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Sidiropoulos denies cautioning wrong player in UCL

November 7, 2014, 2:09 pm
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UEFA says hay Greek referee Anastasios Sidiropoulos did not show a yellow card to the wrong CSKA Moscow player in Wednesday's Champions League game against Manchester City. Reports of CSKA's 2-1 win suggested Sidiropoulos should have sent off Pontus Wernbloom by showing the Sweden defender a second yellow card for his 77th-minute foul on City forward Sergio Aguero. Instead, Sergei Ignashevich was booked in what was widely reported — including by Manchester City's official website — as a case of mistaken identity.
According to UEFA, Sidiropoulos explained in his written match report that Ignashevich was given a yellow card for dissent and he did not think Wernbloom's foul merited a second yellow. The referee, in his first season at Champions League group-stage level, also sent-off two Manchester City players.

Source: AP/Yahoo
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UEFA Women’s Champions League – Round of 16 (First Leg)

November 8, 2014, 11:07 am
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8-9 November 2014

Barcelona – Bristol 
Referee: Cristina Dorcioman (ROU, photo)

Linköping – Zvezda 
Referee: Olga Zadinová (CZE) 

Rosengård – Fortuna 
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (HUN)

Paris – Lyon 
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (UKR)

FFC Frankfurt – ASD Torres 
Referee: Sara Persson (SWE)

Brøndby IF – Gintra Universitetas 
Referee: Esther Azzopardi (MLT)

NÖSV Neulengbach – VfL Wolfsburg 
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (GRE)

FC Zürich – Glasgow City 
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (FRA)
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FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 Play-off (CONMEBOL/CONCACAF)

November 8, 2014, 11:09 am
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First Leg, 8 November 2014 

Ecuador – Trinidad & Tobago 
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (GER, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Katrin Rafalski (GER) 
Assistant Referee 2: Marina Wozniak (GER)  

Second Leg, 2 December 2014 

Trinidad & Tobago – Ecuador 
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Belinda Brem (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Susanne Kung (SUI)
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Former model Claudia Romani became referee in Italy

November 8, 2014, 8:45 pm
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A former model could become the first female referee in Serie A, the Italian top-flight. Claudia Romani is venturing into a new career path in the world of football - after passing all the qualifications required to officiate in the top two divisions in Italy. The 32-year-old has hung up her heels to become a referee, something which has been high on her agenda for a number of months. Romani is now qualified to potentially referee, in the future, fixtures in both Serie A and Serie B - something which she is understandably delighted about. She said: “Running around on the pitch with all those players and calling the shots is just an irresistible opportunity”. No female referee has taken charge of a Serie A match yet due to the amount of experience it commands. That could soon change in the future, however, as Romani looks to take the Italian league by storm. 

Source: Daily Mail
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FIFA Club World Cup 2014

November 10, 2014, 9:40 am
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FIFA has announced the refereeing trios who will officiate at the forthcoming FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014. Referees from Australia, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Portugal and Tahiti will take charge of the matches, with Noumandiez Doue from Côte d’Ivoire the oldest at 44, and Walter Lopez from Guatemala the youngest at 34. The FIFA Club World Cup will take place in Marrakech and Rabat between 10 and 20 December 2014.

AFC 
Referee: Benjamin Williams (AUS, 1977, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Matthew Cream (AUS, 1975)
Assistant Referee 2: Paul Cetrangolo (AUS, 1978)

CAF
Referee: Noumandiez Doue (CIV, 1970)
Assistant Referee 1: Songuifolo Yeo (CIV, 1970)
Assistant Referee 2: Jean Birumushahu (BDI, 1972)

CONCACAF
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA, 1980)
Assistant Referee 1: Leonel Leal (CRC, 1976)
Assistant Referee 2: Gerson Lopez (GUA, 1983)

CONMEBOL
Referee: Wilmar Roldan (COL, 1980)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Díaz (COL, 1973)
Assistant Referee 2: Alexander Guzman (COL, 1985)

OFC
Referee: Norbert Hauata (TAH, 1979)
Assistant Referee 1: Tevita Makasini (TGA, 1976)
Assistant Referee 2: Paul Ahupu (TAH, 1985)

UEFA 
Referee: Pedro Proenca (POR, 1970) 
Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR, 1972) 
Assistant Referee 2: Tiago Trigo (POR, 1972)
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FIFA seized O’Leary’s phone and laptop

