2012 AFF Suzuki cup - Final round competition

Group A in Bangkok (Thailand)

24 to 30 November 2012 

Referees:

Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Ma Ning (China)
André El Haddad (Lebanon)
Yaqoob Said Abdullah Abdul Baki (Oman)

Assistant Referees:
Haruhiro Otsuka (Japan)
Su Jige (China)
Hadi Kassar (Lebanon)
Abdullah Mubarak Mohamed Al-Shammakhi (Oman)
Palitha Hemathunga (Sri Lanka)

Group B in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) 

25 November to 01 December 2012 

Referees:

Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
Fan Qi (China)
Ali Hasan Ebrahim Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

Assistant Referees:
Youngha Kim (Korea)
Saeid Alinezhadian (Iran)

2012-2013 UEFA Europe League - Group Stage

2012-2013  UEFA Europe League (Group Stage (E) - Day 5)

22 Nov. 2012 - Arena National, Bucharest

Steaua Bucharest (Romania) vs VfB Stuttgart (Ger)   1-5

Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

Assistant Referee 1: Dimitrios Saraidaris (Greece)

Assistant Referee 2: Damianos Efthimiadis (Greece)

Fourth Official: Michael Karsiotis (Romania)

Additional Assistant Referee 1: Stavros Tritsonis (Greece)

Additional Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Pappas (Greece)

2012-2013 UEFA Europe League - Group Stage

2012-2013 UEFA Europe League  (Group Stage (K) - Day 5)

22 Nov. 2012 - Kharkov  (Ukraine)

FC Metalist Kharkov (Ukr)  vs  Bayer Leverkusen (Ger)    2-0

Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Assistant Referee 1: Zoltán Székely (Romania)

Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania)

Fourth Official: Aurel Onita (Romania)

Additional Assistant Referee 1: Marius Avram (Romania)

Additional Assistant Referee 2: István Kovács (Romania)

Kenya : 2012 Cup Final

2012 Kenya President’s Cup Final

November 20, 2012 in Nyayo National Stadium (Nairobi)

Gor Mahia vs Sofapaka 0-0 (penalties : 3-0)

Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
Assistant referee : Peter Kiereini
Assistant referee : Peter Sabatia
4th Official : Isaac Ochieng

2012 CAF Confederation Cup (1st Leg)

CAF 2012 Confederation Cup (1st Leg)

18 November 2012 in Bamako

Djoliba AC (Mali) vs AC Leopards (Congo)  2-2

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
Assistant Referee : Molefe Enock (South Africa)
Assistant Referee : Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Fourth Official: Victor Hlungwani (South Africa)

2012 CAF Champions League Final (2nd leg)

Second leg, November 17 in Tunis
Esperance Tunis (Tunisia) vs Al Ahly (Egypt)   1-2


Referee : Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco) 
Asst referee : Redouane Achik (Morocco) 
Asst referee : Rouani Bouazz (Morocco) 
4th official : Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

2012 AFC U19 Championship Final

AFC has selected Emirati referee Mohamed Al-Zarouni to officiate the final of the 2012 U19 Championship, between Iraq and Korea, on November 17th.

He will be assisted by Mohamed Nehlawi (Syria) and Tang Yew Mun (Singapore)
Singaporian referee Malik Abdul Bashir will be 4th official

Friendly : Gabon vs Portugal

Stade Omnisport Président Omar Bongo (Libreville / Gabon)

Gabon  vs  Portugal    2-2

Referee :  Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Assistant referee :  David Laryea (Ghana)

Assistant referee :  Ibrahim Badiu (Ghana)

Quite an eventfull friendly game between Gabon and Portugal, and a very busy evening for Ghana referee Joseph Lamptey with 3 penalties and above all..the most "surprising" call of the year..

Have a look...

Kazakhstan : 2012 Cup Final

2012 Kazakhstan Cup Final

November 11, 2012 in Astana Arena

FC Astana vs Irtysh Pavlodar 2-0 

Referee: Kairat Slambekov (Kazakhstan)

2012 AFC Champions League Final

AFC appoints Australian referees for 2012 ACL final

The final of the 2012 AFC Champions League will be played on the 10 November 2012 at the Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan Korea. The two finalists for 2012 are Ulsan Hyundai from Korea and Al Ahli from Saudia Arabia.

