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21-22 August 2018

Benfica – PAOK
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB)
Fourth Official: Nemanja Petrović (SRB)
Additional AR 1: Nenad Djokić (SRB)
Additional AR 2: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
Referee Observer: László Vágner (HUN)

Bate Borisov – PSV Eindhoven
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth Official: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Additional AR 1: Tobias Welz (GER)
Additional AR 2: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev (BUL)

Crvena Zvezda – Red Bull Salzburg
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Fourth Official: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Marco Guida (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
Referee Observer: Patrick Kelly (IRL)

Young Boys – Dinamo Zagreb
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Additional AR 2: José Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Kaj Østergaard (DEN)

MOL Vidi – AEK Athens
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Fourth Official: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Luca Banti (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)

AFC Ajax – Dynamo Kyiv
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Nicolas Rainville (FRA)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

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UEFA Europa League – Play-Offs (First Leg)

August 20, 2018, 9:08 pm

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23 August 2018

Partizan – Beşiktaş
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Somoláni (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
Fourth Official: Filip Glova (SVK)
Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)

Zenit – Molde
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Fourth Official: Harm Osmers (GER)
Referee Observer: Sabri Çelik (TUR)

Torpedo Kutaisi – PFC Ludogorets
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kemal Yılmaz (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Fourth Official: Koray Gençerler (TUR)
Referee Observer: Petteri Kari (FIN)

Sigma Olomouc – Sevilla FC
Referee: Robert Madden (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Potter (SCO)
Fourth Official: Donald Robertson (SCO)
Referee Observer: Stefan Messner (AUT)

AS Trenčín – AEK Larnaca
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Javier Aguilar Rodríguez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
Referee Observer: Stephen Lodge (ENG)

Apoel – Astana
Referee: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Lasse Koslowski (GER)
Fourth Official: Frank Willenborg (GER)
Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI)

Suduva – Celtic
Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomislav Petrović (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Miro Grgić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Mario Zebec (CRO)
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)

Sheriff Tiraspol – Qarabağ
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Fourth Official: Julian Weinberger (AUT)
Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov (UKR)

Sarpsborg FF – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Valeriy Danchenko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Aleksey Yes'kov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)

Malmö FF – Midtjylland
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Novak Simović (SRB)
Referee Observer: Michális Koukoulákis (GRE)

FC Basel – Apollon Limassol
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Grega Kordež (SVN)
Fourth Official: Nejc Kajtazovič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold (NOR)

Atalanta – København
Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nádvorník (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Kamil Hájek (CZE)
Fourth Official: Petr Ardeleánu (CZE)
Referee Observer: Nuno Castro (POR)

Olympiakós – Burnley
Referee: Slavko Vinčič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)

Olimpija Ljubljana – Spartak Trnava
Referee: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephen Child (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Lee Betts (ENG)
Fourth Official: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
Referee Observer: Luciano Luci (ITA)

F91 Dudelange – CFR Cluj
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE)
Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)

Rapid Wien – FCSB
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Ross (SCO)
Fourth Official: Nicolas Walsh (SCO)
Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)

KRC Genk – Brøndby IF
Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
Referee Observer: Manuel Mejuto González (ESP)

Zorya Luhansk – RB Leipzig
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Haquette (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Fourth Official: Benoît Millot (FRA)
Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)

KAA Gent – Girondins de Bordeaux
Referee: Aliyar Ağayev (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Rza Mammadov (AZE)
Fourth Official: Orxan Mammadov (AZE)
Referee Observer: Michael Ross (NIR)

Rangers – Ufa
Referee: Daniel Stefański (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Golis (POL)
Fourth Official: Zbigniew Dobrynin (POL)
Referee Observer: Michel Piraux (BEL)

Rosenborg – Shkëndija
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dvir Shimon (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Roy Hassan (ISR)
Fourth Official: Alon Yefet (ISR)
Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)

Youth Olympic Games 2018 – Futsal Tournament

August 21, 2018, 9:16 pm

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Buenos Aires, 6-18 October 2018

AFC
1. Hussain Al Bahhar (BHR, 1980)
2. Hiroyuki Kobayashi (JPN, 1980, photo)
3. Po Fu Lee (TPE, 1988)
4. Qingyun Liang (CHN, 1985)
5. Gelareh Nazemi (IRN, 1984)

CAF
1. Mohamed Hassan (EGY, 1977)
2. Khalid Hnich (MAR, 1981)

CONCACAF
1. Jose Barrera (SLV, 1989)
2. Diego Molina (CRC, 1986)
3. Roberto Sanchez (CUB, 1979)
4. Lance VanHaitsma (USA, 1982)

CONMEBOL
1. Ricardo Amaral (BRA, 1983)
2. Tayana Moreno (VEN, 1992)
3. Valeria Palma (CHI, 1990)
4. Andres Pena (ARG, 1984)
5. Rafael Villalba (PAR, 1992)

OFC
1. Anthony Riley (NZL, 1985)

UEFA
1. Victor Berg Audic (FRA, 1985)
2. Ovidiu Curta (ROU, 1976)
3. Nikola Jelic (CRO, 1982)
4. Miguel Oliveira (POR, 1981)
5. Chiara Perona (ITA, 1987)
6. David Urdanoz (ESP, 1979)
7. Irina Velikanova (RUS, 1980)

Support Referee - CONMEBOL
1. Leandro Lorenzo (ARG, 1975)

FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Final 2018: Frappart (FRA)

August 22, 2018, 10:25 am

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24 August 2018

Final
Spain – Japan
Referee: Stephanie Frappart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Manuela Nicolosi (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Michelle O'Neill (IRL)
Fourth Official: Edina Alves (BRA)
Reserve AR: Kim Kyoung Min (KOR) 

Match for Third Place
France – England
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (ZAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Lidwine Rakotozafinoro (MAD)
Assistant Referee 2: Bernadettar Kwimbira (MWI)
Fourth Official: Ri Hyang Ok (PRK)
Reserve AR: Hong Kum Nyo (PRK)

