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International Friendly Matches

September 12, 2018, 9:05 pm
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September 2018

Scotland – Belgium
Referee: Luca Banti (ITA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA)
Fourth Official: Marco Di Bello (ITA)

Austria – Sweden
Referee: Paweł Gil (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)

Slovakia – Denmark
Referee: Julian Weinberger (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Fourth Official: Boris Marhefka (SVK)

Netherlands – Peru
Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)

Japan – Chile 
Referee: Alireza Faghani (IRN)

Portugal – Croatia
Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Javier Aguilar Rodríguez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Teodoro Sobrino Magán (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Additional AR 2: José Munuera Montero (ESP)
Fourth Official: Francisco Martín García (ESP)

Germany – Peru
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Staudinger (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Kühr (AUT)
Fourth Official: Christopher Jäger (AUT)

Russia – Czech Republic
Referee: Aliyar Agayev (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Rza Mammadov (AZE)

Saudi Arabia – Bolivia
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Javier Aguilar Rodríguez (ESP)

England – Switzerland
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)

Northern Ireland – Israel
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Joost van Zuilen (NED)

Ecuador – Jamaica
Referee: Ted Unkel (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Adam Wienckowski (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Morgante (USA)
Fourth Official: Mark Geiger (USA)

USA – Brazil
Referee 1: Fernando Guerrero (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morin (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Andres Hernandez (MEX)
Fourth Official: Ivan Barton (SLV)

Colombia – Argentina
Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Charles Morgante (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Wienckowski (USA)
Fourth Official: Ted Unkel (USA)

Brazil – El Salvador
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Rockwell (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Corey Parker (USA)
Fourth Official: Mark Geiger (USA)

USA – Mexico
Referee: Ricardo Montero (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Mora (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Gerson Lopez (GUA)
Fourth Official: Juan Calderon (CRC)
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Geiger: Key takeaways from the 2018 FIFA World Cup

September 12, 2018, 9:07 pm
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Soccer players aren’t the only ones who spend their life dreaming of emerging from the tunnel at the World Cup. Referees devote just as much time and energy to the grind of qualifying for the world’s biggest stage. Despite an award-laden career full of officiating some of the world’s most illustrious tournaments, Mark Geiger is still buzzing from his experience in Russia, even though it wasn’t his first rodeo. “My favorite memories will be meeting, collaborating with and working with the best referees from each continent,” Geiger recently told ussoccer.com. “I will also always remember the excitement of walking out of the tunnel and leading the teams out onto the pitch to the sounds of the incredible crowd and the anthem playing in the stadium.”
Geiger became an MLS referee at the age of 30 in 2004. Following his arrival at the top of the American game, the New Jersey native quickly ascended to new heights, obtaining his FIFA badge in 2008. In 2011, Geiger was awarded MLS Referee of the year. He repeated that feet in 2014, capping off an impressive season where he also oversaw three matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In Brazil, Geiger became the first American to officiate a knock-out round match when he took charge of France-Nigeria in the Round of 16. In 2017, Geiger was back refereeing on the world stage, taking the reins of Australia vs. Germany and New Zealand vs. Portugal at the FIFA Confederations Cup. Based on his success at the World Cup’s dress rehearsal and his consistently excellent performances in MLS, Geiger was invited back to Russia by FIFA for the 2018 World Cup. According to the FIFA press release, the appointment of the 36 referees and 63 assistant referees “selected to officiate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup was based on each referee’s skills and personality, as well as his level of understanding of football and ability to read both the game and the various tactics employed by teams.” Yet, the calls Geiger received to go to Russia for the Confederations Cup and subsequent World Cup were not out of the blue. The release on FIFA’s website also stated that “Over the last three years, preparatory seminars have taken place for referees and assistant referees focusing on fair play, protecting players and the image of the game, as well as consistency and uniformity.” Geiger not only needed to be a top performer in the classroom at these events, but he had to consistently translate those principals into match settings on both the domestic and international stage. It was this consistency that allowed him to join Jair Marrufo, Corey Rockwell and Frank Anderson as the American officials that were tasked with keeping order in Russia. “We are always learning as a referee,” Geiger noted of these seminars. “We learn about player and team tactics, we learn how to effectively manage players and the game, we learn how to apply the Laws of the Game to both standard and non-routine situations. The referees never have all the answers and it is through the preparation, debriefs and collaboration with others that we continue to grow and make ourselves better.” 
Geiger was a busy man at the 2018 World Cup. In addition to being the center referee for Portugal vs. Morocco and South Korea vs. Germany in the group stage as well as for England vs. Colombia in the Round of 16, Geiger also served as the head Video Assistant Referee for five matches, including the third-place match between Belgium and England. Adding the two matches where the former math teacher held the Assistant Video Assistant Referee #3 position, Geiger helped oversee 10 matches at the world’s most prestigious tournament. After just over a year and a half in existence, the Video Assistant Referee was used for the first time in a World Cup. Due to his heavy involvement with VAR in MLS, Geiger was always in line to play a crucial role in Russia. “Even though we use it here in the United States and it is used in a few other countries around the world, all the referees and VARs were learning how to best utilize this tool,” Geiger reflected. “The line of intervention, the situations in which it would be most beneficial to the game, and more importantly, the communication that is most effective between the referee and the VAR were things that were constantly evaluated and practiced leading up to and throughout the entire World Cup.” Despite VAR being relatively new, Geiger believed it was used to great effect in Russia. “The VARs understood when they should intervene and open up communication with the referee, and a very high bar was maintained throughout the tournament so only clear and obvious errors were corrected. The successful implementation of the VAR has taken the big controversial decisions or scandals out of the game,” Geiger continued. “There will always be discussions about whether a 50/50 referee decision is correct or not. However, the decisions that are clearly wrong, where virtually 100% of the population agrees, are gone.” 

