UEFA Women’s Champions League 2021/22 – Group Stage (Matchday 3)

9-10 November 2021

Servette FC Chênois – Chelsea FCW
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (ROU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Petruta Iugulescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihaela Tepusa (ROU)
Fourth Official: Cristina Trandafir (ROU)
Referee Observer: Esther Azzopardi (MLT)

WFC Kharkiv – Breidablik
Referee: Riem Hussein (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Katrin Rafalski (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Sina Diekmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Fabienne Michel (GER)
Referee Observer: Gyöngyi Gaal (HUN)

Juventus – VfL Wolfsburg
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Ekaterina Kurochkina (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Iulia Petrova (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vera Opeikina (RUS)
Referee Observer: Lilach Asulin (ISR)

Paris St. Germain – Real Madrid
Referee: Rebecca Welch (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Natalie Aspinall (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Lisa Rashid (ENG)
Fourth Official: Emily Heaslip (ENG)
Referee Observer: Ingrid Jonsson (SWE)

HB Koge – Arsenal WFC
Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Olga Almeida (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreia Sousa (POR)
Fourth Official: Teresa Oliveira (POR)
Referee Observer: Maria Villa Gutierrez (ESP)

FC Barcelona – TSG Hoffenheim
Referee: Sara Persson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Almira Spahić (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jilan Taher (SWE)
Fourth Official: Lovisa Johansson (SWE)
Referee Observer: Blaženka Logarušić (CRO)

Olympique Lyonnais – Bayern München
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paulina Baranowska (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Anna Dabrowska (POL)
Fourth Official: Michalina Diakow (POL)
Referee Observer: Jenny Palmqvist (SWE)

SL Benfica – BK Häcken
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Susann Küng (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Emilie Aubry (SUI)
Fourth Official: Michele Schmölzer (SUI)
Referee Observer: Snježana Fočić (CRO)

Clattenburg: "balancing penalty in the 2016 Champions League final"

Mark Clattenburg made a lot of headlines for his refereeing of the 2016 Champions League final, which saw Real Madrid edge Atletico Madrid for the second time in European football's biggest game. Los Blancos went ahead through a goal that shouldn't have stood due to an offside, and the official was aware of that at the time. To make up for his team's mistake, Clattenburg awarded Los Colchoneros a questionable penalty later on, only for Antoine Griezmann to miss it.

"When the ball gets delivered, I knew there was a touch by Gareth Bale in the middle," Clattenburg said to the Brazilian Shirt Name podcast. "That then went to [Sergio] Ramos who scored. I said to my assistant, but it was very difficult with the noise: 'Did you know there was a touch in the middle? You know there's a touch?' But he just froze. I could see him looking at the big screen. He completely froze, so about a minute later I restarted the game because I had to." Clattenburg went on to say that his assistant claimed that the communication earpiece and microphone wasn't working after the goal had gone in, but the referee knew that a mistake had been made under pressure. "I was very fortunate that two or three minutes after half time, I'm presented with a 50-50 penalty. [Fernando] Torres was really clever getting in front of Pepe to draw a foul. It's one you wouldn't want to settle a game on. I gave it to give back the balance. It was one of those perfect scenarios in refereeing and I gave the penalty. After the penalty, Pepe said to me ‘Mark, that’s not a penalty’, and I said ‘neither was your first goal’ and he just walked away."

Source: Brazilian Shirt Name

CONMEBOL Women’s Libertadores 2021

Paraguay, 3-10 November 2021

Referee: Laura Fortunato (ARG, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mariana Almeida (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Daiana Milone (ARG

Referee: Adriana Farfan (BOL)
Assistant Referee 1: Ines Choque (BOL)
Assistant Referee 2: Maricela Urapuca (BOL)

Referee: Edina Alves (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Neuza Back (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Leila Moreira (BRA)

Referee: Maria Carvajal (CHI)
Assistant Referee 1: Loreto Toloza (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Cindy Nahuelcoy (CHI)

Referee: Maria Daza (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Mary Blanco (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Nataly Arteaga (COL)

Referee: Susana Corella (ECU)
Assistant Referee 1: Monica Amboya (ECU)
Assistant Referee 2: Viviana Segura (ECU)

Referee: Zulma Quinonez (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Nancy Fernandez (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Laura Miranda (PAR)

Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: Gabriela Moreno (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: Mariana Aquino (PER)

