Copa Sudamericana – Round of 16 (First Leg)

25 September 2012
Independiente – Liverpool
Referee: Jose Buitrago (COL, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Humberto Clavijo (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Alexander Guzman (COL)
Fourth Official: Juan Restrepo (COL)

Deportivo Quito – Tigre
Referee: Adrian Velez (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Diaz (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Wilson Berrio (COL)
Fourth Official: Luis Sanchez (COL)

26 September 2012
Ligua de Loja – Sao Paulo
Referee: Julio Bascunan (CHI)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Maturana (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo Barraza (CHI)
Fourth Official: Eduardo Gamboa (CHI)

Barcelona – Gremio
Referee: Georges Buckley (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: Raul Lopez (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: Braulio Cornejo (PER)
Fourth Official: Henry Gambetta (PER)

27 September 2012
Colon – Cerro Porteno
Referee: Sandro Ricci (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Braatz (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcio Santiago (BRA)
Fourth Official: Pericles Cortez (BRA)

2 October 2012
Universidad de Chile – Emelec
Referee: Marcelo Henrique (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Altemir Hausmann (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Rodrigo Joia (BRA)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Marques (BRA)

Palmeiras – Millonarios
Referee: Patricio Loustau (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gustavo Rossi (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Nunez (ARG)
Fourth Official: German Delfino (ARG)

3 October 2012
Universidad Catolica – Atletico Goianiense
Referee: Enrique Caceres (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rodney Aquino (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Cesar Franco (PAR)
Fourth Official: Ulises Mereles (PAR)

CONCACAF Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 5)

25 September 2012
Herediano – Tauro FC
Referee: Javier Santos (PUR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Hector Recinos (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Jairo Morales (PUR)
Fourth Official: William Anderson (PUR)

Monterrey – Municipal
Referee: Jose Pineda (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Oscar Velasquez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Melvyn Cruz (HON)
Fourth Official: Erick Andino (HON)

Aguila – Toronto FC
Referee: Jose Rodriguez (PAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Williamson (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Keytzel Corrales (NCA)
Fourth Official: Jafeth Perea (PAN)

26 September 2012
W Connection – Guadalajara
Referee: David Rubalcaba (CUB)
Assistant Referee 1: Jaime Smith (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Rodríguez (CUB)
Fourth Official: Marcos Brea (CUB)

Marathon – Caledonia
Referee: Cristophel Stewart (CAY)
Assistant Referee 1: Ionut Bordieanu (CAY)
Assistant Referee 2: Swason Owen (CAY)
Fourth Official: Kenville Titular (CAY)

Alajuelense – Real Esteli
Referee: Hector Rodriguez (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Lemus (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Diaz (GUA)
Fourth Official: Wilson Da Costa (BAH)

27 September 2012
Puerto Rico Islanders – Isidro Metapan
Referee: Courtney Campbell (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Kedlee Powell (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Keble Williams (JAM)
Fourth Official: Valdin Legister (JAM)

FAS – Olimpia
Referee: Walter Quesada (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavio Jara (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Fernandez (CRC)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Montero (CRC)

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2012 – Group Stage (Matches 9-16)

25 September 2012
Azerbaijan – Nigeria
Referee: Alondra Arellano (MEX, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Shirley Perello (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Mady Santos (HON)
Fourth Official: Karolina Radzik-Johan (POL)

Colombia – Canada
Referee: Carina Vitulano (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Romina Santuari (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giuliana Guarino (ITA)
Fourth Official: Jana Adamkova (CZE)

France – Korea DPR
Referee: Gillian Martindale (BRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Suzanne Morisset (CAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Milagros Leonardo (DOM)
Fourth Official: Cardella Samuels (JAM)

USA – Gambia
Referee: Etsuko Fukano (JPN)
Assistant Referee 1: Liu Hsui Mei (TPE
Assistant Referee 2: Chie Ohata (JPN)
Fourth Official: Finau Vulivuli (FIJ)

26 September 2012
Mexico – Brazil
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ourania Foskolou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Panagiota Koutsoumpou (GRE)
Fourth Official: Morag Pirie (SCO)

New Zealand – Japan
Referee: Cardella Samuels (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Nykasie Liverpool (GUY)
Assistant Referee 2: Elizabeth Aguilar (SLV)
Fourth Official: Claudia Umpierrez (URU)

Uruguay – Ghana
Referee: Ri Hyang Ok (PRK)
Assistant Referee 1: Hong Kum Nyo (PRK)
Assistant Referee 2: Zhang Lingling (CHN)
Fourth Official: Katalin Kulcsar (HUN)

