Referee Milorad Mazic (SRB, 40, photo) has been promoted by UEFA to the Elite Category. Matej Jug (SVN, 33) and Sergei Karasev (RUS, 34) have been promoted to the Elite Development, while Peter Rasmussen (DEN, 38) retired at the end of the last season. Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE, 34) has been promoted to the First Category, while Mark Courtney (NIR, 41) has been demoted to the Second Category. John Beaton (SCO, 31) and Stephan Klossner (SUI, 32) have been promoted to the Second Category, while Euan Norris (SCO, 36) has been relegated to the Third Category.