UEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

29 September 2011

Salzburg – Slovan
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (ROU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Cristian Nica (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Aurel Onita (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Ovidiu Hategan (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Marius Avram (ROU)
Fourth Official: Radu Petrescu (ROU)

Rubin – PAOK

Referee: Martin Hansson (SWE)

Assistant Referee 1: Henrik Andren (SWE)

Assistant Referee 2: Joakim Flink (SWE)

Additional AR 1: Antti Kanerva (SWE)

Additional AR 2: Michael Lerjeus (SWE)

Fourth Official: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)

Lokomotiv M – Anderlecht

Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)

Assistant Referee 1: Matej Zunic (SVN)

Assistant Referee 2: Gregor Rojko (SVN)

Additional AR 1: Slavko Vincic (SVN)

Additional AR 2: Dragoslav Peric (SVN)

Fourth Official: Mitja Zganec (SVN)

Metalist – Alkmaar

Referee: Marcin Borski (POL)

Assistant Referee 1: Rafal Rostkowski (POL)

Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)

Additional AR 1: Dawid Piasecki (POL)

Additional AR 2: Daniel Stefanski (POL)

Fourth Official: Adam Lyczmanski (POL)

Malmo – Austria Vienna

Referee: Pawel Gil (POL)

Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Borkowski (POL)

Assistant Referee 2: Piotr Sadczuk (POL)

Additional AR 1: Robert Malek (POL)

Additional AR 2: Szymon Marciniak (POL)

Fourth Official: Pawel Pskit (POL)

Braga – Brugge

Referee: Tommy Skjerven (NOR)

Assistant Referee 1: Geir Age Holen (NOR)

Assistant Referee 2: Sven Erik Midthjell (NOR)

Additional AR 1: Dag Vidar Hafsas (NOR)

Additional AR 2: Kjetil Saelen (NOR)

Fourth Official: Espen Berntsen (NOR)

Maribor – Birmingham

Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)

Assistant Referee 1: Frank Andas (NOR)

Assistant Referee 2: Svein Inge Wiken (NOR)

Additional AR 1: Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR)

Additional AR 2: Anders Johansen (NOR)

Fourth Official: Svein Erik Edvartsen (NOR)

Celtic – Udinese

Referee: Bulent Yildirim (TUR)

Assistant Referee 1: Cem Satman (TUR)

Assistant Referee 2: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)

Additional AR 1: Tolga Ozkalfa (TUR)

Additional AR 2: Yunus Yildirim (TUR)

Fourth Official: Mustafa Coskun (TUR)

Rennes – Atletico

Referee: Huseyin Gocek (TUR)

Assistant Referee 1: Tuncay Akkin (TUR)

Assistant Referee 2: Erdinc Sezertam (TUR)

Additional AR 1: Suleyman Abay (TUR)

Additional AR 2: Aytekin Durmaz (TUR)

Fourth Official: Hakan Ozkan (TUR)

Schalke – Haifa

Referee: Manuel De Sousa (POR)

Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR)

Assistant Referee 2: Jose Ramalho (POR)

Additional AR 1: Artur Soares (POR)

Additional AR 2: Vasco Santos (POR)

Fourth Official: Cosme Machado (POR)

AEK Larnaca – Steaua

Referee: Mark Courtney (NIR)

Assistant Referee 1: Eamon Shanks (NIR)

Assistant Referee 2: Paul Munn (NIR)

Additional AR 1: Alan Black (NIR)

Additional AR 2: Raymond Crangle (NIR)

Fourth Official: Arnold Hunter (NIR)

Twente – Wisla

Referee: Duarte Gomes (POR)

Assistant Referee 1: Tiago Trigo (POR)

Assistant Referee 2: Ricardo Santos (POR)

Additional AR 1: Joao Ferreira (POR)

Additional AR 2: Hugo Miguel (POR)

Fourth Official: Bruno Esteves (POR)

Odense – Fulham

Referee: Maksim Layushkin (RUS)

Assistant Referee 1: Dmitri Mosyakin (RUS)

Assistant Referee 2: Oleg Tselovalnikov (RUS)

Additional AR 1: Vladimir Kazmenko (RUS)

Additional AR 2: Mikhail Vilkov (RUS)

Fourth Official: Igor Egorov (RUS)

AEK – Sturm

Referee: Lee Probert (ENG)

Assistant Referee 1: David Richardson (ENG)

Assistant Referee 2: Simon Long (ENG)

Additional AR 1: Michael Oliver (ENG)

Additional AR 2: Anthony Taylor (ENG)

Fourth Official: John Moss (ENG)

Tottenham – Shamrock

Referee: Gediminas Mazeika (LTU)

Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Simkus (LTU)

Assistant Referee 2: Saulius Dirda (LTU)

Additional AR 1: Nerijus Dunauskas (LTU)

Additional AR 2: Sergejus Sliva (LTU)

Fourth Official: Audrius Kanderis (LTU)

Vorksla – Hannover

Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)

Assistant Referee 1: Johann Gudmundsson (ISL)

Assistant Referee 2: Gunnar Gunnarsson (ISL)

Additional AR 1: Magnus Thorisson (ISL)

Additional AR 2: Thorvaldur Arnason (ISL)

Fourth Official: Erlendur Eiriksson (ISL)

Standard – Kobenhavn

Referee: Anastassios Kakos (GRE)

Assistant Referee 1: Dimitrios Bozatzidis (GRE)

Assistant Referee 2: Christos Akrivos (GRE)

Additional AR 1: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)

Additional AR 2: Stavros Tritsonis (GRE)

Fourth Official: Ilias Spathas (GRE)

Legia – Hapoel

Referee: Said Ennjimi (FRA)

Assistant Referee 1: Frederic Cano (FRA)

Assistant Referee 2: Stephan Luzi (FRA)

Additional AR 1: Wilfried Bien (FRA)

Additional AR 2: Nicolas Rainville (FRA)

Fourth Official: Philippe Malige (FRA)

