UEFA Women’s Champions League 2023/24 – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)

27 March 2024 
Olympique Lyonnais – SL Benfica
Referee: Cheryl Foster WAL (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Ceri Williams WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Susann Küng SUI
Fourth Official: Riem Hussein GER
VAR: Fedayi San SUI
AVAR: Franziska Wildfeuer GER
Referee Observer: Marta Atzori ITA

Chelsea FCW – AFC Ajax
Referee: Tess Olofsson SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Almira Spahić SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Anita Vad HUN
Fourth Official: Catarina Campos POR
VAR: Katalin Kulcsar HUN
AVAR: Tamas Bognar HUN
Referee Observer: Bente Skogvang NOR

28 March 2024
FC Barcelona – SK Brann
Referee: Ivana Martinčić CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Sanja Rodjak-Karšić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Maja Petravić CRO
Fourth Official: Jana Adamkova CZE
VAR: Ivan Bebek CRO
AVAR: Jelena Cvetković SRB
Referee Observer: Anja Kunick GER

Paris St. Germain – BK Häcken
Referee: Rebecca Welch ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Emily Carney ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Franca Overtoom NED
Fourth Official: Sandra Bastos POR
VAR: David Coote ENG
AVAR: Sian Massey-Ellis ENG
Referee Observer: Jelena Banjeglav SRB

Major pay raises for MLS referees

Members of the Professional Soccer Referees Association (PSRA) — the labor union that represents match officials in Major League Soccer — voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement on Monday night. The ratification of the CBA brings an end to a month-long lockout that had seen MLS start its season with replacement referees. The league’s usual group of officials will return to games this weekend. The new agreement runs through the end of the 2030 season and contains sizable raises for referees and assistant referees as well as video assistant referees. The financial specifics of the deal are laid out in a term sheet acquired by The Athletic, one whose authenticity was verified by a source briefed on the contents of the new CBA. “We thank the hundreds of officials in the U.S. and Canada who stood in solidarity with us showing their strength and professionalism,” PSRA President and lead negotiator Peter Manikowski said in a statement. “Together, we have won much-needed improvements while demonstrating the value of having the best referees in Major League Soccer on the pitch.”

MLS referee and assistant referee annual salary

Probationary

$85,150

  $30,150

0-75

$125,650

  $33,650

76-150

$131,150

  $37,150

151-200

$137,150

  $39,650

201-250

$142,150

  $40,650

251-275

$147,150

  $42,650

276-300

$155,150

  $44,650

301+

$165,150

  $45,650



 

MLS’s most experienced referees will also see a significant pay increase. A referee who has officiated 200 matches, for example, made around $108,000 under the terms of the previous agreement. That same referee’s pay will go up over $40,000 overnight, rising to $142,150 in 2024 and $182,470 by the end of the agreement.

MLS referee pay increase (percentage/referee, AR, VAR, AVAR)

Probationary

68%

  88%

   N/A

  N/A

25

32%

  87%

  147%

  219%

125

28%

  89%

  77%

  150%

225

32%

  90%

  106%

  135%

325

53%

  113%

  133%

  164%


 

 

 

 

MLS referee pay increase (dollars/referee, AR, VAR, AVAR)

Probationary

$34,502

  $14,112

  N/A

  N/A

25

$30,545

  $15,642

  $4,555

  $4,305

125

$28,729

  $17,454

  $3,667

  $5,073

225

$34,101

  $19,265

  $5,067

  $4,573

325

$57,101

  $24,265

  $6,367

  $5,523


 

 

 

 

Assistant referees (ARs), who in 2023 made as little as about $16,000 in base pay, will receive an even larger percentage raise than referees. A full-time, non-probationary AR who has participated in 100 MLS matches, for example, will see their pay climb from $19,696 in 2023 to $37,150 this year. By the end of the agreement, an official with the same level of experience will make $49,684.
Match officials are also paid a “match fee” in addition to their base pay. The PSRA made modest gains on that front. In 2024, for example, referees and assistant referees made $1350 per match they worked. That number has gone up to $1500; VARs and AVARs are seeing a similarly-sized increase, by percentage. The agreement also provides referees with some measure of security: for the first time, MLS referees will be guaranteed a minimum of 15 match fees a year. The measure was installed to provide a safety blanket in case of injury — under the previous CBA, an injured referee would only be paid for the games they participated in; if they were injured early in the season, for example, and could not return, they’d miss out almost entirely on that income stream.

MLS regular season match fees 2023/2024

Referee/AR

  $1,350.61

  $1,500.00

VAR

  $984.82

  $1,100.00

AVAR

  $450.20

  $550.00


 

 

The PSRA had previously pushed for aggressive changes to travel and accommodations for its officials. Gains made there were modest at best, according to multiple sources briefed on the contents of the proposed CBA. Officials will fly first class for MLS’ “Decision Day” as well as the MLS playoffs and gained some small concessions in terms of scheduling flights for regular season matches.