November 11, 2014, 6:54 am
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It is exam time and teacher Peter O'Leary is prepping his students for their final NCEA science assessments. It is a stressful time for the students at Tikipunga High School in Whangarei, but O'Leary has become used to it with 14 years' teaching under his belt. And he is no stranger to pressure. For a short time, O'Leary was one of the most hated men in sport. In June, the New Zealander was refereeing a football game at the World Cup in Brazil, and one poor, split-second decision led to a petition (signed by 20,000 people) calling for him to be kicked out of the tournament. There were death threats against him, police at his home and FIFA officials seized his laptop and cell phone to probe for match-fixing. Four months on, he has broken his silence on the game - and is preparing for his first international tournament since Brazil. "It wasn't at the stage where bullets had been sent through the post or anything but it was tough," O'Leary says. "Fans are passionate but sometimes you think, well, just hang on." O'Leary disallowed a goal which cost Bosnia-Herzegovina their group qualifying match against Nigeria - and sparked fury from the debutante country's fans. Football's governing body FIFA paid no heed to the petition and O'Leary stayed in Brazil. But that meant the father-of-two was thousands of miles away from wife Rachelle and sons aged 7 and 5 as angry Bosnians made threats against his life and his home. New Zealand police visited the family to make sure they were safe and to give them protocols should anything happen. "I knew to make sure my family was safe, that's the most important thing for me. We still took it seriously and the police were involved with just making sure that, while I wasn't here, home and work and everyone knew what was happening and there were protocols to follow if something did rear its ugly head." The 42-year-old was in touch with his family throughout the tournament. "We liaised with Rachelle and the boys and had a contingency with the police should anything turn pear-shaped." There was more to deal with for O'Leary in Brazil. A photograph appearing to show him celebrating with the Nigeria goalkeeper was fuel to the fire. So enraged were the conspiracy theorists that FIFA sent officials to take his laptop and cell phone as they probed the possibility of cheating. The technology was taken away for 24 hours until the officials were satisfied. "Just because of match-fixing or any other allegations like that, that's how serious they take it," O'Leary says. "But they came back and said 'look, we don't have a problem with you'." 
As one of New Zealand's top referees, it was a dream come true to head to the Brazil World Cup, the 20th four-yearly tournament since its humble beginnings in Uruguay in 1930. Many countries send full-time, professional referees to the event but, like all New Zealand refs, O'Leary juggles his hobby with a full-time job as head of science at the Northland school. He had been selected to ref after more than 20 years with the whistle, and more than three years of training for the tournament, which he described as "awesome" and "surreal". "We flew into Porto Alegre and just at the hotel was [All Whites coach] Ricky Herbert and then sitting down to dinner, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger walks in with German legend Franz Beckenbauer. "It was like, 'Holy sheez, this is football royalty and it's all in touching distance'." O'Leary's first role was as the fourth official in the match between France and Honduras - the first game in the tournament's history to use goal-line technology. "It was amazing to be involved with that bit of history," he says. And then he got the call he had been waiting for - "the high point in any referee's career" - when he was selected as the on-field ref for the crucial clash between Nigeria and Bosnia-Herzegovina. World Cup debutantes Bosnia-Herzegovina had just come off a positive display in a narrow loss to tournament favourites Argentina, and were confident of overcoming the Africans. That optimism seemed to be realised when striker Edin Dzeko fired into the back of the net after 21 minutes. But to the dismay of Dzeko, his teammates and the jubilant fans, the goal was ruled offside by O'Leary's assistant and upheld by O'Leary. Television replays showed that Dzeko was clearly onside. "That's an obvious error," O'Leary accepts. "The assistant referee at the time said it was offside, put his flag up and I said, 'Thank you very much, offside'. I didn't make the call. However, as the referee, I'm in charge. I'm responsible and I carry the can. If I was in a better position and had seen what had happened, I would have been able to overrule him. But I wasn't in a better position so I couldn't." The Bosnia-Herzegovina fans reacted furiously at the disallowed goal and they felt further cheated when Nigeria scored 10 minutes later. The management bench erupted, believing their team should have had a free kick in the lead-up to the goal. O'Leary stands by his decision to deny a free kick, and says FIFA officials told him after the game that the call had been correct. "The offside they were not happy with because it was obviously wrong. The goal they said, 'this is nothing, this is fine'." Striker Dzeko had a chance to level the score towards the end but fluffed his lines, and the game finished with a Nigerian victory. And, of course, no one remembers the striker's mistake. But they remember O'Leary's - and they remember the photograph. O'Leary had never met the goalkeeper and said they had been congratulating each other on taking part in a World Cup game. "The Nigerian goalkeeper is a character ... with a sunny disposition. At the end of our game he had the ball, I went and got the ball off him. He said congratulations, put his arm around me and I put my arm around him. While we were doing that, the fourth official said something in my ear and that made me laugh." But Bosnia-Herzegovina's fans and players were outraged. Dzeko slammed O'Leary's performance as "shameful" and said he "should be going home, too. He changed the game. That's why we lost. It was obviously a foul on our captain and before, when I scored the goal, it was never offside." Coach Safet Susic said his side had been robbed. "I was told there was no offside but it's not the first or last time a referee has made a bad decision at this World Cup, and it won't be the last." 
O'Leary has not been put off refereeing and is preparing for the Asian Cup in January, his first international tournament since the World Cup. He takes comfort in the support he received from his school, family and the football community at large. "Some of the letters of support were amazing. [Former rugby referee] Bryce Lawrence sent me a wonderful email of support saying, 'Hey, I know what you're going through'. And from students, past and present. Family and friends kept me grounded," he says. "It has been tough. It makes it difficult, but also football's just a game and it's important to remember that." And he insists he can handle the pressure, as exam time at high school is more stressful than tens of thousands of fans calling for his head. "Football is a game compared to preparing students for their futures".

