UEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 6)

11 December 2014

Borussia Mönchengladbach – FC Zürich

Referee: Luca Banti (ITA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Additional AR1: Paolo Mazzoleni (ITA)
Additional AR2: Andrea Gervasoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Referee Observer: Gudmunder Jónsson (ISL)

PAOK – Guingamp
Referee: Kevin Blom (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Langkamp (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Bas Van Dongen (NED)
Additional AR1: Ed Janssen (NED)
Additional AR2: Dennis Highler (NED)
Fourth Official: Mario Diks (NED)
Referee Observer: Aleh Chykun (BLR)

Qarabağ – Internazionale
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ondrej Pelikan (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jiri Molacek (CZE)
Additional AR1: Petr Ardeleanu (CZE)
Additional AR2: Jan Jilek (CZE)
Fourth Official: Antonin Kordula (CZE)
Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)

Dnipro – Saint Étienne
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Sinisa Premuzaj (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Igor Krmar (CRO)
Additional AR1: Ante Vucemilovic-Simunovic (CRO)
Additional AR2: Fran Jovic (CRO)
Fourth Official: Ivica Modric (CRO)
Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrkovic (BIH)

Apollon Limassol – Villarreal
Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Frank Bleyen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Jimmy Cremers (BEL)
Additional AR1: Alexandre Boucaut (BEL)
Additional AR2: Luc Wouters (BEL)
Fourth Official: Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)
Referee Observer: Gerard Perry (IRL)

Club Brugge – HJK Helsinki
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Averyanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Additional AR1: Alexei Nikolaev (RUS)
Additional AR2: Sergei Lapochkin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Dmitrii Mosiakin (RUS)
Referee Observer: Siegfried Kirschen (GER)

FC København – Torino
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Nikolai Golubev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Additional AR1: Aleksei Eskov (RUS)
Additional AR2: Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Valeri Danchenko (RUS)
Referee Observer: Michael Argyrou (CYP)

Partizan – Asteras Tripolis
Referee: Pawel Gil (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Piotr Sadczuk (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Additional AR1: Bartosz Frankowsk (POL)
Additional AR2: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Fourth Official: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Referee Observer: Tony Asumaa (FIN)

Beşiktaş – Totttenham
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Nilsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Gustavsson (SWE)
Additional AR1: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Additional AR2: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)
Fourth Official: Magnus Sjöblom (SWE)
Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci (ALB)

Salzburg – Astra Giurgiu
Referee: Pawel Raczkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Additional AR1: Tomasz Musial (POL)
Additional AR2: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Radoslaw Siejka (POL)
Referee Observer: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (GER)

Dinamo Zagreb – Celtic
Referee: Gediminas Mazeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Simkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Additional AR1: Nerijus Dunauskas (LTU)
Additional AR2: Sergejus Slyva (LTU)
Fourth Official: Dovydas Suziedelis (LTU)
Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif (ISR)

PSV – Dinamo Moskva
Referee: István Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Istvan Albert (HUN)
Additional AR1: Sandor Ando-Szabo (HUN)
Additional AR2: Zsolt Szabo (HUN)
Fourth Official: László Viszokai (HUN)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)

Panathinaikos – Estoril Praia
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Staudinger (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Additional AR1: Alexander Harkam (AUT)
Additional AR2: Gerhard Grobelnik (AUT)
Fourth Official Richard Huebler (AUT)
Referee Observer: Alan Snoddy (NIR)

Standard Liège – Feyenoord
Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Shabtai Nahmias (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Amihay Mozes (ISR)
Additional AR1: Liran Liany (SR)
Additional AR2: Natan Bar (ISR)
Fourth Official: David Biton (ISR)
Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold (NOR)

Sevilla FC – HNK Rijeka
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Guido Kleve (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Holger Henschel (GER)
Additional AR1: Marco Fritz (GER)
Additional AR2: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Fourth Official: Tobias Christ (GER)
Referee Observer: Zdravko Jokic (SRB)

