Orel Grinfeld ( he, אוראל גרינפלד; born 21 August 1981) is an Israeli
football referee. He has been on the
FIFA list of international referees since 2012, and took charge of his first international matches in March that year, officiating in two Group 1 matches in the
2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round. He has since gone on to referee senior matches, making his debut in the
UEFA Europa League
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group stage in
2015–16. He made his
UEFA Champions League
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debut in a
2018–19 group stage game between
Real Madrid and
Viktoria Plzeň
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Places
* FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of Viktoria Žižkov
* Viktoria-Luise-Platz, building in Berlin
* Viktoriastadt, now known as Victoria ...
. In 2019–20 season, he became the first Israeli referee to officiate a game in the UEFA Champions League knockout stage, in a last 16 game between
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and
Bayern Munich.
UEFA Euro 2020
This was Grinfeld's first appearance at a major tournament.
Grinfeld refereed the
Netherlands–Austria (
Group C
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It was designed to replace both Group 5 special production cars (closed top touri ...
) match.
See also
*
List of football referees
This is a list of current FIFA international referees. Years in brackets indicate when the referee was added to the FIFA International Referees List.
Afghanistan
Men's
Referees
* Halim Shirzad (2019)
Assistant Referees
* Nangyali ...
*
List of Jews in sports (non-players)
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References
External links
Profileat WorldReferee.com
1981 births
Living people
Israeli football referees
UEFA Euro 2020 referees
People from Kiryat Yam
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