UEFA Women’s Futsal Euro 2019 Qualifiers – Preliminary Round

August 24, 2018, 12:43 pm

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21-26 August 2018

Group A - Newry (NIR)
1. Daniel Deca (ROU)
2. Arttu Kyynaeraeinen (FIN)
3. Patrik Porkert (AUT, photo)
4. Adrian Tschopp (SUI)

Group B - Prienai (LTU)
1. Veljko Bošković (MNE)
2. Ugur Cakmak (TUR)
3. Yevhen Hordiienko (UKR)

Group C - Ciurescu (MDA)
1. Kreshnik Hakrama (ALB)
2. Yusif Nurullayev (AZE)
3. Jacob Pawlowski (GER)

Growing pay gap between male and female referees in France

August 24, 2018, 10:40 pm

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The Executive Committee of the French Football Federation has published the referee fees for the 2018-2019 season. The gap between men's and women's football is growing day-by-day. Despite the campaigns for the promotion of women's refereeing, the FFF is showing little consideration and respect for female referees.

A male referee in Ligue 1 earns 2290 € per match, while a female referee in the women’s Division 1, which counts the best women’s team in Europe, Olympique Lyonnais, only gets paid 210 €. A difference of 2080 €! This is just enough to cover the costs of logistics (train, plane, hotel, gas) for female referees. It is a scandal at a time when the Federation is constantly promoting women's football, but continues to ignore its female referees. Stephanie Frappart, the flagship of the women's refereeing and who works Ligue 2 matches, represented France at the Women’s Euro 2017 where she was appointed to the semi-final Netherlands - England. She also recently refereed the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup final between Spain and Japan.

Assistant referees are also considered as a by-product of refereeing in France. For example, Assistant Referees F1 receive 1173 € less than their referee colleagues. Worse still, the referees belonging to the categories F3 and F4 are paid 532 € and 282 € respectively per match. An Assistant Referee F3 receives an allowance of 234 €, which is more than the referee of a female D1 match. A total aberration. The FFF has also communicated the fees that will be received by the referees F1, F2 and the 10 specialized video assistant referees appointed as VARs for the current season. The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will receive an allowance of 615 €, while the Assistant Video Assistant Referee (AVAR) will be paid up to 270 €. 

Source: Arbitrage57

UEFA Champions League – Play-offs (Second Leg)

August 27, 2018, 12:11 pm

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28-29 August 2018

GNK Dinamo – Young Boys
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Charles Schaap (NED)
Additional AR 1: Dennis Higler (NED)
Additional AR 2: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Referee Observer: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)

AEK Athens – MOL Vidi
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Radosław Siejka (POL)
Additional AR 1: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
Additional AR 2: Tomasz Musiał (POL)
Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)

Dynamo Kyiv – AFC Ajax
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Fourth Official: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Matej Jug (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Slavko Vinčič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Emil Božinovski (MKD)

Red Bull Salzburg – Crvena Zvezda
Referee: Cüneyt Çakir (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Barış Şimşek (TUR)
Referee Observer: Michael Riley (ENG)

PSV Eindhoven – Bate Borisov
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: Ian Hussin (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)

PAOK – Benfica
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Markus Häcker (GER)
Additional AR 1: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Additional AR 2: Marco Fritz (GER)
Referee Observer: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)

CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores – Round of 16 (Second Leg)

August 27, 2018, 8:56 pm

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28-30 August 2018

Santos – Independiente
Referee: Julio Bascuñan (CHI, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Astroza (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Claudio Rios (CHI)
Fourth Official: Eduardo Gamboa (CHI)
Referee Assessor: Ubaldo Aquino (PAR)

Atlético Nacional – Atletico Tucumán
Referee: Roberto Tobar (CHI)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Schiemann (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Retamal (CHI)
Fourth Official: Piero Maza (CHI)
Referee Assessor: Carlos Torres (PAR)

Gremio – Estudiantes
Referee: Eber Aquino (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Zorrilla (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Dario Gaona (PAR)
Fourth Official: Arnaldo Samaniego (PAR)
Referee Assessor: Francisco Mondria (CHI)

River Plate – Racing
Referee: Mario Diaz de Vívar (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Cardozo (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Milciades Saldivar (PAR)
Fourth Official: Julio Quintana (PAR)
Referee Assessor: Carlos Herrera (ECU)

Cruzeiro – Flamengo
Referee: Andres Cunha (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Taran (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)
Fourth Official: Leodan Gonzalez (URU)
Referee Assessor: Claudio Puga (CHI)

Corinthians – Colo Colo
Referee: Nestor Pitana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Belatti (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Gustavo Rossi (ARG)
Fourth Official: Fernando Espinoza (ARG)
Referee Assessor: Jose Buitrago (COL)

Libertad – Boca Juniors
Referee: Wilmar Roldan (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Cristian de la Cruz (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Wilmar Navarro (COL)
Fourth Official: Andres Rojas (COL)
Referee Assessor: Jorge Jaimes (PER)

Palmeiras – Cerro Porteño
Referee: German Delfino (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Hernan Maidana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Gabriel Chade (ARG)
Fourth Official: Dario Herrera (ARG)
Referee Assessor: Roberto Silvera (URU)

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UEFA Europa League – Play-offs (Second Leg)

August 27, 2018, 8:57 pm

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30 August 2018

Burnley – Olympiakos
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Fourth Official: Sándor Andó-Szabó (HUN)
Referee Observer: Vladimír Medved (SVK)

Ufa – Rangers
Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mike Pickel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Gittelmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Patrick Ittrich (GER)
Referee Observer: Goran Mihaljević (MNE)

Astana – Apoel
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Henrik Larsen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Heine Sørensen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Michael Tykgaard (DEN)
Referee Observer: Asim Xudiyev (AZE)

AEK Larnaca – AS Trenčín
Referee: Sergey Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksey Lunev (RUS)
Fourth Official: Sergey Ivanov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)

København – Atalanta
Referee: Anastásios Sidirópoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Polychrónis Kostarás (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Lázaros Dimitriádis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Anastásios Papapétrou (GRE)
Referee Observer: Jaap Uilenberg (NED)

