Football Australia has appointed Jon Moss as its new Head of Referees

Football Australia has announced the appointment of Jon Moss as its new Head of Referees, marking a significant step forward in enhancing the quality and consistency of officiating across Australian football. Moss brings a wealth of experience to the role, having officiated over 500 professional matches, of which 285 were in the English Premier League including every major Cup Final. His most recent position was as Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Manager for the Scottish Football Association, further broadening his expertise in modern officiating technologies.

In his new role, Moss will be responsible for: overseeing match officials’ development programs, implementing best practices in officiating, enhancing professionalism and accountability within the refereeing community, improving the integration of technology in match officiating, fostering stronger relationships between referees, clubs, and other stakeholders. "I'm excited to join Football Australia and contribute to the growth of the game in this country," Jon Moss stated. "My goal is to elevate the standard of refereeing at all levels, from grassroots to the A-Leagues, ensuring that Australian football continues to thrive and gain international recognition." Moss's appointment is effective immediately, and he will be based at Football Australia's headquarters in Sydney.

Source: FFA

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2024 – Group Stage (Matches 1-8)

16 October 2024

Dominican Republic – Ecuador
Referee: Abigail Byrne ENG (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Ceri Williams WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Paulina Baranowska POL
Fourth Official: Alina Pesu ROU
Reserve AR: Daniela Costantinescu ROU

New Zealand – Nigeria
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren CAN
Assistant Referee 1: Gabrielle Lemieux CAN
Assistant Referee 2: Katarzyna Wasiak USA
Fourth Official: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP
Reserve AR: Anita Vad HUN

Spain – USA
Referee: Asaka Koizumi JPN
Assistant Referee 1: Amal Badhafari UAE
Assistant Referee 2: Riiohlang Dhar IND
Fourth Official: Jelena Cvetković SRB
Reserve AR: Karolin Kaivoja EST

Korea – Colombia
Referee: Shamira Nabadda UGA
Assistant Referee 1: Fanta Kone MLI
Assistant Referee 2: Nancy Kasitu ZAM
Fourth Official: Frida Klarlund DEN
Reserve AR: Fie Bruun DEN

17 October 2024
Korea DPR – Mexico
Referee: Daiane Muniz BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Maira Mastella BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Fernanda Gomes BRA
Fourth Official: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP
Reserve AR: Gabrielle Lemieux CAN

Kenya – England
Referee: Alejandra Quisbert BOL
Assistant Referee 1: Gabriela Moreno PER
Assistant Referee 2: Vera Yupanqui PER
Fourth Official: Vimarest Diaz DOM
Reserve AR: Katarzyna Wasiak USA

Japan – Poland
Referee: Deily Gomez CRC
Assistant Referee 1: Gabriela Jimenez CRC
Assistant Referee 2: Kindria Aguero CRC
Fourth Official: Shamira Nabadda UGA
Reserve AR: Fanta Kone MLI

Brazil – Zambia
Referee: Le Thi Ly VIE
Assistant Referee 1: Ha Thi Phuong VIE
Assistant Referee 2: Suwida Wongkraisorn THA
Fourth Official: Ghada Mehat ALG
Reserve AR: Soukaina Hamdi MAR

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2024/25 – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

16 October 2024 

Juventus FC – Bayern München
Referee: Ivana Projkovska MKD (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Nargis Magau KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Svitlana Grushko UKR
Fourth Official: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
Referee Observer: Eleni Kiriou GRE

SKN St. Pölten – Manchester City WFC
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihaela Țepușă ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Roxana Ivanov ROU
Fourth Official: Ana Terteleac ROU
Referee Observer: Caroline De Boeck BEL

FC Barcelona – Hammarby IF
Referee: Riem Hussein GER
Assistant Referee 1: Daniela Göttlinger GER
Assistant Referee 2: Jasmin Matysiak GER
Fourth Official: Angelika Soeder GER
Referee Observer: Aušra Kance LTU

Arsenal WFC – Valerenga
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Iragartze Fernández Esesúmaga ESP
Fourth Official: Ainara Acevedo Dudley ESP
Referee Observer: Sofia Karagiorgi CYP