Source: NZ Herald
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International Friendly Matches

November 12, 2014, 3:18 pm
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Turkey – Brazil
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (UZB, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Abduxamidullo Rasulov (UZB)
Assistant Referee 2: Jaxongir Saidov (UZB)
Fourth Official: Halis Özkahya (TUR)

Netherlands – Mexico
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Kevin Blom (NED)

Croatia – Argentina
Referee: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Fourth Official: Lee Probert (ENG)

Norway – Estonia
Referee: Martin Hansson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Nilsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Joakim Flink (SWE)
Fourth Official: Michael Lerjéus (SWE)

Belgia – Iceland
Referee: Antony Gautier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Laurent Stien (FRA)
Fourth Official: Benoît Millot (FRA)
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UEFA Women’s Champions League – Round of 16 (Second Leg)

November 12, 2014, 3:24 pm
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Olympique Lyonnais – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (HUN, photo)

ASD Torres – FFC Frankfurt
Referee: Jana Adámková (CZE)

Gintra Universitetas – Brøndby IF
Referee: Riem Hussein (GER)

VfL Wolfsburg – NÖSV Neulengbach
Referee: Teodora Albon (ROU)

Glasgow City – FC Zürich
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (SWE)

WFC Zvezda – Linköping FC
Referee: Sandra Bastos (POR)

Fortuna Hjørring – FC Rosengård
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (POL)

Bristol Academy – FC Barcelona
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS)
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Former World Cup referee Patrick Partridge passed away

November 13, 2014, 11:30 am
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With his demonstrative style, talkative manner and substantial sideburns, Pat Partridge was a highly recognisable figure in English and world football from 1966 to '81, during which time the Teesside referee became involved in a number of high-profile incidents which resonate to this day. Drama was seldom far away when Partridge, who has died aged 81, was in charge. Even in his formative years as a match official, in the Northern League in 1962, he abandoned a game at Whitley Bay when a ferocious storm – which claimed nine lives in a lifeboat disaster at nearby Seaham – threatened to blow players off their feet and uproot stands. In his first top-flight fixture as a referee, at Manchester City in 1967, he awarded three penalties and was criticised for failing to book Gordon Banks after the Leicester goalkeeper kicked the ball off the spot while Johnny Crossan prepared to take aim. Patridge's next appointment in Manchester, for United against Stoke City, saw him embroiled in an episode which led to a change in the Laws of the Game. An altercation between United's Pat Crerand and Peter Dobing seemed to have been defused when Partridge – deploying the man-management skills for which he became renowned – pulled Crerand close so that the Scot's head looked over his shoulder. Out of Partridge's sight, but picked up by the television cameras, Crerand spat at Stoke's Tony Allen. Amid the ensuing furore, the International Board made spitting a dismissable offence, on a par with violent conduct.
Today the top 15 Premier League referees are full-time, £70,000-a-year employees. Partridge, who was an apprentice electrician on leaving school and began refereeing in 1953 after injury curtailed his playing ambitions, was a sales rep until 1973. He and his wife then moved into and managed her father's dairy farm, which he renamed "Law One" (the first part of the Laws of the Game is titled "Field of Play").
Partridge was among the first referees whose decisions were subjected to the now-routine scrutiny by TV and criticism from pundits. "With a surname like mine," he quipped, "I'm there to be shot at." Far from the Crerand controversy hindering his progress, his tendency to let a game flow gained widespread approval. By 1971 he was promoted to Fifa's international list; four years later he took charge of the FA Cup final between Fulham and West Ham; in 1976 he was appointed to the World Club Championship between Cruzeiro and Bayern Munich in Brazil; and 12 months later he refereed Hamburg versus Anderlecht in the European Cup-Winners' Cup final. The replay of the 1978 Football League Cup final, between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, led him into a fresh rumpus at Old Trafford. With the score 0-0, Forest's John O'Hare was felled by Phil Thompson when through on goal. The challenge was outside the 18-yard area, but Partridge gave the penalty from which John Robertson secured the first major trophy of Brian Clough's reign. Afterwards, Thompson termed the tackle a "professional foul", giving a new, now universal, euphemism to the football lexicon.
In the same year, Partridge was England's sole representative at the World Cup in Argentina. He ran the line in two matches and refereed Peru against Poland, during which he cautioned the South Americans' goalkeeper, Ramon "El Loco" Quiroga, after he twice dashed towards the halfway line to commit fouls. Quiroga bowed in a theatrical apology on being booked.Within months Partridge led off the teams during an Anglo-Scottish Cup tie between Burnley and Celtic after violence on the terraces. Order was restored after he persuaded Celtic manager Billy McNeill to appeal for calm. All of which provided material for Partridge's autobiography, Oh, Ref!, published in 1979 in which he admitted "all referees are egotistical" and said "I hate Saturdays off – I'd rather take a village game than stay at home". The following year he took one match in the European Championship finals, but 1980-81 proved to be his last season, with Austria-Bulgaria his swansong.
Refereeing was in his blood: he oversaw water polo and basketball fixtures before concentrating on football, had the personalised number-plate REF 1, and was "whistling" in the Redcar Sunday League the day after the Crerand-Allen fracas. After retiring he was chairman of the Referees' Association and president of the Association of Football League Referees and Linesmen.
At 70, after he became a magistrate and chairman of the board of prison visitors in Stockton-on-Tees, Partridge stepped out of the stand to take a linesman's flag after an official was injured at Bishop Auckland. The incident was an echo of 1972, when he was refereeing Arsenal against Liverpool and Jimmy Hill replaced an incapacitated linesman.
His death came six months after he was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to football.

