UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

1 October 2013
FC Basel – FC Schalke
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Raul Cabanero Martinez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Diaz Perez (ESP)
Additional AR1: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (ESP)
Additional AR2: Javier Estrada Fernandez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Victoriano Diaz Casado (ESP)
Referee Observer: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)

Steaua Bucuresti – Chelsea FC
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP)
Additional AR1: Carlos Clos Gomez (ESP)
Additional AR2: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Fourth Official: Javier Aguilar Rodriguez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn (GER)

Borussia Dortmund – Olympique Marseille
Referee: David Fernandez Borbalan (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Jesus Calvo Guadamuro (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Fernandez Miranda (ESP)
Additional AR1: Cesar Muniz Fernandez (ESP)
Additional AR2: Jesus Gil Manzano (ESP)
Fourth Official: Pau Cebrian Devis (ESP)
Referee Observer: Donald McVicar (SCO)

Arsenal – Napoli
Referee: Milorad Mazic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjevic (SRB)
Additional AR1: Danilo Grujic (SRB)
Additional AR2: Miodrag Gogic (SRB)
Fourth Official: Vladimir Cadjenovic (SRB)
Referee Observer: Paul Allaerts (BEL)

Zenit St. Petersburg – Austria Wien
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Guido Kleve (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Hacker (GER)
Additional AR1: Marco Fritz (GER)
Additional AR2: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Fourth Official: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Referee Observer: Laszlo Vagner (HUN)

FC Porto – Atletico Madrid
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Darren Cann (ENG)
Additional AR1: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Additional AR2: Michael Jones (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stephen Child (ENG)
Referee Observer: Kaj Ostergaard (DEN)

Ajax Amsterdam – AC Milan
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Warnmark (SWE)
Additional AR1: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Additional AR2: Markus Strombergsson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Referee Observer: Zoran Petrovic (SRB)

Celtic Glasgow – FC Barcelona
Referee: Stephane Lannoy (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frederic Cano (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Annonier (FRA)
Additional AR1: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
Additional AR2: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Fourth Official: Eric Dansault (FRA)
Referee Observer: Athanassios Briakos (GRE)

2 October 2013
Shakhtar Donetsk – Manchester United
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Slysko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Wilczek (CZE)
Additional AR1: Radek Prihoda (CZE)
Additional AR2: Michal Patak (CZE)
Fourth Official: Antonin Kordula (CZE)
Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)

Bayer Leverkusen – Real Sociedad
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Averianov (RUS)
Additional AR1: Maksim Layushkin (RUS)
Additional AR2: Vitaly Meshkov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Aleksei Vorontsov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Vlado Sajn (SVN)

Juventus Turin – Galatasaray
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Gyorgy Ring (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Toth (HUN)
Additional AR1: Tamas Bognar (HUN)
Additional AR2: Mihaly Fabian (HUN)
Fourth Official: Robert Kispal (HUN)
Referee Observer: Vaclav Krondl (CZE)

Real Madrid – FC Kobenhavn
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Zunic (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Additional AR1: Slavko Vincic (SVN)
Additional AR2: Dragoslav Peric (SVN)
Fourth Official: Primoz Arhar (SVN)
Referee Observer: Jaap Uilenberg (NED)

Paris SG – Benfica
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Renato Faverani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Stefani (ITA)
Additional AR1: Andrea De Marco (ITA)
Additional AR2: Antonio Damato (ITA)
Fourth Official: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
Referee Observer: Michael Riley (ENG)

Anderlecht – Olympiakos
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Haglund (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Andas (NOR)
Additional AR1: Dag Vidar Hafsas (NOR)
Additional AR2: Tore Hansen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Dag-Roger Nebben (NOR)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)

CSKA Moskva – Viktoria Plzen
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rov van de Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Schaap (NED)
Additional AR1: Serdar Gozubuyuk (NED)
Additional AR2: Ed Janssen (NED)
Fourth Official: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP)

Manchester City – Bayern Munchen
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Additional AR1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Additional AR2: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Fourth Official: Angelo Boonman (NED)
Referee Observer: Peter Mikkelsen (DEN)

Dutch referee red-faced after card blunder

A leading Dutch referee described himself as sick to the stomach after attempting to book a player in a cup tie on Thursday, only to discover he had forgotten his cards. But Heerenveen defender Joey van den Berg did not got away with his foul. His name was included on the list of cautions on the official report of his team's 3-0 win over fellow top-flight club Twente Enschede, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported on Friday.

