Unprecedented decision from the Central Referee Board! FIFA badge referee will not be able to officiate in the Super League.

The new Central Referee Board, under the management of Ferhat Gündoğdu, has made its first major decision before the new season. The referees who will officiate in the Trendyol Super League in the 2024-2025 season have been announced, and FIFA badge referee Abdülkadir Bitigen has been left out of the list.

REFEREES TO OFFICIATE IN THE SUPER LEAGUE HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED

The names of the referees who will officiate in the Trendyol Super League in the 2024-2025 season are as follows:

• Zorbay Küçük
• Alper Akarsu
• Burak Pakkan
• Kadir Sağlam
• Burak Şeker
• Murat Erdoğan
• Ömer Faruk Turtay
• Bahattin Şimşek
• Oğuzhan Çakır
• Arda Kardeşler
• Cihan Aydın
• Ali Şansalan
• Ümit Öztürk
• Turgut Doman
• Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy
• Çağdaş Altay
• Mehmet Türkmen
• Mert Güzenge
• Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu
• Emre Kargın
• Halil Umut Meler
• Muhammet Ali Metoğlu
• Atilla Karaoğlan

13 VAR REFEREES HAVE ALSO BEEN ANNOUNCED

The VAR referees who will serve in the Super League next season have also been announced. Here are those referees:

• Mustafa İlker Coşkun
• Serkan Tokat
• Mustafa Öğretmenoğlu
• Özgür Yankaya
• Emre Malok
• Neslihan Muratdağı
• Onur Özütoprak
• Hakan Ceylan
• Kutluhan Bilgiç
• Alper Çetin
• Koray Gençerler
• Erkan Engin
• Bülent Birincioğlu

Meanwhile, the list announced by the TFF also includes the names of A-class assistant referees, B and C-class referees and assistants.

FIFA BADGE REFEREE ABDÜLKADİR BİTİGEN IS NOT ON THE LIST

FIFA badge referee Abdülkadir Bitigen, who officiated in the Super League during the second half of last season, is not included in the list for the new season. 25 referees who served in the league in the second half of last season have also found a place for themselves in the list this season. Abdülkadir Bitigen blew the whistle in the UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round match on Tuesday, in which Midtjylland defeated Santa Coloma 3-0.