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UEFA Futsal Cup – Elite Round

November 22, 2014, 8:17 pm
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18-23 November 2014
 
Group A (Odivelas, POR) 
Mario Bohun (SVK) 
Danijel Janošević (CRO)
Bogdan Sorescu (ROU, photo) 
Grigori Zelentsov (RUS)
 
Group B (Pardubice, CZE) 
Abdallah Benazzi (NED) 
Christos Christou (CYP)
Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (ESP) 
Dejan Nikolić (SVN)
 
Group C (Almaty, KAZ) 
Marc Birkett (ENG) 
Kamil Çetin (TUR) 
Tomasz Frak (POL) 
Ramil Namazov (AZE)
 
Group D (Barcelona, ESP) 
Trayan Enchev (BUL)
Karel Henych (CZE) 
Konstantinos Koytsogianos (GRE) 
Alessandro Malfer (ITA)
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FCWC 2014: Roldan replaced by Osses

November 23, 2014, 8:54 pm
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According to Arbitro Internacional, referee Enrique Osses (CHI) will replace Wilmar Roldan (COL) at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup as one of the Colombian ARs failed the fitness test. Assistant referee Eduardo Diaz failed the pre-tournament fitness test and FIFA has decided to exclude the entire Colombian trio from this competition. Enrique Osses, along with his two World Cup assistants, Carlos Astroza and Sergio Roman, will travel to Morocco to replace them at the Club World Cup.
This is the first time, since Massimo Busacca is the Head of Refereeing, when FIFA replaced the entire trio due to an assistant referee failing the fitness test. In previous similar situations, only the affected member of the trio was replaced, allowing the other two to participate in the competition:
- Peter O'Leary (NZL) participated in the 2014 World Cup although his assistant Ravinesh Kumar did not pass the fitness tests due to injury. The AR from Fiji was replaced by Mark Rule (NZL).
- Aden Marwa (KEN) remained as a reserve AR in the World Cup, although referee Daniel Bennett (RSA) failed the fitness test through injury.
- Bakary Gassama (GAM) refereed two games in the Club World Cup last year despite his assistant Felicien Kabanda (RWA) failed the fitness test. Kabanda was replaced by Evarist Mekouande (CMR). In Brazil, Menkounde was kept in Gassama's trio, while Kabanda returned and replaced Ogbamariam (ERI).
- Francisco Mondria (CHI) did not participate in the 2013 Confederations Cup, but was replaced by Sergio Roman in the trio of Chilean Enrique Osses, which was allowed to be part of the tournament.
- Felix Brych (GER) was present at the 2013 Confederations Cup in spite of his AR Thorsten Schiffner being injured and replaced by Stefan Lupp.
- Viktor Kassai (HUN) attended the U-20 World Cup in 2013 without György Ring, his usual assistant. (Source: Arbitro Internacional)

                                        Match Officials for FIFA Club World Cup 2014

AFC
Referee: Benjamin Williams (AUS, 1977)
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: Enrique Osses (CHI, 1974)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Astroza (CHI, 1976)
Assistant Referee 2: Sergio Roman (CHI, 1969)

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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UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 5)

November 24, 2014, 10:51 am
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25 November 2014
Bate Borisov – Porto FC
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (ROU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Sovre (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Alexandru Tudor (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Sebastian Coltescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Referee Observer: Zoran Petrović (SRB)

CSKA Moskva – AS Roma
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Additional AR 1: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Additional AR 2: Marco Fritz (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz (TUR)

Shakhtar Donetsk – Athletic Bilbao
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Beck (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Jake Collin (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Jonathan Moss (ENG)
Fourth Official: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Referee Observer: Jean Lemmer (LUX)

Manchester City – Bayern München
Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Slysko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Wilczek (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Radek Prihoda (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Michal Patak (CZE)
Fourth Official: Antonin Kordula (CZE)
Referee Observer: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)

Apoel Nicosia – FC Barcelona
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Gianluca Cariolato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Paolo Mazzoleni (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Carmine Russo (ITA)
Fourth Official: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
Referee Observer: Jørn West Larsen (DEN)

Paris SG – Ajax
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Ul (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Mitja Zganec (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Dejan Balazic (SVN)
Fourth Official: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
Referee Observer: Jozef Marko (SVK)

Schalke – Chelsea
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: László Vagner (HUN)

Sporting – Maribor
Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: William Conquer (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: David McGeachie (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Brian Colvin (SCO)
Fourth Official: Francis Connor (SCO)
Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR)

26 November 2014
Atlético Madrid – Olympiakos
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (GER)
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: Robert Kempter (GER)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

Malmö FF – Juventus Turin
Referee: Pedro Proença (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tiago Trigo (POR)
Additional AR 1: Duarte Gomes (POR)
Additional AR 2: João Capela (POR)
Fourth Official: Paulo Santos (POR)
Referee Observer: Sergey Zuev (RUS)

FC Basel – Real Madrid
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB)
Additional AR 1: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
Additional AR 2: Dejan Filipović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Vladimir Jovanović (SRB)
Referee Observer: Hans Reijgwart (NED)

Ludogorets – Liverpool
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Fourth Official: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Stefano Farina (ITA)

