2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers UEFA zone - Referee Appointments (October)

Due to a potential faux pas of the European football governing body UEFA, the referee appointments for October's FIFA World Cup Qualfying matches are already made public. 

Nicola Rizzoli will take charge of the Group C match between Republic of Ireland and Germany

12 October

(SRB) Serbia			Belgium (BEL)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 20:30 CET, Belgrade (SRB) Group A
Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE) Assistant Referee 1: Martin Wilczek (CZE) Assistant Referee 2: Antonin Kordula (CZE) Fourth Official: Libor Kovarik (CZE)

(WAL) Wales			Scotland (SCO)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 20:45, Cardiff (WAL) Group A
Referee: Florian Meyer (GER) Assistant Referee 1: Holger Henschel (GER) Assistant Referee 2: Christoph Bornhorst (GER) Fourth Official: Michael Weiner (GER)

(FYR) FYROM			Croatia (CRO)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 21:30 CET, Skopje (FYR) Group A
Referee: Peter Rasmussen (DEN) Assistant Referee 1: Henrik Sönderby (DEN) Assistant Referee 2: Lars Rix (DEN) Fourth Official: Michael Johansen (DEN)

(ARM) Armenia			Italy (ITA)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 18:00 CET, Yerevan (ARM) Group B
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO) Assistant Referee 1: Sinisa Premuzaj (CRO) Assistant Referee 2: Igor Krmar (CRO) Fourth Official: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović jr (CRO)

(CZE) Czech Republic			Malta (MLT)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 18:00 CET, Plzen (CZE) Group B
Referee: Anar Salmanov (AZE) Assistant Referee 1: Mubariz Hashimov (AZE) Assistant Referee 2: Yashar Abbasov (AZE) Fourth Official: Vusal Aliyev (AZE)

(BUL) Bulgaria			Denmark (DEN)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 20:00 CET, Sofia (BUL) Group B
Referee: Tony Chapron (FRA) Assistant Referee 1: Fredji Harchay (FRA) Assistant Referee 2: Emmanuel Boisdenghien (FRA) Fourth Official: Olivier Thual (FRA)

(FRO) Faroe Islands			Sweden (SWE)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 18:00 CET, Torshavn (FRO) Group C
Referee: Anastasios Sidiripoulos (GRE) Assistant Referee 1: Christos Akrivos (GRE) Assistant Referee 2: Leonidas Vasileiadis (GRE) Fourth Official: Anatassios Kakos (GRE)

(KAZ) Kazakhstan			Austria (AUT)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 18:00 CET, Astana (KAZ) Group C
Referee: Tamás Bognar (HUN) Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kispál (HUN) Assistant Referee 2: Zsolt Attila Szpisjak (HUN) Fourth Official: István Vad (HUN)

(IRL) Republic of Ireland			Germany (GER)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 21:45 CET, Dublin (IRL) Group C
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) Assistant Referee 1: Renato Faverani (ITA) Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Stefani (ITA) Fourth Official: Luca Banti (ITA)

(TUR) Turkey			Romania (ROU)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 19:30 CET, Istanbul (TUR) Group D
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG) Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG) Assistant Referee 2: Darren Cann (ENG) Fourth Official: Andre Marriner (ENG)

(NED) Netherlands			Andorra (AND)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 20:30 CET, Rotterdam (NED) Group D
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR) Assistant Referee 1: Andrei Hetsikau (BLR) Assistant Referee 2: Dmitry Zhuk (BLR) Fourth Official: Dzianis Shcherbakou (BLR)

(EST) Estonia			Hungary (HUN)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 20:30 CET, Tallinn (EST) Group D
Referee: Liran Liany (ISR) Assistant Referee 1: David Elias Biton (ISR) Assistant Referee 2: Oren Bornshtain (ISR) Fourth Official: Menashe Masiah (ISR)

(ALB) Albania			Iceland (ICE)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 19:00 CET, Tirana (ALB) Group E
Referee: Tony Asumaa (FIN) Assistant Referee 1: Matti Heininen (FIN) Assistant Referee 2: Marko Hänninen (FIN) Fourth Official: Jari Jarvinen (FIN)

(SUI) Switzerland			Norway (NOR)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 20:30 CET, Berne (SUI) Group E
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP) Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP) Assistant Referee 2: Jesús Calvo Guadamuro (ESP) Fourth Official: Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP)

