UEFA Youth League - Quarterfinals Appointments

These are the officials appointed by UEFA.

Quarterfinal, 11 March 2014, 18:00 CET
Stadium: Charlety, Paris (FRA)

Paris Saint-Germain FC - Real Madrid

Referee: Petr Ardeleanu  (CZE)

Assistant Referee 1: Tomáš Mokrusch  (CZE)

Assistant Referee 2: Radek Kotik  (CZE)

Fourth Official: Alexandre Perreau Niel  (FRA)

UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimir Medved  (SVK)

UEFA Delegate: Scott Struthers  (SCO)

Quarterfinal, 16 March 2014, 14:30 CET
Stadium: Chelsea Football Club Training Ground, Surrey (ENG)

Chelsea - Schalke 04

Referee: Arnold Hunter  (NIR)

Assistant Referee 1: Richard Storey  (NIR) 

Assistant Referee 2: James Eakin  (NIR)

Fourth Official: Charles Breakspear  (ENG)

UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek  (AUT)

UEFA Delegate: Tugomir Frajman  (SVN)

Quarterfinal, 18 March 2014, 18:00 CET
Stadium: Mini Estadi, Barcelona (ESP)

Barcelona - Arsenal

Referee:  Alexander Harkam  (AUT)

Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Witschnigg  (AUT)

Assistant Referee 2: Christian-Petru Ciochirca  (AUT)

Fourth Official: David Medie Jimenez  (ESP)

UEFA Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo  (ESP)

UEFA Delegate: João Morais  (POR)

Quarterfinal, 18 March 2014, 20:00 CET
Stadium: Ewen Fields, Hyde (ENG)

Manchester City - SL Benfica

Referee:  Mete Kalkavan (TUR)

Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR)

Assistant Referee 2: Esat Sancaktar (TUR)

Fourth Official: David Coote (ENG)

UEFA Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold  (NOR)

UEFA Delegate: Georg Pangl  (AUT)

UEFA Youth League - Round of 16 Appointments

This blog will follow very closely the knockout stage of the 2013-14 UEFA Youth League.  Similarly to Champions and Europa League, all the appointments will be posted as soon as they will be available.  Let's start with Round of 16.

Round of 16, 18 February 2014, 18:00 CET
Stadium: Mini Estadi, Barcelona (ESP)

FC Barcelona - FC København

Referee: Jonathan Lardot  (BEL)

Assistant Referee 1: Karel De Rocker  (BEL)

Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)

Fourth Official: David Medie Jimenez  (ESP)

UEFA Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec  (FRA)

UEFA Delegate: Kris Bellon  (BEL)

Round of 16, 25 February 2014, 16:00 CET
Stadium: Chelsea Football Club Training Ground, Surrey (ENG)

Chelsea FC - AC Milan

Referee: Peter Kralović  (SVK)

Assistant Referee 1: Tomaš Mokoš  (SVK) 

Assistant Referee 2: Peter Chladek  (SVK)

Fourth Official: Charles Breakspear  (ENG)

UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Thomas Ross  (NIR)

UEFA Delegate: Christian Kofoed  (DEN)

Round of 16, 25 February 2014, 19:00 CET
Stadium: Anoeta, San Sebastian (ESP)

Real Sociedad de Fútbol - FC Schalke 04

Referee: Jari Järvinen  (FIN)

Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Peter Aravirta  (FIN)

Assistant Referee 2: Sami Nykänen  (FIN)

Fourth Official: Gorka Sagués Oscoz  (ESP)

UEFA Referee Observer: Manuel Lopez Fernandez  (ESP)

UEFA Delegate: Peadar Ryan  (IRL)

Round of 16, 25 February 2014, 20:00 CET
Stadium: Meadow Park, Borehamwood (ENG)

Arsenal FC - FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Referee: Robert Rogers  (IRL)

Assistant Referee 1: Emmet Dynan  (IRL) 