RB Leipzig – Zorya Luhansk
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Diks (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Kevin Blom (NED)
Referee Observer: Matteo Trefoloni (ITA)

Maccabi Tel Aviv – Sarpsborg FF
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Soares (POR)
Fourth Official: Tiago Martins (POR)
Referee Observer: Nikolai Levnikov (RUS)

Apollon Limassol – FC Basel
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Julien Pacelli (FRA)
Fourth Official: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
Referee Observer: Eyjólfur Ólafsson (ISL)

Molde – Zenit
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Abrahám Álvarez Cantón (ESP)
Fourth Official: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)

CFR Cluj – F91 Dudelange
Referee: Davide Massa (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)

Qarabağ FK – Sheriff Tiraspol
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Fourth Official: Dimitar Mečkarovski (MKD)
Referee Observer: Johan Verbist (BEL)

PFC Ludogorets – Torpedo Kutaisi
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikko Alakare (FIN)
Fourth Official: Antti Munukka (FIN)
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz (TUR)

FC Midtjylland – Malmö FF
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Davie Goossens (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Bas van Dongen (NED)
Fourth Official: Jeroen Manschot (NED)
Referee Observer: Kýros Vasáras (GRE)

Beşiktaş – Partizan
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Șovre (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Sebastian Colțescu (ROU)
Referee Observer: Nikolai Ivanov (RUS)

Shkëndija – Rosenborg
Referee: Aleksei Kuĺbakoŭ (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitryj Žuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alieh Maslianka (BLR)
Fourth Official: Dzianis Ščarbakoŭ (BLR)
Referee Observer: Gevorg Hovhannisyan (ARM)

FCSB – Rapid Wien
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Referee Observer: Zbigniew Przesmycki (POL)

Brøndby IF – KRC Genk
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Fourth Official: Donatas Šimėnas (LTU)
Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn (GER)

Spartak Trnava – Olimpija Ljubljana
Referee: Luca Banti (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman (NED)

Girondins de Bordeaux – KAA Gent
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Javier Martínez Nicolás (ESP)
Fourth Official: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís (CYP)

Celtic – Sūduva
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Diyan Valkov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Stanislav Todorov (BUL)
Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos (CRO)

Sevilla FC – Sigma Olomouc
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marius Avram (ROU)
Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)

FA Cup Final: Audio Oliver - VAR

August 30, 2018, 12:57 pm

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Fascinating audio reveals what referee Michael Oliver’s conversations with his assistants and the players in the build-up to awarding Chelsea penalty during FA Cup final win over Manchester United. What referees hear and say on the football pitch as they make a VAR decision has been revealed for the first time. And it shows how the man in the middle deals with the players, and his vast array of assistants as Eden Hazard is brought down by Phil Jones inside the box. As the Belgian bears down on goal, an assistant can be heard shouting 'DOGSO' (Denial of Goal Scoring Opportunity). 'Not now, not now,' replies Oliver, before Jones finally fouls Hazard inside the box, prompting Oliver to blow the whistle and point to the spot, in footage shared by NBCSN. The VAR immediately indicates that they will take a closer look at the incident, before both sets of players surround Oliver. Oliver can be heard telling the United players 'he's not got the ball', and also informing the Chelsea players that it was a 'genuine attempt to play the ball', prompting the award of a yellow card for the foul.

Audio transcript

Michael Oliver: Miss me Paul.

[Chelsea and United players tussle for ball, appeals for handball]

No, no, no, no. I don't know whose hand it hit.

[Ball played up field, Hazard runs clear as Jones chases]

Assistant: DOGSO, DOGSO.

Oliver: Not now, not now.

[Jones brings down Hazard in the box, penalty awarded]

Assistant: DOGSO, DOGSO Michael.

VAR: Just going to have a look at it.

[Players from both sides surround the referee]

Oliver: He's not got the ball.

[Referee addresses Chelsea players]

Listen, listen, listen. It's in the area, it's a genuine attempt to play the ball.

I'll talk to you, I'll talk to you. Listen, listen. Let's talk to Gary. Let me talk, let me talk to Gary.

[Cesc Fabregas wanders over to chat to the assistant referee]

Assistant: It's a genuine attempt for the ball. It's a genuine attempt for the ball inside the area.

Oliver: It's a genuine attempt for the ball. It's a yellow card.

He's come in from the side, Hazard's run is between, he doesn't touch the ball.

[United players query the use of VAR]

VAR looks at it already. VAR looks at it anyway.

[Referee talks to VAR]

Just to confirm Neil, check complete?

VAR: Check complete.

Oliver: Penalty check, fine. Penalty is correct.

Phil Jones, No 4, yellow card, genuine attempt to play the ball, didn't win it.

[Talks to penalty taker and goalkeeper]

Eden, whistle. David, whistle. He's in.

[Tells players not to encroach]

Phil, stay out. Paul, stay out. Jesse, stay out.

Oliver then asks to talk to Chelsea skipper Gary Cahill to further explain the situation. Cesc Fabregas is seen wandering over to the assistant on the touchline, who confirms it was a 'genuine attempt.' A United player enquires about VAR, before Oliver swiftly replies that it is already in use. The VAR later confirms that the penalty stands, with Oliver relaying this to the players. As he instructs Hazard to take his attempt when the whistle sounds, he reminds players not to encroach inside the box when the penalty is being taken.

Source: DailyMail

FIFA referee Madley forced to quit after “mocking” disabled man

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Premier League referee Bobby Madley was fired for discrimination against the disabled, SunSport can reveal. Madley, 32, posted an offensive and inappropriate message on his Snapchat account that was sent on to league chiefs. The official shared a picture of a disabled man with an insensitive remark about the probability of being able to beat him in a school sports day race. One of his followers then took a screen grab of the comment and took it to his bosses. They fired Madley, who was on a six-figure salary plus bonuses with the Premier League, and placed a gagging order on him as part of his exit package. That silence has led to intense speculation about why he left the game — but SunSport can reveal the real reason behind his shock departure.