17 October 2024
Real Madrid – Celtic FCW
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Francesca Di Monte ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giulia Tempestilli ITA
Fourth Official: Martina Molinaro ITA
Referee Observer: Hilda McDermott IRL

Galatasaray – AS Roma
Referee: Tess Olofsson SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Almira Spahić SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Monica Lokkeberg NOR
Fourth Official: Lovisa Johansson SWE
Referee Observer: Esther Azzopardi MLT

VfL Wolfsburg – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Susann Küng SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Linda Schmid SUI
Fourth Official: Olivia Tschon AUT
Referee Observer: Dagmar Damková CZE

FC Twente – Chelsea FCW
Referee: Maria Ferrieri Caputi ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Tiziana Trasciatti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Stefania Signorelli ITA
Fourth Official: Deborah Bianchi ITA 

Referee Observer: Ivana Vlaić BIH

Referee Martinez reveals Ronaldo’s ‘true colours’ after heated argument

Honduran referee Said Martinez 'exposed' Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo after having a disappointing interaction with him during a Saudi Pro League match. "Cristiano Ronaldo is very difficult due to his temperament, he is a very competitive person, which makes him feel there's a lot of injustice towards him, so he complains a lot,” he said. These comments came after the referee disallowed two goals of the Portuguese forward.

Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, Martinez opened up about the incident. "We disallowed two goals for him, with VAR and everything, but there was a play that upset him because he felt he was fouled in the attack leading to a goal against them. They were losing,” he revealed. Continuing further he added: "He stayed 10 meters away from me and said: 'It's always the same with the referees, you always think you're the stars, but we don't bring you here to be the stars, we are the stars,' in perfect Spanish. He started calmly but then got agitated and I just looked at him provocatively to see if he would get closer to me, but he didn't." In addition, the Honduran referee said that Ronaldo made harsh comments over calling him up for confrontation in the half time. "After checking the VAR, I asked him to come closer. Cristiano is Cristiano, and if he doesn't want to come, he won't. But he came over to where I was and I said to him: “You're a great player, but what you said at half-time isn't right. I respect you a lot, but we're here to do our job just like you are”, Martinez stated. Meanwhile, in a surprising turn of events, Martinez, 33 started praising Ronaldo over accepting his mistake. Showing his true self, the Al Nassr’s captain said: 'Yes, you're right; it wasn't the right way to express myself. I apologise'. Indeed, he offered an apology and for the rest of the match, he didn't make any complaints, even delivering a stunning free kick goal." Ronaldo has scored 66 goals and provided 18 assists in 73 games while representing Al Nassr.

Source: GeoSuperTV

UEFA Nations League 2024/2025 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

13-15 October 2024

League A

Germany – Netherlands
Referee: Slavko Vinčič SVN (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič SVN
Fourth Official: David Šmajc SVN

VAR: Nejc Kajtazovič SVN

AVAR: Alen Borošak SVN

Referee Observer: Juan Fernández Marín ESP

Italy – Israel
Referee: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Iker de Francisco Grijalba ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno ESP
Fourth Official: Pablo González Fuertes ESP

VAR: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP

AVAR: Adrián Cordero Vega ESP

Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrković BIH

Belgium – France
Referee: Irfan Peljto BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo BIH
Fourth Official: Luka Bilbija BIH

VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL

AVAR: Pawel Pskit POL

Referee Observer: Kjell Alseth NOR

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Hungary
Referee: Anthony Taylor ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn ENG
Fourth Official: Darren England ENG

VAR: David Coote ENG

AVAR: Constantine Hatzidakis ENG

Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann SUI

Poland – Croatia

Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández ESP

Assistant Referee 1: José Naranjo Pérez ESP

Assistant Referee 2: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP

Fourth Official: Juan Pulido Santana ESP
VAR: César Soto Grado ESP
AVAR: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez ESP
Referee Observer: Sabri Çelik TUR

Scotland – Portugal
Referee: Lawrence Visser BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen BEL
Fourth Official: Simon Bourdeaud’hui BEL
VAR: Bram Van Driessche BEL
AVAR: Jan Boterberg BEL
Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi SMR

