CAF Champions League Final 2014 (Second Leg)

1 November 2014

ES Setif – AS Vita Club
Referee: Bakary Gassama (GAM, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Evarist Menkouande (CMR)
Assistant Referee 2: Dickory Jawo (GAM)
Fourth Official: Maudo Jallow (GAM)

AFC Champions League Final 2014 (Second Leg)

1 November 2014

Al Ahly – Sydney Wanderers
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (JPN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Toru Sagara (JPN)
Assistant Referee 2: Akane Yagi (JPN)
Fourth Official: Ryuji Sato (JPN)

Copa Sudamericana – Quarter-finals (First Leg)

29 October 2014 
Atlético Nacional – Universidad C. Vallejo 
Referee: Heber Lopes (BRA, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Marcelo Van Gasse (BRA) 
Assistant Referee 2: Kleber Gil (BRA) 
Fourth Official: Pericles Cortez (BRA) 
Referee Observer: Carlos Betancourt (COL)  

Estudiantes – River Plate 
Referee: Diego Abal (ARG) 
Assistant Referee 1: Ernesto Uziga (ARG) 
Assistant Referee 2: Ezequiel Brailovsky (ARG) 
Fourth Official: Germán Delfino (ARG) 
Referee Observer: Abel Gnecco (ARG)

30 October 2014
Boca Juniors – Cerro Porteño 
Referee: Víctor Carrillo (PER) 
Assistant Referee 1: Cesar Escano (PER) 
Assistant Referee 2: Raul Lopez (PER) 
Fourth Official: Henry Gambetta (PER) 
Referee Observer: Carlos Coradina (ARG)  

Sao Paulo – Emelec 
Referee: Enrique Caceres (PAR) 
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Caceres (PAR) 
Assistant Referee 2: Milciades Saldivar (PAR) 
Fourth Official: Julio Quintana (PAR) 
Referee Observer: Wilson Seneme (BRA)

Clattenburg axed after breaking Premier League rules

Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg will miss next weekend’s round of fixtures for breaking protocol so he could watch an Ed Sheeran concert. Clattenburg travelled in his own car to officiate the West Bromwich - Crystal Palace match in order to get back to Newcastle in time to see the award-winning singer-songwriter perform at the Metro Radio Arena last Saturday. Premier League regulations require the referee and his assistants to travel together to and from games for integrity and security purposes. 

Clattenburg also talked to Palace manager Neil Warnock while in his car, even though the Premier League code allows officials to speak to managers after a game only when all the assistants are present or with the permission of referees’ body Professional Game Match Officials. The PGMOL do not want a situation between manager and referee which might escalate to being one version of a conversation against the other. It is understood serial referee baiter Warnock had wanted to discuss with Clattenburg two incidents during the 2-2 draw at The Hawthorns, Wilfried Zaha being denied a penalty and a challenge by Craig Dawson on Julian Speroni that led to a goal and the injured keeper being substituted. 

The Premier League called it ‘an internal matter’ that Clattenburg had not being given a match before expected Champions League duties next week. 

Clattenburg has had a controversial career as an elite referee, including serving an eight-month suspension after an investigation into his personal life and business debts. Chelsea also made a formal complaint to the FA about his alleged use of inappropriate language towards John Obi Mikel, but the referee was cleared and the player disciplined. 

Source: Daily Mail

CONCACAF Women’s Championship Final 2014: Venegas (MEX)

26 October 2014  

Final
USA – Costa Rica 
Referee: Lucila Venegas (MEX, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Mayte Chavez (MEX) 
Assistant Referee 2: Emperatriz Ayala (SLV) 
Fourth Official: Maurees Skeete (GUY)  

Match for Third Place
Mexico – Trinidad & Tobago 
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (CAN) 
Assistant Referee 1: Marie Charbonneau (CAN) 
Assistant Referee 2: Marlene Duffy (USA) 
Fourth Official: Sheena Dickson (CAN)

CAF Champions League Final 2014 (First Leg)

26 October 2014

AS Vita Club - ES Setif
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (ZAM, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jerson Santos (ANG)
Assistant Referee 2: Bruno Tembo (ZAM)
Fourth Official: Wellington Kaoma (ZAM)

AFC Champions League Final 2014 (First Leg)

25 October 2014

Sydney Wanderers – Al Hilal
Referee: Alireza Faghani (IRN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Hassan Kamranifar (IRN)
Assistant Referee 2: Reza Sokhandan (IRN)
Fourth Official: Noor Mohamed (MAS)

UEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 3)

23 October 2014

Tottenham – Asteras Tripolis
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaš Somolani SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomaš Mokoš (SVK)
Additional AR 1: Richard Trutz (SVK)
Additional AR 2: Vladimir Vnuk (SVK)
Fourth Official: Ondrej Brendza (SVK)
Referee Observer: Luciano Luci (ITA)

Metalist – Legia
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Saulius Dirda (LTU)
Additional AR 1: Sergejus Slyva (LTU)
Additional AR 2: Jurij Paškovskij (LTU)
Fourth Official: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez (ESP)

Krasnodar – Wolfsburg
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Rui Tavares (POR)
Additional AR 1: Hugo Miguel (POR)
Additional AR 2: Cosme Machado (POR)
Fourth Official: Paulo Sares (POR)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

LOSC Lille – Everton
Referee: Manuel De Sousa (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alvaro Mesquita (POR)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Xistra (POR)
Additional AR 2: Marco Ferreira (POR)
Fourth Official: Antonio Godinho (POR)
Referee Observer: Vasyl Melnychuk (UKR)

Slovan Bratislava – Sparta Praha
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Gustavsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Joakim Flink (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Bojan Pandžić (SWE)
Fourth Official: Per Brogevik (SWE)
Referee Observer: Michel Piraux (BEL)

Young Boys – SSC Napoli
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
Fourth Official: Michael Annonier (FRA)
Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)

Aalborg – Dynamo Kyiv
Referee: Stephan Studer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Sandro Pozzi (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Sladan Josipović (SUI)
Additional AR 1: Adrien Jaccottet (SUI)
Additional AR 2: Sébastien Pache (SUI)
Fourth Official: Stephane De Almeida (SUI)
Referee Observer: Aleh Chykun (BLR)

Steaua Bucarest – Rio Ave
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (WAL)
Assistant Referee 1: Philip Thomas (WAL)
Assistant Referee 2: Edward King (WAL)
Additional AR 1: Mark Whitby (WAL)
Additional AR 2: Nick Pratt (WAL)
Fourth Official: John Roberts (WAL)
Referee Observer: Aleksei Spirin (RUS)

Dinamo Minsk – Guingamp
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Additional AR 1: Dimitar Meckarovski (MKD)
Additional AR 2: Dejan Jakimovksi (MKD)
Fourth Official: Goce Petreski (MKD)
Referee Observer: Marian Ruzbarsky (SVK)

PAOK – ACF Fiorentina
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Additional AR 1: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Additional AR 2: Robert Hartmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Robert Kempter (GER)
Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP)

