Kominis lived in fear: “PAOK-AEK haunted my career"

The referee in a notorious 2018 Greek match in which a club owner stormed the pitch with a holstered gun, recently admitted he allowed a goal that changed the result out of fear for his family.

Giorgos Kominis told the betarades.gr website that he was "sickened" when people outside the changing room threatened his pregnant wife, with police standing idly by. Asked whether he had altered the result in the PAOK Thessaloniki-AEK Athens clash, in which the winning goal was initially ruled offside, out of fear for his family, Kominis replied: "Exactly. This game has haunted my career," Kominis said. "I lived in fear. People were following my wife to the supermarket when she was eight months pregnant. I've never told anyone before," he said.

In one of the most controversial games in Greek league history, PAOK owner Ivan Savvidis stormed onto the pitch to confront the referee in protest at the 90th-minute disallowed goal. Kominis said the assistant referee had told him, word for word, “the goal is offside. (But) who can disallow it in here?", referring to the PAOK home crowd. A Greek-Russian tobacco industrialist and former Russian lawmaker Savvidis was initially handed a 25-month suspended prison sentence over the incident. An appeals court in May reduced his sentence to a suspended eight months. Kominis was dismissed from the referee list two years after the incident.

Source: Barrons

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2023 – Group Stage (Matches 33-36)

18 November 2023 

New Zealand – Mexico
Referee: Omar Al-Ali UAE (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jassim Al-Ali UAE
Assistant Referee 2: Said Al-Marzouqi UAE
Fourth Official: Thoriq Munir IDN
VAR: Fedayi San SUI
AVAR: Kate Jacewicz AUS

Germany – Venezuela
Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin KOR
Assistant Referee 1: Yoon Jae-Yeol KOR
Assistant Referee 2: Park Sang-Jun KOR
Fourth Official: Yudi Nurcahya IDN
VAR: Joseph Dickerson USA
AVAR: Angelos Evangelou GRE

USA – France
Referee: Dahane Beida MTN
Assistant Referee 1: Dimbiniaina Andriatianarivelo MAD
Assistant Referee 2: Koffi Ahonto TOG
Fourth Official: Yudi Nurcahya IDN
VAR: David Coote ENG
AVAR: Rob Dieperink NED

Burkina Faso – Korea
Referee: Selvin Brown HON
Assistant Referee 1: Gerson Orellana HON
Assistant Referee 2: Emmanuel Aguirre NCA
Fourth Official: Thoriq Munir IDN
VAR: Igor Benevenuto BRA
AVAR: Tatiana Guzman NCA

CAF Women’s Champions League Final 2023: Iratunga (BDI)

19 November 2023

Final
Mamelodi Sundowns – SC Casablanca
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (BDI, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Fanta Kone (MLI)
Assistant Referee 2: Fides Bangurambona (BDI)
Fourth Official: Natacha Konan (CIV)
VAR: Salima Mukansanga (RWA)
AVAR 1: Maria Rivet (MRI)
AVAR 2: Diana Chikotesha (ZAM)

Match for Third Place
AS Far – Ampem Darkoa
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (NAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Bernadettar Kwimbira (MWI)
Assistant Referee 2: Nancy Kasitu (ZAM)
Fourth Official: Aline Etong (CMR)
VAR: Maria Rivet (MRI)
AVAR 1: Salima Mukansanga (RWA)
AVAR 2: Diana Chikotesha (ZAM)

UEFA U-21 Euro 2025 Qualifiers (Matchday 7)

20-21 November 2023

Belarus – Croatia
Referee: Peter Kralovič SVK (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Štrbo SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Matej Zemko SVK
Fourth Official: Peter Ziemba SVK
Referee Observer: Thoroddur Hjaltalin ISL

Greece – Portugal
Referee: Nikola Popov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Georgi Todorov BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Venev BUL
Fourth Official: Stanimir Trenchev BUL
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO

Sweden – Netherlands
Referee: Robert Harvey IRL
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Clarke IRL
Assistant Referee 2: Allen Lynch IRL
Fourth Official: Kevin O’Sullivan IRL
Referee Observer: Peter Sippel GER

Wales – Denmark
Referee: Jose Munuera Montero ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Inigo Prieto Lopez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Antonio Martinez Moreno ESP
Fourth Official: Mario Melero Lopez ESP
Referee Observer: Antonio Damato ITA