Referee : Williams Benjamin (Australia)

Assistant Referee 1 : Brennan Luke (Australia)
Assistant Referee 2 : Cetrangolo Paul Adam (Australia)
Fourth Official : Delovski Strebre (Australia)

Friendly : Bahrain vs Jordan

Friendly Match

8 November 2012 in Bahrain National Stadium (Riffa)

Bahrain  vs  Jordan     3-0

Referee : Ali Shaban  (Kuwait)

Asst referee: Aziz Al-Wadi (Bahrain)

Asst referee: Nawaf  Moussa (Bahrain)

4th official: Jameel Juma Abdulhusain (Bahrain)

2012 AFC PROJECT REFEREES (Selection Course)

AFC PROJECT REFEREE PROGRAMME

BATCH 2012 – SELECTION COURSE

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) – Novembre 2012

18 Pre-selected referees :

ABDULRAHMAN ALI H A AL-MARRI – QATAR 
ALEXANDER GEORGE KING - AUSTRALIA
BAO MENGXIAO - CHINA P.R.
FONG KWOK HONG - HONG KONG
HUANG XIANG - CHINA P.R.
JIN JINGYUAN - CHINA P.R.
MD NAZMUL HUDA - BANGLADESH
OMAR MOHAMED AHMED HASSAN AL-ALI - UAE 
TAKESHI ASADA - JAPAN
VENKATESH RAMACHANDRAN - INDIA
ZAKRI NASSER HASHIL AL-HINAAI - OMAN

DANIEL JOHN ELDER – AUSTRALIA

WONG WAI LUN - HONG KONG

TONG DAN - CHINA P.R.

SAEID BAHONAR - I.R. IRAN

MONIKA JANA – INDIA

MOHAMMED SAAD M ALMASSWARI - SAUDI ARABIA

KHALID ALI MOHAMED ALI MAHMOUD ALMULLA – UAE

2013 CAF U17 Championship – Qualifiers

CAF U17 CHAMPIONSHIP – Morocco 2013


3rd round qualifiers 

• 1st leg : 17 November  2012
• 2nd leg: 01 December  2012

Referees appointements 

2012 CAF Champions League Final (1st leg)

First leg, November 4 in Cairo

Al Ahly (Egypt) vs  Esperance Tunis (Tunisia)   1-1

Referee : Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Asst referee : Omar Bouabdallah (Algeria)
Asst referee : Mohamed Bechirene (Algeria)
4th official : Mokhtar Amalou (Algeria)

Ireland : 2012 FAI Cup Final

2012 FAI Cup Final

November 4, 2012 in Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Derry City vs St Patrick's Athletic  3-2 (aet)

Referee : Neil Doyle (Ireland) 

2012 AFC Cup Final

AFC has selected Valentin Kovalenko from Uzbekistan to referee the 2012 AFC Cup Final between Arbil (Irak) and Kuwait SC (Kuwait).
The final will be played on November 3rd at Francouse Al-Hareeri Stadium in Arbil City (Irak)

2012 CAF Champions League Final (1st leg)

Djamel Hamoudi has been selected by CAF for the CAF Champions League Final, 1st leg match on November 4th in Alexandria, between Al-Ahly (Egypt) vs Esperance Tunis (Tunisia)

Djamel Haimoudi (born December 10, 1970 in Oran) is an Algerian international referee since 2004, he was a referee at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. He has also refereed a number of CAF Champions League matches, as well as FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

2014 World Cup Qualifier (Oceania)

16 Oct 2012 in Nouméa

NEW CALEDONIA vs  SOLOMON ISLANDS   5-0

  

Referee:  Abdelkader ZITOUNI (TAH)

Assistant Referee 1:  Paul AHUPU (TAH)

Assistant Referee 2:  Terry PIRI (COK)

Fourth official:  Rakesh VARMAN (FIJ)

