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No 43 – November 2005 11.05 The menofthe Executive Committee: SenesErzik TEAM –UEFA’s partner New format for theUEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Cupgroups The menofthe Executive Committee: SenesErzik TEAM –UEFA’s partner New format for theUEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Cupgroups 09 06 05 03 09 06 05 03 COVER IN THIS ISSUE Eleven questions for Senes Erzik 09 By beating in early October, (Niko Kovac, left) made sure of their place UEFA Cup groups 03 Women referees 12 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals. This was not the end of the road for Sweden (Mattias A new look for the UEFA Johnson), however, since they would at least Intertoto Cup 05 Executive Committee meeting in Rome 13 take part in the play-offs, the draw for which was due on 14 October. TEAM, UEFA’s partner 06 News from member associations 16 PHOTO: FLASH PRESS

EditorialTrue servants of UEFA

Men in the shadows? This expression does not really apply to a group of people who all either hold or have held top positions within their national football associations and whose media profile within their respective countries is therefore considerable. Nevertheless, when they are elected to the UEFA Executive Committee, the supreme body of European football, these same leaders are still able to function together as a group, chaired by the President, Lennart Johansson, and exercise shared responsibility in a way that shuns any form of individualism. Even the tasks they are called on to fulfil individually are carried out on the Executive Committee’s behalf rather than their own. They work as a team and are well aware that, in football, it is the players who are the stars. These men are nonetheless key personalities in the fabric of European football. They have been entrusted by the national association representatives who elected them with the job of taking our sport forward whilst upholding its traditions, protecting its interests, maintaining its equilibrium and, in particular, ensuring that the general good prevails over individual concerns. Their task is huge; they are required to study carefully countless docu- ments on the broadest possible range of subjects, from sporting aspects to legal and financial questions, as well as constantly evolving information on new media technologies. Whether in meetings, travelling, pitchside, at seminars or in their offices, the Executive Committee members spend endless hours working to promote the development and popularity of football in general, particularly within the continent of . It is fitting that, in UEFA’s official magazine, they should each be the subject of a brief, one-page tribute as part of a series which will provide an insight into certain aspects of their personalities.

Lars-Christer Olsson Chief Executive Spotlight on the players!

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02 uefadirect 11.05 The contestUEFA is wide Cup open OVE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES OVE/AFP/GETTY

Robert Mambo Mumba heads the winning goal for Viking in the first-round first-leg match against Vienna.

THE FORTY TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN THE UEFA CUP GROUP STAGE Group B: Lokomotiv favourites WERE DRAWN INTO EIGHT GROUPS IN NYON ON 4 OCTOBER. (FC Lokomotiv Moskva, RCD Espanyol, US Città di Palermo, Brøndby IF, Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC) Each team will play two home ian manager Francesco Guidolin, the Leaders of the Russian and two away games in this stage, successor to and championship but ejected from the with the first three teams in each group caretaker manager Jean Petit, and put Champions League by Rapid Vienna, qualifying for the round of 32 when their disappointing exit from the Lokomotiv Moscow are the logical the competition recommences in the Champions League and poor showing favourites for this group. Espanyol spring. At this point another eight in the French league behind them. will do their best to upset these plans teams will join the competition, namely For their part, , the first team and put their disappointing start those teams placed third in the to beat leaders Bayern in the Spanish league behind them. UEFA Champions League group stage. Munich this season, will be seeking to Palermo, perhaps unfairly labelled A home and away format will be fol- confirm their excellent league form. as outsiders after an excellent start lowed from this round on. The club’s Czech star David Jarolím in Serie A, will do their utmost to will have his family loyalties tested overcome Danish side Brøndby, even when facing Slavia Prague, currently though the Danes’ coach Michael Group A: father against son (AS Monaco, Hamburger SV, SK Slavia Praha, coached by his father, Karel! The Laudrup fully expects to reach the CSKA Sofia, Viking FK) Czech side will be seeking to qualify round of 32. As for the Israeli mid- Monaco and Hamburg are un- at the expense of Viking FK, coached table side Maccabi Petach-Tikva, doubtedly the favourites in this group. by , and CSKA Sofia. they will be hoping to emulate their Monaco will be attempting to get their But of course the Norwegians and Bul- excellent first-round victory over season back on track under new Ital- garians will have their own plans. FK Partizan.

03 Like Houssine With Litex Kharja in the Lovech (Robert first round Popov, in red), against Aris CSKA and Thessaloniki, Levski Sofia, AS Roma the Bulgarians will be aiming have three to overcome clubs in the all obstacles in group phase. their group. ANSOTTE/KRAKOWSKI/ AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Group D: can Louis van Gaal go one better? (AZ Alkmaar, Middlesbrough FC, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Grasshopper-Club, PFC Litex Lovech).

FILARGYROPOULOS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES FILARGYROPOULOS/AFP/GETTY Despite their mid-table position in the English Premiership, Group C: a group packed with Middlesbrough are still one of the quality (Hertha BSC Berlin, RC Lens, UC Sampdoria, favourites for this group alongside FC Steaua Bucuresti, Halmstads BK) the surprise leaders of the Dutch This is an excellent group league and semi-finalists in the UEFA in which the Germans Hertha Berlin Cup last season, AZ Alkmaar, now are serious contenders alongside coached by Louis van Gaal. Will the French representatives Racing Club Ukrainians Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk de Lens and Italian side Sampdoria. be the makeweights of the group All three teams have made excellent judging by their domestic league starts in their domestic leagues position? Certainly not if Dnipro’s but will have their work cut out when well-known gritty determination is , veterans of 220 matches they meet Steaua Bucharest. The taken into account. As for the Swiss in European competition. Finally, Romanian side are unbeaten in their side Grasshoppers, although they despite a disappointing season in the league and have a wealth of Euro- trail FC in the league, they Norwegian league, Tromsø would pean experience. The Swedish side have shown excellent recent form love to spoil the party if offered the Halmstads will be a tough proposi- and should not be underestimated; opportunity. tion, even if they will have to raise neither should Bulgarian side Litex their game after a disappointing Lovech, despite inconsistent domes- Group F: CSKA defends the title (CSKA Moskva, , domestic season. tic results. , PFC Levski Sofia, FC Dinamo Bucuresti) After their famous victory in Group E: AS Roma the UEFA Cup final against Sporting in against the rest Lisbon last season, CSKA Moscow will (AS Roma, FC Basel 1893, not have it easy in this group featuring FC Crvena Zvezda, a strong Olympique de Marseille. The RC Strasbourg, Tromsø IL) fact that Marseille will be CSKA’s first Although Roma opponents at home, however, must be have had a poor start to seen as a great advantage to the Rus- their domestic season, sians. Although these two sides are they have to be consid- the favourites to qualify from this group,

RIVAS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES RIVAS/AFP/GETTY ered favourites for this the Dutch side Heerenveen, Bulgarians group. However, Bruno Levski Sofia and Romanians Dinamo Conti’s men will not Bucharest, who are holding their own have an easy ride, if against old rivals Steaua this season, such a thing still will all be doing their best to put a exists in modern Euro- Twenty spanner in the works. associations pean football. Swiss are represented league leaders Basel, looking to in this phase. Group G: Stuttgart are the team alone has put the disappointment of the to beat five clubs departure of their striker Christ- involved, (VfB Stuttgart, PAOK FC, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, including ian Gimenez to Olympique de Stade Rennais FC, AFC Rapid Bucuresti) Stade Rennais Marseille behind them, will face (Alexander Frei, What thoughts were going No. 23). a tough test against French side through Giovanni Trapattoni’s head Strasbourg. For their part, the Alsace during the draw which pitched his club will be anxious to cast Stuttgart team against the Ukrainian aside their disappointing champions Shakhtar Donetsk and showing in . Stade Rennais? One thing is for sure, Another club that must VfB Stuttgart can take nothing for always be taken granted against these two opponents. seriously is Red Star The Ukrainians are sitting pretty at

04 uefadirect 11.05 Heerenveen Hamburg SV (Lasse Nilson, (, right) is one in red, battling with of ten clubs Tobias Linderoth which already of FC Copenhagen) played in the are one of the last group phase of three winners of the the UEFA Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup last year. in the old format. ANTONISSE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES ANTONISSE/AFP/GETTY RUPP/BONGARTS/GETTY IMAGES RUPP/BONGARTS/GETTY New format for the UEFA Intertoto Cup

THE UEFA INTERTOTO CUP, THE PRODUCT OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN UEFA AND THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL POOL, CELEBRATED ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.

