Strebre Delovski (born 13 October 1975) is a retired Australian

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in the

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. He previously officiated in the Illawarra Premier League and during the A-League off-season has been refereeing in the

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competition. In 2005 and 2007 he was named NSW Premier League Referee of the Year. Delovski was the referee for the first leg of the 2009

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Final between Auckland City and Koloale. He was named A-League Referee of the Season at the 2008-09

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and Referee of the Year at the 2009-10 FFA A-League awards. Delovski was promoted to the FIFA referee panel in January 2009. He was scheduled to officiate a friendly match between

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and

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as part of his two-game assessment to join the Asian elite referee panel but the match was called off due to the

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. On 10 November 2012, Delovski was the 4th official for the final match of the

2012 AFC Champions League The 2012 AFC Champions League was the 31st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 10th under the current AFC Champions League title. Ulsan Hyundai from South Korea wo ...

match

Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League in ...

vs Al-Ahli SC in

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. On 20 April 2016, Delovski announced his retirement 'from active refereeing at the conclusion of the Hyundai A-League 2016 Finals Series'. On 4 April 2017, Strebre Delovski was appointed as one of the inaugural

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(VAR's) in the

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, the first top-tier football league in the world to implement the technology.

Career

Awards

A-League Matches

* 2005/2006 Season: 2 Matches (Including: 1 Pre-Season) * 2006/2007 Season: 2 Matches (Including: 2 Pre-Season) * 2007/2008 Season: 5 Matches (Including: 1 Pre-Season) * 2008/2009 Season: 16 Matches (Including: 1 Pre-season; Major Semi-Final 1st Leg; Preliminary Final) * 2009/2010 Season: 24 Matches (Including: Minor Semi-Final; Major Semi-Final 2nd Leg; Final:

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...

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Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was fo ...

) * 2010/2011 Season: 8 Matches (Including: Minor Semi-Final) * 2011/2012 Season: 21 Matches (Including: 2 Finals Matches) * 2012/2013 Season: 19 Matches (Including: 1 Pre-Season and 1 Finals match) * 2013/2014 Season: 17 Matches (Including: 1 Semi Final) * 2014/2015 Season: 15 Matches (Including: 1 Pre-Season) * 2015/2016 Season: 18 Matches (Including: 1 Pre-Season, 1 Semi Final and 1 Final (as

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)

International Matches

OFC Champions League * 7 March 2009:

Hekari United Hekari United, formerly known as POM Souths, Souths United, PRK Souths United and Hekari Souths United, is a professional football club formed in 2006, based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The club holds the record for most titles in the Pa ...

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Koloale Koloale FC, Honiara, is a Solomon Islands football club, playing in the Telekom S-League. They are based in Honiara. Their ground is Lawson Tama Stadium. Koloale FC has been one of Solomon Islands most successful clubs in recent years, winning th ...

(Group Stage) * 25 April 2009:

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Auckland City FC Auckland City Football Club is a New Zealand professional football club based in the suburb of Sandringham in Auckland, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Northern League (New Zealand), Northern League. Auckland City have established the ...

(Final: 1st Leg) AFC Champions League * 15 May 2012:

Buriram United Buriram United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด) is a professional football club based in Buriram, Thailand. The club has played at the top level of Thai football for the ...

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Guangzhou Evergrande Guangzhou Football Club, formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club, is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under the license of the Chinese Football Association. The team is based ...

(Group Stage) * 10 April 2013: Al-Ahli –

Sepahan Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی فولاد مبارکه سپاهان اصفهان, ''Bâšgâh-è Varzeši-ye Fulâd-è Mobârake-ye Sepâhân''), commonly known as Sepahan S.C., are an Iranian spor ...

(Group Stage) * 24 April 2013: Al Jazira –

Tractor Sazi Tractor Cultural Sports Economic Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی اقتصادی تراکتور, ''Bâšgâh-e Farhangi Varzeši Eqtesâdi-ye Terâktor''), commonly known as Tractor, formerly Tractor Sazi, is an Iranian football ...

(Group Stage) AFC Cup * 27 April 2011:

Tampines Rovers Tampines Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singapore football league system. Founded in 1945, the club have won the national league ...

– Hanoi T&T (Group Stage) * 10 May 2011:

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Chonburi Chonburi ( th, ชลบุรี, , IAST: , ) is the capital of Chonburi Province and Mueang Chonburi District in Thailand. It is about 100 km southeast of Bangkok, on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Its name means 'city of water'. Chonb ...

(Group Stage) * 6 March 2012:

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(Group Stage) * 10 April 2012: Ayeyawady United – Navibank Sài Gòn (Group Stage)

International career

East Asian Football Championship

In February 2010, Delovski selected to referee at his first international competition since receiving his

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badge in 2009: The East Asian Football Championship held in Japan. He refereed two matches including the final match in which

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played

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. The other match he refereed was between

and

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. Delovski was also

Fourth official In association football, an assistant referee (previously known as a linesman or lineswoman) is an official empowered with assisting the referee in enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. Although assistants are not required under the La ...

for the

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match. International Matches Officiated

References

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