After the appointment of Francisco Soto Balirac as new president of Technical Referees Committee At the beginning of July, thus relieving Medina Cantalejo after a very controversial era in Spanish arbitration with the slave As a peak, the Royal Spanish Football Federation He has made official the rest of his team on Monday with the novelty of the appointment of David Fernández Borbalán as technical head of the new CTA. Besides, Eduardo Prieto Iglesias It will be the new head of the VAR.
The two great bets in the new team at the head of the referees of Soto Balirac They are that of Borbalán as technical manager and Prieto Iglesias as head of the VAR. They are the two main novelties that have been announced this Wednesday since they will start the visible head when asking for arbitration responsibilities in Spanish football.
The rest of the Technical Referee Committee team will be formed by: Marta Frías Acedo (spokesperson and institutional relations), Yolanda Parga (female responsible), Álvaro Cid Bragado (Football, beach and wheelchairs) and Chema Alonso (Technological Innovation and IA). In addition, other former arbitrators are listed as responsible for different categories of Spanish football: Turienzo Álvarez (1st Division), López Acera (2nd Division), Pérez Lasa and Sánchez Marcos (First RFEF), Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega and Ávalos Martos (Second RFEF) and Villate Martínez (assistant referees).
Fernández Borbalán It has been several years out of the Spanish arbitration scene. But in the European plot he has had prominence as president of the Bulgarian arbitration commission during the 2024/2025 season. The former referee began in the elite, in the First Division, in 2004, being one of the first swords for 14 years, to which we must add another three years in the silver category and another five in the bronze.
Borbalán He arbitrated a total of 244 games in the First Division, directed 39 in Copa del Rey and three in the Spanish Super Cups. Between Champions and Europa League he was 38 times. In total more than 300 games in the elite … and being one of Barça's great talismans in its 14 seasons, between the 04-05 and 17-18 campaign, the last one. Fernández Borbalán He has in his possession the record of consecutive victories with the same referee of any other club, with a total of 15, in the hands of Barça.