Source: The Athletic

UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifiers Play-off (Finals)

26 March 2024

Wales – Poland
Referee: Daniele Orsato ITA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Ciro Carbone ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Giallatini ITA
Fourth Official: Davide Massa ITA
VAR: Massimiliano Irrati ITA
AVAR: Paolo Valeri ITA
Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec FRA

Ukraine – Iceland
Referee: Clement Turpin FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Erwan Finjean FRA
Fourth Official: François Letexier FRA
VAR: Jerôme Brisard FRA
AVAR: Willy Delajod FRA
Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin SVN

Georgia – Greece
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki POL
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Fourth Official: Ivan Kružliak SVK
VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
AVAR: Bartosz Frankowski POL
Referee Observer: Howard Webb ENG

UEFA Nations League – Play-Out

Lithuania – Gibraltar
Referee: Duje Strukan CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Bojan Zobenica CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Alen Jakšić CRO
Fourth Official: Fran Jović CRO
VAR: Nejc Kajtazovič SVN
AVAR: Rade Obrenovič SVN
Referee Observer: Pawel Gil POL

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – AFC (Round 2, Matchday 4)

26 March 2024

Vietnam – Indonesia
Referee: Alireza Faghani (AUS, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: George Lakrindis (AUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Ryan Gallagher (AUS)
Fourth Official: Bijan Heidari (IRN)

India – Afghanistan
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (KSA)

Kuwait – Qatar
Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (TJK)

Lebanon – Australia
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (IRN)

Bangladesh – Palestine
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (TJK)

Philippines – Iraq
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (MAS)

China – Singapore
Referee: Omar Al-Ali (UAE)

Thailand – Korea
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (JOR)

Kyrgyzstan – Chinese Taipei
Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (BHR)

Malaysia – Oman
Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin (KOR)

Uzbekistan – Hong Kong
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (JOR)

Tajikistan – Saudi Arabia
Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (KOR)

Turkmenistan – Iran
Referee: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (THA)

Bahrain – Nepal
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto (JPN)

Jordan – Pakistan
Referee: Gamini Robesh (SRI)

Syria – Myanmar
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (IND)

Yemen – UAE 
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (UZB)

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – Concacaf (Round 1, Second Leg)

26 March 2024

British Virgin Islands – U.S. Virgin Islands
Referee: Ken Pennyfeather (ATG, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Wasnah Barnarde (ATG)
Assistant Referee 2: Iroots Appleton (ATG)
Fourth Official: Ricangel de Leca (ARU)

Turks and Caicos Islands – Anguilla
Referee: Kimbell Ward (SKN)
Assistant Referee 1: Mario Parry (SKN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jaden Rouse (SKN)
Fourth Official: Reginald Gumbs (SKN)

CONMEBOL U-17 Women’s Championship 2024

Paraguay, 13-31 March 2024

Referee: Gabriela Coronel (ARG, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Gisela Bosso (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Carla Lopez (ARG)

Referee: Alejandra Quisberg (BOL)
Assistant Referee 1: Maria Cabezas (BOL)
Assistant Referee 2: Noemi Flores (BOL)

Referee: Rejane Caetano (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Brigida Cirilo (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Anne Gomes (BRA)

Referee: Dayared Ramirez (CHI)
Assistant Referee 1: Yomara Salazar (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Yasna Moreno (CHI)

Referee: Paula Fernandez (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Carolina Vicuna (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Iris Alarcon (COL)

Referee: Maria Lupera (ECU)
Assistant Referee 1: Viviana Segura (ECU)
Assistant Referee 2: Marianela Ramirez (ECU)

Referee: Angelina Rodas (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Lorena Miranda (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Liz Fleitas (PAR)

Referee: Priscila Vazquez (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mariana Aquino (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: Diana Ruiz (PER)

Referee: Silvia Rios (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Belen Clavijo (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sofia Sarzay (URU)

Referee: Maria Herran (VEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Garcia (VEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Elibith Higuera (VEN)

Referee Exchange (UEFA)
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Francesca Di Monte (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Veronica Martinelli (ITA)

Concacaf Nations League Final 2024: Fischer (CAN)

24 March 202

Final
USA – Mexico
Referee: Drew Fischer (CAN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Barwegen (CAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Lyes Arfa (CAN)
Fourth Official: Mario Escobar (GUA)
VAR: Tatiana Guzman (NCA)
AVAR: Daneon Parchment (JAM)

Match for Third Place
Panama – Jamaica
Referee: Tori Penso (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Brooke Mayo (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Kathryn Nesbitt (USA)
Fourth Official: Said Martinez (HON)
VAR: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)
AVAR: Erick Miranda (MEX)

UEFA U-21 Euro 2025 Qualifiers (Matchday 9)

25-26 March 2024

Moldova – Netherlands
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan ARM (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Artur Godlyan ARM
Assistant Referee 2: Sargis Hovhannisyan ARM
Fourth Official: Zaven Hovhannisyan ARM
Referee Observer: Mika Peltola FIN

