UEFA Europa League 2019/2020 – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

3 October 2019

Feyenoord – FC Porto
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vitali Meshkov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)

FC Astana – FK Partizan
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Klyver (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Mahbod Beigi (SWE)
Fourth Official: Martin Strömbergsson (SWE)
Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev (BUL)

BSC Young Boys – Rangers FC
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Kühr (AUT)
Fourth Official: Christopher Jäger (AUT)
Referee Observer: Kevin Azzopardi (MLT)

Ferencvárosi TC – PFC Ludogorets
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Jakub Winkler (POL)
Fourth Official: Daniel Stefański (POL)
Referee Observer: Stephen Lodge (ENG)

CSKA Moskva – Espanyol de Barcelona
Referee: Ali Palabiyik (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Serkan Olguncan (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehmet Satman (TUR)
Fourth Official: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

FC Oleksandriya – KAA Gent
Referee: Jens Maae (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jesper Dahl (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Victor Skytte (DEN)
Fourth Official: Jørgen Daugbjerg (DEN)
Referee Observer: Juan Fernández Marín (ESP)

AS Saint Étienne – VfL Wolfsburg
Referee: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin (ENG)
Fourth Official: David Coote (ENG)
Referee Observer: Goran Mihaljević (MNE)

Wolfsberger AC – AS Roma
Referee: Tiago Martins (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Luís Campos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Mota (POR)
Fourth Official: Hugo Miguel (POR)
Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)

Medipol Başakşehir – Borussia Mönchengladbach
Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Constantine Hatzidakis (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Cook (ENG)
Fourth Official: Andrew Madley (ENG)
Referee Observer: Emil Božinovski (MKD)

SC Braga – Slovan Bratislava
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Vital Jobin (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Raffael Zeder (SUI)
Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (SUI)
Referee Observer: Draženko Kovačič (CRO)

Beşiktaş JK – Wolverhampton Wanderers
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Fourth Official: Julian Weinberger (AUT)
Referee Observer: Kaj Østergaard (DEN)

AZ Alkmaar – Manchester United
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU)
Fourth Official: Robertas Valikonis (LTU)
Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci (ALB)

F91 Dudelange – Qarabağ FK
Referee: John Beaton (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel McFarlane (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Potter (SCO)
Fourth Official: Donald Robertson (SCO)
Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold (NOR)

Sevilla FC – Apoel FC
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Johan Balder (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Joost van Zuilen (NED)
Fourth Official: Jeroen Manschot (NED)
Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely (HUN)

FC Lugano – Dynamo Kyiv
Referee: Karim Abed (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pagès (FRA)
Fourth Official: Florent Batta (FRA)
Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos (CRO)

Malmö FF – FC København
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Fourth Official: Benjamin Cortus (GER)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)

FC Krasnodar – Getafe
Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Pataki (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Zobenica (CRO)
Fourth Official: Mario Zebec (CRO)
Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu (ROU)

Trabzonspor – FC Basel
Referee: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Rosario Abisso (ITA)
Referee Observer: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)

Rosenborg BK – PSV Eindhoven
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Cevdet Kömürcüoğlu (TUR)
Fourth Official: Arda Kardeşler (TUR)
Referee Observer: Nikolai Ivanov (RUS)

Sporting CP – Linzer ASK
Referee: Alain Durieux (LUX)
Assistant Referee 1: Gilles Becker (LUX)
Assistant Referee 2: Joaquim Da Silva (LUX)
Fourth Official: Laurent Kopriwa (LUX)
Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez (ESP)

Lazio – Stade Rennais
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Volodymyr Volodin (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Voytyuk (UKR)
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Romanov (UKR)
Referee Observer: Geórgios Bíkas (GRE)

Celtic FC – CFR Cluj
Referee: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Harm Osmers (GER)
Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)

Vitória SC – Eintracht Frankfurt
Referee: Radu Petrescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Grigoriu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marcel Bîrsan (ROU)
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)

Arsenal FC – Standard de Liège
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Fourth Official: Fedayi San (SUI)
Referee Observer: Kýros Vassáras (GRE)

UEFA Champions League 2019/2020 – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

1-2 October 2019

Real Madrid – Club Brugge
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (BUL, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Diyan Valkov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Stanislav Todorov (BUL)
VAR: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
AVAR: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Referee Observer: Domenico Messina (ITA)

Atalanta BC – Shakhtar Donetsk
Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mike Pickel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Gittelmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)
VAR: Bastian Dankert (GER)
AVAR: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

Galatasaray – Paris Saint Germain
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Tomasz Musiał (POL)
VAR: Paweł Gil (POL)
AVAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)

Crvena Zvezda – Olympiakós FC
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Frédéric Haquette (FRA)
Fourth Official: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
VAR: Benoît Millot (FRA)
AVAR: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)

Tottenham Hotspur – Bayern München
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: Frank Schneider (FRA)
VAR: François Letexier (FRA)
AVAR: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Šajn (SVN)

Manchester City – GNK Dinamo
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Charles Schaap (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Kevin Blom (NED)
VAR: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
AVAR: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)

Lokomotiv Moskva – Atlético de Madrid
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Roi Hasan (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Idan Yarkoni (ISR)
Fourth Official: Roi Reinshreiber (ISR)
VAR: João Pinheiro (POR)
AVAR: Tiago Martins (POR)
Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)

Juventus FC – Bayer Leverkusen
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: David McGeachie (SCO)
Fourth Official: Nicolas Walsh (SCO)
VAR: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
AVAR: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Referee Observer: Oğuz Sarvan (TUR)

KRC Genk – SSC Napoli
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marius Avram (ROU)
VAR: Christian Dingert (GER)
AVAR: Tobias Welz (GER)
Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís (CYP)

Slavia Praha – Borussia Dortmund
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Allard Lindhout (NED)
VAR: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR: Dennis Higler (NED)
Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)

Liverpool FC – Red Bull Salzburg
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE)
VAR: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
AVAR: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

FC Barcelona – Internazionale Milano
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
VAR: Danny Makkelie (NED)
AVAR: Slavko Vinčič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR)

FC Zenit – SL Benfica
Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (ESP)
VAR: José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
AVAR: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Referee Observer: Jan Wegereef (NED)

RB Leipzig – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez (ESP)
Fourth Official: José Munuera Montero (ESP)
VAR: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP)
AVAR: Xavier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Referee Observer: Haim Jakov (ISR)

Valencia CF – AFC Ajax
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
VAR: Marco Guida (ITA)
AVAR: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
Referee Observer: Sergei Zuev (RUS)

Lille OSC – Chelsea FC
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dzmitry Zhuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alieh Maslianka (BLR)
Fourth Official: Dzianis Scharbakou (BLR)
VAR: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
AVAR: Luís Godinho (POR)
Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)

Referee Zambrano removed from FIFA List after Copa America semi-final

Without any doubt, the semi-final between Brazil and Argentina was the most controversial match of the 2019 Copa America in Brazil. Ecuadorian referee Roddy Zambrano was in the eye of the hurricane because of decisions that would have benefited the host team.

And that performance apparently had consequences. In addition to the fierce criticism that was carried out by the Argentines, the Ecuadorian Football Federation took away his status as a FIFA referee. This was demonstrated by the list of referees nominated by the Ecuadorian football to Conmebol, where Roddy Zambrano does not appear. The other name that is no longer on the list is Omar Ponce, who retired from the refereeing. Augusto Aragon and Marlon Vera were nominated instead.

It should be remembered that in the Copa America semi-final there were two specific situations that the Argentines claimed. The first, an alleged infraction of Dani Alves on Sergio Aguero in the Brazilian penalty area. The second, and by far the most controversial, was a clear push from Arthur on Otamendi. In both situations, Zambrano was not called to review by the VAR, which led to an angry reaction from Messi, who said that "everything was fixed". 