LOSC Lille – VfL Wolfsburg
Referee: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Cem Satman (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kemal Yilmaz (TUR)
Additional AR1: Tolga Özkalfa (TUR)
Additional AR2: Ali Palabiyik (TUR)
Fourth Official: Ekrem Kan (TUR)
Referee Observer: Haim Jakov (ISR)

Everton – Krasnodar
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Miklos Nagy (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Aurel Onita (ROU)
Additional AR1: Marius Avram (ROU)
Additional AR2: Adrian Comanescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Referee Observer: Vitor Melo Pereira (POR)

Young Boys – Sparta Praha
Referee: Hüseyin Göcek (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Orkun Aktas (TUR)
Additional AR1: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
Additional AR2: Hakan Ceylan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Serkan Ok (TUR)
Referee Observer: Luciano Luci (ITA)

SSC Napoli – Slovan Bratislava
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Additional AR1: Dimitar Meckarovski (MKD)
Additional AR2: Dejan Jakimovski (MKD)
Fourth Official: Nikola Karakolev (MKD)
Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu (ROU)

Steaua București – Dynamo Kyiv
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Darren England (ENG)
Additional AR1: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Additional AR2: Jonathan Moss (ENG)
Fourth Official: John Brooks (ENG)
Referee Observer: Michel Piraux (BEL)

Rio Ave – Aalborg
Referee: Sébastien Delferiere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Yves De Neve (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Additional AR1: Jonathan Lardot (BEL)
Additional AR2: Erik Lambrechts (BEL)
Fourth Official: Laurent Conotte (BEL)
Referee Observer: Leif Lindberg (SWE) 

AC Fiorentina – Dinamo Minsk

Referee: Cristian Balaj (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Artene (ROU)
Additional AR1: Alexandru Tudor (ROU)
Additional AR2: Ovidiu Hategan (ROU)
Fourth Official: Octavian Sovre (ROU)
Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely (HUN)

Legia – Trabzonspor
Referee: Kenn Hansen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Rix (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: David Andersen (DEN)
Additional AR1: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Additional AR2: Jens Maae (DEN)
Fourth Official: Daniel Nørgaard (DEN)
Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek (AUT)

Metalist Kharkiv – Lokeren
Referee: Leontios Trattou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Soteriou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: Sotiris Viktoros (CYP)
Additional AR1: Christos Nicolaides (CYP)
Additional AR2: Demetris Masias (CYP)
Fourth Official: Marios Demetriades (CYP)
Referee Observer: Jens Larsen (DEN)

FIFA Club World Cup 2014 – Play-off

10 December 2014

Moghreb Tetouan – Auckland City 
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Leonel Leal (CRC) 
Assistant Referee 2: Gerson Lopez (GUA) 
Fourth Official: Pedro Proenca (POR) 
Reserve AR: Bertino Miranda (POR)
Referee Observer: Celestin Ntagungira (RWA)

Copa Sudamericana Final 2014 (Second Leg)

10 December 2014 

River Plate – Atletico Nacional 
Referee: Dario Ubriaco (URU, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Nievas (URU) 
Assistant Referee 2: Mauricio Espinosa (URU) 
Fourth Official: Christian Ferreyra (URU) 
Referee Observer: Carlos Alarcon (PAR)

UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 6)

9 December 2014
Olympiakos – Malmö FF
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Annonier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Laurent Stien (FRA)
Additional AR1: Antony Gautier (FRA)
Additional AR2: Olivier Thual (FRA)
Fourth Official: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Referee Observer: Stefan Ormandjiev (BUL)

Juventus Turin – Atlético Madrid
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Damien MacGraith (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Graham Chambers (SCO)
Additional AR1: Robert Madden (SCO)
Additional AR2: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Fourth Official: Alastair Mather (SCO)
Referee Observer: Nikolai Levnikov (RUS)

Liverpool – Basel
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Additional AR1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Additional AR2: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Fourth Official: Angelo Boonman (NED)
Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)

Real Madrid – Ludogorets
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Cano (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Additional AR1: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
Additional AR2: Nicolas Rainville (FRA)
Fourth Official: Philippe Jeanne (FRA)
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)

