Elizondo on sending off Zidane: "It was all done over the headset"

In the run-up to the release of Issue Eleven on 2 December, we will be offering you a sneak peek at a couple of excerpts of articles from the forthcoming issue. Our first is from Sam Kelly, in conversation with Horacio Elizondo – the man who sent off Zinedine Zidane in the World Cup Final.
Now, back to the 2006 World Cup. It’s late on during the final. You’re putting your hand into your pocket to take out the red card and show it to Zinedine Zidane. What thoughts are going through your head? You must have known already that it was going to be a huge incident…
“You know something? At the time, I really didn’t. With the act of refereeing matches — and the number of matches I’d refereed — well, you just try and take the best decisions possible. Why? Because just as players score goals and celebrate those goals, when a referee makes a big decision, for us that’s like scoring a goal, you see? For ourselves. The ref feels happy enough with the rules to be able to make a good decision. Totally independently of what the decision might be, of which players it involves or of where it’s made. It could be in the domestic league, in an international match, in the local club round the corner from your house, but the important thing is to take those decisions — and make them better decisions every time. That way, you’re always scoring more goals! So at that point, no. Obviously, after the match I realised that it had been an enormous decision, thanks to the big media reaction to it. But right now, as I’m showing him the card, no. Showing him that red card, or showing the red card to Rooney, or showing… oh, there was one to a Czech Republic player [Ujfalusi] during Czech Republic v Ghana… or showing a red card here in my own country. It’s just a player on a team… pfff. It’s the same.”
Obviously, that decision was correct. A headbutt to the chest — no room for doubt there! But discussion has continued about the role of the fourth official in that decision. In 2006, did you get a word in your ear from the fourth official?
“It was all done over the headset. When Materazzi fell to the floor, the ball was up the other end of the pitch and of course I was keeping up with play over there. I whistle for a handball and give a free kick. Then play switches and goes back into the half of the pitch Materazzi was lying in, but on the other wing, and I remember it was at that point that I saw him lying on the floor. I wait to see whether he gets up — he doesn’t get up… doesn’t get up… doesn’t get up — and I stop the match. From where I was to where Materazzi was, was a walk of about 25, 30 metres. So immediately I ask my assistant, Dario Garcia, [touching a finger to his ear to indicate the headset] “Dario, did you see anything? What happened? Why’s he on the floor?” He tells me, “I don’t know, I see him there on the floor but I didn’t see what happened.” Then I ask Rodolfo [Otero, the other assistant referee], who was on the other touchline, in the other half of the pitch — without much hope, because he was a long way away — and he tells me, “No, me neither.” And that’s where I start to think… I had a lot of doubts, clearly something had happened, but if no one saw what it was… and then Luis Medina Cantalejo’s voice [the fourth official] appears in my headset, and he says, “Horacio, Horacio, I saw it,” he says to me. “A really violent headbutt by Zidane on Materazzi, right in the chest.” So obviously, when I get to the spot, I already know Zidane is on his way. I got to the spot, to where Materazzi was, and the Spaniard [Cantalejo] had already told me what I needed to know to make the decision that Zidane was going to leave the pitch. What I then asked [Cantalejo] was, “Why did he headbutt him?” — whether he’d seen whether Materazzi had done anything beforehand — and he replied, “No, honestly I don’t know. I just saw the headbutt.” And when I got there, I realised that the players didn’t know what was going on either, apart from [Gianluigi] Buffon who was protesting to the assistant, pressuring him, and [Gennaro] Gattuso, but the others saw almost nothing, just like me. And the noise in the stadium… the crowd just went silent, as if to say, “What’s going on? Why is that player lying on the floor?” And me in the middle of it, thinking, “Right then… how do I make this decision clear? Zidane’s going, he’s standing there calmly.” It didn’t seem very correct, to me, to just –bang! – take a red card out like that, as if from nowhere, with the crowd and players all having seen that I’d been in the other half and hadn’t seen anything. So, since the headsets were only new, you can see if you watch it on video that I go over to Dario Garcia… I went over to Dario, but I knew Dario didn’t know anything! So, why? Well, because that is understandable. Everyone understands if you go over to the assistant that it’s because the assistant is going to tell you something to help you make a decision. So I get to Dario, and I just say to him, “Focused!” — I say it to him and I say it to myself, to remind us both, “there are still ten minutes to go, stay focused.” — I turn around and go to Zidane and take out the red card.”

Even though he hadn’t been the assistant who told you…
“No, he didn’t tell me anything. How could he, if he didn’t know? When I realised I needed to get the card out I thought, “Right then, let’s see, how can I make this easily understood?” And I say to myself, “If the assistant calls you over, everyone knows that’s because he’s going to tell you something. It was a little bit of a disguise, but it contained some truth as to how the decision was taken.”