Source: BBCL

UEFA Youth League 2019/2020 – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

1-2 October 2019

Atalanta BC – Shakhtar Donetsk
Referee: Alexandru Tean (MDA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Sergiu Beșliu (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Anatolie Basiul (MDA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Minelli (ITA)
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)

Lokomotiv Moskva – Atlético de Madrid
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Jevgeņijs Morozovs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Denis Ševčenko (LVA)
Fourth Official: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS)
Referee Observer: Aleksandr Gvardis (RUS)

Real Madrid – Club Brugge
Referee: Igor Pajač (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivica Modrić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Vedran Đurak (CRO)
Fourth Official: Fernando Bueno Prieto (ESP)
Referee Observer: João Ferreira (POR)

Galatasaray – Paris Saint Germain
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Georgi Todorov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Georgi Doynov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Can Cengiz (TUR)
Referee Observer: Orhan Erdemir (TUR)

Juventus FC – Bayer Leverkusen
Referee: Enea Jorgji (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Nuri Rrapaj (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Arbër Zalla (ALB)
Fourth Official: Marco Serra (ITA)
Referee Observer: Matteo Trefoloni (ITA)

Tottenham Hotspur – Bayern München
Referee: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David Doig (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Drew Kirkland (SCO)
Fourth Official: David Rock (ENG)
Referee Observer: Brian Lawlor (WAL)

Crvena Zvezda – Olympiakós FC
Referee: Ondřej Pechanec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Petr Blažej (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Kamil Hájek (CZE)
Fourth Official: Lazar Lukić (SRB)
Referee Observer: Zoran Petrović (SRB)

Manchester City – GNK Dinamo
Referee: Urs Schnyder (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Köbeli (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Efe Kurnazca (SUI)
Fourth Official: Anthony Backhouse (ENG)
Referee Observer: Edward Foley (IRL)

KRC Genk – SSC Napoli
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Aydyn Tasybayev (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Yuriy Tikhonyuk (KAZ)
Fourth Official: Ken Vermeiren (BEL)
Referee Observer: Rien Koopman (NED)

FC Zenit – SL Benfica
Referee: Alexander Harkam (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Witschnigg (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Höfler (AUT)
Fourth Official: Vasiliy Kazartsev (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nikolai Levnikov (RUS)

Slavia Praha – Borussia Dortmund
Referee: Nejc Kajtazovič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Kasapovič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Matej Vojska (SVN)
Fourth Official: Ondřej Berka (CZE)
Referee Observer: Michal Beneš (CZE)

Valencia CF – AFC Ajax
Referee: Bojan Pandzic (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Gustavsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikael Hallin (SWE)
Fourth Official: Sergio Escriche Guzmán (ESP)
Referee Observer: Manuel López Fernández (ESP)

Lille OSC – Chelsea FC
Referee: Petri Viljanen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Riku Vihreävuori (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Antti Kemppinen (FIN)
Fourth Official: Bastien Dechepy (FRA)
Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)

RB Leipzig – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Luca Barbeno (SMR)
Assistant Referee 1: Gian Ercolani (SMR)
Assistant Referee 2: Laurentiu Ilie (SMR)
Fourth Official: Alexander Sather (GER)
Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)

Liverpool FC – Red Bull Salzburg
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (WAL)
Assistant Referee 1: Ashley Davis (WAL)
Assistant Referee 2: Connor Fowler (WAL)
Fourth Official: Martin Coy (ENG)
Referee Observer: John Ferry (NIR)

FC Barcelona – Internazionale Milano
Referee: António Nobre (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Nuno Pereira (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Álvaro Mesquita (POR)
Fourth Official: Víctor García Verdura (ESP)
Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)

VAR and GLT in Europa League KO stage, Women’s Champions League final and Women’s Euro

The UEFA Executive Committee met in Slovenia and took decisions covering a wide range of topics.

VAR and Goal-Line technology

The UEFA Executive Committee also decided to implement VAR from the knockout stage of the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League; at the finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League from the 2019/20 final onwards; as well as at the final tournament of the 2021 UEFA Women's Euro, where it will work alongside goal-line technology.

UEFA Nations League
The UEFA Nations League will have a new league structure comprising 16 teams in Leagues A, B and C and 7 teams in League D, as of the 2020/21 edition. The teams are allocated to leagues based on the overall ranking following the 2018/19 inaugural UEFA Nations League. This change to the format follows a consultation process which involved all of UEFA's 55 national associations and reflects upon their desire to further minimise the number of friendly matches. In addition, it enhances sporting fairness as all teams in the same group will play their last match on the same day and at the same time. The successful concept of the Finals remains untouched, with the four group winners of League A playing each other to determine the UEFA Nations League winners. The committee furthermore confirmed that the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League draw will take place in Amsterdam on 3 March 2020, same day and same place as the UEFA Congress 2020.

Hosts of UEFA Competitions
2021 UEFA Champions League Final – Saint Petersburg
2022 UEFA Champions League Final – Munich
2023 UEFA Champions League Final – London (Wembley)
2021 UEFA Europa League Final – Sevilla (Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán)
2021 UEFA Super Cup – Belfast
UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 – The Netherlands
UEFA European Under-17 Championship – Cyprus 2021; Israel 2022
UEFA European Under-19 Championship – Romania 2021; Slovakia 2022
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championships – Faroe Islands 2021; Bosnia-Herzegovina 2022
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championships – Belarus 2021; Czech Republic 2022

UEFA Europa Conference League
The name of the third UEFA club competition was approved as UEFA Europa Conference League and its commercial concept was also ratified. The new competition, which will start in 2021, will have matches played on Thursdays with kick-off times at 18:45 CET and 21:00 CET, similar to the UEFA Europa League. The new early kick-off time will also be used for UEFA Champions League matches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays as of 2021, replacing the current 18:55 CET kick-off.

Concussion
The Executive Committee welcomed the fact that FIFA took note of UEFA's official request to change the protocol in case of concussion – which aims at better protecting players' health - and that the matter will be discussed at the next IFAB meeting.

Source: UEFA

Concacaf League 2019 – Quarter-finals (First Leg)

25-26 September 2019

Deportivo Saprissa – Independiente
Referee: Ivan Barton (SLV, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: David Moran (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Zachari Zegelaar (SUR)
Fourth Official: Tristley Bassue (SKN)

Waterhouse – Motagua
Referee: Reon Radix (GRN)
Assistant Referee 1: Kevon Clarke (BRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Wasah Barnarde (ATG)
Fourth Official: Ricangel De Leca (ARU)

Alianza FC – AD San Carlos
Referee: John Pitti (PAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Ramirez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Caleb Wales (TRI)
Fourth Official: Jose Kellys (PAN)

Olimpia – Comunicaciones
Referee: Armando Villarreal (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Parker (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Kathryn Nesbitt (USA)
Fourth Official: Theodore Unkel (USA)

CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2019 – Semi-finals (Second Leg)

25-26 September 2019

Independiente Del Valle – Corinthians

Referee: Piero Maza (CHI, photo)

Assistant Referee 1: Alejandro Molina (CHI)

Assistant Referee 2: Claudio Urrutia (CHI)

Fourth Official: Ivo Mendez (BOL)

VAR: Diego Haro (PER)

AVAR 1: Victor Carrillo (PER)

AVAR 2: Eduardo Cardozo (PAR)

VAR Observer: Henry Gambetta (PER)

Referee Assessor: Ubaldo Aquino (PAR)