Referee Pieter Vink said that he had changed his soaking wet shirt at halftime but forgot to transfer his cards from the pocket of the old shirt. "I thought I blew the game well," he told Fox Sports television. "And then this happens to you. It has made me furious. This will never happen to me again. I'm really sick to my stomach about it."

Source: Eurosport

EPL referees need independence

English Premier League referees are not showing enough red cards, according to former top official Mark Halsey. "The Premier League want fast, furious and physical games," Halsey told the Sun. "It is also what the world wants and for which TV pays huge sums of money. But you do wonder if we are doing a disservice sometimes by being different and letting the game flow more than our colleagues abroad". Halsey said one of the issues was that the Premier League paid the referees and so had more input into how they officiated games. "In all other footballing nations, it is the national federations who control refereeing, not their main league. La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga are servants, not masters. One of the problems in our current system is that the Premier League funds the [match officials], along with the FA and Football League to a lesser extent. In effect, these organisations are paying the wages of referees. There is clearly potential for vested interest here. Down the years we have seen that certain managers can put pressure on the League to make sure the [game] is run a certain way and refereed under that system. At a referee's meeting at Burton late last season we were shown 39 incidents where red cards should have been issued in the Premier League but only seven had been. That meant we had missed 32 cards between us. I know English football's card count was down to a reputation for letting games flow, an average of one red card every 8.6 games compared with one every 2.6 in Spain, but that was ridiculous".

Source: ESPN

Copa Sudamericana – Round of 16 (Second Leg, I)

25 September 2013
Universidad de Chile – Lanus
Referee: Heber Lopes (BRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Fabricio Vilarinho (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Rodrigo Correa (BRA)
Fourth Official: Jorge Osorio (CHI)
Referee Observer: Guido Aros (CHI)

26 September 2013
River Plate – Liga de Loja
Referee: Julio Quintana (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Milciades Saldivar (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Eduardo Cardozo (PAR)
Fourth Official: Silvio Trucco (ARG)
Referee Observer: Carlos Coradina (ARG)

CONCACAF Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 5)

24 September 2013
Montreal Impact – CD Heredia
Referee: Courtney Campbell (JAM, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Garnet Page (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Kedlee Powell (JAM)
Fourth Official: Kevin Morrison (JAM)
Referee Observer: Donald Wilbur (USA)

Cruz Azul – Valencia
Referee: Jeffrey Solis (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Fernandez (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Geovany Garcia (SLV)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Cerdas (CRC)
Referee Observer: Amilcar Burgos (HON)

CD Olimpia – Real Esteli
Referee: William Anderson (PUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Jairo Morales (PUR)
Fourth Official: Walter Lopez (GUA)
Referee Observer: Jozsef Michna (USA)

25 September 2013
Houston Dynamo – W Connection
Referee: Ricardo Montero (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Leonel Leal (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Diaz (GUA)
Fourth Official: Walter Quesada (CRC)
Referee Observer: Donald Campos (NCA)

CS Cartagines – LA Galaxy
Referee: John Pitti (PAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Williamson (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Rey Mendoza (PAN)
Fourth Official: Roberto Moreno (PAN)
Referee Observer: Jose Pineda (HON)

CSD Comunicaciones – Caledonia AIA
Referee: Marcos Brea (CUB)
Assistant Referee 1: Hiran Dopico (CUB)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Mangandi (SLV)
Fourth Official: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
Referee Observer: Ronald Gutierrez (CRC)

26 September 2013
LD Alajuelense – Sporting San Miguelito
Referee: Juan Guzman (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frank Anderson (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Kermit Quisenberry (USA)
Fourth Official: Baldomero Toledo (USA)
Referee Observer: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

Tijuana Xolos – CD Victoria
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Hermenerito Leal (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Octavio Jara (CRC)
Fourth Official: Hugo Cruz (CRC)
Referee Observer: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)

Copa Sudamericana – Round of 16 (First Leg, II)

24 September 2013
Coritiba – Itagui
Referee: Oscar Maldonado (BOL, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Efrain Castro (BOL)
Assistant Referee 2: Wilson Arellano (BOL)
Fourth Official: Marcelo Henrique (BRA)
Referee Observer: Roberto Braatz (BRA)

25 September 2013
Ponte Preta – Deportivo Pasto
Referee: Julio Bascunan (CHI)
Assistant Referee 1: Francisco Mondria (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Maturana (CHI)
Fourth Official: Wilson Seneme (BRA)
Referee Observer: Nilson Moncao (BRA)