Zenit St. Petersburg – SL Benfica
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Renato Faverani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Stefani (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Luca Banti (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Antonio Damato (ITA)
Fourth Official: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Referee Observer: Zbigniew Przesmycki (POL)

Bayer Leverkusen – AS Monaco
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Marco Guida (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Davide Massa (ITA)
Fourth Official: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)

Arsenal FC – Borussia Dortmund
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Additional AR 1: Tamás Bognar (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Mihaly Fabián (HUN)
Fourth Official: Robert Kispál (HUN)
Referee Observer: Pierluigi Collina (ITA)

Anderlecht – Galatasaray
Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomislav Petrović (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Miro Grgić (CRO)
Additional AR 1: Domagoj Vučkov (CRO)
Additional AR 2: Goran Gabrilo (CRO)
Fourth Official: Dalibor Conjar (CRO)
Referee Observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)

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World Cup referee Cüneyt Çakır was taken to hospital

November 25, 2014, 8:53 am
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Cüneyt Çakır, Turkey’s highest ranked football referee, was hospitalized at the halftime of a Super League game in Ankara on Nov. 23 after he told one of his assistants that he could not breathe. Çakır, who was officiating the Gençlerbirliği - Karabükspor game at 19 Mayıs Stadium, had a 20-minute surgery at the hospital due to a problem in his lungs. The operation was a success and the experienced referee is expected to be discharged from the hospital in a couple of days.
Çakır reportedly told assistant referee Tarık Ongun in the 30th minute of the game on Nov. 23 that he could not breathe. Ongun told Çakır to come to the sidelines but Çakır insisted to complete the first half of the game, Hürriyet reported. But he could not continue in the second half and was hospitalized. “Çakır is in a good mood and he is smiling, he sent his regards to you”, Ongun told reporters in front of the hospital after visiting Çakır. 
Turkish Fooball Federation (TFF) issued a message Nov. 23, wishing Çakır a speedy recovery. The referee is expected to be back in training in 10 days, the federation said in the statement. 
After qualifying for the Elite Category in 2011, Çakır has been regularly assigned at top-level FIFA and UEFA competitions. The 37-year-old was assigned to three games in the 2012 UEFA European Football Championships, including the semifinal clash between Spain and Portugal. Last summer, Çakır, Turkey’s highest ranked referee, became the first Turkish referee in 40 years to officiate at a World Cup. He, alongside fellow assistants Bahattin Duran and Tarik Ongun, officiated three games in Brazil, including a semifinal match between the Netherlands and Argentina.

Source: Hurriyet
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Copa Sudamericana – Semi-finals (Second Leg)

November 26, 2014, 11:11 am
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26 November 2014 
Sao Paulo – Atletico National 
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (ECU, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Lescano (ECU) 
Assistant Referee 2: Byron Romero (ECU) 
Fourth Official: Omar Ponce (ECU) 
Referee Observer: Wilson Seneme (BRA) 

27 November 2014 
River Plate – Boca Juniors 
Referee: German Delfino (ARG) 
Assistant Referee 1: Hernan Maidana (ARG) 
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Nunez (ARG) 
Fourth Official: Saul Laverni (ARG) 
Referee Observer: Carlos Coradina (ARG)
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Draw for Brazilian Cup Final referee

November 26, 2014, 11:54 am
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The referee for the 2014 Brazilian Cup final was not appointed by the Referees Committee of the Brazilian Football Confederation; it was chosen using a… draw!
The final, played between Cruzeiro and Atletico, is a classic match in Brazil and the CBF selected 5 referees to be entered into the draw: Leandro Pedro Vuaden, Wilton Pereira Sampaio, Luis Flavio De Oliveira, Raphael Claus and Anderson Daronco. The first two referees are currently on the FIFA List, while the other three referees have been proposed for 2015. The luck was with Luis Flavio De Oliveira, who will be assisted by Marcelo Van Gasse and Emerson Carvalho, the two assistant referees who worked in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil along with Sandro Ricci. The additional assistant referees will be Ricardo Marques and Paulo Bezerra. The fourth official will be the Anderson Daronco, with Guilherme Dias Camille as the reserve AR, while the referee observer will be Alicio Pena.

Source: Refnews
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UEFA Youth League – Group Stage (Matchday 5)

November 26, 2014, 9:38 pm
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25 November 2014
Sporting – Maribor
Referee: Benoît Millot (FRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Julien Pacelli (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Julien Aube (FRA)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Baixinho (POR)
Referee Observer: Antonio Almeida (POR)

CSKA Moskva – AS Roma
Referee: Nerijus Dunauskas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Dovydas Sužiedėlis (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandr Radius (LTU)
Fourth Official: Evgeny Turbin (RUS)
Referee Observer: Nikolai Ivanov (RUS)
 
Bate Borisov – Porto FC
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksejs Spasjonnikovs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Ruslans Botoss (LVA)
Fourth Official: Ivan Safaryan (BLR)
Referee Observer: Aleh Chykun (BLR)
 
Shakhtar Donetsk – Athletic Bilbao
Referee: Rahim Hasanov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Yashar Abbasov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Nahid Aliyev (AZE)
Fourth Official: Yuriy Mozharovskyy (UKR)
Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)

Schalke – Chelsea
Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Mokrusch (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jakub Hrabovsky (CZE)
Fourth Official: Martin Thomsen (GER)
Referee Observer: Wilfried Heitmann (GER)
 
