Copa Sudamericana – Semi-finals (Second Leg)

25-26 November 2015

Santa Fe – Sportivo Luqueno
Referee: Enrique Osses (CHI, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Francisco Mondria (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Astroza (CHI)
Fourth Official: Jorge Osorio (CHI)

Huracan – River Plate
Referee: Sandro Ricci (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Fabricio Vilarinho (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Rodrigo Correa (BRA)
Fourth Official: Dewson Freitas (BRA)

UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 5)

24 November 2015
Bate Borisov – Bayer Leverkusen
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Cano (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Fourth Official: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Referee Observer: Jan Wegereef (NED)

Zenit St. Petersburg – Valencia
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Haglund (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Andas (NOR)
Additional AR 1: Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR)
Additional AR 2: Svein Erik Edvartsen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Sven Erik Midthjell (NOR)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)

Olympique Lyonnais – KAA Gent
Referee: Sergey Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Averyanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Additional AR 1: Sergey Lapochkin (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Sergey Ivanov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Nikolai Golubev (RUS)
Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)

FC Barcelona – AS Roma
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Baris Simsek (TUR)
Fourth Official: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)

Arsenal – Dinamo Zagreb
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: György Ring (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Additional AR 1: Tamás Bognar (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Ádam Farkas (HUN)
Fourth Official: Peter Berettyán (HUN)
Referee Observer: Jozef Marko (SVK)

Bayern München – Olympiacos
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Referee Observer: Stefan Ormandjiev (BUL)

FC Porto – Dinamo Kyiv
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Fourth Official: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Jean Lemmer (LUX)

Maccabi Tel Aviv – Chelsea
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Díaz Pérez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Fourth Official: Miguel Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

25 November 2015
FK Astana – SL Benfica
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Débart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Tony Chapron (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Amaury Delerue (FRA)
Fourth Official: Laurent Stien (FRA)
Referee Observer: Peter Jones (ENG)

CSKA Moskva – VfL Wolfsburg
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Gianluca Cariolato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Antonio Damato (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Carmine Russo (ITA)
Fourth Official: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
Referee Observer: Horst Brummeier (AUT)

Malmö FF – Paris SG
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Damien MacGraith (IRL)
Assistant Referee 2: Francis Connor (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Robert Madden (SCO)
Additional AR 2: John Beaton (SCO)
Fourth Official: Alastair Mather (SCO)
Referee Observer: Gylfi Orrason (ISL)

Shakhtar Donetsk – Real Madrid
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Schaap (NED)
Additional AR 1: Kevin Blom (NED)
Additional AR 2: Ed Janssen (NED)
Fourth Official: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Referee Observer: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)

Manchester United – PSV Eindhoven
Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Slysko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Wilczek (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Petr Ardeleanu (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Michal Patak (CZE)
Fourth Official: Tomas Mokrusch (CZE)
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)

Atlético Madrid – Galatasaray
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Luca Banti (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Davide Massa (ITA)
Fourth Official: Andrea Padovan (ITA)
Referee Observer: Zoran Petrovic (SRB)

Borussia Monchengladbach – Sevilla FC
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Slavko Vincic (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Mitja Zganec (SVN)
Fourth Official: Manuel Vidali (SVN)
Referee Observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)

Juventus Turin – Manchester City
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Additional AR 1: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Additional AR 2: Marco Fritz (GER)
Fourth Official: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Referee Observer: Alain Hamer (LUX)

AFC Champions League Final 2015 (Second Leg)

Ravshan Irmatov was appointed to his fourth AFC Champions League final, after he already refereed the finals in 2007, 2011 and 2013.

21 November 2015
Guangzhou Evergrande – Al Ahli
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (UZB, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Abduxamidullo Rasulov (UZB)
Assistant Referee 2: Jakhongir Saidov (UZB)
Fourth Official: Valentin Kovalenko (UZB)

Whittaker removed from the FIFA Referees Committee

FIFA has recently removed Alfredo Whittaker (CAY, photo) from their Referees Committee, after only one year since he replaced Carlos Batres (GUA) in the Competition section.

Chairman
Angel Villar Llona (ESP)

Deputy Chairman
Juan Napout (PAR)

Members Competition
1. Michel D’Hooghe (BEL)
2. Carlos Alarcon (PAR)
3. Badara Sene (SEN)
4. Jorge Romo (ARG)
5. Peter Mikkelsen (DEN)
6. Toru Kamikawa (JPN)
7. Lee Harmon (COK)
8. Ingrid Jonsson (SWE)
9. Jorge Larrionda (URU)
10. Celestin Ntagungira (RWA)
11. Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)
12. Abdulrahman Al-Delawar (BHR)
13. Magdi Shams (SDN)
14. Terence Babwah (TRI) - Medical

Members Development
1. Michal Listkiewicz (POL)
2. Ted Howard (USA)
3. Lambert Maltock (VAN)
4. Katriina Elovirta (FIN)
5. Jacqueline Leleu (AUS)
6. Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (MAS)
7. Michael Riley (ENG)
8. Oscar Ruiz (COL)
9. Hector Vergara (CAN)
10. Pierre Mounguengui (GAB)
11. James Sekajugo (UGA) - Medical

UEFA Women’s Champions League – Round of 16 (Second Leg)

18-19 November 2015

FC Barcelona – FC Twente
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI, photo)