AS Monaco – Zenit St. Petersburg
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Additional AR1: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Additional AR2: Roberto Ponis (SVN)
Fourth Official: Andraž Kovacic (SVN)
Referee Observer: Guy Goethals (BEL)

SL Benfica – Bayer Leverkusen
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrei Hetsikau (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleh Maslianka (BLR)
Additional AR1: Siarhei Tsynkevich (BLR)
Additional AR2: Dzianis Shcharbakou (BLR)
Fourth Official: Dmitry Zhuk (BLR)
Referee Observer: Jan Fasung (SVK)

Galatasaray – Arsenal
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: José Fernández Miranda (ESP)
Additional AR1: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (ESP)
Additional AR2: Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Teodoro Sobrino Magán (ESP)
Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Borussia Dortmund – RSC Anderlecht
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Díaz Pérez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Additional AR1: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Additional AR2: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Victoriano Díaz Casado (ESP)
Referee Observer: Rodger Gifford (WAL)

10 December 2014
AS Roma – Manchester City
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB)
Additional AR1: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
Additional AR2: Dejan Filipović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Dejan Petrović (SRB)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

Bayern München – CSKA Moskva
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Rui Tavares (POR)
Additional AR1: Manuel De Sousa (POR)
Additional AR2: Carlos Xistra (POR)
Fourth Official: Nuno Pereira (POR)
Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)

FC Barcelona – Paris SG
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Darren Cann (ENG)
Additional AR1: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Additional AR2: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stephen Child (ENG)
Referee Observer: Leif Sundell (SWE)

Ajax Amsterdam - Apoel Nicosia
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Additional AR1: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Additional AR2: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Fourth Official: Angel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)

Chelsea – Sporting
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Haglund (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Andås (NOR)
Additional AR1: Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR)
Additional AR2: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Sven Erik Midthjell (NOR)
Referee Observer: Charles Agius (MLT)

Maribor – Schalke
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafal Rostkowski (POL)
Additional AR1: Marcin Borski (POL)
Additional AR2: Tomasz Wajda (POL)
Fourth Official: Michal Obukowicz (POL)
Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)

FC Porto – Shakhtar Donetsk
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Débart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Additional AR1: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Additional AR2: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
Fourth Official: Cyril Lompre (FRA)
Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP)

Athletic Club – Bate Borisov
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Renato Faverani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Stefani (ITA)
Additional AR1: Antonio Damato (ITA)
Additional AR2: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Referee Observer: Donald McVicar (SCO)

Bundesliga to introduce goal-line technology

At today's member meeting, there were 15 votes in favour of and three votes against the proposal, thus resulting in a two-thirds majority in support of implementation of the system. FIFA-licensed vendor Hawk-Eye has been awarded a contract to install and operate the system over the coming three years.

FC Bayern Munich had submitted the request for the implementation of goal-line technology in Bundesliga matches. The use of the system in the 2nd league was not voted on. Hawk-Eye, which was awarded the contract in an open, transparent and non-discriminatory tender procedure, employs a camera-based system to monitor the goal line. Already being used by the English Premier League since the beginning of the current season, this technology entails 14 cameras fitted beneath the stadium roof. If the ball crosses the goal line, the system sends a signal within one second to a special receiver worn by the referee on his wrist.

Source: Bundesliga

CAF Confederation Cup Final 2014 (Second Leg)

6 December 2014

Al Ahly – Sewe Sport 
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (MRI, photo)  
Assistant Referee 1: Balkrishna Bootun (MRI) 
Assistant Referee 2: Vivian Vally (MRI) 
Fourth Official: Parmendra Nunkoo (MRI)

Copa Sudamericana Final 2014 (First Leg)

3 December 2014

Atletico Nacional – River Plate 
Referee: Ricardo Marques (BRA, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Emerson De Carvalho (BRA) 
Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo Van Gasse (BRA) 
Fourth Official: Wilton Sampaio (BRA) 
Referee Observer: Ernesto Filippi (URU)