UEFA Women's Champions League 2020/2021 – Quarter-finals

31 March - 1 April 2021

Olympique Lyonnais – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Katalin Kulcsar (HUN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Katalin Török (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Anita Vad (HUN)
Fourth Official: Eszter Urban (HUN)
Referee Observer: Silvia Spinelli (ITA)

VfL Wolfsburg – Chelsea FCW
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Iulia Petrova (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Karolin Kaivoja (EST)
Fourth Official: Vera Opeykina (RUS)
Referee Observer: Gitte Holm (DEN)

Manchester City WFC – FC Barcelona
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paulina Baranowska (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Katarzyna Wojs (POL)
Fourth Official: Ewa Augustyn (POL)
Referee Observer: Ingrid Jonsson (SWE)

FC Rosengard – Bayern München
Referee: Olga Zadinova (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Maria Sukenikova (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso (ESP)
Fourth Official: Jana Adamkova (CZE)
Referee Observer: Esther Azzopardi Farrugia (MLT)

Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying Final 2021: Parchment (JAM)

30 March 2021

Honduras – Mexico
Referee: Daneon Parchment (JAM, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicholas Anderson (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Anderson (USA)
Fourth Official: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Reserve AR: Henri Pupiro (NCA)

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers – AFC (Round 2, Matchday 7)

28-30 March 2021

Tajikistan – Mongolia
Referee: Ali Al Qaysi (IRQ, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Hayder Ubaydee (IRQ)
Assistant Referee 2: Ameer Hussein (IRQ)
Fourth official: Zaid Mohammed (IRQ)

Saudi Arabia – Palestine
Referee: Mohanad Sarray (IRQ)
Assistant Referee 1: Watheq Al Swaiedi (IRQ)
Assistant Referee 2: Maytham Al Gburi (IRQ)
Fourth Official: Yousif Hassan (IRQ)

Mongolia – Japan
Referee: Omar Al Ali (UAE)
Assistant Referee 1: Jasem Al Ali (UAE)
Assistant Referee 2: Sabet Al Ali (UAE)
Fourth Official: Rowan Arumughan (IND)

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers – UEFA (Matchday 3)

30-31 March 2021

Cyprus – Slovenia
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE)
Referee Assessor: Jaap Uilenberg (NED)

Azerbaijan – Serbia
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: David Biton (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Sagy Metzamber (ISR)
Fourth Official: David Fuxman (ISR)
Referee Assessor: Ichko Lozev (BUL)

Luxembourg – Portugal
Referee: Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Usachev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Dmitry Safyan (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vitali Meshkov (RUS)
Referee Assessor: Michalis Koukoulakis (GRE)

Wales – Czech Republic
Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Radu Petrescu (ROU)
Referee Assessor: Cyril Zimmermann (SUI)

Belgium – Belarus
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radius (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Sužiedelis (LTU)
Fourth Official: Robertas Valikonis (LTU)
Referee Assessor: Juan Fernandez Marin (ESP)

Gibraltar – Netherlands
Referee: Joao Pinheiro (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Tiago Costa (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Ribeiro (POR)
Fourth Official: Vitor Ferreira (POR)
Referee Assessor: Thomas Einwaller (AUT)

Montenegro – Norway
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Referee Assessor: Drago Kos (SVN)

Turkey – Latvia
Referee: Daniel Stefanski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Michal Obukowicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (GRE)
Referee Assessor: Peter Sippel (GER)

Slovakia – Russia
Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Fourth Official: Jose Sanchez Martinez (ESP)
Referee Assessor: Miroslav Liba (CZE)

Croatia – Malta
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Sladjan Josipović (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Matthias Sbrissa (SUI)
Fourth Official: Lukas Fähndrich (SUI)
Referee Assessor: Jorn-West Larsen (DEN)

Armenia – Romania
Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonnikovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Vitalijs Spasjonnikovs (LVA)
Referee Assessor: Vitor Melo Pereira (POR)

Greece – Georgia
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Boniek (POL)
Fourth Official: Pawel Gil (POL)
Referee Assessor: Domenico Messina (ITA)

Spain – Kosovo
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Hummelgaard (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Heine Sorensen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Jens Maae (DEN)
Referee Assessor: John Ward (IRL)

Lithuania – Italy
Referee: Pawel Raczkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Radoslaw Siejka (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik (POL)
Fourth Official: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Referee Assessor: David Fernandez Borbalan (ESP)

Northern Ireland – Bulgaria
Referee: Igal Frid (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Nati Dotan (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Matityahu Yakobov (ISR)
Fourth Official: Snir Levy (ISR)
Referee Assessor: Kenneth Clark (SCO)

Bosnia and Herzegovina – France
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Referee Assessor: Rune Pedersen (NOR)

Ukraine – Kazakhstan
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Grega Kordež (SVN)
Fourth Official: Slavko Vinčič (SVN)
Referee Assessor: Dejan Filipović (SRB)

Moldova – Israel
Referee: Bojan Pandžić (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Allheim (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Robin Wilde (SWE)
Fourth Official: Kaspar Sjöberg (SWE)
Referee Assessor: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)

Scotland – Faroe Islands
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (MLT)
Assistant Referee 1: Luke Portelli (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Vella (MLT)
Fourth Official: Ishmael Barbar (MLT)
Referee Assessor: Michal Beneš (CZE)

Austria – Denmark
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Soares (POR)
Fourth Official: Hugo Miguel (POR)
Referee Assessor: Jouni Hyytia (FIN)

San Marino – Albania
Referee: Kai Erik Steen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Anders Olav Dale (NOR)
Fourth Official: Rohit Saggi (NOR)
Referee Assessor: Emil Bozhinovski (MKD)

Andorra – Hungary
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Gylfi Sigurdsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Birkir Sigurdsson (ISL)
Fourth Official: Ivar Kristjansson (ISL)
Referee Assessor: Guy Goethals (BEL)

England – Poland
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rogier Honig (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Allard Lindhout (NED)
Referee Assessor: Sascha Amhof (SUI)

Liechtenstein – Iceland
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Klyve (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikael Hallin (SWE)
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck (SWE)
Referee Assessor: Lucilio Batista (POR)

Germany – North Macedonia
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vladimir Moskalev (RUS)
Referee Assessor: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)

Referee Makkelie apologized to Portugal for disallowed goal

The referee at the centre of Portugal's 2022 World Cup qualifying row has revealed he apologised for an error of judgement in refusing to award Cristiano Ronaldo's late strike against Serbia. With the match finely poised at 2-2 it appeared Ronaldo had secured three vital points when he rounded goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic to score. Defender Stefan Mitrovic raced to clear on the goal line and hacked the ball away, leaving the officials to declare it had not gone over the line and to continue playing. The decision caused Ronaldo to storm off, furious at the officiating, and he could face retrospective sanctions from FIFA.

Referee Danny Makkelie was hounded by Portugal's players and management staff but he did not change his view that the ball had in fact not crossed the line. “All I can say is that I apologised to the national coach, Mr. Fernando Santos, and to the Portuguese team for what happened”, Makkelie told Portuguese newspaper A Bola. “As a refereeing team, we always work hard to make good decisions. When we are in the news this way, it does not make us happy at all.”

Portugal boss Fernando Santos claimed that Makkelie told him he was 'embarrassed' at the final whistle. “The referee apologized to me in the booth and told me he was embarrassed”, Santos said. “I was in the dressing room with him and apologized to me.” 

