 | Team News |  | Player Profiles | | Fixtures | | Betting | | Mobile |  |
Croatia News
Latest News / Squad / Team Profile / Player Profiles / Betting / Results
Red cards for referees
26/04/2006: Referees face expulsion from World Cup 2006 if they do not come up to scratch according to Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
The 23 whistlemen will be called together for a pre-tournament meeting in Frankfurt where they will be told of eight important criteria on which they have no room for error.
Time-wasting, mass dissent, over-the-top tackles and diving will be among the issues where Fifa will expect a strong line from their appointed officials.
Blatter said: "We have enough referees so if one does not behave really well there are replacements available.
"They can make an error but not an error about the protection of the players - they will be immediately sent to another level because we have to ensure the referees are focused."
Full list of referees
Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Mark Shield (Australia)
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Carlos Simon (Brazil)
Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Graham Poll (England)
Eric Poulat (France)
Markus Merk (Germany)
Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Massimo De Santis (Italy)
Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Lubos Michel (Slovakia)
Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain)
Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
World Cup Mobile
 Real Tones | ||
| 1 | Spider Pig Song  |  |
| 2 | Snuggle Bunny Song | |
| 3 | Peter Laughing | |
| Polyphonic | ||
| 4 | The Great Escape | |
| 5 | Mission Impossible | |
| 6 | James Bond | |
| 7 | Exorcist Theme (Tubular Bells) | |
| 8 | Benny Hill | |
| Sound Effects | ||
| 9 | Mosquito | |
| Backgrounds | ||
| 10 | Euro 2008 | |
| Animations | ||
| 11 | Euro 2008 | |
| Games | ||
| 12 | FIFA World Cup(TM) | |
| 13 | Soccer Pinball | |
| 14 | UEFA EURO 2008 | |
Comments on: Red cards for referees
Write your own comment:Latest Croatia News
Didulica attracting Premiership interest (09/06/2006)
Olic out as Croatia name team (12/06/2006)
Croatia to attack (13/06/2006)
Injury boost for Croatia (15/06/2006)
Croatia injury boost (17/06/2006)