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No. 158 LE RENDEZ-VOUS France welcomes the biggest EURO ever #CelebrateFootball • June 2016 No.158 THE FUTSAL ORDINARY TECHNICIAN CUP CONGRESS Packie Bonner on the demands A first for Russia’s Kosovo enters on today’s goalkeepers Ugra Yugorsk the fold SPECIAL FEATURE BIRTHDAYS, NOTICES, FORTHCOMING EVENTS BIRTHDAYS Dušan Savić (Serbia, 1 June) Eduard Prodani (Albania, 18 June) Ekaterina Fedyshina (Russia, 1 June) Elkhan Mammadov (Azerbaijan, 18 June) NOTICES Ferenc Székely (Hungary, 2 June) 50th Tobias Wolf (Germany, 19 June) Ivaylo Ivkov (Bulgaria, 3 June) Maria Mifsud (Malta, 20 June) • At an extraordinary congress Radek Lobo (Czech Republic, 3 June) Michel Platini (France, 21 June) of the German Football Klara Bjartmarz (Iceland, 3 June) Peter Peters (Germany, 21 June) Association, Reinhard Grindel John Ward (Republic of Ireland, 4 June) 60th Zoran Cvrk (Croatia, 21 June) was elected president in place Yauheni Tratsiuk (Belarus, 4 June) Tomasz Mikulski (Poland, 21 June) of vice-presidents Reinhard Jean-Samuel Leuba (Switzerland, 4 June) Paulius Malzinskas (Lithuania, 21 June) Rauball and Rainer Koch, Ludovico Micallef (Malta, 5 June) Ilja Kaenzig (Switzerland, 21 June) who had led the association Jaap Uilenberg (Netherlands, 5 June) Keith Hackett (England, 22 June) ad interim. John MacLean (Scotland, 5 June) David Martin (Northern Ireland, 22 June) • The German Football Maksimas Bechterevas (Lithuania, 5 June) Ante Kulušić (Croatia, 22 June) Association has also Michael Joseph Hyland (Republic of Zvi Rosen (Israel, 23 June) appointed a new general Ireland, 6 June) Vladimir Antonov (Moldova, 23 June) secretary, Friedrich Curtius, Theo Zwanziger (Germany, 6 June) Georg Pangl (Austria, 23 June) in place of Helmut Sandrock. Lars-Åke Bjørck (Sweden, 7 June) Jean-Jacques Schonckert (Luxembourg, 24 June) • The Portuguese Football Michel Sablon (Belgium, 7 June) Gül Keskinler (Germany, 24 June) Federation has a new address: Sandor Berzi (Hungary, 7 June) Renatus Temmink (Netherlands, 24 June) Avenida das Seleções, Onofre Costa (Portugal, 7 June) Jouni Hyytiä (Finland, 24 June) 1495-433 Cruz Quebrada- Johannes Scholtz (Netherlands, 8 June) Arturs Gaidels (Latvia, 24 June) Dafundo, Portugal. Piero Volpi (Italy, 9 June) Mario Gjurcinovski (FYR Macedonia, 25 June) Phone and fax numbers Jesper Møller Christensen (Denmark, 9 June) Foppe de Haan (Netherlands, 26 June) remain unchanged. Antoine Portelli (Malta, 9 June) 50th Barry Bright (England, 27 June) Petri Antero Jakonen (Finland, 9 June) Sigurdur Hannesson (Iceland, 27 June) OBITUARY Jonathan Ford (Wales, 9 June) Eyjolfur Olafsson (Iceland, 27 June) Monica Jorge (Portugal, 9 June) Ruud Dokter (Republic of Ireland, 27 June) Wilfried Straub of Germany, Hans Bangerter (Switzerland, 10 June) José Venancio López Hierro (Spain, 27 June) a member of the circle of former Andrew Shaw (England, 10 June) Wim Koevermans (Belgium, 28 June) UEFA committee members and Eleni Kiriou (Greece, 10 June) Ivan Borissov Lekov (Bulgaria, 29 June) recipient of the UEFA President’s Kyros Georgiou (Cyprus, 11 June) Paul Daniel Zaharia (Romania, 29 June) Award in 2006, passed away Thórir Hakonarson (Iceland, 11 June) Ginta Pece (Latvia, 29 June) on 2 May at the age of 77. Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland, 11 June) Peter van Zunderd (Netherlands, 30 June) Former vice-president of the Zoran Dimić (Serbia, 11 June) German Football Association, José Luis López Serrano (Spain, 12 June) Straub served as vice-chairman Alain Courtois (Belgium, 12 June) FORTHCOMING EVENTS or member of many UEFA Jørn West Larsen (Denmark, 12 June) committees, including the Iwona Malek-Wybraniec (Poland, 12 June) Competitions Professional Football Committee, Haris Gvozden (Bosnia-Herzegovina, 12 June) 10 June–10 July, France the Non-Amateur Football Roland Coquard (France, 13 June) UEFA EURO 2016 Committee, the Licensed Targo Kaldoja (Estonia, 13 June) Match Agents Committee Matej Damjanović (Bosnia-Herzegovina, 13 June) 28/29 June and the Marketing and Media Galina Doneva (Bulgaria, 14 June) UEFA Champions League: Committee. He also contributed Nuno Castro (Portugal, 14 June) first qualifying round (first legs) to many of UEFA’s expert panels, Ilija Kitić (Slovenia, 14 June) including the panel on transfer Viacheslav Koloskov (Russia, 15 June) 30 June matters, on which he sat from Miguel Galan Torres (Spain, 15 June) UEFA Europa League: 1978 to 1998. Ramish Maliyev (Azerbaijan, 16 June) 40th first qualifying round (first legs) Kepa Larumbe Beain (Spain, 16 June) Michael Joseph Maessen (Netherlands, 17 June) Meetings Rainer Werthmann (Germany, 17 June) 20 June, Nyon www.uefafoundation.org Paolo Rondelli (San Marino, 17 June) 2016/17 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League: Anne Rei (Estonia, 17 June) draws for the first and second qualifying rounds Philippe Piat (France, 18 June) Hannelore Ratzeburg (Germany, 18 June) 24 June, Nyon Ivan Novak (Croatia, 18 June) 2016/17 UEFA Women’s Champions League: qualifying round draw UEFA DIRECT • June 2016 – 