Rapid – PSV

Referee: Freddy Fautrel (FRA)

Assistant Referee 1: Fredji Harchay (FRA)

Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)

Additional AR 1: Clement Turpin (FRA)

Additional AR 2: Alexandre Castro (FRA)

Fourth Official: Philippe Kalt (FRA)

Vaslui – Zurich

Referee: Menashe Masiah (ISR)

Assistant Referee 1: Nissan Davidy (ISR)

Assistant Referee 2: Oren Borneshtain (ISR)

Additional AR 1: Eli Hacmon (ISR)

Additional AR 2: Eitan Tabrizi (ISR)

Fourth Official: Asaf Kenan (ISR)

Sporting – Lazio

Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)

Assistant Referee 1: Walter Vromans (BEL)

Assistant Referee 2: Danny Huens (BEL)

Additional AR 1: Jerome Efong Nzolo (BEL)

Additional AR 2: Peter Vervecken (BEL)

Fourth Official: Sam Loeman (BEL)

Maccabi – Dynamo Kyiv

Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO)

Assistant Referee 1: Sinisa Premuzaj (CRO)

Assistant Referee 2: Goran Pataki (CRO)

Additional AR 1: Igor Pristovnik (CRO)

Additional AR 2: Damir Batinic (CRO)

Fourth Official: Zlatko Simcic (CRO)

Stoke – Besiktas

Referee: Antony Gautier (FRA)

Assistant Referee 1: Michael Annonier (FRA)

Assistant Referee 2: Emmanuel Boisdenghien (FRA)

Additional AR 1: Olivier Thual (FRA)

Additional AR 2: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)

Fourth Official: Jean-Charles Cailleaux (FRA)

Athletic – PSG

Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)

Assistant Referee 1: Rob van de Ven (NED)

Assistant Referee 2: Davie Goossens (NED)

Additional AR 1: Reinold Wiedemeijer (NED)

Additional AR 2: Jeroen Sanders (NED)

Fourth Official: Dennis Higler (NED)

CONCACAF Champions League – Group Stage (V)

27 September 2011
Comunicaciones – Seattle Sounders

Referee: Roberto Garcia (MEX, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Alejandro Ayala (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Víctor Calderon (MEX)
Fourth Official: Jorge Gasso (MEX)

Toronto FC – Pumas Unam

Referee: Neal Brizan (TRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Dion Neil (TRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Antonio Lopez (PUR)
Fourth Official: Javier Santos (PUR)

Monterrey – Herediano
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Mangandi (SLV)
Fourth Official: Marlon Mejia (SLV)

28 September 2011
Real Espana – Santos Laguna
Referee: Elmar Rodas (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cesar Ruano (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Diaz (GUA)
Fourth Official: Oscar Reyna (GUA)

Tauro – FC Dallas
Referee: Marco Rodriguez (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Camargo (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Morin (MEX)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Arellano (MEX)

LA Galaxy – Morelia
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: William Torres (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Hector Recinos (SLV)
Fourth Official: Ruben Medrano (SLV)

Metapan – Colorado Rapids
Referee: Raul Castro (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Rey Mendoza (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Lemus (GUA)
Fourth Official: Erick Andino (HON)

29 September 2011
Alajuelense – Motagua
Referee: Valdin Legister (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Morgan (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Garnet Page (JAM)
Fourth Official: Raymond Bogle (JAM)

UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

27 September 2011

Bayern Munchen – Manchester City

Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Gabor Eros (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Gyorgy Ring (HUN)
Additional AR 1: Tamas Bognar (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Mihaly Fabian (HUN)
Fourth Official: Zsolt Szabo (HUN)

Otelul Galati – Benfica SL

Referee: David Fernandez Borbalan (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raul Cabanero Martinez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Perez Del Palomar (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Cesar Muniz Fernandez (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Alfonso Alvarez Izquierdo (ESP)
Fourth Official: Miguel Perez Lasa (ESP)

Napoli – Villarreal
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Hermans (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Simons (BEL)
Additional AR 1: Luc Wouters (BEL)
Additional AR 2: Alexandre Boucaut (BEL)
Fourth Official: Sebastien Delferiere (BEL)

CSKA Moscow – Inter Milano
Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Andrews (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Alasdair Ross (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Steven McLean (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Bobby Madden (SCO)
Fourth Official: Allan Crawford (SCO)

Trabzonspor – Lille
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Additional AR 1: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Additional AR 2: Ed Janssen (NED)
Fourth Official: Pol van Boekel (NED)

Manchester United – FC Basel
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Elenito di Liberatore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Massimiliano Grilli (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Mauro Bergonzi (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Andrea de Marco (ITA)
Fourth Official: Antonio Giannoccaro (ITA)

Real Madrid – Ajax Amsterdam
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephen Child (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Beck (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Kevin Friend (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Fourth Official: Lee Mason (ENG)

Olympique Lyon – Dinamo Zagreb
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Wilczek (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Miroslav Zlamal (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Radek Prihoda (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)
Fourth Official: Libor Kovarik (CZE)

28 September 2011

Valencia – Chelsea
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrea Stefani (ITA)

Assistant Referee 2: Renato Faverani (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Paolo Mazzoleni (ITA)

Additional AR 2: Daniele Orsato (ITA)

Fourth Official: Andrea Romeo (ITA)

Leverkusen – Genk
Referee: Alan Kelly (IRL)
Assistant Referee 1: Damien MacGraith (IRL)

Assistant Referee 2: Marc Douglas (IRL)
Additional AR 1: Padraig Sutton (IRL)

Additional AR 2: Tomas Connolly (IRL)
Fourth Official: David McKeon (IRL)

Arsenal – Olympiacos
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP)

Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Clos Gomez (ESP)

Additional AR 2: Javier Estrada Fernandez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)

Marseille – Dortmund
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Wittberg (SWE)

Assistant Referee 2: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)

Additional AR 2: Tobias Mattsson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Martin Strombergsson (SWE)