Spain – Serbia
Referee: Daniel Stefański POL
Assistant Referee 1: Dawid Golis POL
Assistant Referee 2: Michal Obukowicz POL
Fourth Official: Wojciech Myć POL
VAR: Piotr Lasyk POL
AVAR: Pawel Raczkowski POL
Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec FRA

Switzerland – Denmark
Referee: Halil Meler TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Kerem Ersoy TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Ibrahim Uyarcan TUR
Fourth Official: Arda Kardeşler TUR
VAR: Gianluca Aureliano ITA
AVAR: Daniele Doveri ITA
Referee Observer: David Malcolm NIR

League B

Kazakhstan – Slovenia
Referee: Craig Pawson ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Neil Davies ENG
Fourth Official: Darren Bond ENG
VAR: Peter Bankes ENG
AVAR: Andrew Madley ENG
Referee Observer: Karel Vidlák CZE

Finland – England
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Levan Varamishvili GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Zaza Pipia GEO
Fourth Official: Giorgi Avazashvili GEO
VAR: Benoît Millot FRA
AVAR: Aleko Aptsiauri GEO
Referee Observer: Jorn-West Larsen DEN

Greece – Ireland
Referee: Joey Kooij NED
Assistant Referee 1: Joost van Zuilen NED
Assistant Referee 2: Patrick Inia NED
Fourth Official: Jannick van der Laan NED
VAR: Clay Ruperti NED
AVAR: Jeroen Manschot NED
Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez ESP

Austria – Norway
Referee: Tamás Bognár HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Buzás HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Kóbor HUN
Fourth Official: Gergő Bogár HUN
VAR: István Vad HUN
AVAR: Ferenc Karakó HUN
Referee Observer: Giorgi Vadachkoria GEO

Georgia – Albania
Referee: Danny Makkelie NED
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries NED
Fourth Official: Allard Lindhout NED
VAR: Rob Dieperink NED
AVAR: Erwin Blank NED
Referee Observer: Viktor Shvetsov UKR

Ukraine – Czechia
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Inigo Prieto López ESP
Fourth Official: Miguel Ortiz Arias ESP
VAR: José Munuera Montero ESP
AVAR: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
Referee Observer: Christopher Lautier MLT

Iceland – Turkey
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki POL
Assistant Referee 2: Bartosz Kaszyński POL
Fourth Official: Marcin Kochanek POL
VAR: Marcin Kochanek POL
AVAR: Pawel Malec POL
Referee Observer: Milorad Mažić SRB

Wales – Montenegro
Referee: Filip Glova SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Poláček SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Bednár SVK
Fourth Official: Lukáš Dzivjak SVK
VAR: Michal Očenáš SVK
AVAR: Martin Dohál SVK
Referee Observer: Kostadin Gerginov BUL

League C

Armenia – North Macedonia
Referee: Stuart Attwell ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Akil Howson ENG
Fourth Official: Tony Harrington ENG
VAR: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
AVAR: Sian Massey-Ellis ENG
Referee Observer: Gediminas Mažeika LTU

Faroe Islands – Latvia
Referee: Philip Farrugia MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Alan Camilleri MLT
Assistant Referee 2: Duncan Sultana MLT
Fourth Official: Matthew De Gabriele MLT
VAR: Paolo Mazzoleni ITA
AVAR: Valerio Marini ITA
Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov UKR

Azerbaijan – Slovakia
Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Morten Jensen NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Anders Dale NOR
Fourth Official: Sigurd Kringstad NOR
VAR: Jochem Kamphuis NED
AVAR: Tom Hagen NOR
Referee Observer: Vadims Direktorenko LVA

Estonia – Sweden
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Arbër Zalla ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Rejdi Avdo ALB
Fourth Official: Albert Doda ALB
VAR: Kreshnik Barjamaj ALB
AVAR: Olsion Yzeiraj ALB
Referee Observer: Mark Whitby WAL