Kosovo – Israel
Referee: Iwan Griffith WAL
Assistant Referee 1: Johnathon Bryant WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Harry Hendricks WAL
Fourth Official: Bryn Markham-Jones WAL
Referee Observer: Ognjen Valjić BIH

Montenegro – Albania
Referee: Jonathan Lardot BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Florian Lemaire BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Quentin Blaise BEL
Fourth Official: Kevin Van Damme BEL
Referee Observer: Terje Hauge NOR

Moldova – Gibraltar
Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan ARM
Assistant Referee 1: Artur Gdlyan ARM
Assistant Referee 2: Vanik Simonyan ARM
Fourth Official: Zaven Hovhannisyan ARM
Referee Observer: Marco Borg MLT

Bulgaria – Estonia
Referee: David Dickinson SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Calum Spence SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Ross Macleod SCO
Fourth Official: Matthew MacDermid SCO
Referee Observer: David Fernandez Borbalan ESP

Finland – Armenia
Referee: Jeremy Muller LUX
Assistant Referee 1: Tom Hansen LUX
Assistant Referee 2: Dani Balsa LUX
Fourth Official: Ricardo Morais LUX
Referee Observer: Jorn-West Larsen DEN

Turkey – Norway
Referee: Denys Shurman UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Valentyn Kutsev UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Korniyko UKR
Fourth Official: Oleksandr Kalonov UKR
Referee Observer: Besfort Kasumi KOS

Germany – Poland
Referee: Kyriakos Athanasiou CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Níkos Englezou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Pavlos Georgiou CYP
Fourth Official: Ioannis Christodoulou CYP
Referee Observer: Nenad Djokić SRB

Ireland – Italy
Referee: Lionel Tschudi SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Sladan Josipovic SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Bastien Lengacher SUI
Fourth Official: Alessandro Dudic SUI
Referee Observer: Christopher Lautier MLT

Switzerland – Romania
Referee: Dominik Stary CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Marek Podany CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Lukaš Machač CZE
Fourth Official: Stanislav Volek CZE
Referee Observer: Manuel Diaz Vega ESP

Serbia – Luxembourg
Referee: Sigurd Kringstad NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Runar Langseth NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Alf Rossland NOR
Fourth Official: Daniel Higraff NOR
Referee Observer: William Young SCO

Ukraine – Azerbaijan
Referee: Irakli Kvirikashvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgi Elikashvili GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Davit Chigogidze GEO
Fourth Official: Giorgi Avazashvili GEO
Referee Observer: Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez ESP

Belgium – Spain
Referee: Dario Bel CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Pataki CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Marjan Tomas CRO
Fourth Official: Fran Jović CRO
Referee Observer: Calum Murray SCO

Hungary – Scotland
Referee: Viktar Šymusik BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Siarhiej Kasaviec BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Husieu BLR
Fourth Official: Anton Lašuk BLR
Referee Observer: Domagoj Vučkov CRO

England – Northern Ireland
Referee: Lothar D’Hondt BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Romain Devillers BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Nico Claes BEL
Fourth Official: Bert Put BEL
Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel FRA

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – CAF (Round 1, Matchday 1)

15-18 November 2023

South Africa – Benin
Referee: Mahmood Ismail (SDN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Ibrahim Abdallah (SDN)
Assistant Referee 2: Elmoiz Ahmed (SDN)
Fourth Official: Alamin Mohamed (SDN)

Ethiopia – Sierra Leone
Referee: Celso Alvaçao (MOZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Jerson Dos Santos (ANG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ivanildo Lopes (ANG)
Fourth Official: Simoes Guambe (MOZ)

Egypt – Djibouti
Referee: Jelly Chavani (RSA)
Assistant Referee 1: Kgara Mokoena (RSA)
Assistant Referee 2: Elphas Sitole (RSA)
Fourth Official: Masixole Bambiso (RSA)

Burkina Faso – Guinea Bissau
Referee: Alhadj Mahamat (CHA)
Assistant Referee 1: Bogola Issa (CHA)
Assistant Referee 2: Moussa Hafiz (CHA)
Fourth Official: Alfred Pousri (CHA)

Congo DR – Mauritania
Referee: Muhammad El Mabrouk (LYB)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohammed Faraj (LYB)
Assistant Referee 2: Munji Al Ayat (LYB)
Fourth Official: Mohamed Agha (LYB)

Sudan – Togo
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (MAD)
Assistant Referee 1: Lionel Andrianantenaina (MAD)
Assistant Referee 2: Augustin Herinirina (MAD)
Fourth Official: Ibrahim Tsimanohitsy (MAD)