Apoel FC – Barcelona
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mahmud Mahagna (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Lioz Edi (ISR)
Fourth Official: Nikolas Neokleous (CYP)
Referee Observer: Kyros Georgiou (CYP)
 
Manchester City – Bayern München
Referee: Mervyn Smyth (NIR))
Assistant Referee 1: Stephen Bell (NIR)
Assistant Referee 2: David Anderson (NIR)
Fourth Official: Chris Kavanagh (ENG)
Referee Observer: John Ward (IRL)
 
RSC Anderlecht – Galatasaray
Referee: Alexander Harkam (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Steinacher (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Höfler (AUT)
Fourth Official: Lawrence Visser (BEL)
Referee Observer: Lucien Kayser (LUX)

Zenit St. Petersburg – Benfica
Referee: Gunnar Jónsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Birkir Sigurdarson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Frosti Gunnarsson (ISL)
Fourth Official: Vasili Kazartsev (RUS)
Referee Observer: Nikolai Levnikov (RUS)
 
26 November 2014
Atlético Madrid – Olympiakos
Referee: Sven Bindels (LUX)
Assistant Referee 1: Joaquim Da Silva (LUX)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Da Costa (LUX)
Fourth Official: José Lesma Lopez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Manuel Mejuto González (ESP)
 
Bayer Leverkusen – AS Monaco
Referee: Zbynek Proske (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nadvornik (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Radek Kotik (CZE)
Fourth Official: Martin Petersen (GER)
Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)

Ludogorets – Liverpool
Referee: Ilias Spathas (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: lazaros Dimitriadis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Chasan Koula (GRE)
Fourth Official: Georgi Davidov (BUL)
Referee Observer: Itchko Lozev (BUL)
 
FC Basel – Real Madrid
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Frédéric Haquette (FRA)
Fourth Official: Pascal Erlachner (SUI)
Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI)
 
Arsenal FC – Borussia Dortmund
Referee: Robert Rogers (IRL)
Assistant Referee 1: Michelle O'Neill (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Matthew Farrell (IRL)
Fourth Official: Stephen Martin (ENG)
Referee Observer: John Ferry (NIR)
 
Paris SG – Ajax
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Karel De Rocker (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)
Fourth Official: Stephane Jochem (FRA)
Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman (NED)
 
Malmö FF – Juventus Turin
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Hummelgaard (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Ole Kronlykke (DEN)
Fourth Official: Kaspar Sjöberg (SWE)
Referee Observer: Christer Fällström (SWE)
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UEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 5)

November 26, 2014, 9:55 pm
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27 November 2014

Saint Étienne – Qarabağ Ağdam
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Sigurdur Thorleifsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Gunnar Gunnarsson (ISL)
Additional AR 1: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (ISL)
Additional AR 2: Thorvaldur Arnason (ISL)
Fourth Official: Gylfi Sigurdsson (ISL)
Referee Observer: Jouni Hyytiä (FIN)

Dinamo Moskva – Panathinaikos
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Danny Krasikow (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Nissan Davidy (ISR)
Additional AR 1: Eli Hacmon (ISR)
Additional AR 2: Ziv Adler (ISR)
Fourth Official: Oren Bornshtein (ISR)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Vitkovic (CRO)

Krasnodar – LOSC Lille
Referee: Ivan Kruzliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomas Somolani (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Ondrej Brendza (SVK)
Additional AR 1: Richard Trutz (SVK)
Additional AR 2: Peter Kralovic (SVK)
Fourth Official: Tomas Mokos (SVK)
Referee Observer: Oguz Sarvan (TUR)

VfL Wolfsburg – Everton
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Victoriano Díaz Casado (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Teodoro Sobrino Magán (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Aleandro Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: José Manuel Fernández Miranda (ESP)
Referee Observer: Cornelius Bakker (NED)
 
Slovan Bratislava – Young Boys
Referee: Pol Van Boekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Davie Goosens (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Additional AR 1: Kevin Blom (NED)
Additional AR 2: Dennis Higler (NED)
Fourth Official: Bas Van Dongen (NED)
Referee Observer: Vasily Melnychuk (UKR)
 
Sparta Praha – SSC Napoli
Referee: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephen Child (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Lee Mason (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Kevin Friend (ENG)
Fourth Official: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Referee Observer: Michel Vautrot (FRA)
 
Aalborg – Steaua București
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Guido Kleve (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Häcker (GER)
Additional AR 1: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Additional AR 2: Robert Hartmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Frank Willenborg (GER)
Referee Observer: Goergios Bikas (GRE)
 
Dinamo Kyiv – Rio Ave
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dag-Roger Nebben (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
Additional AR 1: Tore Hansen (NOR)
Additional AR 2: Ola Hobber Nilsen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Magnus Lundberg (NOR)
Referee Observer: Jiri Ulrich (CZE)
 
Dinamo Minsk – PAOK
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Matthias Winsauer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Additional AR 1: Rene Eisner (AUT)
Additional AR 2: Dominik Ouschan (AUT)
Fourth Official: Richard Huebler (AUT)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)
 
Guingamp – AC Fiorentina
Referee: Aleksei Eskov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitrii Mosiakin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Valeriy Danchenko (RUS)
Additional AR 1: Alexey Nikolaev (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Mikhail Vilkov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Anton Averyanov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Nuno Castro (POR)