Makkelie and his colleagues were vilified by the Portuguese press over the weekend, with front pages talking up a 'theft' and also singing the praises of 'VAR, sweet VAR'. In the eyes of Ronaldo, the decision not to award the goal left an 'entire nation harmed'.

Source: Daily Mail

UEFA U-21 Euro 2021 – Group Stage (Matches 17-24)

30-31 March 2021

Netherlands – Hungary
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Fourth Official: Espen Eskas (NOR)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Medved (SVK)

Germany – Romania
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Inigo Prieto Lopez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Naranjo Perez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Adam Farkas (HUN)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

Spain – Czech Republic
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (GEO)
Assistant Referee 1: Levan Varamishvili (GEO)
Assistant Referee 2: Zaza Pipia (GEO)
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)

Italy – Slovenia
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Jakub Winkler (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Golis (POL)
Fourth Official: Horatiu Fesnic (ROU)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

Iceland – France
Referee: Lawrence Visser (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Ruben Wyns (BEL)
Fourth Official: Espen Eskas (NOR)
Referee Observer: Sandor Piller (HUN)

Denmark – Russia
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniele Bindoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Adam Farkas (HUN)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

Croatia – England
Referee: Harms Osmers (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Dominik Schaal (GER)
Fourth Official: Horatiu Fesnic (ROU)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

Switzerland – Portugal
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderqvist (SWE)
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)

Aytekin: from least to most popular referee in Germany

Making decisions - and above all: making the right decision - is not that easy. On the contrary: it takes a lot of personal development. Deniz Aytekin is a referee in the Bundesliga and has experienced for himself what it means to learn from mistakes. In his brand new keynote, the speaker reveals how you can live up to your decisions - and why you can be warm and emotional and still be accepted, regardless of whether you are a referee, manager, mediator or another decision-maker. He also explains how you can strengthen your inner attitude and how other people will have more respect for your decisions in the future.

“Deciding is an inner attitude. You can also decide with your heart, because you can be objective and neutral, and still emphatic. Collina said ‘you don’t need luck; you have to be prepared‘. That means that, if you prepare your decisions well, communicatively, explain them appropriately and live up to them, then you experience acceptance." Aytekin said that, in spite of his hard work, he was the least popular referee in Bundesliga, according to Kicker, in 2011. Then he met former Turkish FIFA referee Bülent Yildirim in 2015, in Palma de Mallorca, where they discussed about developing his personality through body language, gestures, words, mimics. As a result, Aytekin was chosen the German Referee of the Year in 2019 and Kicker ranked him the most popular Bundesliga referee in 2020.

Source: Greator

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers – Concacaf (Round 1, Matchday 3)

 30 March 2021

Barbados – Anguilla
Referee: Diego Montano (MEX, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Martinez (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Pablo Hernandez (MEX)
Fourth Official: William Anderson (PUR)
Referee Assessor: Victor Stewart (JAM)

Belize – Turks and Caicos
Referee: Nima Saghafi (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Logan Brown (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Limanuel Sola (PUR)
Fourth Official: Marco Ortiz (MEX)
Referee Assessor: Rohan Thobourne (JAM)

Guyana – Bahamas
Referee: Sergio Reyna (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Julian Mendez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Ventura (GUA)
Fourth Official: Walter Lopez (GUA)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines – British Virgin Islands
Referee: Henry Bejarano (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Ramirez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Jade Salamatin (ARU)
Fourth Official: Ricangel de Leca (ARU)

Grenada – US Virgin Islands
Referee: Sherwin Johnson (GUY)
Assistant Referee 1: Kleon Wendell (GUY)
Assistant Referee 2: Keytzell Corrales (NCA)
Fourth Official: Ariel Sanchez (PAN)

Bermuda – Aruba
Referee: Jaime Herrera (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Douglas Bermudez (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Fourth Official: Odette Hamilton (JAM)

Referee loses all his teeth after being beaten to pulp by angry fans

Match officials refereeing a Ghanaian Division One match were beaten severely by fans which resulted in the referee losing all his teeth. The match between Mighty Royals and Tano Bofoakwa which took place on March 28, 2021 at the Wamanafo Park in Dormaa in the Bono Region of Ghana took a drastic yet unpalatable turn when angry fans descended on match officials over poor officiating. The match which abruptly ended in a goalless draw saw referee Naitre Suntuo Aziz receive the lion share of the beatings from the crowd.

According to the video footage, the fans were heard vowing to beat the match officials to death after the pitch was invaded and the match officials assaulted. It took the intervention of the overpowered police and security officials to rescue these poor powerless match officials from the claws of these hungry fans. They were escorted into their dressing room after sustaining varying degrees of physical abuse and injuries. The match officials who were attacked are referee Niatre Suntuo Aziz, assistant referees Sumleman Mohammed and Yakubu Abdul and fourth official Hasim Yakubu.

While the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has earlier ordered for fans not to be present at the stadiums and match centres due to the coming into force of the Covid-induced restrictions, the fans still found their way to the park and this barbaric incident gives meaning to how low Ghana’s football has sunk and how volatile our national security has become. According to history, matches between these two sides have always shown instances of hooliganism and outright abuse of power. The home team and their fans usually capitalize on this advantage to either beat match officials or cleverly manipulate the games in their favour.

Source: GHbase

CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2021 Qualifiers – Group Stage (Matchday 6)

28-30 March 2021

Tunisia – Equatorial Guinea
Referee: Jean Ndala (COD, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Olivier Safari (COD)
Assistant Referee 2: Guylain Bongele (COD)
Fourth Official: Yannick Kabanga (COD)

Sudan – South Africa
Referee: Helder Martins (ANG)
Assistant Referee 1: Jerson Dos Santos (ANG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ivanildo Lopes (ANG)
Fourth Official: Jose Alvaro (ANG)

Namibia – Guinea
Referee: Norman Matemera (ZIM)
Assistant Referee 1: Salani Ncube (ZIM)
Assistant Referee 2: Thomas Kusosa (ZIM)
Fourth Official: Lawrence Zimondi (ZIM)

Ghana – Sao Tome and Principe
Referee: Souleiman Djama (DJI)
Assistant Referee 1: Cortel Dodometin (BEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Rachid Bouraleh (DJI)
Fourth Official: Saddam Mansour (DJI)

Tanzania – Libya
Referee: Hassan Hagi (SOM)
Assistant Referee 1: Hamza Abdi (SOM)
Assistant Referee 2: Bashir Suleiman (SOM)
Fourth Official: Ahmed Hussein (DJI)

Algeria – Botswana
Referee: Jean Ouattara (BFA)
Assistant Referee 1: Seydou Tiama (BFA)
Assistant Referee 2: Habib Sanou (BFA)
Fourth Official: Vincent Kabore (BFA)

Malawi – Uganda
Referee: Celso Alvacao (MOZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Arsenio Marengula (MOZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Olivio Saimone (MOZ)
Fourth Official: Simoes Guambe (MOZ)

Burkina Faso – South Sudan
Referee: George Rogers (LBR)
Assistant Referee 1: Johnson Gbartea (LBR)
Assistant Referee 2: Abraham Fahbulleh (LBR)
Fourth Official: Jerry Yekeh (LBR)

Angola – Gabon
Referee: Imtehaz Heeralall (MRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Fabien Cauvelet (MRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jeff Pithia (MRI)
Fourth Official: Dharamveer Hurbungs (MRI)

DR Congo – Gambia
Referee: Amin Omar (EGY)
Assistant Referee 1: Mahmoud El Regal (EGY)
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Taha (EGY)
Fourth Official: Ahmed Al Ghandour (EGY)