CAF AFCON 2013 – Qualifyer

14 October 2012 in Ouagadougou

BURKINA FASO vs CENTRAL AFRICA REP.   3-1

Referee : Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco)
Asst referee: Rouani Bouazza (Morocco)
Asst referee: Mimoun Bekkali (Morocco)
4th official: Khalid Ennouni (Morocco)

CAF AFCON 2013 - Qualifyer

14 October 2012 in Stade Omnisport de Yaoundé

CAMEROON vs CAP VERDE   2-1

Referee : Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Asst referee: Aymen Deguesh (Egypt)

Asst referee: Tamer Dorry (Egypt)

4th official: Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)

Commissionner : Souleymane Magassouba (Mali)

2013 UEFA U19 Championship (Qualifier)

2013  UEFA U19 Championship   (Qualifier – 1st round – Group 9)

11 October 2012  in New Douglas Park – Hamilton (Scotland)

Switzerland U19   vs  Armenia  U19    4-0

Referee : Ján Valášek  (Slovakia)
Asst referee : Tomáš Vorel (Slovakia)

Asst referee : Gavin Harris (Scotland)

4th official : Donald Robertson (Scotland)

2012 AFC U16 Championship Final

AFC has selected FIFA Qatari referee Abdulrahman Abdou for the final of the 2012 championship between Japan U16 vs Uzbekistan U16, played in Teheran on October 6th 2012

2012-2013 UEFA Europe League - Group Stage

2012-2013 UEFA Europe League (Group Stage (F) - Day 2)

04 Oct. 2012 - PSV Stadion, Eindhoven  

PSV Eindhoven (Ned) vs Napoli (Ita)  3-0

Referee: Alexandru Dan Tudor (Romania)

Assistant Referee 1: Cristian Nica (Romania)

Assistant Referee 2: Aurel Onita (Romania)

4th Official: Octavian Sovre (Romania)

Additional Assistant Referee 1: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)

Additional Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Coltescu (Romania)

Finland : 2012 Cup Final

2012 Finnish Cup Final

September 29, 2012 in Sonera Stadium (Helsinki)

FC Honka Espoo vs Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS)   1-0

Referee : Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

2012-2013 UAFA CUP

(1st qualifying round – 2nd leg  in Muharraq)

Al-Hadd (Bahrain)  vs  Shabab Al-Ordon (Jordan)   0-0

Referee : Ibrahim Al-Hosni  (Oman)

Asst referee: Ali Khalfan Al-Shukiry  (Oman)

Asst referee:

4th official:  Ahmed Al-Kaaf  (Oman)

2012 AFC U16 Championship in Iran

2012 AFC U16 CHAMPIONSHIP 
Iran - 22 Sept-06 Oct. 2012

Referees :

Mohamed Al-Zarouni (UAE)
Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Masaaki Toma Iemoto (Japan)
Strebre Delovski (Australia)
Salah Mohamed Abbas AlAbbasi (Bahrain)
Dmitryi Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Chaiya Mahapab (Thailande)
Nasser Darwish Al-Ghafari (Jordanie)
Abdulrahman Abdou Hussain (Qatar)
Yadollah Jahanbazi (Iran)
Kim Jong-Hyeok (Corée Sud)
Yousef Al-Marzouq (Koweit)

2014 World Cup Qualifier (Asia)

2014 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
(11/09/2012 in Saitama)


JAPAN vs IRAQ    1-0

Referee: Abdul BASHIR (SIN)
Asst referee: Jeffrey GEK (SIN)
Asst referee: Yew Mun TANG (SIN)
4th official: Thiam LEOW (SIN) 

2014 World Cup Qualifier (UEFA)

2014 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 
(07/09/2012 in Vilnius)


LITHUANIA  vs    SLOVAKIA      1-1 

Referee : Arbitre: Carlos CLOS GOMEZ (ESP)
Asst referee: Javier AGUILAR RODRIGUEZ (ESP)
Asst referee: Jose Manuel FERNANDEZ (ESP)
4th official: Alberto UNDIANO MALLENCO (ESP)

