Refereeing World

Olympic Games 2020 (Men) – Bronze Medal Match

6 August 2021

Mexico – Japan
Referee: Bamlak Tessema (ETH, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohammed Ibrahim (SDN)
Assistant Referee 2: Gilbert Cheruiyot (KEN)
Fourth Official: Matthew Conger (NZL)
Reserve AR: Mark Rule (NZL)
VAR: Benoit Millot (FRA)
AVAR 1: Tiago Martins (POR)

AVAR 2: Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez (ESP)

Olympic Games 2020 (Women) – Gold Medal Match: Pustovoitova (RUS)

6 August 2021

Sweden – Canada
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Ekaterina Kurochkina (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Sanja Rodak (CRO)
Fourth Official: Salima Mukansanga (RWA)
Reserve AR: Kim Kyoung Min (KOR)
VAR: Bibiana Steinhaus-Webb (GER)
AVAR: Marco Guida (ITA)

Olympic Games 2020 (Women) – Bronze Medal Match

5 August 2021

Australia – USA
Referee: Laura Fortunato (ARG, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mariana de Almeida (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Mary Blanco (COL)
Fourth Official: Stephanie Frappart (FRA)
Reserve AR: Bernadettar Kwimbira (MWI)
VAR: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
AVAR: Andres Cunha (URU)

UEFA Europa Conference League 2021/2022 – Third Qualifying Round (First Leg)

3-5 August 2021

Bohemian FC – PAOK FC
Referee: Antti Munukka (FIN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jukka Honkanen (FIN)
Fourth Official: Kaarlo Hämäläinen (FIN)
Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller (AUT)

Linfield FC – Fola Esch
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Denis Ševčenko (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Romans Platonovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Edgars Maļcevs (LVA)
Referee Observer: Thoroddur Hjaltalín (ISL)

KuPS Kuopio – FC Astana
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Matthias Sbrissa (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Pascal Hirzel (SUI)
Fourth Official: Sven Wolfensberger (SUI)
Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić (SRB)

FC Sochi – FK Partizan
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 1: Victor Mardari (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Vasilie Ermișchin (MDA)
Fourth Official: Piotr Stoianov (MDA)
Referee Observer: Vadims Direktorenko (LVA)

Lokomotiv Plovdiv – FC Kobenhavn
Referee: Nicolas Walsh (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Douglas Potter (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Calum Spence (SCO)
Fourth Official: Colin Steven (SCO)
Referee Observer: Martin Hansson (SWE)

Tobyl Qostanai – MŠK Žilina
Referee: Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Usachev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Valeri Danchenko (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vitali Meshkov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz (TUR)

IF Elfsborg – FK Velež
Referee: Pawel Gil (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Piotr Lasyk (POL)
Referee Observer: Pavel Sali (KAZ)

Maccabi Haifa – HB Torshavn
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Jo De Weirdt (BEL)
Fourth Official: Nathan Verboomen (BEL)
Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann (SUI)

Riga FC – Hibernians FC
Referee: Volen Chinkov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Petar Dzhuganski (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Dimitar Dimitrov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Stanislav Todorov (BUL)
Referee Observer: Plarent Kotherja (ALB)

Dinamo Batumi – Sivasspor
Referee: Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo (BIH)
Fourth Official: Miloš Gigović (BIH)
Referee Observer: Edward Foley (IRL)

CSKA Sofia – NK Osijek
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Sužiedėlis (LTU)
Fourth Official: Orestas Abramavičius (LTU)
Referee Observer: Michalis Koukoulakis (GRE)

FK Vojvodina – Linzer ASK
Referee: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Luigi Rossi (ITA)
Fourth Official: Simone Sozza (ITA)
Referee Observer: Georgios Bíkas (GRE)

AEL Limassol – Qarabağ FK
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist (SWE)
Fourth Official: Bojan Pandzic (SWE)
Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Rosenborg BK – NK Domžale
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Korniyko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Vysotskyy (UKR)
Fourth Official: Anatoliy Abdula (UKR)
Referee Observer: Mark Whitby (WAL)

KF Laçi – RSC Anderlecht
Referee: Jose Sanchez Martinez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raul Cabanero Martinez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Gallego Garcia (ESP)
Fourth Official: Santiago Jaime Latre (ESP)
Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold (NOR)