Source: USSF
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Futsal player arrested after a brutal attack that left a referee with a fractured skull

September 15, 2018, 10:51 pm
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Alcione Marcelino headbutted the official and kicked him in the face as he lay on the ground after he objected to a decision. The ace is facing charges of grievous bodily harm over the terrifying incident, with referee Marcos Nogueira allegedly suffering potentially life-threatening injuries. 
Fluminense da Bahia and Atletico Brasileense's Acreano Futsal Championship match in Rio Branco, north Brazil, was nearly over when the attack was captured. Nogueira was kept in hospital overnight for observation and the following day underwent a series of examinations and tests by the Institute of Legal Medicine. IML experts will submit their findings to criminal investigators who have opened a case against the Atletico Brasileense midfielder, 34. The referee’s lawyer Fabio Santos said: “According to Marcos, Alcione complained about a foul as Fluminense da Bahia scored their sixth goal. "Marcos told the player his decision was correct, and he should play on. He didn’t expect the footballer’s reaction. You can see things happened suddenly. Alcione appears to run up to my client who stands still on the spot. Marcos never expected anything like this to happen, so he didn’t react when the player came towards him. He was surprised by the player’s aggressive attitude. Before he knew it, he was head-butted and kicked in the face as he fell to the ground”.
The cup final, which ended with a 6 to 4 win to Fluminense da Bahia, was stopped 16 minutes into the second half as anxious colleagues rushed to tend to the injured ref. Santos added: “Marcos has suffered extremely serious head injuries and x-rays show a crack in his skull. He was hospitalized to avoid trauma and there is a real risk this injury could develop with more serious and life-threatening consequences. We are talking about a serious bodily injury and my client is in a great deal of pain. Depending on the intensity of the injury this could lead to grievous bodily harm charges. We will wait for the investigation to be completed in 30 days before reaching a decision. In the meantime, I just hope the health of my client doesn’t deteriorate”. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 26 September at a Special Criminal Court, which is a body that promotes conciliation and adjudication. But Santos intends to push for the case to be transferred to a criminal court.

Source: The Sun
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CAF has suspended 15 more referees

September 17, 2018, 10:24 am
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The videos have already been made available to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and individual countries Football Associations. This time including referees from West, Central and Southern African Countries. The videos are being released as part of Tiger Eye PIs mantra of naming, shaming and jailing of corrupt people in society. It is also to deepen CAF president’s commitment to fight against corruption in African football. It will be recalled that following the showing of Number12 and betraying the Game by BBC World Service, Ahmad Ahmad told the BBC “We have started to fight corruption and have changed many rules”.
Madagascar. In the huge island nation off the southeast coast of Africa, FIFA referee Hamada Nampiandraza (photo) took $2,800 from fake football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the CAF 2018 Champions League in Ghana.
Sierra Leone. FIFA and CAF certified Sierra Leonean referee, Billy Konneh took $500 from fake football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the 2017 West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament.
Côte d’Ivoire. In Ivory Coast, four FIFA referees were caught; Dennis Dembélé, Tan Marius Donatien, Bi Vélère Gouho and Coulibally Abu engaging in corruption and conflict of interest contrary to FIFA and CAF code of ethics. The four were amongst the officials who took part in the CAF 2018 Champions League in Ghana. The four took $800 each from journalists pretending as football agents to officiate in favour of their team. Dennis Dembele has been banned for 6 years from all football related activities by CAF and the rest banned for 2 years.
Senegal. Senegalese referee David Daouda Gueye took $500 from fake football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the 2017 West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament. He has already been suspended by CAF awaiting outcome of investigations.
Togo. In the case of Togolese referee Bebou Yanissou, he took $500 from fake football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the 2017 West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament.
DR Congo. In Congo, four referees were caught engaging in bribery and corruption as well as conflict of interest. They are Fitial Charel Just Kokolo, Blaise Boutamba, Yamba Armand Gildas and Messie Jessie Oved Nkounkou Mvoutou. The four took $800 each from journalists pretending as football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the in the CAF 2018 Champions League in Ghana.
Niger. Assistant referee Maman Raja Abba Malan Ouseini took $500 from fake football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the 2017 West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament. CAF in July handed him a 5-year ban from all CAF related football activities.
Liberia. FIFA referee Jerry Yekeh took $500 from fake football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the 2017 West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament. He has provisionally be banned by CAF and the Liberian Football Referees Association pending investigations.
Gambia. Gambian referee Ebrima Jallow also took $500 from fake football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the 2017 West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament. (CAF) has since banned him Gambian for 10 years after concluding with investigations.
Mauritania. Mauritanian assistant referee Boubou Cheikhna Demba also took $500 from fake football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the 2017 West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament. Demba Boubou has been banned for 5 years by CAF.
Benin. Referee Aboudou Razak Bello from Benin took $500 from fake football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the 2017 West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament. He has been provisionally suspended pending their appearance in front of the next meeting of the Disciplinary Board of CAF.
Burkina Faso. Referee Boukari Ouedraogo took $500 from fake football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the 2017 West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament. He has been banned by CAF for 5 years.
Guinea Bissau. Referee Adento Maria Barbosa da Silva of Guinea Bissau also took $500 from fake football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the 2017 West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament contrary to FIFA/CAF code of ethics on corruption and conflict of interest.
Mali. Assistant referee Moriba Diakite took $500 from fake football agents to officiate in favour of their team in the 2017 West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament contrary to FIFA/CAF code of ethics on corruption and conflict of interest. He has already been banned.

Source: FootballLive
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UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

September 17, 2018, 10:25 am
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18 September 2018
FC Barcelona – PSV Eindhoven
Referee: Anastásios Sidirópoulos (GRE, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Polychrónis Kostarás (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Lázaros Dimitriádis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Damianós Efthymiádis (GRE)
Additional AR 1: Anastásios Papapétrou (GRE)
Additional AR 2: Ioánnis Papadópoulos (GRE)
Referee Observer: Michael Riley (ENG)

Inter Milano – Tottenham Hotspur
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: Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Club Brugge – Borussia Dortmund
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Diks (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Jan de Vries (NED)
Additional AR 1: Kevin Blom (NED)
Additional AR 2: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

AS Monaco – Atlético de Madrid
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Graeme Stewart (SCO)
Fourth Official: Douglas Potter (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Andrew Dallas (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Nicolas Walsh (SCO)
Referee Observer: Kaj Østergaard (DEN)

Liverpool FC – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarık Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Barış Şimşek (TUR)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)

Crvena Zvezda – SSC Napoli
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: Sándor Piller (HUN)

Galatasaray – Lokomotiv Moskva
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Fourth Official: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Luca Banti (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)

FC Schalke – FC Porto
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Fourth Official: Javier Martínez Nicolás (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
Additional AR 2: José Munuera Montero (ESP)
Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)