(SVN) Slovenia			Cyprus (CYP)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 21:45 CET, Maribor (SVN) Group E
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK) Assistant Referee 1: Radomir Sluk (SVK) Assistant Referee 2: Erik Weiss (SVK) Fourth Official: Peter Kralovic (SVK)

(RUS) Russia			Portugal (POR)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 17:00 CET, Moscow (RUS) Group F
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN) Assistant Referee 1: Gábor Eros (HUN) Assistant Referee 2: György Ring (HUN) Fourth Official: Adám Németh (HUN)

(LUX) Luxembourg			Israel (ISR)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 21:00 CET, Luxembourg (LUX) Group F
Referee: Leontios Trattou (CYP) Assistant Referee 1: Michael Soteriou (CYP) Assistant Referee 2: Charalambos Charalambous (CYP) Fourth Official: Christos Nicolaides (CYP)

(LIE) Liechtenstein			Lithuania (LTU)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 19:30 CET, Vaduz (LIE) Group G
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (SVN) Assistant Referee 1: Andrej Kokolj (SVN) Assistant Referee 2: Marko Stančin (SVN) Fourth Official: Nikola Dabanović (SVN)

(SVK) Slovakia			Latvia (LVA)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 20:15 CET, Bratislava (SVK) Group G
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED) Assistant Referee 1: Berry Simons (NED) Assistant Referee 2: Bas van Dongen (NED) Fourth Official: Richard Liesveld (NED)

(GRE) Greece			Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 20:45 CET, Piraeus (GRE) Group G
Referee: Antonio Damato (ITA) Assistant Referee 1: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA) Assistant Referee 2: Luca Maggiani (ITA) Fourth Official: Andrea De Marco (ITA)

(MDA) Moldova			Ukraine (UKR)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 20:00 CET, Chisinau (MDA) Group H
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA) Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Cano (FRA) Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA) Fourth Official: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)

(ENG) England			San Marino (SMR)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 21:00 CET, London (ENG) Group H
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU) Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Simkus (LTU) Assistant Referee 2: Saulius Dirda (LTU) Fourth Official: Sergejus Slyva (LTU)

(FIN) Finland			Georgia (GEO)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 17:30 CET, Helsinki (FIN) Group I
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (UKR) Assistant Referee 1: Mykola Levko (UKR) Assistant Referee 2: Oleksii Andrieiev (UKR) Fourth Official: Anatoliy Abdula (UKR)

(BLR) Belarus			Spain (ESP)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 20:00 CET, Minsk (BLR) Group I
Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL) Assistant Referee 1: Walter Vromans (BEL) Assistant Referee 2: Kristof Meers (BEL) Fourth Official: Alexandre Boucaut (BEL)

Felix Brych (GER) will take control over this matchday's top clash in Group I: Spain will meet France

16 October

(BEL) Belgium			Scotland (SCO)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group A
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR) Assistant Referee 1: Dag-Roger Nebben (NOR) Assistant Referee 2: Magnus Lundberg (NOR) Fourth Official: Espen Berntsen (NOR)

(CRO) Croatia			Wales (WAL)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group A
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (ROU) Assistant Referee 1: Cristian Nica (ROU) Assistant Referee 2: Aurel Onita (ROU) Fourth Official: Radu Marian Petrescu (ROU)

(FYR) FYROM			Serbia (SRB)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group A
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED) Assistant Referee 1: Angelo Boonman (NED) Assistant Referee 2: Rob van de Ven (NED) Fourth Official: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)

(ITA) Italy			Denmark (DEN)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group B
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN) Assistant Referee 1: Matej Zunic (SVN) Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Ul (SVN) Fourth Official: Slavko Vincic (SVN)

(CZE) Czech Republic			Bulgaria (BUL)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group B
Referee: Vladislav Bezbodorov (RUS) Assistant Referee 1: Nikolay Golubev (RUS) Assistant Referee 2: Vyacheslav Semenov (RUS) Fourth Official: Aleksei Eskov (RUS)

(FRO) Faroe Islands			Republic of Ireland (IRL)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group C
Referee: Lorenc Jemini (ALB) Assistant Referee 1: Ermal Barushi (ALB) Assistant Referee 2: Gezim Koka (ALB) Fourth Official: Enea Jorgji (ALB)

(AUT) Austria			Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Friday, 12 October 2012, 18:00 CET, Astana (KAZ) Group C
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (DEN) Assistant Referee 1: Lars Hummelgaard (DEN) Assistant Referee 2: Jacob Bille (DEN) Fourth Official: Michael Tykgaard (DEN)