Vitesse – Dundalk
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Tryfon Petropoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Iordanis Aptosoglou (GRE)
Fourth Official: Aristotelis Diamandopoulos (GRE)
Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn (GER)

Trabzonspor – Molde FK
Referee: Harm Osmers (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Dominik Schaal (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Kempter (GER)
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner (GER)
Referee Observer: Juan Fernandez Marin (ESP)

FC Prishtina – Bodo Glimt
Referee: Timotheos Christofí (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Michalis Sotiriou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: Pavlos Georgiou (CYP)
Fourth Official: Vasilis Dimitriou (CYP)
Referee Observer: Salustia Cipres (AND)

Sląsk Wroclaw – Hapoel Beer Sheva
Referee: Pavel Orel (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nadvornik (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Kamil Hajek (CZE)
Fourth Official: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)
Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović (SRB)

Kolos Kovalivka – Shahter Qaragandy
Referee: Peter Kjaersgaard (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Victor Skytte (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jesper Dahl (DEN)
Fourth Official: Morten Krogh (DEN)
Referee Observer: Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez (ESP)

Pacos de Ferreira – Larne FC
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
Fourth Official: Dragoslav Perič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Guy Goethals (BEL)

Spartak Trnava – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Bolkhovitin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrei Vereteshkin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)

FC Luzern – Feyenoord
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Naranjo Perez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Aitor Villate Martinez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Cesar Soto Grado (ESP)
Referee Observer: Yuri Baskakov (RUS)

KAA Gent – RFS
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Klyver (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Max Wilde (SWE)
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck (SWE)
Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov (BUL)

Hibernian FC – HNK Rijeka
Referee: Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Martinez Munuera (ESP)
Fourth Official: Pablo Gonzalez Fuertes (ESP)
Referee Observer: David Malcolm (NIR)

The New Saints – Viktoria Plzen
Referee: Juri Frischer (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Veiko Motsnik (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Sander Saga (EST)
Fourth Official: Kristo Külljastinen (EST)
Referee Observer: Jens Larsen (DEN)

Shamrock Rovers – KF Teuta
Referee: Kai Erik Steen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Anders Olav Dale (NOR)
Fourth Official: Kristoffer Hagenes (NOR)
Referee Observer: Marian Ružbarsky (SVK)

Ujpest FC – FC Basel
Referee: Jerôme Brisard (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Benjamin Pages (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Fourth Official: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
Referee Observer: Joao Ferreira (POR)

Breidablik – Aberdeen
Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Pataki (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Zobenica (CRO)
Fourth Official: Igor Pajač (CRO)
Referee Observer: Augustus Constantin (ROU)

Rakow Częstochowa – FC Rubin
Referee: Joao Pinheiro (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Tiago Costa (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Bruno Jesus (POR)
Fourth Official: Vitor Ferreira (POR)
Referee Observer: Iain Robertson Brines (SCO)

FK Čukarički – Hammarby Fotboll
Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Semen Shlonchak (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Volodin (UKR)
Fourth Official: Vitali Romanov (UKR)
Referee Observer: Sabri Çelik (TUR)

Santa Clara – Olimpija Ljubljana
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Gutschi (AUT)
Fourth Official: Markus Hameter (AUT)
Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)

UEFA Europa League 2021/2022 – Third Qualifying Round (First Leg)

3-5 August 2021

Qairat Almaty – Alashkert FC

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR, photo)

Assistant Referee 1: Dzmitry Žuk (BLR)

Assistant Referee 2: Alieh Maslianka (BLR)

Fourth Official: Dzmitry Dzmitryjeŭ (BLR)

Referee Observer: Goran Mihaljević (MNE)

Neftçi PFK – HJK Helsinki
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Sean Carr (SCO)
Fourth Official: Euan Anderson (SCO)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

FK Jablonec – Celtic FC
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Cevdet Kömürcüoğlu (TUR)
Fourth Official: Arda Kardeşler (TUR)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Medved (SVK)

Omonia FC – Flora Tallinn
Referee: Radu Petrescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Mircea Grigoriu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Marica (ROU)
Fourth Official: Sorin Antonie (ROU)
Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov (UKR)

Lincoln Red Imps – Slovan Bratislava
Referee: Athanasios Tzílos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Konstadínos Nikolaidis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Vasílios Nikolakakis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Vasílios Fotias (GRE)
Referee Observer: Marco Borg (MLT)