Atletico Mineiro – Colon
Referee: Andres Rojas (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Alexander Guzman (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Dionisio Ruiz (COL)
Fourth Official: Carlos Herrera (COL)
VAR: Esteban Ostojich (URU)
AVAR 1: Eduardo Gamboa (CHI)
AVAR 2: Nicolas Taran (URU)
VAR Observer: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)
Referee Assessor: Martin Vazquez (URU)

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2019/2020 – Round of 32 (Second Leg)

25-26 September 2019

Barcelona – Juventus
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Susann Küng (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Emilie Aubry (SUI)
Fourth Official: Michèle Schmölzer (SUI)

Lyon – Ryazan
Referee: Silvia Domingos (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Vanessa Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Cátia Tavares (POR)
Fourth Official: Catarina Campos (POR)

BIIK Kazygurt – Anderlecht
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Biljana Milanova (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Elena Soklevska-Ilievski (MKD)
Fourth Official: Irena Velevačkoska (MKD)

Wolfsburg – Mitrovica
Referee: Meliz Özçiğdem (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Betül Yilmaz (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Deybet Gök (TUR)
Fourth Official: Cansu Tryak (TUR)

Fortuna – Vllaznia
Referee: Maria Marotta (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Francesca Di Monte (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Tiziana Trasciatti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Valentina Finzi (ITA)

Twente – St. Polten
Referee: Volha Tsiareshka (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Alena Karas (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Nastassia Danchanka (BLR)
Fourth Official: Aleksandra Yakushevich (BLR)

Bayern – Goteborg
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Manuela Nicolosi (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Solenne Bartnik (FRA)
Fourth Official: Maika Vanderstichel (FRA)

Slavia Praha – Hibernian
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Belinda Brem (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Rahel Hasler (SUI)
Fourth Official: Sandra Strub (SUI)

Manchester City – Lugano
Referee: Tanja Subotič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Staša Špur (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Tanja Vrabel (SVN)
Fourth Official: Aleksandra Česen (SVN)

Brondby – Pitea IF
Referee: Riem Hussein (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Katrin Rafalski (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Sina Diekmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Angelika Soeder (GER)

Sparta Praha – Breidablik
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Kinga Seniuk-Mikulska (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulina Baranowska (POL)
Fourth Official: Michalina Diakow (POL)

Zurich – Minsk
Referee: Jana Adámková (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Nikol Šafránková (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Zuzana Špindlerová (CZE)
Fourth Official: Vera Soukupova (CZE)

Atletico Madrid – Spartak Subotica
Referee: Lorraine Clark (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Kylie McMullen (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Vikki Allan (SCO)
Fourth Official: Kathleen Alexander (SCO)

Glasgow City – Chertanovo
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrada Aloman (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Silvia Fernandez Perez (ESP)
Fourth Official: María Martinez Madrona (ESP)

Paris St. Germain – Braga
Referee: Sara Persson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Josefin Aronsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Camilla Stendahl (SWE)
Fourth Official: Tess Olofsson (SWE)

CONMEBOL Libertadores 2019 – Semi-finals (First Leg)

1-2 October 2019

River Plate – Boca Juniors
Referee: Raphael Claus (BRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Danilo Manis (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Bruno Pires (BRA)
Fourth Official: Arnaldo Samaniego (PAR)
VAR: Nicolas Gallo (COL)
AVAR 1: Rodolpho Toski (BRA)
AVAR 2: Emerson de Carvalho (BRA)
VAR Observer: Patricio Polic (CHI)
Referee Assessor: Dario Ubriaco (URU)

Gremio – Flamengo
Referee: Nestor Pitana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Belatti (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Hernan Maidana (ARG)
Fourth Official: Guillermo Guerrero (ECU)
VAR: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
AVAR 1: German Delfino (ARG)
AVAR 2: Ezequiel Brailovsky (ARG)
VAR Observer: Enrique Caceres (PAR)
Referee Assessor: Martin Vazquez (URU)

Iranian Faghani to join A-League as full-time referee

Alireza Faghani recently made the decision to migrate to Australia from the Islamic Republic of Iran for family reasons and as a result FFA offered him a contract to officiate in the Hyundai A-League. An extremely well respected international match official, Faghani most recently refereed two (2) matches at the AFC Asian Cup 2019 as well as four (4) matches at the 2018 FIFA World Cup including the third place play-off match between Belgium and England, two (2) matches at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and also the gold medal match at the 2016 Olympic Games Men’s Football tournament between Germany and Brazil. He was named the AFC Referee of the Year twice in 2016 & 2018 and is probably best remembered by Australians as the referee for the AFC Asian Cup 2015 Final between the Caltex Socceroos and Korea Republic in Sydney. Alireza Faghani will join Chris Beath, Shaun Evans and Alex King who are also full-time referees for the Hyundai A-League 2019/20 Season.

FFA Chairman and Chair of the FFA Referees Committee, Chris Nikou, was thrilled to be able announce that Faghani would be joining the Hyundai A-League referees panel for the upcoming season. “It is a great honour for us to have a referee of the caliber of Alireza Faghani joining the Hyundai A-League and I would like to acknowledge the contribution of Strebre Delovski – President of the PFRA who was critical to facilitating this appointment given the strength of their professional relationship,” said Nikou. “It was extremely fortuitous for us that Alireza and his family had chosen to move to Australia and it was a very easy decision for us to make to offer him a position as a match official in the Hyundai A-League. His international experience will be a huge asset for the competition and, in addition, he will be able to mentor our young, up and coming match officials as well. We look forward to seeing Alireza in action for the upcoming Hyundai A-League season,” concluded Nikou.
Faghani was excited about the new challenge of refereeing in the Hyundai A-League. “Once my family made the decision to move to Australia, it was fantastic that the opportunity to referee in the Hyundai A-League came about,” said Faghani. “It was a very big decision to leave our home country, but I am extremely thankful that I am still able to referee professionally in one of the top domestic leagues in Asia and also continue my career as an international match official. I have refereed many times in Australia and with Australian clubs so I am very familiar with the players and venues. My family and I are very much looking forward to moving to Australia and starting the next chapter of our lives”, concluded Faghani.

Source: A-League

AFC Champions League 2019 – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)

16-18 September 2019

Al Hilal – Al Ittihad
Referee: Ryuji Sato (JPN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Hiroshi Yamauchi (JPN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jun Mihara (JPN)
Additional AR 1: Hiroyuki Kimura (JPN)
Additional AR 2: Jumpei Iida (JPN)
Fourth Official: Akane Yagi (JPN)

Al Sadd – Al Nassr
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (SRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Palitha Hemathunga (SRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Sanjeeva Wellabada (SRI)
Additional AR 1: Ko Hyung-Jin (KOR)
Additional AR 2: Nivon Gamini (SRI)
Fourth Official: Yoon Kwang-Yeol (KOR)

Urawa Red Diamonds – Shanghai Sipg
Referee: Mohanad Sarray (IRQ)
Assistant Referee 1: Watheq Al-Swaiedi (IRQ)
Assistant Referee 2: Maitham Abdulzahra (IRQ)
Additional AR 1: Ali Sabah (IRQ)
Additional AR 2: Yaqoob Abdul (OMA)
Fourth Official: Ameer Hussein (IRQ)

Kashima Antlers – Guangzhou Evergrande
Referee: Ahmed Al Kaf (OMA)
Assistant Referee 1: Abu Al Amri (OMA)
Assistant Referee 2: Rashid Al Ghaithi (OMA)
Additional AR 1: Adham Makhadmeh (JOR)
Additional AR 2: Ahmed Al-Ali (JOR)
Fourth Official: Ahmad Al-Roalle (JOR)

