UEFA Champions League 2013/14 - Referee Appointments - MD4 (Wednesday)

These are the referee appointments for the Wednesday matches of UEFA Champions League matchday 3, featuring Björn Kuipers and Milorad Mažić (SRB) for the two most relevant ties of this matchday.

Wednesday, 06 November 2013, 20:45 CET, Stamford Bridge, London (ENG) Group E
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Thomas Haglund (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Andås (NOR)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (NOR)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Ola Hobber Nilsen (NOR)
Fourth Official: Leif Erik Opland (NOR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Marc Batta (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Andrey Medintsev (BUL)
Blog Referee Observer: Chefren (ITA)

(SUI) FC BASEL

FC Basel 1893

FC Steaua Bucureşti

STEAUA (ROU)
Wednesday, 06 November 2013, 20:45 CET, St. Jakob-Park, Basel (SUI) Group E
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Rui Tavares (POR)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Manuel De Sousa (POR)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Fourth Official: João Santos (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Manuel López Fernández (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Benny Jacobsen (DEN)
Blog Referee Observer: Nur (ENG)

(GER) BORUSSIA DORTMUND

Borussia Dortmund

Arsenal FC

ARSENAL FC (ENG)
Wednesday, 06 November 2013, 20:45 CET, Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (GER) Group F
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin E. J. Zeinstra (NED)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Fourth Official: Angelo Boonman (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Georgios Bikas (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Dag Steinar Vestlund (NOR)
Blog Referee Observer: Edward (GRE)

(ITA) SSC NAPOLI

SSC Napoli

Olympique de Marseille

OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE (FRA)
Wednesday, 06 November 2013, 20:45 CET, San Paolo, Naples (ITA) Group F
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Averianov (RUS)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Maksim Layushkin (RUS)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Vitaly Meshkov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Nikolay Golubev (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Wilfried Heitmann (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Danijel Jošt (SVN)
Blog Referee Observer: Nur H. (ENG)

(RUS) ZENIT ST PETERSBURG

FC Zenit

FC Porto

FC PORTO (POR)
Wednesday, 06 November 2013, 18:00 CET, Petrovskiy Stadion, St Petersburg (RUS) Group G
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dag-Roger Nebben (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Dag Vidar Hafsås (NOR)
Fourth Official: Sven Erik Midthjell (NOR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Christos Skapoullis (CYP)
UEFA Delegate: Teuvo Holopainen (FIN)
Blog Referee Observer: Niclas (GER)

(ESP) ATLÉTICO MADRID

Club Atlético de Madrid

FK Austria Wien

AUSTRIA WIEN (AUT)
Wednesday, 06 November 2013, 20:45 CET, Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid (ESP) Group G
Referee: István Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: István Albert (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Tamás Bognar (HUN)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Mihaly Fabián (HUN)
Fourth Official: László Viszokai (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alan Freeland (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: Jacob Erel (ISR)
Blog Referee Observer: Niclas (GER)

(NED) AJAX AMSTERDAM

AFC Ajax

Celtic FC

CELTIC GLASGOW (SCO)
Wednesday, 06 November 2013, 20:45 CET, Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam (NED) Group H
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Guido Kleve (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Häcker (GER)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Tobias Welz (GER)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Fourth Official: Holger Henschel (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Uno Tutk (EST)
UEFA Delegate: Luca Zorzi (SUI)
Blog Referee Observer: Chefren (ITA)

(ESP) FC BARCELONA

FC Barcelona

AC Milan

AC MILAN (ITA)
Wednesday, 06 November 2013, 20:45 CET, Camp Nou, Barcelona (ESP) Group H
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Miodrag Gogić (SRB)
Fourth Official: Milan Minić (SRB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vlado Sajn (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: Janis Mežeckis (LVA)
Blog Referee Observer: Nikos (ENG)

UEFA Europa League 2013/14 - Referee Appointments - MD4

UEFA has revealed all the officials appointed for the Matchday 4 of 2013-14 UEFA Europa League. Among others, two referees will make their debut in this phase of the competition: Italian Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni and Ruddy Buquet from France.