The anniversary was an reduced to 76 matches instead of Bolton Wanderers (El Hadji Diouf, up against two Lokomotiv Plovdiv players) opportunity to reassess the compe- 116 and the total number of matches is playing in his first UEFA Cup. ??????????????? tition and contemplate options for for the Intertoto Cup and the two its future. After consideration and qualifying rounds of the UEFA Cup

STR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES consultation, a proposal for restruc- will drop from 236 to 212. turing was passed by the Executive Entry into the UEFA Intertoto the top of their league and although Committee during its meeting Cup will be awarded to teams the Breton team are having a tough in Rome. finishing highest in their domestic season that is all the more The new formula will national leagues behind those reason for them to play out of keep the tournament’s place qualifying for the Champions their skins in European competition. in the competition calendar, League and the UEFA Cup. These three teams are the logical starting in the middle of June, Only teams which finish in the favourites to progress but neither the but will reduce it to three four league places immediately Greek side PAOK nor the Romanians rounds (instead of five) with the below the UEFA Cup qualification Rapid Bucharest, although trailing in winners earning entry into the sec- places will be allowed to participate. their domestic championships, will ond qualifying round of the UEFA It remains to be decided make it easy for them. In another Cup. Forty-nine clubs will enter the which associations will be offered small world coincidence, the Rapid first round (instead of the 61 clubs any places left vacant at the regis- Bucharest coach, Razvar Lucescu, of previous editions), with one rep- tration deadline. will face Shakhtar Donetsk managed by his father, Mircea. resentative per national association. The European Football Any vacancies after the registration Pool will continue its financial con- deadline will be filled, but no associ- tribution to the competition. The Group H: an unpredictable ation will be allowed to have more financial reward of 50,000 Swiss group than two representatives. francs per club per round of the (Besiktas JK, Sevilla FC, Bolton Wanderers FC, Twenty-six clubs will play in UEFA Intertoto Cup will also continue FC Zenit St. Petersburg, Vitória SC) the first round in home and away to apply. The pick of the teams in legs; the 13 winners and a further The new formula will come this group in terms of domestic 15 participants will meet in the sec- into effect next season. league performance are the Russians ond round, also on a home and Zenit St. Petersburg, who are giving away basis. Clubs from the eight na- the Moscow-based teams a run for tional associations with the highest their money, and Bolton Wanderers, UEFA rankings will enter the third having an excellent season in a very round together with the 14 quali- strong English Premiership. These fiers from the second round. two teams have an excellent chance The 11 teams to come of reaching the round of 32 together through this third round (home and with Seville, even if Juande Ramos’s away) will enter the second qualify- side are trailing in the Primera ing round of the UEFA Cup. División. Turkish side Besiktas and This format increases the the Portuguese of Vitória Guimarães possibility of clubs from small and will lie in ambush and are perfectly medium national associations quali- capable of exceeding expectations fying for the UEFA Cup. The number IMAGES THYS/AFP/GETTY in the heat of European competition. of matches will also be reduced Olympique de Marseille (Samir Nasir, in white), one of two French entrants (along with Lens) from André Winckler as the UEFA Intertoto Cup will be the UEFA Intertoto Cup this season.

05 Putting up Jürgen Lenz shows the advertising UEFA President boards: Lennart Johansson an example the “Champions of teamwork. Village”, hosted by the Champions League sponsors. EMPICS/UEFA EMPICS/UEFA TEAM Marketing In partnership with UEFA

AS THE STADIUM IS PREPARED AND DECORATED FOR A UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH, IT IS ALL SMILES AND HEARTY HANDSHAKES BETWEEN THE HOME TEAM MARKETING’S EMPLOYEES AND TEAM’S BLUE-UNIFORMED CREW, NOW SUCH AN ESTABLISHED PART OF THE LANDSCAPE IN EUROPEAN FOOTBALL.

Renowned for their profession- fresh, dynamic image to the launch of How would you describe alism, TEAM’s employees have built up the UEFA Champions League. your contacts with UEFA? friendly relationships over the years with How did your collaboration Our relationship is not just the other behind-the-scenes personnel: with UEFA begin? professional. Friendships have been TV crews, club representatives, com- UEFA wanted to revamp the forged, with the UEFA President for mercial managers, stewards as well as European Champion Clubs’ Cup and example. Trust is the defining element countless other collaborators involved give it a new, modern format. Seven and the driving force behind our at the stadiums. Behind all the prepara- agencies bid and UEFA awarded the association. That is quite an achieve- tory activities, and after the excite- contract to us. The Champions League ment nowadays. ment of match day has died away, was launched in 1992/93 and after The media play a very TEAM is an efficient enterprise based the first years of collaboration between important role in your sports in Lucerne, working all year round to UEFA and TEAM were very successful, marketing model … ensure the success of the competition. the contract was extended. When a We have a special relation- Company directors Jürgen Lenz and new invitation to tender went out, we ship with the media. In partnership Klaus Hempel founded TEAM (Televi- again won the contract, which will see with us, the media have contributed sion Event and Media Marketing AG) us continue our relationship with UEFA immensely to the development of in 1991 after gaining experience with until 2012. The contract has many ben- football in Europe as well as in the Adidas and ISL. TEAM brought a efits for UEFA and European football. rest of the world. We introduced a

UEFA President Lennart Johansson with Jürgen Lenz (left) and Klaus Hempel. EMPICS The “European Union” in TEAM’s employees come from 17 different countries. Thomas Klooz smiles: “This diversity is very important because we work all around Europe and are confronted with many different cultures. The fact that our employees come from such a wide range of countries really facili- tates contacts. You could say that we have a European spirit here that is almost unique considering that we are a Swiss company based outside the European Union.” 06 uefadirect 11.05 Team spirit A few hours before kick-off, Mirjam Lussmann, TEAM Venue Manager, checks that all the TV cameras inside the ground are working properly. Mirjam pays special attention to the quality of the images and the visibility of the advertising hoardings. She points out a section of pole jettisoned in front of an adver- tising panel; it could be a safety hazard. A quick word with a UEFA colleague and the offend- ing object is removed. Mean- while, some of TEAM’s drivers are busy with paintbrushes touching up an advertising hoard- ing without worrying about the specifics of their job descrip- tions. “That’s a great example EMPICS/RANGERS FC A time-honoured ceremony before kick-off. of our concept of teamwork,” says Thomas Klooz, TEAM’s standard format for Champions would do an excellent job in all of Deputy CEO. League matches, with synchronised TEAM’s departments. We delegated As soon as the identity of kick-offs at 8.45 pm. The ceremony the operational tasks so that we the participating clubs is known, is identical at all the stadiums: the could concentrate on strategy and UEFA and TEAM send out their flag, the anthem, advertising, TV cov- develop contacts with the UEFA man- reconnaissance crews. Their job erage. UEFA and TEAM are partners agement. We are always looking to is to ensure that matches will be working towards the same goal: the future, but we keep in close con- a quality product. tact with our management team. problem-free by assessing the How is TEAM structured? You took on quite a stadium location and access and We employ about 100 challenge. by building up contacts with people from 17 countries at our It was a big step in 1992. club management, representa- headquarters as well as self-employed The original concept was very good, tives of commercial partners, staff at the match venues. Our but looking back, it’s quite surprising local TV channels, etc. A lot of employees rarely come from a foot- how it has all turned out. We have preparatory work is involved, ball background although they are developed the project and our com- from contact with sponsors to often fans. Typically they are edu- pany has expanded with it. When dispatching lorry-loads of equip- cated to university level or equivalent. things are successful, everything ment. When UEFA signs TV con- Did you know that half of our em- seems to fall in place. The whole con- tracts, it is TEAM that does the ployees are women, at all levels of cept of European competition has negotiating behind the scenes. the company? We have been organ- been professionalised and the finan- ising training days for our staff cial backing has followed, for UEFA Thomas Klooz: “We consider for seven years, and they really and European football in general. the TV companies to be part- appreciate it. The company comprises UEFA has been able to assign revenue ners with rights and obligations. four departments: television, mar- from the Champions League to other A channel may have broadcast- keting, organisation and support projects such as youth competitions ing rights but it also has the functions (finance, human resources, and development programmes. obligation to provide free cover- legal, etc.). What proportion of age of matches in its own coun- What is your own role at TEAM’s business activities involve try.” TEAM’s concept of partner- the moment? football? ship goes beyond a purely pro- It has changed a lot! When It’s around 95%. We don’t fessional relationship: “The cam- we left ISL, there were just the two cover any other sports but we’re era operators are as important of us and a secretary. When the involved in a marketing project for to us as the VIPs in their suits. Champions League launched we had the Eurovision Song Contest, which expanded to about a dozen people. is celebrating its 50th anniversary Sometimes the conditions are We were convinced that our concept just like Europe’s club football com- terrible, it can get very cold would be successful, but we never petitions. working a camera. We offer them imagined how successful. Right at hot snacks and it is really appre- the start, we took on people who Interview by Pascale Pierard ciated.”

07 The Mogosoaia centre and stadium.

New national centre in A dream come true “I HAD A VISION WHICH BEGAN IN 1992 WHEN I VISITED THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE BELGIAN FA. AFTER THAT, I STUDIED THE CENTRES AT CLAIREFONTAINE AND COVERCIANO.” THOSE WERE THE WORDS OF MIRCEA SANDU, PRESIDENT OF THE ROMANIAN FA (FRF), ON MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2005.