19 September 2018
AFC Ajax – AEK Athens
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Carlos Yusté Jiménez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Abrahám Álvarez Cantón (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Santiago Jaime Latre (ESP)
Referee Observer: Luciano Luci (ITA)

Shakhtar Donetsk – TSG Hoffenheim
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Hummelgaard (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Heine Sørensen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Niels Brixen (DEN)
Additional AR 1: Michael Tykgaard (DEN)
Additional AR 2: Jens Maae (DEN)
Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)

SL Benfica – Bayern München
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Teodoro Sobrino Magán (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Xavier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Referee Observer: Emil Božinovski (MKD)

Manchester City – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Marco Guida (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)

Real Madrid – AS Roma
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Joost van Zuilen (NED)
Additional AR 1: Dennis Higler (NED)
Additional AR 2: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Referee Observer: Marcel Vanelshocht (BEL)

Viktoria Plzeň – CSKA Moskva
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Frédéric Haquette (FRA)
Fourth Official: Julien Pacelli (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Benoît Millot (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Jérôme Miguelgorry (FRA)
Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)

BSC Young Boys – Manchester United
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Fourth Official: Dominik Schaal (GER)
Additional AR 1: Tobias Welz (GER)
Additional AR 2: Benjamin Cortus (GER)
Referee Observer: Kaj Natri (FIN)

Valencia – Juventus
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: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)
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CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores – Quarter-finals (First Leg)

September 18, 2018, 10:22 am
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18-20 September 2018

Atlético Tucuman – Gremio
Referee: Wilmar Roldan (COL, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Cristian De La Cruz (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Alexander Leon (COL)
Fourth Official: Gustavo Murillo (COL)
VAR 1: Julio Bascuñan (CHI)
VAR 2: Roberto Tobar (CHI)
AVAR: Carlos Astroza (CHI)
Referee Assessor: Carlos Torres (PAR)

Independiente – River Plate
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Boschilia (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Rodrigo Correa (BRA)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Marques (BRA)
VAR 1: Raphael Claus (BRA)
VAR 2: Anderson Daronco (BRA)
AVAR: Emerson de Carvalho (BRA)
Referee Assessor: Francisco Mondria (CHI)

Boca Juniors – Cruzeiro
Referee: Eber Aquino (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Cardozo (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Zorrilla (PAR)
Fourth Official: Arnaldo Samaniego (PAR)
VAR 1: Mario Diaz de Vivar (PAR)
VAR 2: Gery Vargas (BOL)
AVAR: Milciades Saldivar (PAR)
Referee Assessor: Martin Vazquez (URU)

Colo Colo – Palmeiras
Referee: Andres Cunha (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Taran (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Richard Trinidad (URU)
Fourth Official: Leodan Gonzalez (URU)
VAR 1: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
VAR 2: Patricio Loustau (ARG)
AVAR: Hernan Maidana (ARG)
Referee Assessor: Ubaldo Aquino (PAR)
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CONMEBOL Copa Sudamericana – Round of 16 (Matchday 2)

September 18, 2018, 10:24 am
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18-20 September 2018

Santa Fe – Millonarios
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (ARG, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Bonfa (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Navarro (ARG)
Fourth Official: Fernando Espinoza (ARG)
Referee Assessor: Imer Machado (COL)

Caracas – Atletico Paranaense
Referee: Andres Rojas (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Diaz (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Humberto Clavijo (COL)
Fourth Official: Carlos Betancur (COL)
Referee Assessor: Carlos Herrera (ECU)

Deportivo Cali – LDU Quito
Referee: Diego Haro (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: Victor Raez (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: Coty Carrera (PER)
Fourth Official: Michael Espinoza (PER)
Referee Assessor: Sergio Cristiano (BRA)

Deportivo Cuenca – Fluminense
Referee: Alexis Herrera (VEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Lopez (VEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jorge Urrego (VEN)
Fourth Official: Juan Soto (VEN)
Referee Assessor: Claudio Puga (CHI)

Bahia – Botafogo
Referee: Piero Maza (CHI)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Schiemann (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Claudio Rios (CHI)
Fourth Official: Eduardo Gamboa (CHI)
Referee Assessor: Nilson Moncao (BRA)
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UEFA Youth League – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

September 18, 2018, 10:25 am
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18 September 2018
AS Monaco – Atlético de Madrid
Referee: Stephan Klossner (SUI, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Efe Kurnazca (SUI)
Fourth Official: Faouzi Benchabane (FRA)
Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)

FC Barcelona – PSV Eindhoven
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Benjamin Pagès (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: François Boudikian (FRA)
Fourth Official: Rubén Ávalos Barrera (ESP)
Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP)

Inter Milano – Tottenham Hotspur
Referee: Antti Munukka (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jouni Lemmettinen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Turkka Joonas Valjakka (FIN)
Fourth Official: Lorenzo Illuzzi (ITA)
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)

Club Brugge – Borussia Dortmund
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Vladan Todorović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Marjan Paunović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Jasper Vergoote (BEL)
Referee Observer: Michel Piraux (BEL)

Liverpool FC – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Alexander Harkam (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Staudinger (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Höfler (AUT)
Fourth Official: Peter Wright (ENG)
Referee Observer: Peter Jones (ENG)

Crvena Zvezda – SSC Napoli
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Vital Jobin (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Carmine Sangiovanni (SUI)
Fourth Official: Ivan Stamenković (SRB)
Referee Observer: Zoran Petrović (SRB)

Galatasaray – Lokomotiv Moskva
Referee: Enea Jorgji (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Emigers Gançi (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dojando Myftari (ALB)
Fourth Official: Can Cengiz (TUR)
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz (TUR)

FC Schalke – FC Porto
Referee: Kristo Tohver (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Silver Kõiv (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Karolin Kaivoja (EST)
Fourth Official: Thorben Siewer (GER)
Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn (GER)

19 September 2018
Shakhtar Donetsk – TSG Hoffenheim
Referee: Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Davor Beljo (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Amer Macić (BIH)
Fourth Official: Dmytro Panchyshyn (UKR)
Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov (UKR)

Viktoria Plzeň – CSKA Moskva
Referee: Peter Královič (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Miroslav Benko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Erik Weiss (SVK)
Fourth Official: Vojtěch Severýn (CZE)
Referee Observer: Karel Bohuněk (CZE)

