Wednesday, 8 July 2026

UEFA Under-19 Championship - Wales 2026 - Selected Officials

2026 UEFA Under 19 in Wales, selected officials.


Wales, 28 June - 11 July 2026

Referees: 
Samuel Barrott (ENG) 
Florian Badstübner (GER) 
Bence Csonka (HUN) 
Igor Stojčevski (MKD) 
Joey Kooij (NED) 
Joakim Sars (SWE) 

Assistant Referees: 
Elşad Abdullayev (AZE) 
Wade Smith (ENG) 
Christian Gittelmann (GER) 
Balázs Szert (HUN) 
Aleksandar Ǵurkovski (MKD) 
Murat Küçükerbir (NED) 
Adam Jeffrey (NIR) 
Simon Kristensson (SWE) 

Fourth Officials: 
Marius Hansen Grøtta (NOR) 
Aaron Wyn Jones (WAL)


Referee appointments MD1

28 June 2026

Group A
19:00 CET - The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
WALES - SPAIN 
Referee: Joakim Sars SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Kristensson SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Elşad Abdullayev AZE
Fourth Official: Marius Hansen Grøtta NOR
UEFA Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis CYP
UEFA Delegate: Jiri Novak CZE

Group A
21:00 CET - Central Park, Denbighshire
GERMANY - DENMARK 
Referee: Samuel Barrrott ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Wade Smith ENG 
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Jeffrey NIR
Fourth Official: Aaron Wyn Jones WAL
UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Castro POR 
UEFA Delegate: Helen Conley ENG 

29 June 2026

Group B
17:00 CET - The Oval, Caernarfon
ITALY - SERBIA
Referee: Florian Badstübner GER
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Gittelmann GER
Assistant Referee 2: Murat Kücükerbir NED
Fourth Official: Joey Kooij NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Hanssson SWE
UEFA Delegate:  Jiri Novak CZE

Group B
21:00 CET - Bangor City Stadium, Bangor
CROATIA - UKRAINE 
Referee: Igor Stojchevski MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Gjurkovski MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Balázs Szert HUN
Fourth Official: Bence Csonka HUN
UEFA Referee Observer: Alan Mario Sant 
UEFA Delegate: Helen Conley ENG 

MD2

1 July  2026

Group A
19:00 CET - Central Park, Denbighshire (WAL)
DENMARK - SPAIN
Referee: Igor Stojchevski MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Gjurkovski MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Elşad Abdullayev AZE
Fourth Official: Marius Hansen Grøtta NOR
UEFA Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis CYP
 
Group A
21:00 CET - The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (WAL)
WALES - GERMANY 
Referee: Bence Csonka HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Szert HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Kristensson SWE
Fourth Official: Joakim Sars SWE 
UEFA Referee Observer: Alan Mario Sant MLT 

2 July 2026

Group B
15:00 CET - The Oval,Caernarfon (WAL)
CROATIA - ITALY
Referee: Joey Kooij NED
Assistant Referee 1: Murat Kücükerbir NED
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Gittelmann GER
Fourth Official: Aaron Wyn Jones WAL

Group B
19:00 CET - Bangor City Stadium, Bangor (WAL) 
SERBIA - UKRAINE 
Referee: Samuel Barrott ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Wade Smith ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Jeffrey NIR
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner GER


8 July 2026

World Cup play-off
15:00 CET - Bangor City Stadium Bangor
DENMARK - ITALY
Referee: Florian Badstübner GER
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Gittelmann GER
Assistant Referee 2: Wade Smith ENG
Fourth Official: Sam Barrott ENG

Semifinal
17:30 CET - Central Park Denbighshire
SPAIN - CROATIA
Referee: Bence Csonka HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Szert HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Kristensson SWE
Fourth Official: Joakim Östling SWE

Semifinal
20:00 CET - The Racecourse GroundWrexham
UKRAINE - GERMANY
Referee: Joey Kooij NED
Assistant Referee 1: Murat Kücükerbir NED
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Jeffrey NIR
Fourth Official: Marius Hansen Grøtta NOR

Final
11 July 2026
20:00 CET - The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
SPAIN - GERMANY
Referee:  Sam Barrott ENG 
Assistant Referee 1: Wade Smith ENG 
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Jeffrey NIR
Fourth Official: Bence Csonka HUN
UEFA Delegate: Jiří Novák CZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Björn Kuipers NED

Women's U19 Final in Bosnia and Herzegovina:

10 July 2026
17:00 CET - Sarajevo (Grbavica Stadium)
GERMANY - SPAIN
Referee: Miriama Bočková SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandra Mostowska POL
Assistant Referee 2: Vasilia Tsiklitari GRE
Fourth Official: Deborah Bianchi ITA
UEFA Delegate: Zumrud Aghayeva AZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Dagmar Damková CZE
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36 comments:

  1. Neil23 June 2026 at 22:43

    If barrott does well could we see a quick promotion after his performance in the youth league?

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    1. Arbitro Referee24 June 2026 at 01:16

      He has never had a group stage game yet in uefa competitions only children’s games ? So how can this be so? Semi final of youth he was sent for OFR.