Trabzonspor – Metalist Kharkiv
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: Jukka Honkanen (FIN)
Referee Observer: Peter Jones (ENG)
 
Lokeren – Legia
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Karsiotis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Dimitrios Tatsis (GRE)
Additional AR 1: Athanasios Giachos (GRE)
Additional AR 2: Andreas Pappas (GRE)
Fourth Official: Christos Baltas (GRE)
Referee Observer: Are Habicht (EST)
 
Rijeka – Standard Liège
Referee: Stephan Studer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Sandro Pozzi (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jean-Yves Wicht (SUI)
Additional AR 1: Alan Bieri (SUI)
Additional AR 2: Adrien Jaccottet (SUI)
Fourth Official: Vital Jobin (SUI)
Referee Observer: Kostadin Gerginov (BUL)
 
Feyenoord – Sevilla
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomaz Klancnik (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Bojan Mertik (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Dragoslav Peric (SVN)
Fourth Official: Andraž Kovacic (SVN)
Referee Observer: Matteo Trefoloni (ITA)
 
Internazionale – Dnipro
Referee: Robert Madden (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Graham Chambers (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Ross (SCO)
Additional AR 1: John Beaton (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Andrew Dallas (SCO)
Fourth Official: Stuart Stevenson (SCO)
Referee Observer: Marcel Vanelshocht (BEL)
 
Villarreal – Borussia Mönchengladbach
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Additional AR 1: Pawel Raczkowski (POL)
Additional AR 2: Tomasz Musial (POL)
Fourth Official: Radoslaw Siejka (POL)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)
 
Zürich – Apollon Limassol
Referee: Kristo Tohver (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Sten Klaasen (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Hannes Reinvald (EST)
Additional AR 1:Eiko Saar (EST)
Additional AR 2: Roomer Tarajev (EST)
Fourth Official: Neeme Neemlaid (EST)
Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)
 
Torino – Club Brugge
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rob Van de Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Schaap (NED)
Additional AR 1: Serdar Gozubuyuk (NED)
Additional AR 2: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Fourth Official: Angelo Boonman (NED)
Referee Observer: Alexey Spirin (RUS)
 
HJK Helsinki – København
Referee: Tony Chapron (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Saint-Cricq Lompre (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Stephan Luzi (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Said Ennjimi (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Olivier Thual (FRA)
Fourth Official: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis (CYP)
 
Tottenham – Partizan
Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Voytyuk (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Korniyko (UKR)
Additional AR 1: Sergii Boiko (UKR)
Additional AR 2: Anatoliy Abdula (UKR)
Fourth Official: Sergii Bekker (UKR)
Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann (SUI)
 
Asteras Tripolis – Beşiktaş
Referee: Manuel De Sousa (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alvaro Mesquita (POR)
Additional AR 1: Artur Dias (POR)
Additional AR 2: Marco Ferreira (POR)
Fourth Official: Antonio Godinho (POR)
Referee Observer: Stefan Messner (AUT)
 
Celtic – Salzburg
Referee: Halis Ozkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Cem Satman (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kemal Yilmaz (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Tolga Özkalfa (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Ali Palabiyik (TUR)
Fourth Official: Ekrem Kan (TUR)
Referee Observer: Morgan Norman (SWE)
 
Astra Giurgiu – Dinamo Zagreb
Referee: Sergey Lapochkin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Nikolai Golubev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksei Lebeddev (RUS)
Additional AR 1: Vitaliy Meshkov (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Alexander Egorov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Referee Observer: Stephen Lodge (ENG)
 
Estoril Praia – PSV Eindhoven
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Gustavsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Joakim Flink (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Michael Lerjeus (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Bojan Pandzic (SWE)
Fourth Official: Per Brogevik (SWE)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)
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CAF Confederation Cup Final 2014 (First Leg)

November 29, 2014, 11:24 am
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Sewe Sport - Al Ahly
Referee: Eric Otogo Castane (GAB)
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Central American and Caribbean Games 2014

December 1, 2014, 12:45 pm
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Referees 
1. Henry Bejarano (CRC) 
2. Yadel Martinez (CUB) 
3. Oscar Moncada (HON) 
4. Valdin Legister (JAM) 
5. Cesar Ramos (MEX) 
6. John Pitti (PAN) 
7. Javier Santos (PUR) 
8. Marlon Mejia (SLV)

Assistant Referees 
1. Warner Castro (CRC) 
2. Juan Lemus (GUA) 
3. Christian Ramirez (HON) 
4. Richard Washington (JAM) 
5. Alejandro Ayala (MEX) 
6. Miguel Paredes (MEX) 
7. Keytzel Corrales (NCA) 
8. Jose Mangandi (SLV) 
9. Graeme Browne (SKN)
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FIFA Seminar for Prospective World Cup Referees: UEFA