Source: The Independent
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UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers

November 14, 2014, 9:09 am
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Scotland – Ireland 
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB)
Additional AR 1: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
Additional AR 2: Dejan Filipovic (SRB)
Fourth Official: Dejan Petrović (SRB)
Referee Observer: Jaap Uilenberg (NED)

Georgia – Poland 
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (ITA) 
Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA) 
Assistant Referee 2: Mauro Tonolini (ITA) 
Additional AR 1: Luca Banti (ITA) 
Additional AR 2: Antonio Damato (ITA) 
Fourth Official: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA) 
Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)

Germany – Gibraltar 
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (ROU) 
Assistant Referee 1: Aurel Oniţă (ROU) 
Assistant Referee 2: Octavian Șovre (ROU) 
Additional AR 1: Ovidiu Haţegan (ROU) 
Additional AR 2: Cristian Balaj (ROU) 
Fourth Official: Ovidiu Artene (ROU) 
Referee Observer: Emil Bozinovski (MKD)

Greece – Faroe Islands 
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) 
Assistant Referee 1: Renato Faverani (ITA) 
Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Stefani (ITA) 
Additional AR 1: Paolo Mazzoleni (ITA) 
Additional AR 2: Davide Massa (ITA) 
Fourth Official: Gianluca Cariolato (ITA) 
Referee Observer: Plarent Kotherja (ALB)

Hungary – Finland 
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA) 
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Cano (FRA) 
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Danos (FRA) 
Additional AR 1: Fredy Fautrel (FRA) 
Additional AR 2: Nicolas Rainville (FRA) 
Fourth Official: Cyril Gringore (FRA) 
Referee Observer: Alan Snoddy (NIR)

Romania – Northern Ireland 
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE) 
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE) 
Additional AR 1: Stefan Johannesson (SWE) 
Additional AR 2: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE) 
Fourth Official: Mehmet Culum (SWE) 
Referee Observer: Eyjolfur Olafsson (ISL)

Portugal – Armenia 
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE) 
Assistant Referee 1: Damianos Efthimiadis (GRE) 
Assistant Referee 2: Polychronis Kostaras (GRE) 
Additional AR 1: Ilias Spathas (GRE) 
Additional AR 2: Stavros Tritsonis (GRE) 
Fourth Official: Christos Akrivos (GRE) 
Referee Observer: Nikolai Levnikov (RUS)

Serbia – Denmark 
Referee: Cüneyt Çakir (TUR) 
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR) 
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR) 
Additional AR 1: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR) 
Additional AR 2: Bariş Şimşek (TUR) 
Fourth Official: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR) 
Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)

Friendly
France – Albania 
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE) 
Assistant Referee 1: Ondřej Pelikán (CZE) 
Assistant Referee 2: Krystof Mencl (CZE) 
Additional AR 1: Libor Kovařik (CZE) 
Additional AR 2: Michal Paták (CZE) 
Fourth Official: Radek Kotik (CZE)
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UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers

November 14, 2014, 9:36 pm
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England – Slovenia 
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (POR, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR) 
Assistant Referee 2: Rui Tavares (POR) 
Additional AR 1: Carlos Xistra (POR) 
Additional AR 2: Marco Ferreira (POR) 
Fourth Official: Nuno Pereira (POR) 
Referee Observer: Wilfried Heitmann (GER)  

Luxembourg – Ukraine 
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL) 
Assistant Referee 1: Gunnar Gunnarsson (ISL) 
Assistant Referee 2: Johann Gudmundsson (ISL) 
Additional AR 1: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (ISL) 
Additional AR 2: Thorvaldur Árnason (ISL) 
Fourth Official: Sigurdur Oli Thorleifsson (ISL) 
Referee Observer: Vitalijs Liholajs (LVA)  

Austria – Russia 
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG) 
Assistant Referee 1: Darren Cann (ENG) 
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Child (ENG) 
Additional AR 1: Michael Oliver (ENG) 
Additional AR 2: Craig Pawson (ENG) 
Fourth Official: Peter Kirkup (ENG) 
Referee Observer: Zbigniew Przesmycki (POL)  

Moldova – Liechtenstein 
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN) 
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN) 
Assistant Referee 2: Mikko Alakare (FIN) 
Additional AR 1: Antti Munukka (FIN) 
Additional AR 2: Dennis Antamo (FIN) 
Fourth Official: Matti Heininen (FIN) 
Referee Observer: Dragutin Poljak (CRO)  

San Marino – Estonia 
Referee: Felix Brych (GER) 
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER) 
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER) 
Additional AR 1: Felix Zwayer (GER) 
Additional AR 2: Marco Fritz (GER) 
Fourth Official: Marco Achmüller (GER) 
Referee Observer: Günter Benkö (AUT)  