Zenit St. Petersburg – FC Porto
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Darren Cann (ENG)

Assistant Referee 2: Jake Collin (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Michael Dean (ENG)

Additional AR 2: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Fourth Official: Michael Jones (ENG)

Shakhtar Donetk – Apoel
Referee: Robert Schorgenhofer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Alain Hoxha (AUT)

Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Fellinger (AUT)
Additional AR 1: Rene Eisner (AUT)

Additional AR 2: Thomas Gangl (AUT)
Fourth Official: Alexander Harkan (AUT)

AC Milan – Plzen

Referee: Florian Meyer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Holger Henschel (GER)

Assistant Referee 2: Christoph Bornhorst (GER)
Additional AR 1: Tobias Welz (GER)

Additional AR 2: Markus Wingenbach (GER)
Fourth Official: Felix Zwayer (GER)

Bate Borisov – FC Barcelona
Referee: Manuel Grafe (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Markus Hacker (GER)

Assistant Referee 2: Guido Kleve (GER)
Additional AR 1: Babak Rafati (GER)

Additional AR 2: Peter Sippel (GER)
Fourth Official: Guido Winkmann (GER)

Copa Sudamericana 2011 – Round 9

28 September 2011
Liga de Quito – Independiente 

Referee: Liber Prudente (URU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: William Casavieja (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Changala (URU)
Fourth Official: Alfredo Intriago (ECU)

29 September 2011
Olimpia – Arsenal
Referee: Paulo Oliveira (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Emerson Carvalho (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Dibert Pedrosa (BRA)
Fourth Official: Julio Quintana (PAR)

Botafogo – Independiente Santa Fe
Referee: Enrique Osses (CHI)
Assistant Referee 1: Francisco Mondria (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Astroza (CHI)
Fourth Official: Marcelo Henrique (BRA)

Godoy Cruz – Universitario
Referee: Antonio Arias (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rodney Aquino (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Dario Gaona (PAR)
Fourth Official: Juan Pompei (ARG)

Match abandoned after AR hit with a streamer

Think South American football and one of the first images that will come into your mind is falling ticker tape from the stands. That was established as far back as the Argentinean World Cup in 1978.

Fast forward to the present day: on Wednesday night the Copa Sudamericana match between Nacional and Universidad de Chile was abandoned after a Paraguayan assistant referee was hit in the head with a streamer/cash register roll thrown from the stands. The assistant referee was reportedly carried off a stretcher and referee Antonio Arias (PAR) abandoned the match. Goals in the 11th and 12th minutes had the home side, Nacional, trailing 2-0 at the time of the headshot, so it was most likely the work of a disgruntled fan with an impressively accurate throwing arm.

Source: Yahoo Sports

Moreno jailed for 30 months

Byron Moreno, the referee involved in Italy’s controversial elimination from the 2002 FIFA World Cup, was sentenced to 30 months in prison on heroin-smuggling charges.

He made a successful career for himself as a soccer commentator on television and radio channels in Ecuador after his officiating days came to an end. But a change in his personal circumstances became the motivating force that propelled the 41-year-old to take a gamble on smuggling drugs past US Customs inspectors. "He was in debt. Personal debt. He was just in over his head, and he made a very foolish choice. And now he's going to pay for it," his defense attorney, Michael Padden, said after the hearing in Brooklyn federal court.

Moreno ran into trouble at John F. Kennedy International Airport after arriving on a commercial flight from his native Ecuador. During a routine inspection, he “became visibly nervous” and a customs agent felt “hard objects on the defendant’s stomach, back and both of his legs,” according to a criminal complaint. A strip search revealed that the lumps were 10 clear plastic bags containing more than 10 pounds of heroin, the complaint said.

Before hearing the sentence in federal court in Brooklyn, Byron Moreno apologized to his family and asked for forgiveness. “From the bottom of my heart, I am very sorry,” Moreno said, choking up and wiping away tears. Moreno, 41, had faced a minimum of nearly 3 1/2 years under advisory sentencing guidelines, but his lawyer argued that he deserved a break in part because he had been a model inmate since his arrest in September 2010 — even starting a soccer program at a federal jail in Brooklyn. Byron Moreno is to be deported back to Ecuador after serving his sentence.

Moreno became a hated figure in Italy after making contentious calls in the second-round match of the 2002 World Cup, when the Azzurri lost 2-1 in extra time. He sent off Francesco Totti, giving the Italian a second yellow card for an alleged dive in the penalty area 13 minutes into extra time. A 111th-minute goal by Italy’s Damiano Tommasi that would have advanced the team was disallowed, apparently for offside. South Korea scored the winner in the 117th minute.

Source: The Associated Press

Collina: “Analyzing referees' mistakes is the key”

Pierluigi Collina, regarded by many as the best football referee ever and now retired Italian official, was a guest lecturer in Belgrade at the inaugural Intesa Academy.

"I miss refereeing a lot. I still dream of being able to get out on the pitch with my whistle in a next life, but I know it’s impossible," said Collina with a familiar smile. The Italian is, however, involved in refereeing in a different mode, as a member of the UEFA Referees Committee. "After three years in Italy as the head of the Referees Committee, I was called up by UEFA president Michel Platini. Our team is small, there are only three members. We deal with referee preparation, selection and assigning them to games. My aim, my hope is not to find a new Collina – the best referee in the world – but to create a group of referees who could live up to the task of officiating extremely important and difficult games.

The former top referee commented he is not someone who could discuss the issue whether goal-line technology should be accepted in football. "This is something the international board decides on. Still, in the past three years in the Europa League and two years in the Champions League we have had the additional fourth and fifth referee on the pitch, and it has yielded good results. It is not a question about only goal-line technology, but also the situations in the penalty area like holding, pulling the opponent’s shirt, pushing at corners and set pieces. Analyses have shown that players, when they know someone is watching them from behind, are much more careful and as a result, the number of undetected offences has been drastically reduced. This is why this practice will be used in the forthcoming European Championships." Collina agrees with the suggestion that illegal betting is a painful issue in today’s football. "UEFA is very careful when it comes to it. A special department is in charge of the situation, working together with national associations. If we lose the battle against illegal bookmakers, football is done – it would be the end of it. This is an extremely important issue, a touchy subject and UEFA are taking good care of anything related to betting."

