Essam Abdel Fattah, head of the Referees Committee of the Egyptian Football Association, revealed the criteria for selecting referees for matches, confirming that the best will get the opportunity, while working to expand the base of ready referees to avoid repeating the assignment of matches to the same referees.
Abdel Fattah stressed the need to achieve justice in managing the matches of all clubs, explaining that the next stage will witness intensive preparation for the referees before the start of the new season, and that the selection of refereeing crews will be according to precise technical and physical criteria, ensuring that only the best are pushed to manage the league matches.
Abdel Fattah said, in press statements today, Thursday, that the Referees Committee will rely in evaluating the referees on technical performance, physical fitness, and refereeing culture, in addition to performance reports from the past season, to select the most ready elements to manage the new season's matches.
He pointed out that the camps will include explaining the latest amendments to the laws of the game, in addition to coordination with the Competitions Committee regarding a number of organizational amendments, which contributes to unifying the vision before the start of the Egyptian League competitions.
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The head of the Referees Committee confirmed that discipline will be the basic pillar for the success of the system, stressing that the Football Association, headed by Engineer Hani Abu Rida, is preparing a big surprise for the referees, which will be announced during the camps, as part of the plan to develop the refereeing system.
Regarding the principle of reward and punishment, the head of the Referees Committee said: "Any referee who makes a mistake will be held accountable, and that will be clear to everyone, and we will work on analyzing refereeing cases scientifically and announcing them to the public periodically, in support of the principle of transparency and developing refereeing performance."