This was the day on which the FRF in 2002. The main pitch, whose flood- for the World Cup qualifier against officially inaugurated its national football lights meet international standards, has Finland (in Helsinki on 8 October). The centre in Mogosoaia, a village 20 km from already staged several competitive and team will prepare for all future matches Bucharest. “It would have been much friendly matches at youth, Under-21 and at the centre. harder for us to build it without the sup- women’s levels. From now on, all the national port of UEFA’s HatTrick programme and The second stage of work involved teams will be able to train on their own FIFA’s financial assistance programme,” the construction of a beautiful hotel (which ground, which will also save the FRF a said Mircea Sandu. covers 4,410 square metres) and an artifi- great deal of money. Clubs will also be UEFA and FIFA Executive Committee cial training pitch measuring 60 m x 40 m. able to prepare for their own champi- member was the guest of The hotel is extremely modern, with the onship matches at the centre, although honour at the opening ceremony. The new most up-to-date equipment. It has a base- they will have to pay very reasonable facility represents another successful ment, ground floor and two other floors accommodation costs. investment for the FRF, following the inau- with a total of 56 rooms. Twelve of the Perhaps the most important guration of the House of Football (the FA’s rooms are singles and there is also a large aspect, however, is the fact that, having headquarters) on 22 August 2002. fitness room, two jacuzzis, a pool, offices, finished the centre, the Romanian FA has The vision about which Mircea a restaurant, two meeting rooms equipped been able to relaunch the “Luceafarul” Sandu spoke during his speech became with computers, TVs, etc. (each with 50 project. This already existed until 1989, reality with the opening of this beautiful seats), as well as other facilities. and between 1991 and 1994, and involved national centre, which covers 14,200 square The centre will host all the Roman- a group of national youth teams living metres and cost an estimated EUR 3.8 ian national teams, who will prepare for and training together and studying at the million. The work was completed in two matches and tournaments in this peaceful same school for at least two years. From stages. The first began in 1993, when the oasis. The national women’s Under-19 10 September 2005 until 30 June 2007, FRF obtained from the Mogosoaia local team have already prepared here for their the Romanian national Under-15 team council the land on which the main stadium, European Championship qualification will stay at the centre, studying at two with 800 covered seats, and training mini-tournament. On Monday 3 October, Bucharest schools. The team will also ground, both with natural grass and flood- the senior men’s national team arrived play in the “B” national youth champion- lights, were built. This work was completed at the Mogosoaia training camp to prepare ship, although it will not be eligible for promotion. Its main target is qualifica- tion for the final tournament of the Euro- pean Under-17 Championship in 2007. FA President Mircea Sandu added, “I want this project to last for as Romanian FA many years as possible and hope that President Mircea Sandu addresses at the future generations will be able to come opening ceremony. to the centre in the coming years and PHOTOS: PROFIR/MODERN PHOTO PROFIR/MODERN PHOTOS: that, from 2010 onwards, thanks to this project, our national teams will emulate the golden generation made famous by Gheorghe Hagi, Gheorghe Popescu, Dan Petrescu and their team- mates”. Such a dream would have been impossible without the new national football centre. Paul-Daniel Zaharia

08 uefadirect 11.05 SENES ERZIK Member of the UEFA Executive Committee since 1990. Vice-president since 1994. 18.9.1942 Member of the FIFA Executive Committee since 1996. Former president of the Turkish Football Association and now honorary president.

PORTRAIT Economist.

Eleven questions for the Executive Committee members Senes THE MEMBERS OF THE UEFA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAVE EACH AGREED TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS FOR UEFADIRECT. THE SERIES KICKS OFF WITH THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, SENES ERZIK, AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR WITH THE OTHER VICE-PRESIDENTS, TREASURER Erzik AND MEMBERS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE ELECTED.

Your first football memory? An anecdote from a UEFA event? My first football memories are At an Executive Committee meeting of playing the game as a child in our in Antalya, we played a game between the staff garden at home. My mother would com- and the Executive Committee. Sir Bert Millichip plain sternly that we were destroying and Egidius Braun stood near the goal the flower beds, so we would move next for the whole of the first half. Finally, the door to the garden of the local Orthodox ball arrived and Sir Bert scored a goal. church, until the priest kicked us out. The staff screamed offside but Egidius We used to play with small plastic balls ran to the referee and congratulated or balls made of old newspapers and him on his decision. rags. This was in Giresun, on the Black Defender or attacker? Sea near Trabzon. Number 9, always a striker. First experience of UEFA? We give you a ball, This was in 1977, when I was what do you do with it? Chairman of the International Committee I score immediately. of the Turkish Football Association. I wel- A city? comed Hans Bangerter to for Rome. In 1969, I visited his inspection trip relating to the 1978 Rome for the first time on a joint Congress. We visited the different sites, UN project involving FAO-WHO and including the Sheraton Hotel in Taksim, UNICEF. I was fascinated by the city, where the Congress took place. I was its monuments and how well kept very lucky to get to know such a great it was. At secondary school, I was man, who played such an important role once asked by the history teacher in European football. He had a strong to prepare the next lesson for the personality and was keen to guide and class. I have loved history ever since, support others. and Rome and its ancient monuments Players? became a symbol of history for me. Two players fit the bill. The first Detective story was Lefter Kuçuk Andoniadis, who played or economics treatise? for my club Fenerbahçe until the mid- The economics treatise, I’m afraid. 60s. He was a great midfielder, intelligent As a marketing expert, I feel it is my duty and quick-thinking. The other one is to keep in touch with the business world. Metin Oktay of Galatasaray, who played Sea or mountains? in the 50s and 60s. I used to watch The sea. I was born on the shores him as a child. He could score with both of the Black Sea. I was surfing when I was feet and volley, but his best goals were eight. People on the beach used to bet on us… with his head. Being a striker myself, A dream? I admired him greatly. These days, I only have one dream: A memorable match? for Turkey to win the World Cup. I am now It was against Sweden in Swe- honorary president of the TFA. I was the last to den. The final score was 2-2. Sweden led be appointed by a prime minister (Turgut Ozal) 1-0, we drew level, then Sweden scored in 1989 and the first to be elected democra- again and it ended as a draw. The result tically in 1992. It was a dream come true meant that Turkey qualified for the Euro- when I became First Vice-President of UEFA. pean Championship finals for the first I will always be grateful to Lennart Johansson

time ( 1996). and my colleagues for their support. UEFA PHOTOS:

09 Discussions Inauguration and practice of the first are the key mini-pitch in components the Republic of technician of Ireland. meetings.

morning, by a thought-provoking ses- sion dedicated by UEFA’s Technical Symposium for Director, Andy Roxburgh, to the impor- tance of reading the game and the question of whether this is a ‘teach- coach education able’ ability. From player to coach In the meantime, some of the directors points raised at UEFA’s Elite Coaches Forum in September were laid out on Coaching the coaches the coach education directors’ debat- ing table. It hadn’t passed unnoticed IT’S FAR FROM UNCOMMON TO READ THAT FORMER PLAYERS HAVE DECIDED that a high percentage of the techni- TO TAKE PART IN A COACHING COURSE. BUT HOW OFTEN DO WE STOP TO WONDER cians attending the Forum were former WHO’S TEACHING THEM OR – MORE TO THE POINT – WHAT THEY’RE BEING TAUGHT? top players. With more and more elite footballers embarking on coaching That was certainly the main air, the participants were also wit- careers, do coach education pro- point when coach education directors nesses to the inauguration of the first grammes need to be re-orientated? from all over Europe converged on mini-pitch to be installed in the That was one of the questions put to for the sixth UEFA symposium, Republic, funded by UEFA’s HatTrick a number of former internationals who impeccably staged from 27 to 29 Sep- programme. moved from the pitch to the dug-out, tember by of In the conference hall, the starting with Croatia’s Vlatko Markovic Ireland with its Technical Director and emphasis was on an in-depth review – currently chairman of UEFA’s Tech- former international goalkeeper Packie of all the specialised activities encom- nical Development Committee – and Bonner as ‘mein host’ alongside the passed by UEFA’s football development also featuring Argentine international Republic’s current national-team man- programme, with an eye to coming Gabriel Calderón (currently coaching ager, Brian Kerr. up with proposals aimed at improving the Saudi Arabian national team), They teamed up on the sec- them. The evolution of teaching Sweden’s Roland Nilsson, Romania’s ond morning to present ‘The Spirit of methods was an issue addressed by Dan Petrescu and AC Milan’s Croatian Ireland’ – a lively mixture of theory Henk van de Wetering of the Dutch international Zvonimir Boban, who and practice which featured a training national association, ’s Erich recently started his coaching course session at the Lansdowne Road stadi- Rutemöller and England’s Howard after initial doubts as to whether he um. While they were out in the Dublin Wilkinson, followed, on the final was cut out for the job. The coach education directors agreed that, irrespective of their stu- dents’ playing experience, there are certainly motives for focusing more closely on areas such as stress man- agement, leadership qualities and char- acter development – all of which have become key components within the parameters of the modern high-pressure game. In other words, former star players might appreciate greater em- phasis on man-management and self- management techniques. Everybody agreed, however, that their reason for switching from playing to coaching was, quite simply, passion for the game.

PHOTOS: UEFA PHOTOS: And that doesn’t need to be taught…

10 uefadirect 11.05 Asking questions, taking notes: the referees were fully involved in the meeting. PHOTOS: UEFA PHOTOS: Training

programmeNew heights for women’s refereeing You are piloting AS PART OF ITS REFEREE TRAINING PROGRAMME, UEFA WELCOMED THE TOP “the match. If you expe- INTERNATIONAL WOMEN REFEREES IN EUROPE TO NYON ON 21 AND 22 SEPTEMBER rience turbulence, you FOR THE THIRD EDITION OF A COURSE THAT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY must press the right AMBITIOUS. THE 38 PARTICIPANTS WERE PRESENTED WITH EACH OF THE NEW UEFA button in the cockpit, INSTRUCTIONS AND HAD A CHANCE TO AIR THEIR VIEWS BEFORE UNDERGOING remain calm and take FIFA’S NEW FITNESS TEST. AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS WERE TWO REPRESENTATIVES the correct decision. OF CAF (THE AFRICAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION), WHO CAME TO OBSERVE Michel Vautrot EUROPEAN TECHNIQUES. ” The quality of women’s tions nowadays, the demands and selected by CAF to observe Euro- refereeing is steadily improving, and procedures are similar. We want pean techniques and report back on UEFA is keen not only to maintain things to be equal on the pitch,” their experiences. Launched in these standards, but to raise them said Michel Vautrot, a member of the 1997, the Meridian Project now aims even further. At the recent European Referees Committee and a referee in- to provide technical training for Women’s Championship in England, structor. “We are entering the era of young referees and coaches as part the women referees demonstrated professional referees, we are trying of the development of grassroots an excellent spirit, proving that they to reduce the differences and to football. In the initial phase, UEFA is are able to work as a team and want only take into account each individ- inviting and training selected African to progress further. ual’s skills and abilities”. instructors who, on their return to The first morning of the Africa, are responsible for transfer- course was devoted to some clearly Link with Africa ring this knowledge to other instruc- defined objectives: maintaining refer- Invited as part of the new tors who, in turn, will be asked to eeing standards, consistent decision- Meridian Project, Fatou Gaye (Sene- share their experience with all the making, uniform interpretation and gal) and Bola Abidoye (Nigeria) were African national associations. application of the Laws of the Game, exploration of potential areas for

improvement, and finally an exchange UEFA of experiences. The programme was very similar to the one followed by the elite male referees a few weeks earlier (see uefadirect, October 2005).

