International Friendly Matches

14 November 2012

Italy – France

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jesus Calvo Guadamuro (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Marco Martinez (ESP)

Netherlands – Germany

Referee: Pedro Proenca (POR)

Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR)

Assistant Referee 2: Tiago Trigo (POR)

Sweden – England

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)

Assistant Referee 1: Kim Haglund (NOR)

Assistant Referee 2: Frank Andas (NOR)

Turkey – Denmark

Referee: Felix Brych (GER)

Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)

Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)

Bulgaria – Ukraine

Referee: Milorad Mazic (SRB)

Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristic (SRB)

Assistant Referee 2: Igor Radojcic (SRB)

Romania – Belgium

Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (ITA)

Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)

Assistant Referee 2: Massimiliano Grilli (ITA)

Czech Republic – Slovakia

Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)

Assistant Referee 1: Alain Hoxha (AUT)

Assistant Referee 2: Christian Trunner (AUT)

Cyprus – Finland

Referee: Cristian Balaj (ROU)

Assistant Referee 1: Zoltan Szekely (ROU)

Assistant Referee 2: Valentin Avram (ROU)

Austria – Ivory Coast

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (CZE)

Assistant Referee 1: Antonin Kordula (CZE)

Assistant Referee 2: Patrik Filipek (CZE)

Serbia – Chile

Referee: Alain Bieri (SUI)

Assistant Referee 1: Matthias Arnet (SUI)

Assistant Referee 2: Raffael Zeder (SUI)

Liechtenstein – Malta

Referee: Nikolaj Hanni (SUI)

Assistant Referee 1: Beat Hidber (SUI)

Assistant Referee 2:Charles Helbling (SUI)

Albania – Cameroon

Referee: Stephan Studer (SUI)

Assistant Referee 1: Johannes Vogel (SUI)

Assistant Referee 2: Jean-Yves Wicht (SUI)

Luxembourg – Scotland
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (SUI) 

Hungary – Norway

Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO)

Macedonia – Slovenia

Referee: Danilo Grujic (SRB)

Andorra – Iceland
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)

Armenia – Lithuania
Referee: Lasha Silagava (GEO)

Georgia – Egypt
Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)

Israel – Belarus

Referee: Simon Evans (WAL)

Assistant Referee 1: Edward King (WAL)

Assistant Referee 2: Philip Thomas (WAL)

Russia – USA

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)

Assistant Referee 1: Andrea Stefani (ITA)

Assistant Referee 2: Ricardo Di Fiore (ITA)

Poland – Uruguay

Referee: William Collum (SCO)

Assistant Referee 1: William Conquer (SCO)

Assistant Referee 2: Martin Cryans (SCO)

Panama – Spain

Referee: Mauricio Morales (MEX)

Assistant Referee 1: Juan Rangel (MEX)

Assistant Referee 2: Alejandro Ayala (MEX)

Venezuela – Nigeria
Referee: Terry Vaughn (USA)

Assistant Referee 1: Corey Rockwell (USA)

Assistant Referee 2: Kermit Quisenberry (USA)

Saudi Arabia – Argentina

Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (BHR)

Algeria – Bosnia

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (MLI)

Tunisia – Switzerland
Referee: Cecil Fleischer (GHA)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – UEFA

14 November 2012
Northern Ireland – Azerbaijan
Referee: Viktor Shvetsov (UKR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Korniyko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleh Pluzhnyk (UKR)
Fourth Official: Anatoliy Abdula (UKR)

Montenegro – San Marino
Referee: Sandor Ando-Szabo (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Istvan Albert (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Toth (HUN)
Fourth Official: Mihaly Fabian (HUN)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – AFC

14 November 2012
Qatar – Lebanon
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (KSA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Abdul Al Kathiri (KSA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fahad Al Amrai (KSA)
Fourth Official: Fahad Al Mirdasi (KSA)

Iran – Uzbekistan
Referee: Ali Albadwawi (UAE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohamed Al Mehairi (UAE)
Assistant Referee 2: Yaser Marad (KUW)
Fourth Official: Abdulla Mohamed (UAE)

Oman – Japan
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (QAT)
Assistant Referee 1: Taleb Al Marri (QAT)
Assistant Referee 2: Salem Al Naimi (QAT)
Fourth Official: Khamis Al Marri (QAT)

Iraq – Jordan
Referee: Tan Hai (CHN)
Assistant Referee 1: Mu Yuxin (CHN)
Assistant Referee 2: Su Jige (CHN)
Fourth Official: Ma Ning (CHN)

FIFA Futsal World Cup 2012 – Quarter-finals

14 November 2012
Spain – Russia

Referee 1: Marc Birkett (ENG, photo)
Referee 2: Gabor Kovacs (HUN)
Third Referee: Scott Kidson (AUS)
Timekeeper: Kim Jang Kwan (KOR)

Argentina – Brazil
Referee 1: Wenceslaos Aguilar (PAN)
Referee 2: Jose Katemo (ANG)
Third Referee: Ivan Shabanov (RUS)
Timekeeper: Jaime Jativa (ECU)

Colombia – Ukraine
Referee 1: Sergio Cabrera (CUB)
Referee 2: Alexander Cline (PAN)
Third Referee: Fernando Gutierrez (ESP)
Timekeeper: Francesco Massini (ITA)

Portugal – Italy
Referee 1: Karel Henych (CZE)
Referee 2: Renata Leite (BRA)
Third Referee: Daniel Rodriguez (URU)
Timekeeper: Nurdin Bukuev (KGZ)

Second seminar for prospective ARs FIFA World Cup 2014

Two weeks ago, FIFA held the first seminar for prospective assistant referees from CAF and UEFA. This week, from 12 to 16 November 2012, all pre-selected ARs from AFC, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF and OFC will be attending a similar course in Zurich. There will be fitness tests, as well as in-class and on-field sessions specifically designed for assistant referees.

