Global InformationStrebre Delovski information
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| Full name | Strebre Delovski | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
13 October 1975 Australia | ||
| Other occupation | Accountant | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2005–2016 | A-League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2009–2016 | FIFA | Referee | |
| 2010–2016 | AFC | Referee | |
Strebre Delovski (born 13 October 1975) is a retired Australian soccer referee in the A-League.[1][2] He previously officiated in the Illawarra Premier League [3] and during the A-League off-season has been refereeing in the NSW Premier League competition.[4] In 2005 and 2007 he was named NSW Premier League Referee of the Year.[5][6]
Delovski was the referee for the first leg of the 2009 OFC Champions League Final between Auckland City and Koloale.[7] He was named A-League Referee of the Season at the 2008-09 PFA Footballer of the Year Awards[8][9] and Referee of the Year at the 2009-10 FFA A-League awards.[10] Delovski was promoted to the FIFA referee panel in January 2009.[11][12] He was scheduled to officiate a friendly match between Manchester United and Indonesia as part of his two-game assessment to join the Asian elite referee panel[13][14] but the match was called off due to the 2009 Jakarta bombings.[15] On 10 November 2012, Delovski was the 4th official for the final match of the 2012 AFC Champions League match Ulsan Hyundai vs Al-Ahli SC in Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium .
On 20 April 2016, Delovski announced his retirement 'from active refereeing at the conclusion of the Hyundai A-League 2016 Finals Series'.[16]
On 4 April 2017, Strebre Delovski was appointed as one of the inaugural Video assistant referee (VAR's) in the Hyundai A-League, the first top-tier football league in the world to implement the technology.[17]
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- ^ "About Us". Australian Soccer Referees Association NSW.
- ^ GANDON, MIKE (6 December 2007). "Make-or-break time for Delovski".
- ^ "Sydney Morning Herald - The A-League playmakers".
- ^ "Football Illawarra - Soccer NSW Premier League Referee Of The Year 2005". Archived from the original on 28 May 2009.
- ^ "Football NSW - Supporting the beautiful game in NSW". Football NSW.
- ^ "The AFC - Delovski sets sights on AFC Elite Panel".
- ^ "Professional Footballers Australia". www.pfa.net.au.
- ^ "Moore Skippers PFA Team Of The Year". FourFourTwo.
- ^ "A-League Awards As They Happen". FourFourTwo.
- ^ ROOTS, CHRIS (7 January 2009). "Wollongong ref among FIFA's elite".
- ^ FIFA.com. "Education & Technical - Referees by Association". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007.
- ^ "Australian Soccer Referees Federation - Strebre to Referee Indonesia vs Man. Utd. Game".
- ^ "Ref Streb's Red Devils Gig". FourFourTwo.
- ^ RITCHIE, JOEL (17 July 2009). "Wollongong man lucky to avoid bombing".
- ^ "Hyundai A-League referee Strebre Delovski retires". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Hyundai A-League first to use Video Assistant Referees". Hyundai A-League.