Lithuania – Romania
Referee: Nicholas Walsh SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Graeme Stewart SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Calum Spence SCO
Fourth Official: Christopher Graham SCO
VAR: John Beaton SCO
AVAR: Ross Hardie SCO
Referee Observer: Viktor Kassai HUN

Kosovo – Cyprus
Referee: Matej Jug SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Vidali SVN
Fourth Official: Dejan Balažič SVN
VAR: Asmir Sagrković SVN
AVAR: Rade Obrenovič SVN
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz TUR

Northern Ireland – Bulgaria
Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Alexis Auger FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Danos FRA
Fourth Official: Mathieu Vernice FRA
VAR: Eric Wattellier FRA
AVAR: Bastien Dechepy FRA
Referee Observer: Michal Beneš CZE

Belarus – Luxembourg
Referee: Atilla Karaoglan TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Abdullah Özkara TUR
Fourth Official: Direnç Tonusluoğlu TUR
VAR: Christian Dingert GER
AVAR: Sören Storks GER
Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel FRA

League D

Liechtenstein – Gibraltar
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Valentin Avram ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandru Cerei ROU
Fourth Official: Szabolcs Kovacs ROU
VAR: Ovidiu Haţegan ROU
AVAR: Sorin Costreie ROU
Referee Observer: Kristinn Jakobsson ISL

Malta – Moldova
Referee: John Brooks ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Bennett ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Robathan ENG
Fourth Official: Samuel Barrott ENG
VAR: Michael Salisbury ENG
AVAR: Timothy Wood ENG
Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer AUT

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – AFC (Round 3, Matchday 4)

15 October 2024

Uzbekistan – UAE
Referee: Ma Ning CHN (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Zhou Fei CHN
Assistant Referee 2: Zhang Cheng CHN
Fourth Official: Di Wang CHN
VAR: Fu Ming CHN
AVAR: Shen Yinhao CHN

Kyrgyzstan – Korea DPR
Referee: Mohammed Al Hoish KSA
Assistant Referee 1: Khalaf Al Shammari KSA
Assistant Referee 2: Yasir Al Sultan KSA
Fourth Official: Shukri Al Hanfosh KSA
VAR: Abdullah Al Shehri KSA
AVAR: Ibrahim Al Dakheel KSA

Iran – Qatar
Referee: Yusuke Araki JPN
Assistant Referee 1: Jun Mihara JPN
Assistant Referee 2: Kota Watanabe JPN
Fourth Official: Hiroki Kasahara JPN
VAR: Hiroyuki Kimura JPN
AVAR: Jumpei Iida JPN

Korea – Iraq
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin UZB
Assistant Referee 1: Andrey Tsapenko UZB
Assistant Referee 2: Timur Gaynulin UZB
Fourth Official: Asker Nadjafaliev UZB
VAR: Firdavs Norsafarov UZB
AVAR: Aziz Asymov UZB

Jordan – Oman
Referee: Khalid Al Turais KSA
Assistant Referee 1: Mohammed Al Abakry KSA
Assistant Referee 2: Khalaf Al Shammari KSA
Fourth Official: Faisal Al-Blwi KSA
VAR: Muhammad Bin Jahari SIN
AVAR: Alexander King AUS

Palestine – Kuwait
Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim QAT
Assistant Referee 1: Taleb Al Marri QAT
Assistant Referee 2: Saoud Al Maqaleh QAT
Fourth Official: Mohammed Al Shammari QAT
VAR: Abdulla Al Marri QAT
AVAR: Zahy Al Shmari QAT

Japan – Australia
Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali KUW
Assistant Referee 1: Abdulhadi Al-Anezi KUW
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmad Abbas KUW
Fourth Official: Ammar Ashkanani KUW
VAR: Abdullah Jamali KUW
AVAR: Abdullah Al Kandari KUW

China – Indonesia
Referee: Omar Al Ali UAE
Assistant Referee 1: Mohamed Al Hammadi UAE
Assistant Referee 2: Jasem Al Ali UAE
Fourth Official: Sultan Al Hammadi UAE
VAR: Mohammed Obaid UAE
AVAR: Yahya Al-Mulla UAE

