UEFA Champions League – Round of 16 (First Leg)
17 February 2015Paris SG – ChelseaReferee: Cüneyt Çakir (TUR, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)Additional AR 1: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)Additional AR 2:...
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19 February 2015AS Roma – FeyenoordReferee: Ovidiu Hategan (ROU, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Sovre (ROU)Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)Additional AR1: Alexandru Tudor...
View ArticleUEFA Youth League – Round of 16
27 January 2015 Atletico Madrid – ArsenalReferee: Hugo Miguel (POR, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Luís Campos (POR)Assistant Referee 2: Nelson Cordeiro (POR)Fourth Official: José Lesma López (ESP)Referee...
View ArticleCAF U-17 Championship 2015
Niger, 15 February - 1 March 2015Referees1. Helder Martins (ANG)2. Denis Batte (UGA)3. Kokou Fagla (TOG)4. Daouda Kebe (SEN)5. Mustapha Ghorbal (ALG)6. Ferdinand Udoh (NGA)7. Gomno Daouda (NIG)8....
View ArticleUEFA women referees raising the bar
The participation of women referees at the UEFA winter courses reflects the attention given by UEFA to women referees, as well as the development of women's football. The inclusion of women referees in...
View ArticleReferee Pitana married model Romina Ortega on a catamaran
World Cup referee Nestor Pitana married his girlfriend, Romina Ortega, and the celebration party was held on the Connection Mbucuruyá catamaran sailing the waters of the Paraná River. Pitana, who was...
View ArticleCopa Libertadores – Group Stage (Matchday 2)
24 February 2015Racing – GuaraniReferee: Andrés Cunha (URU, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Nievas (URU)Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Pastorino (URU)Fourth Official: Dario Herrera (ARG)Referee...
View ArticleUEFA Champions League – Round of 16 (First Leg, II)
24 February 2015Manchester City – FC BarcelonaReferee: Felix Brych (GER, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)Additional AR 1: Bastian Dankert...
View ArticleFIFA: Video replays for big decisions
Jim Boyce, FIFA Referees Committee chairman and Britain's FIFA vice-president, says he has changed his mind over video technology in football, which he now backs for penalty area incidents. The issue...
View ArticleCONCACAF Champions League – Quarter-finals (First Leg)
24 February 2015 CD Olimpia – CS Herediano Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Frank Anderson (USA)Assistant Referee 2: Sean Hurd (USA)Fourth Official: Ricardo Salazar (USA)CF...
View ArticleUEFA Europa League – Round of 32 (Second Leg)
26 February 2015 Dynamo Moscow – RSC Anderlecht Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Kim Haglund (NOR) Assistant Referee 2: Frank Andås (NOR) Additional AR1: Ken Johnsen (NOR)...
View ArticleUEL match Feyenoord - Roma halted twice by referee Turpin
Football was hit by a fresh racism storm after the referee was forced twice to stop Feyenoord's highly-charged Europa League tie against Roma following apparent incidents of racism. Referee Clement...
View ArticleIFAB delays video technology trials
The 129th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Football Association Board (The IFAB) was held on 28 February 2015, at the Culloden Hotel in Craigavad, near Northern Ireland’s capital...
View ArticleCopa Libertadores – Group Stage (Matchday 3)
3 March 2015Barcelona SC – LibertadReferee: Daniel Fedorczuk (URU, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)Assistant Referee 2: Gabriel Popovits (URU)Fourth Official: Juan Albarracín...
View ArticleCONCACAF U-17 Championship 2015
Honduras, 27 February - 15 March 2015Referees 1. Adrian Skeete (BRB, 1978)2. Christopher Reid (BLZ, 1986)3. Mathieu Bourdeau (CAN, 1980)4. Drew Fischer (CAN, 1980)5. Ricardo Montero (CRC, 1986)6. Mario...
View ArticleCONCACAF Champions League – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)
3 March 2015Montreal Impact – CF PachucaReferee: Henry Bejarano (CRC, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Octavio Jara (CRC)Assistant Referee 2: Leonel Leal (CRC)Fourth Official: Jeffrey Solis (CRC)
View ArticleReferee exchange between Australia and Japan
Following on from last year's inaugural referee exchange program between the FFA and JFA, two of Japan's top referees, Yudai Yamamoto (photo) and Kazuyoshi Enomoto, will referee two A-League matches...
View ArticleUEFA Youth League – Quarter-finals
10 March 2015Chelsea – Atletico Madrid Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Per Brogevik (SWE) Assistant Referee 2: Peter Magnusson (SWE) Fourth Official: Kevin Johnson (ENG)Referee...
View ArticleUEFA Champions League – Round of 16 (Second Leg, I)
10 March 2015 Real Madrid – SchalkeReferee: Damir Skomina (SVN, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN) Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN) Additional AR 1: Matej Jug (SVN) Additional AR...
View ArticleCopa Libertadores – Group Stage (Matchday 4)
10 March 2015 Racing – Sporting CristalReferee: Roddy Zambrano (ECU, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Byron Romero (ECU)Assistant Referee 2: Luis Vera (ECU)Fourth Official: Jorge Baliño (ARG)Referee...
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