Switzerland – Lithuania 
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR) 
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Thomas Haglund (NOR) 
Assistant Referee 2: Dag-Roger Nebben (NOR) 
Additional AR 1: Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR) 
Additional AR 2: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (NOR) 
Fourth Official: Sven Erik Midthjell (NOR) 
Referee Observer: Jozef Marko (SVK)  

Spain – Belarus 
Referee: Kenn Hansen (DEN) 
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Rix (DEN) 
Assistant Referee 2: Henrik Larsen (DEN) 
Additional AR 1: Jakob Kehlet (DEN) 
Additional AR 2: Jens Maae (DEN) 
Fourth Official: Derya Oguz (DEN) 
Referee Observer: Vítor Melo Pereira (POR)  

Montenegro – Sweden 
Referee: William Collum (SCO) 
Assistant Referee 1: Damien MacGraith (IRL) 
Assistant Referee 2: Graham Chambers (SCO) 
Additional AR 1: Robert Madden (SCO) 
Additional AR 2: Kevin Clancy (SCO) 
Fourth Official: Alastair Mather (SCO) 
Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)  

Macedonia – Slovakia 
Referee: Pedro Proença (POR) 
Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR) 
Assistant Referee 2: Tiago Trigo (POR) 
Additional AR 1: Manuel De Sousa (POR) 
Additional AR 2: João Capela (POR) 
Fourth Official: Paulo Soares (POR) 
Referee Observer: Charles Agius (MLT)
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UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers

November 15, 2014, 8:03 pm
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Czech Republic – Iceland
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (GER, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mike Pickel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Additional AR 1: Christian Dingert (GER)
Additional AR 2: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Fourth Official: Markus Häcker (GER)
Referee Observer: Kaj Natri (FIN)
 
Italy – Croatia
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Additional AR 1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Additional AR 2: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Fourth Official: Mario Diks (NED)
Referee Observer: László Vagner (HUN)

Netherlands – Latvia
Referee: Liran Liany (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: David Biton (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oren Borneshtain (ISR)
Additional AR 1: Eitan Shemeulevitch (ISR)
Additional AR 2: Orel Grinfeld (ISR)
Fourth Official: Nissan Davidy (ISR)
Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)

Belgium – Wales
Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Slyško (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Wilczek (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Radek Příhoda (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Petr Ardeleanu (CZE)
Fourth Official: Antonin Kordula (CZE)
Referee Observer: Domenico Messina (ITA)
 
Cyprus – Andorra
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Beck (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Jake Collin (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Additional AR 2: John Moss (ENG)
Fourth Official: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Referee Observer: Ioannis Tsachilidis (GRE)

Azerbaijan – Norway
Referee: Ievgenii Aranovski (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Voytuk (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Semen Shlonchak (UKR)
Additional AR 1: Sergii Boiko (UKR)
Additional AR 2: Anatolii Adula (UKR)
Fourth Official: Sergey Bekker (UKR)
Referee Observer: Zoran Petrović (SRB)
 
Bulgaria – Malta
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Gustavsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Joakim Flink (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Andreas Ekberg (SWE),
Additional AR 2: Bojan Pandžić (SWE)
Fourth Official: Per Brogevik (SWE)
Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
 
Israel – Bosnia
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Javier Estrada Fernandez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Raúl Cabanero Martínez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)
 
Turkey – Kazakhstan
Referee: Aleksei Eskov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitri Mosiakin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Valeri Danchenko (RUS)
Additional AR 1: Alexei Nikolaev (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Mikhail Vilkov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Nikolai Golubev (RUS)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Radoman (SRB)
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Gulf Cup 2014

November 17, 2014, 1:24 pm
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Saudi Arabia, 13-26 November 2014

  
Referee: Merei Al-Awaji (RSA)
Assistant Referee 1: Ahmed Al-Fqihi (RSA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohammed Al-Abkari (RSA)

Referee: Abdullah Al-Boloshi (QAT)
Assistant Referee 1: Ramsan Al-Naemi (QAT)
Assistant Referee 2: Saoud Ahmed Al-Mqaleh (QAT)

Referee: Gamil Abdul Hussain (BHR)
Assistant Referee 1: Nawaf Khalifa (BHR)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohammed Jaafar (BHR)

Referee: Yaqoub Abdul Baqi (OMA)
Assistant Referee 1: Saif Al-Ghafri (OMA)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdullah Al-Shamakhi (OMA)

Referee: Fahad Al-Kassar (UAE)
Assistant Referee 1: Zayed Kamal (UAE)
Assistant Referee 2: Sabt Sorour (UAE).

