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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Quarter-finals, 2nd leg

April 10, 2011

12/4/11 Shakthar Donetsk – Barcelona Referee: Florian Meyer, Germany Assistant referees: Holger Henschel, Christoph Bornhorst Additional assistant referees: Christian Dingert, Marc Seemann Fourth official: Peter Sippel Uefa delegate: Svein Johannessen, Norway Uefa referee observer: Francesco Bianchi, Switzerland Manchester United – Chelsea Referee: Olegario Benquerença, Portugal Assistant referees: Bertino Miranda, Joao Santos Additional assistant referees: Artur [...]

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Nicolet Bakker new assistant referee in the Dutch league

April 6, 2011

Nicolet Bakker from Netherlands will on Friday make her debut as in Eerste Division, in a match between FC Volendam and Fortuna Sittard. She will be the second woman to run the line in the professional game in Netherlands. She succeeds Sjoukje de Jong who was involved as an assistant referee in the professional game in 2001. [...]

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Europa League appointments, Thursday, Quarter-finals, 1st leg

April 5, 2011

7/4/11 Porto – Spartak Moskva Referee: Serge Gumienny, Belgium Assistant referees: Mark Simons, Frank Bleyen Additional assistant referees: Jean-Baptiste, Peter Bultynck Vervecke Fourth official: Luc Wouters Uefa delegate: Harry M. Been, Netherlands Uefa referee observer: Bo Karlsson, Sweden Benfica – PSV Eindhoven Referee: Paolo Tagliavento, Italy Assistant referees: Massimiliano Grilli, Nicola Nicoletti Additional assistant referees: [...]

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Quarter-finals, 1st leg

April 4, 2011

6/4/11 Chelsea – Manchester United Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco, Spain Assistant referees: Fermin Martinez Ibanez, Juan Carlos Yuste Jimenez Additional assistant referees: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes, Carlos Clos Gomez Fourth official: David Fernandez Borbalan Uefa delegate: Georg Pangl, Austria Uefa referee observer: Eugen Strigel, Germany Barcelona – Shakhtar Donetsk Referee: Craig Thomson, Scotland Assistant referees: Francis [...]

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Quarter-finals, 1st leg

April 4, 2011

5/4/11 Real Madrid – Tottenham Referee: Felix Brych, Germany Assistant referees: Thorsten Schiffner, Mark Borsch Additional assistant referees: Christian Dingert, Marc Seemann Fourth official: Peter Sippel Uefa delegate: Ioan Angelo Lupescu, Romania Uefa referee observer: Kyros Vassaras, Greece Internazionale – Schalke Referee: Martin Atkinson, England Assistant referees: Peter Kirkup, Michael Mullarkey Additional assistant referees: Michael [...]

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Round of 16, 2nd leg

March 14, 2011

16/03/11 Chelsea – København Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen, Norway Assistant referees: Frank Andås, Kim Thomas Haglund Additional assistant referees: Tommy Skjerven, Espen Berntsen Fourth official: Ken Henry Johnsen* Uefa delegate: Jaroslav Dudl, Czech Republic Uefa referee observer: Alfredo Trentalange, Italy Real Madrid – Lyon Referee: Damir Skomina, Slovenia Assistant referees: Primož Arhar, Marko Stancin Additional [...]

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Round of 16, 2nd leg

March 13, 2011

15/3/2011 Manchester United – Marseille Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo, Spain Assistant referees: Roberto Alonso Fernández, Jesús Calvo Guadamuro Additional assistant referees: Carlos Clos Gómez, Antonio Rubinos Pére Fourth official: David Fernández Borbalán Uefa delegate: Pierino L.G. Lardi, Switzerland Uefa referee observer: Guy Goethals, Belgium Bayern – Internazionale Referee: Pedro Proença, Portugal Assistant referees: José Trigo, [...]

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Round of 16, 2nd leg

March 7, 2011

Tottenham – Milan Referee: Frank De Bleeckere, Belgium Assistant referees: Peter Hermans, Walter Vromans Additional assistant referees: JB Bultynck, Peter Vervecken Fourth official: Luc Wouters Uefa delegate: Eduard Dervishaj, Spain Uefa referee observer: Rolf Haugen, Norway Schalke – Valencia Referee: Jonas Eriksson, Sweden Assistant referees: Stefan Wittberg, Mathias Klasenius Additional assistant referees: Martin Strömbergsson, Tobias [...]

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Round of 16, 2nd leg

March 7, 2011

Shakhtar Donetsk – Roma Referee: Howard Webb, England Assistant referees: Michael Mullarkey, Peter Kirkup Additional assistant referees: Michael Jones, Andre Marriner Fourth official: Stuart Attwell Uefa delegate: Dumitru Mihalache, Romania Uefa referee observer:  László Vagner, Hungary Barcelona – Arsenal Referee: Massimo Busacca, Switzerland Assistant referees: Francesco Buragina, Manuel Navarro Additional assistant referees: Cyril Zimmermann. Stephan [...]