Referee: Anahi Fernandez (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Adela Sanchez (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Daiana Fernandez (URU)

Referee: Emikar Calderas (VEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Migdalia Rodriguez (VEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Laura Cardenas (VEN)

Support Referee: Salome Di Iorio (ARG)  

Referee Coordinators
1. Rodolfo Otero (ARG)
2. Carlos Astroza (CHI)

Referee Instructors

1. Sabrina Lois (ARG)

2. Ana Leite (URU)  

Referee Assessors
1. Regildenia Moura (BRA)
2. Barbra Bastias (CHI)
3. Luzmila Gonzalez (COL)
4. Cynthia Franco (PAR)

UEFA Europa League 2021/2022 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

4 November 2021

Olympique Lyonnais – Sparta Praha
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (ITA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Daniele Chiffi (ITA)
VAR: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
AVAR: Marco Guida (ITA)
Referee Observer: Haim Jakov (ISR)

Brøndby IF – Rangers FC
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Djukić (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Vladan Todorović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Miloš Bošković (MNE)
VAR: Matej Jug (SVN)
AVAR: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Referee Observer: Joao Ferreira (POR)

Real Sociedad – Sturm Graz
Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjoņņikovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
VAR: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
AVAR: François Letexier (FRA)
Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)

AS Monaco – PSV Eindhoven
Referee: Cüneyt Çakir (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Alper Ulusoy (TUR)
VAR: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
AVAR: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)

Legia Warszawa – SSC Napoli
Referee: Lawrence Visser (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Yves De Neve (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Ruben Wyns (BEL)
Fourth Official: Bram Van Driessche (BEL)
VAR: Benoît Millot (FRA)
AVAR: Erik Lambrechts (BEL)
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz (TUR)

Olympiacos FC – Eintracht Frankfurt
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitri Zhuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleg Maslyanko (BLR)
Fourth Official: Viktor Shimusik (BLR)
VAR: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
AVAR: Filippo Meli (ITA)
Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos (CRO)

Galatasaray AS – Lokomotiv Moskva
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Erni (SUI)
Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (SUI)
VAR: Lionel Tschudi (SUI)
AVAR: Adrien Jaccottet (SUI)
Referee Observer: Zbigniew Przesmycki (POL)

KRC Genk – West Ham United
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Kushtrim Lika (MKD)
Fourth Official: Dejan Jakimovksi (MKD)
VAR: Kevin Blom (NED)
AVAR: Allard Lindhout (NED)
Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman (NED)

Leicester City – Spartak Moskva
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Cevdet Komurcuoglu (TUR)
Fourth Official: Arda Kardeşler (TUR)
VAR: Abdulkadir Bitigen (TUR)
AVAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
Referee Observer: Kenneth Clark (SCO)

Royal Antwerp – Fenerbahçe SK
Referee: Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrisimbegović (BIH)
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo (BIH)
Fourth Official: Miloš Gigovic (BIH)
VAR: Joao Pinheiro (POR)
AVAR: Antonio Nobre (POR)
Referee Observer: Stephane Lannoy (FRA)

Olympique de Marseille – Lazio
Referee: Jose Sanchez Martinez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raul Cabanero Martinez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Inigo Prieto Lopez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Cesar Soto Grado (ESP)
VAR: Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP
AVAR: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
Referee Observer: Sascha Amhof (SUI)

Crvena Zvezda – FC Midtjylland
Referee: Tamas Bognar (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Balazs Buzas (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Kobor (HUN)
Fourth Official: Balazs Berke (HUN)
VAR: Jesus Gil Manzano (ESP)
AVAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Georgios Bikas (GRE)

SC Braga – PFC Ludogorets
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderqvist (SWE)
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck (SWE)
VAR: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR: Christian Dingert (GER)
Referee Observer: Antonio Damato (ITA)

Ferencvarosi TC – Celtic FC
Referee: Fabio Verissimo (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Teixeira (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Ribeiro (POR)
Fourth Official: Andre Narciso (POR)
VAR: Tiago Martins (POR)
AVAR: Luis Godinho (POR)
Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi (SMR)

Bayer Leverkusen – Real Betis
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: David Coote (ENG)
VAR: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
AVAR: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Referee Observer: Michalis Koukoulakis (GRE)