Assistant Referee 2: Robert Clarke  (IRL)

Fourth Official: Lee Collins  (ENG)

UEFA Referee Observer: Jan W. Wegereef  (NED)

UEFA Delegate: Ilja Kaenzig  (SUI)

Round of 16, 26 February 2014, 15:00 CET
Stadium: Rodina, Khimki (RUS) 
CSKA Moskva - Paris Saint-Germain FC

Referee: Enea Jorgji  (ALB)

Assistant Referee 1: Ridiger Çokaj  (ALB) 

Assistant Referee 2: Rejdi Avdo  (ALB)

Fourth Official: Alexandra Ponomareva  (RUS)

UEFA Referee Observer: Aleksei Spirin  (RUS)

UEFA Delegate: Petro Ivanov  (UKR)

Round of 16, 26 February 2014, 17:00 CET
Stadium: Caixa Futebol Campus, Seixal (POR)

Benfica - Austria Wien

Referee: Nikola Dabanović  (MNE)

Assistant Referee 1: Vladan Todorović  (MNE) 

Assistant Referee 2: Nikola Radulović  (MNE)

Fourth Official: Rui Rodrigues  (POR)

UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Castro (POR)

UEFA Delegate: Emil Ubias  (CZE)

Round of 16, 26 February 2014, 18:00 CET
Stadium: Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano, Madrid (ESP)

Real Madrid - SSC Napoli

Referee: Andreas Pappas  (GRE)

Assistant Referee 1: Polychronis Kostaras  (GRE) 

Assistant Referee 2: Alexandros Grevenis  (GRE)

Fourth Official: José Luis Lesma Lopez  (ESP)

UEFA Referee Observer: Juan Antonio Fernandez Marin  (ESP)

UEFA Delegate: Andrew Shaw  (ENG)

Round of 16, 26 February 2014, 20:00 CET
Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Cerro Del Espino, Majadahonda (ESP)

Atlético de Madrid - Manchester City

Referee: Tore Hansen  (NOR)

Assistant Referee 1: Reidar Gundersen  (NOR) 

Assistant Referee 2: Tom Harald Grønevik  (NOR)

Fourth Official: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias  (ESP)

UEFA Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez  (ESP)

UEFA Delegate: Paolo Rondelli  (SMR)

UEFA Youth League Matchday 2

Appointments for UEFA Youth League Matchday 2.

Group G, 1 October 2013, 11:00 CET

Stadium: Campus Minor Sport Arena Petrovsky, St Petersburg (RUS)

Zenit St. Petersburg  - Austria Wien

Referee: Jari Järvinen  (FIN)

Assistant Referee 1: Jukka Honkanen  (FIN)

Assistant Referee 2: Olli Jantunen  (FIN)

Fourth Official: Vasiliy Kazartsev  (RUS)

UEFA Referee Observer: Are Habicht  (EST)

UEFA Delegate: Kazimierz Oleszek  (POL)

Group G, 1 October 2013, 12:00 CET

Stadium: Centro de Treinos e Formação Desportiva - Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto)

Porto - Atlético

Referee: Peter Kralović  (SVK)

Assistant Referee 1: Erik Weiss  (SVK)

Assistant Referee 2: Milan Cuninka  (SVK)

Fourth Official: Vasco Santos  (POR)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Carlos Manuel Ferreira Matos  (POR)

UEFA Delegate: Alessandro Lulli  (ITA)

Group H, 1 October 2013, 15:00 CET

Cappielow Park - Greenock

Celtic - Barcelona

Referee: Neil Doyle  (IRL)

Assistant Referee 1: Emmet Dynan  (IRL)

Assistant Referee 2: Declan Toland  (IRL)

Fourth Official: Donald Robertson  (SCO)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Stephen Lodge  (ENG)

UEFA Delegate: David Delferiere  (BEL)