(GER) Germany			Sweden (SWE)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 20:45 CET, Berlin (GER) Group C
Referee: Pedro Proença (POR) Assistant Referee 1: Tiago Trigo (POR) Assistant Referee 2: Bertino Miranda (POR) Fourth Official: Duarte Gomes (POR)

(ROU) Romania			Netherlands (NED)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group D
Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO) Assistant Referee 1: Alasdair Ross (SCO) Assistant Referee 2: Derek Rose (SCO) Fourth Official: John Beaton (SCO)

(AND) Andorra			Estonia (EST)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group D
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (MKD) Assistant Referee 1: Dusko Milosevski (MKD) Assistant Referee 2: Igor Sirilov (MKD) Fourth Official: Goran Spirkoski (MKD)

(HUN) Hungary			Turkey (TUR)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group D
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA) Assistant Referee 1: Mauro Tonolini (ITA) Assistant Referee 2: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA) Fourth Official: Paolo Mazzoleni (ITA)

(ALB) Albania			Slovenia (SVN)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group E
Referee: Martin Hansson (SWE) Assistant Referee 1: Magnus Sjöblom (SWE) Assistant Referee 2: Per Brogevik (SWE) Fourth Official: Michael Lerjeus (SWE)

(CYP) Cyprus			Norway (NOR)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group E
Referee: Pawel Gil (POL) Assistant Referee 1: Piotr Sadczuk (POL) Assistant Referee 2: Marcin Borkowski (POL) Fourth Official: Robert Malek (POL)

(ICE) Iceland			Switzerland (SUI)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group E
Referee: Alan Kelly (IRL) Assistant Referee 1: Damien Macgraith (IRL) Assistant Referee 2: Marc Douglas (IRL) Fourth Official: Padraigh Sutton (IRL)

(ISR) Israel			Luxembourg (LUX)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group F
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT) Assistant Referee 1: Alain Hoxha (AUT) Assistant Referee 2: Richard Hübler (AUT) Fourth Official: Gerhard Grobelnik (AUT)

(POR) Portugal			Northern Ireland (NIR)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group F
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (GER) Assistant Referee 1: Detlef Scheppe (GER) Assistant Referee 2: Guido Kleve (GER) Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)

(RUS) Russia			Azerbaijan (AZE)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group F
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD) Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD) Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD) Fourth Official: Jovan Kaludjerovic (MNE)

(BIH) Bosnia-Herzegovina			Lithuania (LTU)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group G
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE) Assistant Referee 1: Ondrej Pelikan (CZE) Assistant Referee 2: Patrik Filipek (CZE) Fourth Official: Radek Prihoda (CZE)

(LVA) Latvia			Liechtenstein (LIE)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group G
Referee: István Kovács (ROU) Assistant Referee 1: Zoltán Székely (ROU) Assistant Referee 2: Miklos István Nagy (ROU) Fourth Official: Ovidiu Hategan (ROU)

(SVK) Slovakia			Greece (GRE)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group G
Referee: William Collum (SCO) Assistant Referee 1: Martin Cryans (SCO) Assistant Referee 2: George Drummond (SCO) Fourth Official: Euan Norris (SCO)

(SMR) San Marino			Moldova (MDA)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group H
Referee: Marios Panayi (CYP) Assistant Referee 1: Athinodoros Ioannou (CYP) Assistant Referee 2: Stelios Nikita (CYP) Fourth Official: Ioannis Anastasiou (CYP)

(UKR) Ukraine			Montenegro (MNE)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group H
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE) Assistant Referee 1: Dimitrios Saraidaris (GRE) Assistant Referee 2: Michael Karsiotis (GRE) Fourth Official: Anastasios Sidiripoulos (GRE)

(POL) Poland			England (ENG)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group H
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA) Assistant Referee 1: Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA) Assistant Referee 2: Gianluca Cariolato (ITA) Fourth Official: Mauro Bergonzi (ITA)

(ESP) Spain			France (FRA)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group I
Referee: Felix Brych (GER) Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER) Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER) Fourth Official: Felix Zwayer (GER)

(BLR) Belarus			Georgia (GEO)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Group I
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT) Assistant Referee 1: Roland Brandner (AUT) Assistant Referee 2: Klaus Strasser (AUT) Fourth Official: Markus Hameter (AUT)