Saudi Arabia – Bahrain
Referee: Salman Falahi QAT
Assistant Referee 1: Ramzan Al Naemi QAT
Assistant Referee 2: Majid Al Shammari QAT
Fourth Official: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile QAT
VAR: Khamis Al Marri QAT
AVAR: Mohammed Ahmed QAT

UEFA U-21 Euro 2025 – Qualifiers (Matchday 13)

14-15 October 2024

Netherlands – Sweden
Referee: Robert Jones ENG (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: James Mainwaring ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Wade Smith ENG
Fourth Official: Tim Robinson ENG
Referee Observer: Bariş Şimşek TUR

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Cyprus

Referee: Peiman Simani FIN

Assistant Referee 1: Christian De Casseres FIN

Assistant Referee 2: Turkka Valjakka FIN

Fourth Official: Mohammed Al-Emara FIN

Referee Observer: Pavle Radovanović MNE

Spain – Malta

Referee: Georgi Ginchev BUL

Assistant Referee 1: Georgi Doynov BUL

Assistant Referee 2: Ivo Kolev BUL

Fourth Official: Mariyan Grebencharski BUL

Referee Observer: Radek Příhoda CZE

Estonia – Kosovo

Referee: Jason Barcelo GIB

Assistant Referee 1: Michael Macias GIB

Assistant Referee 2: Fausti Guerrero GIB

Fourth Official: Timothy Reoch GIB

Referee Observer: Tony Asumaa FIN

Poland – Germany

Referee: Dario Bel CRO

Assistant Referee 1: Goran Pataki CRO

Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Janić CRO

Fourth Official: Oliver Romić CRO

Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci ALB

Belgium – Hungary

Referee: Chrysovalándis Theoulí CYP

Assistant Referee 1: Mários Kalogírou CYP

Assistant Referee 2: Kyriákos Sokrátous CYP

Fourth Official: Andréas Tsambalás CYP

Referee Observer: Stephen Tanner ENG

Kazakhstan – Scotland

Referee: Alan Kijas AUT

Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Witschnigg AUT

Assistant Referee 2: Thomas Kaplan AUT

Fourth Official: Safak Barmaksiz AUT

Referee Observer: Gevorg Hovhannisyan ARM

Georgia – North Macedonia

Referee: Viktar Šymusik BLR

Assistant Referee 1: Siarhiej Kasaviec BLR

Assistant Referee 2: Anton Husieŭ BLR

Fourth Official: Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ BLR

Referee Observer: Pavel Salii KAZ

Israel – Bulgaria

Referee: Michele Beltrano SMR

Assistant Referee 1: Gian-Marco Ercolani SMR

Assistant Referee 2: Ernesto Cristiano SMR

Fourth Official: Mattia Andruccioli SMR

Referee Observer: Niklas á Lídarenda FRO

Albania – Armenia

Referee: Kyriákos Athanasíou CYP

Assistant Referee 1: Pávlos Georgíou CYP

Assistant Referee 2: Iraklís Komodrómos CYP

Fourth Official: Andréas Techráni CYP

Referee Observer: Ognjen Valjić BIH

Romania – Switzerland

Referee: Marc Nagtegaal NED

Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED

Assistant Referee 2: Dyon Fikkert NED

Fourth Official: Alex Bos NED

Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely HUN

Finland – Montenegro

Referee: Damian Kos POL

Assistant Referee 1: Bartosz Heinig POL

Assistant Referee 2: Marek Arys POL

Fourth Official: Marcin Szczerbowicz POL

Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo LVA

Andorra – Portugal

Referee: Dmytro Kubryak UKR

Assistant Referee 1: Valentyn Kutsev UKR

Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Nyzhnyk UKR

Fourth Official: Klym Zabroda UKR

Referee Observer: Besfort Kasumi KOS

Croatia – Greece

Referee: Sandi Putros DEN

Assistant Referee 1: Jesper Dahl DEN

Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Cortzen DEN

Fourth Official: Aydin Uslu DEN

Referee Observer: Kevin Parry WAL

Faroe Islands – Belarus

Referee: Kamal Umudlu AZE

Assistant Referee 1: Namiq Hüseynov AZE

Assistant Referee 2: Vüsal Mammadov AZE

Fourth Official: Tural Qurbanov AZE

Referee Observer: Ladislav Gádoši SVK