Senegal – South Sudan
Referee: Retselisitsoe Molise (LES)
Assistant Referee 1: Lesupi Puputla (LES)
Assistant Referee 2: Mapoho Mapoho (LES)
Fourth Official: Lebalang Mokete (LES)

Rwanda – Zimbabwe
Referee: Mohamed Moussa (NIG)
Assistant Referee 1: Abdoul Saley (NIG)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdoul Yacouba (NIG)
Fourth Official: Moussa Alou (NIG)

Nigeria – Lesotho
Referee: Mehrez Melki (TUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Faouzi Djeridi (TUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohamed Bakir (TUN)
Fourth Official: Yosri Bouali (TUN)

Cape Verde – Angola
Referee: Youcef Gamouh (ALG)
Assistant Referee 1: El Hamlaoui Brahim (ALG)
Assistant Referee 2: Adel Abane (ALG)
Fourth Official: Houssam Benyahia (ALG)

Eswatini – Libya
Referee: Omar Artan (SOM)
Assistant Referee 1: Sulayman Cabdi (SOM)
Assistant Referee 2: Cali Mahad (SOM)
Fourth Official: Ahmed Hussein (SOM)

Cameroon – Mauritius
Referee: Ahmed Arajiga (TAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Frank Komba (TAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Kassim Mpanga (TAN)
Fourth Official: Ramadhani Kayoko (TAN)

Zambia – Congo
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (EGY)
Assistant Referee 1: Youssef El Bosaty (EGY)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohamed Abouzid (EGY)
Fourth Official: Mahmoud Nagy (EGY)

Niger – Tanzania
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (ALG)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohamed Serradj (ALG)
Assistant Referee 2: Hamza Bouzit (ALG)
Fourth Official: Abdelmoumen Touabti (ALG)

Burundi – Gambia
Referee: Louis Houngnandande (BEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Eric Ayimavo (BEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Augustin Kougbemede (BEN)
Fourth Official: Tanislas Ahomlanto (BEN)

Gabon – Kenya
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (EGY)
Assistant Referee 1: Samir Saad (EGY)
Assistant Referee 2: Hany Abd El-Fattah (EGY)
Fourth Official: Mohamed Adel (EGY)

Côte d'Ivoire – Seychelles
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (SEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Djibril Camara (SEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Amadou Ngom (SEN)
Fourth Official: El Hadji Sy (SEN)

Botswana – Mozambique
Referee: Peter Waweru (KEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Gilbert Cheruiyot (KEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Eleazar (KEN)
Fourth Official: Dickens Mimisa (KEN)

Algeria – Somalia
Referee: (MLI) Boubou Traore (MLI)
Assistant Referee 1: Modibo Samake (MLI)
Assistant Referee 2: Baba Yomboliba (MLI)
Fourth Official: Mahamadou Keita (MLI)

Guinea – Uganda
Referee: Messie Nkounkou (COD)
Assistant Referee 1: Danek Moutsassi (COD)
Assistant Referee 2: Chany Malondi (COD)
Fourth Official: Fitial Charel Kokolo (COD)

Equatorial Guinea – Namibia
Referee: Chelangat Sabilla (UGA)
Assistant Referee 1: Ronald Katenya (UGA)
Assistant Referee 2: Isa Masembe (UGA)
Fourth Official: William Oloya (UGA)

Liberia – Malawi
Referee: Antoine Essouma (CMR)
Assistant Referee 1: Elvis Noupue (CMR)
Assistant Referee 2: Rodrigue Mpele (CMR)
Fourth Official: Franck Bito (CMR)

Tunisia – Sao Tome & Principe
Referee: Joseph Ogabor (NGA)
Assistant Referee 1: Samuel Pwadutakam (NGA)
Assistant Referee 2: Igho Hope (NGA)
Fourth Official: Bashir Salisu (NGA)

Ghana – Madagascar
Referee: Samir Guezzaz (MAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Zakaria Brinssi (MAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Hamza Nassiri (MAR)
Fourth Official: Noureddine El Jaafari (MAR)

Comoros – Central African Republic
Referee: Kalilou Traore (CIV)
Assistant Referee 1: Adou N'Goh (CIV)
Assistant Referee 2: Nouho Ouattara (CIV)
Fourth Official: Tuonifere Soro (CIV)

