UEFA has defined the new Referee Categories (Winter 2015/16) which includes for the first time Robert Harvey who needs no introduction to SKB followers. He played all his schoolboy football with the Club and managed schoolboy teams for us before leaving to concentrating fully on refereeing but despite his rise up the referees ladder he still helps us out when the need arises. His elevation to the third group of Elite European referees is the result of lots of hard work and dedication on his part and is another step on his way to the very top.
Elite Group
Martin Atkinson (ENG), Deniz Aytekin (GER), Ivan Bebek (CRO), Felix Brych (GER), Cüneyt Çakır (TUR), Mark Clattenburg (ENG), William Collum (SCO), Jonas Eriksson (SWE), David Fernández Borbalán (ESP), Ovidiu Alin Hategan (ROU), Sergei Karasev (RUS), Viktor Kassai (HUN), Pavel Královec (CZE), Björn Kuipers (NED), Szymon Marciniak (POL), Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP), Milorad Mažić (SRB), Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR), Bas Nijhuis (NED), Daniele Orsato (ITA), Nicola Rizzoli (ITA), Gianluca Rocchi (ITA), Tasos Sidiropoulos (GRE), Damir Skomina (SVN), Paolo Tagliavento (ITA), Craig Thomson (SCO), Clément Turpin (FRA), Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP), Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
First Group
Ievgenii Aranovskiy (UKR), Pavel Balaj (ROU), Luca Banti (ITA), Benoît Bastien (FRA, promoted), John Beaton (SCO, promoted), Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS), Kevin Blom (NED), Tamás Bognar (HUN), Serhiy Boiko (UKR), Marcin Borski (POL), Ruddy Buquet (FRA), Tony Chapron (FRA), Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP), Sébastien Delferiere (BEL), Christian Dingert (GER), Oliver Drachta (AUT), Aleksei Eskov (RUS), Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP), Simon Evans (WAL), Mattias Gestranius (FIN), Pawel Gil (POL), Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP, promoted), Hüseyin Göçek (TUR), Serdar Gözübüyük (NED, promoted), Manuel Gräfe (GER), Serge Gumienny (BEL), Arnold Hunter (NIR), Stefan Johannesson (SWE), Matej Jug (SVN), Jakob Kehlet (DEN, promoted), István Kovács (ROU, promoted), Ivan Kruzliak (SVK), Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR), Harald Lechner (AUT), Liran Liany (ISR), Robert Madden (SCO), Danny Makkelie (NED), Andre Marriner (ENG), Gediminas Mazeika (LTU), Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (ITA), Steven McLean (SCO), Michael Oliver (ENG), Halis Özkahya (TUR), Clayton Pisani (MLT), Pawel Raczkowski (POL, promoted), Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT), Artur Soares Dias (POR), Manuel Sousa (POR), Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD), Tobias Stieler (GER, promoted), Marijo Strahonja (CRO), Martin Strömbergsson (SWE), Anthony Taylor (ENG), Leontios Trattou (CYP), Alexandru Tudor (ROU), István Vad (HUN), Pol van Boekel (NED), Slavko VinÄiÄ (SVN), Tobias Welz (GER), Alon Yefet (ISR), Miroslav Zelinka (CZE), Felix Zwayer (GER)
Second Group
Anatoliy Abdula (UKR), Aliyar Aghayev (AZE), Thorvaldur Arnason (ISL, promoted), Ionut Marius Avram (ROU), Alain Bieri (SUI), Alexandre Boucaut (BEL), Kevin Clancy (SCO), Sebastian Coltescu (ROU), Nikola Dabanović (MNE, promoted), Andrew Dallas (SCO, promoted), Antonio Damato (ITA), Bastian Dankert (GER), Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP), Amaury Delerue (FRA), Neil Doyle (IRL), Svein-Erik Edvartsen (NOR), Andreas Ekberg (SWE), Fredy Fautrel (FRA), Bartosz Frankowski (POL, promoted), Marco Fritz (GER), Antony Gautier (FRA), Vlado Glodjović (SRB), Orel Grinfeeld (ISR), Marco Guida (ITA), Tore Hansen (NOR, promoted), Alexander Harkam (AUT), Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP), Sergei Ivanov (RUS), Adrien Jaccottet (SUI), Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR), Enea Jorgji (ALB, promoted), Georgi Kabakov (BUL), Mete Kalkavan (TUR), Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (GRE, promoted), Stephan