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Group D , 7 November 2013 , 18:00 CET
Stadium : Centralniy Stadion , Kazan ( RUS )
Rubin - Wigan
Referee : Hüseyin Göcek ( TUR )
Assistant Referee 1 : Eyisoy Mustafa ( TUR )
Assistant Referee 2 : Orkun Aktaş ( TUR )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Halis Özkahya ( TUR )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Süleyman Abay ( TUR )
Fourth Official : Bahattin Duran ( TUR )
UEFA Referee Observer : Juan Antonio Fernandez Marin ( ESP )
UEFA Delegate : Velid Imamovic ( BIH )

Group A, 7 November 2013 , 18:00 CET
Stadium : Kuban Krasnodar ( RUS )
Kuban - Swansea
 Referee : Robert Schörgenhofer ( AUT )
Assistant Referee 1 : Alain Hoxha ( AUT )
Assistant Referee 2 : Matthias Winsauer ( AUT )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Harald Lechner ( AUT )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Rene Eisner ( AUT )
Fourth Official : Witschnigg Andreas ( AUT )
UEFA Referee Observer : Lassin Isaksen ( FRO )
UEFA Delegate : Targo Kaldoja ( EST )

Group A, 7 November 2013 , 19:00 CET
Stadium : Arena St Gallen , St Gallen ( SUI )
St Gallen - Valencia
 Referee : Aleksei Kulbakov ( BLR )
Assistant Referee 1 : Dmitry Zhuk ( BLR )
Assistant Referee 2 : Getikov Andrei ( BLR )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Denis Scherbakov ( BLR )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Tsinkevich Sergei ( BLR )
Fourth Official : Malyutin Vitali ( BLR )
UEFA Referee Observer : Eugen Strigel ( GER )
UEFA Delegate : Tugomir Frajman ( SVN )

Group B , 7 November 2013 , 19:00 CET
Stadium : Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski , Sofia ( BUL )
Ludogorets - Chornomorets Odesa
Referee : Stefan Johannesson ( SWE )
Assistant Referee 1 : Daniel Gustavsson ( SWE )
Assistant Referee 2 : Joakim Flink ( SWE )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Martin Strömbergsson ( SWE )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Andreas Ekberg ( SWE )
Fourth Official : Magnus Sjöblom ( SWE )
UEFA Referee Observer : Neale Barry ( ENG )
UEFA Delegate : Nakaidze Irakli ( GEO )

Group B , 7 November 2013 , 19:00 CET
Stadium : PSV Stadion , Eindhoven ( NED )
PSV - Dinamo Zagreb
Referee : Cristian Balaj ( ROU )
Assistant Referee 1 : Sebastian Gheorghe ( ROU )
Assistant Referee 2 : Ovidiu Artene ( ROU )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Alexandru Dan Tudor ( ROU )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : István Kovács ( ROU )
Fourth Official : Sovre Octavian ( ROU )
UEFA Referee Observer : Robert Jeurissen ( BEL )
UEFA Delegate : David Roger Griffiths ( WAL )

Group C , 7 November 2013 , 19:00 CET
Stadium : Sport og Event Park Esbjerg , Esbjerg ( DEN )
Esbjerg - Elfsborg
Referee : Serhiy Boiko ( UKR )
Assistant Referee 1 : Korniyko Oleksandr ( UKR )
Assistant Referee 2 : Volodin Volodymyr ( UKR )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Yevhen Aranovskiy ( UKR )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Anatoliy Abdula ( UKR )
Fourth Official : Voytyuk Oleksandr ( UKR )
UEFA Referee Observer : Konrad Plautz ( AUT )
UEFA Delegate : Leonid Kaloshin ( RUS )

Group C , 7 November 2013 , 19:00 CET
Stadium : Stade Maurice Dufrasne , Liege ( BEL )
Standard Liège - Salzsburg
Referee : Aleksei Nikolaev ( RUS )
Assistant Referee 1 : Tselovalnikov Oleg ( RUS )
Assistant Referee 2 : Dmitri Mosyakin ( RUS )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Vilkov Mikhail ( RUS )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Lapochkin Sergei ( RUS )
Fourth Official : Aleksei Lebedev ( RUS )
UEFA Referee Observer : Karen Nalbandyan ( ARM )
UEFA Delegate : Andreas Akkelides ( CYP )

Group D , 7 November 2013 , 19:00 CET
Stadium : Stadion Ljudski vrt , Maribor ( SVN )
Maribor - Zulte Wagerem
Referee : Libor Kovarik ( CZE )
Assistant Referee 1 : Krystof Mencl ( CZE )
Assistant Referee 2 : Jiří Moláček ( CZE )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Příhoda Radek ( CZE )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Michal Patak ( CZE )
Fourth Official : Patrik Filipek ( CZE )
UEFA Referee Observer : Dušan Krchnak ( SVK )
UEFA Delegate : George Fantaros ( CYP )

