Referee appointments for 2021-22 FIFA WC European Qualifiers, Matchday 8, games to be played on 11 October 2021.
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Danny Makkelie in charge of North Macedonia - Germany |
Group H
18:00 CET - Larnaca (AEK Arena)
CYPRUS - MALTA
Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Mario Diks (NED)
Fourth Official: Jeroen Manschot (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Allard Lindhout (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink (NED)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Sergejus Slyva (LTU)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Victor Marius Radu (ROU)
Group E
20:45 CET - Kazan (Centralniy Stadion)
BELARUS - CZECH REPUBLIC
Referee: François Letexier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Jérémy Stinat (FRA)
Video Assistant Referee: Willy Delajod (FRA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Eric Wattellier (FRA)
FIFA Referee Assessor: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Nikola Kostov (MKD)
Group E
20:45 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
ESTONIA - WALES
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Bekim Zogaj (SUI)
Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (SUI)
Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San (SUI)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Lionel Tschudi (SUI)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Ichko Lozev (BUL)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Svitlana Shkil (UKR)
Group G
20:45 CET - Riga (Daugava)
LATVIA - TURKEY
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Fredrik Klyver (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Kaspar Sjöberg (SWE)
Video Assistant Referee: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Robert Wessel (GER)
FIFA Referee Assessor: João Francisco Lopes Ferreira (POR)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Viacheslav Semenov (RUS)
Group G
20:45 CET - Oslo (Ullevaal Stadion)
NORWAY - MONTENEGRO
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Florin Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Andrei Chivulete (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Matteo Passeri (ITA)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Antonio Damato (ITA)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Bakar Jordania (GEO)
Group G
20:45 CET - Rotterdam (Stadion Feijenoord 'De Kuip')
NETHERLANDS - GIBRALTAR
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Dmitry Safyan (RUS)
Fourth Official: Kirill Levnikov (RUS)
Video Assistant Referee: Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Vladimir Moskalev (RUS)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Rusmir Mrković (BIH)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Tugomir Frajman (SVN)
Group H
20:45 CET - Maribor (Stadion Ljudski vrt)
SLOVENIA - RUSSIA
Referee: Artur Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Tavares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Soares (POR)
Fourth Official: Gustavo Fernandes Correia (POR)
Video Assistant Referee: João Pinheiro (POR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Hugo Miguel (POR)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Levan Paniashvili (GEO)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Dennis Cruise (IRL)
Group H
20:45 CET - Osijek (Stadion Gradski vrt)
CROATIA - SLOVAKIA
Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Radu Petrescu (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ciro Carbone (ITA)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Andrejs Sipailo (LVA)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Mark Bos (NED)
Group J
20:45 CET - Skopje (National Arena Todor Proeski)
NORTH MACEDONIA - GERMANY
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Sander van der Eijk (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Kevin Blom (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti (NED)
FIFA Referee Assessor: David Malcom (NIR)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Ivan Tsitovich (RUS)
Group J
20:45 CET - Bucharest (Stadionul Steaua)
ROMANIA - ARMENIA
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgio Peretti (ITA)
Fourth Official: Luca Pairetto (ITA)
Video Assistant Referee: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Giacomo Paganessi (ITA)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Michael Riley (ENG)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Sviatlana Hrynkevich (BLR)
Group J
20:45 CET - Reykjavik (Laugardalsvöllur)
ICELAND - LIECHTENSTEIN
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Konstantinos Nikolaidis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Vasileios Nikolakakis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Anastasios Papapetrou (GRE)
Video Assistant Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (GRE)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Andreas Meintanas (GRE)
FIFA Referee Assessor: Igor Pristovnik (CRO)
FIFA Match Commissioner: Jenni Kennedy (ENG)