2026/27 UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round (First Legs) - Referee Appointments

A new season starts in UEFA competitions, here the assignments for 2026/27 UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round, first legs. 

Patryk Gryckiewicz POL to referee Sabah - The New Saints

Tuesday 7 July 2026

18:00 CET
Baku (Bank Respublika Arena)
SABAH (AZE) vs. THE NEW SAINTS (WAL)
REF: GRYCKIEWICZ Patryk (POL)
AR1: BONIEK, Marcin (POL)
AR2: KASZYŃSKI, Bartosz (POL)
4OF: MYĆ, Wojciech (POL)
VAR: PASZKIEWICZ, Kornel (POL)
AVAR: FRANKOWSKI, Bartosz (POL)
OBS: KAASIK, Hannes (EST)

18:00 CET
Gibraltar (Europa Point Stadium)
LINCOLN RED IMPS (GIB) vs. INTER CLUB D'ESCALDES (AND)
REF: GONÇALVES, João António Ferreira (POR)
AR1: RIBEIRO, Pedro Ricardo Ferreira (POR)
AR2: MARTINS, Miguel Ângelo da Silva (POR)
4OF: SILVA, David Rafael Oliveira da (POR)
VAR: MELO, Fábio Oliveira de (POR)
AVAR: ESTEVES, Bruno Alexandre da Silva (POR)
OBS: FERRY, John (NIR)

18:00 CET
Abovyan (Abovyan City Stadium)
ARARAT-ARMENIA (ARM) vs. RIGA FC (LVA)
REF: ZABRODA, Klym (UKR)
AR1: KUTSEV, Valentyn (UKR)
AR2: SKOBLYA, Vitaliy (UKR)
4OF: KOVALENKO, Andriy (UKR)
VAR: SHURMAN, Denys (UKR)
AVAR: KOPIYEVSʹKYY, Viktor (UKR)
OBS: ZIMMERMANN, Cyril (SUI)

18:00 CET
Kaunas (Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas)
KAUNO ŽALGIRIS (LTU) vs. DRITA (KOS)
REF: KRISTJÁNSSON, Ívar Orri (ISL)
AR1: SIGURÐARSON, Birkir (ISL)
AR2: SIGURÐSSON, Gylfi Már (ISL)
4OF: JÓNASSON, Helgi Mikael (ISL)
VAR: BOTERBERG, Jan (BEL)
AVAR: DE VRIES, Ella (BEL)
OBS: MAŁEK, Robert (POL)

19:00 CET
Skopje (National Arena "Todor Proeski")
VARDAR (MKD) vs. KUPS KUOPIO (FIN)
REF: SAĞLAM, Kadir (TUR)
AR1: USTA, Anıl (TUR)
AR2: MAZLUM, Mehmet Salih (TUR)
4OF: TURTAY, Ömer Faruk (TUR)
VAR: ÖZÜTOPRAK, Onur (TUR)
AVAR: ENGİN, Erkan (TUR)
OBS: SCHÖRGENHOFER, Robert (AUT)

19:30 CET
Ta' Qali (Centenary Stadium)
FLORIANA (MLT) vs. SHAMROCK ROVERS (IRL)
REF: BRAND, Benjamin (GER)
AR1: SCHAAL, Dominik (GER)
AR2: STEIN, Thomas (GER)
4OF: BRAUN, Robin (GER)
VAR: CORTUS, Benjamin (GER)
AVAR: PFEIFER, Johann (GER)
OBS: PEREIRA, Vítor Manuel de Melo (POR)

20:30 CET
Serravalle (San Marino Stadium)
TRE FIORI (SMR) vs. LARNE (NIR)
REF: GASPARYAN, Artem (ARM)
AR1: GHAZARYAN, Mesrop (ARM)
AR2: HAKOBJANYAN, Arman (ARM)
4OF: NALBANDYAN, Henrik (ARM)
VAR: EVANGÉLOU, Ángelos (GRE)
AVAR: HOVHANNISYAN, Zaven (ARM)
OBS: BINDELS, Sven (LUX)