GNK Dinamo – Rapid Wien
Referee: John Beaton (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Graeme Stewart (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Alan Mulvanny (SCO)
Fourth Official: David Munro (SCO)
VAR: Peter Bankes ENG)
AVAR: Neil Davies (ENG)
Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci (ALB)

UEFA Europa Conference League 2021/22 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

4 November 2021

Randers – Jablonec
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (ISR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Roy Hassan (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Idan Yarkoni (ISR)
Fourth Official: Gal Leibovitz (ISR)
Referee Observer: Jouni Hyytia (FIN)

Flora Tallinn – Anorthosis Famagusta
Referee: Kari a Hovdanum (FRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Christiansen (FRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Dan Hojgaard (FRO)
Fourth Official: Alex Troleis (FRO)
Referee Observer: Igor Pristovnik (CRO)

Kairat Almaty – Qarabag Agdam
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrei Bodean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Victor Mardari (MDA)
Fourth Official: Veaceslav Banari (MDA)
Referee Observer: Aleh Chykun (BLR)

Maccabi Tel Aviv – HJK Helsinki
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Grega Kordež (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Fourth Official: Dejan Balažič (SVN)
Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarsky (SVK)

LASK – Alashkert
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Klyver (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Max Wilde (SWE)
Fourth Official: Granit Maqedonci (SWE)
Referee Observer: John Ward (IRL)

KAA Gent – Partizan
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Cook (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Harry Lennard (ENG)
Fourth Official: Robert Jones (ENG)
Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy (TUR)

Zorya Luhansk – CSKA Sofia
Referee: Petri Viljanen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Mika Lamppu (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Riku Vihreavuori (FIN)
Fourth Official: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Referee Observer: Guy Goethals (BEL)

AZ Alkmaar – CFR Cluj
Referee: Alain Durieux (LUX)
Assistant Referee 1: Gilles Becker (LUX)
Assistant Referee 2: Joaquim Da Silva (LUX)
Fourth Official: Laurent Kopriwa (LUX)
Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrković (BIH)

Lincoln Red Imps – Slovan Bratislava
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Niklas Nyberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Yng (SWE)
Fourth Official: Kaspar Sjöberg (SWE)
Referee Observer: Stephen Lodge (ENG)

Omonia FC – FC Basel
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitri Safyan (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksei Lunev (RUS)
Fourth Official: Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)

AS Roma – Bodo Glimt
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Tryfon Petropoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Iordanis Aptosoglou (GRE)
Fourth Official: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (GRE)
Referee Observer: Iain Robertson Brines (SCO)

Union Berlin – Feyenoord
Referee: Daniel Stefanski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Michal Obukowicz (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Krzysztof Myrmus (POL)
Fourth Official: Damian Sylwestrak (POL)
Referee Observer: Edward Foley (IRL)

Slavia Praha – Maccabi Haifa
Referee: Kai Erik Steen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tom Harald Gronevik (NOR)
Fourth Official: Tore Hansen (NOR)
Referee Observer: Jan Wegereef (NED)

PAOK FC – FC Copenhagen
Referee: Pawel Raczkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Radoslaw Siejka (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik (POL)
Fourth Official: Piotr Lasyk (POL)
Referee Observer: Gerard Perry (IRL)

Tottenham Hotspur – Vitesse
Referee: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Costanzo (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Rosario Abisso (ITA)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

Stade Rennais – NS Mura
Referee: Juri Frischer (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Veiko Motsnik (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Sander Saga (EST)
Fourth Official: Roomer Tarajev (EST)
Referee Observer: Marco Borg (MLT)

UEFA Youth League 2021/2022 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

2-3 November 2021

Malmö – Chelsea
Referee: Julian Weinberger (AUT, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Weiss (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Luka Katholnig (AUT)
Fourth Official: Adi Aganovic (SWE)
Referee Observer: Markus Strombergsson (SWE)

Atalanta – Manchester United
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Dennis Rasmussen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Rene Risum (DEN)
Fourth Official: Antonio Rapuano (ITA)
Referee Observer: Antonio Damato (ITA)

Wolfsburg – Salzburg
Referee: Espen Eskas (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Haglund (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oystein Ytterland (NOR)
Fourth Official: Sven Waschitzki (GER)
Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller (AUT)

Dynamo Kyiv – FC Barcelona
Referee: Duje Strukan (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Tomas (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Alen Jaksic (CRO)
Fourth Official: Klym Zabroda (UKR)
Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov (UKR)