Source: The Blizzard

UEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 5)

28 November 2013

Wigan – Zulte Waregem
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fredji Harchay (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Olivier Thual (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Benoit Millot (FRA)
Fourth Official: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)


Trabzonspor – Apollon
Referee: Manuel Grafe (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Guido Kleve (GER)
Additional AR 1: Guido Winkmann (GER)
Additional AR 2: Robert Hartmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Mike Pickel (GER)
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)

Anji – Sheriff
Referee: Libor Kovarik (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Krystof Mencl (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Ondrej Pelikan (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Petr Ardeleanu (CZE)
Fourth Official: Patrik Filipek (CZE)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Petrov (UKR)

Kuban – St. Gallen
Referee: Anastassios Kakos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Dimitris Tatsis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Karsiotis (GRE)
Additional AR 1: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)
Additional AR 2: Antonis Giachos (GRE)
Fourth Official: Ilias Alexeas (GRE)
Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy (TUR)

Rubin – Maribor
Referee: Ivan Kruzliak (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Balko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Ondrej Brendza (SVK)
Additional AR 1: Richard Trutz (SVK)
Additional AR 2: Peter Kralovic (SVK)
Fourth Official: Tomas Somolani (SVK)
Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn (GER)

Genk – Dinamo Kyiv
Referee: Duarte Gomes (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Venancio Tome (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Antonio Godinho (POR)
Additional AR 1: Joao Capela (POR)
Additional AR 2: Hugo Miguel (POR)
Fourth Official: Pedro Garcia (POR)
Referee Observer: Jiri Ulrich (CZE)

Rapid Wien – Thun
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: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
Fourth Official: Konrad Sapela (POL)
Referee Observer: Luciano Luci (ITA)

Liberec – Freiburg
Referee: Martin Hansson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Wittberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Henrik Andren (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Bojan Pandzic (SWE)
Fourth Official: Fredrik Nilsson (SWE)
Referee Observer: Miroslav Vitkovic (CRO)

Sevilla – Estoril
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Dimitrios Saraidaris (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Damianos Efthimiadis (GRE)
Additional AR 1: lias Spathas (GRE)
Additional AR 2: Stavros Tritsonis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Gagas Dimitrios (GRE)
Referee Observer: Drago Kos (SVN)

Lyon – Betis
Referee: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Jack Collin (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Michael Jones (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Craig Pawson (ENG)
Fourth Official: Darren England (ENG)
Referee Observer: Zoran Petrovic (SRB)

Rijeka – Guimaraes
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 1: Gunnar Gunnarsson (ISL)
Assistant Referee 2: Askell Gislason (ISL)
Additional AR 1: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (ISL)
Additional AR 2: Thorvaldur Arnason (ISL)
Fourth Official: Sigurdur Thorleifsson (ISL)
Referee Observer: Valentin Ivanov (RUS)

Legia – Lazio
Referee: Kevin Blom (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Berry Simons (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Additional AR 1: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Additional AR 2: Tom van Sichem (NED)
Fourth Official: Bas van Dongen (NED)
Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu (ROU)

Tromso – Tottenheim
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Voytyuk (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Korniyko (UKR)
Additional AR 1: Serhiy Boiko (UKR)
Additional AR 2: Anatoliy Abdula (UKR)
Fourth Official: Volodymyr Volodin (UKR)
Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)

AZ Alkmaar – Maccabi Haifa
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Vitali Malyutin (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Stanislav Savitski (BLR)
Additional AR 1: Denis Scherbakov (BLR)
Additional AR 2: Sergei Tsinkevich (BLR)
Fourth Official: Oleg Maslyanko (BLR)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

Swansea – Valencia
Referee: Luca Banti (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Massimiliano Grilli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Nicola Nicoletti (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Andrea Gervasoni (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Domenico Celi (ITA)
Fourth Official: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Referee Observer: Vitor Melo Pereira (POR)

Dnipro – Pandurii
Referee: Leontios Trattou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Soteriou (CYP)
Assistant Referee 2: Athinodoros Ioannou (CYP)
Additional AR 1: Marios Panayi (CYP)
Additional AR 2: Marios Tsaggaris (CYP)
Fourth Official: Aristides Christou (CYP)
Referee Observer: Asim Khudiyev (AZE)

Bordeaux – Eintracht Frankfurt
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raul Cabanero Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Diaz Perez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Jesus Gil Manzano (ESP)
Fourth Official: Jesus Calvo Guadamuro (ESP)
Referee Observer: Stefano Farina (ITA)

Apoel – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Referee: Istvan Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Istvan Albert (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Zsolt Szpisjak (HUN)
Additional AR 1: Sandor Ando-Szabo (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Zsolt Szabo (HUN)
Fourth Official: Laszlo Viszokai (HUN)
Referee Observer: Karel Bohunek (CZE)

Pacos Ferreira – Fiorentina
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Danny Krasikow (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Nissan Davidy (ISR)
Additional AR 1: Eli Hacmon (ISR)
Additional AR 2: Ziv Adler (ISR)
Fourth Official: Amihay Mozes (ISR)
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

Chornomorets Odesa – Dinamo Zagreb
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Holger Henschel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Christoph Bornhorst (GER)
Additional AR 1: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Additional AR 2: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Fourth Official: Jan-Hendrik Salver (GER)
Referee Observer: Vaclav Krondl (CZE)

Ludogorets – PSV Eindhoven
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrea Stefani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Renato Faverani (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Carmine Russo (ITA)
Fourth Official: Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA)
Referee Observer: Horst Brummeier (AUT)