AFC Ajax – AEK Athens
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Magnus Sjöblom (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikael Hallin (SWE)
Fourth Official: Martin van den Kerkhof (NED)
Referee Observer: Hans Reijgwart (NED)

SL Benfica – Bayern München
Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Constantine Hatzidakis (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Neil Davies (ENG)
Fourth Official: Rui Piteira Rodrigues (POR)
Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez (ESP)

Manchester City – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Mokrusch (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Petr Caletka (CZE)
Fourth Official: Martin Coy (ENG)
Referee Observer: Iain Robertson Brines (SCO)

Valencia – Juventus
Referee: Radu Petrescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Grigoriu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Saúl Ais Reig (ESP)
Referee Observer: Manuel López Fernández (ESP)

Real Madrid – AS Roma
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Paulo Soares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Nuno Pereira (POR)
Fourth Official: Valentín Pizarro Gómez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)

Young Boys – Manchester United
Referee: Fran Jović (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivica Modrić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Hrvoje Radić (CRO)
Fourth Official: David Schärli (SUI)
Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann (SUI)
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UEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

September 18, 2018, 8:50 pm
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20 September 2018

Villarreal – Rangers
Referee: István Kovács (ROU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Alexandru Cerei (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Marius Avram (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Horațiu Feșnic (ROU)
Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarský (SVK)

Rapid Wien – Spartak Moskva
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Fourth Official: Raffael Zeder (SUI)
Additional AR 1: Alain Bieri (SUI)
Additional AR 2: Lukas Fähndrich (SUI)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

Olympique de Marseille – Eintracht Frankfurt
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
Fourth Official: Tomislav Pospeh (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Nejc Kajtazovič (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Dejan Balažič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Oğuz Sarvan (TUR)

Lazio – Apóllon Limassol
Referee: Aliyar Agayev (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Rza Mammadov (AZE)
Fourth Official: Mübariz Haşımov (AZE)
Additional AR 1: Rahim Hasanov (AZE)
Additional AR 2: Orxan Mammadov (AZE)
Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek (AUT)

Beşiktaş – Sarpsborg
Referee: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Buzás (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Kóbor (HUN)
Fourth Official: Theodoros Georgiou (HUN)
Additional AR 1: Ádám Farkas (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Péter Solymosi (HUN)
Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)

KRC Genk – Malmö FF
Referee: Aleksey Eskov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitri Mosyakin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Averyanov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Additional AR 1: Kirill Levnikov (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Mikhail Vilkov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Dragutin Poljak (CRO)

Sevilla FC – Standard de Liège
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Fourth Official: Dovydas Sužiedėlis (LTU)
Additional AR 1: Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
Additional AR 2: Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU)
Referee Observer: Petteri Kari (FIN)

Akhisarspor – Krasnodar
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mika Lamppu (FIN)
Fourth Official: Sami Nykänen (FIN)
Additional AR 1: Petri Viljanen (FIN)
Additional AR 2: Dennis Antamo (FIN)
Referee Observer: Kevin Azzopardi (MLT)

Stade Rennais – FK Jablonec
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Tom Harald Grønevik (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Geir Oskar Isaksen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Øystein Simon Ytterland (NOR)
Additional AR 1: Espen Andreas Eskås (NOR)
Additional AR 2: Kai Erik Steen (NOR)
Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)

Dynamo Kyiv – FC Astana
Referee: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Hakan Yemişken (TUR)
Fourth Official: Kerem Ersoy (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Ali Palabıyık (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Alper Ulusoy (TUR)
Referee Observer: Jens Larsen (DEN)

PAOK – Chelsea
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Íñigo Prieto López (ESP)
Fourth Official: Javier Aguilar Rodríguez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: José Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
Additional AR 2: José González González (ESP)
Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)

Mol Vidi – Bate Borisov
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Dennis Rasmussen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Victor Skytte (DEN)
Fourth Official: Niels Høg (DEN)
Additional AR 1: Jørgen Burchardt (DEN)
Additional AR 2: Morten Krogh (DEN)
Referee Observer: Stávros Tritsónis (GRE)

AEK Larnaca – FC Zürich
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Godelaine (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Florian Lemaire (BEL)
Fourth Official: Laurent Conotte (BEL)
Additional AR 1: Nicolas Laforge (BEL)
Additional AR 2: Alexandre Boucaut (BEL)
Referee Observer: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)

PFC Ludogorets – Bayer Leverkusen
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Stefano Del Giovane (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Piero Giacomelli (ITA)
Referee Observer: Paulius Malžinskas (LTU)

RB Leipzig – Red Bull Salzburg
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Cullum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Fredrik Klyver (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)

Celtic – Rosenborg
Referee: Pawel Gil (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Adam Kupsik (POL)
Additional AR 1: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Additional AR 2: Piotr Lasyk (POL)
Referee Observer: Jan Carlsen (DEN)

FC København – FC Zenit
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Diyan Valkov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Georgi Todorov (BUL)
Additional AR 1: Nikola Popov (BUL)
Additional AR 2: Stanislav Todorov (BUL)
Referee Observer: Vadims Direktorenko (LVA)

Slavia Praha – Girondins de Bordeaux
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Schaap (NED)
Fourth Official: Bas van Dongen (NED)
Additional AR 1: Jeroen Manschot (NED)
Additional AR 2: Siemen Mulder (NED)
Referee Observer: Michael Ross (NIR)

Spartak Trnava – RSC Anderlecht
Referee: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Douglas Ross (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Sean Carr (SCO)
Fourth Official: Alastair Mather (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Steven McLean (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Alan Muir (SCO)
Referee Observer: Peter Sippel (GER)

GNK Dinamo – Fenerbahçe SK
Referee: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin (ENG)
Fourth Official: Harry Lennard (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Jonathan Moss (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
Referee Observer: Vladimír Medved (SVK)

Sporting CP – Qarabağ FK
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Bertrand Jouannaud (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Frank Schneider (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Karim Abed (FRA)
Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)

Arsenal FC – Vorskla Poltava
Referee: Bart Vertenten (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)
Fourth Official: Yves De Neve (BEL)
Additional AR 1: Lawrence Visser (BEL)
Additional AR 2: Bram Van Driessche (BEL)
Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)

F91 Dudelange – AC Milan
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Dragan Bogićević (SRB)
Additional AR 1: Lazar Lukić (SRB)
Additional AR 2: Zoran Široki (SRB)
Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)