China – Germany
Referee: Aissata Amegee (TOG)
Assistant Referee 1: Diana Mukasa (UGA)
Assistant Referee 2: Emmanuella Aglago (GHA)
Fourth Official: Finau Vulivuli (FIJ)

Recopa Sudamericana 2012

Second Leg, 26 September 2012 

Santos – Universidad de Chile 

Referee: Martin Vazquez (URU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Nievas (URU)
Fourth Official: Daniel Fedorczuk (URU)

Carlos Torres retires due to injury

FIFA Referee Carlos Torres (Paraguay), who is still recovering after undergoing surgery on the meniscus over a year ago, announced that the treatment takes longer than expected and, after reflecting with his family, decided to retire from active refereeing. Torres said that, however, he will not quit refereeing completely, but will join the Referees Department of the Paraguayan Football Association and will help with the recruiting and training of new referees.

Torres started refereeing at age 16 and remained active until last year, when he got injured. He recalled its way through the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2007 Copa America, as well as his first appearance in a first division match, Caaguazu – Colombia, in December 1990. On the international list since 1998, Carlos Torres enjoyed his career, but regrets that he was not able to referee at a World Cup, although he was pre-selected by FIFA on the initial list for South Africa 2010. When asked about the current difficult time for the Paraguayan referees, Torres mentioned a big gap in the training of new referees. “Carlos Amarilla is the only referee from the old guard and the young referees need much work. Instead of giving four or five years to a referee to develop, we want him to be perfect in one or maximum two years, which is not possible”. Torres made the comparison with Italian football, where the referees go through a process of 20 years from the starting moment until they get to referee in the first division. On the other hand, Carlos Torres is against the suspension of the referees. He said that suspending a referee for six months for a technical error does not make sense, because that referee will not improve their performance, but the opposite. "Let's make an analogy with a player who misses a penalty, if you do not say anything and let it out for six months, it does not mean he is going to come back and convert the penalty," he said. Torres suggested that technical errors, such as the appreciation of a play, must be analyzed and, if it was a mistake, the referee will not referee next week, but he should not be suspended for six months.
Juan Angel Napout, president of the Paraguayan Football Association, confirmed that Torres will join the team led by Ubaldo Aquino. "When Torres was injured and had surgery, we talked to him about the possibility to work in the referees department, his priority was to recover. Unfortunately, the recovery did not work well for him and came to the conclusion that it will be very difficult to return as a referee, so we talked again with him, as Ubaldo Aquino did as well. Our referees will benefit from his experience. All former international referees who retired are now working in the development of referees in South America, as occurs with Oscar Ruiz and others", said Napout.
Visibly moved, Torres announced that his farewell match will be this weekend, when he will act as a fourth official in Paraguay's first division.

Source: ABC Paraguay

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2012 – Group Stage (Matches 1-8)

22 September 2012
Korea DPR – Gambia
Referee: Carina Vitulano (ITA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Romina Santuari (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giuliana Guarino (ITA)
Fourth Official: Cardella Samuels (JAM)

Azerbaijan – Colombia
Referee: Etsuko Fukano (JPN)
Assistant Referee 1: Chie Ohata (JPN)
Assistant Referee 2: Liu Hsiu Mei (TPE)
Fourth Official: Finau Vulivuli (FIJ)

Nigeria – Canada
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Panagiota Koutsoumpou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Ourania Foskolou (GRE)
Fourth Official: Karolina Radzik-Johan (POL)

France – USA
Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Nadia Weiler (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Luciana Mascarana (URU)
Fourth Official: Aissata Amegee (TOG)

23 September 2012
Mexico – New Zealand
Referee: Jana Adamkova (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Lucie Ratajova (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Adriana Secova (CZE)
Fourth Official: Ri Hyang Ok (PRK)

Brazil – Japan
Referee: Katalin Kulcsar (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Judit Kulcsar (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Monica Lokkeberg (NOR)
Fourth Official: Karolina Radzik-Johan (POL)

Uruguay – China
Referee: Morag Pirie (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolet Bakker (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Judit Romano (ESP)
Fourth Official: Finau Vulivuli (FIJ)

Ghana – Germany
Referee: Alondra Arellano (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Shirley Perello (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Mady Santos (HON)
Fourth Official: Gillian Martindale (BRB)

UEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

20 September 2012
Tottenham – Lazio Roma
Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (ROU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Zoltan Szekely (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Octavian Sovre (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Alexandru Tudor (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Istvan Kovacs (ROU)
Fourth Official: Cristian Nica (ROU)
Referee Observer: Johannes Reijgwart (NED)

Young Boys – Liverpool

Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)

Assistant Referee 1: Dimitrios Saraidaris (GRE)

Assistant Referee 2: Damianos Efthimiadis (GRE)

Additional AR 1: Stavros Tritsonis (GRE)

Additional AR 2: Anastassios Kakos (GRE)

Fourth Official: Ilias Alexeas (GRE)

Referee Observer: Zdravko Jokic (SRB)

Udinese – Anzhi

Referee: Huseyin Gocek (TUR)

Assistant Referee 1: Emre Eyisoy (TUR)

Assistant Referee 2: Orkun Aktas (TUR)

Additional AR 1: Bulent Yildirim (TUR)

Additional AR 2: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)

Fourth Official: Bahattin Duran (TUR)

Referee Observer: Vitor Melo Pereira (POR)

Hapoel Tel Aviv – Atletico Madrid

Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)

Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Langkamp (NED)

Assistant Referee 2: Nicky Siebert (NED)

Additional AR 1: Serdar Gozubuyuk (NED)

Additional AR 2: Dennis Higler (NED)

Fourth Official: Wilco Lobbert (NED)

Referee Observer: Charles Agius (MLT)

Viktoria Plzen – Academica

Referee: Hannes Kaasik (EST)

Assistant Referee 1: Jaanus Mutli (EST)

Assistant Referee 2: Dmitri Vinogradov (EST)

Additional AR 1: Kristo Tohver (EST)

Additional AR 2: Eiko Saar (EST)

Fourth Official: Silver Koiv (EST)

Referee Observer: Kaj Ostergaard (DEN)

AEL Limasol – Borussia Monchengladbach

Referee: Duarte Gomes (POR)

Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR)

Assistant Referee 2: Venancio Tome (POR)

Additional AR 1: Manuel De Sousa (POR)

Additional AR 2: Carlos Xistra (POR)

Fourth Official: Antonio Godinho (POR)

Referee Observer: Donald McVicar (SCO)

Fenerbahce – Olympique Marseille

Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)

Assistant Referee 1: Tomislav Petrovic (CRO)

Assistant Referee 2: Miro Grgic (CRO)

Additional AR 1: Domagoj Vuckov (CRO)

Additional AR 2: Ante Vucemilovic-Simunovic (CRO)

Fourth Official: Dalibor Conjar (CRO)

Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Maritimo – Newcastle United

Referee: Robert Schorgenhofer (AUT)

Assistant Referee 1: Alain Hoxha (AUT)

Assistant Referee 2: Matthias Winsauer (AUT)

Additional AR 1: Harald Lechner (AUT)

Additional AR 2: Alexander Harkam (AUT)

Fourth Official: Roland Brandner (AUT)

Referee Observer: Siegfried Kirschen (GER)

Girondins Bordeaux – FC Brugge

Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)

Assistant Referee 1: Nikolay Golubev (RUS)

Assistant Referee 2: Vyacheslav Semenov (RUS)

Additional AR 1: Aleksei Eskov (RUS)

Additional AR 2: Vladimir Kazmenko (RUS)

Fourth Official: Dmitry Mosyakin (RUS)

Referee Observer: Carlos Matos (POR)

VfB Stuttgart – Steaua

Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)

Assistant Referee 1: Walter Vromans (BEL)

Assistant Referee 2: Frank Bleyen (BEL)

Additional AR 1: Alexandre Boucaut (BEL)

Additional AR 2: Luc Wouters (BEL)

Fourth Official: Kristof Meers (BEL)

Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)

FC Kobenhavn – Molde

Referee: Antti Munukka (FIN)

Assistant Referee 1: Matti Heininen (FIN)

Assistant Referee 2: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)

Additional AR 1: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)

Additional AR 2: Dennis Antamo (FIN)

Fourth Official: Jukka Honkanen (FIN)

Referee Observer: Peter Frojdfeldt (SWE) 

Dnipro – PSV Eindhoven

Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)

Assistant Referee 1: Ondrej Pelikan (CZE)

Assistant Referee 2: Ivo Nadvornik (CZE)

Additional AR 1: Radek Matejek (CZE)

Additional AR 2: Jan Jilek (CZE)

Fourth Official: Martin Wilczek (CZE)

Referee Observer: Leif Sundell (SWE)