Elfsborg – Salzburg
Referee: Kristo Tohver (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Jaanus Mutli (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Dmitri Vinogradov (EST)
Additional AR 1: Eiko Saar (EST)
Additional AR 2: Roomer Tarajev (EST)
Fourth Official: Jaan Roos (EST)
Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)

Esbjerg – Standard Liege
Referee: Cristian Balaj (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Istvan Kovacs (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Marius Avram (ROU)
Fourth Official: Valentin Avram (ROU)
Referee Observer: John Ward (IRL)


Shakhter – PAOK
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: Alexander Boucaut (BEL)
Fourth Official: Jimmy Cremers (BEL)
Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann (SUI)

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 Qualifiers – UEFA

27-28 November 2013

France – Bulgaria
Referee: Cristina Ionescu (ROU, photo)

Spain – Czech Republic
Referee: Paula Brady (IRL)

Turkey – Montenegro
Referee: Leen Martens (BEL)

Croatia – Germany
Referee: Yuliya Medvedeva-Keldyusheva (KAZ)

Copa Sudamericana – Semi-finals (Second Leg)

27-28 November 2013

Ponte Preta – Sao Paulo
Referee: Carlos Vera (ECU, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Lescano (ECU)
Assistant Referee 2: Byron Romero (ECU)
Fourth Official: Roddy Zambrano (ECU)
Referee Observer: Manuel Serapiao (BRA)


Lanus – Libertad
Referee: Victor Carrillo (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: Johnny Bossio (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: Cesar Escano (PER)
Fourth Official: Henry Gambetta (PER)
Referee Observer: Carlos Coradina (ARG)

UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 5)

26 November 2013
FC Basel – Chelsea
Referee: Stephane Lannoy (FRA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Frederic Cano (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Annonier (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Clement Turpin (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
Fourth Official: Eric Dansault (FRA)
Referee Observer: William Young (SCO)

Steaua – Schalke
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Schaap (NED)
Additional AR 1: Serdar Gozubuyuk (NED)
Additional AR 2: Ed Janssen (NED)
Fourth Official: Davie Goossens (NED)
Referee Observer: Jozef Marko (SVK)

Arsenal – Olympique Marseille
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Javier Aguilar Rodriguez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Clos Gomez (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Javier Estrada Fernandez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Teodoro Sobrino Magan (ESP)
Referee Observer: Peter Mikkelsen (DEN)

Borussia Dortmund – SSC Napoli
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: David Fernandez Borbalan (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Fourth Official: Jose Fernandez Miranda (ESP)
Referee Observer: Zdravko Jokic (SRB)

FC Porto – Austria Wien
Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Cristian Nica (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Octavian Sovre (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Alexandru Tudor (ROU)
Additional AR 2: Sebastian Coltescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)

Zenit St. Petersburg – Atletico Madrid
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Long (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Michael Dean (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Kevin Friend (ENG)
Fourth Official: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci (ALB)

Celtic Glasgow – AC Milan

Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Huseyin Gocek (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Baris Simsek (TUR)
Fourth Official: Emre Eyisoy (TUR)
Referee Observer: Juan Fernandez Marin (ESP)

Ajax Amsterdam – FC Barcelona
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Roman Slysko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Wilczek (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Radek Prihoda (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Michal Patak (CZE)
Fourth Official: Antonin Kordula (CZE)
Referee Observer: Jean Lemmer (LUX)

27 November 2013
Bayer Leverkusen – Manchester United
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Haglund (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Andas (NOR)
Additional AR 1: Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR)
Additional AR 2: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Sven Erik Midthjell (NOR)
Referee Observer: Jorn-West Larsen (DEN)

Shakhtar Donetsk – Real Sociedad
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Rui Tavares (POR)
Additional AR 1: Manuel De Sousa (POR)
Additional AR 2: Carlos Xistra (POR)
Fourth Official: Joao Santos (POR)
Referee Observer: Zbigniew Przesmycki (POL)

Real Madrid – Galatasaray Istanbul
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Cryans (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: William Conquer (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Robert Madden (SCO)
Additional AR 2: John Beaton (SCO)
Fourth Official: Graham Chambers (SCO)
Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)

Juventus – FC Kobenhavn
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Warnmark (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Markus Strombergsson (SWE)
Fourth Official: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Referee Observer: Christakis Skapoullis (CYP)

Anderlecht – Benfica
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Andrea De Marco (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Antonio Damato (ITA)
Fourth Official: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
Referee Observer: Uno Tutk (EST)

Paris St. Germain – Olympiacos
Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Alan Mulvanny (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Derek Rose (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Steven McLean (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Fourth Official: David McGeachie (SCO)
Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)

CSKA Moskva – Bayern Munchen
Referee: Antony Gautier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Laurent Stien (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Benoit Bastien (FRA)
Fourth Official: Stephan Luzi (FRA)
Referee Observer: Stefan Messner (AUT)

Manchester City – Viktoria Plzen
Referee: Firat Aydinus (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Serkan Ok (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleks Tascioglu (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Tolga Ozkalfa (TUR)
Fourth Official: Cem Satman (TUR)
Referee Observer: Wilfried Heitmann (GER)