Madley has recently split with his wife and is now living in Norway as he attempts to rebuild his shattered life. Despite a dodgy season last year, he was still regarded as one of the best referees in English football and was a regular on the UEFA circuit. He was given the Community Shield in 2017 in recognition of his progress and officiated 19 top-flight games last season. A Premier League spokesman, responding to questions from SunSport over his dismissal relating to the Snapchat message, said: “Bobby Madley is no longer employed by PGMOL. We understand he has decided to relocate due to a change in his personal circumstances”.

Source: The Sun

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 Qualifiers – UEFA (Matchday 8)

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30-31 August 2018

Scotland – Switzerland
Referee: Sara Persson (SWE, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Julia Magnusson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Petruta Iugulescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Stéphanie Frappart (FRA)

Russia – Kazakhstan
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Chrysoula Kourompylia (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Panagiota Koutsoumpou (GRE)
Fourth Official: Jana Eleferenko (RUS)

Moldova – Portugal
Referee: Irena Velevačkoska (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Biljana Milanova (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Elena Soklevska-Ilievski (MKD)
Fourth Official: Maria Buclis (MDA)

Sweden – Ukraine
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Anna Dabrowska (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Slavomira Majkuthová (SVK)
Fourth Official: Petra Pavlikova (SVK)

Denmark – Croatia
Referee: Volha Tsiareshka (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Alena Karas (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Anna Ilyankova (BLR)
Fourth Official: Line-Maria Rasmussen (DEN)

Belarus – Poland
Referee: Ainara Acevedo Dudley (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Rocio Puente Pino (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrada Aloman (ESP)
Fourth Official: Tatsiana Dankouskaya (BLR)

Czech Republic – Slovenia
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Elena Alistratova (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Dinara Idrisova (KAZ)
Fourth Official: Jana Štychová (CZE)

Ireland – Northern Ireland
Referee: Angelika Soeder (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Ines Appelmann (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Franziska Wildfeuer (GER)
Fourth Official: Michelle O'Neill (IRL)

Romania – Belgium
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tonja Paavola (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jenni Mahlamäki (FIN)
Fourth Official: Alexandra Apostu (ROU)

Spain – Finland
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Susann Küng (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Linda Schmid (SUI)
Fourth Official: Silvia Fernandez Perez (ESP)

Slovakia – Norway
Referee: Valentina Finzi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Lucia Abruzzese (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Tiziana Trasciatti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Maria Sukenikova (SVK)

Wales – England
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Katalin Török (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Lucie Ratajová (CZE)
Fourth Official: Jana Adámková (CZE)

UEFA U-21 Euro 2019 Qualifiers (Matchday 14)

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5-7 September 2018

England – Netherlands
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (ISR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Amihay Mozes (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Moshe Bohbot (ISR)
Fourth Official: Gal Leibovitz (ISR)
Referee Observer: Gylfi Orrason (ISL)

San Marino – Czech Republic
Referee: Luís Teixeira (AND)
Assistant Referee 1: Manuel Fernandes (AND)
Assistant Referee 2: Hugo Pereira (AND)
Fourth Official: Pedro Costa (AND)
Referee Observer: Gaetano De Gabriele (MLT)

Moldova – Belarus
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (GEO)
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgi Elikashvili (GEO)
Assistant Referee 2: Levan Todria (GEO)
Fourth Official: Giorgi Vadachkoria (GEO)
Referee Observer: Albano Janku (ALB)

Iceland – Estonia
Referee: Rahim Hasanov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Yaşar Abbasov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Akif Amirali (AZE)
Fourth Official: Ömar Paşayev (AZE)
Referee Observer: Kaj Natri (FIN)

Azerbaijan – Israel
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (MLT)
Assistant Referee 1: Alan Camilleri (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Luke Portelli (MLT)
Fourth Official: Malcolm Spiteri (MLT)
Referee Observer: Plarent Kotherja (ALB)

Spain – Albania
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Arkadiusz Wójcik (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Niemirowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)

Scotland – Andorra
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Karakolev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Kushtrim Lika (MKD)
Fourth Official: Dimitar Mečkarovski (MKD)
Referee Observer: Drago Kos (SVN)

Kazakhstan – Slovenia
Referee: Kai Erik Steen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Engan (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Jon Knutsen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Kristoffer Hagenes (NOR)
Referee Observer: Patrițiu Abrudan (NOR)

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Switzerland
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Dmitri Mosyakin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Sergey Lapochkin (RUS)
Referee Observer: Edward Foley (IRL)

Malta – Belgium
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Neeme Neemlaid (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Egerd Pajustik (EST)
Fourth Official: Marko Liiva (EST)
Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov (UKR)

Lithuania – Georgia
Referee: Alexandru Tean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 1: Anatolie Bodean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Denis Borisov (MDA)
Fourth Official: Gabriel Tupicica (MDA)
Referee Observer: Stávros Tritsónis (GRE)

Poland – Faroe Islands
Referee: Robert Hennessy (IRL)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Gavin (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Darren Carey (IRL)
Fourth Official: Robert Rogers (IRL)
Referee Observer: Pavel Saliy (KAZ)

Denmark – Finland
Referee: Benoît Millot (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Bertrand Jouannaud (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Stephan Luzi (FRA)
Fourth Official: Willy Delajod (FRA)
Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman (NED)

Ukraine – Latvia
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Kolev (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Georgi Doynov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Stanislav Todorov (BUL)
Referee Observer: Salustià Ciprés (AND)

Turkey – Cyprus
Referee: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Dragan Bogićević (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Oliver Petrović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Milan Ilić (SRB)
Referee Observer: Aleksei Spirin (RUS)

Serbia – FYR Macedonia
Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Joost van Zuilen (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Bas van Dongen (NED)
Fourth Official: Allard Lindhout (NED)
Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn (GER)

Austria – Armenia
Referee: Sergey Ivanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksey Vorontsov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Vladislav Nazarov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Mikhail Vilkov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović (SRB)

Bulgaria – France
Referee: Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Damir Lazić (BIH)
Fourth Official: Haris Kaljanac (BIH)
Referee Observer: David Malcolm (NIR)

