Damir Skomina
Slovenian football referee
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Damir Skomina (born 5 August 1976) is a Slovenian former UEFA Elite category football referee. He works as an analyst of referee decisions on Croatian radiotelevision.
Koper, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
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Skomina officiating a 2018 World Cup match | |||
| Full name | Damir Skomina | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
5 August 1976 Koper, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia[1] | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| Slovenian PrvaLiga | Referee | ||
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2003–2021 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Refereeing career
Skomina was the fourth referee at several UEFA Euro 2008 matches.[2] He refereed the quarter-final match of the football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
Skomina refereed the second leg of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League round of 16 match between Arsenal and Milan.[4] He also refereed in the Champions League quarter-final match between Chelsea and Benfica at Stamford Bridge on 4 April 2012.[5]
At UEFA Euro 2012, Skomina refereed three matches: two group matches and a quarterfinal between Germany and Greece.[6][7][8] Later that year, he was appointed as a referee at the 2012 UEFA Super Cup between Chelsea and Atlético Madrid.[9]
He was the fourth official in the 2013 UEFA Champions League final.[10]
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.[11]
He refereed four matches at UEFA Euro 2016, including round of 16 fixture between England and Iceland,[12] as well as the quarter-final match between Wales and Belgium.[13] He was appointed as the referee for the 2017 UEFA Europa League final, between Ajax and Manchester United on 24 May.[14]
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.[15]
On 13 February 2019, he cancelled a goal from Ajax using VAR in the first time of UEFA Champions League history.[16]
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.[17] 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.[18]
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.[19]
In August 2021, he retired as referee due to health problems, specifically issues with his knees.[20]
Selected matches
| UEFA Euro 2012 – Poland and Ukraine | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Match | Venue | Location | Round | Result | Yellow cards | Red cards |
| 9 June 2012 |  Netherlands –  Denmark | Metalist Stadium | Kharkiv | Group stage | 0–1 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 June 2012 |  Sweden –  England | Olympic Stadium | Kyiv | Group stage | 2–3 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 June 2012 |  Germany –  Greece | PGE Arena | Gdańsk | Quarter-finals | 4–2 | 2 | 0 |
| UEFA Euro 2016 – France | |||||||
| Date | Match | Venue | Location | Round | Result | Yellow cards | Red cards |
| 15 June 2016 |  Russia –  Slovakia | Stade Pierre-Mauroy | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | Group stage | 1–2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 June 2016 |  Switzerland –  France | Stade Pierre-Mauroy | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | Group stage | 0–0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 June 2016 | England –  Iceland | Stade de Nice | Nice | Round of 16 | 1–2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 July 2016 |  Wales –  Belgium | Stade Pierre-Mauroy | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | Quarter-finals | 3–1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 FIFA World Cup – Russia | |||||||
| Date | Match | Venue | Location | Round | Result | Yellow cards | Red cards |
| 19 June 2018 |  Colombia –  Japan | Mordovia Arena | Samara | Group stage | 1–2 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 June 2018 | England – Belgium | Kaliningrad Stadium | Kaliningrad | Group stage | 0–1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 July 2018 | Sweden – Switzerland | Krestovsky Stadium | Saint Petersburg | Round of 16 | 1–0 | 3 | 1 |