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 Qualifiers – UEFA

23-24 November 2013

Spain – Romania
Referee: Katalin Kulcsar (HUN, photo)

Montenegro – Wales
Referee: Florence Guillemin (FRA)

Slovakia – Germany
Referee: Elia Martinez (ESP)

Hungary – Kazakhstan
Referee: Marte Soro (NOR) 


N. Ireland – Poland
Referee: Jana Adamkova (CZE) 


Bulgaria – France
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI)

Netherlands – Greece
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (SUI)

Malta – Denmark
Referee: Sofia Karagiorgi (CYP)

Israel – Serbia
Referee: Marija Kurtes (GER)

Vanishing spray approved for FIFA Club World Cup 2013

After a successful trial during the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey in July 2013 and very good overall feedback from the participating referees in the FIFA U-17 World Cup United Arab Emirates 2013, FIFA has decided to use the vanishing spray during the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco in December 2013.
The use of the vanishing spray was approved by all International Football Association Board (IFAB) members during the Board’s 126th meeting, in Surrey, Great Britain, on 3 March 2012. The IFAB decided that any confederation, member association or league could use this in the future if they wished. The spray, which is produced and licensed by the Argentine company '9.15 Fair Play Limit', is an innovative tool created to help modern refereeing by giving the match official the opportunity to mark the line where the defending team is to set up its defensive wall before a free kick is taken. Referees pace the regulatory 9.15 meters between the ball and the nearest defender and then spray a white line on the pitch to mark the correct position of the wall. The line then disappears from the pitch within a minute.
For FIFA Head of Refereeing, Massimo Busacca, the vanishing spray is an important tool for the referees. The feedback that he received from his match officials was largely positive, as Busacca explained. “A large majority of the officials considered the spray as a useful and helpful tool," he said. "The spray has a clear preventive effect: The distance was always respected, so no yellow card for not respecting the distance had to be given throughout the two tournaments played so far. After
the Club World Cup in Morocco further evaluations will be made. We will review the results and discuss if the spray will be used also in future FIFA competitions".

Source: FIFA

Copa Sudamericana – Semi-finals (First Leg)

20-21 November 2013

Sao Paulo – Ponte Preta
Referee: Diego Abal (ARG, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Hernan Maidana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Belatti (ARG)
Fourth Official: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
Referee Observer: Ednilson Corona (BRA)

Libertad – Lanus
Referee: Dario Ubriaco (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Nievas (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Taran (URU)
Fourth Official: Fernando Falce (URU)
Referee Observer: Ubaldo Aquino (PAR)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – OFC/CONCACAF (Play-off, Second Leg)

20 November 2013

New Zealand – Mexico
Referee: Felix Brych (GER, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)
Referee Observer: Nikolai Levnikov (RUS)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – CONMEBOL/AFC (Play-off, Second Leg)

20 November 2013

Uruguay – Jordan
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Warnmark (SWE)
Fourth Official: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – UEFA (Play-off, Second Leg)

19 October 2013

France – Ukraine
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Zunic (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Ul (SVN)
Fourth Official: Slavko Vincic (SVN)
Referee Observer: Peter Mikkelsen (DEN)

Sweden – Portugal
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Darren Cann (ENG)
Fourth Official: Andre Marriner (ENG)

Romania – Greece
Referee: Milorad Mazic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjevic (SRB)
Fourth Official: Bosko Jovanetic (SRB)
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)

Croatia – Iceland
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Pol van Boekel (NED)

International Friendly Matches

15-19 November 2013

Italy – Germany
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (POR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Joao Santos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Venancio Tome (POR)

Turkey – N. Ireland
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Schaap (NED)


Netherlands – Japan
Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Kristof Meers (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Jim Cremers (BEL)

Denmark – Norway
Referee: Robert Schorgenhofer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Matthias Winsauer (AUT)

Wales – Finland
Referee: Sebastien Delferiere (BEL)

Assistant Referee 1: Frank Bleyen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Yves De Neve (BEL)


Estonia – Azerbaijan
Referee: Aleksey Nikolaev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleg Tselovalnikov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Vitaly Drozdov (RUS)


Poland – Slovakia
Referee: Marco Borg (MLT)
Assistant Referee 1: Edward Spiteri (MLT)
Assistant Referee 2: Mitchell Scerri (MLT)

Italy – Nigeria
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Jake Collin (ENG)

England – Chile
Referee: Florian Meyer (GER)

Assistant Referee 1: Holger Henschel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Christoph Bornhorst (GER)

Belgium – Colombia
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Long (ENG)


Belarus – Albania
Referee: Firat Aydinus (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Serkan Ok (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleks Tascioglu (TUR)


Ireland – Latvia
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Magnus Sjoblom (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehmet Culum (SWE)

Scotland – USA
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Darren England (ENG)

Czech Republic – Canada
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (WAL)
Assistant Referee 1: Edward King (WAL)
Assistant Referee 2: Philip Thomas (WAL)


