UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers (Matchday 7, Part 1)

3 September 2015

Belgium – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Manuel De Sousa (POR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alvaro Mesquita (POR)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Xistra (POR)
Additional AR 2: Tiago Martins (POR)
Fourth Official: Nuno Pereira (POR)
Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)

 Azerbaijan – Croatia
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: Philippe Jeanne (FRA)
Referee Observer: Vitor Melo Pereira (POR)

Bulgaria – Norway
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Schaap (NED)
Additional AR 1: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Additional AR 2: Peter Janssen (NED)
Fourth Official: Patrick Langkamp (NED)
Referee Observer: Peter Jones (ENG)

Italy – Malta
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaš Somolani (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomaš Mokoš (SVK)
Additional AR 1: Vladimir Vnuk (SVK)
Additional AR 2: Mário Vlk (SVK)
Fourth Official: Ondrej Brendza (SVK)
Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Czech Republic – Kazakhstan
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Gustavsson (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Michael Lerjeus (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Per Brogevik (SWE)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)

Netherlands – Iceland
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: Nenad Đokić (SRB)
Fourth Official: Nemanja Petrović (SRB)
Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)

Turkey – Latvia
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Nilsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Magnus Sjöblom (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Mohamad Al-Hakim (SWE)
Fourth Official: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Referee Observer: Kostadin Gerginov (BUL)

Cyprus – Wales
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Additional AR 1: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
Additional AR 2: Tomasz Musiał (POL)
Fourth Official: Radosław Siejka (POL)
Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI)

Israel – Andorra
Referee: Tamás Bognar (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Oszkar Lemon (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Theodoros Georgiou (HUN)
Additional AR 1: Ádám Farkas (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Jozsef Erdos (HUN)
Fourth Official: Gabor Erös (HUN)
Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – CONCACAF (Round 3, First Leg)

4 September 2015

Grenada – Haiti
Referee: Hector Rodriguez (HON, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Walter Lopez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Jesus Tabora (HON)
Fourth Official: Oscar Moncada (HON)

Curacao – El Salvador
Referee: Valdin Legister (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Morgan (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Garnet Page (JAM)
Fourth Official: Kevin Morrison (JAM)

St. Vincent – Aruba
Referee: Rodphin Harris (TRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Ainsley Rochard (TRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Caleb Wales (TRI)
Fourth Official: Keon Yorke (TRI)

Canada – Belize
Referee: John Pitti (PAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Williamson (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Ronaldo Bruna (PAN)
Fourth Official: Ariel Sanchez (PAN)

Antigua & Barbuda – Guatemala
Referee: Armando Villarreal (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Parker (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Wienckowski (USA)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Salazar (USA)

Jamaica – Nicaragua
Referee: Marlon Mejia (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Mangandi (SLV)
Fourth Official: Edenilson Ventura (SLV)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – AFC (Round 2, Matchday 3)

3 September 2015

China – Hong Kong
Referee: Strebre Delovski (AUS, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Nathan MacDonald (AUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Ashley Beecham (AUS)
Fourth Official: Mohd Wahab (MAS)

Korea – Laos
Referee: Jumpei Iida (JPN)
Assistant Referee 1: Shinji Ochi (JPN)
Assistant Referee 2: Hiroshi Yamauchi (JPN)
Fourth Official: Vichhika Tuy (CAM)

Japan – Cambodia
Referee: Kim Hee Gon (KOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Yoon Kwangyeol (KOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Park Sangjun (KOR)
Fourth Official: Tayab Shamsuzzaman (BAN)

Australia – Bangladesh
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (VIE)
Assistant Referee 1: Pham Manh Long (VIE)
Assistant Referee 2: Nguyen Trung Hau (VIE)
Fourth Official: Van Dung Dinh (VIE)

Iraq – Chinese Taipei
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (OMA)
Assistant Referee 1: Hamed Al Mayahi (OMA)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdullah Al Jardani (OMA)
Fourth Official: Omar Yaqoubi (OMA)

Uzbekistan – Yemen
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (KOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Choi Min Byoung (KOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kim Youngha (KOR)
Fourth Official: Charymurat Kurbanov (TKM)

Iran – Guam
Referee: Khamis Al Marri (QAT)
Assistant Referee 1: Ramzan Al-Naemi (QAT)
Assistant Referee 2: Yousuf Al-Shamari (QAT)
Fourth Official: Ali Shaban (KUW)