Trabzonspor – Lokeren
Referee: Liran Liany (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Danny Krasikow (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: David Bitton (ISR)
Additional AR 1: Ziv Adler (ISR)
Additional AR 2: Menashe Masiah (ISR)
Fourth Official: Nissan Davidy (ISR)
Referee Observer: Drago Kos (SVN)

Rijeka – Feyenoord
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dag-Roger Nebben (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
Additional AR 1: Dag Vidar Hafsås (NOR)
Additional AR 2: Ola Hobber Nilsen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Leif Erik Opland (NOR)
Referee Observer: Stefano Farina (ITA)

Standard Liège – Sevilla
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Orkun Aktaş (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Hakan Ceylan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Serkan Ok (TUR)
Referee Observer: Ray Ellingham (WAL)

Villarreal – FC Zürich
Referee: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Çem Satman (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kemal Yilmaz (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Tolga Özkalfa (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Ali Palabıyık (TUR)
Fourth Official: Ekrem Kan (TUR)
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)

Borussia Mönchengladbach – Apollon Limassol
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Korniyko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Volodin (UKR)
Additional AR 1: Serhiy Boiko (UKR)
Additional AR 2: Sergiy Berezka (UKR)
Fourth Official: Serhiy Bekker (UKR)
Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)

Torino – HJK Helsinki
Referee: Stephan Klossner (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Remy Zgraggen (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Vital Jobin (SUI)
Additional AR 1: Alain Bieri (SUI)
Additional AR 2: Nikolaj Hänni (SUI)
Fourth Official: Johannes Vogel (SUI)
Referee Observer: Haim Jakov (ISR)

Club Brugge – København
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Child (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Lee Mason (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Fourth Official: John Brooks (ENG)
Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)

Partizan – Beşiktaş
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Marco Guida (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Andrea Gervasoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Referee Observer: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)

Celtic – Astra Giurgiu
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Gylfi Sigurdsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Sigurdur Thorleifsson (ISL)
Additional AR 1: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (ISL)
Additional AR 2: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (ISL)
Fourth Official: Gunnar Gunnarsson (ISL)
Referee Observer: Jan Fasung (SVK)

Salzburg – Dinamo Zagreb
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Davie Goossens (NED)
Additional AR 1: Dennis Higler (NED)
Additional AR 2: Kamphuis Jochem (NED)
Fourth Official: Charles Schaap (NED)
Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)

Estoril Praia – Dinamo Moskva
Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Shabtai Nahmias (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Amihay Mozes (ISR)
Additional AR 1: Eitan Shmuelevitch (ISR)
Additional AR 2: Daniel Natan (ISR)
Fourth Official: Oren Borneshtain (ISR)
Referee Observer: Gaetano De Gabriele (SMR) 

PSV Eindhoven – Panathinaikos
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ondřej Pelikán (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Antonin Kordula (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Petr Ardeleanu (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Michal Paták (CZE)
Fourth Official: Martin Wilczek (CZE)
Referee Observer: Oguz Sarvan (TUR)

Internazionale – AS Saint Étienne
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Jonathan Moss (ENG)
Fourth Official: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Referee Observer: Nikolay Levnikov (RUS)

Dnipro – Qarabağ
Referee: Libor Kovařik (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Krystof Mencl (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Paták (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Radek Příhoda (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Jan Jilek (CZE)
Fourth Official: Petr Blažej (CZE)
Referee Observer: Stefan Ormandjiev (BUL)

CONCACAF Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 6)

21 October 2014
Club America – CSD Comunicaciones
Referee: Mark Geiger (USA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Joe Fletcher (CAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Morgante (USA)
Fourth Official: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)
Referee Observer: Victor Moore (BRB)

Tauro FC – DC United
Referee: Roberto Garcia (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morin (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Hiran Dopico (CUB)
Fourth Official: Marlon Mejia (SLV)
Referee Observer: Jose Pineda (HON)

LD Alajuelense – Cruz Azul
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Hermenerito Leal (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Caleb Wales (TRI)
Fourth Official: Mario Escobar (GUA)
Referee Observer: Brian Hall (USA)

CD Olimpia – Portland Timbers
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Gerson Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Rene Ochoa (GUA)
Fourth Official: Juan Guerra (GUA)
Referee Observer: Mauricio Morales (MEX)

22 October 2014
New York Red Bulls – Montreal Impact
Referee: Hector Rodriguez (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Oscar Velasquez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Warner Castro (CRC)
Fourth Official: Jeffrey Solis (CRC)
Referee Observer: Elix Peralta (PAN)

Real España – CF Pachuca
Referee: Walter Quesada (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Fernandez (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Leonel Leal (CRC)
Fourth Official: Henry Bejarano (CRC) 
Referee Observer: Victor Stewart (JAM)

23 October 2014
Saprissa – Kansas City
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Ramirez (HON)
Fourth Official: Armando Castro (HON)

Leon – Metapan
Referee: John Pitti (PAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Williamson (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: David Barria (PAN)
Fourth Official: Jafeth Perea (PAN)

Copa Sudamericana – Round of 16 (III)

21 October 2014
Lanús – Cerro Porteño
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (ECU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Lescano (ECU)
Assistant Referee 2: Byron Romero (ECU)
Fourth Official: Carlos Orbe (ECU)
Referee Observer: Juan Crespi (ARG)

22 October 2014
Peñarol – Estudiantes
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cleriston Barreto (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabricio Vilarinho (BRA)
Fourth Official: Wilton Sampaio (BRA)
Referee Observer: Carlos Velazquez (URU)

River Plate – Libertad
Referee: José Buitrago (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Wilson Berrio (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Rivas (COL)
Fourth Official: Luis Sánchez (COL)
Referee Observer: Abel Gnecco (ARG)

23 October 2014
Deportivo Capiatá – Boca Juniors
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Diaz (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Alexander Guzmán (COL)
Fourth Official: Juan Pontón (COL)
Referee Observer: Cecilio Bejarano (PAR)

Three CONMEBOL referees failed fitness tests

According to Arbitro Internacional, three prospective referees invited to the FIFA Seminar in Chile failed the fitness tests. Apparently, South American referees have often fitness problems, a rare situation in other confederations. In the previous selection process for the 2014 World Cup, Brazilian referees Wilson Seneme and Leandro Vuaden lost their chances due to repeatedly failing FIFA fitness tests and were replaced by Sandro Ricci. This time, Patricio Loustau (ARG), Wilson Lamouroux (COL, photo) and Adrian Velez (COL) failed the FIFA interval test on 14 October. Two days later, Loustau passed the Yo-Yo test, while the results of Velez and Lamouroux are not yet known. The FIFA fitness instructor for CONMEBOL, Christian Rosen, was not present during the testing sessions, despite having travelled to the course in Chile.