Similar demands UEFA’s aspirations show that refereeing is no longer an exclusively male domain. “In all UEFA competi-

11 CAF The new representatives licensing Fatou Gaye manual (right) and is also Bola Abidoye. designed to help fight racism. EMPICS UEFA With experience, Meetings and “you start being able to see what lies ahead. After 10 or 15 minutes, other activities the referee should know how she will manage Club licensing manual the rest of the match. revised Fatou Gaye” THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HELD ITS FOURTH ORDINARY MEETING OF THE YEAR, “Participating in meetings such as this gives us new ideas about THE FIRST OF THE 2005/06 SEASON, IN ROME ON 21 SEPTEMBER. refereeing. Even though the Laws of the Game are the same, refereeing During five hours of deliber- nel and administration have also varies from one country to another. ations and discussions, the Executive been reviewed with a view to improv- It’s an opportunity for us. Once we Committee, chaired by UEFA Presi- ing quality. return home, we will try to share dent Lennart Johansson, covered a On the financial front, addi- what we have learned here from the wide range of topical issues affecting tional guidelines have been intro- European referees,” said Fatou Gaye, European football, including matters duced to help licensors and clubs. 39, an international referee since relating to the European Union, The number of criteria has been 1996 who already has three African financial issues, the European com- increased in order to include more Cups, two world championships, petitions and refereeing. detail and better information. including the Under-19 tournament in The Executive Committee The new provisions adopted Canada in 2002, and the Athens also gave the green light to the new in Rome will enter into force for the Olympics under her belt and also version of the club licensing manual. 2008/09 season. However, since the took part in the FIFA seminar held in After a year’s experience and broad 2006/07 tax year (or 2007 for those for the Algarve Cup. consultation, the manual has been who follow a spring-autumn calendar) More than theory revised in an effort to make it simpler will be decisive as far as the financial As well as the theoretical and more consistent, to limit the criteria are concerned, national licens- part (which was theoretical in name necessary administrative work and to only, such was the participants’ active provide additional assistance. involvement in the practical examples New criteria have also been used), a physical fitness programme introduced, including, in the medical was conducted at the end of the day. field, the obligation for all first-team Undergoing the same FIFA test as the players to undergo an annual exami- men during the previous course, the nation; the clubs are also encour- women referees were once again able aged to adopt a policy aimed at to demonstrate their extraordinarily fighting racism in football. For clari- high fitness levels. fication purposes, a new approach “What a long way we have has been chosen with regard to the come since the day when, as head stadium infrastructure criteria. All of French refereeing, I suggested that questions will now be dealt with by a UEFA select Corinne Lagrange for new UEFA Stadium Regulation, which a match in the Azores!” said Michel will set out all stadium requirements, Vautrot. Corinne Lagrange thus became so the stadium criteria will no longer EMPICS/TURKSPORFOTO the first female assistant referee to be included in the licensing manual. An extra rest day in the youth officiate abroad in a youth match. The criteria governing club person- mini-tournaments.

12 uefadirect 11.05 The Swiss city Money from of Montreux fines goes will host the to the Open first draw for Fun Football EURO 2008. Schools. OFFS KEYSTONE ing manuals will need to be approved with the final decision to be taken in Signature by summer 2006 so that they can December that year. of the Grassroots apply during the 2006/07 (or 2007) Football Charter season. Charitable contributions The day before the Executive In accordance with UEFA’s Committee meeting in Rome saw Additional rest day policy of donating the income from a key moment in the introduc- The Executive Committee fines imposed by its disciplinary bodies tion of the Grassroots Football also approved the regulations for the to charitable causes, the Executive Charter, when the programmes 2006/07 European Under-21 Champi- Committee approved the distribution of the five pilot associations were onship, which will be the first to con- of more than CHF 3 million – which ratified. clude in an odd-numbered year follow- were already included in the budget After the Conference of ing the decision to enhance the com- approved for the 2005/06 season – Presidents and General Secretaries of petition’s value by separating it from to projects run by the following insti- the UEFA member associations had the European Championship. The reg- tutions: adopted a declaration of support for ulations for the youth competitions for Special Olympics: CHF 500,000 grassroots football in Prague in 2001, the 2006/07 season (European Under- ICRC: CHF 850,000 the Executive Committee approved, 17 Championship, European Women’s FARE: CHF 600,000 in Athens in February 2003, the idea Under-19 Championship and European Danish Cross Cultures Project of a Grassroots Football Charter, Under-19 Championship) were also Association: CHF 600,000 based on the model of the coaches’ approved. In these three competitions, A further CHF 500,000 will be convention. Following on from this the main innovation is the introduction put towards the organisation of a pan- decision, discussions were held by a of an additional rest day in the qualifi- European anti-racism conference, to be special working group and the Tech- cation mini-tournaments. Designed held in Barcelona on 2 February 2006. nical Development Committee, while to protect the young players’ health, this measure should also enhance the quality of play.

EURO 2012 bids to be shortlisted in Malta After hearing the encouraging news that preparations were advancing well for EURO 2008 – the first main event of which will be the draw for the qualifying groups in Montreux on 27 January 2006 – the Executive Com- mittee agreed on the procedure for the next stage of the process to deter- mine the host(s) of EURO 2012. Five bids are currently undergoing a detailed technical evaluation: Croatia/, L’O.R. VATICANO , , / and Turkey. On the basis of this evaluation An audience at the Vatican as well as political and economic con- siderations, the Executive Committee Having been welcomed by the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and the mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni, the Executive will shortlist a maximum of three can- Committee was also granted an audience with the Pope in the didates at its meeting in Malta on 7 Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI referred to the important human and and 8 November. These candidates will spiritual values embodied by sport which, when practised in accor- be invited to present their bids at the dance with the rules, is also an educational tool (see also news Congress in Budapest in March 2006, from member associations, Italy, page 19).

13 The case of On 19 and Liverpool FC this 20 September year will result in , in an amendment a FIFA-UEFA to the Champions seminar on the League regulations FIFA Statutes to ensure that the brought together title-holders will representatives always take part in of the national

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a number of national associations These initial talks included dis- penalty kicks, which was certainly also became involved on a pilot basis. cussion of various proposed amend- not the ideal outcome. The Executive Committee approved ments, whether connected to the parti- the procedure for the application of cipation of the holders in the Cham- Mexico win in Peru the Charter in December 2004 and pions League or the centralised mar- Mexico won its first ever world the five pilot national associations – keting of rights from the quarter-final title by lifting the Under-17 stage of the UEFA Cup onwards. The Committee also agreed with the sug- World Championship crown. gestion expressed by the elite club Played in Peru between coaches at the UEFA forum held at the 16 September and 2 October, the XI beginning of September, that adver- Under-17 World Championship con- tising boards containing moving images cluded in Lima with a victory that should be banned, since they can dis- was as convincing as it was surpris- tract players, referees and even specta- ing (3-0) for Mexico over three-time tors. The Committee thought that this winners Brazil. issue should be discussed at global The match for third place level. However, the Committee mem- was a repeat of the last European MEZZELANI The representatives of the pilot associations bers did not agree that the number of Under-17 Championship final and and of UEFA’s Football Development division substitutes should be increased, nor enabled the to gain at the signing ceremony in Rome. that the should be aban- revenge over European champions England, Germany, the Netherlands, doned if a match went to extra time. Turkey with a 2-1 victory. The Turks and – obtained UEFA’s Statistics showed that the home team had progressed to the semi-finals approval for their grassroots football usually won such matches and, besides, with an unblemished record, beating programmes in Rome on 20 Septem- more matches would be decided on the eventual winners in the group ber. These projects mainly concern the training of youth coaches, the pro- vision of training opportunities for groups of young people of different ages (from 5 to 12 and from 12 to 19), the establishment of an infrastructure and the adoption of a philosophy to promote grassroots football at the same time as fair play and tolerance. The way is now open for the other national associations to join in. UEFA will use funds from its HatTrick assistance programme to promote the charter and facilitate its application by organising regional grassroots foot- ball seminars, to which all the national associations will be invited.

Initial assessment of regulations On 3 October, meeting in Nyon prior to the draw for the group stage of the UEFA Cup, the Club Competitions Committee dis- MEXSPORT/MARTINEZ cussed the competition regula- Turkish player Ferhat Bikmaz squeezes between two Dutch defenders in the third-place match tions for the 2006/07 season. of the World U-17 Championship.