UEFA Europa League 2019/2020 – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

19 September 2019

PSV Eindhoven – Sporting CP
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Somoláni (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Královič (SVK)
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz (TUR)

Qarabağ FK – Sevilla FC
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyy (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Semen Shlonchak (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ihor Alokhin (UKR)
Fourth Official: Yaroslav Kozyk (UKR)
Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)

Apoel FC – F91 Dudelange
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 1: Victor Mardari (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Vadim Vicol (MDA)
Fourth Official: Alexandru Tean (MDA)
Referee Observer: Michális Koukoulákis (GRE)

Dynamo Kyiv – Malmö FF
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Fourth Official: Dimitar Mečkarovski (MKD)
Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić (SRB)

FC København – FC Lugano
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Luís Campos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Álvaro Mesquita (POR)
Fourth Official: António Nobre (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Getafe – Trabzonspor
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Grega Kordež (SVN)
Fourth Official: Dejan Balažič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarský (SVK)

FC Basel – FC Krasnodar
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikko Alakare (FIN)
Fourth Official: Ville Nevalainen (FIN)
Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)

Linzer ASK – Rosenborg BK
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Sužiedėlis (LTU)
Fourth Official: Donatas Šimėnas (LTU)
Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)

Stade Rennais – Celtic FC
Referee: José Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Íñigo Prieto López (ESP)
Fourth Official: Santiago Jaime Latre (ESP)
Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)

CFR Cluj – Lazio
Referee: Daniel Stefański (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Golis (POL)
Fourth Official: Damian Sylwestrzak (POL)
Referee Observer: Rien Koopman (NED)

Eintracht Frankfurt – Arsenal FC
Referee: Davide Massa (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio (ITA)
Fourth Official: Fabrizio Pasqua (ITA)
Referee Observer: Jaap Uilenberg (NED)

Standard de Liège – Vitória SC
Referee: Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Usachov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Valeri Danchenko (RUS)
Fourth Official: Sergei Lapochkin (RUS)
Referee Observer: Robert Małek (POL)

FC Porto – BSC Young Boys
Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
Referee Observer: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)

Rangers – Feyenoord
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Diaz Perez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Pau Cebrian Devis (ESP)
Fourth Official: Jose Gonzalez Gonzalez (ESP)
Referee Observer: John Ward (IRL)

PFC Ludogorets – CSKA Moskva
Referee: Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo (BIH)
Fourth Official: Admir Šehović (BIH)
Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)

Espanyol de Barcelona – Ferencvárosi TC
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Milutin Djukić (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Vladan Todorović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Miloš Bošković (MNE)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)

KAA Gent – AS Saint Étienne
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: David Biton (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Dvir Shimon (ISR)
Fourth Official: Gal Leibovitz (ISR)
Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen (FRO)

VfL Wolfsburg – FC Oleksandriya
Referee: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Hakan Yemişken (TUR)
Fourth Official: Alper Ulusoy (TUR)
Referee Observer: Charles Agius (MLT)

AS Roma – Medipol Başakşehir
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Teodoro Sobrino Magán (ESP)
Fourth Official: José Munuera Montero (ESP)
Referee Observer: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)

Borussia Mönchengladbach – Pellets Wolfsberger
Referee: Tamás Bognár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Péter Kóbor (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Balázs Szert (HUN)
Fourth Official: Péter Solymosi (HUN)
Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif (ISR)

Slovan Bratislava – Beşiktaş JK
Referee: Kristo Tohver (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Silver Kõiv (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Aron Härsing (EST)
Fourth Official: Juri Frischer (EST)
Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP)

Wolverhampton Wanderers – SC Braga
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Hummelgaard (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Heine Sørensen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Jens Maae (DEN)
Referee Observer: Stávros Tritsónis (GRE)

FK Partizan – AZ Alkmaar
Referee: Marco Guida (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniele Bindoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Fabio Maresca (ITA)
Referee Observer: Gylfi Orrason (ISL)

Manchester United – FC Astana
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)

Referee Klossner resigns after his report was ignored

It's a hammer: Stephan Klossner (38) resigns as referee. He feels exposed because he is not believed to have been spat on by Raphael Nuzzolo. The referee’s report has been incontestable for years. What the referee notes is law. But now with Stephan Klossner, a 38-year-old referee, it is not anymore and he feels exposed. This is reported by the "Sonntag Zeitung".

It happened during the play-off game Xamax – Aarau on 30 May 2019. After 52 minutes, an Xamax player fell in the penalty area of Aarau, who was leading 3-0. Klossner gave no penalty and Raphael Nuzzolo (36) ran near him. Shortly afterwards Klossner showed him a red card. Xamax won 4-0 and the referee wrote in the report that hhe had been spat on by Nuzzolo: “I heard a corresponding noise and felt spit on my knee and hand”. Nuzzolo denies everything: “I never spat on anyone in my life spat. The truth must prevail”. There is a history among the referees, where Nuzzolo is not very popular because he complains again and again. Different with the fans and the public. The Disciplinary Committee suspended the Xamax player for four games, the first being the return leg of the play-off. Xamax then appealed the decision and the midfielder was acquitted. The referee report? Worthless. Klossner, doctor of biology and teacher at the Kanti Willisau, felt hit. He decided to stop at the end of the year. He said, "I do not need that anymore and prefer to spend the weekends differently. The motivation subsided. I do not have the puff anymore to go on and make it right for me. Why they do not believe me? What is that signal? Where does this lead to?” But how did Nuzzolo's acquittal come about? The "Sonntag Zeitung" wrote that, on 16 July, Klossner received an invitation by email for a recourse hearing on 29 July in Neuchâtel. Klossner could not appear in person, but was available by phone. The recourse court did not call him. Only the four-delegation of Xamax were allowed to speak: Nuzzolo, club president Binggeli and two lawyers. After the hearing, Nuzzolo said the offence "could not be proved", adding the reference "despite the increased credibility of the referee". The court of appeal said that “no picture showed that Nuzzolo turned his head to the referee. Also, due to the distance between him and Klossner, hardly any spit at two parts of the body could be felt and that a spitting noise in a sold-out stadium was hardly audible.” It's a big hit for Klossner.

Ernst Staehelin, the Basel lawyer who acts as president of the court, says: "The referee's report is not incontestable. If, on the basis of evidence from the accused party, the judge concludes that what is stated in the report cannot be proved, he acts accordingly. And then the verdict may come out differently." He understands Klossner and goes on: "It's like in normal life: When an accident happens on the road and ten witnesses are interviewed, you often have eleven opinions. Even a prosecutor cannot win in court as he would have hoped, but loses."

The Head of Swiss Refereeing, Dani Wermelinger, fears that now a prejudice has been created. And he says: "It is a pity that one of the best referees in Switzerland quits because of the behavior of players on the field and lack of support from the authorities." Switzerland loses a renowned referee: Klossner came in 2010 in the Super League and has been a FIFA referee since 2012.