Oman – Turkmenistan
Referee: Muhammad Bin Jahari (SIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Gek Pheng Goh (SIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Kok Heng Lim (SIN)
Fourth Official: Chuan Hui Foo (SIN)

UAE – Malaysia
Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim (QAT)
Assistant Referee 1: Taleb Al Marri (QAT)
Assistant Referee 2: Saoud Al Maqaleh (QAT)
Fourth Official: Feras Taweel (SYR)

Bahrain – Korea DPR
Referee: Mohsen Toorki (IRN)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohammadreza Abolfalzi (IRN)
Assistant Referee 2: Saeid Alinezhadian (IRN)
Fourth Official: Hasan Akrami (IRN)

Qatar – Bhutan
Referee: Mohammad Abu Loum (JOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ahmad Alroalle (JOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Yousef Jararwah (JOR)
Fourth Official: Ahmad Ibrahim (JOR)

Syria – Singapore
Referee: Yousef Almarzouq (KUW)
Assistant Referee 1: Humoud Alsahli (KUW)
Assistant Referee 2: Yaqoub Almutairi (KUW)
Fourth Official: Jasem Ahmad (KUW)

Jordan – Kyrgyzstan
Referee: Mohd Bin Yacoob (MAS)
Assistant Referee 1: Sivanesan Muniandy (MAS)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohamad Bin Zainal (MAS)
Fourth Official: Pratap Patwal (IND)

Kuwait – Myanmar
Referee: Aziz Asimov (UZB)
Assistant Referee 1: Jakhongir Saidov (UZB)
Assistant Referee 2: Ruslan Serazitdinov (UZB)
Fourth Official: Sherzod Kasimov (UZB)

Saudi Arabia – Timor
Referee: Timur Faizullin (KGZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Sergei Grishchenko (KGZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Zamirbek Chynybekov (KGZ)
Fourth Official: Rysbek Shekerbekov (KGZ)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – OFC (Round 1)

31 August 2015
Tonga – Cook Islands
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (FIJ, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Ravinesh Kumar (FIJ)
Assistant Referee 2: Avinesh Narayan (FIJ)
Fourth Official: Salesh Chand (FIJ)

Samoa – American Samoa
Referee: Nelson Sogo (SOL)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephen Seniga (SOL)
Assistant Referee 2: Bertrand Brial (NCL)
Fourth Official: Robinson Banga (VAN)

2 September 2015
Cook Islands – Samoa
Referee: Robinson Banga (VAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Philippe Revel (TAH)
Assistant Referee 2: Glen Lochrie (NZL)
Fourth Official: Averii Jacques (TAH)

Tonga – American Samoa
Referee: Salesh Chand (FIJ)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephen Seniga (SOL)
Assistant Referee 2: Avinesh Narayan (FIJ)
Fourth Official: Nelson Sogo (SOL)

4 September 2015
Tonga – Samoa
Referee: Averii Jacques (TAH)
Assistant Referee 1: Philippe Revel (TAH)
Assistant Referee 2: Bertrand Brial (NCL)
Fourth Official: Robinson Banga (VAN)

American Samoa – Cook Islands
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (FIJ)
Assistant Referee 1: Glen Lochrie (NZL)
Assistant Referee 2: Ravinesh Kumar (FIJ)
Fourth Official: Salesh Chand (FIJ)

UEFA Futsal Cup – Preliminary Round

27-29 August 2015

Blue Magic – Nacional Zagreb
First Referee: Alejandro Martinez Flores (ESP)
Second Referee: Peter Nurse (ENG, photo)

Sievi Futsal – Grorud
First Referee: Andrzej Witkowski (POL)
Second Referee: Nicola Manzione (ITA)

Gentofte JB – Pescara
First Referee: Zoran Sofrenić (BIH)
Second Referee: Andrej Topić (CRO)

Progress Chisinau – ASUE
First Referee: Ozan Soykan (TUR)
Second Referee: Fredric Nilholt (SWE)

Lynx – Santos
First Referee: Valentin Ciuplea (WAL)
Second Referee: Aleksandras Sliva (LTU)

Mobulu Bern – Göteborg Futsal Club
First Referee: Ainar Kuusk (EST)
Second Referee: Damir Radović (SRB)

Zelezarec Skopje – SK Augur
First Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (RUS)
Second Referee: Ruben Guerreiro (POR)

FC Encamp – St. Andrews FC
First Referee: David Schaerli (SUI)
Second Referee: Josip Barton (MKD)

Titograd – Cardiff University
First Referee: Patrik Porkert (AUT)
Second Referee: Vasilios Christodoulis (GRE)