Referee: Muhannad Eisa (IRQ)
Assistant Referee 1: Najah Rashed (IRQ)
Assistant Referee 2: Mouaid Mohammed Ali (IRQ)

Referee: Ali Shaaban (KUW)
Assistant Referee 1: Hmoud Raja Al-Sahli (KUW)
Assistant Referee 2: Ali Bahrazad (KUW)

Referee: Ali Jouf (YEM)
Assistant Referee 1: Ali Al-Hasni (YEM)
Assistant Referee 2: Hmoud Al-Maqfazi (YEM)

Referee: Benjamin Williams (AUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Matthew Cream (AUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Paul Cetrangolo (AUS)

Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)

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Greek matches suspended after refereeing official attacked

November 17, 2014, 9:46 pm
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Matches in Greece'sprofessional soccer leagues have been suspended indefinitely after a referees' committee official was admitted to hospital following a violent attack, announced the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO). Police said that 45-year-old Christoforos Zografos, assistant director of the Central Refereeing Committee (KED), was beaten with wooden clubs in the early hours of Friday by two men on a motorcycle in the Kolonos area of Western Athens. "After an emergency meeting of the Board of Directors, EPO has decided not to appoint referees as of 17 November 2014 following the murderous attack on a member of the KED/EPO, hence the indefinite postponement of all matches in all divisions in order to protect those involved,” EPO said in a statement. EPO added it would not appoint referees to any league matches until "immediate steps" were taken to protect match officials.
Christoforos Zografos (photo), a former FIFA referee, works under retired Scottish referee Hugh Dallas, who was appointed head of the KED in the close season after continued pleas from Greek clubs for a foreign official to take on the administrative role following several match-fixing scandals in recent seasons. Matches have already been suspended once this season by the government in late September as a mark of respect following the death of a fan after violent clashes at a third division match. Ethinikos Piraeus supporter Kostas Katsoulis, 46, suffered serious head injuries following clashes with Irodotos fans in Crete during the match on Sept. 15. Olympiakos Piraeus president Evangelos Marinakis said he had vital information about the attack on Zografos which he would give to the police and Greek soccer chiefs and he called on all stakeholders in Greek football to put a stop to violence. “The police and legal authorities need to look into this in great depth, we must all work together to stop this filth,” he told reporters after a meeting of Super League officials. “I went to the meeting to discuss names and say what I've learned from my colleagues and collaborators about this murderous act,” former Super League president Marinakis added. “We are talking about human lives here, it’s no longer about an insult, or bitter comments which are said on the radio or television in the heat of the moment; we are talking about a murderous attack on the man that is very lucky to be alive.” Marinakis also said he was available to help police with their enquiries into the incident and made references to evidence of threatening behaviour towards referees which he said was rife in the lower divisions. “All of this is highly unacceptable and it will not be long before we find it in front of us in a few months in the Super League - that's why we have an obligation to denounce it and end it here”.

Source: Reuters
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International Friendly Matches

November 18, 2014, 12:36 pm
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18 November 2014 

Spain – Germany 
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (SWE, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE) 
Assistant Referee 2: Fredrik Nilsson (SWE) 
Fourth Official: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP) 

Portugal – Argentina 
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG) 
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG) 
Assistant Referee 2: Darren England (ENG) 
Fourth Official: Lee Probert (ENG) 

France – Sweden 
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP) 
Assistant Referee 1: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP) 
Assistant Referee 2: José Fernández Miranda (ESP) 
Fourth Official: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP) 

Scotland – England 
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE) 
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE) 
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE) 
Fourth Official: Michael Lerjéus (SWE) 

Japan – Australia 
Referee: Paweł Gil (POL) 
Assistant Referee 1: Rafał Rostkowski (POL) 
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL) 
Fourth Official: Bartosz Frankowski (POL) 

Austria – Brazil 
Referee: William Collum (SCO) 
Assistant Referee 1: Graham Chambers (SCO) 
Assistant Referee 2: Stuart Stevenson (SCO) 
Fourth Official: Robert Madden (SCO) 

Hungary – Russia 
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR) 
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR) 
Assistant Referee 2: Orkun Aktaş (TUR) 
Fourth Official: Barış Şimşek (TUR) 

Poland – Switzerland 
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL) 
Assistant Referee 1: Gunnar Gunnarsson (ISL) 
Assistant Referee 2: Sigurdur Porleifsson (ISL) 
Fourth Official: Marcin Borski (POL) 

Belarus – Mexico 
Referee: Sergei Ivanov (RUS) 
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksei Voroncov (RUS) 
Assistant Referee 2: Viacesłav Semionov (RUS) 
Fourth Official: Dianis Sciarbakou (BLR) 

Greece – Serbia 
Referee: Neil Doyle (IRL) 
Assistant Referee 1: Dermot Broughton (IRL) 
Assistant Referee 2: Ciarán Delaney (IRL) 
Fourth Official: Michel Koukoulákis (GRE) 

Romania –Denmark 
Referee: Slavko Vinčič (SVN) 
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN) 
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Ul (SVN)  

Ireland – USA 
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (POL) 
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL) 
Assistant Referee 2: Michał Obukowicz (POL) 
Fourth Official: Paul McLaughlin (IRL) 

Ukraine – Lithuania 
Referee: Aliyar Ağayev (AZE) 
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov (AZE) 
Assistant Referee 2: Namiq Hüseynov (AZE) 
Fourth Official: Serhij Łysenczuk (UKR)

Italy – Albania 
Referee: Alexander Harkam (AUT) 
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Staudinger (AUT) 
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Witschnigg (AUT) 

Slovenia – Colombia 
Referee: Andréas Pappás (GRE) 
Assistant Referee 1: Chrístos Akrívos (GRE) 
Assistant Referee 2: Aléxandros Grevénis (GRE) 