Are today’s professional referees who officiate matches at the top level – such as the Champions League – the future of football? "It doesn’t matter if they are called professional referees. We cannot expect a ref who works until 5pm to go to a training session and do it perfectly, because they are tired from work. When preparing for a match, a referee needs to watch out for details, take notes, do research, look into the laws of the game and prepare himself psychologically for the match. If he or she works until five, then there is no chance they can do it."

Collina admits he made a few mistakes during his days. "I refereed a number of really important matches and I made mistakes. Making mistakes is an integral part of any job. What matters most for a referee is to analyze the mistakes analytically and establish the reasons why they made them so they reduce those situations to a minimum. This is the key."

Source: Blic

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – CONMEBOL

11 October 2011

Bolivia – Colombia

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (PAR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Yegros (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Milciades Saldivar (PAR)
Fourth Official: Antonio Arias (PAR)

Chile – Peru
Referee: Raul Orosco (BOL)
Assistant Referee 1: Jorge Calderon (BOL)
Assistant Referee 2: Efrain Castro (BOL)
Fourth Official: Joaquin Antequera (BOL)

Paraguay – Uruguay
Referee: Wilson Seneme (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Braatz (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Altemir Hausmann (BRA)
Fourth Official: Marcelo Henrique (BRA)

Venezuela – Argentina
Referee: Roberto Silvera (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Nievas (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Pastorino (URU)
Fourth Official: Dario Ubriaco (URU)

Pan American Games 2011

Mexico, 18-28 October 2011
                                                                                CONCACAF

Referees

1. David Gantar (CAN, photo)
2. Marlon Mejia (SLV)
3. Erick Andino (HON)
4. Ricardo Arellano (MEX)

Assistant Referees

1. Philippe Briere (CAN)
2. Carlos Fernandez (CRC)
3. Douglas Bermudez (SLV)
4. Marcos Quintero (MEX)
5. Rey Mendoza (PAN)
6. Eric Boria (USA)
                                                                                CONMEBOL
Referees
1. Raul Orosco (BOL)
2. Omar Ponce (ECU)

Assistant Referees
1. Efrain Castro (BOL)
2. Christian Lescano (ECU)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – CONMEBOL

7 October 2011

Argentina – Chile 

Referee: Wilmar Roldan (COL, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Abraham Gonzalez (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Humberto Clavijo (COL)
Fourth Official: Jose Buitrago (COL)

Uruguay – Bolivia

Referee: Victor Carrillo (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: Luis Avila (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: Cesar Escano (PER)
Fourth Official: Henry Gambetta (PER)

Ecuador – Venezuela
Referee: Enrique Osses (CHI)
Assistant Referee 1: Patricio Basualto (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Julio Diaz (CHI)
Fourth Official: Patricio Polic (CHI)

Peru – Paraguay
Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Casas (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Hernan Maidana (ARG)
Fourth Official: Diego Abal (ARG)

CONCACAF Champions League – Group Stage (IV)

20 September 2011

Toronto FC – Tauro
Referee: Terry Vaughn (USA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Chris Strickland (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Eric Boria (USA)
Fourth Official: Baldomero Toledo (USA)

Monterrey – Comunicaciones
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Charles Morgante (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Corey Rockwell (USA)
Fourth Official: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)

Seattle Sounders – Herediano
Referee: Neil Brizan (TRI)　
Assistant Referee 1: Dion Neil (TRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Ainsley Rochard (TRI)
Fourth Official: Lee Davis (TRI)

21 September 2011
FC Dallas – Pumas Unam
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Gerson Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Ronaldo De la Cruz (GUA)
Fourth Official: Otto Barrios (GUA)

Colorado Rapids – Real Espana
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (SUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Louisville (SUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Egberth Paesch (ARU)
Fourth Official: Rudolph Angela (ARU)

Alajuelense – LA Galaxy
Referee: Courtney Campbell (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Keble Williams (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Lloyd Reader (JAM)
Fourth Official: Valdin Legister (JAM)

22 September 2011
Santos Laguna – Metapan 
Referee: David Gantar (CAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Darren Clark (CAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Belleau (CAN)
Fourth Official: Silviu Petrescu (CAN)

Motagua – Morelia
Referee: Javier Santos (PUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Antonio Lopez (PUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Keytzell Corrales (NCA)
Fourth Official: Franklin Jarquin (NCA)

UEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

15 September 2011

Dynamo Kyiv – Stoke City

Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (ROU, photo)

Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Sovre (ROU)

Assistant Referee 2: Zoltan Szekely (ROU)

Additional AR1: Alexandru Tudor (ROU)

Additional AR 2: Istvan Kovacs (ROU)

Fourth Official: Sebastian Coltescu (ROU)

PAOK – Tottenham

Referee: Milorad Mazic (SRB)

Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristic (SRB)

Assistant Referee 2: Igor Radojcic (SRB)

Additional AR 1: Bosko Jovanetic (SRB)

Additional AR 2: Mileno Vukadinovic (SRB)

Fourth Official: Vlado Glodjovic (SRB)

Shamrock – Rubin

Referee: Zsolt Szabo (HUN)

Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kispal (HUN)

Assistant Referee 2: Zsolt Varga (HUN)

Additional AR 1: Roland Veizer (HUN)

Additional AR 2: Adam Farkas (HUN)

Fourth Official: Szabolcs Szilasi (HUN)

Hannover – Standard

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)

Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD)

Assistant Referee 2: Ljubomir Krstevski (MKD)

Additional AR 1: Dimitar Meckarovski (MKD)