Korea – Switzerland
Referee: Diego Abal (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Hernan Maidana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Gustavo Rossi (ARG)

Ecuador – Argentina
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (CAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Manikowski (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Wienckowski (USA)

Honduras – Brazil
Referee: David Gantar (CAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Philippe Briere (CAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Kermit Quisenberry (USA)

England Germany
Referee: Stephane Lannoy (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frederic Cano (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Annonier (FRA)

Netherlands – Colombia
Referee: Florian Meyer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Holger Henschel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Christoph Bornhorst (GER)

Russia – Serbia
Referee: Muhammad Al-Zarouni (UAE)
Assistant Referee 1: Ahmad Al-Shamisi (UAE)
Assistant Referee 2: Sabat Al-Ali (UAE)

Turkey – Belarus
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Javier Aguilar Rodriguez (ESP)

Moldova – Lithuania
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Orbulet (ROU)

Austria – USA
Referee: Istvan Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kispal (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Oszkar Lemon (HUN)

Belgium – Japan
Referee: Firat Aydinus (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Serkan Ok (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleks Tascioglu (TUR)


Norway – Scotland
Referee: Martin Strombergsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Gustavsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Per Brogevik (SWE)

Gibraltar – Slovakia
Referee: Hugo Miguel (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Garcia (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: António Godinho (POR)

Kyrgyzstan – Azerbaijan
Referee: Artiom Kuchin (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 1: Sergey Vassiutin (KAZ)
Assistant Referee 2: Serik Zhappasbaev (KAZ)

Malta – Faroe Islands
Referee: Marcin Borski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rafał Rostkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Krzysztof Myrmus (POL)

Poland – Ireland
Referee: Richard Trutz (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Ondrej Brendza (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Chladek (SVK)

Slovenia – Canada
Referee: Huseyin Gocek (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Orkun Aktas (TUR)


Brazil – Chile
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (CAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Joe Fletcher (CAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Belleau (CAN)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – CAF (Play-off, Second Leg)

16 November 2013
Senegal – Cote d’Ivoire
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (ALG, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Redouane Achik (MAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdelhak Etchali (ALG)
Fourth Official: Mohamed Benouza (ALG)

Nigeria – Ethiopia
Referee: Bakary Gassama (GAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Angesom Ogbamariam (ERI)
Assistant Referee 2: Marwa Range (KEN)
Fourth Official: Maudo Jallow (GAM)

17 November 2013
Cameroon – Tunisia
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (MRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Balkrishna Bootun (MRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Vivian Vally (MRI)
Fourth Official: Jean-Claude Labrosse (SEY)

19 November 2013
Egypt – Ghana
Referee: Noumandiez Doue (CIV)
Assistant Referee 1: Songuifolo Yeo (CIV)
Assistant Referee 2: Jean-Claude Birumushahu (BDI)
Fourth Official: Bienvenu Sinko (CIV)

Algeria – Burkina Faso
Referee: Badara Diatta (SEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Djibril Camara (SEN)
Assistant Referee 2: El Hadji Samba (SEN)
Fourth Official: Ousmane Fall (SEN)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – UEFA (Play-off, First Leg)

15 October 2013

Ukraine – France
Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (TUR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Baris Simsek (TUR)

Portugal – Sweden
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Renato Faverani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Stefani (ITA)
Fourth Official: Luca Banti (ITA)

Greece – Romania

Referee: Pedro Proenca (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Trigo (POR)
Fourth Official: Duarte Gomes (POR)
Referee Observer: Juan Fernandez Marin (ESP)

Iceland – Croatia
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raul Cabanero Martinez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Diaz Perez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Carlos Clos Gomez (ESP)

Referee Observer: Peter Mikkelsen (DEN)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – AFC/CONMEBOL (Play-off, First Leg)

13 November 2013

Jordan – Uruguay
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Haglund (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Andas (NOR)
Fourth Official: Dag Vidar Hafsas (NOR)
Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – CONCACAF/OFC (Play-off, First Leg)

13 November 2013

Mexico – New Zealand
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Gabor Eros (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Gyorgy Ring (HUN)
Fourth Official: Istvan Vad (HUN)
Referee Observer: Jozef Marko (SVK)

UEFA Women’s U-17 Euro 2013

England, 26 November – 8 December 2013

Referees
1. Vesna Budimir (CRO, photo)
2. Lina Lehtovaara (FIN)
3. Ana Minic (SRB)
4. Sara Persson (SWE)
5. Zuzana Strpkova (SVK)
6. Irina Turovskaya (BLR)

Assistant Referees
1. Mathilde Abildgaard (DEN)
2. Yelena Alistratova (KAZ)
3. Anna Dąbrowska (POL)
4. Susanne Kung (SUI)
5. Ekatinera Marinova (BUL)
6. Yana Saschyna (UKR)
7. Katalin Torok (HUN)

Fourth Officials
1. Virginie Derouaux (BEL)
2. Tania Fernandes (LUX)

UEFA Women’s Champions League – Round of 16

First Leg, 9-10 November 2013

Konak – Neulengbach
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (SWE, photo)

FC Rossiyanka – ASD Torres
Referee: Morag Pirie (SCO)