Source: Blick

UEFA Champions League 2019/2020 – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

17-18 September 2019

Borussia Dortmund – FC Barcelona
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (ROU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Șovre (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Sebastian Colțescu (ROU)
VAR: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
AVAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
Referee Observer: Vítor Melo Pereira (POR)

Internazionale Milano – Slavia Praha
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Julien Pacelli (FRA)
Fourth Official: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
VAR: François Letexier (FRA)
AVAR: Benoît Millot (FRA)
Referee Observer: Vladimír Medved (SVK)

Olympique Lyonnais – Zenit
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Andre Marriner (ENG)
VAR: Craig Pawson (ENG)
AVAR: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
Referee Observer: Zbigniew Przesmycki (POL)

Red Bull Salzburg – KRC Genk
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth Official: Harm Osmers (GER)
VAR: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
AVAR: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Referee Observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)

SSC Napoli – Liverpool FC
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Martin Petersen (GER)
VAR: Bastian Dankert (GER)
AVAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
Referee Observer: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)

SL Benfica – RB Leipzig
Referee: Anastásios Sidirópoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Polychrónis Kostarás (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Lázaros Dimitriádis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Ioánnis Papadópoulos (GRE)
VAR: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
AVAR: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)

AFC Ajax – Lille OSC
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Novak Simović (SRB)
VAR: Christian Dingert (GER)
AVAR: Tobias Welz (GER)
Referee Observer: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)

Chelsea FC – Valencia CF
Referee: Cüneyt Çakir (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
VAR: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
AVAR: Ali Palabiyik (TUR)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)

Club Brugge – Galatasaray
Referee: Slavko Vinčič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Nejc Kajtazovič (SVN)
VAR: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
AVAR: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
Referee Observer: Michael Riley (ENG)

Olympiakós FC – Tottenham Hotspur
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Ciro Carbone (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
VAR: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
AVAR: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin (SVN)

Paris Saint Germain – Real Madrid
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
VAR: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
AVAR: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel (GER)

Bayern München – Crvena Zvezda
Referee: Robert Madden (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David Roome (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Ross (SCO)
Fourth Official: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
VAR: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR: Dennis Higler (NED)
Referee Observer: Luciano Luci (ITA)

Shakhtar Donetsk – Manchester City
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Santos (POR)
Fourth Official: Hugo Miguel (POR)
VAR: Tiago Martins (POR)
AVAR: João Pinheiro (POR)
Referee Observer: Lutz Fröhlich (GER)

GNK Dinamo – Atalanta BC
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
VAR: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP)
AVAR: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
Referee Observer: Stefan Messner (AUT)

Atlético de Madrid – Juventus FC
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Diks (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Siemen Mulder (NED)
VAR: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
AVAR: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Referee Observer: Lucílio Batista (POR)

Bayer Leverkusen – Lokomotiv Moskva
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Michał Obukowicz (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Radosław Siejka (POL)
Fourth Official: Tomasz Musiał (POL)
VAR: Paweł Gil (POL)
AVAR: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)

Rosetti: “I want to see the referees take decisions, not the VAR”

UEFA's top referees’ chief has urged officials to use pitch-side monitors instead of relying on VAR for big decisions as the Premier League endured another huge day of controversy. Roberto Rosetti wants to see his officials in the Champions League make the decisions and not 'a man in another place or city'. The Italian also admitted VARs must improve on selecting which camera angles to review following the huge error at St James' Park when Fabian Schar's handball was missed in the build-up to his equalizer for Newcastle against Watford only for broadcasters to spot the mistake later. Premier League referees are encouraged not to use the monitors in an attempt to avoid even more tedious delays although it has led to key incidents being missed such as Leicester midfielder Youri Tielemans' lunging tackle on Callum Wilson. 

'We think referees must be at the centre of the decision-making process - not the VAR,' Rosetti told the Mail on Sunday. 'I was a referee for 27 years. I want to be the person in charge of what happens on the field. That means I want to see what happened with my own eyes and then I can continue the match. I can explain to the players what has happened and I want to be at the centre of the decision. I want to see the referees take the decision. I understand we need to work to improve and reduce the time of reviews but the priority is for accuracy of decisions. I prefer a referee to watch the situation with his own eyes instead of by a man who we don't know where he is, maybe in another place or another city!' Referees in the Champions League will use the monitors for all subjective decisions like penalties and red-card offences which will leave the Premier League's top officials like Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor in the strange position of using the pitch-side screens in one competition but not the other. Mike Riley, head of the Premier League officials, last week owned up to four VAR mistakes in the opening four weeks of the season. Man City should have had a penalty when David Silva was fouled against Bournemouth, as should West Ham for a challenge on Sebastian Haller versus Norwich. Riley admitted Tielemans should have been sent off for a stamp on Wilson. None was given due to PGMOL's insistence on maintaining their high bar for what constitutes a clear and obvious error while Schar's handball was not spotted because VAR Craig Pawson did not view the crucial angle during his review. 

Rosetti, who was at the forefront of introducing VAR to Serie A and UEFA competitions, has been impressed with its implementation in the Premier League despite the early backlash. 'The Premier League and its referees are doing a good job,' he said. 'It is a young project. It needs time to be efficient, to be fast and to be the best. We need patience. The main reaction in Italy was positive because it something that related to justice, to do something good for football and to avoid mistakes. VAR cannot delete them all. There will be always discussions, always controversial situations. We cannot forget that behind the technology are human beings. These guys did their jobs on the field of play for 15-20 years and are now doing something different in front of a monitor. They need time and experience. They need to improve their skills to select the best cameras.' Rosetti believes technology will advance so much in the future that offside decisions become automatic like goal-line technology or foot faults in tennis. The Mail on Sunday revealed earlier this season that the 50 frames per second broadcast cameras used by the Premier League can have a margin of error of up to 14 inches. 'VAR is a necessary tool for modern football,' said Rosetti. 'There is no turning back now. We are using the current best technology. Of course, it is improving and probably soon we will have something more accurate, more precise. This is something the companies are working on. In three to five years it will be different. My wish for the future is to have something like automatic offside, something that can be 100 per cent accurate like goal-line technology.' 

Source: Daily Mail

CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2019 – Semi-finals (First Leg)

18-19 September 2019

Corinthians – Independiente Del Valle
Referee: Leodan Gonzalez (URU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Richard Trinidad (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Nievas (URU)
Fourth Official: Andres Matonte (URU)
VAR: Daniel Fedorczuk (URU)
AVAR 1: Piero Maza (CHI)
AVAR 2: Gabriel Popovits (URU)
VAR Observer: Dario Ubriaco (URU)
Referee Assessor: Manuel Bernal (PAR)

Colon – Atletico Mineiro
Referee: Alexis Herrera (VEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Lopez (VEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Murillo (VEN)
Fourth Official: Juan Soto (VEN)
VAR: Nicolas Gallo (COL)
AVAR 1: Gery Vargas (BOL)
AVAR 2: Alexander Guzman (COL)
VAR Observer: Jorge Osorio (CHI)
Referee Assessor: Enrique Caceres (PAR)

UEFA Youth League 2019/2020 – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

17-18 September 2019

SSC Napoli – Liverpool FC
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (MLT, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Alan Camilleri (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Christoph Francalanza (MLT)
Fourth Official: Luca Massimi (ITA)
Referee Observer: Antonio Damato (ITA)

Internazionale Milano – Slavia Praha
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Vladimir Urzică (ROU)
Fourth Official: Lorenzo Maggioni (ITA)
Referee Observer: Domenico Messina (ITA)

AFC Ajax – Lille OSC
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Sten Klaasen (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Egerd Pajustik (EST)
Fourth Official: Allard Lindhout (NED)
Referee Observer: Hans Reijgwart (NED)

Chelsea FC – Valencia CF
Referee: Paul McLaughlin (IRL)
Assistant Referee 1: Emmett Dynan (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Darragh Keegan (IRL)
Fourth Official: John Busby (ENG)
Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)

Red Bull Salzburg – KRC Genk
Referee: Kaarlo Hämäläinen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Turkka Valjakka (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Eemeli Kettunen (FIN)
Fourth Official: Stefan Ebner (AUT)
Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek (AUT)

Olympique Lyonnais – FC Zenit
Referee: Fedayi San (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Jean-Yves Wicht (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Erni (SUI)
Fourth Official: Aurélien Petit (FRA)
Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)