2014 World Cup Qualifier (Oceania)

07 Sept 2012 in Nouméa

NEW CALEDONIA vs NEW ZEALAND  0-2 


Referee:  Norbert HAUATA (TAH)
Assistant Referee 1:  Tevita MAKASINI (TGA)
Assistant Referee 2:  Philippe REVEL (TAH)
Fourth official:  Averii JACQUES (TAH)

Faroe Islands : 2012 Cup Final

2012 Faroe Islands Cup Final

August 25, 2012 in Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Víkingur Gøta vs EB/Streymur 3-3 (penalties:5-4)

Referee: Dagfinn Forná

Iceland : 2012 Cup Final

2012 Icelandic Cup Final

August 18, 2012 in Laugardalsvöllur

KR Reykjavik vs Stjarnan FC 2-1

Referee : Thoroddur Hjaltalin

Friendly : Mexico vs USA

in Mexico City
Mexico vs USA    0-1 

Referee : Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
Asst referee : Octavio Jara (Costa Rica)
Asst referee : Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)

4th Official : José Alfredo Penaloza Soto (Mexico)

2013 CAF U20 Championship - Qualifier

From left: Kiagou, Kouton, Dina, Tohouegnon

CAF U20 Championship - Algeria 2013
Qualifier Match - 1st Round, 2nd leg - in Tamalé (Ghana)

Ghana  U20  vs  Uganda U20      3 - 0

Referee : Moumouni Kiagou  (Benin)
Asst referee : Gbèmassiandan Kouton  (Benin)

Asst referee : Babadjide Dina (Benin)
4th official : Gustave Tohouegnon (Benin)

2012 London Olympic Games Final

UK referee Mark Clattenburg has been handed the honour of refereeing the 2012 Olympic Games men’s football Final on Saturday August 11, 2012 between Brazil and Mexico at Wembley Stadium.

The 37-year-old FIFA referee will form part of an English refereeing team also including Stephen Child and Simon Beck

Ivory Coast : 2012 Cup Final

Ivory Coast National Cup Final

August 06, 2012 in Stade Felix Houphouet Boigny (Abidjan)

Stella Club d'Adjamé vs Séwé Sport San Pedro   1-0

Referee : Juste Zio (Burkina Faso) 

2013 EAFF East Asian Championship

Preliminary Competition Round 1 – in Guam 

Guam vs Macau   3-0

Referee: Iida Jumpei (Japan)
Assistant Referee 1: Otsuka Haruhiro (Japan)
Assistant Referee 2: Chen Jia Hao (Chinese Taipei)

4th Official: Kim Dae Yong (Korea Republic)

2013 EAFF East Asian Championship

Preliminary Competition Round 1 – in Guam

Macau vs Northern Marian Islands 3-1

Referee: Iida Jumpei (Japan)
Assistant Referee 1: Otsuka Haruhiro (Japan)
Assistant Referee 2: Chen Jia Hao (Chinese Taipei)
4th Official: Kim Dae Yong (Korea Republic)

2013 EAFF East Asian Championship

Preliminary Competition Round 1 – in Guam

Gam vs Northern Mariana Islands 3-1

Referee: Kim Dae Yong (Korea Republic)
Assistant Referee 1: Ji Seung Min (Korea Republic)
Assistant Referee 2: Chen Jia Hao (Chinese Taipei)
4th Official: Iida Jumpei (Japan)

2012 CAF Confederation Cup

Play-off round- 2nd leg

15 July 2012 in Luanda

Interclube (Angola) vs Dynamos (Zimbabwe) 1-0

Referee : Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

4th official : Kutlwano Leso (Botswana)

2014 AFC U22 Asian Cup – Qualifier

2014 AFC U22 Asian Cup – Qualifier Group (E)

05 July 2012 in Riau Main Stadium, Pekanbaru (Indonesia)

Indonesia U22  vs  Australia  U22  0-1

Referee : Tan Hai ( China)

Assistant Referee: Mu Yuxin (China)

Assistant Referee: Palitha Hemathunga ( Sri Lanka)

4th official: Win Cho (Myanmar)