Zorky – Birmingham City
Referee: Riem Hussein (GER)

Arsenal Ladies – Glasgow City
Referee: Teodora Albon (ROU)

Fortuna Hjorring – Tyreso FF
Referee: Severine Zinck (FRA)

FC Malmo – VfL Wolfsburg
Referee: Katalin Kulcsar (HUN)

Barcelona – Zurich
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (POL)


Potsdam – Lyon
Referee: Jana Adamkova (CZE)

Second Leg, 13-14 November 2013

FC Zurich – FC Barcelona
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS)

VfL Wolfsburg – FC Malmo
Referee: Cristina Dorcioman (ROU)

Glasgow City – Arsenal Ladies
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (SWE)


Birmingham City – Zorky
Referee: Carina Vitulano (ITA)

ASD Torres – FC Rossiyanka
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI)

SV Neulengbach – Konak Belediyespor
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (GER)

Tyreso FF – Fortuna Hjorring
Referee: Amy Rayner (ENG)

Olympique Lyonnais – Turbine Potsdam

Referee: Kateryna Monzul (UKR)

FIFA Club World Cup 2013

Morocco, 11-21 December 2013

AFC
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE, 1972, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Saleh Al Marzouqi (UAE, 1970)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohamed Al Mehairi (UAE, 1974)
 

CAF
Referee: Bakary Gassama (GAM, 1979)
Assistant Referee 1: Angesom Ogbamariam (ERI, 1971)
Assistant Referee 2: Felicien Kabanda (RWA, 1971) 


CONCACAF
Referee: Mark Geiger (USA, 1974)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Hurd (USA, 1971)
Assistant Referee 2: Joe Fletcher (CAN, 1976)

CONMEBOL
Referee: Sandro Ricci (BRA, 1974)
Assistant Referee 1: Emerson De Carvalho (BRA, 1976)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo Van Gasse (BRA, 1972)

UEFA
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP, 1971)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP, 1976)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP, 1975)

Reserve Trio (CAF)
Referee: Neant Alioum (CMR, 1982)
Assistant Referee 1: Evarist Menkouande (CMR, 1974)
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Edibe (NGA, 1970)

UEFA Europa League – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

7 November 2013
 
AZ Alkmaar - Shakhter
Referee: Martin Hansson (SWE, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Wittberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Henrik Andren (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Bojan Pandžić (SWE)
Fourth Official: Fredrik Nilsson (SWE)
Referee Observer: Michael Argyrou (CYP)
 
Esbjerg - Elfsborg
Referee: Serhiy Boiko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Korniyko (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Volodin (UKR)
Additional AR 1: Yevhen Aranovskiy (UKR)
Additional AR 2: Anatoliy Abdula (UKR)
Fourth Official: Oleksandr Voytyuk (UKR)
Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Rubin – Wigan
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Orkun Aktaş (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Halis Özkahya (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Süleyman Abay (TUR)
Fourth Official: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Referee Observer: Juan Fernandez Marin (ESP)

Kuban - Swansea
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Alain Hoxha (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Matthias Winsauer (AUT)
Additional AR 1: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Additional AR 2: Rene Eisner (AUT)
Fourth Official: Andreas Witschnigg (AUT)
Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen  (FRO)

St. Gallen - Valencia
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitri Zhuk (BLR)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrei Getikov (BLR)
Additional AR 1: Denis Scherbakov (BLR)
Additional AR 2: Sergei Tsinkevich (BLR)
Fourth Official: Vitali Malyutin (BLR)
Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel  (GER)

Ludogorets - Chornomorets Odesa
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Gustavsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Joakim Flink (SWE)
Additional AR 1: Martin Strömbergsson (SWE)
Additional AR 2: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Magnus Sjöblom (SWE)
Referee Observer: Neale Barry  (ENG)

PSV Eindhoven - Dinamo Zagreb
Referee: Cristian Balaj (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Additional AR 1: Alexandru Tudor (ROU)
Additional AR 2: István Kovács (ROU)
Fourth Official: Octavian Sovre (ROU)
Referee Observer: Robert Jeurissen  (BEL)

Standard Liège - Salzsburg
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleg Tselovalnikov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Dmitri Mosyakin (RUS)
Additional AR 1: Mikhail Vilkov (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Sergei Lapochkin (RUS)
Fourth Official: Aleksei Lebedev (RUS)
Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan  (ARM)

Maribor - Zulte Wagerem
Referee: Libor Kovařik (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Krystof Mencl (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jiří Moláček (CZE)
Additional AR 1: Radek Příhoda (CZE)
Additional AR 2: Michal Paták (CZE)
Fourth Official: Patrik Filipek (CZE)
Referee Observer: Dušan Krchnak  (SVK)

Dnipro - Paços Ferreira
Referee: Antti Munukka (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matti Heininen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN)
Additional AR 1: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)
Additional AR 2: Dennis Antamo (FIN)
Fourth Official: Jukka Honkanen (FIN)
Referee Observer:  Kyros Vassaras (GRE)