December 1, 2014, 8:08 pm
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With more than three years time to the 2018 World Cup, FIFA has organised a series of seminars for elite referees who are prospects to take charge at future FIFA competitions. Following the successful events in Chile and Qatar, a third was held at the end of November in Zurich at the Home of FIFA. The aim and objective of the series is to improve the preparation and training of referees, while streamlining the selection process for future FIFA competitions. FIFA President Blatter attended the opening of the seminar and welcomed the referees to the Home of FIFA, praising them for a job well done at the 2014 World Cup. He also gave his full support and recognized the role they play in upholding the laws of the game, protecting its integrity and ensuring safety of the players. The referees participated in theoretical sessions in the classroom and had an opportunity to put what was discussed into practice on the field of play. The theory focused on a wide variety of topics, such as reading of the game, positioning to adjudge offside and teamwork. Further emphasis was given by FIFA’s Head of Refereeing Massimo Busacca regarding the importance of making the right decisions to protect the safety of the players and emphasizing how to obtain the best position or angle of view to judge the critical incidents in the penalty area. Videos of incidents from 2014 World Cup matches were discussed by the participants and advice was given on correct interpretation to achieve consistency and uniformity. They also took part in a series of fitness tests, including 40-metre sprints, a high intensity interval test and the dynamic yo-yo test. Pitch-based practical sessions gave the referees a chance to deal with situations on the field of play with players from Swiss Super League clubs FC Zurich and Grasshoppers. The players conducted a series of drills that was designed to simulate patterns of play during a match, with immediate feedback given to referees regarding their reading of the game, their movement, position, angle of view and decisions in the hope to improve performance. (Source: FIFA)


1. Ivan Bebek (CRO, 1977)
2. Miroslav Zelinka (CZE, 1981)
3. Kenn Hansen (DEN, 1980)
4. Michael Oliver (ENG, 1985)
5. Ruddy Buquet (FRA, 1977)
6. Clement Turpin (FRA, 1982)
7. Deniz Aytekin (GER, 1978)
8. Felix Zwayer (GER, 1981)
9. Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE, 1979)
10. Istvan Vad (HUN, 1979)
11. Daniele Orsato (ITA, 1975)
12. Liran Liany (ISR, 1977)
13. Eitan Shmuelevitz (ISR, 1978)
14. Danny Makkelie (NED, 1983)
15. Szymon Marciniak (POL, 1981)
16. Artur Soares Dias (POR, 1979)
17. Ovidiu Hategan (ROU, 1980)
18. Sergei Karasev (RUS, 1979)
19. Matej Jug (SVN, 1980)
20. Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP, 1977)
21. Ivan Kruzliak (SVK, 1984)
22. Martin Strombergsson (SWE, 1977)
23. Stephan Klossner (SUI, 1981)
24. Ievgenii Aranovskiy (UKR, 1976)
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Copa Sudamericana Final 2014 (First Leg)

December 2, 2014, 7:55 pm
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3 December 2014

Atletico Nacional – River Plate 
Referee: Ricardo Marques (BRA, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Emerson De Carvalho (BRA) 
Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo Van Gasse (BRA) 
Fourth Official: Wilton Sampaio (BRA) 
Referee Observer: Ernesto Filippi (URU)
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CAF Confederation Cup Final 2014 (Second Leg)

December 3, 2014, 9:32 pm
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6 December 2014

Al Ahly – Sewe Sport 
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (MRI, photo)  
Assistant Referee 1: Balkrishna Bootun (MRI) 
Assistant Referee 2: Vivian Vally (MRI) 
Fourth Official: Parmendra Nunkoo (MRI)
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Bundesliga to introduce goal-line technology

December 4, 2014, 7:32 pm
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At today's member meeting, there were 15 votes in favour of and three votes against the proposal, thus resulting in a two-thirds majority in support of implementation of the system. FIFA-licensed vendor Hawk-Eye has been awarded a contract to install and operate the system over the coming three years.
FC Bayern Munich had submitted the request for the implementation of goal-line technology in Bundesliga matches. The use of the system in the 2nd league was not voted on. Hawk-Eye, which was awarded the contract in an open, transparent and non-discriminatory tender procedure, employs a camera-based system to monitor the goal line. Already being used by the English Premier League since the beginning of the current season, this technology entails 14 cameras fitted beneath the stadium roof. If the ball crosses the goal line, the system sends a signal within one second to a special receiver worn by the referee on his wrist.

Source: Bundesliga
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UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 6)

December 8, 2014, 8:14 pm
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9 December 2014
Olympiakos – Malmö FF
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Annonier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Laurent Stien (FRA)
Additional AR1: Antony Gautier (FRA)
Additional AR2: Olivier Thual (FRA)
Fourth Official: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Referee Observer: Stefan Ormandjiev (BUL)

Juventus Turin – Atlético Madrid
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Damien MacGraith (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Graham Chambers (SCO)
Additional AR1: Robert Madden (SCO)
Additional AR2: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Fourth Official: Alastair Mather (SCO)
Referee Observer: Nikolai Levnikov (RUS)

Liverpool – Basel
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Additional AR1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Additional AR2: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Fourth Official: Angelo Boonman (NED)
Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)

Real Madrid – Ludogorets
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Cano (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Additional AR1: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
Additional AR2: Nicolas Rainville (FRA)
Fourth Official: Philippe Jeanne (FRA)
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)

AS Monaco – Zenit St. Petersburg
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Additional AR1: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Additional AR2: Roberto Ponis (SVN)
Fourth Official: Andraž Kovacic (SVN)
Referee Observer: Guy Goethals (BEL)

