International Friendly Matches

25-29 March 2015

France – Brazil
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Fourth Official: Antonio Damato (ITA)

Germany – Australia
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
Fourth Official: Christian Dingert (GER)

Scotland – N. Ireland
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: John Brooks (ENG)
Fourth Official: Craig Pawson (ENG)

Iran – Chile
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (AUT) 
Assistant Referee 1: Richard Hübler (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Heidenreich (AUT)
Fourth Official: Harald Lechner (AUT)

Denmark – USA
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikko Alakare (FIN)
Fourth Official: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN)

Georgia – Malta
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Romanis Platonovs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Raimonds Tatriks (LVA)
Fourth Official: George Vadachkoria (GEO)

Brazil – Chile
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Child (ENG)
Fourth Official: Lee Probert (ENG)

UEFA Women's Champions League – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)

28-29 March 2015

Brondby – Linkoping
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (GER, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Katrin Rafalski (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marina Wozniak (GER)
Fourth Official: Riem Hussein (GER)

Rosengard – Wolfsburg
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Belinda Brem (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Susanne Küng (SUI)
Fourth Official: Désirée Grundbacher (SUI)

Paris – Glasgow
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Brigitta Petz (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Katalin Török (HUN)
Fourth Official: Katalin Sipos (HUN)

Frankfurt – Bristol
Referee: Sandra Bastos (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Olga Almeida (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Vanessa Dias (POR)
Fourth Official: Silvia Domingos (POR)

UEFA warns over referee harassment

UEFA has warned all the Champions League quarterfinal teams to stop their players harassing referees, said secretary general Gianni Infantino. And Europe’s governing body does not support extending video technology to catch mistakes made by referees, he added. UEFA’s refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina warned Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Monaco, Paris Saint Germain, Porto and Real Madrid at a meeting Friday. The meeting at the UEFA headquarters at Nyon in Switzerland came the day after the ruling body banned Paris St-Germain’s Ivorian defender Serge Aurier for three European matches for “insulting acts” toward the referee of the Champions League match against Chelsea. Aurier did not play in the March 11 match which ended in a 2-2 draw, but made disparaging comments on Facebook about referee Bjorn Kuipers over his dismissal of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. UEFA is concerned about the growing tendency of groups of players to surround referees after every controversial call. Infantino slammed what he called the “aggressive stance” of some players toward referees. “This is something that we don’t accept, that we cannot accept and we are very clear about that,” he said. “We also have to protect the referees and respect the referees”, added the UEFA official.

Source: UEFA

FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – CONCACAF (Round 1, Second Leg)

26-31 March 2015

Turks and Caicos – St. Kitts and Nevis
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Geovany Garcia (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Mansandi (SLV)
Fourth Official: Marlon Mejia (SLV)

US Virgin Islands – Barbados
Referee: Kevin Morrison (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Kuan Budd (GRN)
Assistant Referee 2: Keble Williams (JAM)
Fourth Official: Sherwin Johnson (GUY)

Bermuda – Bahamas
Referee: Ricardo Montero (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Fernandez (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Mora (CRC)
Fourth Official: Jeffrey Solis (CRC)

Anguilla – Nicaragua
Referee: Oscar Moncada (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Oscar Velasquez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Ramirez (HON)
Fourth Official: Melvin Matamoros (HON)

Dominica – British Virgin Islands
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Israel Valenciano (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Salvador Rodriguez (MEX)
Fourth Official: Paul Delgadillo (MEX)

Cayman Islands – Belize
Referee: Yadel Martinez (CUB)
Assistant Referee 1: Hiran Dopico (CUB)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Rodriguez (CUB)
Fourth Official: Marcos Brea (CUB)

Montserrat – Curacao
Referee: Rodphin Harris (TRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Ainsley Rochard (TRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Caleb Wales (TRI)
Fourth Official: Trevor Taylor (BRB)

UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 Qualifiers – Main Round

18-21 March 2015  

Group 1 – Sarajevo (BIH) 
1. Ondřej Černý (CZE) 
2. Karel Henych (CZE) 
3. Sebastian Stawicki (POL) 
4. Tomasz Frak (POL)  

Group 2 – Skopje (MKD) 
1. Bogdan Sorescu (ROU, photo) 
2. Gabriel Gherman (ROU, photo) 
3. Alessandro Malfer (ITA) 
4. Angelo Galante (ITA)  

Group 3 – Krosno (POL) 
1. Eduardo Fernandes (POR) 
2. Nuno Bogalho (POR) 
3. Borut Šivic (SVN) 
4. Admir Zahovič (SVN)  

Group 4 – Baku (AZE) 
1. Fernando Gutiérrez (ESP) 
2. Francisco Diaz (ESP) 
3. Timo Onatsu (FIN) 
4. Lukáš Peško (SVK)  

Group 5 – Lasko (SVN) 
1. Marc Birkett (ENG) 
2. Gábor Kovács (HUN) 
3. Balázs Farkas (HUN) 
4. Kamil Çetin (TUR)  

Group 6 – Dubrovnik (CRO) 
1. Ivan Shabanov (RUS) 
2. Pascal Lemal (BEL) 
3. Gerd Bylois (BEL) 
4. Cédric Pelissier (FRA)  

Group 7 – Călăraşi (ROU) 
1. Danijel Janošević (CRO) 
2. Saša Tomić (CRO) 
3. Oleg Ivanov (UKR) 
4. Vyacheslav Daragan (UKR)

UEFA Women's Champions League – Quarter-finals (First Leg)

21-22 March 2015

Bristol – Frankfurt
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (SWE, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Anna Nyström (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Julia Magnusson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Tess Petersson (SWE)

Linkoping – Brondby
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Anna Gorska (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Kinga Seniuk (POL)
Fourth Official: Karolina Radzik-Johan (POL)

Glasgow – Paris
Referee: Riem Hussein (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Christina Jaworek (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Imke Lohmeyer (GER)
Fourth Official: Verena Schultz (GER)

Wolfsburg – Rosengard
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Manuela Nicolosi (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Solenne Bartnik (FRA)
Fourth Official: Florence Guillemin (FRA)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – CONCACAF (Round 1, First Leg)

22-25 March 2015 

Nicaragua – Anguilla
Referee: Jafeth Perea (PAN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Gabriel Victoria (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Baines (PAN)
Fourth Official: Jose Kellys (PAN)

Bahamas – Bermuda
Referee: Armando Villarreal (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Rockwell (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Manikowski (USA)
Fourth Official: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)

Barbados – US Virgin Islands
Referee: Kimbell Ward (SKN)
Assistant Referee 1: Graeme Browne (SKN)
Assistant Referee 2: Ike Inniss (SKN)
Fourth Official: Tristley Bassue (SKN)

St. Kitts and Nevis – Turks and Caicos
Referee: Sherwin Moore (GUY)
Assistant Referee 1: Venton Mars (GUY)
Assistant Referee 2: Trevor Porter (GUY)
Fourth Official: Sherwin Johnson (GUY)

Belize – Cayman Islands
Referee: Oscar Reyna (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Ronaldo De La Cruz (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Diaz (GUA)
Fourth Official: Jonathan Polanco (GUA)

British Virgin Islands – Dominica
Referee: Karl Tyrell (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Richard Washington (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Lloyd Edwards (JAM)
Fourth Official: Dwight Royal (JAM)