FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – CONMEBOL (Matchday 2)

13 October 2015

Peru – Chile
Referee: Nestor Pitana (ARG, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Bonfa (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ernesto Uziga (ARG)
Fourth Official: Fernando Rapallini (ARG)
Referee Observer: Otalvaro Polanco (COL)

Ecuador – Bolivia
Referee: Sandro Ricci (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Emerson De Carvalho (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo Van Gasse (BRA)
Fourth Official: Wilton Sampaio (BRA)
Referee Observer: Adrian Gomez (VEN)

Paraguay – Argentina
Referee: Andres Cunha (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Nievas (URU)
Fourth Official: Christian Ferreyra (URU)
Referee Observer: Antonio Pereira (BRA)

Uruguay – Colombia
Referee: Heber Lopes (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Kleber Gil (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Bruno Boschilia (BRA)
Fourth Official: Luiz Oliveira (BRA)
Referee Observer: Ubaldo Aquino (PAR)

Brazil – Venezuela
Referee: Dario Ubriaco (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Pastorino (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Taran (URU)
Fourth Official: Fernando Falce (URU)
Referee Observer: Rene Ortube (BOL)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – AFC (Round 2, Matchday 6)

13 October 2015

Vietnam – Thailand
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (BHR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Ebrahim Saleh (BHR)
Assistant Referee 2: Nawaf Moosa (BHR)
Fourth Official: Yusuf Abdulla (BHR)

Timor – Malaysia
Referee: Nivon Gamini (SRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Palitha Hemathunga (SRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Sanjeewa Wellabada (SRI)
Fourth Official: Prashanth Rajakrishna (SRI)

Korea DPR – Yemen
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (HKG)
Assistant Referee 1: Chow Chun Kit (HKG)
Assistant Referee 2: Kin Fung Yu (HKG)
Fourth Official: Chanketya Thong (CAM)

Myanmar – Laos
Referee: Salah Abbas (BHR)
Assistant Referee 1: Sayed Mahfoodh (BHR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Rashed (BHR)
Fourth Official: Van Dung Dinh (VIE)

Bhutan – Hong Kong
Referee: Aziz Asimov (UZB)
Assistant Referee 1: Alisher Usmanov (UZB)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrey Tsapenko (UZB)
Fourth Official: Murod Mukhamedov (UZB)

Singapore – Cambodia
Referee: Kim Dae-Young (KOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Young Ha (KOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Park In-Sun (KOR)
Fourth Official: Alongkron Feemuechang (THA)

Turkmenistan – Guam
Referee: Turki Al-Khudair (KSA)
Assistant Referee 1: Fahad Al Umri (KSA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohammed Al Abakry (KSA)
Fourth Official: Mohammed Al Hoaish (KSA)

Kyrgyzstan – Bangladesh
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (BHR)
Assistant Referee 1: Yaser Tulefat (BHR)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohamed Salman (BHR)
Fourth Official: Ammar Mahfoodh (BHR)

Oman – India
Referee: Fahad Al Marri (QAT)
Assistant Referee 1: Juma Al Burshaid (QAT)
Assistant Referee 2: Yousuf Al-Shamari (QAT)
Fourth Official: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (UAE)

Bahrain – Philippines
Referee: Mohanad Sarray (IRQ)
Assistant Referee 1: Muayad Mohammed (IRQ)
Assistant Referee 2: Luay Subhi (IRQ)
Fourth Official: Wathik Al Baag (IRQ)

Qatar – Maldives
Referee: Ahmed Abu Bakar (OMA)
Assistant Referee 1: Rashid Al Ghaithi (OMA)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdullah Al Jardani (OMA)
Fourth Official: Khalid Al Shaqsi (OMA)

Syria – Afghanistan
Referee: Dmitri Mashentsev (KGZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Bakhadyr Kochkarov (KGZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Sergei Grishchenko (KGZ)
Fourth Official: Rysbek Shekerbekov (KGZ)

Jordan – Tajikistan
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (OMA)
Assistant Referee 1: Hamed Al Mayahi (OMA)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdullah Al Shammakhi (OMA)
Fourth Official: Mahmood Al Majarafi (OMA)

Kuwait – Lebanon
Referee: Ammar Al Jeneibi (UAE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ahmed Al Rashadi (UAE)
Assistant Referee 2: Zayed Kamal (UAE)
Fourth Official: Ibrahim Al Marzooqi (UAE)

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

11-13 October 2015

Madagascar – Central Africa
Referee: Daniel Bennett (RSA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mothibidi Khumalo (RSA)
Assistant Referee 2: Johannes Moshidi (RSA)
Fourth Official: Tinyiko Hlungwani (RSA)

Niger – Somalia
Referee: Falou Kane (SEN)
Assistant Referee 1: El Hadji Samba (SEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Ababacar Sene (SEN)
Fourth Official: Issa Sy (SEN)