SL Benfica – Bayer Leverkusen
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrei Hetsikau (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleh Maslianka (BLR)
Additional AR1: Siarhei Tsynkevich (BLR)
Additional AR2: Dzianis Shcharbakou (BLR)
Fourth Official: Dmitry Zhuk (BLR)
Referee Observer: Jan Fasung (SVK)

Galatasaray – Arsenal
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: José Fernández Miranda (ESP)
Additional AR1: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (ESP)
Additional AR2: Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Teodoro Sobrino Magán (ESP)
Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Borussia Dortmund – RSC Anderlecht
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Díaz Pérez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Additional AR1: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Additional AR2: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Victoriano Díaz Casado (ESP)
Referee Observer: Rodger Gifford (WAL)

10 December 2014
AS Roma – Manchester City
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB)
Additional AR1: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
Additional AR2: Dejan Filipović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Dejan Petrović (SRB)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

Bayern München – CSKA Moskva
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Rui Tavares (POR)
Additional AR1: Manuel De Sousa (POR)
Additional AR2: Carlos Xistra (POR)
Fourth Official: Nuno Pereira (POR)
Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)

FC Barcelona – Paris SG
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Darren Cann (ENG)
Additional AR1: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Additional AR2: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stephen Child (ENG)
Referee Observer: Leif Sundell (SWE)

Ajax Amsterdam - Apoel Nicosia
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Additional AR1: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Additional AR2: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Fourth Official: Angel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)

Chelsea – Sporting
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Haglund (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Andås (NOR)
Additional AR1: Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR)
Additional AR2: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Sven Erik Midthjell (NOR)
Referee Observer: Charles Agius (MLT)

Maribor – Schalke
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafal Rostkowski (POL)
Additional AR1: Marcin Borski (POL)
Additional AR2: Tomasz Wajda (POL)
Fourth Official: Michal Obukowicz (POL)
Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)

FC Porto – Shakhtar Donetsk
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Débart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Additional AR1: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Additional AR2: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
Fourth Official: Cyril Lompre (FRA)
Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP)

Athletic Club – Bate Borisov
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Renato Faverani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Stefani (ITA)
Additional AR1: Antonio Damato (ITA)
Additional AR2: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Referee Observer: Donald McVicar (SCO)
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Copa Sudamericana Final 2014 (Second Leg)

December 9, 2014, 7:24 pm
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10 December 2014 

River Plate – Atletico Nacional 
Referee: Dario Ubriaco (URU, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Nievas (URU) 
Assistant Referee 2: Mauricio Espinosa (URU) 
Fourth Official: Christian Ferreyra (URU) 
Referee Observer: Carlos Alarcon (PAR)
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FIFA Club World Cup 2014 – Play-off

December 9, 2014, 7:27 pm
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10 December 2014

Moghreb Tetouan – Auckland City 
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA, photo) 
Assistant Referee 1: Leonel Leal (CRC) 
Assistant Referee 2: Gerson Lopez (GUA) 
Fourth Official: Pedro Proenca (POR) 
Reserve AR: Bertino Miranda (POR)
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UEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 6)

December 10, 2014, 8:20 pm
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11 December 2014

Borussia Mönchengladbach – FC Zürich
Referee: Luca Banti (ITA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Additional AR1: Paolo Mazzoleni (ITA)
Additional AR2: Andrea Gervasoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Referee Observer: Gudmunder Jónsson (ISL)

PAOK – Guingamp
Referee: Kevin Blom (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Langkamp (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Bas Van Dongen (NED)
Additional AR1: Ed Janssen (NED)
Additional AR2: Dennis Highler (NED)
Fourth Official: Mario Diks (NED)
Referee Observer: Aleh Chykun (BLR)

Qarabağ – Internazionale
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ondrej Pelikan (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jiri Molacek (CZE)
Additional AR1: Petr Ardeleanu (CZE)
Additional AR2: Jan Jilek (CZE)
Fourth Official: Antonin Kordula (CZE)
Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)

Dnipro – Saint Étienne
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Sinisa Premuzaj (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Igor Krmar (CRO)
Additional AR1: Ante Vucemilovic-Simunovic (CRO)
Additional AR2: Fran Jovic (CRO)
Fourth Official: Ivica Modric (CRO)
Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrkovic (BIH)

Apollon Limassol – Villarreal
Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Frank Bleyen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Jimmy Cremers (BEL)
Additional AR1: Alexandre Boucaut (BEL)
Additional AR2: Luc Wouters (BEL)
Fourth Official: Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)
Referee Observer: Gerard Perry (IRL)

Club Brugge – HJK Helsinki
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Averyanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Additional AR1: Alexei Nikolaev (RUS)
Additional AR2: Sergei Lapochkin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Dmitrii Mosiakin (RUS)
Referee Observer: Siegfried Kirschen (GER)

FC København – Torino
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Nikolai Golubev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Additional AR1: Aleksei Eskov (RUS)
Additional AR2: Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Valeri Danchenko (RUS)
Referee Observer: Michael Argyrou (CYP)

Partizan – Asteras Tripolis
Referee: Pawel Gil (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Piotr Sadczuk (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Additional AR1: Bartosz Frankowsk (POL)
Additional AR2: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Fourth Official: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Referee Observer: Tony Asumaa (FIN)