Olympiakós FC – Real Betis
Referee: Daniel Stefański (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Golis (POL)
Fourth Official: Krzysztof Myrmus (POL)
Additional AR 1: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Additional AR 2: Zbigniew Dobrynin (POL)
Referee Observer: Goran Mihaljević (MNE)
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CONMEBOL Copa Sudamericana – Round of 16 (Matchday 3)

September 27, 2018, 12:14 pm
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25-26 September 2018

Nacional – San Lorenzo
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (COL, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Wilmar Navarro (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Dionisio Ruiz (COL)
Fourth Official: Andrés Rojas (COL)
Referee Assessor: Ana Pérez (PER)

Atletico Junior – Colon
Referee: Carlos Orbe (ECU)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Lescano (ECU)
Assistant Referee 2: Byron Romero (ECU)
Fourth Official: Juan Albarracín (ECU)
Referee Assessor: Miguel Buitrago (VEN)

Banfield – Defensa y Justicia
Referee: Esteban Ostojich (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Gabriel Popovits (URU)
Fourth Official: Gustavo Tejera (URU)
Referee Assessor: Ana Oliveira (BRA)
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UEFA Women’s Champions League – Round of 32 (Second Leg)

September 27, 2018, 12:15 pm
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26-27 September 2018

Brøndby – Juventus
Referee: Florence Guillemin (FRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Élodie Coppola (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Manuela Nicolosi (FRA)
Fourth Official: Maïka Vanderstichel (FRA)
Referee Observer: Miroslava Migalová (SVK)

VfL Wolfsburg – Thór
Referee: Amy Fearn (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Lisa Rashid (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Helen Byrne (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stacey Pearson (ENG)
Referee Observer: Lilach Asulin (ISR)

Sparta Praha – AFC Ajax
Referee: Sílvia Domingos (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreia Sousa (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Olga Almeida (POR)
Fourth Official: Cátia Tavares (POR)
Referee Observer: Silvia Spinelli (ITA)

FC Barcelona – BIIK Kazygurt
Referee: Justina Lavrenovaitė (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vaiva Skipitienė (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Irina Pozdejeva (LTU)
Fourth Official: Jurgita Mačikunytė (LTU)
Referee Observer: Hilda McDermott (IRL)

Linköping – Kharkiv
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Biljana Atanasovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Elena Soklevska-Ilievski (MKD)
Fourth Official: Irena Velevačkoska (MKD)
Referee Observer: Nelly Viennot (FRA)

Fortuna Hjørring – Fiorentina WFC
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Susanne Küng (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Linda Schmid (SUI)
Fourth Official: Esther Staubli (SUI)
Referee Observer: Kirsi Heikkinen (FIN)

FC Rosengård – Ryazan VDV
Referee: Karolina Tokarska (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandra Ulanowska (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Anna Dąbrowska (POL)
Fourth Official: Michalina Diakow (POL)
Referee Observer: Sjoukje de Jong (NED)

Bayern München – Spartak Subotica
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Yelena Alistratova (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Dinara Idrisova (KAZ)
Fourth Official: Tatyana Sorokopudova (KAZ)
Referee Observer: Ilonka Dzhaleva (BUL)

Manchester City WFC – Atlético de Madrid
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tonja Paavola (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Heini Hyvönen (FIN)
Fourth Official: Minna Mäenpää (FIN)
Referee Observer: Christine Frai (GER)

Chelsea FCW – SFK Sarajevo
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Belinda Pierre (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Émilie Aubry (SUI)
Fourth Official: Deborah Anex (SUI)
Referee Observer: Cristina Babadac (ROU)

Olympique Lyonnais – Avaldsnes Idrettslag
Referee: Petra Pavlíková (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Mária Súkeníková (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Katarína Smolíková (SVK)
Fourth Official: Zuzana Valentová (SVK)
Referee Observer: Irina Mîrț (ROU)

Slavia Praha – Gintra Universitetas
Referee: Paula Brady (IRL)
Assistant Referee 1: Michelle O'Neill (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Olivia Sneyd (IRL)
Fourth Official: Hannah McLean (SCO)
Referee Observer: Carolina De Boeck (BEL)

WFC Zvezda – LSK Kvinner
Referee: Angelika Söder (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Ines Appelmann (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marina Wozniak (GER)
Fourth Official: Melissa Joos (GER)
Referee Observer: Snježana Fočić (CRO)

Zürich Frauen – Honka Espoo
Referee: Eléni Antoníou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Chrysoúla Kourompýlia (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Georgía Komisopoúlou (GRE)
Fourth Official: Andromáchi Tsioflíki (GRE)
Referee Observer: Anja Kunick (GER)

Paris St. Germain – St. Pölten Frauen
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Kinga Seniuk-Mikulska (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulina Baranowska (POL)
Fourth Official: Anna Adamska (POL)
Referee Observer: Dilan Gökçek İşcan (TUR)

Glasgow City – Somatío Barcelona
Referee: Ifeoma Kulmala (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jenni Mahlamäki (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Nina Hammarberg (FIN)
Fourth Official: Sini Hakala (FIN)
Referee Observer: Maria Persson (SWE)
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VAR to be used in UEFA competitions

September 27, 2018, 12:15 pm
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Video Assistant Referees (VAR) will be used for the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League, as well as for a number of other UEFA competitions. The decision was taken at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee at the House of European Football in Nyon on Thursday morning.
VAR will be introduced from the play-off stage of next season's UEFA Champions League. It will be used additionally for the 2019 UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul, as well as for UEFA Euro 2020. UEFA subsequently plans to introduce it in the UEFA Europa League from the group stage of the 2020/21 edition, with the system also set to be in place for the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals.
UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin said: "We are confident that introducing Video Assistant Referees in August 2019 will give us enough time to put in place a robust system and to train match officials to ensure an efficient and successful implementation of VAR in the UEFA Champions League, the world's flagship club competition".