Denmark – Iceland

Referee: Snir Levi ISR

Assistant Referee 1: Rostislav Talis ISR

Assistant Referee 2: Yossi Babayoff ISR

Fourth Official: Avraham Mizrachi ISR

Referee Observer: Christof Dierick BEL

Czechia – Lithuania

Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann MLT

Assistant Referee 1: Luke Portelli MLT

Assistant Referee 2: Mark Ciantar MLT

Fourth Official: Ezekiel Barbara MLT

Referee Observer: Albano Janku ALB

Italy – Ireland

Referee: Adam Ladebäck SWE

Assistant Referee 1: Niklas Nyberg SWE

Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Yng SWE

Fourth Official: Oscar Johnson SWE

Referee Observer: Michaíl Koukoulákis GRE

Norway – Turkey

Referee: Lothar D’Hondt BEL

Assistant Referee 1: Romain Devillers BEL

Assistant Referee 2: Nico Claes BEL

Fourth Official: Bert Put BEL

Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek AUT

San Marino – Latvia

Referee: Martin Matoša SVN

Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Kasapovič SVN

Assistant Referee 2: Matic Mežnar SVN

Fourth Official: Denis Šabanagič SVN

Referee Observer: Draženko Kovačić CRO

France – Austria

Referee: Mihály Káprály HUN

Assistant Referee 1: István Albert HUN

Assistant Referee 2: Gergő Vígh-Tarsonyi HUN

Fourth Official: Márton Rúsz HUN

Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu ROU

Luxembourg – Northern Ireland

Referee: Visar Kastrati KOS

Assistant Referee 1: Fatlum Berisha KOS

Assistant Referee 2: Bujar Selimaj KOS

Fourth Official: Vigan Iberdemaj KOS

Referee Observer: Geórgios Bíkas GRE

England – Azerbaijan

Referee: Ivana Martinčić CRO

Assistant Referee 1: Sanja Rodjak-Karšić CRO

Assistant Referee 2: Maja Petravić CRO

Fourth Official: Sabina Bolić CRO

Referee Observer: Jens Larsen DEN

Serbia – Ukraine

Referee: Robert Jenkins WAL

Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Beckett WAL

Assistant Referee 2: Lewiss Edwards WAL

Fourth Official: Alex McInch WAL

Referee Observer: Petteri Kari FIN

Concacaf Nations League 2024/2025 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

13-15 October 2024

League A

Jamaica – Honduras
Referee: Armando Villarreal USA (photo)

Trinidad and Tobago – Cuba
Referee: Bryan Lopez GUA

Nicaragua – French Guiana
Referee: Ivan Barton SLV

Costa Rica – Guatemala
Referee: Joseph Dickerson USA

Martinique – Guadeloupe
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere CAN

Suriname – Guyana
Referee: Steffon Dewar JAM

League B

Montserrat – Bonaire
Referee: Khamal Harding-Hodge ANG

El Salvador – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Referee: Tristley Bassue SKN

Curaçao – Grenada
Referee: Christopher Mason JAM

Saint Lucia – Saint Martin
Referee: Michael Venne CAN

Puerto Rico – Sint Maarten
Referee: Moeth Gaymes SVG

Haiti – Aruba
Referee: David Gomez CRC

Dominican Republic – Antigua and Barbuda
Referee: Cristopher Corado GUA

Bermuda – Dominica
Referee: Josue Ugalde CRC

League C

Turks and Caicos Islands – Anguilla
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva USA

Barbados – Bahamas
Referee: Micheal Akangou CAY

Belize – Turks and Caicos Islands
Referee: Victor Rivas USA

Saint Kitts and Nevis – Cayman Islands
Referee: Shekiel Jokil SUR

Female referee, 24, and referee assessor, 61, banned for sex scandal

A Turkish female referee has landed a lifetime ban - after allegedly featuring in a sex tape with an official almost three times her age. Elif Karaarslan, 24, has refereed matches in Turkey since injury forced her to quit playing football. But the TFF, Turkey's FA, has now banned her for life after she was reportedly filmed having sex with referee observer Orhan Erdemir. Former FIFA referee Erdemir, 61, has received a similar punishment from the TFF.