Slovakia – Finland 
Referee: Markus Hameter (AUT) 
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Braunschmidt (AUT) 
Assistant Referee 2: Roland Riedel (AUT)
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FIFA Seminar for World Cup Referee Candidates: AFC, CAF, OFC

November 19, 2014, 11:24 am
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With the countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia now underway, FIFA has organised a second Elite AFC, CAF and OFC Referees Seminar in the Aspire Sports Centre in the Qatari capital Doha. The seminar was held on 10-14 November and brought together prospective referees from three FIFA Confederations. Ten referees from Asia, nine from Africa and three from Oceania were invited to the seminar with the aim of helping them improve their preparations for the future FIFA competitions. The referees went through a host of activities that included theoretical sessions in the classroom as well as practical sessions on the field of play. Theoretical sessions focused on specific topics such as reading of the game and positioning to tackles and penalty area incidents. The referees discussed videos of the incidents from 2014 World Cup matches in Brazil to achieve consistency and uniformity. They also took part in a series of fitness tests such as 40 meter sprints, the high intensity interval test and the dynamic yo-yo test. Practical sessions on the field of play brought players and referees together to simulate what happens in a game and immediate feedback was given to referees regarding their reading of the play, leading to their movement, position, angle of view and decisions. The instructors provided immediate feedback to improve performances. The preparation related to the referee's project for future FIFA competitions leading to 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia will continue this week with the last FIFA Elite referees seminar of the year in Zurich. (Source: FIFA)


 AFC
1. Ryuji Sato (JPN, 1977)
2. Yudai Yamamoto (JPN, 1983)
3. Mohd Bin Yaacob (MSA, 1986)
4. Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (QAT, 1987)
5. Fahad Al-Marri (QAT, 1986)
6. Fahad Al-Mirdasi (KSA, 1985)
7. Muhammad Bin Jahari (SIN, 1986)
8. Kim Dae-Yong (KOR, 1981)
9. Ko Hyung-Jin (KOR, 1982)
10. Hettikamkanamge Perera (SRI, 1978)
11. Ammar Al-Jeneibi (UAE, 1982)
12. Abdulla Muhammad (UAE, 1978)

CAF
1. Mehdi Abid Charef (ALG, 1980)
2. Juste Ephrem Zio (BFA, 1977)
3. Ghead Grisha (EGY, 1976)
4. Bamlaku Weyesa (ETH, 1980)
5. Eric Otogo Castane (GAB, 1976)
6. Joseph Lamptey (GHA, 1974)
7. Davies Omweno (KEN, 1984)
8. Mahamadou Keita (MLI, 1983)
9. Maguette N’Diaye (SEN, 1986)
10. Bernard Camille (SEY, 1975)
11. Victor Gomes (RSA, 1982)
13. Janny Sikazwe (ZAM, 1979)

OFC
1. Matthew Conger (NZL, 1978)
2. Gerald Oiaka (SOL, 1975)
3. Abdelkader Zitouni (TAH, 1981)
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Copa Sudamericana – Semi-finals (First Leg)

November 19, 2014, 11:38 am
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19 November 2014 
Atletico National – Sao Paulo 
Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (URU, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Pastorino (URU) 
Assistant Referee 2: Gabriel Popovits (URU) 
Fourth Official: Christian Ferreyra (URU) 
Referee Observer: Otalvaro Polanco (COL) 

20 November 2014 
Boca Juniors – River Plate 
Referee: Silvio Trucco (ARG) 
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Belatti (ARG) 
Assistant Referee 2: Gustavo Rossi (ARG) 
Fourth Official: Diego Abal (ARG) 
Referee Observer: Abel Gnecco (ARG)
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FIFA Seminar for Prospective ARs for Women’s World Cup 2015

November 20, 2014, 4:02 pm
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Qatar hosted a preparation camp for 56 women assistant referees from all six FIFA Confederations set to feature at the FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in Canada next year. The women assistant referees took a series of the fitness tests such as 40 meter sprints, the high intensity interval test and the ARIET tests which is specific to assistant referees and measures their ability to side step and move laterally to achieve the best position possible. They discussed offside situations in the classroom and also practiced on the field of play with a series of exercises that included players simulating different offside situations and were given immediate feedback on their decisions via video replay and with the help of instructors. Teamwork, Offside and other topics were discussed at length in theory and were followed by practical sessions to achieve the best results. FIFA’s Head of Refereeing Massimo Busacca, who headed up the seminar and is looking to optimise the resources used in the training of referees, echoed those views: “This seminar has been an excellent opportunity for us to see how far we are with the assistant referees for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 in Canada. The work done during the week was very good. It showed us, that we are on the right way in view of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada". (Source: FIFA)



AFC               
1. Sarah Ho (AUS, 1978)
2. Allyson Flynn (AUS, 1982)
3. Yan Fang (CHN, 1979)
4. Yongmei Cui (CHN, 1979)
5. Jianping Liang (CHN, 1977)
6. Hsiu Liu (TPE, 1972)
7. Naomi Teshirogi (JPN, 1980)
8. Kim Kyoung Min (KOR, 1980)
9. Lee Seul Gi (KOR, 1980)
10. Widiya Shamsuri (MAS, 1977)
                       