SSC Napoli – AIK Solna

Referee: Clement Turpin (FRA)

Assistant Referee 1: Frederic Cano (FRA)

Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Dano (FRA)

Additional AR 1: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)

Additional AR 2: Olivier Thual (FRA)

Fourth Official: Laurent Stien (FRA)

Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)

Genk – Videoton

Referee: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)

Assistant Referee 1: Emmanuel Boisdenghien (FRA)

Assistant Referee 2: Christophe Capelli (FRA)

Additional AR 1: Antony Gautier (FRA)

Additional AR 2: Benoit Millot (FRA)

Fourth Official: Philippe Jeanne (FRA)

Referee Observer: Patrick Kelly (IRL)

Sporting – Basel

Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)

Assistant Referee 1: Danny Krasikow (ISR)

Assistant Referee 2: Shabtai Nahmias (ISR)

Additional AR 1: Eitan Shmuelevitz (ISR)

Additional AR 2: Daniel Natan (ISR)

Fourth Official: Dvir Shimon (ISR)

Referee Observer: Vladimir Petrov (UKR)

Internazionale – Rubin Kazan

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)

Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Lupp (GER)

Assistant Referee 2: Wolfgang Walz (GER)

Additional AR 1: Marco Fritz (GER)

Additional AR 2: Robert Hartmann (GER)

Fourth Official: Holger Henschel (GER)

Referee Observer: Juan Fernandez Marin (ESP)

Partizan – Neftci

Referee: Libor Kovarik (CZE)

Assistant Referee 1: Patrik Filipek (CZE)

Assistant Referee 2: Jiri Molacek (CZE)

Additional AR 1: Radek Prihoda (CZE)

Additional AR 2: Tomas Kocourek (CZE)

Fourth Official: Antonin Kordula (CZE)

Referee Observer: Manuel Lopez Fernandez (ESP)

Olympique Lyon – Sparta Praha

Referee: Serhiy Boiko (UKR)

Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Korniyko (UKR)

Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Volodin (UKR)

Additional AR 1: Yevhen Aranovskiy (UKR)

Additional AR 2: Anatoliy Abdula (UKR)

Fourth Official: Mykola Levko (UKR)

Referee Observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)

Athletic – Hapoel Kiryat Shmona

Referee: Simon Evans (WAL)

Assistant Referee 1: Edward King (WAL)

Assistant Referee 2: Gareth Jones (WAL)

Additional AR 1: Mark Whitby (WAL)

Additional AR 2: Huw Jones (WAL)

Fourth Official: Alun Boore (WAL)

Referee Observer: Lutz-Michael Frohlich (GER)

Maribor – Panathinaikos

Referee: Alan Kelly (IRL)

Assistant Referee 1: Damien MacGraith (IRL)

Assistant Referee 2: Allen Lynch (IRL)

Additional AR 1: Neil Doyle (IRL)

Additional AR 2: Padraig Sutton (IRL)

Fourth Official: Marc Douglas (IRL)

Referee Observer: Gylfi Orrason (ISL)

Rapid Wien – Rosenborg

Referee: Stanislav Todorov (BUL)

Assistant Referee 1: Ventsislav Gavrilov (BUL)

Assistant Referee 2: Ivo Kolev (BUL)

Additional AR 1: Nikolai Yordanov (BUL)

Additional AR 2: Georgi Yordanov (BUL)

Fourth Official: Ivan Valchev (BUL)

Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)

Leverkusen – Metalist

Referee: Martin Hansson (SWE)

Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Nilsson (SWE)

Assistant Referee 2: Henrik Andren (SWE)

Additional AR 1: Michael Lerjeus (SWE)

Additional AR 2: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)

Fourth Official: Stefan Wittberg (SWE)

Referee Observer: Angel Bungurov (MKD)

Levante – Helsingborg

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)

Assistant Referee 1: Andrei Getikov (BLR)

Assistant Referee 2: Dmitri Zhuk (BLR)

Additional AR 1: Denis Scherbakov (BLR)

Additional AR 2: Sergei Tsynkevich (BLR)

Fourth Official: Oleg Masylanko (BLR)

Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis (CYP)

Twente – Hannover

Referee: Michael Dean (ENG)

Assistant Referee 1: Jake Collin (ENG)

Assistant Referee 2: Darren England (ENG)

Additional AR 1: Michael Jones (ENG)

Additional AR 2: Kevin Friend (ENG)

Fourth Official: Darren Cann (ENG)

Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz (TUR)