Armenia – Romania
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Bartosz Heinig POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Karasewicz POL
Fourth Official: Paweł Malec POL
Referee Observer: Michail Koukoulakis GRE

Azerbaijan – Ukraine
Referee: Dario Bel CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Pataki CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Janić CRO
Fourth Official: Zdenko Lovrić CRO
Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov BUL

Gibraltar – Georgia
Referee: Jakob Sundberg DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Jesper Dahl DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Rene Risum DEN
Fourth Official: Aydin Uslu DEN
Referee Observer: Draženko Kovačić CRO

North Macedonia – Sweden
Referee: Atilla Karaoglan TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Cevdet Kömürcüoğlu TUR
Fourth Official: Çagdaş Altay TUR
Referee Observer: Sven Bindels LUX

Kazakhstan – Hungary
Referee: Vitalijs Spasjonnikovs LVA
Assistant Referee 1: Raimonds Tatriks LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Jevgeņijs Morozovs LVA
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs LVA
Referee Observer: Babak Quliyev AZE

Poland – Bulgaria
Referee: Christian Ciochirca AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Weiss AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Höfler AUT
Fourth Official: Arnes Talic AUT
Referee Observer: Giorgi Vadachkoria GEO

Montenegro – Finland
Referee: Evangelos Manouchos GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Konstantinos Nikolaidis GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Konstantinos Psarris GRE
Fourth Official: Stefanos Koumbarakis GRE
Referee Observer: Sergejus Slyva LTU

Greece – Andorra
Referee: Luka Bilbija BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Damir Lazić BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Mulasmajić BIH
Fourth Official: Dragan Petrović BIH
Referee Observer: Asim Xudiyev AZE

Norway – San Marino
Referee: Daniiar Sahi KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: Sergei Kalaçov KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Iurii Tihoniuk KAZ
Fourth Official: Aidyn Tasybaev KAZ
Referee Observer: Ladislav Gadoši SVK

Albania – Switzerland
Referee: Adam Ladebäck SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Max Wilde SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Mikael Hallin SWE
Fourth Official: Adi Aganovic SWE
Referee Observer: Christos Nikolaidis CYP

Czechia – Iceland

Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Petar Mitrev BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Hristo Hadzhiyski BUL
Fourth Official: Kristiyan Kolev BUL
Referee Observer: Stefan Messner AUT

Germany – Israel
Referee: John Brooks ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Neil Davies ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Robathan ENG
Fourth Official: Samuel Barrott ENG
Referee Observer: Sabri Çelik TUR

Serbia – Northern Ireland
Referee: Yigal Frid ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Matityahu Yakobov ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Omer Barbiro ISR
Fourth Official: Erez Papir ISR
Referee Observer: Alieh Čykun BLR

Austria – Cyprus
Referee: Ondrej Berka CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nadvorník CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Matej Vlček CZE
Fourth Official: Ondrej Pechanec CZE
Referee Observer: Besfort Kasumi KOS

Denmark – Lithuania
Referee: Donald Robertson SCO
Assistant Referee 1: David Roome SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Ross Macleod SCO
Fourth Official: Grant Irvine SCO
Referee Observer: Paolo Dondarini ITA

Italy – Turkey
Referee: Cesar Soto Grado ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian Devis ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Alvarez Fernandez ESP
Fourth Official: Juan Pulido Santana ESP
Referee Observer: Radek Prihoda CZE

Portugal – Croatia
Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Morten Jensen NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Oystein Ytterland NOR
Fourth Official: Kai Steen NOR
Referee Observer: Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez ESP

Spain – Belgium
Referee: Nenad Minaković SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Borović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Attila Harmath SRB
Fourth Official: Stanko Ostraćanin SRB
Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer AUT

England – Luxembourg
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Geerolf BEL
Fourth Official: Jonathan Lardot BEL
Referee Observer: Gylfi Orrason ISL

Concacaf Nations League 2023/2024 – Play-In Matches

23 March 2024

Canada – Trinidad & Tobago
Referee: Marco Ortiz (MEX, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Espinosa (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Jorge Sanchez (MEX)
Fourth Official: Victor Caceres (MEX)
VAR: Erick Miranda (MEX)
AVAR: Guillermo Pacheco (MEX)

Costa Rica – Honduras
Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Parker (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Kyle Atkins (USA)
Fourth Official: Armando Villarreal (USA)
VAR: Allen Chapman (USA)
AVAR: Chris Penso (USA)

UEFA Youth League 2023/2024 – Semi-finals

19 April 2024

Olympiakos SFP – FC Nantes
Referee: Christian Ciochirca AUT (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Weiss AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Obritzberger AUT
Fourth Official: Luca Cibelli SUI

FC Porto – AC Milan
Referee: Atilla Karaoglan TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Cevdet Komurcuoglu TUR
Fourth Official: Lukas Fähndrich SUI