Additional AR 2: Goran Spirkoski (MKD)

Fourth Official: Petar Mantev (MKD)

Kobenhavn – Vorksla

Referee: Stanislav Todorov (BUL)

Assistant Referee 1: Nikolay Angelov (BUL)

Assistant Referee 2: Ventsislav Gavrilov (BUL)

Additional AR 1: Nikolay Yordanov (BUL)

Additional AR 2: Aleksander Kostadinov (BUL)

Fourth Official: Anton Genov (BUL)

Hapoel – Rapid

Referee: Hannes Kaasik (EST)

Assistant Referee 1: Marco Leevand (EST)

Assistant Referee 2: Dmitri Vinogradov (EST)

Additional AR 1: Kristo Tohver (EST)

Additional AR 2: Eiko Saar (EST)

Fourth Official: Mart Martin (EST)

PSV – Legia

Referee: Istvan Vad (HUN)

Assistant Referee 1: Zsolt Szpisjak (HUN)

Assistant Referee 2: Istvan Albert (HUN)

Additional AR 1: Sandor Ando-Szabo (HUN)

Additional AR 2: Adam Nemeth (HUN)

Fourth Official: Zoltan Ivanyi (HUN)

Zurich – Sporting
Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)

Assistant Referee 1: Angelo Boonman (NED)

Assistant Referee 2: Bas van Dongen (NED)

Additional AR 1: Richard Liesveld (NED)

Additional AR 2: Tom van Sichem (NED)

Fourth Official: Jeroen Sanders (NED)

Lazio – Vaslui

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (NED)

Assistant Referee 1: Wilco Loobert (NED)

Assistant Referee 2: Patrick Gerritsen (NED)

Additional AR 1: Serdar Gozobuyuk (NED)

Additional AR 2: Ed Janssen (NED)

Fourth Official: Rogier Honig (NED)

Besiktas – Maccabi

Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)

Assistant Referee 1: Nikolai Golubev (RUS)

Assistant Referee 2: Viacheslav Semenov (RUS)

Additional AR 1: Aleksei Eskov (RUS)

Additional AR 2: Vitaly Meshkov (RUS)

Fourth Official: Stanislav Sukhina (RUS)

Slovan – Athletic

Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)

Assistant Referee 1: Danny Krasikow (ISR)

Assistant Referee 2: Dvir Simon (ISR)

Additional AR 1: Meir Levi (ISR)

Additional AR 2: Liran Liany (ISR)

Fourth Official: Daniel Natan (ISR)

PSG – Salzburg

Referee: Luca Banti (ITA)

Assistant Referee 1: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)

Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Romagnoli (ITA)

Additional AR 1: Mauro Bergonzi (ITA)

Additional AR 2: Andrea De Marco (ITA)

Fourth Official: Andrea Gervasoni (ITA)

Alkmaar – Malmo

Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)

Assistant Referee 1: Tomislav Petrovic (CRO)

Assistant Referee 2: Miro Grgic (CRO)

Additional AR 1: Domagoj Vuckov (CRO)

Additional AR 2: Goran Gabrilo (CRO)

Fourth Official: Ante Simunovic (CRO)

Austria Vienna – Metalist

Referee: Michael Dean (ENG)

Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)

Assistant Referee 2: Adam Watts (ENG)

Additional AR 1: Lee Mason (ENG)

Additional AR 2: Kevin Friend (ENG)

Fourth Official: Lee Probert (ENG)

FC Brugge – Maribor

Referee: Firat Aydinus (TUR)

Assistant Referee 1: Serkan Ok (TUR)

Assistant Referee 2: Aleks Tascioglu (TUR)

Additional AR 1: Baris Simsek (TUR)

Additional AR 2: Ozgur Yankaya (TUR)

Fourth Official: Hakan Ceylan (TUR)

Birmingham – Braga

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)

Assistant Referee 1: Christoph Bornhorst (GER)

Assistant Referee 2: Holger Henschel (GER)

Additional AR 1: Markus Wingenbach (GER)

Additional AR 2: Tobias Welz (GER)

Fourth Official: Markus Schmidt (GER)

Udinese – Rennes

Referee: Cristian Balaj (ROU)

Assistant Referee 1: Ionel Popa (ROU)

Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)

Additional AR 1: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)

Additional AR 2: Marius Avram (ROU)

Fourth Official: Augustus Constantin (ROU)

Atletico – Celtic

Referee: Peter Rasmussen (DEN)

Assistant Referee 1: Anders Norrestrand (DEN)

Assistant Referee 2: Hendrik Sonderby (DEN)

Additional AR 1: Lars Christoffersen (DEN)

Additional AR 2: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)

Fourth Official: Michael Svendsen (DEN)

Maccabi – AEK

Referee: Libor Kovarik (CZE)

Assistant Referee 1: Krystof Menkl (CZE)

Assistant Referee 2: Emil Ubias (CZE)

Additional AR 1: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)

Additional AR 2: Roman Hrubes (CZE)

Fourth Official: Radek Prihoda (CZE)

Steaua – Schalke

Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)

Assistant Referee 1: Dimitris Saraidaris (GRE)

Assistant Referee 2: Leonidas Vasileiadis (GRE)

Additional AR 1: Anastasios Kakos (GRE)

Additional AR 2: Stavros Tritsonis (GRE)

Fourth Official: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE)

Wisla – Odense

Referee: Sascha Kever (SUI)

Assistant Referee 1: Matthias Arnet (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Devis Dettamanti (SUI)

Additional AR 1: Nikolaj Hanni (SUI)

Additional AR 2: Patrick Graf (SUI)

Fourth Official: Adrien Jaccottet (SUI)

Fulham – Twente

Referee: Antonio Damato (ITA)

Assistant Referee 1: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)

Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Iannello (ITA)

Additional AR 1: Christian Brighi (ITA)

Additional AR 2: Gabriele Gava (ITA)

Fourth Official: Domenico Celi (ITA)

Anderlecht – AEK

Referee: Carlos Clos Gomez (ESP)

