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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Round of 16, Leg 2

by Martin Rødvand on March 8, 2010

10/3/10
Real Madrid – Lyon
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant referees: Cristiano Copelli, Luca Maggiani
Fourth official: Andrea De Marco
UEFA delegate: Jim Boyce (NIR)
UEFA referee observer: Serge Muhmenthaler (SUI)

Manchester United – AC Milan
Referee: Massimo Busacca (SUI)
Assistant referees: Matthias Arnet, Francesco Buragina
Fourth official: Carlo Bertolini
UEFA delegate: Arno P. Sargsyan (ARM)
UEFA referee observer: Juan Antonio Fernandez Marin (ESP)

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Round of 16, Leg 2

by Martin Rødvand on March 7, 2010

9/3/10
Arsenal – Porto
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
Assistant referees: Peter Hermans, Walter Vromans
Fourth official: Serge Gumienny
UEFA delegate: Dane Jošt (SVN)
UEFA referee observer: Patrick Fenech (MLT)

Fiorentina – Bayern München
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant referees: Fermin Martinez Ibanez, Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez
Fourth official: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes
UEFA delegate: Jean-François Crucke (BEL)
UEFA referee observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

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IFAB with definite no to technology

March 6, 2010

On today’s post-IFAB press conference it was made very clear that goal-line technology is not being implemented anytime soon. While the decision was not unanimous the board agreed to not pursue the use of technology in any aspects of the game.
While the technology question was the most controversial, the IFAB made a number of other [...]

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UEFA ban referees in relation to match-fixing and corruption

February 24, 2010

Uefa today announced that three European match officials have been banned or suspended after information gathered by German police.
Uefa.com writes:
Novo Panić, a referee from Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been banned for life from any football activities. Tomislav Šetka, an assistant referee from Croatia, has been suspended until 30 June 2011. Oleh Orekhov, a referee from [...]

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Round of 16, Leg 1

February 22, 2010

24/02/10
CSKA Moskva – Sevilla
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant referees: Thorsten Schiffner, Mark Borsch
Fourth official: Manuel Gräfe
UEFA delegate: Roland Tis (BEL)
UEFA Referee observer: Kaj Østergaard (DEN)
Internazionale – Chelsea
Referee: Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (ESP)
Assistant referees: Jesús Calvo Guadamuro, Juan Carlos Yuste Jimenez
Fourth official: David Fernández Borbalán
UEFA Delegate: Teuvo Holopainen (FIN)
UEFA Referee observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)
The second leg will be [...]

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Round of 16, Leg 1

February 21, 2010

23/02/10
Stuttgart – Barcelona
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel, Berry Simons
Fourth official: Bas Nijhuis
UEFA delegate: Pierino L.G. Lardi (SUI)
UEFA Referee observer: Zdravko Jokic (SRB)
Olympiacos – Bordeaux
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)
Assistant referees: Michael Mullarkey, Darren Cann
Fourth official: Mark Clattenburg
UEFA delegate: Dennis Cruise (IRL)
UEFA Referee observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)
The second leg will be played Wednesday March 17.

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Round of 16, Leg 1

February 15, 2010

17/02/10
Porto – Arsenal
Referee: Martin Hansson (SWE)
Assistant referees: Henrik Andren, Stefan Wittberg
Fourth official: Jonas Eriksson
UEFA delegate: Odd Flattum (NOR)
UEFA Referee observer: Manuel Lopez Fernandez (ESP)
Bayern Munich – Fiorentina
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (NOR)
Assistant referees: Dag Roger Nebben, Geir Åge Holen
Fourth official: Tommy Skjerven
UEFA delegate: David Blood (IRL)
UEFA Referee observer: David R. Elleray (ENG)
The second leg will be [...]

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Round of 16, First leg

February 15, 2010

16/02/10
Lyon – Real Madrid
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant referees: Peter Kirkup, David Richardson
Fourth official: Stuart Attwell
UEFA delegate: Jim Stjerne Hansen (DEN)
UEFA Referee observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR)
Milan – Manchester United
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (POR)
Assistant referees:  Jose Manuel Silva Cardinal, Bertino Miranda
Fourth official: Artur Soares Dias
UEFA delegate: Henk Kesler (NED)
UEFA Referee observer: Leslie Irvine (NIR)
The second leg will be [...]

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Referees for 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa ready

February 5, 2010

FIFA has chosen 30 referees to be a part of the World Cup in South Africa this summer.
Asian Football Confederation
AL GHAMDI Khalil, Saudi Arabia
IRMATOV Ravshan, Uzbekistan
MOHD SALLEH Subkhiddin, Malaysia
NISHIMURA Yuichi, Japan
African Football Confederation
BENOUZA Mohamed, Algeria
COULIBALY Koman, Mali
DAMON Jerome, South Africa
MAILLET Eddy, Seychelles
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football
AGUILAR Joel, El Salvador
ARCHUNDIA [...]