Beşiktaş – Totttenham
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Nilsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Gustavsson (SWE)
Additional AR1: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Additional AR2: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)
Fourth Official: Magnus Sjöblom (SWE)
Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci (ALB)

Salzburg – Astra Giurgiu
Referee: Pawel Raczkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Additional AR1: Tomasz Musial (POL)
Additional AR2: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Radoslaw Siejka (POL)
Referee Observer: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (GER)

Dinamo Zagreb – Celtic
Referee: Gediminas Mazeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Simkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Additional AR1: Nerijus Dunauskas (LTU)
Additional AR2: Sergejus Slyva (LTU)
Fourth Official: Dovydas Suziedelis (LTU)
Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif (ISR)

PSV – Dinamo Moskva
Referee: István Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Istvan Albert (HUN)
Additional AR1: Sandor Ando-Szabo (HUN)
Additional AR2: Zsolt Szabo (HUN)
Fourth Official: László Viszokai (HUN)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)

Panathinaikos – Estoril Praia
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Staudinger (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Additional AR1: Alexander Harkam (AUT)
Additional AR2: Gerhard Grobelnik (AUT)
Fourth Official Richard Huebler (AUT)
Referee Observer: Alan Snoddy (NIR)

Standard Liège – Feyenoord
Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Shabtai Nahmias (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Amihay Mozes (ISR)
Additional AR1: Liran Liany (SR)
Additional AR2: Natan Bar (ISR)
Fourth Official: David Biton (ISR)
Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold (NOR)

Sevilla FC – HNK Rijeka
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Guido Kleve (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Holger Henschel (GER)
Additional AR1: Marco Fritz (GER)
Additional AR2: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Fourth Official: Tobias Christ (GER)
Referee Observer: Zdravko Jokic (SRB)

LOSC Lille – VfL Wolfsburg
Referee: Halis Özkhaya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Cem Satman (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kemal Yilmaz (TUR)
Additional AR1: Tolga Özkalfa (TUR)
Additional AR2: Ali Palabiyik (TUR)
Fourth Official: Ekrem Kan (TUR)
Referee Observer: Haim Jakov (ISR)

Everton – Krasnodar
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Miklos Nagy (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Aurel Onita (ROU)
Additional AR1: Marius Avram (ROU)
Additional AR2: Adrian Comanescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Referee Observer: Vitor Melo Pereira (POR)

Young Boys – Sparta Praha
Referee: Hüseyin Göcek (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Orkun Aktas (TUR)
Additional AR1: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
Additional AR2: Hakan Ceylan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Serkan Ok (TUR)
Referee Observer: Luciano Luci (ITA)

SSC Napoli – Slovan Bratislava
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Additional AR1: Dimitar Meckarovski (MKD)
Additional AR2: Dejan Jakimovski (MKD)
Fourth Official: Nikola Karakolev (MKD)
Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu (ROU)

Steaua București – Dynamo Kyiv
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Darren England (ENG)
Additional AR1: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Additional AR2: Jonathan Moss (ENG)
Fourth Official: John Brooks (ENG)
Referee Observer: Michel Piraux (BEL)

Rio Ave – Aalborg
Referee: Sébastien Delferiere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Yves De Neve (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Additional AR1: Jonathan Lardot (BEL)
Additional AR2: Erik Lambrechts (BEL)
Fourth Official: Laurent Conotte (BEL)
Referee Observer: Leif Lindberg (SWE) 

AC Fiorentina – Dinamo Minsk
Referee: Cristian Balaj (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Artene (ROU)
Additional AR1: Alexandru Tudor (ROU)
Additional AR2: Ovidiu Hategan (ROU)
Fourth Official: Octavian Sovre (ROU)
Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely (HUN)

Legia – Trabzonspor
Referee: Kenn Hansen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Rix (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: David Andersen (DEN)
Additional AR1: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Additional AR2: Jens Maae (DEN)
Fourth Official: Daniel Nørgaard (DEN)
Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek (AUT)

Metalist Kharkiv – Lokeren
Referee: Leontios Trattou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Soteriou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: Sotiris Viktoros (CYP)
Additional AR1: Christos Nicolaides (CYP)
Additional AR2: Demetris Masias (CYP)
Fourth Official: Marios Demetriades (CYP)
Referee Observer: Jens Larsen (DEN)
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Referee Bennaceur blamed assistant Dotchev for Maradona’s “Hand of God” goal