Togo – Kenya
Referee: Raymond Coker (SLE)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Conteh (SLE)
Assistant Referee 2: Musa Sandy (SLE)
Fourth Official: Swahib Bangura (SLE)

Egypt – Comoros
Referee: Boubou Traore (MLI)
Assistant Referee 1: Baba Yomboliba (MLI)
Assistant Referee 2: Amadou Guisse (MLI)
Fourth Official: Gaoussou Kane (MLI)

Zimbabwe – Zambia
Referee: Retselisitsoe Molise (LES)
Assistant Referee 1: Souru Phatsoane (LES)
Assistant Referee 2: Lesupi Puputla (LES)
Fourth Official: Lebalang Mokete (LES)

Central African Republic – Mauritania
Referee: Mahamat Allaou (CHA)
Assistant Referee 1: Issa Yaya (CHA)
Assistant Referee 2: Kriga Abdoulaye (CHA)
Fourth Official: Alfred Pousri (CHA)

Morocco – Burundi
Referee: Blaise Ngwa (CMR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rodrigue Mpele (CMR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ronalde Metoul (CMR)
Fourth Official: Antoine Essouma (CMR)

Mozambique – Cape Verde
Referee: Messie Nkounkou (CGO)
Assistant Referee 1: Danek Moutsassi (CGO)
Assistant Referee 2: Roul Ntsele (CGO)
Fourth Official: Jean Bissila (CGO)

Cameroon – Rwanda
Referee: Mohamed Moussa (NIG)
Assistant Referee 1: Mahamadou Yahaya (NIG)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdoul Saley (NIG)
Fourth Official: Zakari Oumarou (NIG)

Guinea Bissau – Congo
Referee: Kouassi Attiogbe (TOG)
Assistant Referee 1: Komlan Adiwotso (TOG)
Assistant Referee 2: Limna Kabassima (TOG)
Fourth Official: Yelebodom Bodjona (TOG)

Senegal – Eswatini
Referee: Sekou Toure (GUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Sidiki Sidibe (GUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Mamady Tere (GUI)
Fourth Official: Younoussa Camara (GUI)

Madagascar – Niger
Referee: Eric Otogo Castane (GAB)
Assistant Referee 1: Urbain Ndong (GAB)
Assistant Referee 2: Felix Eyaga (GAB)
Fourth Official: Isidore Nze (GAB)

Cote d’Ivoire – Ethiopia
Referee: Charles Bulu (GHA)
Assistant Referee 1: Gilbert Cheruiyot (KEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Kwasi Brobbey (GHA)
Fourth Official: Kouassi Biro (CIV)

Sierra Leone – Benin
Referee: Joseph Ogabor (NGA)
Assistant Referee 1: Samuel Pwadutakam (NGA)
Assistant Referee 2: Efosa Igudia (NGA)
Fourth Official: Bashir Salisu (NGA)

Nigeria – Lesotho
Referee: Fabricio Duarte (CPV)
Assistant Referee 1: Jorge Helio (CPV)
Assistant Referee 2: Willson Fernandes (CPV)
Fourth Official: Antonio Rodrigues (CPV)

Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying 2021 – Semi-finals

28 March 2021

Honduras – USA
Referee: Ivan Barton (SLV, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: David Moran (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Henri Pupiro (NCA)
Fourth Official: Fernando Guerrero (MEX)
Reserve AR: Christian Espinosa (MEX)

Mexico – Canada
Referee: Juan Calderon (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Mora (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Ronald Bruna (PAN)
Fourth Official: Jair Marrufo (USA) 

Reserve AR: Frank Anderson (USA)

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers – UEFA (Matchday 2)

27-28 March 2021

Romania – Germany
Referee: Clement Turpin (FRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: Jerome Brisard (FRA)
Referee Assessor: Jan Wegereef (NED)

Serbia – Portugal
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Mario Diks (NED)
Fourth Official: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Referee Assessor: Martin Hansson (SWE)

Russia – Slovenia
Referee: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Doveri (ITA)
Referee Assessor: Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)

Montenegro – Gibraltar
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Witschnigg (AUT)
Fourth Official: Sebastian Gishamer (AUT)
Referee Assessor: Adrian Azzopardi (MLT)

Belarus – Estonia
Referee: Robert Hennessy (IRL)
Assistant Referee 1: Allen Lynch (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Emmett Dynan (IRL)
Fourth Official: Robert Harvey (IRL)
Referee Assessor: Gevorg Hovhannisyan (ARM)

Netherlands – Latvia
Referee: Stephanie Frappart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikael Berchebru (FRA)
Fourth Official: Jeremie Pignard (FRA)

Referee Assessor: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)

Austria – Faroe Islands
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Zhukov (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Matyash (UKR)
Fourth Official: Denys Shurman (UKR)
Referee Assessor: Darko Čeferin (SVN)

Norway – Turkey
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Teodoro Sobrino Magan (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Raul Cabanero Martinez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Jose Munuera Montero (ESP)
Referee Assessor: Gylfi Orrason (ISL)

Croatia – Cyprus
Referee: Kristo Tohver (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Silver Koiv (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Sten Klaasen (EST)
Fourth Official: Juri Frischer (EST)
Referee Assessor: Georgi Yordanov (BUL)

Ireland – Luxembourg
Referee: Fran Jović (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Borut Križarić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Luka Pušic (CRO)
Fourth Official: Mario Zebec (CRO)
Referee Assessor: Michael Ross (NIR)

Czech Republic – Belgium
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: David McGeachie (SCO)
Fourth Official: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Referee Assessor: Alain Hamer (LUX)

Slovakia – Malta
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Gutschi (AUT)
Fourth Official: Christian-Ciochirca (AUT)
Referee Assessor: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)

Kazakhstan – France
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitri Zhuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleg Maslyanko (BLR)
Fourth Official: Viktor Shimusik (BLR)
Referee Assessor: Orhan Erdemir (TUR)

Georgia – Spain
Referee: Radu Petrescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Grigoriu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marcel Birsan (ROU)
Referee Assessor: Erol Ersoy (TUR)

Denmark – Moldova
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Akif Amirali (AZE)
Fourth Official: Rauf Jabarov (AZE)
Referee Assessor: Rusmir Mrković (BIH)

Albania – England
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Roy Hassan (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Idan Yarkoni (ISR)
Fourth Official: Gal Leibovitz (ISR)
Referee Assessor: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)

Armenia – Iceland
Referee: Enea Jorgji (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Ridiger Cokaj (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Rejdi Avdo (ALB)
Fourth Official: Juxhin Xhaja (ALB)
Referee Assessor: Karel Vidlak (CZE)

Kosovo – Sweden
Referee: Tamas Bognar (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Balazs Buzas (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Kobor (HUN)
Fourth Official: Ferenc Karako (HUN)
Referee Assessor: Stephen Lodge (ENG)

Bulgaria – Italy
Referee: Slavko Vinčič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Matej Jug (SVN)
Referee Assessor: Iuri Baskakov (RUS)

Switzerland – Lithuania
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mikko Alakare (FIN)
Fourth Official: Antti Munukka (FIN)
Referee Assessor: Michalis Argyrou (CYP)

Ukraine – Finland
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Andrei Chivulete (ROU)
Referee Assessor: William Young (SCO)

Israel – Scotland
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Fourth Official: Christian Dinger (GER)
Referee Assessor: Joao Ferreira (POR)