Pandurii - Fiorentina
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Christos Akrivos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Damianos Efthimiadis (GRE)
Additional AR 1: Stavros Tritsonis (GRE)
Additional AR 2: Ilias Spathas (GRE)
Fourth Official: Dimitrios Gagas (GRE)
Observer: Jean Lemmer (LUX)

Apoel - Bordeaux
Referee: Sébastien Delferiere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Yves De Neve (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Frederick Stalport (BEL)
Additional AR 1: Jonathan Lardot (BEL)
Additional AR 2: Christof Dierick (BEL)
Fourth Official: Danny Huens (BEL)
Referee Observer: David Elleray  (ENG)

Maccabi Tel Aviv - Eintracht Frankfurt
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: Alexandre Boucaut (BEL)
Fourth Official: Jimmy Cremers (BEL)
Referee Observer: Gylfi Thor Orrason  (ISL)

Rapid Wien - Genk
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Serkan Ok (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Alek Tascioglu (TUR)
Additional AR 1: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
Additional AR 2: Tolga Özkalfa (TUR)
Fourth Official: Çem Satman (TUR)
Referee Observer: Rodger Gifford  (WAL)

Thun - Dinamo Kiyv
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Eric Dansault (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Olivier Thual (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Benoit Bastien (FRA)
Fourth Official: Fredji Harchay (FRA)
Referee Observer: Nikolai Levnikov (RUS)

Sevilla - Liberec
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Additional AR 1: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
Additional AR 2: Tomasz Musiał (POL)
Fourth Official: Radosław Siejka (POL)
Referee Observer: Nuno Castro  (POR)

Estoril - Freiburg
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: Alain Hamer (LUX)

Rijeka - Lyon
Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Danny Krasikow (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Nissan Davidy (ISR)
Additional AR  1: Orel Grinfeld (ISR)
Additional AR 2: Ziv Adler (ISR)
Fourth Official: Dvir Shimon (ISR)
Referee Observer: Sergey Zuev  (RUS)

Guimarães - Betis
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Carmine Russo (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Domenico Celi (ITA)
Fourth Official: Nicola Nicoletti (ITA)
Referee Observer: Peter Mikkelsen (DEN)

Legia - Trabzonspor
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Debart (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Laurent Stien (FRA)
Additional AR 1: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)
Additional AR 2: Benoît Millot (FRA)
Fourth Official: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Referee Observer: Manuel Mejuto González  (ESP)

Lazio - Apollon
Referee: Robert Madden (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Stevenson (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: David McGeachie (SCO)
Additional AR 1: Steven McLean (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Brian Colvin (SCO)
Fourth Official: Alastair Mather (SCO)
Referee Observer: Jørn West Larsen  (DEN)

Tromsø - Anji
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Davie Goossens (NED)
Assistant  Referee 2: Bas van Dongen (NED)
Additional AR 1: Kevin Blom (NED)
Additional AR 2: Kamphuis Jochem (NED)
Fourth Official: Charles Schaap (NED)
Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski  (POL)

Tottenham - Sheriff
Referee: Kenn Hansen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Rix (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: David Andersen (DEN)
Additional AR 1: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Additional AR 2: Jens Maae (DEN)
Fourth Official: Daniel Norgaard (DEN)
Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis  (CYP)

Maccabi Haifa - PAOK
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Christoph Bornhorst (GER)
Additional AR 1: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Additional AR 2: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Fourth Official: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Referee Observer: Sándor Piller  (HUN)

FIFA U-17 World Cup Final 2013: Thomson (SCO)

8 November 2013

Final
Mexico – Nigeria
Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Derek Rose (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Alan Mulvanny (SCO)
Fourth Official: Norbert Hauata (TAH)
Reserve AR: Mark Rule (NZL)



Match for Third Place
Sweden – Argentina
Referee: Badara Diatta (SEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Djibril Camara (SEN)
Assistant Referee 2: El Hadji Samba (SEN)
Fourth Official: Pavel Kralovec (CZE)
Reserve AR: Martin Wilczek (CZE)

Copa Sudamericana – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)

6 November 2013
Atletico Nacional – Sao Paulo
Referee: Enrique Osses (CHI, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Astroza (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Sergio Roman (CHI)
Fourth Official: Eduardo Gamboa (CHI)
Referee Observer: Luis Agudelo (COL)

River Plate – Lanus
Referee: Diego Abal (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Hernan Maidana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ernesto Uziga (ARG)
Fourth Official: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
Referee Observer: Carlos Coradina (ARG)

7 November 2013
Velez Sarsfield – Ponte Petra
Referee: Wilmar Roldan (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Humberto Clavijo (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Eduardo Diaz (COL)
Fourth Official: Imer Machado (COL)
Referee Observer: Abel Gnecco (ARG)

Itagui – Libertad
Referee: Roberto Silvera (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Mauricio Espinoza (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Gabriel Popovits (URU)
Fourth Official: Christian Ferreira (URU)
Referee Observer: Pablo Montoya (COL)

UEFA Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

5 November 2013
Real Sociedad – Manchester United
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Renato Faverani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Stefani (ITA)
Additional AR 1: Andrea De Marco (ITA)
Additional AR 2: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Fourth Official: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Referee Observer: Michel Vautrot (FRA)

