Sergei Gennadjewitsch Karassjow

Sergei Karassev (2012)

Sergei Gennadjewitsch Karassjow ( Russian Сергей Геннадьевич Карасёв ; English transcription : Sergey Karasev ; born June 12, 1979 in Moscow ) is a Russian football referee .

Career

Karassjow made his first division debut in the Russian Premier League on April 6, 2008 in the game Krylja Sowetow Samara against Lutsch-Energija Vladivostok (2-1). In 2010 he was called up by FIFA , and he led his first international match on September 2, 2011 in the European Championship qualification when the 2-0 draw between Luxembourg and Romania . Since 2012 he has been assigned to the third highest UEFA referee category “First Group”. On February 14, 2013, he headed the Europa League first leg between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Lazio Rom (3: 3), in which he whistled three legitimate penalty kicks for the "foals". In the group stage of the Champions League 2014/15 he falsely whistled a hand penalty for Schalke 04 in the 90th minute when the score was 3: 3 , which resulted in the game being won 4: 3. Sporting Lisbon had previously made up a 3-1 deficit.

As a career highlight so far, Karasjow was nominated by UEFA in December 2015 as one of 18 referees for the European Championship in France . He also officiated at the 2016 Olympic football tournament in Brazil .

On March 29, 2018, FIFA nominated him as the only Russian referee for the 2018 World Cup . Anton Averianow and Tikhon Kalugin accompany him as assistants .

statistics

Use statistics

season	Premier League	Kubok Rossii	Europe League	Champions League	International matches
2007/2008	6th	0	-	-	-
2008/2009	14th	0	-	-	-
2009/2010	13	2	0/0	0/0	0
2010/2011	24	1	0/1	0/0	1
2011/2012	?	?	3/2	0/0	1
2012/2013	20th	1	4/1	2/1	4th
2013/2014	17th	1	2/0	4/0	0
2014/2015	4th	0	2/0	2/0	1
total	98	5	11/4	8/1	7th

Notes: List as of October 21, 2014. The division "x / y" describes the number of appearances in the competition on the left of the slash and the games in the respective qualification on the right. The column “international matches” lists all of these in the A area, both friendly matches and for World Cup / European Championship (qualification) matches.

Games with German participation

competition	date	encounter	Result
Europa League qualification	Aug 30, 2012	Hanover 96 - Śląsk Wrocław	5: 1 (2: 1)
Champions League	Oct 3, 2012	FC Schalke 04 - HSC Montpellier	2: 2 (1: 1)
Europe League	Feb. 14, 2013	Borussia Mönchengladbach - Lazio Rome	3: 3 (1: 0)
Champions League	Oct 21, 2014	FC Schalke 04 - Sporting Lisbon	4: 3 (1: 1)

Appearances at the European Football Championship 2016

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 15, 2016	Paris	Romania	Switzerland	1: 1 (1: 0)
Group stage	June 18, 2016	Marseille	Iceland	Hungary	1: 1 (1: 0)

Appearances at the Football World Cup 2018

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 26, 2018	Sochi	Australia	Peru	0: 2 (0: 1)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Russia: Football Officials - Referees. FIFA .com, accessed on 11 April 2013 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Sergey Karasev - referee profile 2012/2013. transfermarkt.de , accessed on April 11, 2013 . 
3. ↑ UEFA Referee Categories 2012/2013 (I). (No longer available online.) Footballrefereeing.blogspot.com, archived from the original on December 31, 2012 ; Retrieved March 26, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Referee - Sergei Karasev - bio. WorldReferee.com, December 28, 2011, accessed April 11, 2013 . 
5. ↑ 3: 3 - Peat Festival in Mönchengladbach! kicker online , February 14, 2013, accessed on February 18, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Sporting to ten - wrong hand penalty brings decision - Choupo-Moting brings victory in the last minute. kicker online , October 21, 2014, accessed on October 22, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Eighteen referees appointed for UEFA EURO 2016 , uefa.org (English). Retrieved December 22, 2015.
8. ↑ fifa.com: Referees - Olympic Football Tournament Men from May 2, 2016.
9. ↑ List of Match Officials for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. (PDF; 262 kB) (No longer available online.) FIFA, March 29, 2018, archived from the original on March 30, 2018 ; accessed on May 5, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.