14 uefadirect 11.05 Report from Brussels

On 19 September, UEFA took part in the meeting of EU sports ministers in Liverpool. The British Minister for Sport, Richard Caborn, had personally invited UEFA to the meeting, an important gesture that marked a new high point in relations between UEFA and the EU mem- ber states. The UEFA delegation com- prised Per Omdal, UEFA vice- president, Lars-Christer Olsson, UEFA Chief Executive, David Will, Keeping fit to reduce the risk of heart problems! FIFA vice-president, and Jonathan Hill, Head of UEFA’s Brussels WHF/LOIS GREENFIELD WHF/LOIS Office. UEFA participated in the stage before trouncing China PR They had finished second in their final session of the first day, which in the quarter-finals. In the semi- group, with the same number of looked at sport and the promo- finals, Turkey, who trailed 3-0 at points as Brazil, before beating the tion of equal opportunities. half-time, embarked on a spectacu- USA in the quarter-finals. “Our presence here today lar comeback after the break, but The third European partici- shows the good health of UEFA’s ended up losing 4-3 following a pants, Italy, were knocked out in the relationship with the European last-minute winner by their Brazilian group stage. Although they finished Union and its member states,” opponents. equal on points with the group declared Per Omdal, as he began In the other semi-final, the runners-up, Korea DPR, the Italians a presentation of UEFA’s work Dutch were no match for Mexico. had an inferior goal difference. against all forms of discrimina- tion. It is rare for non-governmen- tal organisations to be invited to World Heart Day EU meetings, and UEFA expressed its appreciation of the initiative. The World Heart Federation, a non-governmental organisation based “When football is at its best, in Geneva, aims to help the world’s population to achieve a longer and it brings people together. It breaks better life through the prevention of heart disease and strokes. down divisions and treats all Its activities include the organ- UEFA joined in the campaign by rec- people as equals,” explained the isation of World Heart Day, which ommending football as an enjoyable UEFA vice-president. “Football in took place on 25 September this year, way of burning calories. An hour of Europe is organised so that it focusing on the fight against obesity exercise per day for children and at creates equal opportunities for under the slogan “Healthy Weight, least half an hour for adults helps to everyone. The great strength of the Healthy Shape”. alleviate the risks. European sports model is that it Obesity is a major cause of World Heart Day was cele- links the grassroots to the profes- heart problems and physical activity is brated in more than 100 countries sional game; it provides for soli- an effective way of reducing the risks through events such as medical darity.” involved. Two-thirds of the world’s checks, conferences, walks and fit- Mr Omdal then urged minis- children do not engage in enough ness sessions, exhibitions, concerts ters to support UEFA’s new rules physical activity to keep them healthy. and sports tournaments. on the local training of players.

15 “UEFA believes these new rules are reasonable and proportionate,” he stated. “They treat all young players equally, regardless of their nation- News ality. Our aim is to promote training from member associations and encourage clubs to assume their responsibilities. The entire football family is behind our proposals – including the fans – and I hope we AUSTRIA ing to the four project areas (football per can count on your support in this se, physical performance in sport, sports medicine and sports psychology). These vital matter.” Challenge 2008: serve as the foundations for the specific The second part of Mr Omdal’s Personal training model work with the player. The ÖFB also pro- presentation focused on the fight The Challenge 2008 project, an Austrian vides the club or the personal trainer with FA (ÖFB) initiative of hitherto unprecedented specialists from the four key project areas against racism. The UEFA vice-presi- scope for the development of national- and, because of the club’s commitment to dent explained that while it was team players, took another big step for- Challenge 2008, gives it financial backing important to strengthen the various ward with the presentation of the indi- in the form of a standard payment which vidual training model in Vienna on 21 Sep- covers all costs. sanctions imposed on associations tember. Ronald Gollatz and clubs, a longer-term effort to The clubs of the players con- educate and inform was just as nec- cerned are making a particular contribu- essary. Football’s massive popularity tion towards the success of Challenge 2008 and thus to the development of ÖFB gave it a “special responsibility” to national-team players and top-level foot- BELARUS tackle the problem. ball in Austria. In order to improve imple- Mr Olsson then addressed the mentation of the project even further, the Hope should never end ÖFB is supporting the use of personal ministers on a separate issue: the On 8 September 2005, the mini-pitch trainers in Bundesliga clubs. In addition to installed with the assistance of UEFA, PUMA proposed revision of the EU’s ‘Tele- their usual club activities, trainers will be and the Belarus Football Federation was vision without Frontiers’ Directive. available for devising personal training inaugurated. plans with individual players which are The Chief Executive explained the The Children’s Rehabilitation geared to the Challenge project. and Recovery Centre (CRRC), known as danger of over-regulating an area “With the individual training “Nadezhda” (which means ‘hope’), recently where no need existed. Referring to model we are reaching unprecedented celebrated its tenth birthday. Since it levels of cooperation between clubs and initial proposals from the European opened, around 25,000 children and teen- the ÖFB,” said ÖFB President Friedrich agers from areas polluted by radioactive Commission that would introduce Stickler at the presentation. waste plus others suffering from similar EU-wide legislation to protect the cit- Each club undertakes to nominate diseases (cancer, diabetes, etc.) have made a trainer who possesses at least the UEFA izen’s right to short news reports, a recovery. Nowadays, every 24-day camp A-licence (the recommended diploma for receives a total of 265,000 people. he said there was “no evidence what- children’s and youth coaches). A key pro- The CRRC was established and soever” that EU citizens were being viso for making or continuing the arrange- developed thanks to long-term, active ment is that at least two Challenge squad denied access to sports news. support from various initiatives, state players must be on the club’s books. authorities and individuals from Belarus, “‘News access’ or ‘fair dealing’ The clubs stand to benefit enor- Germany, Japan and other countries of rules already exist under the national mously from this model. At regular inter- the world, all demonstrating a sense of vals the ÖFB provides surveys, evaluations laws of nearly every member state responsibility for our present and future and interpretations of analytical data relat- society. in the EU,” Mr Olsson explained. The “Nadezhda” project has “Voluntary codes of practice allow shown how the combined efforts of peo- broadcasters to obtain access to the ple from different backgrounds can help to promote children’s health. For this footage of other broadcasters.” reason, the CRRC has become a focus for At the end of the meeting, several children and all people who acknowledge ministers thanked UEFA for its con- the importance of partnerships in building the future. tribution, and suggested that it be The installation of a football mini- invited to take a greater role in such pitch with artificial grass with the assis- meetings. Austria will take over tance of UEFA, PUMA and the Belarus FA is another example of such a partnership. the presidency of the EU on 1 Janu- GEPA Representatives of all the parties involved ary 2006. The first personal trainers show off their contracts. attended the inauguration. The children

16 uefadirect 11.05 present were extremely grateful for the The last few months will be gifts they received from their guests and remembered for two great results achieved watched a football match between former by the national team, who recorded narrow Belarus players. wins over in Zenica and Alexander Leshchik in in qualification matches for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Both games ended 1-0, with both goals scored by cap- tain . This year marks the tenth anniversary of the first match played by the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, a 2-0 defeat to Albania in on 30 November 1995. Vedin Music has been a member of the team ever since.

He played in that first match and is ex- VACEK MATEJ pected to play in the next one. Over this Special Olympics Football ten-year period, the team has played in Director Mr Juran presents a ball signed by all two European Championship qualifying the Czech players who took part in EURO 2004.

V. SHARNIKOV/ PRESSBALL tournaments and three World Cup quali- Inauguration of the mini-pitch. fying rounds. Other national teams in dif- ferent age groups have also participated centres, in turn invite the pro-licence stu- in qualifying tournaments, with varying dents to observe them so as to gain a degrees of success. better understanding of their way of life. The national Under-17 team re- These activities culminate in a tournament BOSNIA AND cently played in a qualification tournament which brings together Special Olympics HERZEGOVINA in Finland. They finished bottom of their unified football players, UEFA pro-licence group, losing to Greece (2-3) and students and university students, all of National team celebrates (1-4), but drawing 1-1 with group-winners whom participate in individual tests of tenth birthday Finland. The youngsters of Bosnia and skills and matches. It is only fitting that The beginning of the championship sea- Herzegovina had been expected to per- the awards are presented by famous foot- son has already thrown up some surprises. form better at this tournament. ballers, who are happy to provide the par- Firstly, FK Modrica Maxima have made an Fuad Krvavac ticipants with photos and autographs. excellent start, while former champions Hana Válková FK Leotar from Trebinje have begun very poorly. On the European scene, NK Siroki Brijeg reached the first round of the UEFA CZECH REPUBLIC Cup but were eliminated by Basel of Switzerland. Coaches are continuing to resign, Sport and Physical almost on a weekly basis. People seem to Education Year UEFA interest in Danish think that changing the coach is the answer The next few months will see the com- youth development if a team hits a bad run of results. The pletion of the two-year UEFA-endorsed Denmark has developed a truly innovative head coach of NK Jedinstvo, Besim Sabic, pro-licence course in the Czech Republic. youth development programme. resigned after five matches and was re- Opened by the Czech FA at the beginning The Danish FA’s new Integrated placed by Miralem Ibrahimovic, former goal- of 2004, the course is in line with the UEFA Talent Development (IDV) programme for keeper of NK Dinamo of . One match coaching convention. players aged 16-21 has been so successful later, Vjekoslav Lokica resigned as head A key subject in the pro-licence that UEFA has invited the Danish national coach of NK Posusje and was subsequently course curriculum is humanitarian activ- Under-21 coach, Flemming Serritslev, to replaced by the experienced Ivo Istuk. ities in relation to football club manage- present the programme at its 8th Youth ment, coaches and players, for which a Conference in . special programme of study has been Flemming Serritslev is responsible developed. Specific topics for examination for the programme and will present it to include the concepts of charity and self- youth coaches from 52 different nations. sufficiency, understanding minorities and “I am very proud of the enor- marginalised groups, and learning about mous international interest in the Dan- UEFA’s involvement with the International ish youth development programme. Our Blind Sport Federation (IBSA), the Deaf- model of employing youth coaches in the lympics or football for cerebral palsy suf- leading clubs specifically to work with ferers and amputees. the young players is in many ways a new Another special focus is the joint and unique way of thinking when it comes UEFA/Special Olympics unified football to youth development. I look forward to programme. Pro-licence students, most of presenting and discussing the successful whom are top players or coaches, visit Danish programme with other coaches Special Olympic clubs to meet footballers working with young and talented foot-