Shakhtar Donetsk – Bayer Leverkusen
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Cryans (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: William Conquer (SCO)
Additional AR 1: John Beaton (SCO)
Additional AR 2: Kevin Clancy (SCO)
Fourth Official: Graham Chambers (SCO)
Referee Observer: Peter Frojdfeldt (SWE)


Juventus – Real Madrid
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Darren Cann (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Michael Jones (ENG)
Fourth Official: Jake Collin (ENG)
Referee Observer: Paul Allaerts (BEL)

FC Kobenhavn – Galatasaray
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Long (ENG)
Additional AR 1: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Additional AR 2: Kevin Friend (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)

Olympiacos – Benfica
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Zunic (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Ul (SVN)
Additional AR 1: Roberto Ponis (SVN)
Additional AR 2: Dragoslav Peric (SVN)
Fourth Official: Primoz Arhar (SVN)
Referee Observer: Michael Riley (ENG)

Paris St. Germain – RSC Anderlecht
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Sinisa Premuzaj (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Igor Krmar (CRO)
Additional AR 1: Ante Vucemilovic-Simunovic (CRO)
Additional AR 2: Igor Pristovnik (CRO)
Fourth Official: Ivica Modric (CRO)
Referee Observer: Charles Agius (MLT)

Manchester City – CSKA Moskva
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Additional AR 2: Javier Estrada Fernandez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Roberto Diaz Perez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Donald McVicar (SCO)

Viktoria Plzen – Bayern Munchen
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Javier Aguilar Rodriguez (ESP)
Additional AR 1: Carlos Clos Gomez (ESP)
Additional AR 2: David Fernandez Borbalan (ESP)
Fourth Official: Raul Cabanero Martinez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Jaap Uilenberg (NED)

6 November 2013
Chelsea – Schalke
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Haglund (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Andas (NOR)
Additional AR 1: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (NOR)
Additional AR 2: Ola Hobber Nilsen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Leif Erik Opland (NOR)
Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)

FC Basel – Steaua
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Rui Tavares (POR)
Additional AR 1: Manuel De Sousa (POR)
Additional AR 2: Artur Soares (POR)
Fourth Official: Joao Santos (POR)
Referee Observer: Manuel Lopez Fernandez (ESP)

Borussia Dortmund – Arsenal FC
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Additional AR 1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Additional AR 2: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Fourth Official: Angelo Boonman (NED)
Referee Observer: Georgios Bikas (GRE)

SSC Napoli – Olympique Marseille
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Averianov (RUS)
Additional AR 1: Maksim Layushkin (RUS)
Additional AR 2: Vitaly Meshkov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Nikolai Golubev (RUS)
Referee Observer: Wilfried Heitmann (GER)

FC Zenit – FC Porto
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dag-Roger Nebben (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
Additional AR 1: Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR)
Additional AR 2: Dag Vidar Hafsas (NOR)
Fourth Official: Sven Erik Midthjell (NOR)
Referee Observer: Christos Skapoullis (CYP)

Atletico Madrid – Austria Wien
Referee: Istvan Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Istvan Albert (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Toth (HUN)
Additional AR 1: Tamas Bognar (HUN)
Additional AR 2: Mihaly Fabian (HUN)
Fourth Official: Laszlo Viszokai (HUN)
Referee Observer: Alan Freeland (SCO)


Ajax – Celtic
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Guido Kleve (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Hacker (GER)
Additional AR 1: Tobias Welz (GER)
Additional AR 2: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Fourth Official: Holger Henschel (GER)
Referee Observer: Uno Tutk (EST)

FC Barcelona – AC Milan
Referee: Milorad Mazic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjevic (SRB)
Additional AR 1: Danilo Grujic (SRB)
Additional AR 2: Miodrag Gogic (SRB)
Fourth Official: Milan Minic (SRB)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2013 – Semi-finals

5 November 2013

Argentina – Mexico
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Gianluca Cariolato (ITA)
Fourth Official: Khalil Al Ghamdi (KSA)
Reserve AR: Badr Al Shumrani (KSA)

Sweden – Nigeria
Referee: Heber Lopes (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Rocha (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo van Gasse (BRA)
Fourth Official: Norbert Hauata (TAH)
Reserve AR: Tevita Makasini (TGA)

CAF Champions League Final 2013

First Leg, 2 November 2013
Orlando Pirates – Al Ahly
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (ALG, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Redouane Achik (MAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Abdelhak Etchiali (ALG)
Fourth Official: Mohamed Benouza (ALG)



Second Leg, 9 November 2013
Al Ahly – Orlando Pirates
Referee: Bakary Gassama (GAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Angesom Ogbamariam (ERI)

Assistant Referee 2: Felicien Kabanda (RWA)
Fourth Official: Maudo Jallow (GAM)
Referee Observer: Mourad Daami (TUN)

AFC Cup Final 2013: Bashir (SIN)

2 November 2013

Al Qadsia – Kuwait SC
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (SIN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Yew Mun Tang (SIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Gek Jeffrey Goh (SIN)
Fourth Official: Muhammad Bin Jahari (SIN)