-Woods Until the creation of the a position that he will continue to hold alongside his new subsidiary UEFA Events SA, duties as deputy general secretary. Alexandre Fourtoy, who joined The general secretary, Gianni Infantino, also pre- UEFA in August 2001, was chief sented the new structure of the UEFA administration, executive of the subsidiary UEFA which now consists of six divisions: joining existing Media Technologies (UMET) and directors Steve Aeschlimann (services), Josef Koller the leading force behind the entire (finance), Giorgio Marchetti (competitions) and development of the uefa.com Theodore Theodoridis (national associations), Alasdair website, which now falls under the

Bell has been appointed director of legal services/ UEFA-Woods communications division.

12 uefadirect 3.10 Interviú Madrid, The Colovray last year’s winners sports centre of the Futsal Cup, will be home will be trying to a centre to defend their title of excellence in Lisbon. for young referees. UEFA-Woods

protest, but the Appeals Body then Referee Convention annulled that decision and ruled in Sportsfile Another five national associ- favour of Fortuna Hjørring. The result ations have met the require- of the second-leg game was therefore take place in Lisbon from 22 to 25 April. ments of the convention and amended to a 3-0 win for the Danes, In addition to the host club, the other who thus qualify 3-1 on aggregate finalists are Araz Naxçivan (Azerbaijan), been accepted by the Executive and will now meet ASD Torres Calcio Luparense Calcio A5 (Italy) and title- Committee as signatories. of Italy in the quarter-finals. holders Interviú Madrid (Spain). They are the football associa- tions of Cyprus, Italy, Lithuania, Centre of refereeing excellence Moldova and Wales. Sweden head in Nyon This brings the number Fulfilling the wish of the UEFA of associations that have fair play rankings president to give the UEFA headquarters signed the convention to 30, Under the banner of respect, in Nyon not only an administrative char- leaving 23 which are still under the UEFA fair play rankings have acter but also a sporting one, the Execu- evaluation. become a long-established practice tive Committee agreed to UEFA taking since they were introduced over the management of the Colovray more than 16 years ago, in the sports centre opposite its headquarters. UEFA Women’s 1993/94 season. The lease concluded with the Nyon The purpose of the rankings authorities runs for 49 years. On 1 April, Champions League is to reward the national associations UEFA will take on the development, Although no action has whose teams (national and club) show maintenance and running costs, guaran- taken place in the UEFA Women’s the greatest respect for the spirit of teeing Nyon’s sports clubs the same con- Champions League since the round the game by giving them an extra berth ditions of use as before. UEFA will also of 16, a disciplinary decision has in the European competitions, pre- organise sports activities at Colovray. The been taken that changes the face of viously in the qualifying stage of the first step will be taken this autumn with the quarter-finals. UEFA Cup and now in the same stage the creation of a centre of refereeing Fortuna Hjørring lost of the UEFA Europa League. excellence, where young referees from all both legs of their round Three associations enjoy this its member associations will be invited of 16 tie against privilege, i.e. the top three in the UEFA to further their training with the help of Olympique Lyonnais rankings at the end of the season. leading experts. The Executive Commit- (1-0 in Denmark and At the midway point at the end of last tee approved the necessary financial 5-0 in France); however, the Danish year, Sweden (8.263 points), Denmark resources for this pilot project until club protested that the French side had (8.169) and England (8.168) headed the at least 2012. fielded two ineligible players in the table, followed by Finland, Republic of The committee also accepted the return match. The UEFA Control and Ireland, Norway, Scotland and Germany, Finance Committee’s proposal to invest Disciplinary Body rejected the initial all on more than 8.1 points. some of UEFA’s reserves in bricks and mortar by constructing a new administra- tive building in Nyon and thereby further extending UEFA’s headquarters. While this third building is under construction, the villa La Falaise will be converted to receive guests. The youth teams I The Executive Committee also contribute ! to their national agreed to donate 270,000 to the Czech associations’ fair Football Association as a contribution play rankings, which can result towards the cost of repairing the football in an extra place infrastructure of 21 clubs in Bohemia and in the UEFA Europa League. Moravia that was damaged by the floods that struck these regions last July. I It also allocated ! 45,000 to the Icelandic Football Association for a pilot

project to install a mini-pitch at a prison. D. Aquilina

13 The Only a Game? Tour- exhibition has nament opened in Istanbul. for children in Albania Tanguy Cortier Tanguy

Only a Game? bition with the president of the TFF, moves to Istanbul Mahmut Özgener, the mayor of Istanbul