Borussia Dortmund – FC Barcelona
Referee: Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Niels Høg (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Ole Kronlykke (DEN)
Fourth Official: Tobias Reichel (GER)
Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn (GER)

SL Benfica – RB Leipzig
Referee: Zbyněk Proske (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Radek Kotík (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Kamil Hájek (CZE)
Fourth Official: Miguel Nogueira (POR)

Shakhtar Donetsk – Manchester City
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vladimir Gerasimov (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Edgaras Bučinskas (LTU)
Fourth Official: Dmytro Kryvushkin (UKR)
Referee Observer: Viktor Shvetsov (UKR)

Olympiakós FC – Tottenham Hotspur
Referee: Tihomir Pejin (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Tomas (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Kruno Šarić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Evángelos Manoúchos (GRE)
Referee Observer: Geórgios Bíkas (GRE)

Atlético de Madrid – Juventus FC
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Karel De Rocker (BEL)
Fourth Official: Manuel Pérez Hernández (ESP)
Referee Observer: Manuel López Fernández (ESP)

Bayer Leverkusen – Lokomotiv Moskva
Referee: Ívar Kristjánsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Birkir Sigurdarson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Kristján Ólafs (ISL)
Fourth Official: Thorben Siewer (GER)
Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)

Club Brugge – Galatasaray
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Johannes Pummerer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Jasmin Sabanovic (AUT)
Fourth Official: Kevin Debeuckelaere (BEL)

GNK Dinamo – Atalanta BC
Referee: Aristotélis Diamandópoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Konstantínos Triandafýllou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Konstantínos Psárris (GRE)
Fourth Official: Ivan Vučković (CRO)

Paris Saint Germain – Real Madrid
Referee: Stephan Klossner (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Rémy Zgraggen (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Zürcher (SUI)
Fourth Official: Romain Lissorgue (FRA)
Referee Observer: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)

Bayern München – Crvena Zvezda
Referee: Vitali Romanov (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Vitali Skoblya (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Korotin (UKR)
Fourth Official: Michael Bacher (GER)

World Cup referee Faghani plans to move to Australia

The 41-year-old Iranian referee says he has decided to migrate to Australia for his family. “My children need to continue their studies at the Australian universities. I can also officiate there. We will move to Australia within one month,” Faghani said. “After the 2018 World Cup, I wanted to spend more time with my family because I was very busy in the recent years. If I am invited to international events, I will officiate as an Iranian referee. From now on, I want to devote myself to my family,” Faghani added.

Faghani, who started his career in 1994 and became a FIFA referee in 2008, has officiated finals of the 2014 AFC Champions League, 2015 AFC Asian Cup, 2015 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Football Tournament. The 2016 AFC Referee of the Year built on the experience and officiated in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final and was also tasked with the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Asian play-off match between Syria and Australia. In the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Faghani officiated Germany - Mexico, Serbia - Brazil and France - Argentina matches. He was also chosen to referee third-place match between Belgium and England.

Source: Tehran Times

Canadian referee appointed to French Trophée des Championnes

Coming off her recent performance at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, Canadian referee Marie-Soleil Beaudoin has received a prestigious appointment to the inaugural Trophée des Championnes. The Fédération Française de Football (FFF) women’s football Cup competition will be played in Guingamp, France, on Saturday, 21 September, between League 1 winners Olympique Lyonnais and Coupe de France winners Paris Saint-Germain.

“Marie Soleil-Beaudoin has admirably represented Canada at the highest stages of world football and this appointment is evidence of the impression that her performances have made,” said Peter Montopoli, Canada Soccer General Secretary. “We were pleased to have been contacted by Fédération Française de Football regarding her availability for their new competition and wish Marie-Soleil the best as she departs for France.” A FIFA List official since 2014, Beaudoin was appointed to France 2019 and was the referee in charge of four matches including the semi-final between Netherlands and Sweden. Beaudoin also refereed the final of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018.

Source: Canada Soccer

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2019/2020 – Round of 32 (First Leg)

11-12 September 2019

FC Minsk – FC Zürich Frauen
Referee: Tess Olofsson (SWE, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Josefin Aronsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Emelie Elfstrand (SWE)
Fourth Official: Sara Persson (SWE)
Referee Observer: Gyöngyi Gaál (HUN)

WFC Ryazan – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Yelena Alistratova (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Nargis Magau (KAZ)
Fourth Official: Voĺha Ciareška (BLR)
Referee Observer: Ana Minić (SRB)

KS Vllaznia – Fortuna Hjørring
Referee: Reelika Turi (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Karolin Kaivoja (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Anni Rahula (EST)
Fourth Official: Nadežda Polkovnikova (EST)
Referee Observer: Carolina De Boeck (BEL)

WFC Chertanovo – Glasgow City FC
Referee: Petra Pavlíková (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Mária Súkeníková (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Lenka Pavlačková (SVK)
Fourth Official: Miriama Matulová (SVK)
Referee Observer: Knarik Grigoryan (ARM)

KFF Mitrovica – VfL Wolfsburg
Referee: Tinna Christensen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Sidsel Rasmussen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Nanna Andersen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Frederikke Søkjær (DEN)
Referee Observer: Dilan Gökçek (TUR)

Kopparbergs Göteborg – Bayern München
Referee: Olga Zadinová (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Lucie Ratajová (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Nikola Šafránková (CZE)
Fourth Official: Tereza Hessová (CZE)
Referee Observer: Nelly Viennot (FRA)

Pitea DFF – Brøndby IF
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Judit Kulcsár (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Noémi Baráth (HUN)
Fourth Official: Katalin Sipos (HUN)
Referee Observer: Eléni Kyríou (GRE)

SKN St. Pölten – FC Twente
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Ekaterina Kurochkina (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Sabina Valiyeva (RUS)
Fourth Official: Aleksandra Ponomariova (RUS)
Referee Observer: Hilda McDermott (IRL)

Juventus – FC Barcelona
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Maryna Striletska (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandra Ardasheva (UKR)
Fourth Official: Anastasiya Romanyuk (UKR)
Referee Observer: Ilonka Dzhaleva (BUL)

Hibernian Ladies – Slavia Praha
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Eliana Fernández González (ESP)
Fourth Official: Marta Frías Acedo (ESP)
Referee Observer: Esther Azzopardi Farrugia (MLT)

Breidablik – Sparta Praha
Referee: Eléni Antoníou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Chrysoúla Kourompýlia (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Zoí Papadopoúlou (GRE)
Fourth Official: Iríni Pingíou (GRE)
Referee Observer: Ingrid Jonsson (SWE)

Fiorentina Women's – Arsenal Ladies
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Sanja Rodak-Karšić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Maja Petravić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Vesna Budimir (CRO)
Referee Observer: Irina Mîrț (ROU)

Spartak Subotica – Atlético de Madrid
Referee: Cheryl Foster (WAL)
Assistant Referee 1: Laura Griffiths (WAL)
Assistant Referee 2: Ceri Williams (WAL)
Fourth Official: Tanja Subotič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Blaženka Logarušić (CRO)

RSC Anderlecht – BIIK Kazygurt
Referee: Rebecca Welch (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Sian Massey-Ellis (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Helen Byrne (ENG)
Fourth Official: Abigail Byrne (ENG)
Referee Observer: Jenny Palmqvist (SWE)

SC Braga – Paris Saint Germain
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tonja Paavola (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Heini Hyvönen (FIN)
Fourth Official: Ifeoma Kulmala (FIN)
Referee Observer: Bente Skogvang (NOR)

FF Lugano – Manchester City
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paulina Baranowska (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Karolina Skalska (POL)
Fourth Official: Anna Adamska (POL)
Referee Observer: Anja Kunick (GER)

