UEFA Announces Referees for Euro 2024 in Germany

The UEFA Referees Committee has announced 18 referees, their teams of assistant referees, video match officials, and support referees, who will be in charge of the 51 matches of Euro 2024 in Germany. Among the list are also two Italian referees, Daniele Orsato and Marco Guida. Naturally, the assistants will also be Italian. The statement from the AIA The Italian refereeing school will be represented at the next European Championship by two referees, four assistants, and two video match officials. For EURO 2024, scheduled from June 14 to July 14, referees Daniele Orsato and Marco Guida, assistants Ciro Carbone, Alessandro Giallatini, Filippo Meli, and Giorgio Peretti, and the VMOs Massimiliano Irrati and Paolo Valeri have indeed been called up. 'It's an extraordinary result, the fruit of the great technical work that is being carried forward - commented the President of the AIA, Carlo Pacifici - It is indeed the international recognition of the value of the Italian refereeing movement, which is continuously growing in all roles: referees, assistants, and video match officials. At a global and European level, we have become credible interlocutors again. With the international components, FIFA and UEFA, and with many other international Federations, we indeed have constant and fruitful collaboration contacts. Within the staff, we have associates of great quality, protagonists today of the main international competitions, and young people who under the guidance of our technicians are growing and will represent the future of the Italian Referees Association.' Roberto Rosetti, UEFA's chief refereeing officer, stated: 'UEFA EURO 2024 is the pinnacle of European national football, with the best teams competing, and that is why we have selected the best referees to direct these matches. All the chosen referees have consistently behaved according to the highest standards in the main UEFA competitions and also in national competitions. They have prepared exceptionally well to cover this position, and we have full confidence in them to demonstrate their quality in the final phase of the tournament.' Preparation for Euro 2024 The preparation of the referees for Euro 2024 will include a course for all referees, assistant referees, and video match officials, which will take place in Frankfurt, Germany, in mid-May. During the tournament, the referees, assistant referees, and support referees will have their base camp in Frankfurt. The video match officials will be based in Leipzig, where they will operate from the International Broadcast Centre during the matches. The complete list of referees for Euro 2024 Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) Marco Guida (Italy) Istvan Kovacs (Romania) Ivan Kruzliak (Slovakia) François Letexier (France) Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Szymon Marciniak (Poland) Halil Umut Meler (Türkiye) Glenn Nyberg (Sweden) Michael Oliver (England) Daniele Orsato (Italy) Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) Daniel Siebert (Germany) Anthony Taylor (England) Clément Turpin (France) Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) Felix Zwayer (Germany)