55 EDITORIAL LET’S CELEBRATE FOOTBALL AT EURO 2016 he biggest celebration of national team The UEFA Foundation for Children has a football in European history is upon special project of its own that will take 20,000 T us and we are looking forward to a deprived children to 43 of the 51 matches. spectacular UEFA EURO 2016 inside and outside The initiative, known as 20,000 Children’s the stadiums. Smiles, aims to provide those involved with For the first time ever, 24 teams will unforgettable moments and experiences in participate in the tournament and we are connection with football. The children will delighted to welcome all of them to France. be looked after by the host cities and Albania, Iceland, Northern Ireland and Wales associations that play a recognised role in are making their debuts, while Slovakia have assisting vulnerable young people at national progressed to the final round for the first time or local level. as an independent nation. We are sure the It is therefore with great excitement that new format will be a success and that more I look ahead to this celebration of football exhilarating football of the likes seen in the in France – a celebration that I believe will European Qualifiers will be on display in the continue long after the final whistle at the month ahead. Stade de France on 10 July. There is no doubt that the match results will make plenty of headlines and millions of fans around the world will be entertained by the action on the pitch. However, that is just one side of the story. The tournament will also feature a number of corporate social responsibility initiatives across France as we use this amazing stage to highlight all the work we do together to promote, protect and develop Theodore Theodoridis football in Europe. UEFA General Secretary ad interim UEFA DIRECT • June 2016 – 03 CONTENTS 6 8 UEFA Getty Images for UEFA IN THIS ISSUE 6 UEFA news At the Ordinary UEFA Congress in Budapest, the Football Federation of Official publication of EURO 2016 the Union of European Kosovo becomes UEFA’s 55th member and Football Associations Florence Hardouin the first woman to be Chief editor: elected to the Executive Committee. 16 Volunteer programme Emmanuel Deconche After months of preparation and Deputy chief editor: 8 UEFA Youth League training, all 6,500 volunteers are Dominique Maurer Chelsea FC retain their title at Colovray ready for action. External contributors: sports centre in Nyon. Rémi Langlois (FFF, page 18 Respect campaign 16), UNSS (page 23), Tony Pandovski (page 36), Kieran 12 UEFA Futsal Cup A new TV spot, especially for Russian debutants Ugra Yugorsk take the Martin (Scottish FA, page 42) EURO 2016. title in Guadalajara. Production: Touchline 20 Legacy 30 The Technician Printing: The organisers are doing Once goalkeeper for the Republic of Artgraphic Cavin Ireland, now technical advisor to UEFA, everything possible to leave a CH-1422 Grandson Packie Bonner talks to UEFA Direct about sustainable legacy. Editorial deadline: developments in goalkeeper coaching and 12 May 2016 24 Refereeing coach education. Cover photo: The 18 referee teams meet for UEFA 36 Special feature their last workshop before the UEFA Direct heads to Albania to see the tournament kicks off. developments, on and off the pitch, that have come together to help the Eagles to 28 For the record qualify for their first major tournament. How do 2.5 million spectators plan to get around in France? 44 News from member associations 04 – UEFA DIRECT • June 2016 CONTENTS 12 30 UEFA Sportsfile AFP/Getty Images 36 UEFA DIRECT • June 2016 – 05 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE UEFA KEY DECISIONS TAKEN IN BUDAPEST The UEFA Executive Committee held its latest meeting in Budapest on 2 May, on the eve of the Ordinary UEFA Congress in the Hungarian capital. ith EURO 2016 moving ever The UEFA Club Financial Control Body members closer, the committee heard about were also re-elected for a further four-year W the final phase of preparations term until 2020. for the tournament in France, and expressed full The use of a fourth substitution in extra confidence in the measures put in place time will be tested at the final tournaments to stage a safe, successful tournament for of the European Under-19 Championship all involved. The eagerly awaited finals, in 2016 (Germany) and 2017 (Georgia), the the first to feature 24 teams, kick off on European Women’s Under-19 Championships 10 June. in 2016 (Slovakia) and 2017 (Northern Ireland), The 2014–16 European Football and the European Under-21 Championship Championship regulations were amended in 2017 (Poland). In addition, the 2016 UEFA to reflect the recent decision to use goal-line Anti-Doping Regulations were approved, with technology at the final tournament. Goal-line amendments made to adapt to the latest technology will be deployed in France changes in the World Anti-Doping Code. The alongside additional assistant referees, with 2016 UEFA Disciplinary Regulations were also the officials now able to focus fully on penalty given the committee’s seal of approval, as area incidents.