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers – AFC (Round 2, Matchday 2)

8-10 September 2019

Kuwait – Australia
Referee: Muhammad Bin Jahari (SIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Koh Min Kiat (SIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdul Hasim (SIN)
Fourth Official: Khaled Al Taries (KSA)

Guam – Philippines
Referee: Kim Woo-Sung (KOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kang Dong-Ho (JPN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jang Jong-Pil (JPN)
Fourth Official: Razlan Ali (MAS)

Maldives – China
Referee: Turki Al Khudair (KSA)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohammed Al Abkari (KSA)
Assistant Referee 2: Khalaf Al Shamari (KSA)
Fourth Official: Hettikamkanamge Perera (SRI)

Chinese Taipei – Nepal
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (OMA)
Assistant Referee 1: Abdullah Al Jardani (OMA)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdullah Al Shammakhi (OMA)
Fourth Official: Said Al Majarafi (OMA)

Cambodia – Bahrain
Referee: Nivon Gamini (SRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Priyanga Palliya (SRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Iran Kasthotage (SRI)
Fourth Official: Baraa Aisha (PAL)

Hong Kong – Iran
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (JPN)
Assistant Referee 1: Satoshi Karakami (JPN)
Assistant Referee 2: Ryo Hirama (JPN)
Fourth Official: Suhaizi Bin Shukri (MAS)

Yemen – Saudi Arabia
Referee: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (THA)
Assistant Referee 1: Rawut Nakrit (THA)
Assistant Referee 2: Tanate Chuchuen (TAH)
Fourth Official: Pranjal Banerjee (IND)

Singapore – Palestine
Referee: Yu Ming-Hsun (TPE)
Assistant Referee 1: Kuo Chan Yu (TPE)
Assistant Referee 2: Chen Howard (TPE)
Fourth Official: Chen Hsin-Chuan (TPE)

Afghanistan – Bangladesh
Referee: Lei Zhang (CHN)
Assistant Referee 1: Song Xiangyun (CHN)
Assistant Referee 2: Ma Ji (CHN)
Fourth Official: Sadullo Gulmurodi (TJK)

Qatar – India
Referee: Muhammad Nasaruddin (MAS)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohd Yusri (MAS)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohd Muazi (MAS)
Fourth Official: Mohd Yaacob (MAS)

Mongolia – Tajikistan
Referee: Hanna Hattab (SYR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ali Ahmad (SYR)
Assistant Referee 2: Mazen Zazfoun (SYR)
Fourth Official: Choe Kwang-Hyon (KOR)

Myanmar – Japan
Referee: Ahmad Ibrahim (JOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Yman Obeidat (JOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmad Muhsen (JOR)
Fourth Official: Clifford Daypuyat (PHI)

Indonesia – Thailand
Referee: Ma Ning (CHN)
Assistant Referee 1: Shi Xiang (CHN)
Assistant Referee 2: Cao Yi (CHN)
Fourth Official: Hussein Yehia (LIB)

Malaysia – UAE
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (JPN)
Assistant Referee 1: Shinji Ochi (JPN)
Assistant Referee 2: Isao Nishihashi (JPN)
Fourth Official: Minoru Tojo (JPN)

Turkmenistan – Korea
Referee: Ammar Al Jeneibi (UAE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ahmed Al Rashedi (UAE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jasem Al Ali (UAE)
Fourth Official: Omar Al Ali (UAE)

Sri Lanka – Korea DPR
Referee: Timur Faizullin (KGZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Sergei Grishcenko (KGZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Ismailzhan Talipzhanov (KGZ)
Fourth Official: Dmitri Mashentsev (KGZ)

Concacaf Nations League 2019/2020 – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

8-10 September 2019

League A

Trinidad and Tobago – Martinique
Referee: Diego Montano (MEX, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Clenton Daniel (GRN)
Assistant Referee 2: Iroots Appleton (ATG)
Fourth Official: Johannes Dolaini (SUR)
Referee Assessor: Juan Guerra (GUA)

Panama – Bermuda
Referee: Nitzar Sandoval (NCA)
Assistant Referee 1: Emmanuel Aguirre (NCA)
Assistant Referee 2: Keytzel Corrales (NCA)
Fourth Official: Kevin Morrison (JAM)
Referee Assessor: Juan Rangel (MEX)

Haiti – Curacao
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Gerson Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Rene Ochoa (GUA)
Fourth Official: Trevester Richards (SKN)

Cuba – Canada
Referee: Mario Escobar (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Humberto Panjoj (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marvin Diaz (GUA)
Fourth Official: Daneon Parchment (JAM)

League B

St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Dominica
Referee: Sherwin Johnson (GUY)
Assistant Referee 1: Kleon Lindey (GUY)
Assistant Referee 2: Kevin Stephens (GUY)
Fourth Official: Gladwyn Johnson (GUY)
Referee Assessor: Jorge Gasso (MEX)

Belize – Grenada
Referee: Erick Lezama (NCA)
Assistant Referee 1: Henri Pupiro (NCA)
Assistant Referee 2: Horacio Molina (NCA)
Fourth Official: John Pitti (PAN)
Referee Assessor: Mauricio Morales (MEX)

Suriname – Nicaragua
Referee: Bryan Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Julian Mendez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Tipaz (GUA)
Fourth Official: Marco Ortiz (MEX)
Referee Assessor: Brendan Barry (USA)

St. Kitts and Nevis – French Guyana
Referee: Melvin Matamoros (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Jesus Tabora (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Omar Leiva (HON)
Fourth Official: Selvin Brown (HON)
Referee Assessor : Raul Reyes (MEX)

Antigua and Barbuda – Aruba
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Kyle Atkins (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Nicholas Uranga (USA)
Fourth Official: Nima Saghafi (USA)
Referee Assessor: Miguel Reynoso (MEX)

Guyana – Jamaica
Referee: William Anderson (PUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Jairo Morales (PUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Caleb Wales (TRI)
Fourth Official: Wilson Da Costa (BAH)
Referee Assessor: Jorge Gasso (MEX)

Montserrat – St. Lucia
Referee: Nelson Salgado (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Melvyn Cruz (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Roney Salinas (HON)
Fourth Official: Keylor Herrera (CRC)

Dominican Republic – El Salvador
Referee: Oshane Nation (JAM)

League C

Puerto Rico – Guatemala
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: David Moran (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Geovany Garcia (SLV)
Fourth Official: Ivan Barton (SLV)
Referee Assessor: Arturo Angeles (MEX)

Bahamas – Bonaire
Referee: Ricangel De Leca (ARU)
Assistant Referee 1: Dwight Cummings (CAY)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Mora (CRC)
Fourth Official: Adonai Escobedo (MEX)
Referee Assessor: Daniel Belleau (CAN)

Cayman Islands – Barbados
Referee: Luis Santander (MEX)

Turks and Caicos – Guadeloupe
Referee: Jose Torres (PUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Limanuel Sola (PUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Fourth Official: Joel Aguilar (SLV)

UEFA U-21 Euro 2021 Qualifiers (Matchday 4)

9-10 September 2019

Iceland – Armenia
Referee: Igor Pajač (CRO, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivica Modrić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Zobenica (CRO)
Fourth Official: Fran Jović (CRO)
Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)

Albania – Austria
Referee: Petri Viljanen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Ville Koskiniemi (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Riku Vihreävuori (FIN)
Fourth Official: Joni Hyytiä (FIN)
Referee Observer: Vencel Tóth (HUN)

England – Kosovo
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mikael Hallin (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist (SWE)
Fourth Official: Victor Wolf (SWE)
Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin (SVN)

