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UEFA Referees – Promotions and Demotions 2014/2015
MenPromoted from First Category to Elite: Deniz Aytekin (GER, photo), Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP).Retired from Elite: Olegario Benquerenca (POR), Stephane Lannoy (FRA), Wolfgang Stark (GER), Howard Webb...
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UEFA Referee Categories 2015
MenEliteMartin Atkinson (ENG), Deniz Aytekin (GER), Felix Brych (GER), Cüneyt Çakır (TUR), Mark Clattenburg (ENG), William Collum (SCO), Jonas Eriksson (SWE), David Fernández Borbalán (ESP), Viktor...
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FIFA Club World Cup 2014 – Semi-finals
16 December 2014Cruz Azul – Real MadridReferee: Enrique Osses (CHI, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Astroza (CHI)Assistant Referee 2: Sergio Roman (CHI)Fourth Official: Walter Lopez (GUA)Reserve AR:...
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FIFA Club World Cup 2014 – Match for Fifth Place
17 December 2014ES Setif – Sydney WanderersReferee: Norbert Hauata (TAH, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Tevita Makasini (TGA)Assistant Referee 2: Paul Ahupu (TAH)Fourth Official: Pedro Proenca (POR)Reserve...
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CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2015
Equatorial Guinea, 17 January – 8 February 2015Referees1. Aboubacar Bangoura (GUI, 1977)2. Ali Lemghaifry (MRT, 1975)3. Bakary Gassama (GAM, 1979, photo)4. Bamlak Tessema (ETH, 1980)5. Bernard Camille...
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FCWC Final: Proenca replaced by Lopez
Real Madrid and San Lorenzo fought with FIFA for the appointment of the referee for the Club World Cup final. The Referees Committee chose the Portuguese Pedro Proenca (photo) to referee the final, but...
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FIFA Club World Cup Final 2014: Lopez (GUA)
20 December 2014FinalReal Madrid – San LorenzoReferee: Walter Lopez (GUA, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Leonel Leal (CRC)Assistant Referee 2: Gerson Lopez (GUA)Fourth Official: Noumandiez Doue...
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Webb: “What am I now? I have lost my identity”
Only three times since his last game at the summer’s World Cup finals has Howard Webb wrapped the cord of his whistle around his wrist and walked into the centre circle to referee a football match....
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Stark: 300 matches in Bundesliga
He was Germany’s “Referee of the Year” and has taken charge of the DFB Cup final as well as games at the Olympics, European Championships and World Cups. Wolfgang Stark has seen a lot during his career...
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FIFA is abolishing age limits for international referees
FIFA says it is relaxing the rule which forced match officials to leave its international list at the end of the year they turned 45. Currently, international referees have to be 45-years-old or...
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Hauge named Norway refs boss
The Norwegian referee who received death threats after sending off a Chelsea player in a Champions League game in 2006 was appointed Head of Refereeing by the Norway Football Federation (NFF),...
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CONCACAF Referee of the Year 2014: Geiger (USA)
The CONCACAF Awards are designed to honor the year’s outstanding performers and achievements in confederation-sanctioned competitions involving national teams at all levels and age categories,...
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Italian referees sensual calendar 2015
Following in the footsteps of Brazilian referee and model Ana Paula Oliveira, a group of Italian referees had the courage to pose half-naked for a 2015 calendar. Five referees from San Giovanni...
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AFC Referee of the Year 2014: Irmatov (UZB)
Asian refereeing icon Ravshan Irmatov claimed his fifth AFC Referee of the Year accolade at the AFC Annual Awards 2014 gala. Irmatov won the award ahead of fellow nominees Alireza Faghani from Iran and...
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Globe Soccer Awards 2014: Rizzoli (ITA)
The candidates refereed the main finals around the globe in 2014. The competitions considered: FIFA World Cup 2014 and the six Champions League finals of the six Confederations. Europe has just one...
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AFC Asian Cup 2015
Australia, 9- 31 January 2015 Referee: Benjamin Williams (AUS, 1977, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Matthew Cream (AUS, 1975) Assistant Referee 2: Paul Cetrangolo (AUS, 1978) Referee: Nawaf Shukrallah...
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Ricci took a sabbatical leave after World Cup due to stress
An absence from the field caught the attention of Arnaldo Cezar Coelho (1982 World Cup final referee and current commentator in Brazil) during the final stretch of the Brazilian Championship. Sandro...
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Former PGMOL chief Hackett criticizes “appalling” standards
Former referees' boss Keith Hackett claims officiating standards in the Premier League over Christmas were "bordering on appalling". Hackett, 70, has named five current top-flight referees who should...
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IFFHS World’s Best Referee 2014: Rizzoli (ITA)
World Cup final referee Nicola Rizzoli has won the poll to determine The World’s Best Referee for the year 2014. Rizzoli, from Italy, had finished second in the 2013 voting but was a runaway winner...
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CONCACAF U-20 Championship 2015
Jamaica, 9-24 January 2015 Referees 1. David Gantar (CAN, 1975) 2. Henry Bejarano (CRC, 1978) 3. Hugo Cruz (CRC, 1982, photo) 4. Yadel Martinez (CUB, 1985) 5. Sandy Vasquez (DOM, 1977) 6. Merlon...
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