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UEFA Europa League – First Qualifying Round (Second Leg)
Glenavon FC – FHReferee: Sascha Amhof (SUI, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Charles Helbling (SUI) Assistant Referee 2: Sladan Josipović (SUI) Fourth Official: Fedayi San (SUI)Referee Observer: Nuno Castro...
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FIFA World Cup 2014 – Third Place Match
Algeria’s Djamel Haimoudi has been confirmed as the referee for match 63 of the FIFA World Cup, the match for third place between Brazil and the Netherlands. During this tournament, the 43-year-old...
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FIFA World Cup Final 2014: Rizzoli (ITA)
Germany and Argentina contested the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Italy and an Italian referee will officiate as the same countries meet in the 2014 decider. Nicola Rizzoli, a 42-years-old an...
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Rizzoli: “Great satisfaction for the Italian refereeing”
Italian referee Nicola Rizzoli has revealed that he was proud to represent Italy at the World Cup final between Germany and Argentina on Sunday. The 42-year-old was the third Italian to officiate the...
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Vassaras removed from the UEFA Referees Committee
Former World Cup 2002 and Euro 2008 referee Kyros Vassaras (Greece) has been recently removed from the UEFA Referees Committee. He missed the 2006 World Cup in Germany due to one of his assistants...
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UEFA Champions League – Second Qualifying Round (First Leg)
15-16 July 2014GNK Dinamo – VMFD Žalgiris Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG) Assistant Referee 2: John Brooks (ENG) Fourth Official: Craig Pawson (ENG) Referee...
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UEFA Europa League – Second Qualifying Round (First Leg)
17 July 2014Kosice – Slovan LiberecReferee: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Angel Nevado Rodriguez (ESP)Assistant Referee 2: Marcos Alvarez Moreno (ESP)Fourth Official: Inaki Vicandi...
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Recopa Sudamericana 2014
First Leg, 16 July 2014Lanus – Atletico Mineiro Referee: Antonio Arias (PAR, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Caceres (PAR)Assistant Referee 2: Dario Gaona (PAR)Fourth Official: Julio Quintana...
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Djamel Haimoudi announces international retirement
Following his participation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the Algerian referee Djamel Haimoudi announces his international retirement. "I am glad to have made such a career. I think that it...
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Marco Rodriguez retires after World Cup semi-final
After officiating the 7-1 German onslaught of the host nation in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals, Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez has called it quits, although he would have been age-eligible for a...
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Referees 1. Kevin Clancy (SCO, 1983) 2. Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP, 1976)3. Tore Hansen (NOR, 1978)4. Enea Jorgji (ALB, 1984)5. Stephan Klossner (SUI, 1981)6. Istvan Kovacs (ROU, 1984) Assistant...
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Copa Libertadores Semi-finals (First Leg)
22-23 July 2014San Lorenzo – BolivarReferee: Jose Buitrago (COL, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Wilmar Navarro (COL) Assistant Referee 2: Alexandre Guzman (COL)Fourth Official: Luis Sanchez (COL) Referee...
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Recopa Sudamericana 2014 (Second Leg)
23 July 2014Atletico Mineiro – Lanus Referee: Roberto Silvera (URU, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Nievas (URU)Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Taran (URU)Fourth Official: Christian Ferreyra...
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UEFA Champions League – Second Qualifying Round (Second Leg)
22-23 July 2014FC Levadia Tallinn – AC Sparta PrahaReferee: Antonio Damato (ITA, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)Assistant Referee 2: Fabiano Preti (ITA) Fourth Official: Gianpaolo...
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UEFA Europa League – Second Qualifying Round (Second Leg)
22-24 July 2014FC Zimbru Chișinău – CSKA SofiaReferee: Marco Fritz (GER, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Marco Achmüller (GER) Assistant Referee 2: Dominik Schaal (GER) Fourth Official: Guido Winkmann...
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Nishimura: “I trusted my own judgement and made a clear decision”
World Cup referee Yuichi Nishimura has shrugged off the controversy that surrounded his decision to award Brazil a penalty in the tournament’s opening game, but admitted that being a referee is no easy...
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Gassama appreciated by FIFA
Football's world governing body, FIFA, has rated the performance of Gambian referee Bakary Gassama as very satisfactory and categorised him among the best at the recently concluded World Cup in Brazil....
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UEFA U-19 Women's Euro Final 2014: Kovacova (SVK)
Thirteen years ago, Zuzana Kováčová's brother took it upon himself to book her on a refereeing course. On Sunday the Slovakian takes charge of a European final. When Zuzana Kováčová blows the whistle...
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UEFA U-19 Euro 2014 – Semi-finals
28 July 2014Portugal – Serbia Referee: Istvan Kovacs (ROU, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Henrik Larsen (DEN) Assistant Referee 2: Laurent Conotte (BEL) Fourth Official: Enea Jorgji (ALB)Referee Observer:...
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Copa Libertadores Semi-finals (Second Leg)
29-30 July 2014Bolivar – San LorenzoReferee: Carlos Vera (ECU, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Christian Lescano (ECU) Assistant Referee 2: Byron Romero (ECU)Fourth Official: Jose Espinel (ECU) Referee...
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