F. KRVAVAC with learning difficulties and arrange sports ballers all over Europe.” Vedin Music, international player for the activities for them. The footballers, most IDV was established as a pilot last ten years. of whom live in residential homes and project in August 2000 and has been a

17 permanent feature of the DBU’s youth “They feel they are princesses its regional offices will offer education, development strategy since January 2004. now,” said Mme Bibi, who runs the orphan- coaching assistance and certain other It aims to improve the training of the most age where children have found shelter privileges. talented 16-21 year-olds and to help them after being abandoned or left without par- During 2005, a group of advance to their clubs’ first teams and the ents because of the AIDS pandemic. “People experts from the FA and the clubs have national youth teams. were looking at them in the street this been planning the launch of the pro- The players’ use of the Internet morning and asking about the strips. It gramme. They have been gathering and electronic diaries to keep track of made the children feel so proud.” information from some existing skills their goals, training and life in general has International Service estimates academies run by clubs in Finland. The particularly generated interest at interna- there are 75,000 AIDS orphans in Mali. background work has now been com- tional level. The Internet diary idea is not “The HIV situation is terrible here in Mali,” pleted and the first official skills acade- used anywhere else in Europe. explained Nawal Boumaza, a health mies will open in 2006. In 2007, the FA As part of the project, the DBU expert from France. “We want to raise the of Finland will host the 7th UEFA Grass- advises the clubs on youth development, awareness of young players about HIV. roots Course and it is hoped that, by offers each club an annual sum of DKK We make the coaches aware that part then, there will be a large number of 200,000 (approx. EUR 27,000) to employ of their responsibility is to educate high-level skills academies all around a full-time youth coach and provides the their young players about HIV.” the country. coaches with professional guidance and The FA’s work in Mali comes just Jukka Salasuo further education. months after England players David James, The project takes account of and Gary Neville visited each individual player’s need for guidance, Malawi to take part in HIV/AIDS awareness advice and support with regard to both sessions and promoted important health FRANCE the development of his football career and messages through radio jingles and a his general education. poster campaign. Pia Schou Nielsen Nada Grkinic Referees please! With fewer than 30,000 referees for 2,200,000 licensed players, France is suffering from a shortage of match offi- ENGLAND FINLAND cials. It is estimated that nearly twice as many referees are needed if all the scheduled matches on the national and Mission in Mali Skills academies to kick off regional calendars are to be controlled in Finland The Football Association (FA) joined forces by fully-trained officials. with charity International Service to deliver The Football Association of Finland has The dedication of volunteers is Coaching For Hope, a football-based initia- this year launched a programme designed called upon to resolve problems, but the tive aimed at delivering HIV/AIDS messages to help clubs to run skills academies for situation is far from satisfactory – and through youth coaching in Mali. children aged between 6 and 12. The main this state of affairs is not unique to foot- FA coaches Steve Rutter and Alan purpose of the academies is to offer the ball. The French Football Federation (FFF) Gillett delivered a week-long youth coach- most enthusiastic and talented children a joined with its counterparts in rugby, ing course to a mixed group of 25 local chance to engage in additional high-level handball and basketball to promote the coaches in the Stade 26 Mars in Bamako. training as well as their normal team prac- fourth edition of the BUT Referee Days In tandem with the coaching sessions, the tices. All junior teams contain children campaign in October 2005 in partner- coaches attended HIV/AIDS awareness with different motivations and goals, which ship with a major commercial sponsor. sessions to learn about the disease, which is one of the major reasons why the drop- The event consisted of discov- is ravaging sub-Saharan Africa. out rates are still too high among 11-14 ering, recruiting and instructing poten- Three females coaches were year olds. In order to keep all these chil- tial new referees in an atmosphere that selected to continue the youth coaching dren playing football, it is important to was recreational, but educational, at programme with 50 girls from a Bamako enable them to participate in accordance 105 locations all over France. orphanage, some of whom had never with their own motivation and ability levels. And it works! In 2004 nearly kicked a football, let alone put on a pair of This is why additional training is very 3,000 visitors declared themselves inter- football boots or been given a jersey. important for those who want it. The skills ested in refereeing football matches as academies will focus mainly on teaching a result of the event and came away with football skills, but will also cover all-round an insight into the referee’s role. Over fitness, taking into account children’s motor 700 took the next step and handed in development and its different phases. application forms; a 60% increase on Coaches from other sports such as athletics the previous year. and wrestling may also be used, but only In 2005, the organisers dis- in support of football-related skills. Any tributed 33,000 information booklets, club may organise one of these academies, 18,000 whistles, 20,000 T-shirts, but they will need to meet certain criteria 50,000 posters and 460,000 flyers for in order to receive official status as an FA the four sports, promoting involvement skills academy. For example, they will need and recruitment with obvious success. to be run by someone with a sufficiently The promotion team for the

THE FA high qualification in coaching or some event at Marignane near Marseille on Young orphans from Mali in football strips other related discipline. If a club’s skills 8 October included a special member: provided by The FA. academy meets these criteria, the FA and Fabien Barthez.

18 uefadirect 11.05 The international goalkeeper was he switched clubs and joined Dutch side are promoting football as an instrument taking part in his tenth and last community AZ Alkmaar, coached by Louis van Gaal. of education, training and solidarity. For service activity as part of his suspension Steinsson actually made his sen- example, when Italy played in a for misconduct against a Moroccan referee ior international debut as a raw 19-year World Cup qualifying match in 2004, the during a friendly match in February 2005. old in 2002, when he came on as a substi- Italian players took part in the opening of Philippe Tournon tute in a friendly match against Brazil in a reception centre for orphans in Chisi- Cuiabá, Brazil, and scored a wonder goal nau. In a subsequent qualifier in Belarus, after an excellent solo run. Determined the team visited an orphanage in not to become a “one-cap-wonder”, Steins- and gave the children gifts of footballs. son got another chance this year and took Sergio Di Cesare ICELAND it extremely well. Ómar Smárason Transition period The Icelandic national team has been going through a period of transition in 2005. Over the past couple of years or so, the ITALY team’s results have deteriorated and per- formances have been somewhat disap- A project for disadvantaged pointing. This year, however, some new children faces have been brought in and the team has reacted in a positive way. The battling UEFA’s Executive Committee spirit and enthusiasm that have been met in Rome in September and the com- trademarks of Icelandic teams in the past mittee members were honoured by two have returned. Visible improvements can receptions, one with the Italian prime min- UEFA be seen from match to match, but the ister, Silvio Berlusconi, and another with A delegation of children from the “Calcio Cares” team still needs more time to gel. With the the mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni. How- project was received by Pope Benedict XVI, chance of qualification for next year’s ever, the most important meeting of all with members of the UEFA Executive Committee World Cup in Germany long gone, the was an audience with Pope Benedict XVI. in attendance. players now have time to gain experience This was the first time that the German at international level before qualification Pope, Joseph Ratzinger, elected on 19 matches for EURO 2008 get under way. April, had welcomed representatives from One of the new faces in the team the world of sport. The Pope enjoyed a is Grétar Rafn Steinsson, who has been a brief dialogue with the committee revelation for Iceland this year and is surely members. UEFA Cup trophy in Almaty a key player for Iceland in years to come. In celebration of the meeting On 6 and 7 September UEFA Executive Steinsson, who only turned professional in between the Holy Father and members of Committee member Michel Platini visited January this year, usually the UEFA Executive Committee, the Italian Kazakhstan. The French footballing legend, plays either right-back or Football Federation (FIGC) organised a who attended matches between the Kazak right-wing, but is also football display in the form of matches and Greek senior and Under-21 national effective in the mid- between children from the 16 countries teams, also presented footballs to young dle of the pitch. involved in the “Calcio Cares” project on players from local orphanages. “I’m very Swiss club Young pitches set up in St. Peter’s Square. The happy to be here today. It’s my first visit Boys secured countries represented were Albania, Arme- to Kazakhstan. Seeing these boys reminds Steinsson’s services nia, , Belarus, Bosnia-Herze- me of my childhood,” said Platini. from ÍA Akranes at govina, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Geor- the beginning of gia, Kazakhstan, , FYR Macedonia, 2005, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and but this Ukraine. The ambassadors of these coun- summer tries to Rome were also present. This “remote support” project was launched by the FIGC in 2003 in col- laboration with the Vatican on the occa- Memories sion of the Italian national team’s audi- of child- hood for ence with Pope John Paul II. The aim of UEFA the project is to help orphaned children Executive (or those from severely disadvantaged Committee families) to take part in football activities member Grétar Rafn Steinsson, Michel a new face in the senior and to provide them with sports equip- Platini. national team. ment. Referees and coaches nominated by the national associations of the countries

involved are also invited to training courses FUK

KSI hosted by the FIGC Centre of Excellence at Coverciano. On 27 September the UEFA Cup trophy The Italian national team has arrived in Almaty. The cup was dis- contributed significantly to the project, played to local spectators at the stadium through which the FIGC and the Vatican during the Superleague match between