San Marino – Hungary
Referee: Nicholas Walsh (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Douglas Potter (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Calum Spence (SCO)
Fourth Official: Donald Robertson (SCO)
Referee Assessor: Boško Jovanetić (SRB)

Poland – Andorra
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Jo de Weirdt (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Kevin Monteny (BEL)
Fourth Official: Nathan Verboomen (BEL)
Referee Assessor: Sergei Zuev (RUS)

North Macedonia – Liechtenstein
Referee: Mykola Balakin (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Semen Shlonchak (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrii Skrypka (UKR)
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Romanov (UKR)
Referee Assessor: Salustia Cipres (AND)

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers – Concacaf (Round 1, Matchday 2)

27-28 March 2021

Dominica – Panama
Referee: Marco Ortiz (MEX, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Pablo Hernandez (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Martinez (MEX)
Fourth Official: Diego Montano (MEX)
Referee Assessor: Victor Stewart (JAM)

British Virgin Islands – Guatemala
Referee: Oscar Moncada (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Roney Salinas (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Ramirez (HON)
Fourth Official: Henry Bejarano (CRC)

Anguilla – Dominican Republic
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Kathryn Nesbitt (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Corey Parker (USA)
Fourth Official: Armando Villarreal (USA)

Turks and Caicos – Nicaragua
Referee: William Anderson (PUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Limanuel Sola (PUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Logan Brown (USA)
Fourth Official: Nima Saghafi (USA)

US Virgin Islands – Antigua and Barbuda
Referee: Trevester Richards (SKN)
Assistant Referee 1: Keytzel Corrales (NCA)
Assistant Referee2: Henry Pupiro (NCA)
Fourth official: Melvin Matamoros (HON)

Bahamas – St. Kitts and Nevis
Referee: Benbito Celima (HAI)
Assistant Referee 1: Jean Moreau (HAI)
Assistant Referee 2: Nesly Dorceus (HAI)
Fourth Official: Oscar Macias (MEX)
Referee Assessor: Omario Contreras (BLZ)

Aruba – Suriname
Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cameron Blanchard (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Jennifer Garner (USA)
Fourth Official: Tori Penso (USA)
Referee Assessor: Isabel Tovar (MEX)

Cayman Islands – Canada
Referee: Ted Unkel (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Rockwell (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Brooke Mayo (USA)
Fourth Official: Tori Penso (USA)

Cuba – Curacao
Referee: German Martinez (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Bermudez (SLV)
Fourth Official: Erick Lezama (NCA)

Puerto Rico – Trinidad and Tobago
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Hernandez (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Michel Morales (MEX)
Fourth Official: Luis Santander (MEX)
Referee Assessor: Sandra Serafini (USA)

Montserrat – El Salvador
Referee: Ricangel De Leca (ARU)
Assistant Referee 1: Jade Salamatin (ARU)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Ramirez (HON)
Fourth Official: Oscar Moncada (HON)

FIFA World Cup qualifiers officiated by female referees for first time

Stephanie Frappart and Kateryna Monzul are set to become the first female match officials to take charge of men’s FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Frappart will referee the match between the Netherlands and Latvia in Amsterdam on 27 March, while Monzul, for her part, will oversee the encounter between Austria and the Faroe Islands in Vienna on 28 March. “Although they already had some matches in important men’s competitions under their belts, officiating a FIFA World Cup qualifier for the first time is special and is something to be very proud of. They have worked very hard in recent years and these appointments are recognition for the good job that they have done,” commented Pierluigi Collina, the chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee. The appointment of female match officials for these high-stakes men’s World Cup qualifiers is another milestone on the path set by FIFA, in collaboration with the confederations, to further the development of female refereeing. Recently, at the FIFA Club World Cup 2020 in Qatar, the Brazilian referee Edina Alves Batista and the two assistant referees Neuza Back and Mariana de Almeida impressed with their performances and showed that quality, not gender, is what really matters.

Frappart has experienced a number of career highlights in the last two years. In 2019, for example, she had the privilege of refereeing the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup between the USA and the Netherlands in her native France. She has also gained valuable experience in men’s matches in major continental competitions, and is an integral part of the refereeing team in the French men’s top flight, Ligue 1.

Monzul, who oversaw the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015, not only referees matches in the Ukrainian men’s Premier League, but is also frequently called upon to officiate in European club and national-team competitions.

Mexican and American female match officials also made their mark in the opening rounds of Concacaf World Cup qualifying this window. History was already made during Suriname’s 3-0 win over the Cayman Islands on Wednesday, when Karen Diaz (assistant referee) and Francia Gonzalez (fourth official) were on duty with referee Jorge Perez and assistant referee Andres Hernandez in the Surinamese capital of Paramaribo. In the process, Diaz and Gonzalez became the first female match officials to work a men’s World Cup qualifier in the Concacaf region. Furthermore, three female assistant referees (Kathryn Nesbitt, Jennifer Garner and Brooke Mayo) and one female fourth official (Tori Penso) from the USA will be officiating various World Cup qualifying matches in the Concacaf region this week. “FIFA will continue to champion the development of female refereeing and I’m confident that the appointment of female match officials to men’s games will be absolutely commonplace in the future,” underlined Collina.

Source: FIFA

UEFA U-21 Euro 2021 – Group Stage (Matches 9-16)

27-28 March 2021

Hungary – Romania
Referee: Lawrence Visser (BEL, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Ruben Wyns (BEL)
Fourth Official: Espen Eskas (NOR)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)

Slovenia – Czech Republic
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderqvist (SWE)
Fourth Official: Giorgi Kruashvili (GEO)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

Germany – Netherlands
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniele Bindoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Adam Farkas (HUN)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

Spain – Italy
Referee: Harm Osmers (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Dominik Schaal (GER)
Fourth Official: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)

Iceland – Denmark
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdullah Özkara (TUR)
Fourth Official: Espen Eskas (NOR)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)

Croatia – Switzerland
Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Joost van Zuilen (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Johan Balder (NED)
Fourth Official: Horatiu Fesnic (ROU)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

Russia – France
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Inigo Prieto Lopez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Naranjo Perez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Adam Farkas (HUN)
Referee Observer: Stefan Messner (AUT)

Portugal – England
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)

Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying 2021 – Group Stage (Matches 9-12)

24 March 2021

Mexico – USA
Referee: Daneon Parchment (JAM, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicholas Anderson (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Walter Lopez (HON)
Fourth Official: Said Martinez (HON)

Costa Rica – Dominican Republic
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morin (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Espinosa (MEX)
Fourth Official: Cesar Ramos (MEX)

25 March 2021
El Salvador – Haiti
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frank Anderson (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Henri Pupiro (NCA)
Fourth Official: Daneon Parchment (JAM)

Honduras – Canada
Referee: Cesar Ramos (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morin (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Espinosa (MEX)
Fourth Official: Fernando Guerrero (MEX)

International Friendly Matches – March 2021

24-30 March 2021

Kosovo – Lithuania
Referee: Enea Jorgji (ALB, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Denis Rexha (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dojando Myftari (ALB)
Fourth Official: Visar Kastrati (KOS)

Belarus – Honduras
Referee: Aleksei Matiunin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksei Lunev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Valentin Murashov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vitalijs Spasjonnikovs (LVA)

Qatar – Luxembourg
Referee: Miloš Djordjić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Nemanja Petrović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Svetozar Živin (SRB)
Fourth Official: Milos Milanović (SRB)