Source: Arbitro Internacional

UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 3)

21 October 2014
Chelsea FC – NK Maribor
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Langkamp (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Mario Diks (NED)
Additional AR 1: Kevin Blom (NED)
Additional AR 2: Ed Janssen (NED)
Fourth Official: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Referee Observer: Matteo Trefoloni (ITA)

CSKA Moskva – Manchester City
Referee: István Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: István Albert (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Berretyán (HUN)
Additional AR 1: Sándor Szabo (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Zsolt Szabó (HUN)
Fourth Official: László Viszokai (HUN)
Referee Observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)

AS Roma – Bayern München
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Michael Lerjeus (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Referee Observer: Athanassios Briakos (GRE)

FC Barcelona – Ajax Amsterdam
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Damien MacGraith (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Graham Chambers (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Robert Madden (SCO)
Additional AR 2: John Beaton (SCO)
Fourth Official: Stuart Stevenson (SCO)
Referee Observer: Ryszard Wójcik (POL)

Apoel – Paris SG
Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Sovre (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Cristian Balaj (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Sebastian Colţescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Referee Observer: Jozef Marko (SVK)

FC Schalke – Sporting Lisbon
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Averianov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Additional AR 1: Aleksei Nikolaev (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Vitaly Meshkov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Nikolay Golubev (RUS)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

Bate Borisov – Shakhtar Donetsk
Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomislav Petrović (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Miro Grgić (CRO)
Additional AR 1: Domagoj Vuckov (CRO)
Additional AR 2: Goran Gabrilo (CRO)
Fourth Official: Dalibor Conjar (CRO)
Referee Observer: Sergey Zuev (RUS)

FC Porto – Athletic Club
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Roberto Ponis (SVN)
Fourth Official: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)

22 October 2014
Olympiakos – Juventus Turin
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB)
Additional AR 1: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
Additional AR 2: Dejan Filipović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Dejan Petrović (SRB)
Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN))

Atlético Madrid – Malmö FF
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Ul (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Mitja Žganec (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Dejan Balažić (SVN)
Fourth Official: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Referee Observer: Stephen Bennett (ENG)

FC Liverpool – Real Madrid
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Renato Faverani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Stefani (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Luca Banti (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Antonio Damato (ITA)
Fourth Official: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Referee Observer: Jean Lemmer (LUX)

Ludogorets – FC Basel
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Guido Kleve (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Häcker (GER)
Additional AR 1: Christian Dingert (GER)
Additional AR 2: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Fourth Official: Tobias Christ (GER)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)

Bayer Leverkusen – Zenit St. Petersburg
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Additional AR 1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Additional AR 2: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Fourth Official: Bas van Dongen (NED)
Referee Observer: Vaclav Krondl (CZE)

AS Monaco – Benfica SL
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Additional AR 1: Pawel Raczkowski (POL)
Additional AR 2: Tomasz Musial (POL)
Fourth Official: Radoslaw Siejka (POL)
Referee Observer: Pierluigi Collina (ITA)

RSC Anderlecht – Arsenal FC
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Fourth Official: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR)

Galatasaray – Borussia Dortmund
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Zoran Petrović (SRB)

Platini: white card and sin-bin

UEFA president Michel Platini says he would like to see the introduction of a sin-bin for players who show dissent by talking back to referees.

In his book "Parlons Football" (Talking about football), released on Thursday, Platini, a former top player, launches the idea of creating a white card, to go alongside the existing red and yellow ones, to be used specifically to send players to the sin-bin if they talk back to referees. He says the move would help fight against the "craze of contesting the referee" which has become "a veritable epidemic in football". He also said the white card would be followed by a 10-minute spell on the sidelines. "It should not be confused in any way with the yellow card, which for its part is dedicated to fouls within the game," added the 59-year-old Frenchman, a legend in his country due to his feats as a player in the 1970s and 1980s. The measure was one of a number proposed by Platini in his book, including increasing the amount of substitutes allowed during games from three to five. He said he wanted to allow "two changes at half time while maintaining the possibility to make three more during the course of the match". Another idea is to remove the minimum age requirement for referees, allow goal line officials to enter the field of play and to put an end to the so-called “triple punishment”, when a player concedes a penalty and is sent-off for a professional foul, with a goal often being scored as well (becoming the third penalisation for the defending team). Instead, he argues there should be "a double punishment: penalty kick and yellow card if the foul is committed inside the penalty area; sending-off and free-kick if the foul is committed outside the penalty area". 

Source: Yahoo Sports

UEFA Women’s Champions League – Round of 32 (Second Leg)

15-16 October 2014

FFC Frankfurt – BIIK Kazygurt
Referee: Vesna Budimir (CRO, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Sanja Rođak (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Lidija Kraljić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Kathrin Heimann (GER) 

WFC Zvezda – Stjarnan
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Judit Kulcsár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Hima (HUN)
Fourth Official: Jana Mazanowa (RUS)

FC Zürich Frauen – ŽNK Osijek
Referee: Linn Andersson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Anu Jokela (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Sandra Österberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Sandra Strub (SUI)

Fortuna Hjørring – CA Ouriense
Referee: Olga Zadinová (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Lucie Ratajová (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Zuzana Špindlerová (CZE)
Fourth Official: Tinna Christensen (DEN) 

AC Sparta Praha – Gintra Universitetas
Referee: Elia Martinez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Sara Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Lucie Šulcová (CZE)

NÖSV Neulengbach – MTK Hungária
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Anna Dąbrowska (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Katarzyna Wasiak (POL)
Fourth Official: Barbara Bollenberger (AUT)

FC Barcelona – Slavia Praha
Referee: Sara Persson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Anna Nyström (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Josefin Aronsson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Rocío Puente (ESP)

FC Rosengård – Ryazan VDV
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Panagiota Koutsoumpou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Chrysoula Kourompylia (GRE)
Fourth Official: Jilan Taher (SWE)

Olympique Lyonnais – Brescia Femminile
Referee: Teodora Albon (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Petruța Iugulescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Marilena Nan (ROU)
Fourth Official: Aurélie Efé (FRA)

Glasgow City – Medyk Konin
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Jekatierina Kuroczkina (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Sabina Walijewa (RUS)
Fourth Official: Erin Cunningham (SCO)

ASD Torres – ŽNK Pomurje
Referee: Karolina Radzik-Johan (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandra Prus (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulina Baranowska (POL)
Fourth Official: Francesca Di Monte (ESP)

Paris St. Germain – FC Twente
Referee: Morag Pirie (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Kylie McMullen (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Hayley Irvine (SCO)
Fourth Official: Jennifer Maubacq (FRA)

Brøndby IF – Apollon Ladies
Referee: Amy Rayner (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Natalie Aspinall (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Lisa Rashid (ENG)
Fourth Official: Frida Nielsen (DEN)

VfL Wolfsburg – Stabæk Fotball
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Brigitta Petz (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Katalin Török (HUN)
Fourth Official: Imke Lohmeyer (GER)

Linköping FC – Liverpool Ladies
Referee: Cristina Dorcioman (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Elena Țepușă (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandra Apostu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Lovisa Johansson (SWE)

Bristol Academy – Raheny United
Referee: Marija Kurtes (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Katrin Rafalski (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Moiken Wolk (GER)
Fourth Official: Paula Wyatt (ENG)

Copa Sudamericana – Round of 16 (II)

14 October 2014
Estudiantes – Peñarol
Referee: Enrique Osses (CHI, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Francisco Mondria (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Sergio Roman (CHI)
Fourth Official: Carlos Ulloa (CHI)
Referee Observer: Abel Gnecco (ARG)