Juventus – Zenit
Referee: Enea Jorgji (ALB)
Assistant Referee 1: Dojando Myftari (ALB)
Assistant Referee 2: Xhulio Mani (ALB)
Fourth Official: Simone Sozza (ITA)
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)

Bayern – Benfica
Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Abdullah Özkara (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Anil Usta (TUR)
Fourth Official: Michael Bacher (GER)
Referee Observer: Peter Sippel (GER)

FC Sevilla – Olympique Lille
Referee: Vitor Ferreira (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Paulo Bras (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Costa (POR)
Fourth Official: Manuel Orellana Cid (ESP)
Referee Observer: Juan Fernandez Marin (ESP)

Villarreal – Young Boys
Referee: Andrei Chivulete (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Adrian Vornicu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihaita Necula (ROU)
Fourth Official: Ivan Munoz Perez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)

Sheriff – Inter Milano
Referee: Milos Milanovic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Marko Djuricic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Vojnic (SRB)
Fourth Official: Ion Orlic (MDA)
Referee Observer: Igor Șațchii (MDA)

Manchester City – Club Brugge
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Bartosz Heinig (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Marek Arys (POL)
Fourth Official: James Bell (ENG)
Referee Observer: Mark Whitby (WAL)

RB Leipzig – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Konstantinos Nikolaidis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Vassilis Nikolakakis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Lasse Koslowski (GER)
Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer (GER)

Real Madrid – Shakhtar Donetsk
Referee: Donald Robertson (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Kirkland (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: David Doig (SCO)
Fourth Official: Alvaro Rodriguez Recio (ESP)
Referee Observer: Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez (ESP)

AC Milan – FC Porto
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (MLT)
Assistant Referee 1: Luke Portelli (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Duncan Spencer (MLT)
Fourth Official: Alessandro Prontera (ITA)
Referee Observer: Drago Kos (SVN)

Borussia Dortmund – AFC Ajax
Referee: Michael Fabbri (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Davide Imperiale (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Domenico Palermo (ITA)
Fourth Official: Thorben Siewer (GER)
Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn (GER)

Sporting CP – Besiktas
Referee: Bojan Pandzic (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mikael Hallin (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Magnusson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Hugo Silva (POR)
Referee Observer: Nuno Castro (POR)

Liverpool FC – Atletico de Madrid
Referee: Mykola Balakin (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Zhukov (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Dmytro Zaporozhenko (UKR)
Fourth Official: Benjamin Speedie (ENG)
Referee Observer: Michael Ross (NIR)

UEFA Youth League 2021/2022 – Domestic Champions Path, Round 2 (First Leg)

2-3 November 2021

Trabzonspor – Midtjylland
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (MLT, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jurgen Spiteri (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Mitchell Scerri (MLT)
Fourth Official: Bülent Birincioglu (TUR)
Referee Observer: Sabri Calik (TUR)

MTK Budapest – Genk
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Sergei Kalachyov (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Samat Tergeussizov (KAZ)
Fourth Official: Reka Molnar (HUN)
Referee Observer: Vencel Toth (HUN)

Hajduk Split – Minsk
Referee: Marcel Birsan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Marius Badea (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Cosmin Vatamanu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Ante Juric (CRO)
Referee Observer: Ante Vucemilovic-Simunovic (CRO)

Crvena Zvezda – Empoli
Referee: Vassilis Fotias (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Chrysoula Kouroumpylia (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Meintanas (GRE)
Fourth Official: Dejan Trifkovic (SRB)
Referee Observer: Milan Karadzic (SRB)

Zilina – Kairat
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Georgi Todorov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Petar Dzhuganski (BUL)
Fourth Official: Michal Ocenas (SVK)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Medved (SVK)

Angers – AZ Alkmaar
Referee: Morten Krogh (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Norgaard (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jakob Mastrup (DEN)
Fourth Official: Benjamin Lepaysant (FRA)
Referee Observer: Neale Barry (ENG)

Deportivo – Maccabi Haifa
Referee: Helgi Jonasson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Thordur Arnason (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Egill Gudlaugsson (ISL)
Fourth Official: Alexandre Lopez Vila (ESP)
Referee Observer: Robert Schorgenhofer (AUT)