Sweden – Hungary
Referee: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Sean Carr (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Jordan Stokoe (SCO)
Fourth Official: Gavin Duncan (SCO)
Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann (SUI)

Kosovo – Ireland
Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Mokrusch (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jiří Moláček (CZE)
Fourth Official: Jiří Houdek (CZE)
Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez (ESP)

Wales – Liechtenstein
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (LUX)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Da Costa (LUX)
Assistant Referee 2: Jasmin Sabotic (LUX)
Fourth Official: Laurent Wilmes (LUX)
Referee Observer: Jiří Ulrich (CZE)

Portugal – Romania
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kerem Ersoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Serkan Olguncan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Alper Ulusoy (TUR)
Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)

UEFA Futsal Champions League – Preliminary Round

September 5, 2018, 10:46 am

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28 August – 2 September 2018

Group A, Mostar (BIH)
1. Viktor Bugenko (MDA)
2. Michael Christofides (CYP)
3. Ramil Namazov (AZE)
4. Norbert Szilágyi (HUN)

Group B, Wiener Neustadt (AUT)
1. Antonios Adamopoulos (GRE)
2. Vedran Babic (CRO)
3. Gordon McCabe (SCO)
4. Peter Nurse (ENG, photo)

Group C, Udevalla (SWE)
1. Kaloyan Kirilov (BUL)
2. Talgat Kosmukhambetov (KAZ)
3. Jan Kresta (CZE)
4. David Urdanoz (ESP)

Group D, Hohenstein (GER)
1. Ruben Guerreiro (POR)
2. Igor Puzović (BIH)
3. Omar Rafiq (NOR)
4. Slawomir Steczko (POL)

Group E, Skopje (MKD)
1. Alem Bajrovic (BIH)
2. Besar Beqiri (KOS)
3. Fredric Nilholt (SWE)
4. Dejan Veselic (SVN)

Group F, Jonava (LTU)
1. Ovidiu Curta (ROU)
2. Hennadiy Hora (UKR)
3. Grigori Ošomkov (EST)
4. Marco Rothenfluh (SUI)

Group G, Bielsko Biala (POL)
1. Shota Kukhilava (GEO)
2. Daniel Matkovic (SUI)
3. Sarunas Tamulynas (LTU)
4. Aurélien Uzan (FRA)

Group H, Timisoara (ROU)
1. Ingo Heemsoth (GER)
2. Dario Pezzuto (ITA)
3. Lars Van Leeuwen (NED)

Group I, Ciorescu (MDA)
1. Raafat Al Hamola (ISR)
2. Daniele D'Adamo (SMR)
3. Kirill Naishouler (FIN)

Referees suspended in Greece

September 5, 2018, 10:47 am

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The Greek Referees Committee evaluated the performance of the referees of the first two matchdays of the Super League played between 25 August and 3 September 2018. In addition to the positive performances, unfortunately there have been some inadequate performance levels that caused the extreme disappointment of the Central Referees Committee.

There have been serious efforts and investments by KED and the Hellenic Football Federation during the pre-season seminar for the referees and assistant referees of the Super League, including theoretical and practical sessions, fitness tests and many other specialized know-how parameters, directly related to the demand for top level refereeing. Performance that is not responsive to this high level preparation is not acceptable and will not be tolerated by the Referees Committee. In this spirit, various measures have been taken concerning match officials. An assistant referee has been removed from the appointments and the decision is immediately applicable until further evaluation, while the duration of the suspension of three other referees will be evaluated within days. Other strictly internal measures are also taken.

The Hellenic Football Federation will never change their strategy and will never stop reforming the refereeing, serving the interest of football in Greece. Of course, the results cannot be achieved in a short time, but the HFF has the full support of FIFA and UEFA for the continuation of the whole process. In this climate, the detrimental comments, beyond any limit, by some representatives of certain clubs that interfere with the absolute autonomy and independence of refereeing are unacceptable. Under these circumstances, the Referees Committee asked the Hellenic Football Federation to take further action to stop unnecessary tensions and protect football.

Source: EPO

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UEFA Nations League – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

September 5, 2018, 10:50 am

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6-8 September 2018

League A
Germany – France
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Marco Guida (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)

Italy – Poland
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Additional AR 1: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Additional AR 2: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
Fourth Official: Markus Häcker (GER)
Referee Observer: Stefan Messner (AUT)

Switzerland – Iceland
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stephen Child (ENG)
Referee Observer: Nikolai Levnikov (RUS)

England – Spain
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Diks (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Additional AR 1: Kevin Blom (NED)
Additional AR 2: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Fourth Official: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev (BUL)

League B
Czech Republic – Ukraine
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Fourth Official: Lee Betts (ENG)
Referee Observer: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)

Wales – Ireland
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Nicolas Rainville (FRA)
Fourth Official: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Referee Observer: Hans Reijgwart (NED)

Turkey – Russia
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Santos (POR)
Additional AR 1: Tiago Martins (POR)
Additional AR 2: João Pinheiro (POR)
Fourth Official: Bruno Campos (POR)
Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)

Northern Ireland – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nádvorník (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Kamil Hájek (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Karel Hrubeš (CZE)
Fourth Official: Jakub Hrabovský (CZE)
Referee Observer: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)

League C
Slovenia – Bulgaria
Referee: Davide Massa (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Referee Observer: Emil Božinovski (MKD)

Norway – Cyprus
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Marius Avram (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Horatiu Fesnic (ROU)
Fourth Official: Alexandru Cerei (ROU)
Referee Observer: Uno Tutk (EST)

Albania – Israel
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Additional AR 1: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Sándor Andó-Szabó (HUN)
Fourth Official: Péter Berettyán (HUN)
Referee Observer: Rodger Gifford (WAL)

Romania – Montenegro
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Somoláni (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
Additional AR 1: Filip Glova (SVK)
Additional AR 2: Michal Očenáš (SVK)
Fourth Official: Tomáš Mókoš (SVK)
Referee Observer: Matteo Trefoloni (ITA)