Mauritania – South Sudan
Referee: Fidel Gomes (GNB)
Assistant Referee 1: Firmino Bassafim (GNB)
Assistant Referee 2: Aderito Barbosa (GNB)
Fourth Official: Bonifacio Da Silva (GNB)

Namibia – Gambia
Referee: Joshua Bondo (BOT)
Assistant Referee 1: Oamogetse Godisamang (BOT)
Assistant Referee 2: Moemedi Monakwane (BOT)
Fourth Official: Lekgotla Johannes (BOT)

Lesotho – Comoros
Referee: Samuel Chirinda (MOZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Celio Mugabe (MOZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Joao Nhatuve (MOZ)
Fourth Official: Jose Rachide (MOZ)

Burundi – Seychelles
Referee: Hafiz Alamen (SDN)
Assistant Referee 1: Haitham Ahmed (SDN)
Assistant Referee 2: Nagei Ahmed (SDN)
Fourth Official: Sabri Fadul (SDN)

Guinea Bissau – Liberia
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (NGA)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Edibi (NGA)
Assistant Referee 2: Temitope Orowole (NGA)
Fourth Official: Benjamin Odey (NGA)

Ethiopia – Sao Tome
Referee: Jean Ishimwe (RWA)
Assistant Referee 1: Honore Simba (RWA)
Assistant Referee 2: Jean Niyitegeka (RWA)
Fourth Official: Issa Kagabo (RWA)

Kenya – Mauritius
Referee: Cosmas Mandengbakaly (CMR)
Assistant Referee 1: Joseph Lambi (CMR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pierre Enyegue (CMR)
Fourth Official: Christopher Nde (CMR)

Swaziland – Djibouti
Referee: Ganesh Chutooree (MRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Akhtar Rossaye (MRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jean Telvar (MRI)
Fourth Official: Dharamveer Hurbungs (MRI)

Malawi – Tanzania
Referee: Helder Martins (ANG)
Assistant Referee 1: Bongani Gadzikwa (ZIM)
Assistant Referee 2: Wilson Valdmiro (ANG)
Fourth Official: Joao Goma (ANG)

Botswana – Eritrea
Referee: Nelson Fred (SEY)
Assistant Referee 1: Steve Marie (SEY)
Assistant Referee 2: Jean Ernesta (SEY)
Fourth Official: Allister Barra (SEY)

Sierra Leone – Chad
Referee: Aboubacar Bangoura (GUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Sidiki Sidibe (GUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Moustapha Toure (GUI)
Fourth Official: Yakhouba Keita (GUI)

UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers (Matchday 10, Part 2)

12 October 2015

Ukraine – Spain
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB)
Additional AR 1: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
Additional AR 2: Nenad Djokić (SRB)
Fourth Official: Nemanja Petrović (SRB)
Referee Observer: Stefan Ormandjiev (BUL) 

Russia – Montenegro
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Haglund (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Andås (NOR)
Additional AR 1: Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR)
Additional AR 2: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Sven Erik Midthjell (NOR)
Referee Observer: Ioannis Tsachilidis (GRE)

Austria – Liechtenstein
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ondřej Pelikán (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Paták (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Radek Příhoda (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Jan Jilek (CZE)
Fourth Official: Ivo Nadvornik (CZE)
Referee Observer: Guy Goethals (BEL)

Sweden – Moldova
Referee: Luca Banti (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Davide Massa (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Gianluca Vuoto (ITA)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

Belarus – Macedonia
Referee: Christian Dingert (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mike Pickel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Christoph Bornhorst (GER)
Additional AR 1: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Additional AR 2: Robert Hartmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Radoman (SRB)

Luxembourg – Slovakia
Referee: Oliver Drachta (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Kuehr (AUT)
Additional AR 1: Manuel Schuettengruber (AUT)
Additional AR 2: Dieter Muckenhammer (AUT)
Fourth Official: Roland Riedel (AUT)
Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis (CYP)

Estonia – Switzerland
Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Bas van Dongen (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Dave Goossens (NED)
Additional AR 1: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Additional AR 2: Dennis Higler (NED)
Fourth Official: Jan de Vries (NED)
Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)

Lithuania – England
Referee: Kenn Hansen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Rix (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: David Andersen (DEN)
Additional AR 1: Jens Maae (DEN)
Additional AR 2: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Henrik Larsen (DEN)
Referee Observer: László Vagner (HUN)

San Marino – Slovenia
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Additional AR 1: Dimitar Meckarovski (MKD)
Additional AR 2: Goran Spirkoski (MKD)
Fourth Official: Goce Petreski (MKD)
Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy (TUR)

UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers (Matchday 10, Part 3)

13 October 2015 

Italy – Norway
Referee: Felix Brych (GER, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Additional AR 1: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Additional AR 2: Marco Fritz (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Referee Observer: Patrick Kelly (IRL) 