Jordan – Lebanon
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla (UAE)
Assistant Referee 1: Hasan Suqatari (UAE)
Assistant Referee 2: Zayed Kamal (UAE)
Fourth Official: Khalid Abdulla (UAE)

Japan – Korea
Referee: Rowan Arumughan (IND)
Assistant Referee 1: Joseph Tony (IND)
Assistant Referee 2: Sumanta Dutta (IND)
Fourth Official: Crishna Srikrishna (IND)

Oman – India
Referee: Omar Al Ali (UAE)
Assistant Referee 1: Jasem Al Ali (UAE)
Assistant Referee 2: Sabet Al Ali (UAE)
Fourth Official: Khalid Al Mulla (UAE)

Saudi Arabia – Kuwait
Referee: Mohamed Bunafoor (BHR)
Assistant Referee 1: Nawaf Moosa (BHR)
Assistant Referee 2: Salman Talasi (BHR)
Fourth Official: Mohamed Deham (BHR)

Qatar – Azerbaijan
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaš Somolani (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Kralovic (SVK)

USA – Jamaica
Referee: Christian Ciochirca (AUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Santino Schreiner (AUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Sara Telek (AUS)
Fourth Official: Alan Kijas (AUS)

Chile – Bolivia
Referee: Juan Benitez (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Cardozo (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Cuevas (PAR)
Fourth Official: Roberto Tobar (CHI)

Nepal – Bangladesh
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar (IND)
Assistant Referee 1: Antony Abraham (IND)
Assistant Referee 2: Parasuraman Vairamuthu (IND)
Fourth Official: Crystal John (IND)

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Costa Rica
Referee: Nejc Kajtazovic (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandar Kasapovič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Luka Bilbija (BIH)

Wales – Mexico
Referee: Ian McNabb (NIR)
Assistant Referee 1: Gareth Eakin (NIR)
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Donaldson (NIR)
Fourth Official: Thomas Owen (WAL)

Greece – Honduras
Referee: Urs Schnyder (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Köbeli (SUI)
Fourth Official: Emmanouil Skoulas (GRE)

Northern Ireland – USA
Referee: Robert Jenkins (WAL)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Beckett (WAL)
Assistant Referee 2: Johnathan Bryant (WAL)
Fourth Official: Cheryl Foster (WAL)

Qatar – Ireland
Referee: Balazs Berke (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Gergo Vigh-Tarsonyi (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Balazs Szalai (HUN)
Fourth Official: Ferenc Karako (HUN)

Uzbekistan – Iraq
Referee: Nurzat Askat (KGZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Sergey Grishcenko (KGZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Ismailjan Talipjanov (KGZ)
Fourth Official: Axrol Riskullayev (UZB)

Kuwait – Lebanon
Referee: Ammar Al Jneibi (UAE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ahmed Al Rashdi (UAE)
Assistant Referee 2: Juma Al Mukhaini (UAE)
Fourth Official: Naser Al Ali (UAE)

UAE – India
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (UZB)
Assistant Referee 1: Timur Gaynullin (UZB)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrei Sapenko (UZB)
Fourth Official: Mohamed Al Harmoodi (UAE)

Ecuador – Bolivia
Referee: John Ospina (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Sebastian Vela (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: John Gallego (COL)
Fourth Official: Alex Cajas (ECU)

Iran – Syria
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (IRN)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohammadreza Abolfazli (IRN)
Assistant Referee 2: Alireza Ildorom (IRN)
Fourth Official: Ali Momeni (IRN)

Bahrain – Jordan
Referee: Sultan Al Hammadi (UAE)
Assistant Referee 1: Abdulla Al Rowaimi (BHR)
Assistant Referee 2: Sayed Alawi (BHR)
Fourth Official: Mohamed Bunafoor (BHR)

Mexico – Costa Rica
Referee: Christian Ciochirca (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Santino Schreiner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Weiss (AUT)
Fourth Official: Alexander Harkam (AUT)

Sweden – Estonia
Referee: Marco Fritz (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Sascha Stegemann (GER)

Switzerland – Finland
Referee: Manuel Schuttengruber (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Steinacher (AUT)
Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (SUI)

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers – Concacaf (Round 1, Matchday 1)

24-25 March 2021

Suriname – Cayman Islands
Referee: Jorge Perez (MEX, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Andres Hernandez (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Karen Diaz (MEX)
Fourth Official: Francia Gonzalez (MEX)
Referee Assessor: Bismarck Urroz (NCA)

St. Kitts and Nevis – Puerto Rico
Referee: Randy Encarnacion (DOM)
Assistant Referee 1: Helpys Feliz (DOM)
Assistant Referee 2: Walter Cid (DOM)
Fourth Official: Diego Montano (MEX)
Referee Assessor: Rohan Thobourne (JAM)

Antigua and Barbuda – Montserrat
Referee: Melvin Matamoros (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Keytzell Corrales (NCA)
Assistant Referee 2: Henry Pupiro (NCA)
Fourth Official: Trevester Richards (SKN)

Trinidad and Tobago – Guyana
Referee: Marco Ortiz (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Pablo Hernandez (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Martinez (MEX)
Fourth Official: Diego Montano (MEX)
Referee Assessor: Rohan Thobourne (JAM)

El Salvador – Grenada
Referee: Kimbell Ward (SKN)
Assistant Referee 1: Graeme Browne (SKN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mario Parry (SKN)
Fourth Official: Nitzar Sandoval (NCA)
Referee Assessor: Quetzalli Alvarado (MEX)

Dominican Republic – Dominica
Referee: William Anderson (PUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Limanuel Sola (PUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Logan Brown (USA)
Fourth Official: Nima Saghafi (USA)

Guatemala – Cuba
Referee: Benjamin Pineda (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Victor Ramirez (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Wasnah Barnarde (ATG)
Fourth Official: Nelson Salgado (HON)

Haiti – Belize
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Julian Mendez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Ventura (GUA)
Fourth Official: Sergio Reyna (GUA)

Canada – Bermuda
Referee: Armando Villarreal (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Parker (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Kathryn Nesbitt (USA)
Fourth Official: Rubiel Vazquez (USA)

Curacao – St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Referee: Ricangel de Leca (ARU)
Assistant Referee 1: Jade Salamatin (ARU)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Ramirez (HON)
Fourth Official: Oscar Moncada (HON)

Panama – Barbados
Referee: Nima Saghafi (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Logan Brown (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Limanuel Sola (PUR)
Fourth Official: William Anderson (PUR)

CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2021 Qualifiers – Group Stage (Matchday 5)

24-27 March 2021

Uganda – Burkina Faso
Referee: Bakary Gassama (GAM, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Abdul Jawo (GAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Sulayman Sosseh (GAM)
Fourth Official: Maudo Jallow (GAM)

Ethiopia – Madagascar
Referee: Alioum Alioum (CMR)
Assistant Referee 1: Elvis Noupue (CMR)
Assistant Referee 2: Carine Atezambong (CMR)
Fourth Official: Douglas Lemouchele (CMR)

South Africa – Ghana
Referee: Bamlak Tessema (ETH)
Assistant Referee 1: Kindie Mussie (ETH)
Assistant Referee 2: Temesgin Samuel (ETH)
Fourth Official: Biruk Yemanebirhan (ETH)

Gabon – DR Congo
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (ZIM)
Assistant Referee 1: Chiwoyu Sinyangwe (ZIM)
Assistant Referee 2: Kabwe Chansa (ZIM)
Fourth Official: Derrick Kafuli (ZIM)