Source: UEFA
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CONMEBOL Copa Sudamericana – Round of 16 (Matchday 4)

September 28, 2018, 9:37 pm
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2-4 October 2018

Millionarios – Santa Fe
Referee: Raphael Claus (BRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Fabricio Villarinho (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Rocha (BRA)
Fourth Official: Wagner Magalhaes (BRA)
Referee Assessor: Imer Machado (COL)

Botafogo – Bahia
Referee: German Delfino (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gustavo Rossi (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ezequiel Brailovsky (ARG)
Fourth Official: Dario Herrera (ARG)
Referee Assessor: Nilson Moncao (BRA)

Atletico Paranaense – Caracas
Referee: Michael Espinoza (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: Coty Carrera (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Orue (PER)
Fourth Official: Joel Alarcon (PER)
Referee Assessor: Juan Cardellino (URU)

Fluminense – Deportivo Cuenca
Referee: Andres Rojas (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Alexander Leon (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Eduardo Diaz (COL)
Fourth Official: Nicolas Gallo (COL)
Referee Assessor: Claudio Puga (CHI)

Colon – Junior
Referee: Diego Haro (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: Victor Raez (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: Raul Lopez (PER)
Fourth Official: Miguel Santivanez (PER)
Referee Assessor: Roberto Silvera (URU)
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CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)

September 28, 2018, 9:38 pm
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2-4 October 2018

Independiente – River Plate
Referee: Anderson Daronco (BRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcelo Van Gasse (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Danilo Manis (BRA)
Fourth Official: Luiz Oliveira (BRA)
VAR 1: Wilton Sampaio (BRA)
VAR 2: Rodolpho Toski (BRA)
AVAR: Bruno Boschilia (BRA)
Referee Assessor: Pablo Silva (ARG)
VAR Assessor: Francisco Mondria (CHI)

Gremio – Atletico Tucuman
Referee: Roberto Tobar (CHI)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Schiemann (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Claudio Rios (CHI)
Fourth Official: Piero Maza (CHI)
VAR 1: Julio Bascunan (CHI)
VAR 2: Victor Carrillo (CHI)
AVAR: Jonny Bossio (PER)
Referee Assessor: Dario Ubriaco (URU)
VAR Assessor: Ubaldo Aquino (PAR)

Palmeiras – Colo Colo
Referee: Wilmar Roldan (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Cristian De La Cruz (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Alexander Guzman (COL)
Fourth Official: Gustavo Murillo (COL)
VAR 1: Patricio Loustau (ARG)
VAR 2: Fernando Rapallini (ARG)
AVAR: Hernan Maidana (ARG)
Referee Assessor: Alberto Tejada (PER)
VAR Assessor: Martin Vazquez (URU)

Cruzeiro – Boca Juniors
Referee: Andres Cunha (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Taran (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)
Fourth Official: Jonathan Fuentes (URU)
VAR 1: Leodan Gonzalez (URU)
VAR 2: Esteban Ostojich (URU)
AVAR: Richard Trinidad (URU)
Referee Assessor: Jose Buitrago (COL)
VAR Assessor: Carlos Torres (PAR)
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Two-time World Cup referee Agnolin has died

September 29, 2018, 8:29 am
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Luigi Agnolin, one of the most famous referees in the 80s in Italy, has died at the age of 75. He was appointed to two World Cups, 1986 and 1990, and two European finals: the 1987 Cup Winners' Cup and the 1988 Champions Cup. After his retirement as a referee, he began his career as a sports director: Rome in 1994, Venice and Verona between 1999 and 2001. In 2006 he was the AIA Special Commissioner for a few months after the outbreak of Calciopoli and the resignation of Lanese. 
Agnolin was one of the best Italian and international referees, with a great personality and great charisma on the field. He refereed a total of 226 Serie A matches, representing Italy at the 1986 and 1990 World Cups. He also refereed the Champions Cup Final, in 1987-88, between PSV and Benfica. He became famous for the episode of Turin-Juventus 1980, when he told Bettega, who was protesting, “vi faccio un c**o così!” that cost him a four-month suspension. 
He stopped his refereeing career in 1990 and became designator for Serie C, but in 1992 he was not re-appointed by the federal president Antonio Matarrese. He then became general manager of Rome, managing director of Venice and Verona, and in 2006 he was the Special Commissioner of the AIA, chosen by Guido Rossi to lead the Italian Referees Association after the outbreak of the Calciopoli scandal. Until August 2007 he was president of the FIGC youth and education sector, from 2011 to June 2013 general manager of Perugia. Retired to private life, he had been sick for a long time. 

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UEFA Youth League – Domestic Champions Path (Round 1, First Leg)

October 1, 2018, 10:45 am
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2 October 2018
Chelsea – Molde
Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg (DEN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Dennis Rasmussen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Elvis Boric (DEN)
Fourth Official: John Busby (ENG)
Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)

FC Viitorul – GNK Dinamo
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Ani Koçiaj (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Heraj Lisaku (ALB)
Fourth Official: Claudiu Marcu (ROU)
Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu (ROU)

3 October 2018
FC Minsk – Illés Akadémia
Referee: Rahim Hasanov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Namiq Hüseynov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Mübariz Haşımov (AZE)
Fourth Official: Viktar Šymusik (BLR)
Referee Observer: Aleh Čykun (BLR)

FC Basel – Hamilton Academical
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (LUX)
Assistant Referee 1: David Santos (LUX)
Assistant Referee 2: Joaquim Gomes (LUX)
Fourth Official: Stefan Horisberger (SUI)
Referee Observer: Marco Borg (MLT)

Dynamo Kyiv – Septemvri Sofia
Referee: Alexandru Tean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrei Bodean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Victor Mardari (MDA)
Fourth Official: Vladyslav Dorosh (UKR)
Referee Observer: Vasyl Melnychuk (UKR)

Qabala İK – Sheriff Tiraspol
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (GEO)
Assistant Referee 1: Zaza Menteshashvili (GEO)
Assistant Referee 2: Zaza Pipia (GEO)
Fourth Official: İnqilab Məmmədov (AZE)
Referee Observer: Asim Xudiyev (AZE)

Knattspyrnufélag – Elfsborg
Referee: Kári Jóannesarson (FRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Christiansen (FRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Arni Rasmussen (FRO)
Fourth Official: Gylfi Tryggvason (ISL)
Referee Observer: Pjetur Sigurdsson (ISL)

Sigma Olomouc – NK Maribor
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vladimir Gerasimov (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mangirdas Mirauskas (LTU)
Fourth Official: Jan Machálek (CZE)
Referee Observer: Milan Karadžić (SRB)

Altınordu – HJK Helsinki
Referee: Furkat Atazhanov (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Azamat Akhmetov (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Darkhan Tulegenov (KAZ)
Fourth Official: Emre Kargın (TUR)
Referee Observer: Muharrem Aksoy (TUR)