Group E, 1 October 2013, 15:00 CET

Mogosoaia - Bucharest

Steaua - Chelsea

Referee: Aleksei Eskov  (RUS)

Assistant Referee 1: Rinat Deushev  (RUS)

Assistant Referee 2: Dmitriy Cheltsov  (RUS)

Fourth Official: Andrei Antonie  (ROU)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Alexandru Deaconu  (ROU)

UEFA Delegate: Pavel Kolev  (BUL)

Group F, 1 October 2013, 15:00 CET

Kampfbahn Rote Erde - Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund - Marseille

Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin  (ISL)

Assistant Referee 1: Birkir Sigurdarson  (ISL)

Assistant Referee 2: Asgeir Thor Asgeirsson  (ISL)

Fourth Official:  Harm Osmers  (GER)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Ferenc Székely  (HUN)

UEFA Delegate: Lucien Kayser  (LUX)

Group E, 1 October 2013, 15:00 CET

Stadion Rankhof - Basel

Basel – Schalke 04

Referee:  Michael Johansen  (DEN)

Assistant Referee 1: Henrik Larsen  (DEN)

Assistant Referee 2: Jannik Rosenkrands Vinther  (DEN)

Fourth Official:  Urs Schnyder  (SUI)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Cyril Zimmermann  (SUI)

UEFA Delegate: Christian Schmölzer  (AUT)

Group D, 2 October 2013, 11:00 CET

Stadium «Oktyabr» - Moscow

CSKA Moskva - Plzeň

Referee:  Yaroslav Kozyk  (UKR)

Assistant Referee 1: Maksym Chos  (UKR)

Assistant Referee 2: Ievgen Petrakov  (UKR)

Fourth Official:  Timur Arslanbekov  (RUS)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Aleksei Spirin  (RUS)

UEFA Delegate: Andrian Ixari  (MDA)

Group A, 2 October 2013, 13:00 CET

Ulrich Haberland Stadion - Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen – Real Sociedad

Referee:  Sebastian Coltescu  (ROU)

Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac  (ROU)

Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Grigoriu  (ROU)

Fourth Official:  Sascha Stegemann  (GER)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Rusmir Mrković  (BIH)

UEFA Delegate: Márton Esterházy  (HUN)

Group A, 2 October 2013, 14:00 CET

RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium - Donetsk

Shakhtar Donetsk – Manchester United

Referee:  Sergei Lapochkin  (RUS)

Assistant Referee 1: Alexei Kharlamov  (RUS)

Assistant Referee 2: Valeri Danchenko  (RUS)

Fourth Official:  Vitaliy Romanov  (UKR)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Vasyl Melnychuk  (UKR)

UEFA Delegate: Mehmet Süheyl Önen  (TUR)

Group B, 2 October 2013, 15:00 CET

Stadio Gino Pistoni - Ivrea

Juventus - Galatasaray

Referee:  Harald Lechner  (AUT)

Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich  (AUT)

Assistant Referee 2: Alan Kijas  (AUT)

Fourth Official:  Davide Ghersini  (ITA)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Michel Vautrot  (FRA)

UEFA Delegate: Panagiotis Chatzialexiou  (GER)

Group C, 2 October 2013, 15:00 CET

Stade Montbauron - Versailles

PSG - Benfica

Referee:  Jonathan Lardot  (BEL)

Assistant Referee 1: Laurent Conotte  (BEL)

Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Ponsar  (BEL)

Fourth Official:  Stephane Jochem  (FRA)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Cornelius Bakker  (NED)

UEFA Delegate: Kurt Zuppinger  (SUI)

Group B, 2 October 2013, 16:00 CET

Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano - Madrid

Real Madrid - København

Referee:  Kevin Clancy  (SCO)

Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor  (SCO)

Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Ross  (SCO)

Fourth Official:  José Luis Lesma Lopez  (ESP)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Manuel Lopez Fernandez  (ESP)

UEFA Delegate: Steve Stride  (ENG)