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  2. André23 June 2026 at 23:13

    Who are the selected officials for the Women's Under-19 EURO final tournament?

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    1. Chefren24 June 2026 at 04:08

      2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

      Bosnia and Herzegovina, 27 June–10 July 2026

      Selected officials

      Referees:
      Paula Fernández Ome (Colombia, CONMEBOL - UEFA exchange)
      Emily Heaslip (England)
      Alexandra Collin (France)
      Deborah Bianchi (Italy)
      Tatyana Sorokopudova (Kazakhstan)
      Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)

      Fourth Officials:
      Merima Čelik (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
      Sofiya Prychyna (Ukraine)

      Assistant Referees:
      Lilia Dumbalakova (Bulgaria)
      Nataly Arteaga (Colombia, CONMEBOL - UEFA exchange)
      Tereza Hessová (Czech Republic)
      Georgia Ball (England)
      Vasilia Tsiklitari (Greece)
      Noémi Hegedüs-Baráth (Hungary)
      Aleksandra Mostowska (Poland)
      Aleksandra Kostić (Serbia)

      (it was postes about one month ago)

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    2. André24 June 2026 at 06:45

      Thanks!

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    3. TC02100225 June 2026 at 21:41

      On PGMOL's instagram they only mention Heaslip for the women's but mention both Barrott and Smith for the men's. So maybe AR Ball isn't doing the tournament.

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    4. Chefren26 June 2026 at 13:51

      Indeed there are some changes.

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    5. Quilava26 June 2026 at 19:57

      The opening game of the tournament (BIHGER) is handled by Michaela Pachtová (CZE), who wasn't on the initial list.

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    6. Chefren26 June 2026 at 20:04

      We have two assistant referees not listed before:
      Ana Ciobotaru MDA
      Angela Domazetovska MKD

      English AR Georgia Ball not called.
      Maybe the CONMEBOL duo didn't attend?

      And so Pachtová added as main referee. We will see with next appointments.

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    7. Mpchtpz4 July 2026 at 12:18

      Can you tell me when the information about referees in the first rounds of the European Cup season 26/27 will appear on the website? The games will start on July 7th.

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  3. iamdiogorocha24 June 2026 at 16:22

    Christian Gittelmann (GER) being appointed to this European Championship surprises me. Someone with so much international experience, including a Euro 2020 Final as an Offside VAR... I think it’s a poor appointment, especially when, for example, Wade Smith only joined the international list in January and is already appointed.

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  4. André26 June 2026 at 16:43

    Wales - Spain, 28/6, 19:00 uur
    Referee
    Joakim Östling SWE
    Assistant referees
    Simon Kristensson SWE
    Elshad Abdullayev AZE
    Fourth official
    Marius Hansen Grøtta NOR

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  5. André26 June 2026 at 16:45

    Germany - Denmark, 28/6, 21:00 uur
    Referee
    Sam Barrott ENG
    Assistant referees
    Wade Smith ENG
    Adam Jeffrey NIR
    Fourth official
    Aaron Wyn Jones WAL

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  6. Alfie7527 June 2026 at 18:47

    Italy v Serbia: Florian Badstübner (GER) w Joey Kooij (NED)
    Croatia v Ukraine: Igor Stojčevski (MKD) w Bence Csonka (HUN)

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  7. Thientrn27 June 2026 at 20:46

    Following Stephanie Frappart's recent announcement of her retirement to take up a role with UEFA, Elite referee Benoit Bastien has also officially retired to become the Director of Professional Refereeing. France is now left with only two referees officiating at the highest level for FIFA and UEFA: Clement Turpin and Francois Letexier. This news was reported by Media Arbitrage across social media platforms. Willy Delajod is considered a potential candidate for Elite status in the future.

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  8. MiCo28 June 2026 at 23:06

    Barrott gave 3 penalties in his first game.

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    1. MiCo28 June 2026 at 23:11

      2nd and 3rd were very clear and well spotted. Most interesting was probably the 1st one for pushing. Only clip I found:
      https://streamain.com/en/4cOM6Qpj9IakZyq/watch

      maybe someone has better clip

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    2. MiCo28 June 2026 at 23:13

      I guess it was not given for pushing actually, looks like a contact between legs.

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  9. Euro Soccer Ref29 June 2026 at 02:08

    04'
    https://streambug.org/cv/ecaf8f

    38'
    https://streambug.org/cv/d3deba

    60'
    https://streambug.org/cv/5276f0

    Unfortunately, the first one is a simulation.

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    1. Chefren29 June 2026 at 17:25

      Second and third decisions are correct, while I agree with the last statement by TC021002 about the first call, for me not a 100% simulation, but referee shouldn't have whistled penalty. Not enough to justify such a fall. One can understand why referee whistled penalty, not a big mistake for me. Very challenging game, it seems.

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  10. TC02100229 June 2026 at 02:58

    Was at the Denmark/Germany game in person. Thought Barrott did well overall throughout the game. Watching it live the first penalty seemed 50/50 and the other two very obvious. Watching it back don't think the first was a complete dive as the Denmark defenders arm moves towards him as they're running but he goes down very easily so it could have easily not been given.