South Sudan – Malawi
Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (KEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Oliver Odhiambo (KEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Joshua Achila (KEN)
Fourth Official: Phillip Brooke (KEN)

Guinea – Mali
Referee: Youssef Essrairi (TUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Aymen Ismail (TUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Khalil Hassani (TUN)
Fourth Official: Naim Hosni (TUN)

Sao Tome and Principe – Sudan
Referee: Samuel Pwadutakam (NGA)
Assistant Referee 1: Joseph Ogabor (NGA)
Assistant Referee 2: Efosa Igudia (NGA)
Fourth Official: Bashir Salisu (NGA)

Rwanda – Mozambique
Referee: Issa Sy (SEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Djibril Camara (SEN)
Assistant Referee 2: El Hadji Samba (SEN)
Fourth Official: Adalbert Diouf (SEN)

Gambia – Angola
Referee: Adissa Ligali (BEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Narcisse Kouton (BEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Eric Ayimavo (BEN)
Fourth Official: Louis Houngnandande (BEN)

Kenya – Egypt
Referee: Thando Ndzandzeka (RSA)
Assistant Referee 1: Zakhele Siwela (RSA)
Assistant Referee 2: Athenkosi Ndongeni (RSA)
Fourth Official: Abongile Tom (RSA)

Comoros – Togo
Referee: Mashood Ssali (UGA)
Assistant Referee 1: Dick Okello (UGA)
Assistant Referee 2: Isa Masembe (UGA)
Fourth Official: Chelangat Sabilla (UGA)

Zambia – Algeria
Referee: Ali Adelaid (COM)
Assistant Referee 1: Soulaimane Amaldine (COM)
Assistant Referee 2: Said Chebli (COM)
Fourth Official: Athoumani Mohamed (COM)

Botswana – Zimbabwe
Referee: Georges Gatogato (BDI)
Assistant Referee 1: Gustave Baguma (BDI)
Assistant Referee 2: Herve Kakunze (BDI)
Fourth Official: Djaffari Nduwimana (BDI)

Libya – Tunisia
Referee: Daouda Gueye (SEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Serigne Toure (SEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Amadou Ngom (SEN)
Fourth Official: Alioune Sandigui (SEN)

Equatorial Guinea – Tanzania
Referee: Bernard Camille (SEY)
Assistant Referee 1: Hensley Petrousse (SEY)
Assistant Referee 2: James Emile (SEY)
Fourth Official: Eldrick Adelaide (SEY)

Niger – Cote d’Ivoire
Referee: Beida Dahane (MTN)
Assistant Referee 1: Hamedine Diba (MTN)
Assistant Referee 2: Abderahmane Warr (MTN)
Fourth Official: Abdel Bouh (MTN)

Burundi – Central African Republic
Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim (LIB)
Assistant Referee 1: Attia Amsaaed (LIB)
Assistant Referee 2: Wahed Al Jaahawe (LIB)
Fourth Official: Abdulwahid Huraywidah (LIB)

Cape Verde – Cameroon
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (ALG)
Assistant Referee 1: Bouabdallah Omari (ALG)
Assistant Referee 2: Nabil Bounoua (ALG)
Fourth Official: Nabil Boukhalfa (ALG)

Eswatini – Guinea Bissau
Referee: Jean Ishimwe (RWA)
Assistant Referee 1: Ambroise Hakizimana (RWA)
Assistant Referee 2: Raymond Bwiliza (RWA)
Fourth Official: Ruzindana Nsoro (RWA)

Congo – Senegal
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (EGY)
Assistant Referee 1: Samir Saad (EGY)
Assistant Referee 2: Youssef El Bosaty (EGY)
Fourth Official: Mohamed Adel (EGY)

Mauritania – Morocco
Referee: Joshua Bondo (BOT)
Assistant Referee 1: Mogomotsi Morakile (BOT)
Assistant Referee 2: Ookeditse Keitseope (BOT)
Fourth Official: Tshepo Gobagoba (BOT)

Nigeria – Lesotho
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (MAD)
Assistant Referee 1: Lionel Andrianantenaina (MAD)
Assistant Referee 2: Eric Andrivoavonjy (MAD)
Fourth Official: Njaka Raharimanantsoa (MAD)

Sierra Leone – Benin
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (MAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Lahcen Azgaou (MAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Mustapha Akerkad (MAR)
Fourth Official: Samir Guezzaz (MAR)

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers – UEFA (Matchday 1)

24-25 March 2021

Serbia – Ireland
Referee: Davide Massa (ITA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio (ITA)
Fourth Official: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
Referee Assessor: Haim Jakov (ISR)

Estonia – Czech Republic
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Tryfon Petropoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Iordanis Aptosoglou (GRE)
Fourth Official: Athanasios Tzilos (GRE)
Referee Assessor: Sokol Jareci (ALB)

Turkey – Netherlands
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Referee Assessor: Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez (ESP)

Portugal – Azerbaijan
Referee: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Fourth Official: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
Referee Assessor: Manuel Lopez Fernandez (ESP)

Finland – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Polychronis Kostaras (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Lazaros Dimitriadis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Vassilis Fotias (GRE)
Referee Assessor: Ferenc Szekely (HUN)

France – Ukraine
Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Gittelmann (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth Official: Christian Dingert (GER)
Referee Assessor: Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP)

Belgium – Wales
Referee: Cüneyt Çakir (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Abdulkadir Bitigen (TUR)
Referee Assessor: Johannes Reijgwart (NED)

Gibraltar – Norway
Referee: Duje Strukan (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Perica (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Marjan Tomas (CRO)
Fourth Official: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Referee Assessor: Charles Agius (MLT)

Latvia – Montenegro
Referee: Alain Duriex (LUX)
Assistant Referee 1: Gilles Becker (LUX)
Assistant Referee 2: Joaquim Da Silva (LUX)
Fourth Official: Laurent Kopriwa (LUX)
Referee Assessor: Matteo Trefoloni (ITA)

Malta – Russia
Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Victor Skytte (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jesper Dahl (DEN)
Fourth Official: Morten Krogh (DEN)
Referee Assessor: Pascal Garibian (FRA)

Cyprus – Slovakia
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Goce Petreski (MKD)
Fourth Official: Igor Stojchevski (MKD)
Referee Assessor: Michael Riley (ENG)

Slovenia – Croatia
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Diaz Perez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Javier Estrada Fernandez (ESP)
Referee Assessor: Stefan Messner (AUT)

Bulgaria – Switzerland
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Djukić (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Vladan Todorović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Milovan Milačić (MNE)
Referee Assessor: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)

Israel – Denmark
Referee: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Harry Lennard (ENG)
Fourth Official: Peter Bankes (ENG)
Referee Assessor: Costas Kapitanis (CYP)

Sweden – Georgia
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aurelien Berthomieu (FRA)
Fourth Official: Benoît Millot (FRA)
Referee Assessor: Nikolai Levnikov (RUS)

Spain – Greece
Referee: Marco Guida (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Ciro Carbone (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Fabio Maresca (ITA)
Referee Assessor: Markus Nobs (SUI)

Italy – Northern Ireland
Referee: Ali Palabiyik (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kerem Ersoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Serkan Olguncan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Referee Assessor: Sandor Piller (HUN)

Moldova – Faroe Islands
Referee: Iwan Griffith (WAL)
Assistant Referee 1: Lewis Edwards (WAL)
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Bird (WAL)
Fourth Official: Thomas Owen (WAL)
Referee Assessor: Aleh Chykun (BLR)

Scotland – Austria
Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Fourth Official: Jose Sanchez Martinez (ESP)
Referee Assessor: Gerard Perry (IRL)