Mali – Chad
Referee: Imtehaz Heeralall (MRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Jeff Pithia (MRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Aswet Teeluck (MRI)
Fourth Official: Ganesh Chutooree (MRI)

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – AFC (Round 2, Matchday 1)

16 November 2023

Syria - Korea DPR
Referee: Alireza Faghani (AUS, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Shchetinin (AUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Ashley Beecham (AUS)
Fourth Official: Zhang Lei (CHN)

Kuwait – India
Referee: Shaun Evans (AUS)
Assistant Referee 1: George Lakrindis (AUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Owen Goldrick (AUS)
Fourth Official: Alex King (AUS)

Qatar – Afghanistan
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (TJK)
Assistant Referee 1: Akmal Buriev (TJK)
Assistant Referee 2: Siddikzod Husravi (TJK)
Fourth Official: Sajecon Zajniddinov (TJK)

Japan – Myanmar
Referee: Muhammad Bin Jahari (SIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Ronnie Koh (SIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdul Hannan (SIN)
Fourth Official: Liu Kwok Man (HKG)

Korea – Singapore
Referee: Bijan Heidari
Assistant Referee 1: Saeid Ghasemi
Assistant Referee 2: Alireza Ildorom
Fourth Official: Payam Heidari

Thailand – China
Referee: Salman Falahi (QAT)
Assistant Referee 1: Ramzan Al Naemi (QAT)
Assistant Referee 2: Majid HAl Shammari (QAT)
Fourth Official: Yousif Hasan (IRQ)

Malaysia – Kyrgyzstan
Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (BHR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohamed Salman (BHR)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdulla Saleh (BHR)
Fourth Official: Ahmed Khalil (BHR)

Oman – Chinese Taipei
Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (TJK)
Assistant Referee 1: Vafo Karaev (TJK)
Assistant Referee 2: Xasan Karimov (TJK)
Fourth Official: Sadam Omara (JOR)

Turkmenistan – Uzbekistan
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (JPN)
Assistant Referee 1: Kota Watanabe (JPN)
Assistant Referee 2: Takumi Takagi (JPN)
Fourth Official: Hiroki Kasahara (JPN)

Iran – Hong Kong
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (MAS)
Assistant Referee 1: Zairul Tan (MAS)
Assistant Referee 2: Arif Rasid (MAS)
Fourth Official: Yaasin Hanafiah (MAS)

Philippines – Vietnam
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (UBZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Ruslan Serazitdinov (UBZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Alisher Usmanov (UBZ)
Fourth Official: Wiwat Jumpaoon (THA)

Iraq – Indonesia
Referee: Ahmed Darwish (UAE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ahmed Al Rashdi (UAE)
Assistant Referee 2: Yaser Al Murshidi (UAE)
Fourth Official: Ahmad Alaeddin (LBN)

Tajikistan – Jordan
Referee: Ali Al Qaysi (IRQ)
Assistant Referee 1: Hayder Ali (IRQ)
Assistant Referee 2: Ameer Hussein (IRQ)
Fourth Official: Zaid Mohammed (IRQ)

Saudi Arabia – Pakistan
Referee: Hanna Hattab (SYR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ali Ahmad (SYR)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohamad Kazzaz (SYR)
Fourth Official: Wissam Rabie (SYR)

UAE – Nepal
Referee: Dilan Perera (SRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Palitha Hemathunga (SRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Sanjeewa Premalal (SRI)
Fourth Official: Feras Taweel (SYR)

Yemen – Bahrain
Referee: Kim Hee-Gon (KOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kang Dong-Ho (KOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kwak Seung-Soon (KOR)
Fourth Official: Choi Hyun-Jae (KOR)

Australia – Bangladesh
Referee: Axrol Riskullayev (UBZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Sanjar Shayusupov (UBZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrey Sapenko (UBZ)
Fourth Official: Crystal John (IND)

Lebanon – Palestine
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (JOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohammad Al Kalaf (JOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Al Roalle (JOR)
Fourth Official: Ahmad Ibrahim (JOR)

UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifiers (Matchday 9)

16 November 2023

Georgia – Scotland
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev MKD (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Dejan Kostadinov MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Kuštrim Lika MKD
Fourth Official: Ivana Projkovska MKD
VAR: Fran Jović CRO
AVAR: Ivan Bebek CRO
Referee Observer: Alain Sars FRA

Cyprus – Spain
Referee: Mykola Balakin UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Berkut UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Dmytro Zaporozhenko UKR
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Romanov UKR
VAR: Kateryna Monzul UKR
AVAR: Oleksiy Derevinskyy UKR
Referee Observer: Draženko Kovačić CRO