Group E, 7 November 2013 , 19:00 CET
Stadium : Dnipro Arena , Dnipropetrovsk ( UKR )
Dnipro - Pacos Ferreira
Referee : Antti Munukka ( FIN )
Assistant Referee 1 : Heininen Matti ( FIN )
Assistant Referee 2 : Jan -Peter Aravirta ( FIN )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Mattias Gestranius ( FIN )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Dennis Antamo ( FIN )
Fourth Official : Jukka Honkanen ( FIN )
UEFA Referee Observer : Kyros Vassaras ( GRE )
UEFA Delegate : Yauheni Tratsiuk ( BLR )

Group E, 7 November 2013 , 19:00 CET
Stadium : Arena Cluj , Cluj - Napoca ( ROU )
Pandurii - Fiorentina
Referee : Tasos Sidiropoulos ( GRE )
Assistant Referee 1 : Christos Akrivos ( GRE )
Assistant Referee 2 : Damianos Efthimiadis ( GRE )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Stavros Tritsonis ( GRE )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Spathas Ilias ( GRE )
Fourth Official : Gagas Dimitrios ( GRE )
UEFA Referee Observer : Jean Lemmer ( LUX )
UEFA Delegate : José Luis López Serrano ( ESP )

Group F , 7 November 2013 , 19:00 CET
Stadium : GSP Stadium , Nicosia ( CYP )
APOEL - Bordeaux
Referee : Sébastien Delferiere ( BEL )
Assistant Referee 1 : Yves De Neve ( BEL )
Assistant Referee 2 : Frederick Stalport ( BEL )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Jonathan Lardot ( BEL )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Christof Dierick ( BEL )
Fourth Official : Danny Huens ( BEL )
UEFA Referee Observer : David R. Elleray ( ENG )
UEFA Delegate : Ghenadie Scurtul ( MDA )

Group F , 7 November 2013 , 19:00 CET
Stadium : Bloomfield , Tel Aviv ( ISR )
M. Tel Aviv - Eintracht Frankfurt
Referee : Serge Gumienny ( BEL )
Assistant Referee 1 : Frank Bleyen ( BEL )
Assistant Referee 2 : Kristof Meers ( BEL )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Luc Wouters ( BEL )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Alexandre Boucaut ( BEL )
Fourth Official : Jimmy Cremers ( BEL )
UEFA Referee Observer : Gylfi Thor Orrason ( ISL )
UEFA Delegate : Jevgenijs Miļevskis ( LVA )

Group G, 7 November 2013 , 21:05 CET
Stadium : Ernst - Happel - Stadion , Vienna ( AUT )
Rapid Wien - Genk
Referee : Fırat Aydınus ( TUR )
Assistant Referee 1 : Serkan Ok ( TUR )
Assistant Referee 2 : Alek Tascioglu ( TUR )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Put Kalkavan ( TUR )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Tolga Özkalfa ( TUR )
Fourth Official : Cem Satman ( TUR )
UEFA Referee Observer : Rodger Gifford ( WAL )
UEFA Delegate : Thomas Weyhing ( GER )

Group G, 7 November 2013 , 21:05 CET
Stadium : Arena Thun Thun ( SUI )
Thun - Dinamo Kiyv
Referee : Clément Turpin ( FRA )
Assistant Referee 1 : Damage Nicolas ( FRA )
Assistant Referee 2 : Dansault Eric ( FRA )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Thual Olivier ( FRA )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Benoit Bastien ( FRA )
Fourth Official : Fredji Harchay ( FRA )
UEFA Referee Observer : Levnikov Nikolay ( RUS )
UEFA Delegate : Peter Lundström ( FIN )

Group H , 7 November 2013 , 21:05 CET
Stadium : Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan , Seville ( ESP )
Sevilla - Liberec
Referee : Szymon Marciniak ( POL )
Assistant Referee 1 : Paweł Sokolnicki ( POL )
Assistant Referee 2 : Listkiewicz Tomasz ( POL )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Paweł Raczkowski ( POL )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Musiał Tomasz ( POL )
Fourth Official : Radosław Siejka ( POL )
UEFA Referee Observer : Nuno Castro ( POR)
UEFA Delegate : Ilja Kaenzig ( SUI )