Kazakhstan – Israel
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 1: Vanik Simonyan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 2: Artur Gdlyan (ARM)
Fourth Official: Suren Baliyan (ARM)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

North Macedonia – Faroe Islands
Referee: Jason Lee Barcelo (GIB)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Parody (GIB)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Gordillo (GIB)
Fourth Official: Patrick Canepa (GIB)
Referee Observer: Kostadin Gerginov (BUL)

Greece – Lithuania
Referee: Besfort Kasumi (KVX)
Assistant Referee 1: Edmond Zeqiri (KVX)
Assistant Referee 2: Fatmir Sekiraqa (KVX)
Fourth Official: Erdall Zasella (KVX)
Referee Observer: Vladimír Medved (SVK)

Ukraine – Malta
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Rejdi Avdo (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Alfred Shkreta (ALB)
Fourth Official: Emirjon Sino (ALB)
Referee Observer: Asim Xudiyev (AZE)

Poland – Estonia
Referee: Rohit Saggi (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Morten Jensen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Geir Isaksen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Kristoffer Hagenes (NOR)
Referee Observer: Mika Peltola (FIN)

Finland – Northern Ireland
Referee: Julian Weinberger (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Nemetz (AUT)
Fourth Official: Josef Spurny (AUT)
Referee Observer: Gevorg Hovhannisyan (ARM)

Italy – Luxembourg
Referee: Peter Kjaersgaard (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jesper Dahl (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Victor Skytte (DEN)
Fourth Official: Morten Krogh (DEN)
Referee Observer: Christer Fällström (SWE)

Sweden – Ireland
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Grega Kordež (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomislav Pospeh (SVN)
Fourth Official: Asmir Sagrkovič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller (AUT)

Liechtenstein – Switzerland
Referee: Paul McLaughlin (IRL)
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Clarke (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Eoin Harte (IRL)
Fourth Official: Graham Kelly (IRL)
Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP)

Azerbaijan – Georgia
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (LUX)
Assistant Referee 1: Claude Ries (LUX)
Assistant Referee 2: David Santos (LUX)
Fourth Official: Alex Krueger (LUX)
Referee Observer: Aleksei Spirin (RUS)

Denmark – Romania
Referee: Erez Papir (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Sagi Metzamber (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tom Adi (ISR)
Fourth Official: Liran Liani (ISR)
Referee Observer: Plarent Kotherja (ALB)

Serbia – Latvia
Referee: Keith Kennedy (NIR)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephen Donaldson (NIR)
Assistant Referee 2: Georgios Argyropoulos (NIR)
Fourth Official: Andrew Davey (NIR)
Referee Observer: Luc Wilmes (LUX)

Netherlands – Cyprus
Referee: Denys Shurman (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Zhukov (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Matyash (UKR)
Fourth Official: Oleksandr Derdo (UKR)
Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)

Belarus – Portugal
Referee: Ioánnis Papadópoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Konstantínos Nikolaḯdis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Dimítrios Natsiópoulos (GRE)
Fourth Official: Athanásios Tzílos (GRE)
Referee Observer: Vadims Direktorenko (LVA)

Bulgaria – Russia
Referee: Urs Schnyder (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Köbeli (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Zürcher (SUI)
Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (SUI)
Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez (ESP)

Spain – Montenegro
Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksei Vorontsov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Vladislav Nazarov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vasili Kazartsev (RUS)
Referee Observer: Igor Pristovnik (CRO)

Croatia – Scotland
Referee: Michal Očenáš (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Vorel (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Michal Tomčík (SVK)
Fourth Official: Boris Marhefka (SVK)
Referee Observer: Aleksandr Gvardis (RUS)

Belgium – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Volen Chinkov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Petar Dzhuganski (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Deniz Sokolov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Nikola Popov (BUL)
Referee Observer: Jan Carlsen (DEN)

Wales – Germany
Referee: Tomasz Musial (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Mucha (POL)
Fourth Official: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
Referee Observer: Milan Karadžić (SRB)

International Friendly Matches

6-10 September 2019

Korea – Georgia
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Esat Sancaktar (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ibrahim Uyarcan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Ümit Öztürk (TUR)

Montenegro – Hungary
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Fourth Official: Jovan Kaludjerović (MNE)

Northern Ireland – Luxembourg
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (WAL)
Assistant Referee 1: Gareth Jones (WAL)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Roberts (WAL)
Fourth Official: Ian McNabb (NIR)

Wales – Belarus
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Wayne McDonnell (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Gavin (IRL)

Ukraine – Nigeria
Referee: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio (ITA)
Fourth Official: Vitali Romanov (UKR)

Ireland – Bulgaria
Referee: Tobias Welz (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Häcker (GER)

Chile – Argentina
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Rockwell (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Anderson (USA)
Fourth Official: Ted Unkel (USA)

Brazil – Colombia
Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Parker (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Wienckowski (USA)
Fourth Official: Ted Unkel (USA)

Peru – Ecuador
Referee: Armando Villarreal (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alejandro Mariscal (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Apolinar Mariscal (USA)
Fourth Official: Jorge Perez (MEX)

USA – Mexico
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Mangandi (SLV)
Fourth Official: Ivan Cisneros (SLV)

Costa Rica – Uruguay
Referee: Daneon Parchment (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicholas Andersson (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Ojay Duhaney (JAM)
Fourth Official: Juan Calderon (CRC)

Honduras – Puerto Rico
Referee: Mario Escobar (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: David Moran (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Geovany Garcia (SLV)
Fourth Official: Nelson Salgado (HON)

Japan – Paraguay
Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (KOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Song Bong-Geun (KOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kang Dong-Ho (KOR)
Fourth Official: Minoru Tojo (JAP)

Cote d’Ivoire – Benin
Referee: Frank Schneider (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Benjamin Pages (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Djemel Zitouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Mehdi Mokhtari (FRA)

Tunisia – Mauritania
Referee: Ibrahim El Din (EGY)
Assistant Referee 1: Ahmed Taha (EGY)
Assistant Referee 2: Samir Saad (EGY)
Fourth Official: Hicham Guirat (TUN)

Morocco – Burkina Faso
Referee: Alioune Sandigui (SEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Elvis Noupue (CMR)
Assistant Referee 2: Thierry Tocke (CMR)
Fourth Official: Hicham Tiazi (MAR)

Kenya – Uganda
Referee: Peter Waweru (KEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Gilbert Cheruiyot (KEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Yiembe (KEN)
Fourth Official: Anthony Ogwayo (KEN)

Morocco – Niger
Referee: Helder Martins (ANG)
Assistant Referee 1: Jerson Dos Santos (ANG)
Assistant Referee 2: Julio Da Silva (ANG)
Fourth Official: Karim Sabry (MAR)

USA – Uruguay
Referee: Ricardo Montero (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: William Arrieta (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Octavio Jara (CRC)
Fourth Official: Benjamin Pineda (CRC)

Brazil – Peru
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Rockwell (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Anderson (USA)

Colombia – Venezuela
Referee: Ted Unkel (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Adam Wienckowski (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Apolinar Mariscal (USA)
Fourth Official: Reon Radix (GRN)

Argentina – Mexico
Referee: Hector Martinez (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Ramirez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Walter Lopez (HON)
Fourth Official: Oliver Vergara (PAN)

Honduras – Chile
Referee: Juan Calderon (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Montes (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Emmanuel Alvarado (CRC)
Fourth Official: Raul Castro (HON)

Ecuador – Bolivia
Referee: Nicolas Gallo (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Sebastian Vela (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Roldan (COL)
Fourth Official: Luis Quiroz (ECU)