Estonia – Austria
Referee: Nikola Dabanović MNE
Assistant Referee 1: Vladan Todorović MNE
Assistant Referee 2: Srdjan Jovanović MNE
Fourth Official: Miloš Savović MNE
VAR: Mario Zebec CRO
AVAR: Dario Bel CRO
Referee Observer: Michail Argyrou CYP

Azerbaijan – Sweden
Referee: Esther Staubli SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Jonas Erni SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Susann Küng SUI
Fourth Official: Mirel Turkes SUI
VAR: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
AVAR: Lionel Tschudi SUI
Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo LVA

Bulgaria – Hungary
Referee: Daniel Stefanski POL
Assistant Referee 1: Dawid Golis POL
Assistant Referee 2: Michal Obukowicz POL
Fourth Official: Wojciech Myc POL
VAR: Piotr Lasyk POL
AVAR: Pawel Malec POL
Referee Observer: Igor Pristovnik CRO

Montenegro – Lithuania
Referee: Artur Dias POR
Assistant Referee 1: Paulo Soares POR
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Ribeiro POR
Fourth Official: Claudio Pereira POR
VAR: Tiago Martins POR
AVAR: Fabio Melo POR
Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov MDA

Slovakia – Iceland
Referee: Craig Pawson ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Bennett ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Lee Betts ENG
Fourth Official: Andrew Madley ENG
VAR: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
AVAR: Michael Salisbury ENG
Referee Observer: Bariş Şimşek TUR

Luxembourg – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Andris Treimanis LVA
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs LVA
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Golubevs LVA
VAR: Dennis Higler NED
AVAR: Kristaps Ratnieks LVA
Referee Observer: Ian Stokes IRL

Liechtenstein – Portugal
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Klyver SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Max Wilde SWE
Fourth Official: Fredrik Klitte SWE
VAR: Jonas Hansen DEN
AVAR: Jakob Kehlet DEN
Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu ROU

17 November 2023
Kazakhstan – San Marino
Referee: Harald Lechner AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Pichler AUT
Fourth Official: Sebastian Gishamer AUT
VAR: Alan Kijas AUT
AVAR: Christian Ciochirca AUT
Referee Observer: Igor Șațchii MDA

Moldova – Albania
Referee: William Collum SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor SCO
Assistant Referee 2: David McGeachie SCO
Fourth Official: Kevin Clancy SCO
VAR: Stuart Attwell ENG
AVAR: Andrew Dallas SCO
Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann SUI

Finland – Northern Ireland
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Akif Amirali AZE
Fourth Official: Kamal Umudlu AZE
VAR: Elchin Masiyev AZE
AVAR: Javid Jalilov AZE
Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi SMR

Italy – North Macedonia
Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Lupp GER
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller GER
Fourth Official: Patrick Ittrich GER
VAR: Bastian Dankert GER
AVAR: Christian Dingert GER
Referee Observer: Vladimir Šajn SVN

England – Malta
Referee: Luis Godinho POR
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Teixeira POR
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Campos POR
Fourth Official: Ricardo Baixinho POR
VAR: Hugo Moreira POR
AVAR: Helder Malheiro POR
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas SCO

Poland – Czechia
Referee: Daniele Orsato ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Ciro Carbone ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Giallatini ITA
Fourth Official: Rosario Abisso ITA
VAR: Massimiliano Irrati ITA
AVAR: Valerio Marini ITA
Referee Observer: Petteri Kari FIN

Denmark – Slovenia
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: Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez ESP
AVAR: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov UKR

18 November 2023
Armenia – Wales
Referee: Benoît Bastien FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Aurelien Berthomieu FRA
Fourth Official: Jeremie Pignard FRA
VAR: Benoît Millot FRA
AVAR: Bastien Dechepy FRA
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen NOR

Latvia – Croatia
Referee: Urs Schnyder SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Zürcher SUI
Fourth Official: Sven Wolfensberger SUI
VAR: Luca Pairetto ITA
AVAR: Michael Fabbri ITA
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti ITA

Belarus – Andorra
Referee: Bolat Sariev KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: Sergei Kalatşov KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Iurii Tihoniuk KAZ
Fourth Official: Aidyn Tasybaev KAZ
VAR: Ivan Bebek CRO
AVAR: Fran Jović CRO
Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov BUL