Libertad – Sport Recife
Referee: Saul Laverni (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivan Nunez (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ezequiel Brailovsky (ARG)
Fourth Official: Ulises Mereles (PAR)
Referee Observer: Manuel Bernal (PAR)

26 September 2013
Sao Paulo – Universidad Catolica
Referee: Dario Ubriaco (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Pastorino (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Changala (URU)
Fourth Official: Wilton Sampaio (BRA)
Referee Observer: Ednilson Corona (BRA)

Atletico Nacional – Bahia
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (ECU)
Assistant Referee 1: Luis Alvarado (ECU)
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Vera (ECU)
Fourth Official: Adrian Velez (COL)
Referee Observer: Otalvaro Polanco (COL)

Webb: "Players have their eye on going to the World Cup and referees are no different"

Howard Webb is regarded as one of the top referees in world football. After plying his trade in the lower leagues during the mid-1990s, he made the step up to the top flight as an assistant referee in 1998, before taking charge of his first Premier League match five years later. He has been a FIFA-listed official since 2005 and in 2010 he was appointed to referee two of the biggest games in football – the Champions League final and the World Cup final. Here is his Footballers' Football Column.

Many of the players who I will officiate this season in the Premier League and the Champions League will have one eye on the World Cup in the summer – and I am no different. Both Mark Clattenburg and myself are up for selection for the World Cup in Brazil and hopefully one of us will go. I love being involved in tournaments and now my season is geared towards working hard to try and get that again next year by being selected for the World Cup, which would be my last involvement due to my age. Players play for their club every weekend and their immediate focus is to win the game. But they will also have one eye on the national squad and they understand they are being watched all the time and monitored. We are the same, how we do in Premier League or Champions League matches affect selection for the World Cup next year. That is the ultimate aim for the season. You hope your performances are strong and you are in good form and you get selected for a tournament. The referees selected for the tournament are due to find out in February or March. I was a referee at the Confederations Cup in the summer and that was a fantastic experience as was the World Cup in South Africa in 2010. The biggest honour of all as a referee is to be handed the World Cup final. There have only been 19 World Cup finals, so to referee one of them was a huge privilege. It does not happen to many players and it happens to even fewer referees so when you get appointed as a World Cup final referee then you understand what a big occasion it is. It capped off an amazing experience at the World Cup in South Africa and year in general. It was a difficult game to referee, so much has been written about it but it was a challenging game and a very tough job on the night. But that does not take away anything from the game and I look back on it with fond memories.

I was also the referee for the Champions League final in the same year between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich in Madrid and that went a lot more smoothly and we were able to remain anonymous for that game, which is what the aim is. If people don’t know who refereed a game then you have done your job, which is strange. Sometimes though it is not possible to remain anonymous, even if that is your aim because of the nature of the game. What can happen is if you try and keep a low profile in a game and not get involved then you can make a bigger problem. When I have been close to selection for tournaments I have gone into games hoping there would be no controversies and get through the game quietly. But if a situation happens then it is up to the referee to stand up and be counted. On a few occasions I have not done and learned along the way that you are there to do a job. If a big decision needs to be made then it needs to be made and if you don’t make it then it inadvertently end up raising your profile by not doing the job. If you make the call correctly and it is a clear one then no one really talks about you either because you have done the right thing. But if you don’t and try and keep your profile low then you can make a mistake. Speaking of making mistakes, this season has seen the introduction of goal-line technology in the Premier League. I think you will be hard pressed to find a referee who is anti goal line technology. We are taking about a matter of fact and the answer as to whether the ball has crossed the line or not is definitive. I had a bit of experience with it at the Confederations Cup, the system was not the same but it was very similar. There were not any controversial moments that needed the goal-line technology, but it was reassuring to have it. It is like having an airbag in a car, you don’t need it for 99.99 per cent of the time because you don’t crash your car too often, but you need them there for the time there is an accident and it is reassuring. One of the biggest issues in football at the moment is trying to present the game in a positive light. What people involved in a game have to understand is that what happens on the pitch can influence the next generation. So we need to make sure that it is positive.