CAF               
1. Tempa N’Dah (BEN, 1973)
2. Emmanuella Aglago (GHA, 1979)
3. Lidwine Rakotozafinoro (MAD, 1978)
4. Souad Oulhaj (MAR, 1974)
5. Ayawa Dzodope (TOG, 1976)
6. Bernadettar Kwimbira (MWI, 1981)
                       
CONCACAF             
1. Marie-Josée Carbonneau (CAN, 1982)
2. Suzanne Morisset (CAN, 1984)
3. Kimberly Moreira (CRC, 1986)
4. Milagros Leonardo (DOM, 1983)
5. Elizabeth Aguilar (SLV, 1987)
6. Emperatriz Ayala (SLV, 1980)
7. Shirley Perello (HON, 1986)
8. Princess Brown (JAM, 1986)
9. Stacy-Ann Greyson (JAM, 1986)
10. Mayte Chavez (MEX, 1979)
11. Enedina Caudillo (MEX, 1984)
12. Lixy Enriquez (MEX, 1973)
                       
CONMEBOL                        
1. Maria Rocco (ARG, 1979)
2. Mariana De Almeida (ARG, 1982)
3. Rossana Salinas (PAR, 1979)
4. Mariana Corbo (URU, 1977)
5. Luciana Mascarana(URU, 1981)
6. Janette Arcanjo (BRA, 1980)
7. Luzmilla Gonzalez (COL, 1978)
                       
OFC               
1. Sarah Walker (NZL, 1990)
2. Nadia Browning (NZL, 1986)
3. Lata Kaumatule (TGA, 1985)
                       
UEFA                        
1. Ella De Vries (BEL, 1977)
2. Sanja Rodak Karsic (CRO, 1983)
3. Lada Rojc (CRO, 1974)
4. Angela Kyriakou (CYP, 1977)
5. Lucie Ratajova (CZE, 1979)
6. Natalie Aspinall (ENG, 1981)
7. Tonja Paavola (FIN, 1977)
8. Manuela Nicolosi (FRA, 1980)
9. Katrin Rafalski (GER, 1982)
10. Marina Wozniak (GER, 1979)
11. Chrysoula Kourompylia (GRE, 1977)
12. Judit Kulcsar (HUN, 1980)
13. Michelle O’Neill (IRL, 1978)
14. Petruta Iugulescu (ROU, 1979)
15. Maria Sukenikova (SVK, 1975)
16. Judit Romano Garcia (ESP, 1982)
17. Anna Nystrom (SWE, 1973)
18. Natalia Rachynska (UKR, 1970)
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FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 Play-off (UEFA)

November 22, 2014, 11:09 am
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First Leg, 22 November 2014
Netherlands – Italy 
Referee: Teodora Albon (ROU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Petruta Iugulescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihaela Gomoescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Cristina Dorcioman (ROU)

Second Leg, 27 November 2014
Italy – Netherlands 
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Katrin Rafalski (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marina Wozniak (GER)
Fourth Official: Riem Hussein (GER)
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UEFA Course for European International Futsal Referees

November 22, 2014, 8:14 pm
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Leading European futsal referees have been in the Croatian coastal city of Split for the 8th UEFA Course for European International Futsal Referees. Over three days, 30 futsal referees from 25 European countries undertook various types of training sessions and tests, and took part in theoretical sessions. The course involved a balance between theoretical and practical work, and included an introduction to, and study of, recent changes to the futsal Laws of the Game.
The fitness test performed by the referees featured a 1,000-metre run, in addition to speed and agility tests. Fitness instructor Grzegorz Krzosek stressed the importance of the fitness tests. "Fitness is essential in refereeing, and we want to be sure that all of the referees are well prepared," he said. "There is also an additional aspect – body composition control – as we want to motivate the referees to have a good image and body as part of this sport." Krzosek, a former Polish middle-distance runner who has participated in world and European athletics championships, also highlighted other important qualities that futsal referees need to nurture. "In futsal, speed for referees is much more important than in [11-a-side] football," he explained. "There is less endurance, but more speed, with changes of direction and different types of movement." 
Futsal referee instructor Pedro Galán Nieto told UEFA.com about the significance of the course. "We have 130 referees in Europe, and the 30 referees here were the only ones who have not attended at least one UEFA futsal course. Now we are closing the circle in giving the chance to all officials in Europe to attend at least UEFA course for international futsal referees." The futsal laws were a main focal point in Split. "We wanted to give the referees knowledge, and also bring about uniformity with respect to the Laws of the Game," said Galán Nieto. "[World body] FIFA amended certain laws in June – so we are trying to ensure that the referees in Europe have the same interpretation of the Laws of the Game." Galán Nieto also spoke of the main changes in futsal in the last decade. "Professionalism, for sure," he reflected. "In my time, these kinds of courses were impossible. Today, specifically as futsal instructors, we are able to give useful and worthwhile advice about the Laws of the Game to the new generations. Consequently we are very happy about UEFA's contribution in organising such events". 

 Source: UEFA
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