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  11. UefaRef29 June 2026 at 22:27

    PAI Croatia vs Ukraine - 21’

    https://files.fm/u/zsxg9c4wzk

    Quite complicated situation in which Stojčevski had to evaluate a possible handball (in DOGSO scenario) by the Ukrainian goalkeeper followed by a defensive tackle.
    I think correct to play on after the goalkeeper apparently touched the ball with the hand, but only after it hit the chest. Difficult to see though.
    The defensive tackle IMHO is a fair tackle, where the ball was played. The only argument pro penalty could be that after playing the ball (inevitably) the leg bounced upwards tripping the attacker.

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    1. Chefren30 June 2026 at 13:04

      Extremely difficult situation, maybe even impossible due to the sequence of events, with a focus on goalkeeper possible foul, the North Macedonian referee had immediately to change his mind to assess the tackle by defender. I think one can't blame him. Yes, you can assess it as very strong but fair tackle on the ball, but it's really hard, from the pitch if not penalty in the first situation (keeper), a referee would tend to whistle for the second one (we must look at reality, without VAR...).

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  12. Chefren30 June 2026 at 12:59

    The other observers at tournament are Sant, Hansson and Elleray.

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  13. Unknown30 June 2026 at 15:21

    What’s the problem in the Netherlands and why are Kooij and VD Eijk constantly being selected for youth tournaments instead of Marc Nagtegaal?
    In my opinion, the latter is the referee with the most elite potential. I thought Björn Kuipers is UEFA’s chief “youth competitions”. What’s going on?

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  14. Alfie7530 June 2026 at 23:02

    MD 2 Appointments
    Denmark v Spain: Igor Stojčevski (MKD) w Marius Hansen Grøtta (NOR)
    Wales v Germany: Bence Csonka (HUN) w Joakim Sars (SWE)
    Croatia v Italy: Joey Kooij (NED) w Aaron Wyn Jones (WAL)
    Serbia v Ukraine: Samuel Barrott (ENG) w Florian Badstübner (GER)

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  15. Alfie7530 June 2026 at 23:15

    MD3 predictions
    Denmark v Wales: Florian Badstübner (GER) w Marius Hansen Grøtta (NOR)
    Spain v Germany: Joey Kooij (NED) w Samuel Barrott (ENG)
    Ukraine v Italy: Joakim Sars (SWE) w Igor Stojčevski (MKD)
    Croatia v Serbia: Bence Csonka (HUN) w Aaron Wyn Jones (WAL)

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  16. Philipp S2 July 2026 at 17:54

    Just realized, that Badstübner is there although Germany is playing. Quite unusual in those small tournaments, because it restricts appointment possibilities.

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  17. Alfie753 July 2026 at 12:06

    Agreed and now MD 3 group A referees have been announced, Badstübner gets group B again
    Östling also gets group A
    Surely this could have easily been avoided?
    Group A appointments
    Denmark v Wales: Joey Kooij (NED) w Samuel Barrott (ENG)
    Spain v Germany: Joakim Östling (SWE) w Marius Hansen Grøtta (NOR)
    So, we should see Csonka & Badstübner fro the remaining 2 matches

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  18. Alfie754 July 2026 at 16:59

    Group B appointments
    Ukraine v Italy: Bence Csonka (HUN) w Aaron Wyn Jones (WAL)
    Serbia v Croatia: Florian Badstübner (GER) w Samuel Barrott (ENG)
    Not sure what's happened to Igor Stojčevski (injured possibly) Barrott & Smith on double duty).

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  19. UefaRef7 July 2026 at 00:58

    Semifinal and World Cup Play-off appointments:

    8 July 2026

    World Cup play-off
    15:00 CET - Bangor City Stadium Bangor
    DENMARK - ITALY
    Referee: Florian Badstübner GER
    Assistant Referee 1: Christian Gittelmann GER
    Assistant Referee 2: Wade Smith ENG
    Fourth Official: Sam Barrott ENG

    Semifinal
    17:30 CET - Central Park Denbighshire
    SPAIN - CROATIA
    Referee: Bence Csonka HUN
    Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Szert HUN
    Assistant Referee 2: Simon Kristensson SWE
    Fourth Official: Joakim Östling SWE

    Semifinal
    20:00 CET - The Racecourse GroundWrexham
    UKRAINE - GERMANY
    Referee: Joey Kooij NED
    Assistant Referee 1: Murat Kücükerbir NED
    Assistant Referee 2: Adam Jeffrey NIR
    Fourth Official: Marius Hansen Grøtta NOR

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  20. Alfie757 July 2026 at 10:10

    Potentially suggesting the Englishman gets the final?

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  21. Målilla8 July 2026 at 19:45

    Yes for sure as in the world-cup match, not involved in semifinals.

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  22. MiCo9 July 2026 at 13:23

    Final:

    Referee
    Sam Barrott ENG
    Assistant referees
    Wade Smith ENG
    Adam Jeffrey NIR
    Fourth official
    Bence Csonka HUN

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  23. Ex Eng Ref10 July 2026 at 20:03

    Congrats to all 4

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