19 FC Alma-Ata and FC Kairat Almaty. This The UEFA Chief Executive paid very near future in order to broaden the special occasion was made possible great tribute to the Liechtenstein national range of information available and offer through the friendship between FC Alma- team, highlighting its tactical cohesion a more dynamic visual presentation. Ata and UEFA Cup holders CSKA Moscow. and sporting conduct. He was also happy True to its total commitment to Alexander Keplin to point out that although this was his keeping up with the times, the Malta FA first time in Liechtenstein, he was confi- is making use of modern technologies to dent it would not be his last. be of service to football followers. The Roland Ospelt spirit of involvement and dedication to the good of the game is indeed a trade- LIECHTENSTEIN mark of the Maltese association. Alex Vella Visit by UEFA Chief Executive MALTA UEFA Chief Executive Lars-Christer Olsson was in Liechtenstein for the international match between the home country and Easily accessible data NETHERLANDS Luxembourg. The Liechtenstein Football In line with modern practice, the Malta FA Association (LFV) welcomed this visit, the has published its handbook on CD-ROM. Unprecedented youth success LFV president Reinhard Walser empha- The new product was presented by an sizing over an aperitif that it was a great MFA-commissioned firm at a recent MFA The unexpected success of the Dutch honour for both the country and the Council meeting. national Under-17 team at the FIFA World national association. He also saw it as Youth Championship in Peru has had acknowledgement of the positive develop- an enormous impact on the attention ments at the LFV in recent years. paid to youth development in the Nether- lands. The fact that the Under-17 side managed to qualify for the tournament was a rarity in itself. Never in the history of the Championship had a Dutch team even come close to qualifying. After finishing runners-up behind Turkey in the European Under-17 Cham-

D. AQUILINA pionship, the Royal Netherlands Football A new source of information on Maltese football. Association (KNVB) was proud that the team had qualified for such a major event. The CD-ROM, which will even- First-round matches against Qatar, Brazil tually also be issued in book form, is and Gambia were never going to be easy. designed to be a comprehensive source Nonetheless, a surprising 2-0 win over of information since it contains several Gambia in the final group match secured sections of general and particular inter- second place in the group and a quarter- est for football followers on the island final clash with the USA. A 2-0 win over as well as anyone wishing to learn more the Americans triggered a minor out- about the FIFA and UEFA Statutes and break of the orange fever that has lit up the latest Laws of the Game.

LFV Data on the Malta FA’s statutes, Reinhard Walser greets UEFA Chief Executive rules and regulations, member clubs and Lars-Christer Olsson. affiliated bodies, officials, contact details of office-holders, board and committee First, progress on the sporting members, standing orders, sections for front has secured international recogni- coaches and referees and the MFA’s reg- tion for Liechtenstein. Second, past dis- istration forms are all directly accessible putes within the national association have and can be searched by section or word. been put to rest and progress has been Most of the data is illustrated made towards paying off debts totalling by Domenic Aquilina, a Maltese photo- millions of francs. grapher who has gained a high reputa- Lars-Christer Olsson stressed tion in his field. that UEFA takes full account of the small As is usual with any CD-ROM, countries too. According to the “one the information it contains is updated country, one vote” principle, the aim was from time to time, thus rendering the to give the small countries the same CD a constant source of the latest infor- democratic rights as the big ones, such mation. as England, France or Germany. Particular This recent technological break- mention was also made of EURO 2008, through will undoubtedly help the Mal- due to be hosted by Liechtenstein’s neigh- tese association keep abreast with the bours, Switzerland and Austria. UEFA is latest developments in instant commu- very interested in holding a special nication along similar lines to that of Bronze medal for the Dutch event in Liechtenstein in the context of other federations. There are also plans Under-17 team. EURO 2008. to revamp the Malta FA’s website in the

20 uefadirect 11.05 recent tournaments involving the Dutch senior team. POLAND The national media suddenly took an interest in the team and the his- tory of youth football, covering every aspect Looking to the future of football of the game, including scouting and youth Accepting a special invitation from the Pol- development. All the members of the na- ish FA, UEFA President Lennart Johansson tional Under-17 side already play for major visited Poland in September 2005 as an clubs. One of them, goalkeeper Tim Krul, honorary guest at the final of the tenth joined Newcastle United last year and is Telekomunikacja Polska Cup dedicated to now the club’s third-choice goalkeeper. the memory of Marek Wielgus. The cup SFZ Unfortunately, Mexico proved tournament is the biggest football event for The mini-pitches have been very successful. too strong in the semi-final, leaving the children organised in Poland. This year’s Dutch side to contest third place with edition, played under the patronage of number due to rise to 68 by the end of Turkey, who had beaten them in the final UEFA, saw the participation of 1,760 teams 2005. of the European Championship four months of 11-year-olds, with some 17,500 players, The inauguration of the mini-pitches earlier. With two key players injured, third including more than 3,500 girls. has received the patronage of famous foot- place seemed to be beyond the Dutch Lennart Johansson stressed the ball personalities from past and present, in- youngsters. However, the final match of key role of children’s tournaments for the cluding Marek Mintal, top scorer in the Ger- the squad’s three-week stay in Peru proved future of European and world football. It is man Bundesliga in 2004/05, national coach the value of a major international event Dusan Galis, and former international and for players of this age. In a spirited Dutch Slovak FA General Secretary Dusan Tittel, performance, the Turks were beaten 2-1 who have all provided great motivation for before a large crowd that was building up UEFA Slovak youngsters. President for the final. Lennart Using the new pitches, the Slovak At the end of the tournament, Johansson, FA has organised the ”Mini Champions Liga successful Dutch coach Ruud Kaiser was guest of Slovensko 2005“, a national tournament more than happy. “The bronze medal at honour for 13-year-olds which saw the participation at the our first World Championship is like a children’s of 1,000 children from all over the country. gold medal to us,” he said. The Dutch PZPN tournament. The final tournament was organ- only lost to Brazil in the group stage and ised in Banska Bystrica, where more than then to eventual winners Mexico: an in such matches that the stars of the future 120 boys and girls from 8 teams competed amazing performance for a team that left get their first chance to compete. The UEFA during the seven-hour marathon. Many big for Peru with very little hope of getting President firmly believes that initiatives such names in Slovak football came to support amongst the medals. as the TP Cup must be appreciated and the talented youngsters, and internationally This third-place finish provides promoted. acclaimed referees such as Igor Sramka and further proof that the long-term master- Supporters of the Polish national Pavel Olsiak also contributed to the high plan for youth football, covering all areas team have also had reason to celebrate. The standard. of youth education, development and great results achieved by Pawel Janas’ team The main objective of the tourna- scouting, is truly paying dividends. have taken Poland to 17th position in the FIFA ment and the mini-pitch project is raise the Rob de Leede rankings, the highest ever for the country. profile of football, stimulate the younger In line with its commitment to pro- generation’s general interest in sport, and moting the highest sporting ideals, the Pol- discover and develop talents which we ish FA organised a match between Polish believe will enable us to improve youth foot- and Hungarian Romanies in September ball in Slovakia. under the motto “Fight Racism and Intoler- Karolina Ducka ance”. The visitors had the better of the en- counter but it can be said that the real win- ners of the match were friendship, tolerance and mutual respect. Michal Kocieba / Bartek Marks

Success for Slovenian Under-19 team SLOVAKIA This autumn, like any other, has been a busy time for the football association of Slovenia. The qualification matches for the Success of the mini-pitch project 2006 European Under-19 Championship in Slovakia are one of the reasons for this. Group 1 The mini-pitch project in Slovakia has been matches in the first qualifying round took running successfully. The estimated number place in the Estonian capital , with of 100 pitches should be completed by teams from Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania and 2010, but so far children in 38 cities are en- Slovenia competing for the first two places, joying the use of the artificial turf in 43 loca- which would guarantee a place in the next tions. The first mini-pitch for our young peo- round. The young Slovenians performed

PRO SHOTS PRO ple was opened in September 2004, with the well, achieving two wins and a draw from

21 Thus the SFV seeks to ensure the host a meeting of the UEFA Executive Com- optimum provision of facilities to meet youth mittee (5/6 November 2003 in Kiev). training needs. From 2007, about 30 boys The national Under-17 team and ten girls will receive two years’ intensive returned from Poland as runners-up in the sports and academic training at the centres. Syrenka Cup. Vadym Diord’s side were There is every reason to hope that this will beaten in the final by Slovakia, who won the