Diving is an issue that promotes football in a bad way and we have to make people understand what they are doing. It is an issue and has been for a long time, but it is difficult to deal with and cut out completely because of the nature of it, we try and be as accurate as we can by getting in the right position, but you need a level of certainty to book someone for diving because you are calling them a cheat. From time to time we as officials will get it wrong and then it leaves a sour taste in everyone’s mouth if a game has been won or lost on the back of a dive. Everyone involved needs to understand the damage that diving does to the game. But only a small number of players are involved in simulation and if you look at the number of incidents that happen in a game and across thousands of games then simulation is a very small percentage. But when it does happen it leaves a negative feeling. People can sort it out by not doing it.
When I speak at fans’ forums, people will say to me: ‘Why don’t you punish players who swear and the players who dive.’ The swearing issue, emotions are running high and players will sometimes overstep the mark with their language. But they have to understand where the line is. With the added media exposure on the game, it is natural that referees will be scrutinized more. And there are a number of former officials working in the media and their job is to talk about referees and decisions made during games. I think it is healthy when it is done with the intention of informing the public and bringing peoples attention the job of the referee and the processes we go through in making decisions. When I see and read people like Graham Poll in the Daily Mail, and Dermot Gallagher on Sky Sports or Talk Sport then they are pretty supportive where they can be. But if there is a mistake then it is only right that they flag it up, but if they can give some insight as to why that mistake might have happened, then that has to be beneficial. Football is a sport but it is also an entertainment industry and people pay good money to go and watch and anything that can improve their experience or give them more of an insight has to be a good thing. But if I have made a mistake then I will know that. I do watch programs like Match of the Day and The Football League Show to see what is going on in other games and watch other referees and learn from them. I will also watch my own games and I do listen to the criticism – if there is any. I hear it and everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if I have made mistake then I will know I have made a mistake and don’t really need someone on TV confirming it for me, I know. It does hurt, if you make a mistake then you drive home feeling pretty dejected about it and it can be painful for a few days and while you have not lost a point or two points, it still lives with you. Your reputation is something you care about as a referee.

Source: Daily Mail

UEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

19 September 2013

Maccabi Haifa – AZ Alkmaar
Referee: Robert Schorgenhofer (AUT, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Matthias Winsauer (AUT)
Additional AR 1: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Additional AR 2: Rene Eisner (AUT)
Fourth Official: Alain Hoxha (AUT)
Referee Observer: Guy Goethals (BEL)

Valencia CF – Swansea City
Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Frank Bleyen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Kristof Meers (BEL)
Additional AR 1: Luc Wouters (BEL)
Additional AR 2: Jonathan Lardot (BEL)
Fourth Official: Yves De Neve (BEL)
Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek (AUT)

FC St. Gallen – Kuban Krasnodar
Referee: Pawel Gil (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Piotr Sadczuk (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL)
Additional AR 1: Robert Malek (POL)
Additional AR 2: Pawel Raczkowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Referee Observer: Juan Fernandez Marin (ESP)

