UEFA EURO 2004 ™ Referees Announced
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Media Release Date: 04/12/03 Communiqué aux médias No. 165 Medien-Mitteilung UEFA EURO 2004 ™ referees announced Twelve teams of referees selected for next summer in Portugal The UEFA Referees Committee today announced the twelve teams of referees who will be officiating at the UEFA EURO 2004 ™ Final Tournament in Portugal next summer. Four 4th officials have also been named in addition to the twelve referees and the 24 assistant referees. The teams of referees are appointed as ‘trios’ and it is the intention of the UEFA Referees Committee that they will be used as such at the Final Tournament. The teams are composed of referees and assistant referees from the same country and as a unit they have been active in UEFA competitions already, mainly in the UEFA Champions League, and therefore have a good understanding and experience of working together. All 40 of the selected match officials for UEFA EURO 2004™ will attend a preparatory seminar in Portugal from 26 - 29 April 2004 at the same venue that will be used by the officials as their base during the tournament itself. The full list of the 40 appointed match officials can be found on the following page. For further information: UEFA Media Services: ++41-22 99 44 559 Referees, Assistant Referees and Fourth Officials appointed for UEFA EURO 2004™ Referee Assistant Referees Country Jens LARSEN 1. Kim Milton NIELSEN Denmark Jørgen JEPSEN Philip SHARP 2. Michael RILEY England Glenn TURNER Frédéric ARNAULT 3. Gilles VEISSIERE France Serge VALLIN Christian SCHRÄER 4. Markus MERK Germany Jan-Hendrik SALVER Marco IVALDI 5. Pierluigi COLLINA Italy Narciso PISACRETA Steinar HOLVIK 6. Terje HAUGE Norway Ole Hermann BORGAN Paulo Jorge JANUARIO LEITE RIBEIRO 7. Lucilio CARDOSO CORTEZ BATISTA Portugal Jose Manuel SILVA CARDINAL Gennady KRASYUK 8. Valentin IVANOV Russia Vladimir ENIUTIN Igor SRAMKA 9. Lubos MICHEL Slovakia Martin BALKO Oscar MARTINEZ 10. Manuel Enrique MEJUTO GONZALEZ Spain Rafael GUERRERO Kenneth PETERSSON 11. Anders FRISK Sweden Peter EKSTRÖM Francesco BURAGINA 12. Urs MEIER Switzerland Rudolf KÄPPELI Additional Referees appointed to act as 4th Official only Frank DE BLEECKERE Belgium Kyros VASSARAS Greece Alain HAMER Luxembourg Stuart DOUGAL Scotland .