Times Of Swaziland: HISTORY IN THE MAKING, 12 REFEREES FOR FIFA

HISTORY IN THE MAKING, 12 REFEREES FOR FIFA
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BY NTOKOZO MAGONGO on 08/01/2020 23:30:00


MBABANE – The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has
appointed 12 Eswatini referees for the year 2020.
They include referees and assistant referees for both men and women. They are
now part of the 2020 FIFA lists of referees and assistant referees. This comes
as good news for the country as in the two previous years, only two referes were
added to the FIFA panel and it is for the first time that such a number is
registered under the FIFA panel.
Growth
Eswatini Football Association (EFA) Marketing and Communications Officer Muzi
Radebe, said 2020 appointments reflected growth.
“Four referees have been appointed, which will now make it possible for an
appointment of two sets of referees from Eswatini to officiate in international
matches. This is a historical and significant growth in refereeing for the
country, which has in the current period been one of the strategic objectives of
the EFA; to increase our referees officiating internationally,” he said.
Radebe said in a similar wavelength, this also saw the appointment of a full set
of women referees for the first time with the appointment of two women referees
and the same number of assistant women referees, which signifies a steady growth
in women refereeing.
“EFA would like to express its congratulatory note to these referees; with the
growth being a motivation to the rest of the referees and aspiring referees. The
onus now remains with these appointed referees and assistant referees to work
hard and perform well internationally to fortify this growth for the country,”
he concluded.