Group D, 2 October 2013, 16:00 CET

Ewen Fields – Hyde

Manchester City - Bayern

Referee:  Svein-Erik Edvartsen  (NOR)

Assistant Referee 1: Jan Erik Engan  (NOR)

Assistant Referee 2: Tom Harald Grønevik  (NOR)

Fourth Official:  Darren Bond  (ENG)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Gerard Perry  (IRL)

UEFA Delegate: Dennis Cruise  (IRL)

Group H, 2 October 2013, 19:00 CET

De Toekomst - Duivendrecht

Ajax - Milan

Referee:  Sascha Amhof  (SUI)

Assistant Referee 1: Raffael Zeder  (SUI)

Assistant Referee 2: Beat Hidber  (SUI)

Fourth Official:  Dennis Higler  (NED)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Michel Piraux  (BEL)

UEFA Delegate: Milos Markovic  (SRB)

Group F, 2 October 2013, 20:00 CET

Meadow Park - Borehamwood

Arsenal - Napoli

Referee:  John Beaton  (SCO)

Assistant Referee 1: Ross Haswell  (SCO)

Assistant Referee 2: Stuart Macmillan  (SCO)

Fourth Official:  Andrew Madley  (ENG)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Edward Foley  (IRL)

UEFA Delegate: Jean Paul Mievis  (BEL)

Group C, 3 October 2013, 18:30 CET

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium - Brussels

Anderlecht - Olympiacos

Referee:  Stephan Klossner  (SUI)

Assistant Referee 1: Vital Jobin  (SUI)

Assistant Referee 2: Carmine Sangiovanni  (SUI) 

Fourth Official:  Denis Vanbecelaere  (BEL)

UEFA Referee Observer:  Robert Jeurissen  (BEL)

UEFA Delegate: Richard Havrilla  (SVK)

UEFA Youth League - Referee Appointments (MD1)

UEFA has implemented a new competition played between the Under-19 teams of the 32 clubs licensed for this season's UEFA Champions League. UEFA Youth League's debut will take place next week with these 16 fixtures and referee appointments:

Group A, 17 September 2013, 16:00 CET
Stadium: Campus Realzale Gazteak, San Sebastian (ESP)
Real Sociedad - Shakhtar Donetsk
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (LUX)
Assistant Referee 1: Antonio De Carolis (LUX)
Assistant Referee 2: Ricardo Morais (LUX)
Fourth Official: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoechea (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Manuel Mejuto González (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Alvaro Albino (POR)

Group A, 17 September 2013, 17:00 CET
Stadium: Salford City Stadium, Manchester (ENG)
Manchester United - Bayer Leverkusen
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Niels Hoeg (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jannik Rosenkrands Vinther (DEN)
Fourth Official: Paul Tierney (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Brian Lawlor (WAL)
UEFA Delegate: Scott Struthers (SCO)

Group B, 17 September 2013, 15:00 CET
Stadium: Østerbro, Copenhagen (DEN)
FC København - Juventus Turin
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Bühlmann (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Räber (SUI)
Fourth Official: Anders Poulsen (DEN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jens Larsen (DEN)
UEFA Delegate: Ilja Kaenzig (SUI)

Group B, 17 September 2013, 16:00 CET
Stadium: Avcılar Belediye Stadyumu, Istanbul (TUR)
Galatasaray - Real Madrid
Referee: Lasha Silagava (GEO)
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgi Elikashvili (GEO)
Assistant Referee 2: Davit Gabisiona (GEO)
Fourth Official: Mert Guzenge (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kostadin Gerginov (BUL)
UEFA Delegate: Jaroslav Dudl (CZE)

Group C, 17 September 2013, 15:00 CET
Stadium: Caixa Futebol Campus, Seixal (POR)
Benfica SL - RSC Anderlecht
Referee: Vlado Glodjović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković  (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Petrović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Rui Jorge Piteira Rodrigues (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Antonio Manuel Almeida Costa (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Jevgenijs Milevskis (LVA)