Assistant Referee 1: Raul Cabanero Martinez (ESP)

Assistant Referee 2: Luis Marco Martinez (ESP)

Additional AR 1: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (ESP)

Additional AR 2: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)

Fourth Official: Jose Gonzalez Gonzalez (ESP)

Sturm – Lokomotiv Moscow

Referee: Bruno Paixao (POR)

Assistant Referee 1: Venancio Tome (POR)

Assistant Referee 2: Sergio Serrao (POR)

Additional AR 1: Bruno Esteves (POR)

Additional AR 2: Paulo Batista (POR)

Fourth Official: Marco Santos (POR)

CONCACAF Champions League – Group Stage (III)

13 September 2011
Morelia – LA Galaxy

Referee: Jose Pineda (HON, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Oscar Velasquez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Beltran (HON)
Fourth Official: Hector Rodriguez (HON)

Colorado Rapids – Santos Laguna

Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Williamson (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jaime Smith (PAN)
Fourth Official: Luis Rodriguez (PAN)

Real Espana – Metapan
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Gerson Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Ronaldo Dela Cruz (GUA)
Fourth Official: Otto Barrios (GUA)

14 September 2011
FC Dallas – Tauro
Referee: Walter Quesada (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Leonel Leal (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Octavio Jara (CRC)
Cuatro: Hugo Cruz (CRC)

Pumas Unam – Toronto FC
Referee: Raymond Bogle (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Morgan (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Kedlee Powell (JAM)
Fourth Official: Kevin Morrison (JAM)

Herediano – Seattle Sounders
Referee: Jafeth Perea (PAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Rey Mendoza (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Perryman (PAN)
Fourth Official: Rolando Vidal (PAN)

Comunicaciones – Monterrey
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: William Torres (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Bermudez (SLV)
Fourth Official: Ruben Medrano (SLV)

15 September 2011
Motagua – Alajuelense
Referee: Paul Delgadillo (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Quinteros (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Salvador Rodriguez (MEX)
Fourth Official: Fabricio Morales (MEX)

UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

13 September 2011

Genk – Valencia

Referee: Thomas Einwaller (AUT, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Norbert Schwab (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Armin Eder (AUT)
Additional AR 1: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Additional AR 2: Oliver Drachta (AUT)
Fourth Official: Gerhard Grobelnik (AUT)

Chelsea – Leverkusen

Referee: Stephane Lannoy (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Eric Dansault (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Frederic Cano (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Olivier Thual (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Fourth Official: Herve Piccirillo (FRA)

Olympiacos – Marseille
Referee: Pedro Proenca (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Tiago Trigo (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ricardo Santos (POR)
Additional AR 1: Joao Capela (POR)
Additional AR 2: Joao Ferreira (POR)
Fourth Official: Hugo Miguel (POR)

Dortmund – Arsenal
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Luca Maggiani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Nicola Nicoletti (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Orsato (ITA)

Porto – Shakhtar Donetsk
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Borsch (GER)
Additional AR 1: Peter Sippel (GER)
Additional AR 2: Christian Dingert (GER)
Fourth Official: Gunter Perl (GER)

Apoel – Zenit
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Perez del Palomar (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Javier Aguilar Rodriguez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: David Fernandez Borbalan (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Cesar Muniz Fernandez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Javier Turienzo Alvarez (ESP)

FC Barcelona – AC Milan
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Mark Clattenburg (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Fourth Official: Michael Jones (ENG)

Plzen – Bate Borisov
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Annonier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Christophe Capelli (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Wilfried Bien (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Nicolas Rainville (FRA)
Fourth Official: Pascal Vileo (FRA)

14 September 2011

SL Benfica – Manchester United

Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Primoz Arhar (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Marko Stancin (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Slavko Vincic (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Robeto Ponis (SVN)
Fourth Official: Dragoslav Peric (SVN)

Manchester City FC – SSC Napoli

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Nilsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Markus Strombergsson (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Tobias Matsson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Martin Strömbergsson (SWE)

Villareal CF – Bayern Munchen
Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Suleyman Abay (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Tolga Ozkalfa (TUR)
Fourth Official: Haliz Ozkahya (TUR)

LOSC Lille – CSKA Moskva
Referee: Olegario Benquerença (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Joao Santos (POR)
Additional AR 1: Artur Soares (POR)
Additional AR 2: Carlos Xistra (POR)
Fourth Official: Rui Costa (POR)

Internazionale Milano – Trabzonspor
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Wittberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Magnus Sjoblom (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Daniel Stalhammar (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Johan Hamlin (SWE)
Fourth Official: Michael Lerjeus (SWE)

FC Basel – Otelul Galati
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Graham Chambers (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Cryans (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Alan Muir (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Stephen O'Reilly (SCO)
Fourth Official: Ian Brines (SCO)

Dinamo Zagreb – Real Madrid
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dag Roger Nebben (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kim Thomas Haglund (NOR)
Additional AR 1: Dag Vidar Hafsas (NOR)
Additional AR 2: Brage Sandmoen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)

AFC Ajax – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Hendrik Salver (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Mike Pickel (GER)
Additional AR 1: Babak Rafati (GER)
Additional AR 2: Robert Hartmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)

Copa Sudamericana 2011 – Round 7

13 September 2011
Equidad – Libertad

Referee: Carlos Vera (ECU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Cedeno (ECU)
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Alvarado (ECU)
Fourth Official: Adrian Velez (COL)

Ligua de Quito – Trujillanos

Referee: Victor Carrillo (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: Cesar Escano (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: Jonny Bossio (PER)
Fourth Official: Daniel Salazar (ECU)

Universidad de Chile – Nacional
Referee: Paulo Oliveira (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Altemir Hausmann (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Emerson Carvalho (BRA)
Fourth Official: Claudio Puga (CHI)

