Abroad pays off: judging in Europe has become the pinnacle of ambition - also because of the money

6,300 euros to Greenfeld for playing in the Champions League.

4,300 euros for Reinschreiber for a game in the Europa League, and the referees of the Conference League and the VAR also enjoy a high rate before impressive OHL expenses and high-level hospitality. In Israel they receive deadly reviews, so what wonder the referees are waiting for placements abroad?

Yaniv Tuchman

09/15/2022

Thursday, September 15, 2022, 3:00 p.m

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Gal Leibovich will referee tonight (Thursday) in Armenia the match between Pionik and Slovan Bratislava.

With him will be the judge's assistants Yossi Babaioff and Tallis Rostislav.

The fourth judge will be Nael Odeh.

For Leibovitch, this will be the first game in which he referees in the group stage in Europe.

A low-profile game in the Conference League, but it is still a significant promotion for him.

Leibovich is the fourth referee from Israel who gets to referee a game this season as part of the group stage of one of the European institutions for adult teams.

Last week, Oral Greenfeld refereed the match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Sporting Lisbon as part of the Champions League.

Roy Reinschreiber refereed last week in the European League in the match between Finnish Helsinki and Real Betis from Spain, Vigal Fried refereed like Leibovich tonight in the Conference League match between Sloven Bratislava and Zalgiris Vilnius.

Often makes mistakes in Israel, and still receives credit and handsome profits abroad. Greenfeld (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)

So far from his mistakes in the Premier League here in Israel, Greenfeld enjoys a special status in Europe.

He is the only Israeli referee who is ranked in the elite level in UEFA. Roy Reinschreiber is cataloged in tier 1. All the other four Israeli internationals are in category 2. As mentioned, these are Leibovich, Fried, David Foxman and Shanir Levy who refereed yesterday as part of the Youth Champions League match between Panathinaikos and Slavia Sofia.

In addition to the six international referees, Israel has eight international assistant referees who accompany the referees to the games and three international VAR referees. The three are Reinschreiber, Foxman and Ziv Adler who has retired from central refereeing and is considered by the Israel Referees Association to be the most valued VAR referee. Foxman and Adler were assigned last week to be the referees of the -Rinschreiber's VAR in his Europa League match Greenfeld had Dutch referees in VAR calling him to disallow a penalty in a match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Sporting Lisbon.

Judging in Europe is the pinnacle of judges in Israel.

More than status, prestige or reputation, it is extraordinary income.

Greenfeld received 6,300 euros last week for the game in the Champions League.

This is an impressive amount that does not include 200 euros per day for living expenses (going abroad is calculated as three days) and another 200 euros for general expenses. It should be noted that a judge who goes to judge abroad really has no expenses.

Here in Israel he enjoys taxis at the expense of UEFA. The flight will be in business class and in the city where he will judge he will enjoy a room in a luxurious hotel by himself, accommodation in reputable restaurants and of course close transportation. This is how it actually turns out that a judge who returns from abroad, returned with another 800 euros he received as expenses In addition to the impressive rate provided by UEFA.

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Reinschreiber (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)

As mentioned, Greenfeld is the only referee from Israel who accepts games in the Champions League.

Reinschreiber who is ranked after him and receives games in the Europa League enjoys a rate of 4,300 euros per game not including the related expenses.

The four Conference League referees ranked after them receive 3,800 euros per game.

The rate for assistant referees is of course lower, but it is still an impressive amount.

An assistant referee in the Champions League receives 2,450 euros per game and an assistant referee in the Europa League will receive 1,850 euros per game.

A VAR referee in the Champions will enjoy a rate of 3,000 euros per game and if he referees in VAR in the Europa League he will receive 2,200 per game excluding those 800 euros expenses.

As you know, there are no VAR referees in the Conference League.

By the way, the judges receive the money by transferring foreign currency directly to their bank account and at the end of the year they have to report this to the tax authorities.

Even the less senior judges make money.

Yigal Fried (Photo: Barney Ardov)

Just to illustrate, even though the euro rate is at a low point, Greenfeld enjoyed a sum of more than NIS 20,000 for the match he played last week in Germany.

Compared to the Premier League, this is an amount that is worth almost eight games that he will officiate here in Israel.

A top league referee in Israel receives NIS 3,000 per game.

Assistant referee and VAR referee receive NIS 1,500 per game in the Premier League.

Greenfeld, by the way, enjoys absolute exclusivity in the judges' union in appointing his entire team.

This is a decision of the professional committee in the union that allowed him to be the one who decides exclusively who will fly with him as assistant referees, VAR referees and a fourth referee.

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