Cerro Porteño – Lanús
Referee: Dario Ubriaco (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Nievas (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Gabriel Popovits (URU)
Fourth Official: Christian Ferreyra (URU)
Referee Observer: Manuel Bernal (PAR)

15 October 2014
Huachipato – Sao Paulo
Referee: Antonio Arias (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rodney Aquino (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Cáceres (PAR)
Fourth Official: Ulises Mereles (PAR)
Referee Observer: Patricio Basualto (CHI)

Universidad César Vallejo – Bahia
Referee: Carlos Vera (ECU)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Lescano (ECU)
Assistant Referee 2: Byron Romero (ECU)
Fourth Official: Diego Lara (ECU)
Referee Observer: Manuel Yupanqui (PER)

Boca Juniors – Deportivo Capiatá
Referee: Sandro Ricci (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Emerson de Carvalho (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo van Gasse (BRA)
Fourth Official: Pericles Cortes (BRA)
Referee Observer: Carlos Coradina (ARG)

Goias – Emelec
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Humberto Clavijo (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Wilson Berrio (COL)
Fourth Official: Juan Pontón (COL)
Referee Observer: Antonio Pereira (BRA)

16 October 2014
Vitória – Atlético Nacional
Referee: Diego Abal (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Hernan Maidana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Bonfa (ARG)
Fourth Official: Silvio Trucco (ARG)
Referee Observer: Manoel Serapiao (BRA)

Libertad – River Plate
Referee: Víctor Carrillo (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: César Escano (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: Jonny Bossio (PER)
Fourth Official: Miguel Santivañez (PER)
Referee Observer: Ubaldo Aquino (PAR)

Euro 2016 qualifying match Serbia – Albania abandoned

A 2016 European Championship qualifier between Serbia and Albania was abandoned on Tuesday after scuffles among players and fans on the pitch over a banner featuring an Albanian flag that was flown above the stadium by a drone. English referee Martin Atkinson interrupted the match in the 41st minute when Serbia defender Stefan Mitrovic managed to grab the banner and Albania players tried to protect it. Several Serbian fans invaded the pitch and clashed with Albania players. The Group I match was later abandoned "due to a disturbance on the pitch," according to UEFA, with the score at 0-0. "The Euro 2016 Qualifying match between Serbia and Albania has been abandoned and the circumstances will be reported to the UEFA Disciplinary Body," European football's ruling body said in a statement.

Albanian fans had been warned against attending the game between the two Balkan rival nations that have had turbulent relations — mainly over the former ethnic Albanian-dominated Serbian province of Kosovo that declared independence in 2008. "We wanted to continue the match, but Albanian players said they were not psychologically ready," Serbia captain Branislav Ivanovic said. Both Serbian and Albanian fans have a long history of violence and racial abuse. In October 2010, the Italy-Serbia European Championship qualifier was disrupted in Genoa by violent Serbia fans. UEFA eventually awarded Italy a 3-0 win. On Tuesday, the Albanian anthem was loudly jeered by Serbian fans and derogatory chanting was heard throughout the first half. Serbian supporters also threw flares at the pitch. The drone, clearly visible in the lights of the stadium, made a series of passes above the pitch. The banner displayed an Albanian flag and a map of so-called "Greater Albania," an area that comprises territory within today's Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and northern Greece. The banner also portrayed two Albanian nationalist leaders — Ismail Qemali, who declared Albania's independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912 and Isa Boletini, an Albanian fighter against the Turks. Fearing trouble, hundreds of riot police were deployed inside and outside the Partizan stadium in Belgrade. Dozens of Albanian fans, mostly from Kosovo and Montenegro, apparently managed to get inside despite warnings by Serbian security officials that they would be arrested if they carry Albanian symbols. On his Twitter page, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama congratulated Albanian players for their courage before the match was abandoned and added that he was "sorry for the neighbours who left a bad worldwide image with the ugly show". According to Reuters, Serbian state television reported that Olsi Rama, the brother of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, was arrested in the VIP Box for instigating the stunt and was found with a remote. “He was arrested on suspicion that he masterminded and executed the incident in which a flag with a map of greater Albania was flown over the pitch and the terraces, after which the match between Serbia and Albania was abandoned”, Serbian state television said on its official website. Bizarrely, the announcer at the stadium played Cher's “Believe” in an attempt to calm fans during the break, to no avail. After a delay of around half an hour, Atkinson abandoned the game. UEFA delegate Harry Been told journalists: “It is a regretful situation on which we will report; the referee, myself and the security advisor. The circumstances were such that we couldn’t continue the match. You all saw what happened and I cannot comment on who is to blame or what to blame. I will submit a report with my colleagues to UEFA and UEFA will decide what will happen further”.

Source: Daily Mail

Bomb attack on Cyprus referees office

A small pipe bomb exploded outside the offices of Cyprus’s referees association, according to police who confirmed a second attack on members of the profession in a month. The small-density explosive caused slight damage outside the Nicosia offices of the association at about 3.30 am, a police spokesman said. A fire bomb was recently thrown at the home of an assistant referee in the coastal town of Limassol. There have been no arrests.

Cypriot football occasionally experiences outbursts of violence and referees are regularly targeted. The most serious attack arrived in February when the Cypriot federation banned all first division games for a week after a bomb damaged the car of one their top officials, Leontios Trattou (photo). Police said the low-yield explosive device placed at the clubhouse entrance in the pre-dawn hours Monday caused minor damage. In a letter to the president of the Cyprus FA, Blatter wrote: “I would like to express my condemnation of the cowardly bomb attack carried out on the headquarters of the Cyprus Referees Association”. 

Source: The Guardian

UEFA U-21 Euro 2015 Qualifiers (Play-offs, Second Leg)

14 October 2014

Spain – Serbia
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Fourth Official: Robert Hartmann (GER)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

Italy – Slovakia
Referee: Steven McLean (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Gavin Harris (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Ross (SCO)
Fourth Official: Donald Robertson (SCO)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

Croatia – England
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Cano (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Fourth Official: Nicolas Rainville (FRA)
Referee Observer: Jozef Marko (SVK)

Germany – Ukraine
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Langkamp (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Joost van Zuilen (NED)
Fourth Official: Kamphuis Jochem (NED)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)

Portugal – Netherlands
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Fourth Official: Jonathan Moss (ENG)
Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn (GER)

Iceland – Denmark
Referee: István Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Istvan Albert (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Berettyán (HUN)
Fourth Official: Ádám Farkas (HUN)
Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)

Sweden – France
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaš Somolani (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomaš Mokoš (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Kralović (SVK)
Referee Observer: Vitor Melo Pereira (POR)

UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers

12-14 October 2014

Serbia – Albania
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Child (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Anthony Taylor (ENG
Additional AR 2: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Fourth Official: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
Referee Observer: Lutz Fröhlich (GER)

Ukraine – Macedonia
Referee: Sébastien Delferiere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Yves De Neve (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Additional AR 1: Jonathan Lardot (BEL)
Additional AR 2: Christof Dierick (BEL)
Fourth Official: Laurent Conotte (BEL)
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)

