Monday 04/Aug/2025 – 07:58 PM
The Colombian Oscar Ruiz, head of the main referees committee of the Football Association, renewed his adherence to the decision not to renew the senior referees who exceeded the age of 45 years for an additional season.
Details of an Oscar session with the Football Association regarding senior referees
Cairo 24 learned that the Board of the Football Association recently assigned two of its members to hold a session with Oscar Ruiz to discuss the file of the great referees, and to try to persuade Oscar to agree to extend some of the 45 -year -old referees for an additional season.
During the aforementioned session, Oscar reviewed some data on referees ‘ages in some foreign leagues such as the English Premier League and the Spanish League, explaining to the Football Association officials that the referees’ age average in the Egyptian league is large compared to those leagues.
Oscar Ruiz confirmed during his meeting with the Football Association officials that he wants to give the opportunity to the generation of young referees, to refine their experiences by increasing their share of the matches in the Premier League championship, to form a new generation of Egyptian referees that will be qualified to represent the Egyptian arbitration in a strong way in the continental championships and is used in the future in the international championships organized by FIFA.
The Oscar session with the Football Association officials ended with the adherence of the Colombian expert to his decision and his point of view on the great referees, to make sure that they are sufficient for what these referees presented in their arbitration career and not to extend them in the new season.
The list of senior rulers over the age of 45 includes a number of prominent names led by referee Mohamed Adel, Mohamed Youssef, Mido Salama, and Nader Al -Dawla, along with a number of assistants of the rulers.
The Referees Committee did not invite the senior referees to conduct the medical examination that precedes the season, nor did they invite them to conduct the physical tests held last week, as well as their absence from the referees camp currently in Alexandria, which was considered an implicit decision not to extend them in the new season.
During the recent period, some of the senior rulers who exceeded the age of 45 announced their final retirement, among these referees, Muhammad Al -Hanafi, Muhammad Al -Sabahi, and Atef Hussein.
