The first round of the regional cup kicks off the competitive season in Upper Austria’s lower house of football today – but there is one new development that does not affect the start of the cup competition: The ÖFB and the Bundesliga announced yesterday Thursday that the “captain’s guideline” will also be introduced across the board in Austria from the new season.
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The concept, in which only the captains are allowed to communicate with the referee when important decisions are made, has already been tested at the EURO. It will soon be used not only in the Austrian professional leagues, but also in all amateur leagues. However, the new rule does not yet apply to the first round of the regional cup – the first round of the ÖFB Cup is due to start next week.
The Upper Austrian Football Association was somewhat taken aback when asked by OÖN: “So far we have not received any information at all about the new guideline,” says OÖFV director Raphael Koch, who is fundamentally convinced of the sense of the “complaint rule” but not of its short-term implementation: “We are starting the first round of the regional cup today. Everyone is allowed to speak to the referee then, but not in the second round of the regional cup next week. That is not an ideal solution.”
Thomas Prammer, Vice President and Chairman of the Commission for Referees at the OÖFV, is also surprised: “On Wednesday I was at a league meeting and told the clubs that the new rule is not coming yet. Since yesterday everything has changed.”
The background: Only a few days ago, UEFA confirmed that Austria would be included in the IFAB (FIFA Rules Committee) test operation. This means that the remaining weeks before the start of the championship in the Upper Austrian leagues will be particularly intense for Prammer and his referees: “We first have to prepare and train the referees for this change.” But one thing is clear to him: “You must always be able to speak to the referee in a normal tone.”
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