Estonia – England
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Siniša Premužaj (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Igor Krmar (CRO)
Additional AR 1: Ante Vučemilović (CRO)
Additional AR 2: Domagoj Vučkov (CRO)
Fourth Official: Ivica Modrić (CRO)
Referee Observer: Luciano Luci (ITA)

Austria – Montenegro
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Schaap (NED)
Additional AR 1: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Additional AR 2: Dennis Higler (NED)
Fourth Official: Bas van Dongen (NED)
Referee Observer: Jørn West Larsen (DEN)

Russia – Moldova
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Gunnar Gunnarsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Gylfi Sigurdsson (ISL)
Additional AR 1: Thorvaldur Árnason (ISL)
Additional AR 2: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (ISL)
Fourth Official: Sigurdur Oli Thorleifsson (ISL)
Referee Observer: Ryszard Wójcik (POL)

Sweden – Liechtenstein
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Additional AR 1: Nerijus Dunauskas (LTU)
Additional AR 2: Darius Petraska (LTU)
Fourth Official: Aleksandr Radius (LTU)
Referee Observer: Uno Tutk (EST)

Lithuania – Slovenia
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Karsiotis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Dimitris Tatsis (GRE)
Additional AR 1: Athanasios Giachos (GRE)
Additional AR 2: Andreas Pappas (GRE)
Fourth Official: Christos Baltas (GRE)
Referee Observer: Charles Agius (MLT)

Belarus – Slovakia
Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Frank Bleyen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Jimmy Cremers (BEL)
Additional AR 1: Erik Lambrechts (BEL)
Additional AR 2: Luc Wouters (BEL)
Fourth Official: Kristof Meers (BEL)
Referee Observer: Aleksei Spirin (RUS)

Luxembourg – Spain
Referee: Pawel Gil (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Piotr Sadczuk (POL
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Additional AR 1: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Additional AR 2: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Fourth Official: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann (SUI)

Kazakhstan – Czech Republic
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikko Alakare (FIN)
Additional AR 1: Antti Munukka (FIN)
Additional AR 2: Ville Nevalainen (FIN)
Fourth Official: Jukka Honkanen (FIN)
Referee Observer: Alan Snoddy (NIR)

Iceland – Netherlands
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Del Cerro (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Fourth Official: Marcos Alvarez Moreno (ESP)

Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz (TUR) 

Latvia – Turkey 
Referee: Robert Madden (SCO)

Assistant Referee 1: Alan Mulvanny (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Alasdair Mather (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Andrew Dallas (SCO)
Fourth Official: David McGeachie (SCO)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Radoman (SRB)

Andorra – Israel
Referee: Cristian Balaj (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Valentin Avram (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Marius Avram (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Cătălin Popa (ROU)
Fourth Official: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrković (BIH)

Bosnia – Belgium
Referee: Luca Banti (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Alfonso Marrazzo (ITA)

Referee Observer: Ilkka Koho (FIN)

Wales – Cyprus
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Guido Kleve (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Holger Henschel (GER)
Additional AR 1: Christian Dingert (GER)
Additional AR 2: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Fourth Official: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Referee Observer: Stefan Ormandjiev (BUL)

Croatia – Azerbaijan
Referee: Stephan Studer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Sandro Pozzi (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jean-Yves Wicht (SUI)
Additional AR 1: Alain Bieri (SUI)
Additional AR 2: Sascha Amhof (SUI)
Fourth Official: Vital Jobin (SUI)
Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)

Malta – Italy
Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Șovre (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Alexandru Tudor (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Sebastian Colţescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Mircea Grigoriu (ROU)
Referee Observer: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)

Norway – Bulgaria
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Nuno Pereira (POR)
Additional AR 1: Artur Soares (POR)
Additional AR 2: Carlos Taborda (POR)
Fourth Official: Nélson Moniz (POR)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)

Germany – Ireland
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Roberto Ponis (SVN)
Fourth Official: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
Referee Observer: Jean Lemmer (LUX)

Poland – Scotland
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Díaz Pérez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Raúl Cabanero Martínez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Javier Estrada Fernandez(ESP)
Fourth Official: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)

San Marino – Switzerland
Referee: Tony Chapron (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Lompre (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandre Viala (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Said Ennjimi (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Olivier Thual (FRA)
Fourth Official: Johann Perruaux (FRA)
Referee Observer: Gudmunder Jónsson (ISL)

Faroe Islands – Hungary
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitri Zhuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Evgeni Romanov (BLR)
Additional AR 1: Sergei Tsinkevich (BLR)
Additional AR 2: Denis Scherbakov (BLR)
Fourth Official: Vitali Malyutin (BLR)
Referee Observer: Peter Jones (ENG)

Finland – Romania
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Marco Guida (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Gianpaolo Calvarese (ITA)
Fourth Official: Giulio Dobosz (ITA)
Referee Observer: Oguz Sarvan (TUR)

Greece – Northern Ireland
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Laurent Stien (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
Fourth Official: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Petrov (UKR)

Denmark – Portugal
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Additional AR 1: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Additional AR 2: Marco Fritz (GER)
Fourth Official: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)

Gibraltar – Georgia
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Alain Hoxha (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Staudinger (AUT)
Additional AR 1: Markus Hameter (AUT)
Additional AR 2: Gerhard Grobelnik (AUT)
Fourth Official: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Referee Observer: Johannes Reijgwart (NED

Friendly
Armenia – France
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Miklos Nagy (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Aurel Oniţă (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Radu Petrescu (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Robert Dumitru (ROU)
Fourth Official: Vladimir Urzică (ROU)

FIFA Seminar for Prospective World Cup Referees: CONMEBOL & CONCACAF

12-16 October 2014, Santiago (Chile)

CONMEBOL
1. Patricio Loustau (ARG, 1975, photo)
2. Mauro Vigliano (ARG, 1975)
3. Alejandro Mancilla (BOL, 1979)
4. Ricardo Marques (BRA, 1979)
5. Wilton Sampaio (BRA, 1981)
6. Julio Bascunan (CHI, 1978)
7. Roberto Tobar (CHI, 1978)
8. Wilson Lamouroux (COL, 1979)
9. Adrian Velez (COL, 1976)
10. Roddy Zambrano (ECU, 1978)
11. Enrique Caceres (PAR, 1974)
12. Mario Diaz de Vivar (PAR, 1983)
13. Diego Haro (PER, 1982)
14. Andres Cunha (URU, 1976)
15. Daniel Fedorczuk (URU, 1976)
16. Jose Argote (VEN, 1980)

CONCACAF
1. Henry Bejarano (CRC, 1978)
2. Hugo Cruz (CRC, 1982)
3. Ricardo Montero (CRC, 1986)
4. Marlon Mejia (SLV, 1979)
5. Oscar Reyna (GUA, 1983)
6. Armando Castro (HON, 1983)
7. Hector Rodriguez (HON, 1982)
8. Valdin Legister (JAM, 1979)
9. Fernando Guerrero (MEX, 1981)
10. Cesar Ramos (MEX, 1983)
11. John Pitti (PAN, 1978)
12. Javier Santos (PUR, 1978)

UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers

9-11 October 2014

Slovenia – Switzerland
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (GER, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mike Pickel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Christoph Bornhorst (GER)
Additional AR 1: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Additional AR 2: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Fourth Official: Markus Häcker (GER)
Referee Observer: Michel Piraux (BEL)

Belarus – Ukraine
Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Davie Goossens (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Bas van Dongen (NED)
Additional AR 1: Kevin Blom (NED)
Additional AR 2: Dennis Higler (NED)
Fourth Official: Patrick Langkamp (NED)
Referee Observer: Draženko Kovačić (CRO)

Macedonia – Luxembourg
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Davide Massa (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Piero Giacomelli (ITA)
Fourth Official: Andrea Marzaloni (ITA)
Referee Observer: Zoran Petrović (SRB)

Slovakia – Spain
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Additional AR 1: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Additional AR 2: Ed Janssen (NED)
Fourth Official: Mario Diks (NED)
Referee Observer: Michel Vautrot (FRA)

England – San Marino
Referee: Marcin Borski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rafal Rostkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Additional AR 1: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Additional AR 2: Tomasz Waijda (POL)
Fourth Official: Krzysztof Myrmus (POL)
Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek (AUT)

Lithuania – Estonia
Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Javier Rodriguez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Martinez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Fernando Teixeira (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Santiago Jaime (ESP)
Fourth Official: Juan Yuste (ESP)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Vitkovic (CRO)

Liechtenstein – Montenegro
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (WAL)
Assistant Referee 1: Edward King (WAL)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Beckett (WAL)
Additional AR 1: Mark Whitby (WAL)
Additional AR 2: Huw Jones (WAL)
Fourth Official: Lewiss Edwards (WAL)
Referee Observer: Carlos Ferreira Matos (POR)

Moldova – Austria
Referee: Manuel De Sousa (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alvaro Mesquita (POR)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Xistra (POR)
Additional AR 2: Marco Ferreira (POR)
Fourth Official: Antonio Godinho (POR)
Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold (NOR)

Sweden – Russia
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Renato Faverani (ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Stefani (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Andrea Gervasoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Andrea Padovan ITA)
Referee Observer: Georgios Bikas (GRE)

Latvia – Iceland
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Matthias Winsauer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Additional AR 1: Rene Eisner (AUT)
Additional AR 2: Dominik Ouschan (AUT)
Fourth Official: Richard Huebler (AUT)
Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez (ESP)

Netherlands – Kazakhstan
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Ul (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Mitja Žganec (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Dejan Balažić (SVN)
Fourth Official: Andraž Kovacic (SVN)
Referee Observer: Sergey Zuev (RUS)

Turkey – Czech Republic
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Daniel Gustavsson (SWE)
Referee Observer: Domenico Messina (ITA)

Belgium – Andorra
Referee: Serhiy Boiko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Voytyuk (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Korniyko (UKR)
Additional AR 1: Yevhen Aranovskiy (UKR)
Additional AR 2: Anatoliy Abdula (UKR)
Fourth Official: Serhiy Bekker (UKR)
Referee Observer: Leif Lindberg (SWE)

Cyprus – Israel
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Gianluca Cariolato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Antonio Damato (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Carmine Russo (ITA)
Fourth Official: Alessandro Petrella (ITA)
Referee Observer: Horst Brummeier (AUT)

Wales – Bosnia
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Nikolai Golubev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Additional AR 1: Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Mikhail Vilkov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Valeri Danchenko (RUS)
Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)

Bulgaria – Croatia
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Jon Nunez Fernandez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP)
Fourth Official: Roberto Díaz Pérez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)

Italy – Azerbaijan
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Orkun Aktaş (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Hakan Ceylan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Serkan Ok (TUR)
Referee Observer: Alan Freeland (SCO)

Malta – Norway
Referee: Antony Gautier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Annonier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Philippe Jeanne (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Benoit Bastien (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Sebastien Desiage (FRA)
Fourth Official: Eric Danizan (FRA)
Referee Observer: Dani Koren (ISR)

Ireland – Gibraltar
Referee: Leontios Trattou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Soteriou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: Charalambos Charalambous (CYP)
Additional AR 1: Christos Nicolaides (CYP)
Additional AR 2: Vasilis Dimitriou (CYP)
Fourth Official: Sotiris Viktoros (CYP)
Referee Observer: Günter Benkö (AUT)

Scotland – Georgia
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ondřej Pelikán (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Krystof Mencl (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Radek Příhoda (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Michal Paták (CZE)
Fourth Official: Antonin Kordula (CZE)
Referee Observer: Jan Wegereef (NED)

Armenia – Serbia
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dag-Roger Nebben (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
Additional AR 1: Dag Vidar Hafsås (NOR)
Additional AR 2: Ola Hobber Nilsen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Magnus Lundberg (NOR)
Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)

Romania – Hungary
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: William Conquer (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Graham Chambers (SCO)
Additional AR 1: John Beaton (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Brian Colvin (SCO)
Fourth Official: Francis Connor (SCO)
Referee Observer: Manuel Lopez Fernandez (ESP)

Finland – Greece
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Jon Canelo Prieto (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Mario Melero López (ESP)
Fourth Official: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Referee Observer: Patrick Kelly (IRL)

Northern Ireland – Faroe Islands
Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Danny Krasikow (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Amihay Mozes (ISR)
Additional AR 1: Eli Hacmon (ISR)
Additional AR 2: Daniel Natan (ISR)
Fourth Official: Sharon Eyal (ISR)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)

Albania – Denmark
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Additional AR 1: Tamás Bognar (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Mihaly Fabian (HUN)
Fourth Official: Robert Kispal (HUN)
Referee Observer: Kyros Georgiou (CYP)

Poland – Germany
Referee: Pedro Proença (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tiago Trigo (POR)
Additional AR 1: João Capela (POR)
Additional AR 2: Bruno Esteves (POR)
Fourth Official: Luis Campos (POR)
Referee Observer: Kaj Østergaard (DEN)

Friendly
France – Portugal
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Additional AR 1: Tomasz Musiał (POL)
Additional AR 2: Pawel Pskit (POL)
Fourth Official: Radosław Siejka (POL)

UEFA U-21 Euro 2015 Qualifiers (Play-offs, First Leg)

9-10 October 2014

Netherlands – Portugal
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Christos Akrivos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Polychronis Kostaras (GRE)
Fourth Official: Ilias Spathas (GRE)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)

Serbia – Spain
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Averianov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Sergei Lapochkin (RUS)
Referee Observer: László Vagner (HUN)

Slovakia – Italy
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Bruno Rodrigues (POR)
Fourth Official: Cosme Machado (POR)
Referee Observer: Jaap Uilenberg (NED)

Ukraine – Germany
Referee: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Çem Satman (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ekrem Kan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Ali Palabıyık (TUR)
Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Denmark – Iceland
Referee: Liran Liany (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: David Biton (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Dvir Shimon (ISR)
Fourth Official: Erez Papir (ISR)
Referee Observer: Vaclav Krondl (CZE)

England – Croatia
Referee: Javier Estrada Fernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: José Miranda (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Francisco Martín (ESP)
Fourth Official: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias (ESP)
Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)

France – Sweden
Referee: Kenn Hansen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Rix (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: David Andersen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Jens Maae (DEN)
Referee Observer: Michael Riley (ENG)