14 September 2011
Universitario – Anzoategui
Referee: Jose Buitrago (COL)
Assistant Referee 1:Abraham Gonzalez (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Eduardo Diaz (COL)
Fourth Official: Manuel Garay (PER)

Deportes Iquique – Universidad Catolica
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (CHI)
Assistant Referee 1: Julio Diaz (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Sergio Roman (CHI)
Fourth Official: Jorge Osorio (CHI)

15 September 2011
Olimpia – Emelec
Referee: Roberto Silvera (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Pastorino (URU)
Fourth Official: Carlos Amarilla (PAR)

Santafe – Deportivo Cali
Referee: Adrian Velez (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rafael Rivas (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Wilmar Navarro (COL)
Fourth Official: Wilmar Roldan (COL)

Blatter: Only professionals at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes referees should be full-time professionals if they want to work at the next World Cup. Blatter told The Associated Press that improving the quality of elite referees is his top priority for the game in the coming months and beyond. "We must do something for the top referees," he added, speaking at a tournament held in his honor by his family's home village in the Swiss Alps. "You can't have non-professional referees in professional football. Only professionals will be taken to Brazil in 2014". Blatter's call for change followed a series of high-profile errors by World Cup referees in South Africa, where just two of the 30 selected for FIFA duty listed refereeing as their full-time job.

"It's a new approach to refereeing at the highest level," Blatter said, adding that younger referees would be preferred. FIFA currently requires match officials to retire at 45. FIFA was already "doing well" in grassroots training, with $43 million budgeted for its global Refereeing Assistance Program before the next World Cup tournament kicks off. "This will go on, but we must do something for the top referees," Blatter said. He is a longtime supporter of referees being more dedicated and better paid, in order to raise standards and lower the risk of them being vulnerable to corruption. FIFA paid referees $50,000 to work in South Africa.
FIFA rewarded the two professionals at the World Cup by assigning Englishman Howard Webb to referee the final, and giving Japan's Yuichi Nishimura duty as fourth official for Spain's 1-0 extra-time victory over the Netherlands. Webb took extended leave from his job as a policeman because England's wealthy Premier League helps fund a roster of professional match officials.

Source: The Associated Press

Damkova, the new boss of Czech referees

Former top female referee Dagmar Damkova has been appointed to head the Czech referee’s committee in a surprise move announced by the national football association’s executive committee on Monday.

The committee cleared out the current members of the committee and tasked Damkova with picking her own team to staff the future committee, the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FACR) said in a statement. The executive committee did not explain the full reason for the red card being given to current committee members, but said Damkova’s new post was logical following her appointment to the UEFA referees’ committee. She became the first woman appointed to the referees’ committee of European football’s governing body (UEFA) in July. The honor followed a pioneering path in Czech football for the 36-year-old woman. She was the first female official to referee a Czech men’s top-flight soccer league game in 2003. The all-male executive committee, which includes former Manchester United midfield star Karel Poborsky, said in a statement that Damkova’s top post in European football had sparked the wholesale changes at home. “When Dagmar Damkova was selected for the UEFA referees’ committee, what’s more as a woman, the time has come for such changes. It is the practice in most countries that a high official in UEFA heads the relevant committee at home,” the deputy chairman of the executive committee, Jindrich Rajchl, explained.

Damkova, who retired from refereeing top games in August, announced on September 3 that she was no longer standing to be head of the Czech football association, on advice from European football’s governing body, UEFA. “The reason was pretty simple. According to the opinion of people in UEFA, a position on the prestigious international referees’ committee could not be combined with the highest post in the national association,” she said, according to the FACR statement. “Because I want to work on UEFA’s referees’ committee, which so far none of us [Czechs] has done, I have decided to withdraw my candidacy to be the chairman of the football association,” Damkova said. The vote for the top job in Czech football takes place at a special meeting of the association in Prague on September 16.

Source: Czech Position

UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers

6 September 2011

Denmark – Norway
Referee: Stephane Lannoy (FRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Eric Dansault (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Frederic Cano (FRA)
Fourth Official: Antony Gautier (FRA)

Russia – Ireland
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Hendrik Salver (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Mike Pickel (GER)
Fourth Official: Babak Rafati (GER)

Austria – Turkey
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Fermin Martinez Ibanez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Jesus Calvo Guadamuro (ESP)
Fourth Official: David Fernandez Borbalan (ESP)

Macedonia – Andorra 

Referee: Mark Whitby (WAL)
Assistant Referee 1: Philip Thomas (WAL)
Assistant Referee 2: John Swindley (WAL)
Fourth Official: Huw Jones (WAL)

Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan
Referee: Anders Hermansen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jakob Bille (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Wulff (DEN)
Fourth Official: Kenn Hansen (DEN)

Slovakia – Armenia
Referee Marcin Borski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rafal Rostkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Dawid Piasecki (POL)

Serbia – Faroe Islands

Referee: Arman Amirkhanyan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 1: Zaven Hovhannisyan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 2: Erik Arevshatyan (ARM)
Fourth Official: Suren Baliyan (ARM)

Estonia – Northern Ireland

Referee Daniel Stalhammar (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Magnus Sjoblom (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Warnmark (SWE)
Fourth Official: Martin Hansson (SWE)

Italy – Slovenia
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Frank Andas (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kim Haglund (NOR)
Fourth Official: Tommy Skjerven (NOR)

Bosnia – Belarus
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
Fourth Official: Andre Marriner (ENG)

Luxembourg – Albania
Referee: Petteri Kari (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Esa Vehvilainen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jouko Ikonen (FIN)
Fourth Official: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)

Romania – France
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Darren Cann (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Jake Collin (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stuart Attwell (ENG)

Finland – Netherlands
Referee: Manuel Grafe (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Markus Hacker (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Fourth Official: Peter Sippel (GER)

Moldova – Hungary
Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomislav Petrovic (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Miro Grgic (CRO)
Fourth Official: Domagoj Vuckov (CRO)

San Marino – Sweden
Referee: Steven McLean (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: William Conquer (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: George Drummond (SCO)
Fourth Official: Alan Muir (SCO)