Group H , 7 November 2013 , 21:05 CET
Stadium : Antonio Coimbra Da Mota , Estoril ( POR)
Estoril - Freiburg
 Referee : Marcin Borski ( POL )
Assistant Referee 1 : Rostkowski Rafal ( POL )
Assistant Referee 2 : Sebastian Mucha ( POL )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Daniel Stefanski ( POL )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Frankowski Bartosz ( POL )
Fourth Official : Myrmus Krzysztof ( POL )
UEFA Referee Observer : Alain Hamer ( LUX )
UEFA Delegate : Svein Johannessen ( NOR )

Group I, 7 November 2013 , 21:05 CET
Stadium : Kantrida , Rijeka ( CRO )
Rijeka - Lyon
Referee : Alon Yefet ( ISR )
Assistant Referee 1 : Danny Krasikow ( ISR )
Assistant Referee 2 : Nissan Davidy ( ISR )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Orel Grinfeld ( ISR )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Ziv Adler ( ISR )
Fourth Official : Dvir Shimon ( ISR )
 UEFA Referee Observer : Sergey Zuev ( RUS )
UEFA Delegate : Michael Kirchner ( GER )

Group I, 7 November 2013 , 21:05 CET
Stadium : Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Guimaraes ( POR)
Guimarães - Betis
Referee : Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni ( ITA )
Assistant Referee 1 : Riccardo Di Fiore ( ITA )
Assistant Referee 2 : Giallatini Alessandro ( ITA )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Carmine Russo ( ITA )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Domenico Celi ( ITA )
Fourth Official : Nicola Nicoletti ( ITA )
 UEFA Referee Observer : Peter Mikkelsen ( DEN )
UEFA Delegate : Lucien Kayser ( LUX )

Group J , 7 November 2013 , 21:05 CET
Stadium : Stadion Wojska Polskiego , Warsaw ( POL )
Legia - Trabzonspor
Referee : Ruddy Buquet ( FRA )
Assistant Referee 1 : Debart Guillaume ( FRA )
Assistant Referee 2 : Stien Laurent ( FRA )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Fredy Fautrel ( FRA )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Benoît Millot ( FRA )
Fourth Official : Gringore Cyril ( FRA )
UEFA Referee Observer : Manuel Mejuto González ( ESP )
UEFA Delegate : Dusan Tittel ( SVK )

Group J , 7 November 2013 , 21:05 CET
Stadium : Stadio Olimpico , Rome ( ITA )
Lazio - Apollon
Referee Bobby Madden ( SCO )
Assistant Referee 1 : Stuart Stevenson ( SCO )
Assistant Referee 2 : David McGeachie ( SCO )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Steven McLean ( SCO )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Brian Colvin ( SCO )
Fourth Official : Alastair Mather ( SCO )
 UEFA Referee Observer : Jørn West Larsen ( DEN )
UEFA Delegate : Ariel Kenneth Scheiman ( ISR )

Group K , 7 November 2013 , 21:05 CET
Stadium : Alfheim , Tromso ( NOR )
Tromsø - Anji
Referee : Danny Makkelie ( NED )
Assistant Referee 1 : Davie Goossens ( NED )
Assistant Referee 2 : Bas van Dongen ( NED )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Kevin Blom ( NED )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Jochem Kamphuis ( NED )
Fourth Official : Charles Schaap ( NED )
UEFA Referee Observer : Tomasz Mikulski ( POL )
UEFA Delegate : Sergei Ilyich ( BLR )

Group K , 7 November 2013 , 21:05 CET
Stadium : White Hart Lane , London ( ENG )
Tottenham - Sheriff
Referee : Kenn Hansen ( DEN )
Assistant Referee 1 : Lars Rix ( DEN )
Assistant Referee 2 : David Vang Andersen ( DEN )
Add Assistant Referee 1 : Jakob Kehlet ( DEN )
Addl Assistant Referee 2 : Jens Maae ( DEN )
Fourth Official : Daniel R. Nørgaard ( DEN )
UEFA Referee Observer : Back Kapitanis ( CYP )
UEFA Delegate : Karl - Erik Nilsson ( SWE )