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Phil Dowd with Carling Cup Final appointment

February 1, 2010

Refworld has announced that Phil Dowd will be the man in charge of the Carling Cup Final later this month. The final will be played at Wembley between Aston Villa and Manchester United February 28th.
Dowd will be assisted by Shaun Procter-Green and David Richardson, with Lee Mason as fourth official.
He was appointed to the select [...]

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Coffi Codjia suspended by CAF

January 31, 2010

Reuters reports that Benin referee Coffi Codjia has been suspended by the Confederation of African Football after the headbutt incident in the semi-final between Algeria and Egypt.
Codjia, who is on the shortlist for the upcoming World Cup, was selected for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea as well as the 2006 World Cup in [...]

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Koman Coulibaly get African Cup of Nations final appointment

January 29, 2010

Malian Koman Coulibaly has been selected to referee Sunday’s final between Egypt and Ghana in the African Cup of Nations. Coulibaly is one of the 38 referees preselected for the upcoming World Cup in South Africa. He is one of the five candidates from the Confederation of African football.
This year’s tournament in Angola has been [...]

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Guess the referees: Europe’s representatives for 2010 World Cup

January 15, 2010

Go straight to the prediction
With the World Cup in South Africa coming up we are eagerly anticipating the announcement from FIFA with the referees chosen for the tournament. The referees in the race was announced in October 2008, and they’ve been through tests, tournaments and rigorous assessments from FIFA.
The list included 38 referees from [...]

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Busacca named best referee of 2009

January 6, 2010

Massimo Busacca, from Switzerland, has been named the best referee of 2009 by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).
Busacca received a total of 225 points from a panel of global football historians.
The 40-year-old took charge of last season’s Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United in Rome.
Last year’s number one, Roberto [...]

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UEFA referees list updated for spring 2010

December 22, 2009

UEFA has updated their referee categories for the second half of the 2009-2010 season.
The Elite list is unchanged, with exceptions of the retirement of Konrad Plautz, Iouri Baskakov, Michael Riley and Bertrand Layec.
Four referees are promoted from category 2 to the Premier Development category (Tony Chapron, Carlos Velasco Carballo, Alexei Nikolaev and Cuneyt Cakir.)
The whole [...]

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Honourably discharged

December 14, 2009

With the new year approaching, UEFA will be revising their referee categories. Most notably we have a few referees who’s reached the retirement age of 45 and will be forced to retire from international duties.
Below I have listed all the retiring referees (from age), all from the list previously published. In the new list, published [...]

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Matchday 6

December 7, 2009

Liverpool – Fiorentina
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant referees: Primoz Arhar, Marko Stancin
Fourth official: Roberto Ponis
Lyon – Debrecen
Referee: Florian Meyer (GER)
Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach, Sönke Glindemann
Fourth official: Felix Zwayer
Inter Milan – Rubin Kazan
Referee: Pieter Vink (NED)
Assistant referees: Hans Ten Hoove, Rob van de Ven
Fourth official: Kevin Blom
Dynamo Kyiv – Barcelona
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)
Assistant referees: Michael Mullarkey, Darren [...]

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Matchday 6

December 6, 2009

Atletico Madrid v FC Porto
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)
Assistant referees: Eric Dansault, Laurent Ugo
Fourth official: Antony Gautier
Besiktas v CSKA Moscow
Referee: Martin Hansson (SWE)
Assistant referees: Henrik Andren, Stefan Wittberg
Fourth official: Martin Ingvarsson
Chelsea v Apoel Nicosia
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (ITA)
Assistant referees: Nicola Nicoletti, Luca Maggiani
Fourth official: Antonio Damato
FC Zurich v AC Milan
Referee: Pedro Proença (POR)
Assistant referees: Tiago Trigo, José [...]

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FIFA Club World Cup referees ready

December 6, 2009

The referee list for the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup has been announced. The Club World Cup is being played in UAE from 9th-19th December.
This tournament is the final big tournament before the World Cup in South Africa, and the last chance to impress FIFA’s referee committee.
African zone (referee, assistant, assistant)
Coffi CODJIA (Benin), Alexis FASSINOU [...]

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Matchday 5

November 23, 2009

Bordeaux v Juventus
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (ESP)
Assistant referees: Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar, Jesús Calvo Guadamuro
Fourth official: Javier Turienzo Alvarez
Bayern Munich v Maccabi Haifa
Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO)
Assistant referees: Tom Murphy, Francis Andrews
Fourth official: Mike Tumilty
CSKA Moscow v Wolfsburg
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant referees: Renato Faverani, Andrea Stefani
Fourth official: Andrea Romeo
Manchester United v Besiktas
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)
Assistant [...]

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