December 11, 2014, 7:59 pm
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The referee at the centre of Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” goal at the 1986 World Cup has broken his silence about his decision to award one of the football’s most controversial goals to Argentina — and has claimed it was not his fault. Ali Bennaceur, the Tunisian referee, has blamed his Bulgarian assistant Bogdan Dotchev for failing to alert him to the moment when Maradona punched the ball past England goalkeeper Peter Shilton to give Argentina the lead in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final in Mexico’s Azteca Stadium.
“Look at the video: Why do you think I am running backwards? In fact, I was looking at my Bulgarian assistant until I got to the halfway line, seeing if he would perhaps point out something to me, because I had some doubt,” said Bennaceur 28 years after the event. “I had not seen the hand. If I was [refereeing] in Africa, I would have disallowed the goal. But before the game, FIFA gave us clear guidelines: ‘If your colleague is better placed than you are, his decision should take precedence.’ That’s what I did: my assistant did not raise his flag. Moreover, for three years, at the end of every year, he would write me a little note that always said the same thing: ‘My brother, my colleague, there was only the hand of Shilton.’ After that he stopped writing. He had to revise his view of the goal.” Bennaceur also claimed FIFA were happy with his performance in the game, giving him a score of 9.4 out of 10 — the third best of any official at that World Cup. The Tunisian was particularly pleased with his role in Maradona’s second goal. “I took part in the goal of the century,” he said in an interview with French magazine So Foot. “Maradona did not score that all by himself, that goal. I was his assistant: I played three advantages. I did not have to. For the first foul, he stumbled. The second came just on the edge of the area. I shouted, ‘Advantage, advantage’. And when he entered the area, I was expecting Butcher to slice him down. I put my whistle to my lips, I was ready to intervene but I didn’t blow. “Maradona was hard to referee, you had to be on your guard. He was capable of anything: cheating, dribbling, provoking the opponent. When I followed him, I did not have three eyes, I had four. I was like his shadow.” Ultimately, Bennaceur remains convinced he was blameless for the events of June 22, 1986. “The referees’ representative told me what was said [by the referees’ committee],” he added. “The African applied the letter of the law according to FIFA. But the linesman should be slaughtered”. As you might expect, Dotchev’s view is slightly different. “Although I felt immediately there was something irregular, back in that time FIFA didn’t allow the assistants to discuss the decisions with the referee. If FIFA had put a referee from Europe in charge of such an important game, the first goal of Maradona would have been disallowed. Bennaceur was just not prepared well enough to referee such an important game,” he said. “And how could he be? After all, he used to be in charge of some games between camels in the desert”, Dotchev told the Bulgarian media. And so the war of words began.
Of course, the world and England had already been there before. During extra time in the 1966 World Cup final between England and West Germany at Wembley the referee from Switzerland, Gottfried Dienst, was not entirely sure if the ball had crossed the line from Geoff Hurst’s now iconic shot. Therefore Dienst passed the responsibility for the decision to his linesman Tofiq Bahramov. Despite not being able to see the situation clearly the assistant gave a goal, which happened to be the vital third in England’s 4-2 win. Dienst confessed later that he and Bahramov didn’t speak a common language leaving them no choice but to communicate non-verbally. That was exactly the case 20 years later with Bennaceur and Dotchev. The Tunisian was fluent in French and English whereas his colleague from Bulgaria spoke German and Spanish. After the game between England and Argentina they spoke in the dressing room only through a translator, who had been provided by FIFA.
Off the field, the lives of Dotchev and Bennaceur couldn’t have been more different. While the Bulgarian had a degree in finance, the Tunisian worked as an engineer. Dotchev also had the added experience of a playing career. In the 60s he was a striker who played in the Bulgarian first division. After the end of his playing days he dedicated himself to refereeing. In 1977 he got on to the list of FIFA’s international officials and was present at the 1982 World Cup as well as at the one four years later. For Bennaceur, who was nine years younger than Dotchev, the 1986 tournament in Mexico was his sole World Cup experience. Soon after the game in Mexico City the Tunisian found a peculiar excuse for missing the notorious handball by citing a haemorrhoid treatment that, apparently, affected his sight. For a decade after that, he and Dotchev refused to comment on the moment which ruined their international refereeing careers, as if they were comrades from the battlefield who had made a pact of silence. Neither of them was involved in another World Cup match, although Dotchev soon reached the age limit for an international referee and had to retire. Bennaceur was the first to speak about the incident again. In 2001, on the 15th anniversary of the game he gave an interview to the Argentinian newspaper Olé. “After Maradona scored I hesitated for a moment, but then I saw Dotchev running towards the centre of the pitch. And because he was better placed than me I decided to trust his judgment. No matter what happened I still think I had a good game,” Bennaceur said. Yet the sense of calmness which shines through that interview might be a little misleading. According to the other assistant in this game, Berny Ulloa from Costa Rica, Bennaceur was “really sad” after seeing the TV replays at the hotel. And what does Maradona think of the two officials who helped him score one of his most famous goals? In some interviews Maradona calls them “my amigos”. Still there was no warm reception for Dotchev in his native Bulgaria. Instead of staying involved in football he preferred to avoid the city and start a new life in a small village. “Never mind the reaction of the foreign media, the biggest insults I received back then were from Bulgarians. Some even called me a national traitor,” Dotchev said with bitterness. Unlike his Bulgarian colleague, Bennaceur continued working in football. In 2010 he even became part of a special technical committee which had to reform Tunisian football. Furthermore one of his sons, Kacem, followed his father’s footsteps into refereeing.

Source: The Telegraph / Irish Examiner
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FIFA Club World Cup 2014 – Quarter-finals

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ES Setif – Auckland City
Referee: Pedro Pronça (POR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Trigo (POR)
Fourth Official: Walter Lopez (GUA)
Reserve AR: Leonel Leal (CRC)

Cruz Azul – Sydney Wanderers
Referee: Noumandiez Doue (CIV)
Assistant Referee 1: Songuifolo Yeo (CIV)
Assistant Referee 2: Jean Birumushahu (BDI)
Fourth Official: Norbert Hauata (TAH)
Reserve AR: Tevita Makasini (TGA)
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