Istanbul-born Elif, who has 363,000 followers on social media, denied being one of the people in the leaked footage. She intends to appeal, insisting: "I will have a long road ahead legally, but will overcome in the strongest and most robust way. I look forward to your full support and love in this process. Crying, screaming and being sad are not things I would do. That is not me. I will stand by my cause until the end. I am just one of many who are being harmed - I hope I am the last." Elif played for Besiktas before becoming a referee.

Meanwhile, Erdemir claimed the video had been circulated without his permission, but admitted his career is now over: "My honour in my family, my social circle and the refereeing community has been blown away. In addition to my financial losses, the emotional damage I have suffered is indescribable." Istanbul native Erdemir was a FIFA referee between 1999 and 2002. He also took charge of games in Turkey's Super Lig before becoming an observer of his fellow officials.

Source: The Sun

UEFA Nations League 2024/2025 – Group Stage (Matchday 3)

10-12 October 2024

League A

Italy – Belgium
Referee: Espen Eskas NOR (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Engan NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Isaak Bashevkin NOR
Fourth Official: Mohammad Aslam NOR
VAR: Rob Dieperink NED
AVAR: Tom Hagen NOR
Referee Observer: Michael Riley ENG

Israel – France
Referee: Nikola Dabanović MNE
Assistant Referee 1: Vladan Todorović MNE
Assistant Referee 2: Srdjan Jovanović MNE
Fourth Official: Miloš Bošković MNE
VAR: Ivan Bebek CRO
AVAR: Ivan Matić CRO
Referee Observer: Kenneth Clark SCO

Hungary – Netherlands
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Susann Küng SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Guillaume Maire SUI
Fourth Official: Johannes von Mandach SUI
VAR: Fedayi San SUI
AVAR: Lionel Tschudi SUI
Referee Observer: Chrístos Nikolaidis CYP

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Germany
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Jérémy Stinat FRA
VAR: Willy Delajod FRA
AVAR: Bastien Dechepy FRA
Referee Observer: Ante Vučemilović CRO

Croatia – Scotland
Referee: Istvan Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marica ROU
Assistant Referee 2: George Neacșu ROU
Fourth Official: Marcel Bîrsan ROU
VAR: Dennis Higler NED
AVAR: Sebastian Colțescu ROU
Referee Observer: Alain Sars FRA

Poland – Portugal
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük NED
Assistant Referee 1: Erwin Zeinstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Johan Balder NED
Fourth Official: Sander van der Eijk NED
VAR: Pol van Boekel NED
AVAR: Edwin van de Graaf NED
Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo ESP

Spain – Denmark
Referee: Ivan Kružliak SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Ján Pozor SVK
Fourth Official: Peter Královič SVK
VAR: Michal Očenáš SVK
AVAR: Erik Gemzický SVK
Referee Observer: Nuno Castro POR

Serbia – Switzerland
Referee: Simone Sozza ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giovanni Baccini ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Davide Imperiale ITA
Fourth Official: Giovanni Ayroldi ITA
VAR: Luca Pairetto ITA
AVAR: Michael Fabbri ITA
Referee Observer: Ruud Bossen NED

League B

Finland – Ireland
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Dejan Kostadinov MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Goce Petreski MKD
Fourth Official: Igor Stojčevski MKD
VAR: Mario Zebec CRO
AVAR: Duje Strukan CRO
Referee Observer: Sergejus Slyva LTU

England – Greece
Referee: Andrea Colombo ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Ciro Carbone ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgio Peretti ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
VAR: Valerio Marini ITA
AVAR: Paolo Mazzoleni ITA
Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán ESP

Austria – Kazakhstan
Referee: Donald Robertson SCO
Assistant Referee 1: David Roome SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Ross Macleod SCO
Fourth Official: Grant Irvine SCO
VAR: Steven McLean SCO
AVAR: Greg Aitken SCO
Referee Observer: Nenad Djokić SRB