Fortuna Hjørring – ACF Brescia
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (GRE)

VfL Wolfsburg – Chelsea LFC
Referee: Sara Persson (SWE)

Olympique Lyonnais – Atletico Madrid
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (UKR)

FFC Frankfurt – LSK Kvinner
Referee: Gyongyi Gaal (HUN)

Paris St. Germain – KIF Orebro
Referee: Sandra Bastos (POR)

WFC Zvezda – Slavia Praha
Referee: Morag Pirie (SCO)

FC Rosengard – ASD Verona
Referee: Teodora Albon (ROU)

UEFA Futsal Cup – Elite Round

10-15 November 2015

Group A (Torrejon)
1. Marc Birkett (ENG, photo)
2. Balazs Farkas (HUN)
3. Danijel Janosevic (CRO)
4. Pascal Lemal (BEL)

Group B (Pescara)
1. Gerald Bauernfeind (AUT)
2. Francisco Diaz (ESP)
3. Timo Onatsu (FIN)
4. Tomasz Frak (POL)

Group C (Gyor)
1. Eduardo Fernandes (POR)
2. Alessandro Malfer (ITA)
3. Lukas Pesko (SVK)
4. Borut Sivic (SVN)

Group D (Bratislava)
1. Swen Eichler (GER)
2. Borislav Kolev (BUL)
3. Bogdan Sorescu (ROU)
4. Admir Zahovic (SVN)

Mateu Lahoz: “A very troubling, tough moment”

The official has explained that uncertainty and horror gripped the Stade de France as Paris was rocked by a string of fatal bombings and shootings. Referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz has spoken of the "troubling, tough" time in Paris, after he blew the final whistle in Friday's friendly clash between France and Germany. As the two teams played out the match, the French capital became engulfed by a string of tragic terrorist attacks. There were shootings and explosions reported across six locations in the French capital, including two suicide attacks and a bombing outside the Stade de France, where the game was being played. After the match ended, fans remained inside the stadium, with many moving onto the pitch as they waited for more information on the attacks which rocked the world and left more than 120 dead, with a further 200 injured.

Hours after blowing the final whistle, Mateu Lahoz spoke of his experience in officiating the game. The Spanish referee admits the players of France and Germany were in the dark about the Paris terror attacks until after the final whistle. Mateu Lahoz headed the all-Spanish team of match officials with Pau Cebrian, Javier Aguilar and Clos Gomez. “We had no idea about what was going on until after the game had ended. We have all been through some very difficult moments, moments of great uncertainty because at first, we were told that we were not allowed to leave the stadium but now things are a little calmer. This is a very troubling, tough moment and I don't really feel like speaking right now. We found out about what was happening through the press who were attending the game and the television", Mateu told AS.

Source: Goal

UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers – Play-Offs (Second Leg)

15 November 2015
Hungary – Norway
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Jesus Gil Manzano (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Fourth Official: Roberto Diaz Perez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Christos Skapoullis (CYP)

16 November 2015
Ireland – Bosnia & Herzegovina
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Additional AR 1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Additional AR 2: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Fourth Official: Charles Schaap (NED)
Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)

17 November 2015
Slovenia – Ukraine
Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Huseyin Gocek (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Baris Simsek (TUR)
Fourth Official: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Referee Observer: Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (ESP)

Denmark – Sweden
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Child (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Fourth Official: John Brooks (ENG)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – CONMEBOL (Matchday 4)

17 November 2015

Colombia – Argentina
Referee: Carlos Vera (ECU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Lescano (ECU)
Assistant Referee 2: Byron Romero (ECU)
Fourth Official: Omar Ponce (ECU)

Venezuela – Ecuador
Referee: Gery Vargas (BOL)
Assistant Referee 1: Javier Bustillos (BOL)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Montano (BOL)
Fourth Official: Oscar Maldonado (BOL)

Uruguay – Chile

Referee: Wilmar Roldan (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Alexander Guzman (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian De la Cruz (COL)
Fourth Official: Luis Sanchez (COL)

Paraguay – Bolivia
Referee: Jose Argote (VEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jorge Urrego (VEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Murillo (VEN)
Fourth Official: Marlon Escalante (VEN)

Brazil – Peru
Referee: Jose Buitrago (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Díaz (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Wilmar Navarro (COL)
Fourth Official: Imer Machado (COL)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – CONCACAF (Round 4, Matchday 2)

17 November 2015

Panama – Costa Rica
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Bermudez (SLV)
Fourth Official: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)

El Salvador – Canada
Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Charles Morgante (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Corey Rockwell (USA)
Fourth Official: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)

Trinidad & Tobago – USA
Referee: Cesar Ramos (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Hernandez (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Rangel (MEX)
Fourth Official: Oscar Macias (MEX)

St. Vincent & Grenadines – Guatemala
Referee: Drew Fischer (CAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Philippe Briere (CAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Belleau (CAN)
Fourth Official: Leon Clarke (LCA)

Honduras – Mexico
Referee: John Pitti (PAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Williamson (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Keytzel Corrales (NCA)
Fourth Official: Ariel Sanchez (PAN)

Haiti – Jamaica
Referee: Javier Santos (PUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Jairo Morales (PUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ainsley Rochard (TRI)
Fourth Official: Rodphin Harris (TRI)