UEFA Women’s Champions League – Round of 32 (First Leg)

8-9 October 2014

Apollon Ladies – Brøndby IF
Referee: Petra Chudá (SVK, photo)

BIIK Kazygurt – FFC Frankfurt
Referee: Séverine Zinck (FRA)

Ryazan VDV – FC Rosengård
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (GER)

Medyk Konin – Glasgow City
Referee: Sandra Bastos (POR)

Gintra Universitetas – Sparta Praha
Referee: Sharon Sluyts (BEL)

Stabæk Fotball – VfL Wolfsburg
Referee: Jana Adámková (CZE)

MTK Hungária – NÖSV Neulengbach
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (FRA)

ŽNK Osijek - FC Zürich Frauen
Referee: Sofia Karagiorgi (CYP)

Slavia Praha – FC Barcelona
Referee: Kateryna Zora (UKR)

ŽNK Pomurje – ASD Torres
Referee: Rhona Daly (IRL)

FC Twente – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Riem Hussein (GER)

Liverpool Ladies – Linköping FC
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (UKR)

CA Ouriense – Fortuna Hjørring
Referee: Zuzana Kováčová (SVK)

Stjarnan – WFC Zvezda
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI)

Brescia Femminile – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (SWE)

Raheny United – Bristol Academy
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (GRE)

FIFA Referees Committee 2014-2015

FIFA has recently made two changes to their Referees Committee for the next two years. In the Competition section, Carlos Batres (GUA) has been replaced by Alfredo Whittaker (CAY, photo), while Pierre Mounguengui (GAB) replaced Belaid Lacarne (ALG) in the Development section.

Chairman
Jim Boyce (NIR)

Deputy Chairman
Zhang Jilong (CHN)

Members - Competition
1. Worawi Makudi (THA)
2. Carlos Alarcon (PAR)
3. Rahman Al Delawar (BHR)
4. Lee Harmon (COK)
5. Ingrid Jonsson (SWE)
6. Toru Kamikawa (JPN)
7. Jorge Larrionda (URU)
8. Peter Mikkelsen (DEN)
9. Celestin Ntagungira (RWA) 
10. Jorge Romo (ARG)
11. Badara Sene (SEN)
12. Magdi Shams Eldin (SUD)

13. Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)
14. Alfredo Whittaker (CAY)
15. Terence Babwah (TRI) - Medical

Members - Development
1. Michal Listkiewicz (POL)
2. Ted Howard (USA)
3. Katriina Elovirta (FIN)
4. Jacqueline Leleu (AUS)
5. Lambert Maltock (VAN)
6. Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (MAS)
7. Pierre Mounguengui (GAB)
8. Michael Riley (ENG)
9. Oscar Ruiz (COL)
10. Hector Vergara (CAN)
11. James Sekajugo (UGA) - Medical

UEFA training for AARs

The deployment of additional assistant referees (AARs) in UEFA's major club and national team competitions is now being underpinned with specific training to further improve the match officials who are making the system such a success. UEFA has held its inaugural course for additional assistant refereeing in Nyon, with 40 officials who undertake this duty at European matches invited for two days of feedback, analysis and training sessions designed to review how the AAR system has proved its worth since its introduction, and how the system and AARs' work can be fine-tuned for the future. Under the system, the referee, two assistants and fourth official are joined by two additional assistant referees positioned alongside each goal, with the particular brief to watch for penalty-area incidents such as pushing or holding, or to decide whether the ball has crossed the line for a goal.

The experiment with additional assistant referees began in 2008. Following trial use in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup, football's lawmakers – the International Football Association Board (IFAB) – agreed in July 2012 that the use of two AARs should be anchored in the Laws of the Game, and UEFA is now deploying the system in its club competitions.

UEFA chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina was joined in Nyon by deputy officers Hugh Dallas and Marc Batta to guide 40 AARs from across Europe through the course. UEFA's referee fitness and training expert Werner Helsen was on hand with his team to take the training exercises. Dallas emphasised the positive results that have emerged from the implementation of the AAR system. "We've seen a huge reduction in errors on offside decisions by assistant referees, because the assistant referee is concentrating solely on [that]," he said. "He doesn't need to worry about foul play in the penalty area. The [AAR] has brought more control in the penalty area for the referee – we are seeing fewer infringements, and a huge reduction in holding and pulling [there], because of the preventative action that AARs take. In addition, the referee feels a lot more comfortable because the penalty area is much more under control." At the Nyon course, the AARs were given expert guidance in areas such as positioning, focus, concentration and anticipation, movement and active behaviour on the goal line, and the need for clear, concise communication and effective teamwork with the referee. "Additional assistant referees play such an important role in UEFA's top club competitions, so it's vital that we continue to educate them and assess their abilities," said Dallas. "There are additional [training] benefits, in that some of the officials here are not AARs; they are referees who are also operating with AARs. We need to make sure that AARs are prepared to the highest level, so we are working on several aspects. As a referee, you follow the ball. What we're trying to do is train a splitting of focus. The referee and AAR have to know who is watching what, such as when things are happening off the ball. We need to make sure that two officials do not watch the same area. One official should be looking at the next phase of play, so we're especially trying to train anticipation of what's going to happen next. The role of AARs is totally different to assistant referees and referees from a physical point of view," Werner Helen reflected. "In terms of perception and decision-making, they have a very important role to play, and this is where our expertise comes in. The very small details are important, such as the position of the head in the event of 'goal/no goal' decisions. A movement of the head of five centimetres can actually make a big difference. When AARs have to decide whether the ball has crossed the goal line, they should be able to draw a line from the back side of the first post to the back side of the second post. If they can do this, they will be in a perfect position to judge if the ball has fully crossed the line or not." UEFA's training for AARs now also involves online and special website preparation though the study of match incidents and situations. "It became clear that this is a 'practice-poor' environment," Helsen explained. "Officials have used matches to learn and gain experience. What we now want to do is give them additional tools to gain very important experience before they go on to the pitch. The [AARs] have been asked to log on to the website and address 60 incidents online. We were able to follow the results, and [in Nyon], they have been given feedback on how they did." Collina offered positive encouragement and insight to the participants. "UEFA trusts this system very much, we are convinced of its benefits," he said. "We have already seen important [on-field] decisions taken thanks to the AARs; you are helping the referee to have better control. But we must always look for improvement. We feel that working with you will help improve your performances because you are part of a team – a very important part". 

Source: UEFA

Denoncourt to leave FIFA for CONCACAF

Sonia Denoncourt will be leaving FIFA in December, after nine years of leading the Women’s Refereeing. She will return to North America as the new Director of the CONCACAF Referee Department, position vacated by Brian Hall.