Dinamo Zagreb – Chornomorets Odessa Referee: Huseyin Gocek (TUR) Assistant Referee 1: Emre Eyisoy (TUR) Assistant Referee 2: Orkun Aktas (TUR) Additional AR 1: Halis Ozkahya (TUR) Additional AR 2: Suleyman Abay (TUR) Fourth Official: Serkan Ok (TUR) Referee Observer: Manuel Lopez Fernandez (ESP) PSV Eindhoven – Ludogorets Referee: Ivan Kruzliak (SVK) Assistant Referee 1: Tomas Somolani (SVK) Assistant Referee 2: Tomas Mokos (SVK) Additional AR 1: Richard Trutz (SVK) Additional AR 2: Peter Kralovic (SVK) Fourth Official: Ondrej Brendza (SVK) Referee Observer: Alan Snoddy (NIR) FC Salzburg – IF Elfsborg Referee: Leontios Trattou (CYP) Assistant Referee 1: Michael Soteriou (CYP) Assistant Referee 2: Aristides Christou (CYP) Additional AR 1: Marios Panayi (CYP) Additional AR 2: Marios Tsangaris (CYP) Fourth Official: Petros Petrou (CYP) Referee Observer: Tony Asumaa (FIN) Standard Liege – Esbjerg Referee: Gediminas Mazeika (LTU) Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Simkus (LTU) Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU) Additional AR 1: Sergejus Slyva (LTU) Additional AR 2: Jurij Paskovskij (LTU) Fourth Official: Audrius Jagintavicius (LTU) Referee Observer: Oguz Sarvan (TUR) NK Maribor – Rubin Kazan Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED) Assistant Referee 1: Angelo Boonman (NED) Assistant Referee 2: Davie Goossens (NED) Additional AR 1: Richard Liesveld (NED) Additional AR 2: Dennis Higler (NED) Fourth Official: Bas van Dongen (NED) Referee Observer: Ilkka Koho (FIN) Zulte Wagerem – Wigan Athletic Referee: Marcin Borski (POL) Assistant Referee 1: Rafal Rostkowski (POL) Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Mucha (POL) Additional AR 1: Daniel Stefanski (POL) Additional AR 2: Bartosz Frankowski (POL) Fourth Official: Krzysztof Myrmus (POL) Referee Observer: Adrian Casha (MLT) ACF Fiorentina – Pacos de Ferreira Referee: Kevin Blom (NED) Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Langkamp (NED) Assistant Referee 2: Berry Simons (NED) Additional AR 1: Danny Makkelie (NED) Additional AR 2: Tom van Sichem (NED) Fourth Official: Charles Schaap (NED) Referee Observer: Michael Ross (NIR) CS Pandurii – FC Dnipro Referee: Sascha Kever (SUI) Assistant Referee 1: Raffael Zeder (SUI) Assistant Referee 2: Devis Dettamanti (SUI) Additional AR 1: Sascha Amhof (SUI) Additional AR 2: Pascal Erlachner (SUI) Fourth Official: Charles Helbling (SUI) Referee Observer: Matteo Trefoloni (ITA) Eintracht Frankfurt – Girondins Bordeaux Referee: Andre Marriner (ENG) Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG) Assistant Referee 2: Simon Long (ENG) Additional AR 1: Anthony Taylor (ENG) Additional AR 2: Mike Jones (ENG) Fourth Official: Jake Collin (ENG) Referee Observer: Stefan Ormandjiev (BUL) Maccabi Tel-Aviv – Apoel Referee: Carlos Clos Gomez (ESP) Assistant Referee 1: Javier Aguilar Rodriguez (ESP) Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP) Additional AR 1: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (ESP) Additional AR 2: Cesar Muniz Fernandez (ESP) Fourth Official: Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP) Referee Observer: Jan Wegereef (NED) Dynamo Kyiv – KRC Genk Referee: Anastassios Sidiropoulos (GRE) Assistant Referee 1: Damianos Efthimiadis (GRE) Assistant Referee 2: Dimitrios Gagas (GRE) Additional AR 1: Ilias Spathas (GRE) Additional AR 2: Stavros Tritsonis (GRE) Fourth Official: Christos Akrivos (GRE) Referee Observer: Zdravko Jokic (SRB) SC Freiburg – Slovan Liberec Referee: Cristian Balaj (ROU) Assistant Referee 1: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU) Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Artene (ROU) Additional AR 1: Istvan Kovacs (ROU) Additional AR 2: Marius Avram (ROU) Fourth Official: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU) Referee Observer: Kyros Georgiou (CYP) FC Thun – Rapid Wien Referee: Anastassios Kakos (GRE) Assistant Referee 1: Dimitrios Tatsis (GRE) Assistant Referee 2: Michael Karsiotis (GRE) Additional AR 1: Athanassios Giachos (GRE) Additional AR 2: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE) Fourth Official: Ilias Alexeas (GRE) Referee Observer: Valentin Ivanov (RUS) Estoril Praia – Sevilla FC Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR) Assistant Referee 1: Shabtai Nahmias (ISR) Assistant Referee 2: Danny Krasikow (ISR) Additional AR 1: Eli Hacmon (ISR) Additional AR 2: Daniel Natan (ISR) Fourth Official: Dan Ucenic (ISR) Referee Observer: Leif Sundell (SWE) Betis Sevilla – Olympique Lyon Referee: Stefan Johannesson (SWE) Assistant Referee 1: Magnus Sjoblom (SWE) Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Gustavsson (SWE) Additional AR 1: Martin Strombergsson (SWE) Additional AR 2: Andreas Ekberg (SWE) Fourth Official: Henrik Andren (SWE) Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy (TUR) Vitoria SC – HNK Rijeka Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR) Assistant Referee 1: Dzmity Zhuk (BLR) Assistant Referee 2: Andrei Hetsikau (BLR) Additional AR 1: Dzianis Shcharbakou (BLR) Additional AR 2: Siarhei Tsynkevich (BLR) Fourth Official: Aleh Maslianka (BLR) Referee Observer: Ioannis Tsachilidis (GRE) Apollon – Trabzonspor Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP) Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian Devis (ESP) Assistant Referee 2: Jose Fernandez Miranda (ESP) Additional AR 1: Javier Estrada Fernandez (ESP) Additional AR 2: Jesus Gil Manzano (ESP) Fourth Official: Roberto Diaz Perez (ESP) Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA) Lazio Roma – Legia Warszawa Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL) Assistant Referee 1: Johann Gudmundsson (ISL) Assistant Referee 2: Gunnar Gunnarsson (ISL) Additional AR 1: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (ISL) Additional AR 2: Gunnar Jonsson (ISL) Fourth Official: Sigurdur Thorleifsson (ISL) Referee Observer: John Ward (IRL) Sheriff Tiraspol – Anji Referee: Alan Kelly (IRL) Assistant Referee 1: Dermot Broughton (IRL) Assistant Referee 2: Wayne McDonnell (IRL) Additional AR 1: Neil Doyle (IRL) Additional AR 2: Padraigh Sutton (IRL) Fourth Official: Emmet Dynan (IRL) Referee Observer: Asim Khudiyev (AZE) Tottenham – Tromso Referee: Libor Kovarik (CZE) Assistant Referee 1: Krystof Mencl (CZE) Assistant Referee 2: Patrik Filipek (CZE) Additional AR 1: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE) Additional AR 2: Petr Ardeleanu (CZE) Fourth Official: Antonin Kordula (CZE) Referee Observer: Siegfried Kirschen (GER) PAOK – Shakhter Karagandy Referee: Fredy Fautrel (FRA) Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Gringore (FRA) Assistant Referee 2: Laurent Stien (FRA) Additional AR 1: Benoit Bastien (FRA) Additional AR 2: Wilfried Bien (FRA) Fourth Official: Guillaume Debart (FRA) Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Copa Sudamericana – Round of 16 (First Leg, I)