Anderlecht – Flyeralarm Admira
Referee: Kai Erik Steen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Anders Olav Dale (NOR)
Fourth Official: Jordy Vermeire (BEL)
Referee Observer: David Malcolm (NIR)

AEL Limassol – PAOK
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 1: Veaceslav Sivaciov (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Zaharia Cotruță (MDA)
Fourth Official: Chrysovalándis Theoulí (CYP)
Referee Observer: Dušan Krchňák (SVK)

Midtjylland – Bohemians
Referee: Ívar Kristjánsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Birkir Sigurdarson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Andri Vigfússon (ISL)
Fourth Official: Morten Krogh (DEN)
Referee Observer: Leif Sundell (SWE)

Anzhi Makhachkala – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Romāns Platonovs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Valdis Koritko (LVA)
Fourth Official: Yevgeniy Turbin (RUS)
Referee Observer: Yuri Baskakov (RUS)

MŠK Žilina – Montpellier Hérault
Referee: Admir Šehović (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Dujak (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Damir Lazić (BIH)
Fourth Official: Bystrík Nemček (SVK)
Referee Observer: Ladislav Gádoši (SVK)

Hertha BSC – Lech Poznań
Referee: Bojan Nikolić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Ilija Lovre (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Nenad Radoičić (SRB)
Fourth Official: Christof Günsch (GER)
Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek (AUT)

Astana – Vllaznia
Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Viacheslav Semenov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Adlan Hatuyev (RUS)
Fourth Official: Arman Ismuratov (KAZ)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)
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UEFA Youth League – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

October 1, 2018, 10:45 am
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2 October 2018
CSKA Moskva – Real Madrid
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (TUR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Soner Maraş (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Bersan Duran (TUR)
Fourth Official: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS)
Referee Observer: Aleksei Spirin (RUS)

Bayern München – AFC Ajax
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Bogdanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Valentin Murashov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Benedikt Kempkes (GER)
Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller (AUT)

TSG Hoffenheim – Manchester City
Referee: Juri Frischer (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Aron Härsing (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Neeme Neemlaid (EST)
Fourth Official: Patrick Alt (GER)
Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)

Juventus – Young Boys
Referee: Karim Abed (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephan Luzi (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikaël Berchebru (FRA)
Fourth Official: Marco Serra (ITA)
Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely (HUN)

AS Roma – Viktoria Plzeň
Referee: Ádám Farkas (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tibor Csatári (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Zsolt Király (HUN)
Fourth Official: Livio Marinelli (ITA)
Referee Observer: Patrițiu Abrudan (ROU)

Olympique Lyonnais – Shakhtar Donetsk
Referee: Nikola Popov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Georgi Todorov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Venev (BUL)
Fourth Official: Jérémie Pignard (FRA)
Referee Observer: Edward Foley (IRL)

AEK Athens – SL Benfica
Referee: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Salvatore Longo (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Valentino Fiorito (ITA)
Fourth Official: Aristotélis Diamandópoulos (GRE)
Referee Observer: Sabri Çelik (TUR)

Manchester United – Valencia CF
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Mika Lamppu (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Veli-Matti Leppänen (FIN)
Fourth Official: Anthony Backhouse (ENG)
Referee Observer: Brian Lawlor (WAL)

3 October 2018
Atlético de Madrid – Club Brugge
Referee: Robert Harvey (IRL)
Assistant Referee 1: Darren Carey (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Shane O'Brien (IRL)
Fourth Official: Miguel Ortiz Arias (ESP)
Referee Observer: Lucílio Batista (POR)

PSV Eindhoven – Internazionale Milano
Referee: Bart Vertenten (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Koen Thijs (BEL)
Fourth Official: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman (NED)

SSC Napoli – Liverpool FC
Referee: Marius Avram (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Valentin Avram (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Marica (ROU)
Fourth Official: Luigi Nasca (ITA)
Referee Observer: Kjell Alseth (NOR)

Paris St. Germain – Crvena Zvezda
Referee: Alan Sant (MLT)
Assistant Referee 1: Mitchell Scerri (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Christopher Francalanza (MLT)
Fourth Official: Romain Lissorgue (FRA)
Referee Observer: John Ferry (NIR)

Lokomotiv Moskva – FC Schalke
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Edgaras Bučinskas (LTU)
Fourth Official: Aleksandra Ponomareva (RUS)
Referee Observer: Aleksandr Gvardis (RUS)

FC Porto – Galatasaray
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Íñigo López de Ceraín (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Iker de Francisco Grijalba (ESP)
Fourth Official: Sérgio Gomes Soares (POR)
Referee Observer: António Almeida (POR)

Borussia Dortmund – AS Monaco
Referee: Jens Maae (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Victor Skytte (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jesper Dahl (DEN)
Fourth Official: Johann Pfeifer (DEN)
Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Tottenham Hotspur – FC Barcelona
Referee: Vilhjálmur Thórarinsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Gylfi Sigurdsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Oddur Gudmundsson (ISL)
Fourth Official: Alan Young (ENG)
Referee Observer: Peter Jones (ENG)
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UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

October 1, 2018, 10:45 am
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2 October 2018
Manchester United – Valencia CF
Referee: Slavko Vinčič (SVN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Nejc Kajtazovič (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Roberto Ponis (SVN)
Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)

TSG Hoffenheim – Manchester City
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Fourth Official: Grega Kordež (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Matej Jug (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Vítor Melo Pereira (POR)

Juventus – Young Boys
Referee: Sergey Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksey Lunev (RUS)
Fourth Official: Anton Averyanov (RUS)
Additional AR 1: Sergey Ivanov (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Vladimir Moskalev (RUS)
Referee Observer: Guy Goethals (BEL)

Bayern München – AFC Ajax
Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nádvorník (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Kamil Hájek (CZE)
Fourth Official: Jiří Moláček (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Petr Ardeleánu (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Karel Hrubeš (CZE)
Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís (CYP)

AEK Athens – SL Benfica
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dvir Shimon (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Roy Hassan (ISR)
Fourth Official: Idan Yarkoni (ISR)
Additional AR 1: Erez Papir (ISR)
Additional AR 2: Ziv Adler (ISR)
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)