Norway – Slovenia
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Mangirdas Mirauskas LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandras Stepanovas LTU
Fourth Official: Vilius Paulauskas LTU
VAR: Christian Dingert GER
AVAR: Donatas Šimenas LTU
Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP

Ukraine – Georgia
Referee: Julian Weinberger AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch AUT
Fourth Official: Stefan Ebner AUT
VAR: Alan Kijas AUT
AVAR: Manuel Schuttengruber AUT
Referee Observer: Iain Robertson Brines SCO

Czechia – Albania
Referee: Benoît Bastien FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Berthomieu FRA
Fourth Official: Thomas Léonard FRA
VAR: Benoît Millot FRA
AVAR: Romain Lissorgue FRA
Referee Observer: Marco Borg MLT

Turkey – Montenegro
Referee: Daniele Chiffi ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Alessio Berti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Luigi Rossi ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marchetti ITA
VAR: Marco Di Bello ITA
AVAR: Gianluca Aureliano ITA
Referee Observer: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich GER

Iceland – Wales
Referee: Antoni Bandić BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Amer Macić BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Marko Perić BIH
Fourth Official: Dragan Petrović BIH
VAR: Fran Jović CRO
AVAR: Dario Bel CRO
Referee Observer: Antonio Damato ITA

League C

Latvia – North Macedonia
Referee: Jakob Sundberg DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Deniz Yurdakul DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Victor Skytte DEN
Fourth Official: Mikkel Redder DEN
VAR: Jonas Hansen DEN
AVAR: Sandi Putros DEN
Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer GER

Faroe Islands – Armenia
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyy UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Semen Shlonchak UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Matyash UKR
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Romanov UKR
VAR: Mykola Balakin UKR
AVAR: Denys Shurman UKR
Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel FRA

Estonia – Azerbaijan
Referee: Robert Harvey IRL
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Clarke IRL
Assistant Referee 2: Wayne McDonnell IRL
Fourth Official: Robert Hennessy IRL
VAR: Michael Salisbury ENG
AVAR: Nick Hopton ENG
Referee Observer: Igor Șațchi MDA

Slovakia – Sweden
Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA
Fourth Official: Ermanno Feliciani ITA
VAR: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
AVAR: Daniele Doveri ITA
Referee Observer: Asim Xudiyev AZE

Lithuania – Kosovo
Referee: Ondřej Berka CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nádvorník CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Matěj Vlček CZE
Fourth Official: Ondřej Pechanec CZE
VAR: Miroslav Zelinka CZE
AVAR: Tomáš Kocourek CZE
Referee Observer: Martin Atkinson ENG

Bulgaria – Luxembourg
Referee: David Šmajc SVN
Assistant Referee 1: David Gabrovec SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Tomaž Černe SVN
Fourth Official: Mihael Antić SVN
VAR: Alen Borošak SVN
AVAR: Dragoslav Perič SVN
Referee Observer: Manuel Díaz Vega ESP

Cyprus – Romania
Referee: Sascha Stegemann GER
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Achmüller GER
Assistant Referee 2: Christof Günsch GER
Fourth Official: Tobias Reichel GER
VAR: Bastian Dankert GER
AVAR: Katrin Rafalski GER
Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan ARM

Belarus – Northern Ireland
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan ARM
Assistant Referee 1: Mesrop Ghazaryan ARM
Assistant Referee 2: Artur Gdlyan ARM
Fourth Official: Yura Mahtesyan ARM
VAR: Zaven Hovhannisyan ARM
AVAR: Artem Gasparyan ARM
Referee Observer: Pascal Garibian FRA

League D

Moldova – Andorra
Referee: Miloš Milanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Pašajlić SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Novak Novaković SRB
Fourth Official: Milan Ilić SRB
VAR: Momčilo Marković SRB
AVAR: Novak Simović SRB
Referee Observer: Hannes Kaasik EST

Gibraltar – San Marino
Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Dietz GER
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner GER
VAR: Sören Storks GER
AVAR: Patrick Hanslbauer GER
Referee Observer: Augustus Constantin ROU