Group L , 7 November 2013 , 21:05 CET
Stadium : AZ Stadion , Alkmaar ( NED )
AZ - Shakhter
Referee : Martin Hansson ( SWE )
Assistant Referee 1 : Stefan Wittberg ( SWE )
Assistant Referee 2 : Henrik Andren ( SWE )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Strömbergsson Markus ( SWE )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Bojan Pandžić ( SWE )
Fourth Official : Fredrik Nilsson ( SWE )
UEFA Referee Observer : Michael Argyrou ( CYP )
UEFA Delegate : Peadar Ryan ( IRL )

Group L , 7 November 2013 , 21:05 CET
Stadium : Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer , Haifa ( ISR )
M. Haifa - PAOK
Referee : Felix Zwayer ( GER )
Assistant Referee 1 : Thorsten Schiffner ( GER )
Assistant Referee 2 : Christoph Bornhorst ( GER )
Additional Assistant Referee 1 : Tobias Stieler ( GER )
Additional Assistant Referee 2 : Daniel Siebert ( GER )
Fourth Official : Stefan Lupp ( GER )
UEFA Referee Observer : Sándor Piller ( HUN )
UEFA Delegate : Christian Kofoed ( DEN )

Felix Brych and Jonas Eriksson to handle Intercontinental Play-Off 2nd legs

German Felix Brych and Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson have been assigned by FIFA to oversee the second legs of the World Cup Play-Offs between New Zealand and Mexico and Uruguay and Jordan respectively.

After the first leg played in Estadio Azteca that will be controlled by Viktor Kassai, it will be Germany's Felix Brych who will have the honour to take charge of the second leg in Wellington, New Zealand. He will be accompanied by Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp as assistant referees and by Marco Fritz as fourth official. Russian Nikolay Levnikov will be the referee observer.
For the doctor in law from Munchen, it will be his second play-off of his career, having handled the match between Ireland and France in Dublin in 2009.

Meanwhile, Eriksson will be assisted by Mathias Klasenius and Daniel Wärnmark on the sidelines, while Stefan Johannesson has been nominated to control the benches as fourth official. Greek Kyros Vassaras will observe and assess the referee team. The match will be kick-off at 21 November 2013 at midnight of CET.
The first leg will be handled by Norway's Svein Oddvar Moen, so that two Scandinavians have been assigned for this high-profile and potentially intense duel. Massimo Busacca, who made this appointment, knows this stadium in Montevideo best himself: he handled Uruguay's World Cup qualification versus Costa Rica four years lattes.

20 November 2013, 07:00 CET
Westpac Stadium, Wellington (NZL)
New Zealand - Mexico
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)
Referee Observer: Nikolay Levnikov (RUS)

21 November 2013, 00:00 CET
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo (URU)
Uruguay - Jordan
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE)
Fourth Official: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)

Craig Thomson appointed for 2013 FIFA U17 WC Final

According to the Scottish FA, Craig Alexander Thomson has been appointed for the final match of the 2013 FIFA U17 World Cup, to be played between Nigeria and Mexico at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on 8 November 2013. He will be assisted by his countrymen Derek Rose and Alan Mulvanny.

 

 Craig Thomson will handle the final game of U17 WC.

Craig Thomson will handle the final game of U17 WC (c) scottishfa.co.uk


A FIFA referee since 2003, this year Thomson joined his second FIFA U17 WC, after the experience made in 2007 in South Korea. Prior to this final appointment, he had officiated two matches in the competition: Uruguay - Ivory Coast in the group stage, and Morocco - Ivory Coast (full African clash) in the Round of 16.
Norbert Hauata from Tahiti has received the honor to act as fourth official, while the reserve assistant referee will be Mark Rule from New Zealand.


08 November 2013, 17:00 CET (Abu Dhabi)
Mexico - Nigeria
Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Derek Rose (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Alan Mulvanny (SCO)
Fourth Official: Norbert Hauata (TAH)
Reserve AR: Mark Rule (NZL)


At the same time, Badara Diatta from Senegal has been appointed by FIFA for the third place match, to be played between Sweden and Argentina. He will be assisted by his regular assistants Djibril Camara and El Hadjii Samba. To complete the officiating crew, Pavel Královec will work as fourth official, while Martin Wilczek as reserve assistant referee (both from Czech Republic).


08 November 2013, 14:00 CET (Abu Dhabi)
Sweden - Argentina
Referee: Badara Diatta (SEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Djibril Camara (SEN)
Assistant Referee 2: El Hadji Samba (SEN)
Fourth Official: Pavel Královec (CZE)
Reserve AR: Martin Wilczek (CZE)

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