Andorra – Albania
Referee: Volen Chinkov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Deniz Sokolov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Petar Dzhuganski (BUL)
Fourth Official: Dragomir Draganov (BUL)
Referee Assessor: Jens Larsen (DEN)

Hungary – Poland
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)
Referee Assessor: Shmuel Shteif (ISR)

England – San Marino
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Egor Bolkhovitin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrei Vereteshkin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)
Referee Assessor: Mark Whitby (WAL)

Liechtenstein – Armenia
Referee: Julian Weinberger (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Staudinger (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Roland Riedel (AUT)
Fourth Official: Christopher Jäger (AUT)
Referee Assessor: Stefano Podeschi (SMR)

Romania – North Macedonia
Referee: Fabio Verissimo (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Andre Campos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Bruno Rodrigues (POR)
Fourth Official: Antonio Nobre (POR)
Referee Assessor: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)

Germany – Iceland
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Novak Simović (SRB)
Referee Assessor: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)

UEFA U-21 Euro 2021 – Group Stage (Matches 1-8)

24-25 March 2021

Czech Republic – Italy
Referee: Dennis Higler (NED, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Joost van Zuilen (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Johan Balder (NED)
Fourth Official: Horatiu Fesnic (ROU)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)

Slovenia – Spain
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

Hungary – Germany
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Iniigo Prieto Lopez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Naranjo Perez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Espen Eskas (NOR)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)

Romania – Netherlands
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Fourth Official: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

England – Switzerland
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (GEO)
Assistant Referee 1: Levan Varamishvili (GEO)
Assistant Referee 2: Zaza Pipia (GEO)
Fourth Official: Horatiu Fesnic (ROU)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

Russia – Iceland
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdullah Özkara (TUR)
Fourth Official: Adam Farkas (HUN)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

France – Denmark
Referee: Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrisimbegović (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo (BIH)
Fourth Official: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)

Portugal – Croatia
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Jakub Winkler (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Golis (POL)
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)

Colombian referee Ortega honouring his murdered uncle

Colombian referee Carlos Ortega, one of the best referees in Colombia and the first international referee that Cartagena has, received his first FIFA badge at the beginning of the year and made his debut in the Copa Sudamericana in the match Equity-Pasture. “I always dreamed of being a referee in an international match, thank God the opportunity was given and I enjoyed it to the fullest. It was a beautiful experience”. Son of Carlos Ortega, better known as “El Negro” Ortega, who was also a professional referee and nephew of the renowned Cartagena sports journalist, Hegel Ortega, who was also a referee in amateur soccer. His uncle Alvaro Ortega was assassinated as a referee in 1989, at a time when drug traffickers' gambling took lives in Colombian soccer. "More than fear, I think that was one of the reasons that most motivated me to be a referee, because I wanted to make people remember the name of my uncle Alvaro, because I felt that football had forgotten him. I wanted to remember my uncle in every city and stadium where I refereed. Honoring his memory was my goal since I was a child". (Source: El Universal)

30 years ago, the murderous bullets of drug trafficking ended the life of Colombian referee Alvaro Ortega. It was on 15 November 1989, when an order issued by Pablo Escobar silenced the whistle of one of the best referees in the country. In those days, Colombian society was struggling in fear of the war declared between the drug cartels. On one side was Medellin, with Escobar at the head, and on the other side, Cali, with the Rodriguez Orejuela brothers at the helm, who were fighting over the drug trafficking business in the country. The death sentence delivered by Escobar was given on 26 October of that year, after the match between America and Medellin, played on the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali and which ended with a 3-2 victory for America. The head of the Medellin Cartel considered that referee Ortega, who was based in Barranquilla, had harmed his team by annulling a goal by Carlos Castro, just two minutes before the end of the match. Almost three weeks later, Dimayor again appointed Alvaro Ortega as linesman for the return game in the capital of Antioquia with the same two rivals, both eliminated from any option to fight for the title. The game that fateful night ended with a draw without annotations and without refereeing incidents. However, Pablo Escobar's order to assassinate the 32-year-old referee was decided. This was confirmed by John Jairo Velasquez, alias ‘Popeye’, the right-hand man of the head of the Medellin cartel in his account in the documentary ‘Los dos Escobar’. “On that day, I was next to the boss and America de Cali beat Medellin with the referee's hand. Pablo was very offended and ordered ‘Choco’ to look for referee Alvaro Ortega to kill him”. The incident occurred a little later than 10:30 p.m. on 15 November 1989. Ortega, along with Jesus Chucho Diaz, one of his referee colleagues in that match at the Atanasio Girardot stadium in the capital of Antioquia, left the hotel to have dinner at a nearby restaurant, when they were surprised by a hit man who got out of a car. Ortega was hit nine times and in the midst of despair his friend Chucho - at that moment, the most representative referee in national football - took him to the Soma clinic, where he arrived lifeless. A murder that continues to hurt Colombian football and that became a global shame, to the point that the championship of that year was canceled without crowning any team as champion and the country receiving a harsh punishment for Colombian teams of having to play their home matches in the Copa Libertadores in a neutral venue. Venezuela and the United States were the exile of the country's representatives, all because of the fear felt by the international clubs of stepping on the coffee soil. Now, three decades later, the memory of Alvaro Ortega is still present in his family and especially for his nephew Carlos, who followed the legacy of his uncle and now stands out as one of the great prospects of Colombian refereeing. (Source: El Pais)

Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying 2021 – Group Stage (Matches 5-8)

21 March 2021

Costa Rica – Mexico 

Referee: Ivan Barton (SLV, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: David Moran (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Ronald Bruna (PAN)
Fourth Official: Reon Radix (GRN)
Reserve AR: Iroots Appleton (ATG)

Dominican Republic – USA
Referee: Daneon Parchment (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicholas Anderson (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Ojay Duhaney (JAM)
Fourth Official: Said Martinez (HON)
Reserve AR: Walter Lopez (HON)

22 March 2021
Haiti – Canada
Referee: Juan Calderon (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Mora (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Henri Pupiro (NCA)
Fourth Official: Reon Radix (GRN)
Reserve AR: Nicholas Anderson (JAM)

El Salvador – Honduras
Referee: Cesar Ramos (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Espinosa (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Morin (MEX)
Fourth Official: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Reserve AR: Frank Anderson (USA)

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2020/2021 – Quarter-finals (First Leg)

24 March 2021

FC Barcelona – Manchester City WFC
Referee: Tess Olofsson (SWE, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Almira Spahic (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stasa Spur (SVN)
Fourth Official: Lovisa Johansson (SWE)
Referee Observer: Christine Frai (GER)

Chelsea FCW – VfL Wolfsburg
Referee: Jana Adamkova (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Lucie Ratajova (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Sara Telek (AUT)
Fourth Official: Lucie Sulcova (CZE)
Referee Observer: Snježana Fočić (CRO)

Paris Saint Germain – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Susann Küng (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Michelle O'Neill (IRL)
Fourth Official: Desiree Grundbacher (SUI)
Referee Observer: Caroline De Boeck (BEL)

Bayern München – FC Rosengard
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Franca Overtoom (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Katarzyna Wojs (POL)
Fourth Official: Ifeoma Kulmala (FIN)
Referee Observer: Irina Mirt (ROU)

CONMEBOL Women’s Libertadores Final 2020: Carvajal (CHI)