Denoncourt refereed the women's Olympic Final in Sydney, Australia, in 2000, between the United States and Norway. Sonia was also the first person to referee a game at the first ever Women’s Olympic Football Tournament. She started refereeing in 1978 and worked her way up until she reached the international level, spending 10 years (1994-2004) on the FIFA List. In the second Women's World Cup in Sweden, in 1995, she refereed three games and in 1996 another three games, including the opening game, quarter final and semi-final. Later, also in 1996, she became the first woman to referee a men’s first division game in El Salvador and in 1997 a men's first division game in Brazil. In 1999, she did the opening game of the Women's World Cup at Giants Stadium in New York. During the 2003 Women's World Cup, Sonia refereed the semi-final between Germany and the United States. In terms of international appearances she refereed over 100 games. Not being selected for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, she announced her retirement from refereeing in July 2004 and the following year was appointed as a FIFA referee instructor. Denoncourt started her work in administration in 2001, as the Director of Referee Development for the Canadian Soccer Association. Sonia held that position until 2005, when she became the Head of FIFA Women’s Refereeing.

UEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

2 October 2014

VfL Wolfsburg – LOSC Lille
Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (ROU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Sovre (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Cristian Balaj (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Sebastian Coltescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Mihai Artene (ROU)
Referee Observer: Patrick Kelly (IRL)

Dinamo Moskva – PSV Eindhoven
Referee: Marcin Borski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rafal Rostkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Additional AR 1: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Additional AR 2: Tomasz Wajda (POL)
Fourth Official: Krzysztof Myrmus (POL)
Referee Observer: Gevorg Hovhannisyan (ARM)

Krasnodar – Everton
Referee: Hüseyin Göcek (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eysoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Orkun Aktas (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Ali Palabiyik (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Hakan Ceylan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Serkan Ok (TUR)
Referee Observer: Juan Fernandez Marin (ESP)

Sparta Praha – Young Boys
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Karsiotis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Christos Baltas (GRE)
Additional AR 1: Stavros Tritsonis (GRE)
Additional AR 2: Athanasios Giachos (GRE)
Fourth Official: Chrysoula Kourompylia (GRE)
Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)

Slovan Bratislava – SSC Napoli
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Sinisa Premuzaj (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Igor Krmar (CRO)
Additional AR 1: Ante Vucemilovic-Simunovic (CRO)
Additional AR 2: Fran Jovic (CRO)
Fourth Official: Ivica Modric (CRO)
Referee Observer: Georgios Bikas (GRE)

Dynamo Kyiv – Steaua București
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Mattias Winsauer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Additional AR 1: Rene Eisner (AUT)
Additional AR 2: Dominik Ouschan (AUT)
Fourth Official: Richard Huebler (AUT)
Referee Observer: Gerard Perry (IRL)

Aalborg – Rio Ave
Referee: Tony Chapron (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Philippe Jeanne (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Lompre (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Said Ennjimi (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
Fourth Official: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Referee Observer: Donald McVicar (SCO)

Guingamp – PAOK
Referee: Gediminas Mazeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Simkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Additional AR 1: Sergejus Slyva (LTU)
Additional AR 2: Jurij Paskovskij (LTU)
Fourth Official: Saulius Dirda (LTU)
Referee Observer: Muharrem Aksoy (TUR)

Dinamo Minsk – ACF Fiorentina
Referee: Pawel Gil (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Piotr Sadczuk (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Additional AR 1: Pawel Raczkowski (POL)
Additional AR 2: Tomasz Musial (POL)
Fourth Official: Konrad Sapela (SUI)
Referee Observer: Nuno Castro (POR)

Lokeren – Metalist Kharkiv
Referee: Stephan Studer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Sandro Pozzi (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jean-Yves Wicht (SUI)
Additional AR 1: Alan Bieri (SUI)
Additional AR 2: Stephan Klossner (SUI)
Fourth Official: Vital Jobin (SUI)
Referee Observer: Uno Tutk (EST)

Trabzonspor – Legia Warszawa
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Toth (HUN)
Additional AR 1: Tamás Bognar (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Mihaly Fabian (HUN)
Fourth Official: Robert Kispal (HUN)
Referee Observer: Christer Fällström (SWE)

Feyenoord – Standard Liège
Referee: Manuel De Sousa (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alvaro Mesquita (POR)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Xistra (POR)
Additional AR 2: Joao Capela (POR)
Fourth Official: Antonio Godinho (POR)
Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP)

HNK Rijeka – Sevilla FC
Referee: Kenn Hansen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Rix (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: David Andersen (DEN)
Additional AR 1: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Additional AR 2: Mads Kristoffersen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Henrik Larsen (DEN)
Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR)

Estoril Praia – Panathinaikos
Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Frank Bleyen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Kristof Meers (BEL)
Additional AR 1: Alexandre Bocaut (BEL)
Additional AR 2: Luc Wouters (BEL)
Fourth Official: Jimmy Cremers (BEL)
Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)

AS Saint Étienne – Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Aurel Onita (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Istvan Kovacs (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Radu Petrescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Valentin Avram (ROU)
Referee Observer: Renatus Temmink (NED)

Internazionale – Qarabağ
Referee: Alexey Kulbakov (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dzimitry Zhuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrei Hetsikau (BLR)
Additional AR 1: Siarhei Tsynkevich (BLR)
Additional AR 2: Dzianis Shcharbakou (BLR)
Fourth Official: Aleh Maslianka (BLR)
Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)

FC Zürich – Borussia Mönchengladbach
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Bojan Ul (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomaz Klancnik (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Matej Jug (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Bojan Mertik (SVN)
Fourth Official: Gregor Rojko (SVN)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)

Villarreal – Apollon Limassol
Referee: Arnold Hunter (NIR)
Assistant Referee 1: Richard Storey (NIR)
Assistant Referee 2: Gareth Eakin (NIR)
Additional AR 1: Raymond Crangle (NIR)
Additional AR 2: Mervyn Smyth (NIR)
Fourth Official: Stephen Bell (NIR)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)

HJK Helsinki – Club Brugge
Referee: Ognjen Valjić (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Sreten Udovicic (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Senad Ibrisimbegovic (BIH)
Additional AR 1: Edin Jakupovic (BIH)
Additional AR 2: Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Fourth Official: Hrvoje Turudic (BIH)
Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI)

AC Torino – FC København
Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Javier Aguilar Rodriguez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Teodoro Sobrino Magan (ESP)
Additional AR 1: David Fernandez Borbalan (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias (ESP)
Fourth Official: José Fernandez Miranda (ESP)
Referee Observer: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)

Asteras Tripolis – FK Partizan
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Langkamp (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Mario Diks (NED)
Additional AR 1: Kevin Blom (NED)
Additional AR 2: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Fourth Official: Bas Van Dongen (NED)
Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel (GER)

Tottenham – Beşiktaş JK
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Guido Kleve (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Christoph Bornhorst (GER)
Additional AR 1: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Additional AR 2: Robert Hartmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Mike Pickel (GER)
Referee Observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)

Astra Giurgiu – FC Salzburg
Referee: Libor Kovarik (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Krystof Mencl (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Antonin Kordula (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Radek Prihoda (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Michal Patak (CZE)
Fourth Official: Jan Paták (CZE)
Referee Observer: Adrian Casha (MLT)

Celtic – Dinamo Zagreb
Referee: Sébastien Delferiere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Yves De Neve (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Frederick Stalport (BEL)
Additional AR 1: Jonathan Lardot (BEL)
Additional AR 2: Bart Vertenten (BEL)
Fourth Official: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)