France – Gibraltar
Referee: John Brooks ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Cook ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Akil Howson ENG
Fourth Official: Darren England ENG
VAR: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
AVAR: Thomas Bramall ENG
Referee Observer: Georgios Bikas GRE

Netherlands – Ireland
Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giovanni Baccini ITA
Fourth Official: Andrea Colombo ITA
VAR: Paolo Valeri ITA
AVAR: Marco Guida ITA
Referee Observer: Laszlo Vagner HUN

Switzerland – Kosovo
Referee: Antonio Nobre POR
Assistant Referee 1: Paulo Bras POR
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Martins POR
Fourth Official: Andre Narciso POR
VAR: Tiago Martins POR
AVAR: Fabio Melo POR
Referee Observer: Viktor Shvetsov UKR

Israel – Romania
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Jeremy Stinat FRA
VAR: Jerôme Brisard FRA
AVAR: Eric Wattellier FRA
Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter SUI

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2023 – Group Stage (Matches 29-32)

17 November 2023

Senegal – Japan
Referee: Rade Obrenovic (SVN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Prapotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Grega Kordez (SVN)
Fourth Official: Thorik Munir (IDN)
VAR: Angelos Evangelou (GRE)
AVAR: Abdullah Jamali (KUW)

Poland – Argentina
Referee: Keylor Herrera (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: William Chow (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Victor Ramirez (CRC)
Fourth Official: Aprisman Aranda (IDN)
VAR: Tatiana Guzman (NCA)
AVAR: Lahlou Bembraham (ALG)

England – Brazil
Referee: Bryan Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Luis Ventura (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Humberto Panjoj (GUA)
Fourth Official: Aprisman Aranda (IDN)
VAR: Aleandro Di Paolo (ITA)
AVAR: Rodrigo Carvajal (CHI)

Iran – New Caledonia
Referee: Ivo Mendez (BOL)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Tapia (BOL)
Assistant Referee 2: Roger Orellana (BOL)
Fourth Official: Thoriq Munir (IDN)
VAR: Kate Jacewicz (AUS)
AVAR: Daniel Laryea (GHA)

Concacaf Nations League 2023/2024 – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)

19-21 November 2023

Panama – Costa Rica
Referee: Said Martinez (HON, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Walter Lopez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Ramirez (HON)
Fourth Official: Nelson Salgado (HON)
VAR: Allen Chapman (USA)
AVAR: Timothy Ford (USA)

Trinidad & Tobago – USA
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Keytzel Corrales (NCA)
Assistant Referee 2: Raymondo Feliz (DOM)
Fourth Official: Oliver Vergara (PAN)
VAR: Guillermo Pacheco (MEX)
AVAR: Erick Miranda (MEX)

Mexico – Honduras
Referee: Ivan Barton (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: David Moran (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Henri Pupiro (NCA)
Fourth Official: Filiberto Martinez (SLV)
VAR: Drew Fischer (CAN)
AVAR: Pierre-Luc Lauziere (CAN)

Canada – Jamaica
Referee: Cesar Ramos (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morin (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Bisguerra (MEX)
Fourth Official: Adonai Escobedo (MEX)
VAR: Ismail Elfath (USA) 

AVAR: Kyle Atkins (USA)

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2023 – Group Stage (Matches 25-28)

16 November 2023

Canada – Mali
Referee: Espen Eskas (NOR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Engan (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Isaak Bashevkin (NOR)
Fourth Official: Gustavo Tejera (URU)
VAR: Fedayi San (SUI)
AVAR: Ivaylo Stoyanov (BUL)

Uzbekistan – Spain
Referee: Augusto Aragon (ECU)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Baren (ECU)
Assistant Referee 2: Andres Tola (ECU)
Fourth Official: Yudi Nurcahya (IDN)
VAR: John Perdomo (COL)
AVAR: Ismael Cornejo (SLV)

Morocco – Indonesia
Referee: Morten Krogh (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Dennis Rasmussen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Steffen Bramsen (DEN)
Fourth Official: Gustavo Tejera (URU)
VAR: Rob Dieperink (NED)
AVAR: Joseph Dickerson (USA)

Ecuador – Panama
Referee: Fu Ming (CHN)
Assistant Referee 1: Cao Yi (CHN)
Assistant Referee 2: Ma Ji (CHN)
Fourth Official: Pierre Atcho (GAB)
VAR: Khalid Al-Turais (KSA) 

AVAR: Derlis Lopez (PAR)