NŠ Mura – Žalgiris Vilnius
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Kaspar Sjöberg (SWE)
Referee Observer: Sergey Zuev (RUS)

Galatasaray – St. Johnstone
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Erni (SUI)
Fourth Official: Lukas Fähndrich (SUI)
Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)

Rapid Wien – Anorthosis
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Bresmes (ITA)
Fourth Official: Davide Ghersini (ITA)
Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin (SVN)

UEFA Champions League 2021/2022 – Third Qualifying Round (First Leg)

3-4 August 2021

Malmö FF – Rangers FC
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Tomasz Musial (POL)
Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel (GER)

Sparta Praha – AS Monaco
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Constantine Hatzidakis (ENG)
Fourth Official: David Coote (ENG)
Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)

CFR Cluj – BSC Young Boys
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Allard Lindhout (NED)
Referee Observer: Stavros Tritsonis (GRE)

PSV Eindhoven – FC Midtjylland
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vladimir Moskalev (RUS)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Tulinger (CZE)

KRC Genk – Shakhtar Donetsk
Referee: Anastásios Sidiropoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Polychronis Kostaras (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Lazaros Dimitriadis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Angelos Evangelou (GRE)
Referee Observer: Stephane Lannoy (FRA)

Olympiakos FC – PFC Ludogorets
Referee: Robert Madden (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: David Roome (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Alan Mulvanny (SCO)
Fourth Official: Craig Napier (SCO)
Referee Observer: Jan Wegereef (NED)

Crvena Zvezda – Sheriff Tiraspol
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Andrei Chivulete (ROU)
Referee Observer: Antonio Damato (ITA)

Spartak Moskva – SL Benfica
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Novak Simović (SRB)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)

GNK Dinamo – Legia Warszawa
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian Devís (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Perez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
Referee Observer: Gylfi Orrason (ISL)

Ferencvarosi TC – Slavia Praha
Referee: Jesus Gil Manzano (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Angel Nevado Rodriguez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Javier Martínez Nicolas (ESP)
Fourth Official: Isidro De Mera Escuderos (ESP)
Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci (ALB)

Concacaf League 2021 – Preliminary Round (First Leg)

3-5 August 2021

Comunicaciones – Deportivo
Referee: Oscar Macias (MEX, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morin (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Hernandez (MEX)
Fourth Official: Walter Lopez (GUA)

Diriangen – Marathon
Referee: Edgar Ramirez (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Douglas Bermudez (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Mangandi (SLV)
Fourth Official: Ismael Cornejo (SLV)

Santa Lucia – Metropolitan
Referee: Bryan Cruz (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: William Arrieta (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Víctor Ramirez (CRC)
Fourth Official: Keylor Herrera (CRC)

Verdes – Santos
Referee: Randy Encarnacion (DOM)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Ramirez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Roney Salinas (HON)
Fourth Official: Melvin Matamoros (HON)

Forge – Fas

Referee: Marco Ortiz (MEX)

Assistant Referee 1: Michel Morales (MEX)

Assistant Referee 2: Karen Diaz (MEX)

Fourth Official: Diego Montano (MEX)

Olympic Games 2020 (Men) – Semi-finals

3 August 2021

Mexico – Brazil
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (BUL, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Diyan Valkov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Bamlak Tessema (ETH)
Reserve AR: Mohammed Ibrahim (SDN)
VAR: Marco Guida (ITA)
AVAR: Benoit Millot (FRA)

Japan – Spain
Referee: Kevin Ortega (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Orue (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: Jesus Sanchez (PER)
Fourth Official: Matthew Conger (NZL)
Reserve AR: Mark Rule (NZL)
VAR: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
AVAR: Andres Cunha (URU)

Olympic Games 2020 (Women) – Semi-finals

2 August 2021

USA – Canada
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (UKR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Lucie Ratajova (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Maryna Striletska (UKR)
Fourth Official: Stephanie Frappart (FRA)
Reserve AR: Manuela Nicolosi (FRA)
VAR: Pawel Raczkowski (POL)
AVAR: Fu Ming (CHN)

Australia – Sweden
Referee: Melissa Borjas (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Shirley Perello (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Enedina Caudillo (MEX)
Fourth Official: Salima Mukansanga (RWA)
Reserve AR: Mariana de Almeida (ARG)
VAR: Nicolas Gallo (COL)
AVAR: Erick Miranda (MEX)

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