Latvia – Kazakhstan
Referee: Steven McLean (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Graeme Stewart (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: David McGeachie (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Donald Robertson (SCO)
Fourth Official: Stuart Stevenson (SCO)
Referee Observer: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)

Netherlands – Czech Republic
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Mitja Žganec (SVN)
Fourth Official: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)

Turkey – Iceland
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Antonio Damato (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Carmine Russo (ITA)
Fourth Official: Andrea Padovan (ITA)
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)

Belgium – Israel
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Damianos Efthimiadis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Polychronis Kostaras (GRE)
Additional AR 1: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)
Additional AR 2: Stavros Tritsonis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Christos Akrivos (GRE)
Referee Observer: Hans Reijgwart (NED)

Cyprus – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: John Brooks (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Lee Betts (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Robert Madley (ENG)
Fourth Official: Jake Collin (ENG)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)

Wales – Andorra
Referee: Kevin Blom (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Langkamp (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Additional AR 1: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Additional AR 2: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Fourth Official: Charles Schaap (NED)
Referee Observer: Charles Agius (MLT)

Bulgaria – Azerbaijan
Referee: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Berettyán (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Gabor Erös (HUN)
Additional AR 1: István Vad (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Zsolt Szabó (HUN)
Fourth Official: Theodoros Georgiou (HUN)
Referee Observer: John Fleming (SCO)

Malta – Croatia
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephen Child (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Salisbury (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Lee Mason (ENG)
Fourth Official: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)

UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers (Matchday 10, Part 1)

11 October 2015

Poland – Ireland
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Barış Şimşek (TUR)
Fourth Official: Cem Satman (TUR)
Referee Observer: Luciano Luci (ITA) 

Germany – Georgia 
Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Slysko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Wilczek (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Petr Ardeleanu (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Michal Patak (CZE)
Fourth Official: Tomas Mokrusch (CZE)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

Gibraltar – Scotland
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Vitali Maliutsin (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleh Maslianka (BLR)
Additional AR 1: Siarhei Tsynkevich (BLR)
Additional AR 2: Dzianis Shcharbakou (BLR)
Fourth Official: Dmitry Zhuk (BLR)
Referee Observer: Igor Ischenko (UKR)

Faroe Islands – Romania
Referee: Ivan Kruzliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Balko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomas Somolani (SVK)
Additional AR 1: Peter Kralovic (SVK)
Additional AR 2: Mario Vlk (SVK)
Fourth Official: Tomas Mokos (SVK)
Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev (BUL)

Finland – Northern Ireland
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Averianov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)

Additional AR 1: Sergei Lapochkin (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Emil Bozhinovski (MKD)

Greece – Hungary
Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomislav Petrović (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Miro Grgić (CRO)
Additional AR 1: Domagoj Vuckov (CRO)
Additional AR 2: Goran Gabrilo (CRO)
Fourth Official: Goran Pataki (CRO)
Referee Observer: David Elleray (ENG)

Armenia – Albania
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Additional AR 1: Pawel Raczkowski (POL)
Additional AR 2: Tomasz Musial (POL)
Fourth Official: Radoslaw Siejka (POL)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)

Serbia – Portugal
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Javier Aguilar Rodríguez (ESP)

Assistant Referee 2: Angel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Pedro Pérez Montero (ESP)
Fourth Official: Jorge Canelo Prieto (ESP)
Referee Observer: Michel Piraux (BEL)

Friendly
Denmark – France
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Fredrik Nilsson (SWE)

Collina: “Moreno should have been sent off for Shaw challenge”

UEFA referees chief Pierluigi Collina admits Hector Moreno should have been sent off after breaking Luke Shaw's leg. PSV defender Moreno escaped without punishment after the tackle in which Manchester United left-back Shaw suffered a double leg break. Moreno went on to score the equaliser in PSV's 2-1 Champions League win and was named man-of-the-match, much to United's fury.

Moreno won the ball in his challenge before doing the damage with his follow through. But Collina says UEFA are now determined to make players aware that “getting the football is not everything.” He said: “If you see the clip of PSV and Man Utd when Shaw was heavily injured, leg broken, the defender played ball and legs. On the field of play, nobody reacted because what was perceived even by players on the pitch the ball was played and this season the thought of many if the ball is played it’s not even a foul. We need to make people even the football community aware that if we want to protect the safety of the player, even challenges on the ball but very risky in terms of endangering the safety of the opponent can be punished, should be punished. (Getting the) football is not everything, safety counts more than the football itself. If you look at life speed, nobody reacted, not one single player, everyone saw the ball going away. If you see in slow motion, you can see that the ball was hit by the knee of the defender and the other leg hard on the legs, that is certainly serious foul play, that should’ve been punished. Even if you read the comments after the game there was a wide debate and different positions, based on images. If you want to protect the safety of the players, there are two ways. Convince the players not to take the risk and be strong in punishing challenges that can endanger the safety of an opponent”.

Source: The Mirror