Preparing the referees for the introduction of VAR in UEFA competitions, the first VAR seminar for took place at the KNVB Replay Center in Netherlands, from 8-11 October 2018. UEFA selected 7 instructors and 24 referees for this VAR seminar. "It's perfect for our training, the technology is really great and we would like to thank KNVB for the opportunity to be here. This is very important, not just for referees, but for all football; our goal is to eliminate obvious mistakes from football and this training will help us to speak a better technical language", said Roberto Rosetti, UEFA Chief Refereeing Officer.
VAR Instructors
1. David Elleray (ENG)
2. Jaap Uilenberg (NED)
3. Werner Helsen (BEL)
4. Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
5. Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
6. Murat Ilgaz (TUR)
7. Gianvito Piglionica (ITA)
Participants
- Referees with limited VAR experience:
1. Aliyar Aghayev (AZE)
2. Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
3. Georgi Kabakov (BUL)
4. Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
5. Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE)
6. Orel Grinfeeld (ISR)
7. Gediminas Mazeika (LTU)
8. Andris Treimanis (LVA)
9. Ovidiu Hategan (ROU)
10. Istvan Kovacs (ROU)
11. William Collum (SCO)
12. Robert Madden (SCO)
13. Srdjan Jovanovic (SRB)
14. Ivan Kruzliak (SVK)
15. Matej Jug (SVN)
16. Slavco Vincic (SVN)
17. Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
- Referees with some VAR experience:
18. Craig Pawson (ENG)
19. Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
20. Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
21. Tobias Stieler (GER)
22. Davide Massa (ITA)
23. Serdar Gozubuyuk (TUR)
24. Pawel Raczkowski (POL)