Arbitration: Pinheiro & Narciso Split

The Arbitration Council of the Portuguese Football Federation decided to leave out judges João Pinheiro and André Narciso for the 16th round. Both were in focus in the recent Santa Clara-Sporting, for the Portuguese Cup, and Famalicão-Benfica, for the League.

The list was released this Wednesday. At SC Braga-Benfica there will be João Gonçalves, Sporting-Rio Ave will be refereed by Carlos Macedo and FC Porto-Aves SAD will have Bruno Costa. Here is the complete list:

FC Famalicão-CF Estrela
Referee: Luís Godinho
Assistants: Rui Teixeira and Rúben Silva
4th referee: Gustavo Correia
VAR: Rui Costa
WHAT: André Neto

Estoril Praia-FC Alverca
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
Assistants: Pedro Martins and Hugo Marques
4th referee: Pedro Ramalho
VAR: Luís Ferreira
AVAR: Valdemar Maia

FC Arouca-Gil Vicente FC
Referee: José Bessa
Assistants: Hugo Santos and Miguel Martins
4th referee: Sérgio Guelho
VAR: Manuel Oliveira
AVAR: Fábio Silva

Casa Pia AC-Vitória SC
Referee: Luís Filipe
Assistants: Hugo Coimbra and Ricardo Carreira
4th referee: Bruno Vieira
VAR: Joao Casegas
AVAR: Marco Vieira

SC Braga-SL Benfica
Referee: João Gonçalves
Assistants: Pedro Ribeiro and Tiago Costa
4th referee: Iancu Vasilica
VAR: Tiago Martins
AVAR: Pedro Felisberto

Sporting CP-Rio Ave FC
Referee: Carlos Macedo
Assistants: Luís Costa and João Macedo
4th referee: David Silva
VAR: Bruno Esteves
AVAR: Sílvia Domingos

FC Porto-AVS
Referee: Bruno Costa
Assistants: Jorge Fernandes and João Bessa Silva
4th referee: Diogo Araújo
VAR: João Malheiro Pinto
AVAR: Nuno Pires

Nominations for the 16th round of the Portugal Meu Super League:

B.C. Viseu FC-SL Benfica B
Referee: Hélder Malheiro
Assistants: Gonçalo Freire and Hugo Ribeiro
4th referee: Cláudio Pereira
VAR: Vasco Santos
AVAR: Álvaro Mesquita

FC Paços de Ferreira-SC Farense
Referee: António Nobre
Assistants: Nélson Pereira and Francisco Pereira
4th referee: Diogo Rosa
VAR: Pedro Ferreira
AVAR: Nuno Eiras

SCU Torreense-Lus. Lourosa FC
Referee: Márcio Torres
Assistants: Inácio Pereira and André Ferreira
4th referee: Vítor Ferreira
VAR: Paulo Barradas
AVAR: Rui Cidade

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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