NZS take Swiss football a step further in the penalty shoot-out after regular time had The Under-19s have reached their objective. international arena. Perhaps one of these finished in a 3-3 draw. young players will become another Wicky, Valeriy Nykonenko their three matches. Their first match against Cabanas or Vogel. Estonia was attended by the Slovenian prime In his speech Ralph Zloczower minister, Janez Jansa, who plays football in expressed his gratitude to UEFA for its his spare time and took the opportunity to financial support and thanked the municipal watch the match during the Slovenian Gov- and cantonal authorities for their wonderful ernment’s official visit to Estonia. Slovenia cooperation and efficient solution to the won the match 4-2 and continued to impress question of school fees. Without UEFA’s with a 2-1 win over Lithuania and a 1-1 financial backing and active support from draw against Georgia. Slovenia finished sec- the municipal and cantonal authorities the

ond in the group, with the same number SFV would have been unable to set up this FFU of points as winners Georgia, who had a vitally important centre for German- Prize-giving at the Rural Games. better goal difference. speaking Switzerland. By qualifying for the next round, Pierre Benoit the Slovenian Under-19 team exceeded most people’s expectations. With the kind of combative play they displayed in Estonia, the WALES future looks promising for the young Sloven- ian footballers (squad members: Rozman, UKRAINE A change of calendar? Veselic, Apatic, Peterca, Drevensek, Zajc, The Vauxhall MasterFit Welsh Premier Vancas Pozeg, Mijic, Fratina, Lovrecic, Korun, Football festival for schoolchildren League recently held a seminar to which Naprudnik, Straus, Jahic, Balazic, Brezovacki, Under the slogan of “Make children various stakeholders were invited to discuss Kovac) and their coach Milos Rus. happy!”, the annual football festival for rural the possibility of changing the playing cal- Irena Ilesic Cujovic schoolchildren was organised by the Foot- endar to a summer season within the next ball Federation of Ukraine (FFU) with back- two years. The findings of the seminar, to- ing from other sports bodies as part of the gether with a report on a visit earlier this All-Ukraine Rural Games. On 24 September, year to the Republic of Ireland to evaluate SWITZERLAND the city of Boryspil became the focal point the experience of the Eircom League, will for children’s football. VIP guests presented be put to a meeting of all 18 member awards to 1,500 young Ukrainians who were clubs on 30 October. The latter will decide Youth training centre opened participants in the final competitions. Parlia- whether to make the much-discussed in Emmen ment Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn, FFU First change or keep the status quo. With representatives of the municipality of Vice-President Oleksandr Bandurko, local This season has seen the intro- Emmen, the canton of Lucerne and UEFA dignitaries, football veterans and numerous duction of the Welsh in attendance, the president of the Swiss supporters celebrated the young players’ Under-21 section, which will be used pre- Football Association (SFV), Ralph Zloczower, performance. “Our national footballing dominantly for the development of young opened the new SFV training centre in successes, including qualification for the players. The league has been divided into Emmen. 2006 World Cup in Germany, have their a north and south conference, with the The Emmen academy replaces the roots in rural and children’s football,” said winners and runners-up of both sections training centre in Frauenfeld which closed Oleksandr Bandurko. competing in an end-of-season play-off for a year ago. The SFV now has four youth The first two competition rounds the title of overall Under-21 champions. training centres (Payerne, Tenero and Emmen in March/April saw the participation of The Football Association of Wales for boys, Huttwil for girls). In Emmen, 12 30,000 teams from 15,000 rural schools. has been cooperating over recent months players of the class of 1991 are being The third and fourth rounds held at regional with ‘Show Racism the Red Card’, and has trained under the supervision of SFV coaches and district level in April/May involved contributed a UEFA grant for anti-racism Markus Kälin, Kurt Wiprächtiger and 2,000 schools. A total of 100 teams, includ- projects to the appointment of a project Heinz Moser. ing 45 girls’ teams, went through to the worker to promote anti-racism in Welsh final round. The FFU’s Executive Committee football. gave its full backing to the traditional As part of the initiative, ‘Show festival. Racism the Red Card’ will be launching a FFU President Grigoriy Surkis repre- DVD at the Vale of Glamorgan Hotel near sented Ukraine at the Rome meeting of the Cardiff. This will be attended by the nation- UEFA Executive Committee, which decided al team manager, John Toshack MBE, and a to hold the XXXII Ordinary UEFA Congress in number of the Welsh team players. Several Ukraine in 2008. This is a great honour local schools will attend the event and will

SFV and vote of confidence for Ukrainian football, take part in coaching sessions prior to the the national association and Ukraine as a Twelve youth players currently at the launch. It is hoped that the DVD will promote Emmen training centre being supervised whole, which was the first country in the anti-racism at schools throughout Wales. by three Swiss FA coaches. Commonwealth of Independent States to John Deakin

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Communications ■ At its meeting in Rome, the Executive Birthdays – Calendar Committee entrusted the football associ- ation of Ukraine with the organisation of Birthdays ● David H. Will (Scotland, 20.11) the XXXII UEFA Congress in January ● Werner Müller (Switzerland, 20.11) Otto Demuth (Germany), member of the circle ● Georges Vernet (France, 21.11) 2008. A call for invitations to host the of former UEFA committee members, celebrates ● Serghiy Storozhenko (Ukraine, 21.11) 2009 Congress will be issued to all his 80th birthday on 16 November, while Gero ● Joeke de Jong (Netherlands, 21.11) member associations. Bisanz (Germany), member of the Technical ● Guido Vantaggiato (Italy, 25.11) Instructors Panel, turns 70 on 3 November. ● Jonas Braga (Lithuania, 25.11) ■ Rosario Lo Bello (Italy), member of the Referee ● Indrek Kannik (Estonia, 25.11) The Executive Committee also decided Observers Panel, and Micky Zager (), ● Zbigniew Przesmycki (Poland, 26.11) on the venues for its meetings next year. member of the Doping Control Officers Panel, ● Styrbjörn Oskarsson (Finland, 26.11) It will meet in Nyon on 25/26 February, will be 60 on 4 November. ● Marcos Del Cuadro (Switzerland, 26.11) UEFA would like to wish them all many happy ● Roland Nilsson (Sweden, 27.11) Budapest on 21/22 March, Glasgow on returns and also a happy birthday to: ● Marios N. Lefkaritis (Cyprus, 28.11) 22/23 May, Iceland on 12/13 July), ● Marc Batta (France, 1.11) ● Ante Vucemilovic-Simunoviv (Croatia, 28.11) Ljubljana on 4/5 October, and Nyon on ● Josef Krula (Czech Republic, 1.11) ● Marko Ilesic (Slovenia, 29.11) ● György Szilágyi (Hungary, 2.11) 7/8 December. ● Francesco Bianchi (Switzerland, 2.11) ● Jean-Pierre Papin (France, 3.11) ■ The Football Association of (the Repub- ● Mike Foster (England, 4.11) Upcoming events lic of) Ireland has a new president in the ● Lennart Johansson (Sweden, 5.11) ● Fernand Meese (Belgium, 5.11) MEETINGS person of David Blood, who takes over ● from Milo Corcoran. Mircea Pascu (Romania, 6.11) 7-8.11.2005, Malta ● Jean-Claude Jourquin (Belgium, 6.11) Executive Committee ● Peter Gardiner (Scotland, 7.11) ■ Alexey Spirin took up office as General ● Sergeui Aleinikov (Belarus, 7.11) 21.11.2005, Nyon Secretary of the football association of ● Andreas Nagel (Germany, 7.11) National Teams Committee ● Sergio Di Cesare (Italy, 8.11) 24-25.11.2005, Brussels on 29 September. ● Rudolf Zavrl (Slovenia, 9.11) UEFA Seminar on EU-related Matters ● Willi Hink (Germany, 9.11) 28.11.2005, Limassol ■ The football association of Ukraine ● Theodore Giannikos (Greece, 9.11) 3rd UEFA Forum for Elite Club Youth Coaches has moved to 1, Ulyanovykh Street, ● Sandor Barcs (Hungary, 10.11) Youth & Amateur Football Committee ● Rolf Hediger (Switzerland, 10.11) PO Box 293, 03150 Kiev. ● Marc Van Geersom (Belgium, 10.11) 29.11.2005, Nyon ● Frank Paauw (Netherlands, 10.11) 2nd Seminar for Futsal Referees ● (Austria, 11.11) 29.11-1.12.2005, Limassol ● Uno Tutk (Estonia, 11.11) UEFA Youth Football Conference Match agents ● Manos Mavrokoukoulakis (Greece, 12.11) 30.11.2005, Limassol ● Antonio Silva Pereira (Portugal, 12.11) Draw for the elite rounds of the 2005/06 The Licensed UEFA Match Agents ● Howard Wilkinson (England, 13.11) youth championships Panel has granted a licence to: ● Peter Rees (Wales, 15.11) ● Jean Lemmer (Luxembourg, 15.11) COMPETITIONS Reginaldo Rangel Pereira ● Michael Meier (Germany, 15.11) ● Wolf-Günter Wiesel (Germany, 16.11) 1-2.11.2005 441 Brookfield Crescent ● Steve Stride (England, 16.11) UEFA Champions League: group matches GB-London NW7 2DH ● Pablo Porta Bussoms (, 17.11) (matchday 4) England ● Georgy Lunacharsky (Russia, 17.11) 3.11.2005 ● Jan Fasung (Slovakia, 17.11) UEFA Cup: group matches (matchday 2) Tel.: +44 (0)20 89592990 ● (Denmark, 18.11) Fax: +44 (0)20 89592350 ● Jacques Liénard (France, 19.11) 22-23.11.2005 ● Horst R. Schmidt (Germany, 19.11) UEFA Champions League: group matches ● Paolo Zeppilli (Italy, 19.11) (matchday 5) The panel has also renewed the ● Petr Fousek (Czech Republic, 19.11) 24.11.2005 licence of George Gregoriou (Cyprus) ● Katrin Riechert (Switzerland, 19.11) UEFA Cup: group matches (matchday 3) until October 2013.

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