Lithuania – Serbia
Referee: Robert Madden (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Douglas Ross (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Francis Connor (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Donald Robertson (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Steven McLean (SCO)
Fourth Official: Alastair Mather (SCO)
Referee Observer: Manuel Mejuto González (ESP)

Finland – Hungary
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Additional AR 1: Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU)
Additional AR 2: Robertas Valikonis (LTU)
Fourth Official: Vytis Snarskis (LTU)
Referee Observer: Domenico Messina (ITA)

Estonia – Greece
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Davie Goossens (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Schaap (NED)
Additional AR 1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Additional AR 2: Jeroen Manschot (NED)
Fourth Official: Jan de Vries (NED)
Referee Observer: Haim Jakov (ISR)

League D
Kazakhstan – Georgia
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Cevdet Komurcuoglu (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Barış Şimşek (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Ümit Öztürk (TUR)
Fourth Official: Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR)
Referee Observer: Patrick Kelly (IRL)

Armenia – Liechtenstein
Referee: Enea Jorgji (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Ridiger Çokaj (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Ermal Barushi (ALB)
Additional AR 1: Juxhin Xhaja (ALB)
Additional AR 2: Kridens Meta (ALB)
Fourth Official: Denis Rexha (ALB)
Referee Observer: Alieh Čykun (BLR)

Latvia – Andorra
Referee: Keith Kennedy (NIR)
Assistant Referee 1: Paul Robinson (NIR)
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Donaldson (NIR)
Additional AR 1: Ian McNabb (NIR)
Additional AR 2: Tim Marshall (NIR)
Fourth Official: Stephen Bell (NIR)
Referee Observer: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)

Gibraltar – FYR Macedonia
Referee: Jens Maae (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Hummelgaard (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jesper Dahl (DEN)
Additional AR 1: Jørgen Burchardt (DEN)
Additional AR 2: Morten Krogh (DEN)
Fourth Official: Niels Hoeg (DEN)
Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller (AUT)

Azerbaijan – Kosovo
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Tom Harald Grønevik (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Geir Oskar Isaksen (NOR)
Additional AR 1: Espen Andreas Eskås (NOR)
Additional AR 2: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Øystein Simon Ytterland (NOR)
Referee Observer: Lucílio Batista (POR)

Faroe Islands – Malta
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mika Lamppu (FIN)
Additional AR 1: Petri Viljanen (FIN)
Additional AR 2: Dennis Antamo (FIN)
Fourth Official: Jukka Honkanen (FIN)
Referee Observer: Johan Verbist (BEL)

Belarus – San Marino
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Additional AR 1: Alain Bieri (SUI)
Additional AR 2: Lukas Fähndrich (SUI)
Fourth Official: Raffael Zeder (SUI)
Referee Observer: Milan Karadžić (SRB)

Luxembourg – Moldova
Referee: Robert Harvey (IRL)
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Clarke (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Wayne McDonnell (IRL)
Additional AR 1: Neil Doyle (IRL)
Additional AR 2: Paul McLaughlin (IRL)
Fourth Official: Allen Lynch (IRL)
Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy (TUR)

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"They told me that I will not escape alive if Comerciantes Unidos will lose the game", confessed referee Michael Espinoza, who suspended the match between Comerciantes Unidos and Ayacucho FC.

Details of the aggression suffered by Michael Espinoza that forced him to suspend the game between Comerciantes Unidos and Ayacucho FC were revealed. The referee told RPP that he was threatened with death by two individuals who faced him in the dressing rooms of the Carlos Olivares de Guadalupe stadium. "It was the first time it happened to me. While going out from the dressing room to start the second half, a person approached me, blocked my way and threatened me. He told me that I will not escape alive if Comerciantes Unidos will lose the game”, said Espinoza. The referee pointed out that the match commissioner, Alberto Castillo, as well as the president of Comerciantes Unidos, Aníbal Pedraza, asked him to continue with the match despite what happened: "The president of the local club came to my dressing room to ask that the game be resumed. Then, within minutes, the match commissioner tried to persuade me to continue, but physically and psychologically I did not feel well. Nor were the conditions for my referee team to return to the field". Finally, Michael Espinoza said he regrets what happened as "it is an unfortunate event for our football and its image around the world".

The Discipline Committee of the FPF has not yet ruled on the outcome of the match or on the sanctions that will be applied. The Head of the National Referees Committee (CONAR), Henry Gambetta, said: "Michael told me that when he left the dressing room to go to the field and start the second half, a person blocked him by stopping in front of him and did not let him pass, while another person assaulted him from behind, so he had to take refuge in the dressing room. The first person showed him the handle of a gun", said Gambetta, which complicates the situation by adding the ingredient of a firearm. He also blamed the organizers of the event, Comerciantes Unidos, for the unfortunate event. "What is strange is that it was a game behind closed doors and these things happened; the people in charge are the organizers, in this case Comerciantes Unidos", he said. "The only people authorized to be in the stadium were the players, managers, referees, the match commissioner and the press. Definitely the people who have attacked the referee have a connection with the team”, he added. On the other hand, the president of the Association of Professional Referees, Miguel Santiváñez, did not remain aloof from the situation and informed that one of the aggressors have already been identified. "It has been possible to investigate the information and the name of the person has been found. I do not know if he is linked to Comerciantes Unidos, but I have been told that he has been followed-up through social networks", Santiváñez said. At the time when this event occurred, Comerciantes Unidos was losing 2-0 against Ayacucho FC. Both teams are in the relegation zone. 