21 March 2021

Final
America de Cali – Ferroviaria
Referee: Maria Carvajal (CHI, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Cindy Nahuelcoy (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcia Castillo (CHI)
Fourth Official: Emikar Calderas (VEN)
Referee Assessor: Barbra Bastias (CHI)

Match for Third Place
Corinthians – Universidad de Chile
Referee: Salome Di Iorio (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Daiana Milone (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Gisela Trucco (ARG)
Fourth Official: Gabriela Coronel (ARG)
Referee Assessor: Sabrina Lois (ARG)

Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying 2021 – Group Stage (Matches 1-4)

18 March 2021

USA – Costa Rica
Referee: Said Martinez (HON, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Walter Lopez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Henri Pupiro (NCA)
Fourth Official: Mario Escobar (GUA)
Reserve AR: Humberto Panjoj (GUA)

Mexico – Dominican Republic
Referee: Reon Radix (GRN)
Assistant Referee 1: Gerson Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Iroots Appleton (ATG)
Fourth Official: Ivan Barton (SLV)
Reserve AR: David Moran (SLV)

19 March 2021
Honduras – Haiti
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frank Anderson (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Humberto Panjoj (GUA)
Fourth Official: Daneon Parchment (JAM)
Reserve AR: Ojay Duhaney (JAM)

Canada – El Salvador
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morin (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Ronald Bruna (PAN)
Fourth Official: Juan Calderon (CRC)
Reserve AR: Juan Mora (CRC)

UEFA Europa League 2020/2021 – Round of 16 (Second Leg)

18 March 2021

Molde – Granada
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (SRB, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
VAR: Bastian Dankert (GER)
AVAR: Bibiana Steinhaus (GER)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

GNK Dinamo – Tottenham Hotspur
Referee: Davide Massa (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio (ITA)
Fourth Official: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
VAR: Marco Guida (ITA)
AVAR: Fabio Maresca (ITA)
Referee Observer: Vitor Melo Pereira (POR)

Arsenal – Olympiacos
Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Jose Sanchez Martinez (ESP)
VAR: Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP)
AVAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Iain Robertson Brines (SCO)

Shakhtar Donetsk – AS Roma
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Diaz Perez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Javier Estrada Fernandez (ESP)
VAR: Alejandro Hernández Hernandez (ESP)
AVAR: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)

Rangers FC – Slavia Praha
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Roy Hassan (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Idan Yarkoni (ISR)
Fourth Official: Gal Leibovitz (ISR)
VAR: Roi Reinshreiber (ISR)
AVAR: David Fuxman (ISR)
Referee Observer: Ray Ellingham (WAL)

AC Milan – Manchester United
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Christian Dingert (GER)
VAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
AVAR: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
Referee Observer: Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez (ESP)

Villarreal CF – Dynamo Kyiv
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)
VAR: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
AVAR: Kevin Blom (NED)
Referee Observer: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich (GER)

BSC Young Boys – AFC Ajax
Referee: Robert Madden (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Graeme Stewart (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: David McGeachie (SCO)
Fourth Official: John Beaton (SCO)
VAR: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
AVAR: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)

CONMEBOL Women’s Libertadores 2020 – Semi-finals

17-18 March 2021

Corinthians – America de Cali
Referee: Adriana Farfan (BOL, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Elizabeth Blanco (BOL)
Assistant Referee 2: Maricela Urapuca (BOL)
Fourth Official: Emikar Calderas (VEN)
Referee Assessor: Sabrina Lois (ARG)

Ferroviaria – Universidad de Chile
Referee: Anahi Fernandez (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Luciana Mascarana (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Yoly Garcia (VEN)
Fourth Official: Gabriela Coronel (ARG)
Referee Assessor: Cynthia Franco (PAR)

CAF Confederation Cup 2020/2021 – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

17 March 2021

Coton Sport – RSB Berkane
Referee: Sadok Selmi (TUN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Aymen Ismail (TUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Faouzi Jridi (TUN)
Fourth Official: Mohamed Bouali (TUN)

Orlando Pirates – Enyimba
Referee: Blaise Ngwa (CMR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rodrigue Menye (CMR)
Assistant Referee 2: Sanda Oumarou (CMR)
Fourth Official: Antoine Effa (CMR)

Al Ahly Benghazi – ES Setif
Referee: Adil Zourak (MAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Yahya Nouali (MAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Zakaria Brinsi (MAR)
Fourth Official: Karim Sabry (MAR)

NAPSA Stars – JS Kabylie
Referee: Ibrahim Traore (CIV)
Assistant Referee 1: Ashumu Aguie (CIV)
Assistant Referee 2: Nouho Ouattara (CIV)
Fourth Official: Patrick Tanguy (CIV)

Salitas – ES Sahel
Referee: Messie Nkounkou (CGO)
Assistant Referee 1: Styven Moutsassi (CGO)
Assistant Referee 2: Roul Ntsele (CGO)
Fourth Official: Jean Nguiene (CGO)

ASC Diaraf – CS Sfaxien
Referee: Alhadi Mahamat (CHA)
Assistant Referee 1: Issa Yaya (CHA)
Assistant Referee 2: Moussa Hafiz (CHA)
Fourth Official: Pousri Alfred (CHA)

Namungo – Pyramids
Referee: Mohamed Moussa (NIG)
Assistant Referee 1: Yahaya Mahamadou (NIG)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdoul Moctar (NIG)
Fourth Official: Moussa Alou (NIG)

Nkana FC – Raja Casablanca
Referee: Ali Adelaid (COM)
Assistant Referee 1: Soulaimane Amaldine (COM)
Assistant Referee 2: Elphas Sitole (RSA)
Fourth Official: Thulani Sibandze (SWZ)

CAF Champions League 2020/2021 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

16-17 March 2021

Simba – Al Merrikh
Referee: Victor Gomes (RSA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Zakhele Siwela (RSA)
Assistant Referee 2: Athenkosi Ndongeni (RSA)
Fourth Official: Thando Ndzandzeka (RSA)

Vita Club – Al Ahly
Referee: Joshua Bondo (BOT)
Assistant Referee 1: Souru Phatsoane (LES)
Assistant Referee 2: Arsenio Marengula (MOZ)
Fourth Official: Retselisitsoe Molise (LES)

Al Hilal – CR Belouizdad
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (EGY)
Assistant Referee 1: Mahmoud El Regal (EGY)
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Taha (EGY)
Fourth Official: Mohamed Adel (EGY)

Mamelodi Sundowns – TP Mazembe
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (TUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Khalil Hassani (TUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Amine Barkallah (TUN)
Fourth Official: Naim Hosni (TUN)

Horoya – Wydad AC
Referee: Daniel Laryea (GHA)
Assistant Referee 1: Habib Sanou (BFA)
Assistant Referee 2: Kwasi Brobbey (GHA)
Fourth Official: Jean Ouattara (BFA)

Petro de Luanda – Kaizer Chiefs
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (BDI)
Assistant Referee 1: Willy Habimana (BDI)
Assistant Referee 2: Pascal Ndimunzigo (BDI)
Fourth Official: Thierry Nkurunziza (BDI)

MC Alger – Teungueth
Referee: Boubou Traore (MLI)
Assistant Referee 1: Seydou Tiama (BFA)
Assistant Referee 2: Modibo Samake (MLI)
Fourth Official: Mahamadou Keita (MLI)

Zamalek – ES Tunis
Referee: Jean Ndala (COD)
Assistant Referee 1: Olivier Safari (COD)
Assistant Referee 2: Dick Okello (UGA)
Fourth Official: Louis Hakizimana (RWA)