Klossner (SUI), Artyom Kuchin (KAZ), Sergei Lapochkin (RUS), Jonathan Lardot (BEL), Richard Liesveld (NED), Robert Madley (ENG, new FIFA), Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP), Davide Massa (ITA), Dimitar Meckarovski (MKD), Vitaly Meshkov (RUS), Hugo Miguel (POR), Benoît Millot (FRA), Antti Munukka (FIN), Ville Nevalainen (FIN, promoted), Christos Nicolaides (CYP), Aleksei Nikolaev (RUS), Ali Palabiyik (TUR, promoted), Bojan Pandzić (SWE, promoted), Craig Pawson (ENG), Radu Petrescu (ROU), Nikola Popov (BUL, promoted), Lee Probert (ENG), Pavle Radovanović (MNE), Nicolas Rainville (FRA), Roi Reinshreiber (ISR, promoted), Alan Mario Sant (MLT), Sandro Schärer (SUI, promoted), Frank Schneider (FRA, new FIFA), Eitan Shmuelevitz (ISR), Daniel Siebert (GER), Daniel Stefanski (POL), Ivaylo Stoyanov (BUL), Padraigh Sutton (IRL), Stanislav Todorov (BUL), Kristo Tohver (EST), Andris Treimanis (LVA), Siarhei Tsynkevich (BLR), Michael Tykgaard (DEN), Paolo Valeri (ITA), Ognjen Valjić (BIH), Bart Vertenten (BEL, promoted), Ante Vucemilović-simunović jr (CRO), Carlos Xistra (POR), Anatoliy Zhabchenko (UKR, promoted)
Third Group
Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE), Alexandr Aliyev (KAZ), Sascha Amhof (SUI), Sándor Andó-Szabó (HUN), Dennis Antamo (FIN), Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA), Petr Ardeleanu (CZE), Alexandros Aretopoulos (GRE, new FIFA), Suren Baliyan (ARM), Veaceslav Banari (MDA, again FIFA), Sven Bindels (LUX), Deniz Ates Bitnel (TUR, new FIFA), Jörgen Daugbjerg Burchardt (DEN, new FIFA), Johnny Casanova (SMR), Fabio Costa Verissimo (POR), Raymond Crangle (NIR), Andrew Davey (NIR, new FIFA), Oleksandr Derdo (UKR), Vasilis Dimitriou (CYP), Nenad Djokić (SRB, new FIFA), Alain Durieux (LUX), Adam Farkas (HUN), Trustin Cann Farrugia (MLT, new FIFA), Juri Frischer (EST, new FIFA), Aleksander Gauzer (KAZ), Filip Glova (SVK, new FIFA), Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA, new FIFA), Sergio Filipe Grade de Sousa Piscarreta (POR, new FIFA), Danilo Grujić (SRB), Dag Vidar Hafsas (NOR), Markus Hameter (AUT), Nikolaj Hänni (SUI), Robert Harvey (IRL, new FIFA), Rahim Hasanov (AZE), Thoroddur Hjaltalin (ISL), Zaven Hovhannisyan (ARM), Dejan Jakimovski (MKD), Edin Jakupović (BIH), Jari Järvinen (FIN), Lorenc Jemini (ALB), Gunnar Jónsson (ISL), Fran Jović (CRO), Jovan Kaludjerović (MNE), Ferenc Karakó (HUN, new FIFA), Peter Kjaersgaard (DEN, new FIFA), Georgios Kominis (GRE, new FIFA), Laurent Kopriwa (LUX), Yaroslav Kozyk (UKR), Peter Kralović (SVK), Tvetan Krastev (BUL), Mads Kristoffersen (DEN), Giorgi Kruashvili (GEO), Georgios Kyzas (GRE, new FIFA), Nicolas Laforge (BEL), Erik Lambrechts (BEL), Kirill Levnikov (RUS, new FIFA), Tiago Lopes Martins (POR), Martin Lundby (NOR, new FIFA), Jens Maae (DEN), Orkhan Mammadov (AZE), Stavros Mantalos (GRE, new FIFA), Boris Marhefka (SVK, new FIFA), Bryn David Markham-Jones (WAL), Tim Marshall (NIR), Dimitrios Masias (CYP), Paul McLaughlin (IRL), Yuriy Mozharovskyy (UKR), Dumitru Muntean (MDA), Tomasz Musial (POL), Ola Hobber Nilsen (NOR), Glenn Nyberg (SWE, new FIFA), Pavel Orel (CZE, new FIFA), Dominik Ouschan (AUT), Anastasios Papapetrou (GRE, new FIFA), Erez Papir (ISR), Bardhyl Pashaj (ALB), Tihomir Pejin (CRO), Irfan Peljto (BIH), Anders Poulsen (DEN), Radek Prihoda (CZE), Zbynek Proske (CZE), Petur Reinert (FAR), Donatas Rumsas (LTU, new FIFA), Fedyai San (SUI, new FIFA), Joao Santos Capela (POR), Dzianis Shcharbakou (BLR), Lasha Silagava (GEO), Joao Pedro Silva Pinheiro (POR, new FIFA), Sergejus Slyva (LTU), Ryan Stewart (WAL, new FIFA), Roomer Tarajev (EST), Alexandru Tean (MDA), Vilhjalmur Alvar Thorarinnsson (ISL), Alex De Albuquerque Troleis (FRO, new FIFA), Alper Ulusoy (TUR, new FIFA), George Vadachkoria (GEO), Mikhail Vilkov (RUS), Ignasi Villamayor (AND), Vladimir Vnuk (SVK), Nikolay Yordanov (BUL), Fyodor Zammit (MLT, new FIFA), Mario Zebec (CRO, new FIFA), Mitja Zganec (SVN)