Source: RPP, La Republica

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AFC
Referee: Casey Reibelt (AUS, 1988, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Seul Gi (KOR, 1980)
Assistant Referee 2: Troung Thi (VIE, 1984)

Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (JPN, 1986)
Assistant Referee 1: Naomi Teshirogi (JPN, 1980)
Assistant Referee 2: Makoto Bozono (JPN, 1980)

CAF
Referee: Salima Mukansanga (RWA, 1988)
Assistant Referee 1: Fanta Kone (MLI, 1990)
Assistant Referee 2: Bielignin Some (BFA, 1987)

CONCACAF
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (CAN, 1982)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephanie Yee Sing (JAM, 1988)
Assistant Referee 2: Princess Brown (JAM, 1986)

Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (USA, 1987)
Assistant Referee 1: Felisha Mariscal (USA, 1982)
Assistant Referee 2: Deleana Quan (USA, 1984)

Referee: Lucila Venegas (MEX, 1981)
Assistant Referee 1: Mayte Chavez (MEX, 1979)
Assistant Referee 2: Enedina Caudillo (MEX, 1984)

CONMEBOL
Referee: Maria Carvajal (CHI, 1983)
Assistant Referee 1: Leslie Vasquez (CHI, 1987)
Assistant Referee 2: Loreto Toloza (CHI, 1984)

Referee: Laura Fortunato (ARG, 1985)
Assistant Referee 1: Mariana Almeida (ARG, 1982)
Assistant Referee 2: Maria Rocco (ARG, 1979)

Referee: Olga Miranda (PAR, 1982)
Assistant Referee 1: Nilda Gamarra (PAR, 1977)
Assistant Referee 2: Mary Blanco (COL, 1984)

OFC
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (FIJ, 1982)
Assistant Referee: Sarah Jones (NZL, 1990)

UEFA
Referee: Riem Hussein (GER, 1980)
Assistant Referee 1: Kylie Cockburn (SCO, 1988)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihaela Tepusa (ROU, 1983)

Referee: Katalin Kulcsar (HUN, 1984)
Assistant Referee 1: Katalin Torok (HUN, 1985)
Assistant Referee 2: Lucie Ratajova (CZE, 1979)

Referee: Monika Mularczyk (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolet Bakker (NED, 1984)
Assistant Referee 2: Lisa Rashid (ENG, 1987)

Referee: Sara Persson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Julia Magnusson (SWE, 1985)
Assistant Referee 2: Maria Sukenikova (SVK, 1975)

Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS, 1981)
Assistant Referee 1: Ekaterina Kurochkina (RUS, 1986)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandra Ardasheva (UKR, 1987)

Assistant Referee: Rocio Puente Pino (ESP, 1983)

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Ireland – Germany
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Teodoro Sobrino Magán (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: José Naranjo Pérez (ESP)
Fourth Official: José Munuera Montero (ESP)
Referee Observer: Ján Fašung (SVK)

Russia – Serbia
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alfonso Marrazzo (ITA)
Fourth Official: Fabio Maresca (ITA)
Referee Observer: Gevorg Hovhannisyan (ARM)

FYR Macedonia – Armenia
Referee: Alex Troleis (FRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Christiansen (FRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Hermansen (FRO)
Fourth Official: Dagfinn Olsen (FRO)
Referee Observer: Kostadin Gerginov (BUL)

Latvia – England
Referee: Peter Královič (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Miroslav Benko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Erik Weiss (SVK)
Fourth Official: Pavol Chmura (SVK)
Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold (NOR)

Slovenia – Kazakhstan
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Gevork Arakelian (LTU)
Fourth Official: Donatas Šimėnas (LTU)
Referee Observer: Vítor Melo Pereira (POR)

Iceland – Slovakia
Referee: Alexander Harkam (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Witschnigg (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Steinacher (AUT)
Fourth Official: Christian Ciochirca (AUT)
Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)

Finland – Poland
Referee: Stephan Klossner (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jean-Yves Wicht (SUI)
Fourth Official: Urs Schnyder (SUI)
Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi (SMR)

Lithuania – Denmark
Referee: Timótheos Christofí (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Charálambos Charalámbous (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: Nikólas Englézou (CYP)
Fourth Official: Ioánnis Anastasíou (CYP)
Referee Observer: Aleksandr Gvardis (RUS)

Ukraine – Andorra
Referee: Suren Baliyan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 1: Mesrop Ghazaryan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 2: Vanik Simonyan (ARM)
Fourth Official: Zaven Hovhannisyan (ARM)
Referee Observer: Eyjólfur Ólafsson (ISL)

Azerbaijan – Norway
Referee: Luca Barbeno (SMR)
Assistant Referee 1: Francesco Lunardon (SMR)
Assistant Referee 2: Salvatore Tuttifrutti (SMR)
Fourth Official: Michele Scarpino (SMR)
Referee Observer: Marcel Vanelshocht (BEL)

Hungary – Belgium
Referee: Tiago Martins (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Luís Campos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Almeida (POR)
Fourth Official: Hugo Miguel (POR)
Referee Observer: Jan Wegereef (NED)

Romania – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Thomas Léonard (FRA)
Referee Observer: Leif Sundell (SWE)

Netherlands – Scotland
Referee: Antti Munukka (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jukka Honkanen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Olli Jantunen (FIN)
Fourth Official: Oskari Hämäläinen (FIN)
Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrković (BIH)

Sweden – Turkey
Referee: Sergey Lapochkin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Averyanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksey Shiryayev (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Meshkov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Stephen Lodge (ENG)

Switzerland – Liechtenstein
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Zhukov (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Valentyn Kutsev (UKR)
Fourth Official: Oleksandr Derdo (UKR)
Referee Observer: Niklas Lídarenda (FRO)

Spain – Northern Ireland
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Godelaine (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Florian Lemaire (BEL)
Fourth Official: Jan Boterberg (BEL)
Referee Observer: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)

Wales – Portugal
Referee: Mykola Balakin (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Andriy Skrypka (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Serhiy Prystupa (UKR)
Fourth Official: Denys Shurman (UKR)
Referee Observer: Igor Pristovnik (CRO)

Gibraltar – Austria
Referee: Luís Godinho (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Teixeira (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Ribeiro (POR)
Fourth Official: João Capela (POR)
Referee Observer: Michális Argyroú (CYP)

Montenegro – Bulgaria
Referee: Pavel Orel (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Petr Blažej (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jiří Kříž (CZE)
Fourth Official: Zbyněk Proske (CZE)
Referee Observer: Ladislav Gádoši (SVK)

