2019-07-25
Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (FAM) hari ini mengumumkan bahawa Takuto Okabe, pengadil berusia 38 tahun dari Jepun akan mengadili Final Shopee Piala FA 2019, Perak lwn Kedah di Stadium Nasional, Bukit Jalil, Sabtu ini (27 Julai 2019).
Okabe akan dibantu oleh dua Penolong Pengadil yang juga dari Jepun iaitu Akane Yagi, 45, dan Osamu Nomura, 30.
Ini adalah buat pertama kali dalam sejarah, FAM dan badan pengendali Liga Malaysia, Malaysian Football League (MFL) melantik pengadil dari luar negara untuk mengendalikan aksi final saingan liga domestik.
Sementara pengadil tempatan, Razlan Joffri Ali, 34, diletakkan sebagai pengadil keempat atau pengadil simpanan bagi perlawanan ini.
Okabe yang merupakan pengadil utama bagi saingan J1 League telah menjadi Pengadil Persekutuan Bolasepak Antarabangsa (FIFA) sejak tahun 2015.
Beliau berpengalaman mengendalikan perlawanan pada Sukan Universiti Dunia (Universiade) 2015 di Gwangju, Korea Selatan, Universiade 2017 di Chinese Taipei dan Sukan Asia 2018 di Indonesia.
Selain itu, Okabe turut diberi tugas mengadili perlawanan-perlawanan Liga Juara-Juara AFC dan Piala AFC sepanjang empat tahun terakhir ini iaitu dari 2016 hingga 2019.
Yagi pula mula menjadi Penolong Pengadil FIFA sejak tahun 2009 dan berpengalaman bertugas pada Piala Asia 2015 di Australia, Piala Dunia B-20 2015 di New Zealand dan Kejuaraan B-23 AFC 2018 di China, selain perlawanan-perlawanan Liga Juara-Juara AFC dan Piala AFC dari 2015 hingga 2019.
Sementara Nomura, paling muda dalam kalangan tiga pegawai perlawanan dari Jepun ini, baru saja diiktiraf sebagai Penolong Pengadil FIFA pada 2019 dan telah diberikan tugas pada perlawanan Liga Juara-Juara AFC musim ini.
Ketiga-tiga mereka dijangka tiba di Kuala Lumpur, lewat petang ini.
Mereka turut akan hadir pada hari terakhir Kursus Kepengadilan MA FIFA dan Seminar Pengadil Piala Malaysia 2019 & Challenge Cup 2019 di Shah Alam, pagi esok bagi sesi perkongsian pengalaman bersama pengadil-pengadil tempatan.
Selamat maju jaya buat ketiga-tiga pegawai perlawanan dari Jepun ini dan semoga Final Shopee Piala FA 2019 pada Sabtu ini berlangsung dengan lancar.
Stuart Ramalingam
Setiausaha Agung Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (FAM)
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MEDIA RELEASE: FAM ANNOUNCES NAME OF JAPANESE REFEREE FOR THE 2019 SHOPEE FA CUP FINAL
2019-07-25
The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) announced today that 38-year old referee, Takuto Okabe will be officiating the 2019 Shopee FA Cup final between Perak and Kedah this Saturday (27th July 2019) at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.
Okabe will be assisted by two Assistant Referees also from Japan, Akane Yagi, 45 and Osamu Nomura, 30.
This is the first time in history that FAM and the Malaysian league governing body, Malaysian Football League (MFL) appoint foreign referees to officiate in a domestic cup final.
Meanwhile local referee, Razlan Joffri Ali, 34, has been named as the fourth official or reserve referee for the said match.
Okabe who is one of the main referees for the J1 League has been a Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) referee since 2015.
His experience includes officiating in the 2015 World University Games (Universiade) in Gwangju, South Korea, the 2017 Universiade in Chinese Taipei and the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.
Besides that, Okabe has also officiated AFC Champions League and AFC Cup matches for the past four years, since 2016 to 2019.
Yagi has been a FIFA assistant referee since 2009 and has experiences officiating in the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia, the 2015 U-20 World Cup in New Zealand and the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship in China plus AFC Champions League and AFC Cup matches from 2015 to 2019.
Nomura, the youngest referee among the three from Japan has just been recognized as a FIFA assistant referee in 2019 and has been officiating AFC Champions League matches this season.
The three of them are expected to arrive in Kuala Lumpur late this evening.
They will be attending the final day of the FIFA MA Refereeing Course & 2019 Malaysia Cup and 2019 Challenge Cup Referee’s Seminar in Shah Alam tomorrow morning to share their experiences with the local referees.
Good luck to the match officials from Japan and we hope that the 2019 Shopee FA Cup final this Saturday will go off without a hitch.
Stuart Ramalingam
Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) General Secretary