Damir Skomina
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Damir Skomina (born 5 August 1976) is a Slovenian former UEFA Elite category football referee. He is currently working as analyst of referee decisions on Croatian radiotelevision.
Refereeing career
Skomina was the fourth referee at several UEFA Euro 2008 matches.[1] He refereed the quarter-final match of the football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]
Skomina refereed the second leg of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League round of 16 match between Arsenal and Milan.[3] He also refereed in the Champions League quarter-final match between Chelsea and Benfica at Stamford Bridge on 4 April 2012.[4]
At UEFA Euro 2012, Skomina refereed three matches: two group matches and a quarterfinal between Germany and Greece.[5][6][7] Later that year, he was appointed as a referee at the 2012 UEFA Super Cup between Chelsea and Atlético Madrid.[8]
He was the fourth official in the 2013 UEFA Champions League final.[9]
Skomina was unveiled as the referee for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League second-leg semi-final fixture between Real Madrid and Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabéu on 4 May 2016.[10]
He refereed four matches at UEFA Euro 2016, including round of 16 fixture between England and Iceland,[11] as well as the quarter-final match between Wales and Belgium.[12] He was appointed as the referee for the 2017 UEFA Europa League final, between Ajax and Manchester United on 24 May.[13]
On 29 March 2018, FIFA announced that he would officiate matches at 2018 FIFA World Cup along with Jure Praprotnik and Robert Vukan as assistant referees.[14]
On 13 February 2019, he cancelled a goal from Ajax using VAR in the first time of UEFA Champions League history.[15]
Skomina was selected to officiate in the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final between English clubs Tottenham and Liverpool at Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid on 1 June 2019.[16] Skomina awarded Liverpool a penalty kick 20 seconds into the match after Moussa Sissoko stopped a cross by Sadio Mane with his arm with Mohamed Salah scoring the penalty for Liverpool, who went on to win 2–0.[17]
Skomina officiated the iconic 2019–20 UEFA Champions League quarter-final match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Bayern Munich won the match 8–2, inflicting Barcelona's worst defeat in 69 years.[18]
In August 2021, he retired as referee due to health problems, specifically issues with his knees.[19]
FIFA World Cup
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| 19 June 2018 | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Colombia | flag alias = Flag of Colombia.svg | flag alias-1861 = Flag of Colombia (WFB 2013).gif | flag alias-2004 = Flag of Colombia (2004 World Factbook).gif | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Colombia.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Colombia.svg | link alias-naval = Colombian National Navy | flag alias-army = Flag of the Colombian Army.svg | link alias-army = Colombian National Army | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Colombian Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Colombian Aerospace Force | flag alias-marines=Flag of the Colombian Naval Infantry.svg | link alias-marines=Colombian Naval Infantry | link alias-navy = Colombian National Navy | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Colombian Navy.svg | flag alias-military = Military flag of Colombia.svg | link alias-military = Military Forces of Colombia | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} – {{ Template:Yesno |
alias = Japan | flag alias = Flag of Japan.svg | flag alias-1870 = Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg | link alias-1870 = Empire of Japan | flag alias-1945 = Flag of Allied Occupied Japan.svg | border-1945 = | flag alias-1947 = Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg | flag alias-ryukyu = Civil ensign of the Ryukyu Islands (1952–1967).svg | border-ryukyu = | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Japan.svg | flag alias-coast guard = Ensign of the Japanese Coast Guard.svg | link alias-coast guard = Japan Coast Guard | link alias-naval = Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | flag alias-army = Flag of JSDF.svg | link alias-army = Japan Ground Self-Defense Force | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.svg | link alias-air force = Japan Air Self-Defense Force | flag alias-air force-1955 = Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (1955-1957).png | link alias-air force-1955 = Japan Air Self-Defense Force | flag alias-air force-1957 = Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (1957-1972).png | link alias-air force-1957 = Japan Air Self-Defense Force | flag alias-air force-1972 = Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (1972-2001).png | link alias-air force-1972 = Japan Air Self-Defense Force | flag alias-military=Flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.svg | link alias-military=Japan Self-Defense Forces | flag alias-marines=Flag of JSDF.svg | link alias-marines=Japanese Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Japan.svg | link alias-navy = Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | empty = Junior Japan | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} ||Samara|| Group stage |
| 28 June 2018 | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = England | flag alias = Flag of England.svg | flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg | link alias-naval = Royal Navy | flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg | link alias-navy = Royal Navy | link alias-cricket = England cricket team | empty = England Saxons | size = | name = | variant = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football
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alias = Belgium | flag alias = Flag of Belgium (civil).svg | flag alias-government = Government Ensign of Belgium.svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Belgium.svg | flag alias-1830 = Flag of Belgium (1830).svg | flag alias-1858 = Royal ensign of Belgium (1858).svg | flag alias-army = Flag of the Belgian Land Component.svg | link alias-army = Belgian Land Component | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg | link alias-naval = Belgian Navy | flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Belgium.svg | link alias-air force = Belgian Air Component | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg | link alias-navy = Belgian Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || Kaliningrad || Group stage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 July 2018 | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Sweden | flag alias = Flag of Sweden.svg | flag alias-army = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg | flag alias-air force =Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg | flag alias-1818 = Swedish and Norwegian merchant flag 1818-1844.svg | flag alias-1844 = Swedish civil ensign (1844–1905).svg | flag alias-1905 = Flag of Sweden (pre-1906).svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg | flag alias-naval-1844 = Naval Ensign of Sweden (1844-1905).svg | flag alias-naval-1815 = Ensign of Sweden and Norway (1815–1844).svg | link alias-army = Swedish Army | link alias-air force = Swedish Air Force | link alias-naval = Swedish Navy | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg | link alias-navy = Swedish Navy | link alias-football = Sweden men's national football team | border-army = | border-air force = | border-naval = | border-navy = | border-naval-1815 = | border-naval-1844 = | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
}} – {{ Template:Yesno |
alias = Switzerland | flag alias = Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg | link alias-army = Swiss Army | link alias-air force = Swiss Air Force | size = | size flag alias = 23x16px | sizebig flag alias = 25px | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || Saint Petersburg || Round of 16 | |||||||||||||||||
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External links
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