Brazil 2014: Referee Appointments for 4 July
Referee appointments for the first two quarter-finals to be played on Friday 4th July have been decided by FIFA.
Friday 4th July 2014
France v Germany, kick off at 5pm and live on the BBC 1 at the Estadio do Maracana, Rio De Janerio
Referee: Nestor PITANA (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Hernan MAIDANA (ARG) and Juan Pablo BELATTI (ARG)
Fourth official: Jonas ERIKSSON (SWE)
Brazil v Colombia, kick off at 9pm and live on ITV at the Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza
Referee: Carlos VELASCO CARBALLO (Spain)
Assistant Referees: Roberto ALONSO FERNANDEZ (ESP) and Juan YUSTE (ESP)
Fourth official: Svein Oddvar MOEN (NOR)
Referee usage statistics
| Ref | Country | Matches | Result | Yellows | Reds |
| ALIOUM | Cameroon | ||||
| Daniel BENNETT | South Africa | ||||
| Noumandiez DOUE | Côte d’Ivoire | ||||
| 1 | Chile 3 Australia 1 | 4 | |||
| 1 | Ecuador 0 France 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Bakary GASSAMA | Gambia | 1 | Holland 2 Chile 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Djamel HAIMOUDI | Algeria | ||||
| 1 | Australia 2 Holland 3 | 2 | |||
| 1 | Costa Rica 0 England 0 | 3 | |||
| 1 | Belgium 2 USA 1 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Alireza FAGHANI | Iran | ||||
| Ravshan IRMATOV | Uzbekistan | ||||
| 1 | Switzerland 2 Ecuador 1 | 2 | |||
| 1 | Croatia 1 Mexico 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1 | USA 0 Germany 1 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 3 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Yuichi NISHIMURA | Japan | 1 | Brazil 3 Croatia 1 | 4 | |
| Totals | 1 | 4 | |||
| Nawaf SHUKRALLA | Bahrain | 1 | Australia 0 Spain 3 | 3 | |
| 1 | Portugal 2 Ghana 1 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Benjamin WILLIAMS | Australia | 1 | Honduras 1 Ecuador 2 | 5 | |
| 1 | South Korea 0 Belgium 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1 | Costa Rica 1 Greece 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Felix BRYCH | Germany | 1 | Uruguay 1 Costa Rica 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Belgium 1 Russia 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Cuneyt CAKIR | Turkey | 1 | Brazil 0 Mexico 0 | 4 | |
| 1 | Algeria 1 Russia 1 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Jonas ERIKSSON | Sweden | 1 | Ghana 1 USA 2 | 2 | |
| 1 | Cameroon 1 Brazil 4 | 3 | |||
| 1 | Argentina 1 Switzerland 0 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Bjorn KUIPERS | Netherlands | 1 | England 1 Italy 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Switzerland 2 France 5 | 1 | |||
| 1 | Columbia 2 Uruguay 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Milorad MAZIC | Serbia | 1 | Germany 4 Portugal 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Argentina 1 Iran 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Svein Oddvar MOEN | Norway | ||||
| Pedro PROENCA | Portugal | 1 | Cameroon 0 Croatia 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Japan 1 Columbia 4 | 2 | |||
| 1 | Holland 2 Mexico 1 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Nicola RIZZOLI | Italy | 1 | Spain 1 Holland 5 | 4 | |
| 1 | Nigeria 2 Argentina 3 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Carlos VELASCO CARBALLO | Spain | 1 | Uruguay 2 England 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | Bosnia-H 3 Iran 1 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Howard WEBB | England | 1 | Columbia 2 Ivory Coast 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | Brazil 1 Chile 1 | 7 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Joel AGUILAR | El Salvador | 1 | Argentina 2 Bosnia-H 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | Japan 0 Greece 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Mark W GEIGER | USA | 1 | Columbia 3 Greece 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Spain 0 Chile 2 | 3 | |||
| 1 | France 2 Nigeria 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Walter LOPEZ | Guatemala | ||||
| Roberto MORENO | Panama | ||||
| Marco RODRIGUEZ | Mexico | 1 | Belgium 2 Algeria 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | Italy Uruguay 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Norbert HAUATA | Tahiti | ||||
| Peter O LEARY | New Zealand | 1 | Nigeria 1 Bosnia-Hercegovina 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Victor CARRILLO | Peru | ||||
| Enrique OSSES | Chile | 1 | Ivory Coast 2 Japan 1 | 4 | |
| 1 | Italy 0 Costa Rica 1 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nestor PITANA | Argentina | 1 | Russia 1 Korea Rep 1 | 4 | |
| 1 | USA 2 Portugal 2 | 1 | |||
| 1 | Honduras 0 Switzerland 3 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sandro RICCI | Brazil | 1 | France 3 Honduras 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 1 | Germany 2 Ghana 2 | 1 | |||
| 1 | Germany 2 Algeria 1 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 3 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Wilmar ROLDAN | Colombia | 1 | Mexico 1 Cameroon 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | South Korea 2 Algeria 4 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Carlos VERA | Ecuador | 1 | Iran 0 Nigeria 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | Greece 2 Ivory Coast 1 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Overall Total in the World Cup | 56 | 147 | 10 | ||