Olympique Lyonnais – Shakhtar Donetsk
Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Raimonds Tatriks (LVA)
Additional AR 1: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
Additional AR 2: Edgars Maļcevs (LVA)
Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel (GER)

CSKA Moskva – Real Madrid
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Șovre (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Radu Petrescu (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Sebastian Colțescu (ROU)
Referee Observer: Stefan Messner (AUT)

AS Roma – Viktoria Plzeň
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Michał Obukowicz (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Radosław Siejka (POL)
Additional AR 1: Tomasz Musiał (POL)
Additional AR 2: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev (BUL)

3 October 2018
Paris St. Germain – Crvena Zvezda
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Santos (POR)
Fourth Official: Bruno Rodrigues (POR)
Additional AR 1: Tiago Martins (POR)
Additional AR 2: João Pinheiro (POR)
Referee Observer: Manuel Mejuto González (ESP)

Lokomotiv Moskva – FC Schalke
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: Constantine Hatzidakis (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Referee Observer: Matteo Trefoloni (ITA)

Atlético de Madrid – Club Brugge
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Somoláni (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
Fourth Official: Tomáš Mókoš (SVK)
Additional AR 1: Peter Královič (SVK)
Additional AR 2: Filip Glova (SVK)
Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR)

Borussia Dortmund – AS Monaco
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakou (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dzmitry Zhuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleh Maslianka (BLR)
Fourth Official: Yury Khomchanka (BLR)
Additional AR 1: Dzianis Shcharbakou (BLR)
Additional AR 2: Dzmitry Dmitrieu (BLR)
Referee Observer: Jaap Uilenberg (NED)

Tottenham Hotspur – FC Barcelona
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth Official: Guido Kleve (GER)
Additional AR 1: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Additional AR 2: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)

PSV Eindhoven – Internazionale Milano
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB)
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: Geórgios Bíkas (GRE)

SSC Napoli – Liverpool FC
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Fourth Official: Péter Berettyán (HUN)
Additional AR 1: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Sándor Andó-Szabó (HUN)
Referee Observer: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)

FC Porto – Galatasaray
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stephen Child (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Referee Observer: Hans Reijgwart (NED)
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Britain's oldest football referee

October 2, 2018, 10:20 am
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Britain's oldest football referee, who officiated matches until he was 88, has died. William "Harry" Hardy started overseeing matches in 1959 but only retired in the 2015-16 season after a fall. He refereed more than 3,000 football matches. The Erewash Valley Referee Society said he died on Wednesday - two days before his 92nd birthday. Mr. Hardy's son, Chris, said he was "very proud of him". Prince William, president of the Football Association, gave Mr. Hardy a medal for services to football in 2013.
Mr. Hardy, from Ilkeston in Derbyshire, received a British Empire Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours the following year. His son said the father-of-two suffered a heart attack on Saturday and had deteriorated in the days that followed. He added: "I'm very proud of him and so are all his six grandchildren. I used to get took [to matches] with him. [Before one game] there was two inches of snow and he'd say 'we're playing!' He encouraged loads of people [to take up refereeing] and brought a lot through who have gone on to referee across the world". Pete Carter, chairman of the Erewash Valley Referee Society, said: "In a nutshell he was a true gentleman and he couldn't do enough for anyone, especially young referees. He just loved football. The majority of his time was taken up with football and refereeing. A lot of people don't know this about him, but Harry was a very good footballer in his day. Unfortunately he packed it in after he broke his leg. When I first took over the role 20 years ago, Harry helped me an enormous amount." Mr. Hardy, who also had six great-grandchildren, joined Erewash Valley Referee Society in 1959 and from 1963 served in office as secretary for more than 55 years.

Source: BBC
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First-ever FIFA Course for VAR Instructors

October 2, 2018, 10:22 am
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Building on the successful implementation of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, FIFA has taken another important and historic step forward by opening the first-ever VAR instructor course. In this course, VAR instructors will be trained in working with match officials to successfully operate VAR as well as learning how to educate and train new VAR experts within their respective member associations and confederations. This concept is part of FIFA’s and IFAB’s Implementation Assistance & Assessment Programme (IAAP). The first FIFA VAR instructor course was officially opened in Madrid by the chairman of FIFA’s Refereeing Committee Pierluigi Collina and FIFA’s Director of Refereeing Massimo Busacca. Among the participants are numerous referees and VAR officials, who helped implement the system at the World Cup. During the week, the potential instructors will be provided with a detailed review on how VAR was used during the recent World Cup in Russia. In addition, they will take part in theoretical sessions about each of the four game-changing situations to which VAR applies (penalty area, goals, red cards and mistaken identity), along with hands-on exercises and VAR simulator sessions.


VAR Instructors

1. Roberto Rosetti (ITA) – UEFA Chief Refereeing Officer
2. David Elleray (ENG) – IFAB Technical Director
3. Carlos Clos Gomez (ESP) – VAR Project Leader Spain
4. Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP) – Chairman Referees Spain

Participants – Technical Referee Instructors

AFC
1. Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (MAS)
2. Ravshan Irmatov (UZB)
3. Ali Al-Traifi (KSA)
4. Farkhad Abdulaev (UZB)

CAF
1. Noumandiez Doue (CIV)
2. Malang Diedhiou (SEN)
3. Jerome Damon (RSA)

CONCACAF
1. Hector Vergara (CAN)
2. Marvin Torrentera (MEX)
3. Mark Geiger (USA)
4. Greg Barkey (USA) – VAR Project Leader PRO

CONMEBOL
1. Jorge Larrionda (URU)
2. Carlos Astroza (CHI)
3. Alicio Pena (BRA)
4. Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
5. Oscar Ruiz (COL)

UEFA
1. Hugh Dallas (SCO) – UEFA Refereeing Officer
2. Vladimir Sajn (SVN) – UEFA Refereeing Officer
3. Murat Ilgaz (TUR) – VAR Project Leader Turkey
4. Bertrand Layec (FRA) – VAR Project Leader France
5. Valentin Ivanov (RUS)
6. Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
7. Björn Kuipers (NED)
8. Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)

VAR Project Managers

1. Tamara Garcia Lorenzo (ESP) – AFC
2. Mohamad Yacob (MAS) – AFC
3. Wael Elsebaie (EGY) – CAF
4. Mark Cahen (USA) – CONCACAF
5. Violeta Aguero (PAR) – CONMEBOL

Source: FIFA / TFF
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