Massimo Busacca

Busacca lives in Monte Carasso at Bellinzona. The business owner whose home club is the U.S. Monte Carasso, was from 1996 - 2011 Referee of the highest Swiss league, Axpo Super League ( National League A to 2003 ). Since 1998 he was a FIFA referee. Busacca headed to the Football World Cup 2006 in Germany with the wizard Matthias Arnet and Francesco Buragina three games. In the 2008 European Football Championship in Austria / Switzerland, he led two group matches and the semi-finals Germany - Turkey. Here he supported the wizard Matthias Arnet and Stéphane Cuhat. In 2009, he led the final match of the Champions League.

On September 20, 2009, he responded during the administration of Cupspiels between FC Baden and Young Boys Bern on abusive calls from Berner fans with the middle finger and was banned for three rounds. Nevertheless, he was awarded by IFFHS as the world's referee, 2009. The award to the Swiss " Referee of the Year " was awarded Busacca 2005-2010 six times in a row. At the Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa, he was only in a preliminary round of the host team to use.

In July 2011, he announced his resignation as FIFA referee. He takes over the management of the FIFA Referees Department.

Inserts

• Champions League qualification (2002-2010) 37 inserts

• UEFA Cup (2003-2006) 6 Appearances

• World Cup Qualifying ( 2006) 5 Appearances

• Axpo Super League (2004-2010) 106 inserts

• Football World Cup 2006 3 Appearances

• 2008 European Football Championship 3 Appearances

Forces in important games

• UEFA Cup 2000: Liverpool ( ENG) v. Slovan Liberec (CZE )
• UEFA Champions League 2002 Final: Real Madrid ( ESP) v. Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER ) ( fourth official )
• 2006 World Cup in Germany: Spain - Ukraine, Sweden, England, Argentina, Mexico
• UEFA Cup 2007 Final: Espanyol Barcelona FC Sevilla
• UEFA Champions League 2008 semi-final: FC Barcelona Manchester United
• 2008 European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland: Greece - Sweden (0:2), Netherlands - Romania ( 2-0), 1/2-final: Germany - Turkey (3:2)
• UEFA Champions League 2009 Final: FC Barcelona Manchester United
• 2010 UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg: Olympique Lyon - FC Bayern München
• 2010 World Cup in South Africa: South Africa - Uruguay