France – Luxembourg
Referee: Genc Nuza (KOS)
Assistant Referee 1: Fatlum Berisha (KOS)
Assistant Referee 2: Bujar Selimaj (KOS)
Fourth Official: Visar Kastrati (KOS)
Referee Observer: Vencel Tóth (HUN)

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League A
France – Netherlands
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernández
Assistant Referee 2: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Additional AR 2: José Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin (SVN)

Portugal – Italy
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Graeme Stewart (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Andrew Dallas (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Nicolas Walsh (SCO)
Fourth Official: Stuart Stevenson (SCO)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

Iceland – Belgium
Referee: Sergey Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksey Lunev (RUS)
Additional AR 1: Sergey Ivanov (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Vladimir Moskalev (RUS)
Fourth Official: Aleksey Vorontsov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Jouni Hyytiä (FIN)

Spain – Croatia
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Frédéric Haquette (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Benoît Millot (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Jérôme Miguelgorry (FRA)
Fourth Official: Philippe Jeanne (FRA)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Šajn (SVN)

League B
Ukraine – Slovakia
Referee: Anastásios Sidirópoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Polychrónis Kostarás (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Lázaros Dimitriádis (GRE)
Additional AR 1: Ioánnis Papadópoulos (GRE)
Additional AR 2: Athanásios Tzílos (GRE)
Fourth Official: Damianós Efthymiádis (GRE)
Referee Observer: Michel Piraux (BEL)

Denmark – Wales
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Additional AR 1: Tobias Welz (GER)
Additional AR 2: Harm Osmers (GER)
Fourth Official: Dominik Schaal (GER)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

Sweden – Turkey
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
Fourth Official: Prieto López de Ceraín (ESP)
Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel (GER)

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Austria
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Julien Pacelli (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Frank Schneider (FRA)
Fourth Official: Bertrand Jouannaud (FRA)
Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)

League C
Bulgaria – Norway
Referee: Daniel Stefański (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Golis (POL)
Additional AR 1: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Additional AR 2: Zbigniew Dobrynin (POL)
Fourth Official: Krzysztof Myrmus (POL)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)

Cyprus – Slovenia
Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs (LVA)
Additional AR 1: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
Additional AR 2: Edgars Maļcevs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Raimonds Tatriks (LVA)
Referee Observer: Geórgios Bíkas (GRE)

Scotland – Albania
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Rade Obrenović (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Roberto Ponis (SVN)
Fourth Official: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)

Montenegro – Lithuania
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Heine Sørensen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Brixen (DEN)
Additional AR 1: Jens Maae (DEN)
Additional AR 2: Peter Kjaersgaard (DEN)
Fourth Official: Lars Hummelgaard (DEN)
Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis (CYP)

Serbia – Romania
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Valeri Danchenko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Additional AR 1: Aleksei Eskov (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Kirill Levnikov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Dmitri Mosiakin (RUS)
Referee Observer: Dušan Krchňák (SVK)

Hungary – Greece
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakou (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitrj Žuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alieh Maslianka (BLR)
Additional AR 1: Dzianis Ščarbakou (BLR)
Additional AR 2: Dmitrj Dmitryjeu (BLR)
Fourth Official: Jurj Chomčanka (BLR)
Referee Observer: Draženko Kovačić (CRO)

Finland – Estonia
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dvir Shimon (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Roi Hassan (ISR)
Additional AR 1: Erez Papir (ISR)
Additional AR 2: Ziv Adler (ISR)
Fourth Official: Idan Yarkoni (ISR)
Referee Observer: Michael Riley (ENG)

League D
Georgia – Latvia
Referee: Anastásios Papapétrou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Trýfon Petrópoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Iordánis Aptósoglou (GRE)
Additional AR 1: Ángelos Evangélou (GRE)
Additional AR 2: Praxitélis Zachariádis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Ilías Alexéas (GRE)
Referee Observer: Jens Larsen (DEN)

FYR Macedonia – Armenia
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Roland Riedel (AUT)
Additional AR 1: René Eisner (AUT)
Additional AR 2: Dieter Muckenhammer (AUT)
Fourth Official: Markus Gutschi (AUT)
Referee Observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)

Liechtenstein – Gibraltar
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (MLT)
Assistant Referee 1: Edward Spiteri (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Jurgen Spiteri (MLT)
Additional AR 1: Fyodor Zammit (MLT)
Additional AR 2: Trustin Farrugia Cann (MLT)
Fourth Official: Duncan Sultana (MLT)
Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen (FRO)

Andorra – Kazakhstan
Referee: Vilhjálmur Thórarinsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Gunnar Gudmundsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Birkir Sigurdarson (ISL)
Additional AR 1: Thóroddur Hjaltalín (ISL)
Additional AR 2: Ívar Kristjánsson (ISL)
Fourth Official: Frosti Gunnarsson (ISL)
Referee Observer: Carmel Agius (MLT)

Kosovo – Faroe Islands
Referee: Bart Vertenten (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)
Additional AR 1: Lawrence Visser (BEL)
Additional AR 2: Bram Van Driessche (BEL)
Fourth Official: Yves De Neve (BEL)
Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)

Malta – Azerbaijan
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Milutin Djukić (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jovica Tatar (MNE)
Additional AR 1: Milovan Milačić (MNE)
Additional AR 2: Miloš Bošković (MNE)
Fourth Official: Aleksandar Djikanović (MNE)
Referee Observer: Luc Wilmes (LUX)

San Marino – Luxembourg
Referee: Filip Glova (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: František Ferenc (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Kováč (SVK)
Additional AR 1: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Additional AR 2: Michal Očenáš (SVK)
Fourth Official: Ján Pozor (SVK)
Referee Observer: Kevin Azzopardi (MLT)

Moldova – Belarus
Referee: Mario Zebec (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Borut Križarić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Jerko Crnčić (CRO)
Additional AR 1: Fran Jović (CRO)
Additional AR 2: Igor Pajač (CRO)
Fourth Official: Ivica Modrić (CRO)
Referee Observer: Muharrem Aksoy (TUR)