Septemvri – Rangers
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Hillaert (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Ruben Wyns (BEL)
Fourth Official: Stanimir Trenchev (BUL)
Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov (BUL)

Concacaf League 2021 – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)

2-3 November 2021

Forge – Santos
Referee: Armando Villarreal (USA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Logan Brown (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Nick Uranga (USA)
Fourth Official: Rubiel Vazquez (USA)

Motagua – Marathon
Referee: Daneon Parchment (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Ojay Duhaney (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Jassett Kerr (JAM)
Fourth Official: Kevin Morrison (JAM)

Comunicaciones – Saprissa
Referee: Luis Santander (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Andres Hernandez (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Sandra Ramirez (MEX)
Fourth Official: Jorge Perez (MEX)

UEFA Champions League 2021/2022 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

2 November 2021
Malmö FF – Chelsea FC
Referee: Felix Brych (GER, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager (GER)
VAR: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
AVAR: Willy Delajod (FRA)
Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)

VfL Wolfsburg – FC Salzburg
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Soares (POR)
Fourth Official: Miguel Moreira (POR)
VAR: Joao Pinheiro (POR)
AVAR: François Letexier (FRA)
Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev (BUL)

Dynamo Kyiv – FC Barcelona
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Mircea Grigoriu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Radu Petrescu (ROU)
VAR: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
AVAR: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Referee Observer: Uno Tutk (EST)

Bayern München – SL Benfica
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Tomasz Musial (POL)
VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
AVAR: Basrtosz Frankowski (POL)
Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)

Villarreal CF – BSC Young Boys
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Joost Van Zuilen (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Johan Balder (NED)
Fourth Official: Jeroen Manschot (NED)
VAR: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
AVAR: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Referee Observer: Pascal Garibian (FRA)

Atalanta BC – Manchester United
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
Fourth Official: Matej Jug (SVN)
VAR: Bastian Dankert (GER)
AVAR: Christian Dingert (GER)
Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel (GER)

Sevilla FC – LOSC Lille
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Horatiu Fesnic (ROU)
VAR: Marco Guida (ITA)
AVAR: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Referee Observer: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)

Juventus – FC Zenit
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Naranjo Perez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Teodoro Sobrino Magan (ESP)
Fourth Official: Jose Munuera Montero (ESP)
VAR: Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP)
AVAR: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)

3 November 2021
AC Milan – FC Porto
Referee: Clement Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth Official: Jerôme Brisard (FRA)
VAR: François Letexier (FRA)
AVAR: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)

Real Madrid – Shakhtar Donetsk
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Aurelien Berthomieu (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pages (FRA)
Fourth Official: Jeremie Pignard (FRA)
VAR: Willy Delajod (FRA)
AVAR: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)

Manchester City – Club Brugge
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Diaz Perez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Santiago Jaime Latre (ESP)
VAR: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea (ESP)
AVAR: Christian Dingert (GER)
Referee Observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)

RB Leipzig – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Fredrik Klitte (SWE)
VAR: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
AVAR: Marco Guida (ITA)
Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)

Liverpool FC – Atletico de Madrid
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Dennis Higler (NED)
VAR: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)

Sporting CP – Beşiktaş JK
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Kirill Levnikov (RUS)
VAR: Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP)
AVAR: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)

Borussia Dortmund – AFC Ajax
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Darren England (ENG)
VAR: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
AVAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)

Sheriff Tiraspol – Inter Milano
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth Official: Sven Jablonski (GER)
VAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
AVAR: Harm Osmers (GER)
Referee Observer: Lucilio Batista (POR)

Karasev appointed to the favourite team of his boss and observed by RFU committee member

The Russian team of referees headed by Sergei Karasev has been appointed for the match Sporting – Besiktas, in the 4th round of the Champions League. It is interesting that Vitor Melo Pereira, head of the RFU refereeing department, confessed his love for this Portuguese team. “I have been rooting for Sporting since my childhood”, he told Russian journalists in September.

Igor Demeshko and Maxim Gavrilin were appointed Karasev's assistants, while Kirill Levnikov will be fourth official. The duties of video assistants are assigned to the Spaniard Juan Martinez Munuera and the Pole Bartosz Frankovski. Their work will be assessed by Frank De Bleeckere, a member of the expert and judicial committee, under the President of the RFU. The match between Sporting and Besiktas will take place on November 3 in Lisbon.

Source: Sport Express