??????????????? and other figures from the worlds of Jean-Luc Marchina/Terre des hommes Only a Game?, the interac- sport, politics and culture. As part of the MOVE project supported tive exhibition designed by Olivier The exhibition is being held by UEFA and set up by the organisa- Guibaud, opened its doors in at the Taksim Cumhuriyet Sanat Galerisi tion Terre des Hommes, a gathering Istanbul on 21 January, following and is open from 10.00 to 22.00 every of more than 250 children and 150 very successful runs in Brussels in day except Monday until the end adults (parents, officials and teachers) 2007 and Liverpool in 2009. of April. took place in Durres, in Albania. UEFA, the Turkish Football On 20 November, Universal Federation (TFF) and the city of Istan- Obituary – Children’s Day, this gather- bul have joined forces to present this ing offered the participants exhibition in the Turkish city to mark Sándor Barcs a series of activities, includ- its year as a European Capital of Cul- Sándor Barcs, former presi- ing a fair play football tour- ture. For this third showing, the exhi- dent of the Hungarian Football nament. It involved mixed teams of chil- bition, which explores the links be- Federation, passed away on 8 Janu- dren from different communities and was tween football and European society ary at the age of 97, which made played according to special rules, with during the last 50 years, has also been him the oldest surviving former member of only goals scored by girls counting and able to count on the support of the the UEFA the referee being replaced by a mediator museums of Istanbul’s three great Executive whose role was also to encourage con- clubs, Besiktas JK, Fenerbahçe SK and tact before and after the matches and to Committee, Galatasaray AS, which enables it to to which he help the players to express their feelings. associate the heritage of Turkish foot- The tournament thus proved to be a was elected in ball with the game’s European roots. good way to encourage respectful com- 1962. In July “The exhibition is the perfect 1972, as first munication. It also helped the children to platform to convey an important so- vice-president improve their self-esteem and to develop cial message, and we are very proud of UEFA at the Keystone their sense of belonging. to host the exhibition in Istanbul, the time of the death of its president, In 2008, UEFA committed itself capital of diversity,” declared Senes Gustav Wiederkehr, Sándor Barcs to the MOVE project for four years. The became caretaker president of aim of the project is to help leaders to im- Erzik, first vice-president of UEFA and UEFA until the extraordinary con- prove their personal, social, methodologi- honorary president of the TFF, who attended the inauguration of the exhi- gress held in Rome on 15 March cal and technical skills to enable them 1973, when Artemio Franchi was to then improve the psychosocial devel- elected president. opment of children in Albania, Moldova A leader of great stature, and Romania through games and sport. Match against Sándor Barcs contributed signifi- poverty cantly to the work of UEFA, which, in Lisbon in recognition of his distinguished services, made him an honorary UEFA backed a member at the 1980 UEFA Congress match against poverty in Rome, following his retirement in Lisbon on 25 January, in 1978 from the Executive Com- in which many past and mittee, on which he had served for present international 16 years as vice-president. football stars took part. Sándor Barcs also belonged to many other UEFA committees in his All the proceeds from time, contributing, in particular, the match – an initiative to the UEFA club competitions and of the United Nations playing a major role in the creation Development Programme of the European Cup Winners’ Cup. (UNDP) – are being Over 50,000 spectators In Malta, the Executive watched the ex-interna- directed towards relief Committee paid tribute to him by tionals (Patrick Kluivert and reconstruction efforts in blue) and SL Benfica’s observing a minute’s silence in All-Star XI draw 3-3. in support of the Haiti his memory at the start of its meet-

Leong/AFP/Getty Images earthquake victims. ing on 28 January.

14 uefadirect 3.10 Fitness is crucial for both new referees and their more seasoned counterparts. D. Aquilina D. Aquilina Sportsfile

trated the importance of positioning – and, in refereeing, ‘positioning’ is all International about making the right runs at the right time. But, whereas a player’s running is all about making the best angles to receive passes, the referee’s is about referees course making the best angles to achieve a Reading the game clear vision of play. In Malta, the referees were invited to review a number of situ- ations where they needed to be on ‘red READING THE GAME WAS ONE OF THE CORE THEMES WHEN alert’ at set plays, with Andy Roxburgh 103 INTERNATIONAL REFEREES MET IN MALTA FOR THE ANNUAL WINTER examining examples of legitimate and COURSE WHICH RAN FROM 1 TO 4 FEBRUARY. not-so-legitimate blocking manoeuvres employed to gain space for an attacking In point of fact, the course con- of ground and keeping up with play, team-mate at corners or free-kicks. sisted of two overlapping events involv- the goal-line role represents a radically “The better you are at reading ing, firstly, the 52 new European referees different modus operandi. the game,” he commented, “the easier on the FIFA list and, two days later, the it is to make the right calls and the experienced match officials in the elite Common elements greater the chance of the game being and premier categories. The venue was There were, however, elements exciting, fair and spectacular.” Floriana, near Valletta (Malta), where which were common to both courses, the course formed part of the commem- including extensive DVD analysis aimed Ten European referees orations of a century of league football at unifying criteria and reactions to for the World Cup on the island and half a century of full certain types of infractions or incidents. A postscript to the event was FIFA and UEFA membership. The emphasis was on protecting players written within hours of the ad- from reckless or overzealous challenges, vanced course referees travelling Two courses appropriate punishment for holding, home from Malta. Congratulations As usual, the introductory course pulling and pushing offences in the on being included in the pre-tour- focused firstly on assessing the new refer- penalty area, and the best-practice ap- nament list for the FIFA World Cup ees’ physical, medical and mental condi- proach to detecting and dealing with are due to ten European referees: tion via fitness tests, individual examina- simulation. Olegário Benquerença (Portugal), tions and sessions on mental preparation. This is where one of the other Massimo Busacca (Switzerland), One of the novelties later in the course sessions was of special relevance. UEFA’s Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium), was a practical session led by referee technical director, Andy Roxburgh, was Martin Hansson (Sweden), Viktor instructors Valentin Ivanov and Steve with both groups to discuss the impor- Kassai (Hungary), Stéphane Lannoy Bennett aimed at exercising the partici- tance of reading the game and ways (France), Roberto Rosetti (Italy), pants’ judgement and positioning in to improve this ability. The sessions fea- Wolfgang Stark (Germany), player simulation situations and assessing tured DVD clips from EURO 2008 and Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) their reactions in terms of how offences the UEFA Champions League which illus- and Howard Webb (England). should be most appropriately punished. On the advanced course, one of the major features was a session dedi- cated to the ongoing experiment involv- ing two additional assistant ‘goal-line’ referees. As the pilot testing has now been extended into the knockout rounds of the UEFA Europa League, the ad- vanced referees needed to be primed for a role which they may need to play for the first time in their careers. In the pres- ence of International FA Board member Donald McVicar and FIFA’s Fernando Tresaco, they watched clips from group matches and were quick to realise that, for officials accustomed to covering lots The elite and premier category referees D. Aquilina 15 0'95(41//'/$'4#551%+#6+105

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