20:30 CET
Banja Luka (Gradski stadion Banja Luka)
BORAC (BIH) vs. LEVSKI SOFIA (BUL)
REF: TÜRKMEN, Mehmet (TUR)
AR1: DURAN, Bersan (TUR)
AR2: BİRİNCİ, Bahtiyar (TUR)
4OF: YILMAZ, Ali (TUR)
VAR: DOVERI, Daniele (ITA)
AVAR: PATERNA, Daniele (ITA)
OBS: MIHALJEVIĆ, Goran (MNE)

20:45 CET
Klaksvík (við Djúpumýru)
KÍ KLAKSVÍK (FRO) vs. ATERT BISSEN (LUX)
REF: STARÝ, Dominik (CZE)
AR1: ZOUFALÝ, David (CZE)
AR2: SLAVÍČEK, Lukáš (CZE)
4OF: WULKAN, Jakub (CZE)
VAR: KOCOUREK, Tomáš (CZE)
AVAR: ADÁMKOVÁ, Jana (CZE)
OBS: ĐOKIĆ, Nenad (SRB)

21:00 CET
Reykjavík (Víkingsvöllur)
VÍKINGUR REYKJAVÍK (ISL) vs. GYŐRI ETO (HUN)
REF: LISSORGUE, Romain (FRA)
AR1: ZAKRANI, Hicham (FRA)
AR2: LUCZYNSKI, Thomas (FRA)
4OF: STINAT, Jérémy (FRA)
VAR: DECHEPY, Bastien (FRA)
AVAR: BOLLENGIER, Marc (FRA)
OBS: LARDOT, Jonathan (BEL)

Wednesday 8 July 2026

17:00 CET
Almaty (Almaty Central Stadium)
QAİRAT (KAZ) vs. SUTJESKA NIKŠIĆ (MNE)
REF: PANCHYSHYN, Dmytro (UKR)
AR1: ZAPOROZHENKO, Dmytro (UKR)
AR2: VYSOTSʹKYY, Volodymyr (UKR)
4OF: KALONOV, Oleksandr (UKR)
VAR: BALAKIN, Mykola (UKR)
AVAR: DEREVINSʹKYY, Oleksiy (UKR)
OBS: XUDİYEV, Asim (AZE)

18:00 CET
Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
FLORA TALLIN (EST) vs. IBERIA TBILISI (GEO)
REF: PUTROS, Sandi Dhia Jirjis (DEN)
AR1: YURDAKUL, Deniz (DEN)
AR2: CORTZEN, Daniel (DEN)
4OF: USLU, Aydin (DEN)
VAR: KRISTOFFERSEN, Mads-Kristoffer (DEN)
AVAR: REDDER, Mikkel Hedberg (DEN)
OBS: SZULC, Marcin (POL)

19:00 CET
Mezőkövesd, HUN (Mezőkövesdi Városi Stadion)
ML VICIEBSK (BLR) vs. UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA (ROU)
REF: BILBIJA, Luka (BIH)
AR1: TEŠANOVIĆ, Stefan (BIH)
AR2: PERIĆ, Marko (BIH)
4OF: TOMIĆ, Antonio (BIH)
VAR: BANDIĆ, Antoni (BIH)
AVAR: LJAJIĆ, Nihad (BIH)
OBS: BARRY, Neale (ENG)

20:00 CET
Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)
PETROCUB (MDA) vs. EGNATIA (ALB)
REF: QARABAEV, Saiat (KAZ)
AR1: BELOGRADOV, Dmitrii (KAZ)
AR2: TİHONİUK, İurii (KAZ)
4OF: GORDA, Danil (KAZ)
VAR: TASYBAEV, Aidyn (KAZ)
AVAR: ZEBEC, Mario (CRO)
OBS: YOUNG, William (SCO)