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Country Referee AR1 AR2 Standby AR AAR1 AAR2 England Howard Webb Michael Mullarkey Peter Kirkup Stephen Child Martin Atkinson Mark Clattenburg France Stéphane Lannoy Eric Dansault Frédéric Cano Michael Annonier Fredy Fautrel Ruddy Buquet Germany Wolfgang Stark Jan-Hendrik Salver Mike Pickel Mark Borsch Florian Meyer Deniz Aytekin Hungary Viktor Kassai Gabor Eros György Ring Robert Kispal Istvan Vad Tamás Bognar Italy Nicola Rizzoli Renato Faverani Andrea Stefani Luca Maggiani Gianluca Rocchi Paolo Tagliavento Netherlands Bjorn Kuipers Sander Van Roekel Erwin Zeinstra Norbertus Simons Paulus Van Boekel Richard Liesveld Pedro Proenca Oliveira Bertino Cunha Ricardo Jorge Jose Tiago Garcias Manuel Jorge Neves Duarte Nuno Portugal Alves Garcia Miranda Ferreira Santos Bolinhas Trigo Moreira De Sousa Pereira Gomes Scotland Craig Alexander Thomson Alasdair Ross Derek Rose Graham Chambers William Collum Euan Norris Slovenia Damir Skomina Primoz Arhar Marko Stancin Matej Žunič Matej Jug Slavko Vinčič Roberto Alonso Juan Carlos Yuste Jesus Calvo David Fernandez Spain Carlos Velasco Carballo Carlos Clos Gomez Fernandez Jiménez Guadamuro Borbalan Markus Stefan Sweden Jonas Eriksson Stefan Wittberg Mathias Klasenius Fredrik Nilsson Strömbergsson Johannesson Turkey Cüneyt Cakir Bahattin Duran Tarik Ongun Mustafa Emre Eyisoy Hüseyin Göcek Bülent Yildirim Country 4th Officials Czech Republic Pavel Kralovec Norway Tom Harald Hagen Poland Marcin Borski Ukraine Viktor Shvetsov Country Reserve Assistant Referees Republic of Ireland Damien MacGraith Poland Marcin Borkowski Slovakia Roman Slysko Ukraine Oleksandr Voytyuk .

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