Croatia – Israel 

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (ESP)

Latvia – Greece
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivan Valchev (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Ivo Kolev (BUL)
Fourth Official: Anton Genov (BUL)

Malta – Georgia 

Referee: Pol Van Boekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rob Van Den Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Angelo Boonman (NED)
Fourth Official: Richard Liesveld (NED)

Switzerland – Bulgaria 

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Wilczek (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Miroslav Zlamal (CZE)
Fourth Official: Libor Kovarik (CZE)

England – Wales
Referee: Robert Schorgenhofer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Alain Hoxha (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Klaus Strasser (AUT)
Fourth Official: Oliver Drachta (AUT)

Iceland – Cyprus
Referee: Bosko Jovanetic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Vladimir Jovanovic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Goran Kojic (SRB)
Fourth Official: Milenko Vukadinovic (SRB)

Scotland – Lithuania
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Johann Gudmundsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Sigurdur Thorleifsson (ISL)
Fourth Official: Magnus Thorisson (ISL)

Spain – Liechtenstein
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Norbert Schwab (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Fourth Official: Rene Eisner (AUT)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – CONCACAF

6 September 2011

Barbados – Trinidad & Tobago 
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: William Torres (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Fourth Official: Edenilson Ventura (SLV)

Guyana – Bermuda
Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Hurd (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Joe Fletcher (CAN)
Fourth Official: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)

Puerto Rico – Canada 
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (SUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Louisville (SUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Egberth Paesch (ARU)
Fourth Official: Rudolph Angela (ARU)

Dominican Republic – Suriname 
Referee: Raul Castro (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Rodas (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Beltran (HON)
Fourth Official: Hector Rodriguez (HON)

Cayman Islands – El Salvador
Referee: Elmar Rodas (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Gerson Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Ronaldo De la Cruz (GUA)
Fourth Official: Jose Molina (GUA)

Nicaragua – Panama 
Referee: Oscar Reyna (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cesar Ruano (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Diaz (GUA)
Fourth Official: Otto Barrios (GUA)

St. Lucia – St. Kitts & Nevis
Referee: Kevin Thomas (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Keble Williams (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Garnet Page (JAM)
Fourth Official: Courtney Campbell (JAM)

Belize – Guatemala 
Referee: Marlon Mejia (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Douglas Bermudez (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Mangandi (SLV)
Fourth Official: Ruben Medrano (SLV)

US Virgin Islands – Antigua & Barbuda
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (GUY)
Assistant Referee 1: Dion Inniss (GUY)
Assistant Referee 2: Venton Mars (GUY)
Fourth Official: Otis James (GUY)

18 September 2011

St. Vincent & Grenadines – Grenada
Referee: Paul Ward (CAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Hector Vergara (CAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Philippe Briere (CAN)
Fourth Official: David Gantar (CAN)

Copa Sudamericana 2011 – Round 6

6 September 2011
Estudiantes – Arsenal
Referee: Pablo Lunati (ARG, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Casas (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ernesto Uziga (ARG)
Fourth Official: Saul Laverni (ARG)

7 September 2011
Godoy Cruz – Lanus
Referee: Nestor Pitana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Belatti (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Gustavo Rossi (ARG)
Fourth Official: Diego Abal (ARG)

8 September 2011
Velez – Argentinos Juniors 
Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Hernan Maidana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Bonfa (ARG)
Fourth Official: Gabriel Favale (ARG)

Universidad Catolica – Deportes Iquique
Referee: Julio Bascunan (CHI)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Astroza (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo Barraza (CHI)
Fourth Official: Claudio Puga (CHI)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – AFC

6 September 2011

Jordan – China
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (UZB, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Abdukhamid Rasulov (UZB)
Assistant Referee 2: Bakhadyr Kochkarov (KGZ)
Fourth Official Vladislav Tseytlin (UZB)

Singapore – Iraq 
Referee: Minoru Tojo (JPN)
Assistant Referee 1: Haruhiro Otsuka (JPN)
Assistant Referee 2: Akane Yagi (JPN)
Fourth Official: Ryuji Sato (JPN)

Lebanon – UAE 
Referee: Alireza Faghani (IRN)
Assistant Referee 1: Rasoul Fouroughi (IRN)
Assistant Referee 2: Alireza Kahouri (IRN)
Fourth Official: Yadollah Jahanbazi (IRN)

Kuwait – Korea Republic
Referee: Mohsen Torky (IRN)
Assistant Referee 1: Hassan Kamranifar (IRN)
Assistant Referee 2: Reza Sokhandan (IRN)
Fourth Official: Hedayat Mombini (IRN)

Uzbekistan – Japan 
Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (KSA)
Assistant Referee 1: Abdulaziz Al-Kathiri (KSA)
Assistant Referee 2: Badr Al-Shumrani (KSA)
Fourth Official: Marai Al-Awaji (KSA)

Korea DPR – Tajikistan
Referee: Minh Tri Vo (VIE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ngoc Nguyen (VIE)
Assistant Referee 2: Hoang Nguyen (VIE)
Fourth Official: Mohd Wahab (MAS)

Thailand – Oman 
Referee: Kim Dong Jin (KOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Jeong Hae Sang (KOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Lee Jungmin (KOR)
Fourth Official: Lee Dong Jun (KOR)

Saudi Arabia – Australia
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (JPN)
Assistant Referee 1: Toru Sagara (JPN)
Assistant Referee 2: Toshiyuki Nagi (JPN)
Fourth Official: Jumpei Iida (JPN)

Indonesia – Bahrain
Referee: Lee Min Hu (KOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Choi Min Byoung (KOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kim Young Ha (KOR)
Fourth Official: Ko Hyungjin (KOR)

Qatar – Iran
Referee: Choi Myung Yong (KOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Jang Jun Mo (KOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Yang Byoung Eun (KOR)
Fourth Official: Kim Sang Woo (KOR)