18 September 2013
Lanus – Universidad de Chile 
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (PAR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Dario Gaona (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Zorrilla (PAR)
Fourth Official: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
Referee Observer: Abel Gnecco (ARG)

La Equidad – Velez Sarsfield
Referee: Roberto Silvera (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo Costa (URU)
Fourth Official: Imer Machado (COL)
Referee Observer: Oscar Ruiz (COL)

19 September 2013
Liga de Loja – River Plate
Referee: Jose Buitrago (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Wilson Berrio (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Alexander Guzman (COL)
Fourth Official: Diego Lara (ECU)
Referee Observer: Bommer Fierro (ECU)

CONCACAF Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

17 September 2013
Club America – Sporting San Miguelito
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (SUR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Ramon Louisville (SUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Philippe Briere (CAN)
Fourth Official: Silviu Petrescu (CAN)
Referee Observer: Victor Stewart (JAM)

Sporting Kansas City – Real Esteli
Referee: Sandy Vasquez (DOM)
Assistant Referee 1: Hector Delgadillo (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Mario Lopez (MEX)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Arellano (MEX)
Referee Observer: Neftali Recinos (SLV)

San Jose Earthquakes – Montreal Impact
Referee: Armando Castro (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Ramirez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Melvyn Cruz (HON)
Fourth Official: Raul Castro (HON)
Referee Observer: Alfredo Whittaker (CAY)

18 September 2013
Caledonia AIA – Deportivo Toluca
Referee: Valdin Legister (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Morgan (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Richard Washington (JAM)
Fourth Official: Sherwin Johnson (GUY)
Referee Observer: John Nielsen (CAN)

LA Galaxy – Isidro Metapan
Referee: Hugo Cruz (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Warner Castro (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Osvaldo Luna (CRC)
Fourth Official: Henry Bejerano (CRC)
Referee Observer: Carlos Gonzalez (MEX)

CS Herediano – Valencia FC
Referee: Erick Andino (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Ake (BLZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Hector Recinos (SLV)
Fourth Official: Marlon Meija (SLV)
Referee Observer: Elix Peralta (PAN)

19 September 2013
W Connection – Arabe Unido
Referee: Trevor Taylor (BRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Graeme Browne (SKN)
Assistant Referee 2: Venton Mars (GUY)
Fourth Official: Stanley Lancaster (GUY)
Referee Observer: David Meikle (JAM)

LA Firpo – CD Victoria
Referee: Jafeth Parea (PAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Gabriel Victoria (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Baines (PAN)
Fourth Official: Roberto Moreno (PAN)
Referee Observer: Carlos Batres (GUA)