Göteborg Futsal Club – Centar Sarajevo
First Referee: Damir Radović (SRB)
Second Referee: Hennadiy Hora (UKR)

FK Inkaras – Istanbul Üniversitesi
First Referee: Kreshnik Hakrama (ALB)
Second Referee: Elchin Samadli (AZE)

ASUE – Halle Gooik
First Referee: Andri Vigfusson (ISL)
Second Referee: Ozan Soykan (TUR)

FC Differdange – Flamurtari Vlorë
First Referee: Guy Berger (ISR)
Second Referee: Kaspars Kivlišs (LVA)

SK Augur – ASA Ben Gurion
First Referee: Torbjorn Eidhammer (NOR)
Second Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (RUS)

Kremlin Bicêtre United – Stella Rossa Wien
First Referee: Trayan Enchev (BUL)
Second Referee: Viktor Bugenko (MDA)

Hamburg Panthers – Víkingur Ólafsvík
First Referee: Veljko Bošković (MNE)
Second Referee: Barry Weijers (NED)

FC Santos – Sievi Futsal
First Referee: Nicola Manzione (ITA)
Second Referee: Valentin Ciuplea (WAL)

St. Andrews FC – Futsal Gentofte
First Referee: Josip Barton (MKD)
Second Referee: Andrej Topić (CRO)

Cardiff University – Blue Magic
First Referee: Vasilios Christodoulis (GRE)
Second Referee: Patrik Porkert (AUT)

Grorud – Lynx
First Referee: Aleksandras Sliva (LTU)
Second Referee: Andrzej Witkowski (POL)

Halle Gooik – Progress Chisinau
First Referee: Fredric Nilholt (SWE)
Second Referee: Andri Vigfusson (ISL)

ASA Ben Gurion – Zelezarec Skopje
First Referee: Ruben Guerreiro (POR)
Second Referee: Torbjorn Eidhammer (NOR)

Nacional Zagreb – Titograd
First Referee: Alejandro Martinez Flores (ESP)
Second Referee: Peter Nurse (ENG)

Pescara – Encamp
First Referee: David Schaerli (SUI)
Second Referee: Zoran Sofrenić (BIH)

FIFA referee Oliver replaced injured AR at his wife's match

"If there is a qualified assistant referee in the stadium, please can they make themselves known?" That was the request made at half-time in Thursday's Continental Cup game between Arsenal Ladies and Reading FC Women following an injury to one of the officials. And just who should happen to be in the ground at Boreham Wood FC? None other than Premier League referee Michael Oliver.

The 30-year-old FIFA referee was in the stands watching the match, refereed by his wife, Lucy. He duly stepped in to run the line for the second half, prompting chants of "there's only one Michael Oliver" from some home fans. And having taken charge of Arsenal and Liverpool's 0-0 Premier League draw at Emirates Stadium on Monday with an attendance of more than 60,000 people, Oliver found himself officiating in front of a crowd of 873. "It was a strange one," Reading boss Kelly Chambers, whose side lost 2-1, told BBC Sport. "It was nice of him to step in and help us. "We needed him; otherwise it could have been a different kettle of fish if we had just anyone taking over." Oliver, who has been eligible to take charge of European internationals since 2012, is set to referee Premier League match between Stoke City and West Brom.

Source: BBC

Proenca removed from the UEFA Referees Committee

Former FIFA referee Pedro Proenca was removed from the UEFA Referees Committee because he was elected to chair the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP), a position deemed incompatible with his functions in the European body. Source close to Pedro Proenca, who had been elected in June for a term of four years, confirmed that the current president of LPFP has been notified of the decision of the UEFA Referees Committee. The main issue is, according to the same source, the incompatibility with Proenca’s election as the new president of LPFP, representing the clubs.

UEFA was displeased to learn that some of the clubs that supported the candidacy of Pedro Proenca as president of the League, and in particular FC Porto and Sporting, defend the draw of the referees. The UEFA Chief Refereeing Officer, Pierluigi Collina, which has a good relationship with the former Portuguese referee, was hardly impressed with the situation. This was an important factor that weighed heavily on Pedro Proenca’removal from the UEFA Referees Committee. The fact that Proenca is now the president of the Portuguese League creates a conflict of interest with a position in the European refereeing body, but the issue of being supported by clubs who defend the draw of the referees worsened the situation that lead to his departure from the upper echelons of the UEFA refereeing. 

Source: RTP/Lusa