Prospective Assistant Referees
AFC (14): Badr Al Shumrani (KSA, 1977), Hamed Al Mayahi (OMA, 1975), Saleh Al Marzouqi (UAE, 1970), Omar Alhumoudi (UAE, 1974), Hassan Kamranifar (IRN, 1972), Reza Sokhandan (IRN, 1974), Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (UZB, 1976), Bakhadyr Kochkarov (KGZ, 1970), Toru Sagara (JPN, 1976), Toshiyuki Nagi (JPN, 1971), Yaser Abdulla (BAH, 1974), Ebrahim Saleh (BAH, 1974), Matthew Cream (AUS, 1975), Hakan Anaz (AUS, 1969).
CONCACAF (14): William Torres (SLV, 1975), Juan Zumba (SLV, 1982), Jose Camargo (MEX, 1972), Alberto Morin (MEX, 1980), Mark Hurd (USA, 1971), Joe Fletcher (CAN, 1976), Leonel Leal (CRC, 1976), Gerson Lopez (GUA, 1983), Eric Boria (USA, 1974), Ricardo Morgan (JAM, 1972), Daniel Williamson (PAN, 1977), Keytzel Corrales (NCA, 1980), Marvin Torrentera (MEX, 1971), Marcos Quintero (MEX, 1973).
CONMEBOL (20): Hernan Maidana (ARG, 1972), Juan Belatti (ARG, 1979), Rodney Aquino (PAR, 1984), Carlos Caceres (PAR, 1983), Jonny Bossio (PER, 1975), Cesar Escano (PER, 1970), Efrain Castro (BOL, 1969), Arol Valda (BOL, 1970), Francisco Mondria (CHI, 1972), Carlos Astroza (CHI, 1976), Humberto Clavijo (COL, 1973), Eduardo Diaz (COL, 1973), Alessandro Rocha (BRA, 1976), Emerson De Carvalho (BRA, 1972), Carlos Pastorino (URU, 1973), Miguel Nievas (URU, 1974), Jorge Urrego (VEN, 1981), Carlos Lopez (VEN, 1982), Christian Lescano (ECU, 1983), Byron Romero (ECU, 1980).
OFC (4): Mark Rule (NZL, 1981), Tevita Makasini (TGA, 1976), Jan Hintz (NZL, 1976), Ravinesh Kumar (FIJ, 1982).

Source: FIFA / Photo: Digplanet

FIFA Futsal World Cup 2012 – Round of 16

11 November 2012
Paraguay – Portugal
Referee 1: Daniel Rodriguez (URU)
Referee 2: Karel Henych (CZE, photo)
Third Referee: Dario Santamaria (ARG)
Timekeeper: Shukhrat Pulatov (UZB)

Ukraine – Japan
Referee 1: Renata Leite (BRA)
Referee 2: Jose Katemo (ANG)
Third Referee: Sandro Brechane (BRA)
Timekeeper: Eduardo Fernandes (POR)

Spain – Thailand
Referee 1: Alexander Cline (PAN)
Referee 2: Jaime Jativa (ECU)
Third Referee: Carlos Gonzalez (GUA)
Timekeeper: Geovanny Lopez (CRC)

Iran – Colombia
Referee 1: Ivan Shabanov (RUS)
Referee 2: Gabor Kovacs (HUN)
Third Referee: Borut Sivic (SVN)
Timekeeper: Amitesh Behari (FIJ)

12 November 2012
Italy – Egypt
Referee 1: Nurdin Bukuev (KGZ)
Referee 2: Naoki Miyatani (JPN)
Third Referee: Scott Kidson (AUS)
Timekeeper: Kim Jang Kwan (KOR)

Brazil – Panama
Referee 1: Fernando Gutierrez (ESP)
Referee 2: Francesco Massini (ITA)
Third Referee: Pascal Lemal (BEL)
Timekeeper: Mohamad Chami (LIB)

Russia – Czech Republic
Referee 1: Wenceslaos Aguilar (PAN)
Referee 2: Sergio Cabrera (CUB)
Third Referee: Francisco Rivera (MEX)
Timekeeper: Oswaldo Gomez (COL)

Serbia – Argentina
Referee 1: Hector Roja (PER)
Referee 2: Marc Birkett (ENG)
Third Referee: Joel Ruiz (PAR)
Timekeeper: Danijel Janosevic (CRO)

AFC Champions League Final 2012: Williams (AUS)

10 November 2012

Ulsan Hyundai – Al Ahly

Referee: Benjamin Williams (AUS, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Luke Brennan (AUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Paul Cetrangolo (AUS)
Fourth Official: Stebre Delovski (AUS)