Group C, 18 September 2013, 13:00 CET
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus (GRE)
Olympiakos - Paris SG
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Nikolay Angelov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Krum Stoilov (BUL)
Fourth Official: Christos Andronikidis (GRE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Georgios Bikas (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Dervishaj (ESP)

Group D, 17 September 2013, 11:30 CET
Stadium: Training Center of FC Viktoria Plzen, Plzen (CZE)
Viktoria Plzen - Manchester City
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyy (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rostyslav Puzanskyy (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Iaroslav Trekhlib (UKR)
Fourth Official: Pavel Orel (CZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Dariusz Dziekanowski (POL)

Group D, 17 September 2013, 14:00 CET
Stadium: Sportpark Heimstetten, Heimstetten (GER)
Bayern München - CSKA Moskva
Referee: Jovan Kaludjerović (MNE)
Assistant Referee 1: Danijel Dević (MNE)
Assistant Referee 2: Miloš Asović (MNE)
Fourth Official: Robert Kempter (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Danilo Filacchione (ITA)


Group E, 18 September 2013, 13:00 CET
Stadium: EBB Stadium, Aldershot (ENG)
Chelsea FC - FC Basel
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Zoltán Bozo (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Janos Medovarszki (HUN)
Fourth Official: Charles Breakspear (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
UEFA Delegate: Gunther De Saedeleer (BEL)

Group E, 18 September 2013, 15:00 CET
Stadium: Stimberg-Stadion, Erkenschwick (GER)
Schalke 04 - Steaua Bucuresti
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gruber (AUT)
Fourth Official: Christian Bandurski (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jiri Ulrich (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Rudolf Zavrl (SVN)

Group F, 18 September 2013, 15:00 CET
Stadium: Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux en Provence (FRA)
Olympique Marseille - Arsenal FC
Referee: Wim Smet (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Kevin Monteny (BEL)
Fourth Official: Florent Batta (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Vitković (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Kris Bellon (BEL)

Group F, 18 September 2013, 15:00 CET
Stadium: Stadio Augusto Bisceglia, Caserta (ITA)
SSC Napoli - Borussia Dortmund
Referee: Damir Batinić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Hrvoje Barišić (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Dražen Pejić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Plarent Kotherja (ALB)
UEFA Delegate: Benny Jacobsen (DEN)

Group G, 18 September 2013, 11:00 CET
Stadium: Austria Arena, Vienna (AUT)
Austria Wien - FC Porto
Referee: Ján Valášek (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Chládek (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Michal Tomcik (SVK)
Fourth Official: Julian Weinberger (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Günter Benkö (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: István Huszár (HUN)

Group G, 18 September 2013, 12:00 CET
Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Cerro Del Espino, Majadahonda (ESP)
Atlético Madrid - Zenit St. Petersburg
Referee: Alexander Kostadinov (BUL)
Assistant Referee 1: Ivan Valchev (BUL)
Assistant Referee 2: Petko Pavlov (BUL)
Fourth Official: José Luis Lesma Lopez (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Iseli (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Patrick Wattebled (FRA)

Group H, 17 September 2013, 11:30 CET
Stadium: Mini Estadi, Barcelona (ESP)
FC Barcelona - Ajax Amsterdam
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (SUI, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Remy Zgraggen (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Alain Heininger (SUI)
Fourth Official: David Medie Jiménez (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: John Ferry (NIR)
UEFA Delegate: Mike Appleby (ENG)

Group H, 18 September 2013, 14:00 CET
Stadium: Stadio Ernesto Breda, San Giovanni (ITA)
AC Milan - Celtic Glasgow
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 1: Anatolie Bodean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Vitalii Gorbatov (MDA)
Fourth Official: Emilio Ostinelli (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Cosimo Bolognino (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Dag Steinar Vestlund (NOR)