UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 5)
26 November 2013FC Basel – Chelsea Referee: Stephane Lannoy (FRA, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Frederic Cano (FRA) Assistant Referee 2: Michael Annonier (FRA) Additional AR 1: Clement Turpin (FRA)...
View ArticleCopa Sudamericana – Semi-finals (Second Leg)
27-28 November 2013Ponte Preta – Sao PauloReferee: Carlos Vera (ECU, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Christian Lescano (ECU)Assistant Referee 2: Byron Romero (ECU)Fourth Official: Roddy Zambrano...
View ArticleFIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 Qualifiers – UEFA
27-28 November 2013France – Bulgaria Referee: Cristina Ionescu (ROU, photo)Spain – Czech RepublicReferee: Paula Brady (IRL) Turkey – MontenegroReferee: Leen Martens (BEL)Croatia – GermanyReferee:...
View ArticleUEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 5)
28 November 2013Wigan – Zulte WaregemReferee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Debart (FRA) Assistant Referee 2: Fredji Harchay (FRA) Additional AR 1: Olivier Thual (FRA)...
View ArticleElizondo on sending off Zidane: "It was all done over the headset"
In the run-up to the release of Issue Eleven on 2 December, we will be offering you a sneak peek at a couple of excerpts of articles from the forthcoming issue. Our first is from Sam Kelly, in...
View ArticleCopa Sudamericana Final 2013
First Leg, 4 December 2013Ponte Preta – LanusReferee: Roberto Silvera (URU, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo Costa (URU)Fourth Official: Daniel Fedorczuk...
View ArticleFCWC 2013: Al-Badwawi (UAE) replaced by Faghani (IRN)
Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE) was not able to recover after his injury and will miss his second FIFA tournament in 2013, after having already been forced to decline his appointment to the U-17 World Cup in his...
View ArticlePlatini wants sin bins instead of yellow cards
UEFA chief Michel Platini wants yellow cards to be replaced by a rugby-style system of sin bins. "I would change the system of cautions," Platini told Spanish newspaper AS."I would do it like in rugby,...
View ArticleVassaras no longer on the UEFA Referees Committee
According the updated composition of the UEFA Organs and Bodies, published on 5 December 2013, Kyros Vassaras (GRE, photo) is no longer a member of the UEFA Referees Committee. There were no other...
View ArticleUEFA Women’s U-17 Euro Final 2013: Persson (SWE)
The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship has provided an important daily learning curve for the match officials working at the final tournament in England.Sara Persson is an international...
View ArticleUEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 6)
10 December 2013Real Sociedad – Bayer LeverkusenReferee: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Dag Roger Nebben (NOR) Assistant Referee 2: Jan Erik Engan (NOR) Additional AR 1: Dag Vidar...
View ArticleRosetti has resigned as Head of Russian Refereeing
Former top Italian referee Roberto Rosetti has resigned as head of the Russian referees department citing family reasons, the domestic football union (RFU) president said on Tuesday. Rosetti, who was...
View ArticleFIFA Club World Cup 2013 – Play-off
11 December 2013Raja Casablanca – Auckland City Referee: Bakary Gassama (GAM, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Angesom Ogbamariam (ERI) Assistant Referee 2: Evarist Menkouande (CMR) Fourth Official: Carlos...
View ArticleUEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 6)
12 December 2013Zulte Waregem – Rubin KazanReferee: Paolo Mazzoleni (ITA, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)Assistant Referee 2: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)Additional AR 1: Mauro Bergonzi...
View ArticleFIFA Club World Cup 2013 – Quarter-finals
14 December 2013Guangzhou Evergrande – Al Ahly SC Referee: Sandro Ricci (BRA, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Emerson Carvalho (BRA) Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo Van Gasse (BRA) Fourth Official: Neant...
View ArticleCONCACAF Referee of the Year 2013: Rodriguez (MEX)
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,...
View ArticleFIFA Club World Cup 2013 – Semi-finals
17 December 2013Guangzhou Evergrande – Bayern MunchenReferee: Bakary Gassama (GAM, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Angesom Ogbamariam (ERI) Assistant Referee 2: Evarist Menkouande (CMR)Fourth Official:...
View ArticleFIFA Club World Cup 2013 – Match for Fifth Place
18 December 2013Al Ahly – CF Monterrey Referee: Mark Geiger (USA, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Mark Hurd (USA) Assistant Referee 2: Joe Fletcher (CAN) Fourth Official: Sandro Ricci (BRA) Reserve AR:...
View ArticleUEFA Referees – Promotions and Demotions 2013/2014
Promoted from Elite Development to Elite: David Fernandez Borbalan (ESP, photo).Re-categorized from Elite Development to First Category: Firat Aydinus (TUR), Deniz Aytekin (TUR), Ivan Bebek (CRO),...
View ArticleUEFA Referees Categories 2014
MenEliteMartin Atkinson (ENG), Olegário Benquerenca (POR), Felix Brych (GER), Cüneyt Cakir (TUR), Mark Clattenburg (ENG), William Collum (SCO), Jonas Eriksson (SWE), David Fernández Borbalán (ESP),...
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