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French officials in clash with French Football Federation

March 5, 2011

Earlier this week French officials, through their own organisation Syndicat des Arbitres de Football (SAFE), announced their intention to postpone the Ligue 1 games with 15 minutes to highlight the lack of respect for officials in the French game. On Friday the French Football Federation (Fédération Française de Football) hit back at the officials by replacing [...]

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IFAB approves AARs for EURO 2012

March 5, 2011

On their Annual General Meeting in Wales today, the Ifab approved the use of additional assistant referees in the Euro 2012 competition. The use of additional assistant referees has been restricted to club competitions until now. The International Football Association Board also approved various amendments to the Laws of the Game. These amendments will come [...]

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Round of 16, 1st leg

February 21, 2011

23/02/11 Marseille – Manchester United Referee: Felix Brych, Germany Assistant referees: Thorsten Schiffner, Mark Borsch Additional assistant referees: Peter Sippel, Babak Rafati Fourth official: Knut Kircher Uefa delegate: Balázs Makray, Hungary Uefa referee observer: Juan Antonio Fernandez Marin, Spain Internazionale – Bayern Referee: Viktor Kassai, Hungary Assistant referees:Gabor Erös, György Ring Additional assistant referees: Mihaly [...]

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Round of 16, 1st leg

February 20, 2011

22/02/11 København – Chelsea Referee: Björn Kuipers, Netherlands Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel, Berry Simons Additional assistant referees: Danny Desmond Makkelie, Ed Janssen Fourth official: Richard Liesveld Uefa delegate: Jacques Antenen, Switzerland Uefa referee observer: Alan Snoddy, Northern Ireland Lyon – Real Madrid Referee: Wolfgang Stark, Germany Assistant referees: Jan-Hendrik Salver, Mike Pickel Additional assistant [...]

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Champions League appointments, Wednesday, Round of 16, 1st leg

February 14, 2011

16/02/11 Roma – Shakhtar Donetsk Referee: Olegário Benquerença, Portugal Assistant referees: Bertino Miranda, João Santos Additional assistant referees: Carlos Xistra, Artur Soares Dias Fourth official: João Capela Uefa delegate: Ori Shilo, Israel Uefa referee observer: Aron Schmidhuber, Germany Arsenal – Barcelona Referee: Nicola Rizzoli, Italy Assistant referees: Renato Faverani, Andrea Stefani Additional assistant referees: Mauro [...]

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Round of 16, 1st leg

February 13, 2011

15/02/11 Milan – Tottenham Referee: Stéphane Lannoy, France Assistant referees: Eric Dansault, Laurent Ugo Additional assistant referees: Antony Gautier, Ruddy Buquet Fourth official: Clément Turpin Uefa delegate: Fernand Meese, Belgium Uefa referee observer: Horst Brummeier, Austria Valencia – Schalke Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev, Russia Assistant referees: Tikhon Kalugin, Anton Averianov Additional assistant referees: Sergey Karasev, Vladimir [...]

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Mike Dean with Arsenal – Birmingham final

February 5, 2011

Mike Dean has been handed the assignment of refereeing the Carling Cup final in the end of February. Dean will be assisted by Ron Ganfield and Mike Mullarkey with Kevin Friend acting as fourth official. Scott Ledger will be the reserve assistant referee. The game will be between Arsenal and Birmingham and is played on [...]

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Ravshan Irmatov with Australia – Japan final

January 27, 2011

Ravshan Irmatov and his team will take charge of the AFC Asian Cup final between Australia and Japan on Saturday. The match will be the Uzbek official’s fourth in the tournament. He will be assisted by fellow countrymen Rasulov Abdukhamidullo and Ilyasov Rafael. Malaysian referee Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh will be the fourth official. Irmatov impressed [...]

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Howard Webb named best referee of 2010

January 18, 2011

Howard Webb has been named 2010′s best referee by the IFFHS on their website. An excerpt from IFFHS’ text accompanying the voting results: For the first time a referee from Great Britain, the 39-year-old Howard Webb, has become The World‘s best Referee of the year. He provided brilliant performances in the English Premier League, UEFA [...]

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Pablo Pozo retires

December 27, 2010

Chilean referee Pablo Pozo refereed his last game with the clash between Audax Italiano and Unión Española on December 19th. The match was the final match in the qualification to the Libertadores Cup. The 37-year-old referee refereed two games at the 2010 World Cup. Pozo was injured in the early stage of the World Cup, [...]

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Referees ready for Asian Cup

December 27, 2010

The referees for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup are now available from the AFC website. The twelve referee trios will be in charge of the matches in the Asian Cup starting January 7th. Well-known referees like Ravshan Irmatov, Yuichi Nishimura and Khalil Al Ghamdi are among the twelve trios. Algerian referee Mohamed Benouza, who missed [...]

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