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

 Third qualifying round of 2026-27 UEFA Champions League, referee assignments (second legs). 

Following a replacement, Willy Delajod finds himself between the Elite referees appointed for this round

Tuesday 11 August 2026

17:00 CET

Türkıstan (Türkıstan Arena)

QAİRAT (KAZ) vs. LEVSKI SOFIA (BUL)

Referee: Daniel Siebert GER

Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel GER

Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER

Fourth Official: Max Burda GER

Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Johann Pfeifer GER

UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov MDA

UEFA Delegate: Aleksandr Aleinik BLR

18:00 CET

Baku (Bank Respublika Arena)

SABAH (AZE) vs. AARHUS (DEN)

Referee: Willy Delajod FRA 

Assistant Referee 1: Erwan Finjean FRA

Assistant Referee 2: Valentin Evrard FRA 

Fourth Official: Eric Wattellier FRA

Video Assistant Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA 

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nicolas Rainville FRA 

UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer LUX

UEFA Delegate: Igor Radojčić SRB

18:00 CET

Bodø (Aspmyra Stadion)

BODØ/GLIMT (NOR) vs. UNION SAINT-GILLOISE (BEL)

Referee: Istvan Kovacs ROU

Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marius Marica ROU

Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU

Fourth Official: Horațiu Mircea Feșnic ROU

Video Assistant Referee: Andrew Dallas SCO

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Greg Aitken SCO

UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan ARM

UEFA Delegate: Heri á Rógvi FRO

19:00 CET

Kaunas (Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas)

KAUNO ŽALGIRIS (LTU) vs. DINAMO ZAGREB (CRO)

Referee: Davide Massa ITA

Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Alessio Berti ITA

Fourth Official: Livio Marinelli ITA

Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Doveri ITA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Manuel Volpi ITA

UEFA Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov UKR

UEFA Delegate: Daniel Rommedahl DEN

19:30 CET

Nijmegen (Goffertstadion)

NEC NIJMEGEN (NED) vs. OLYMBIAKÓS (GRE)

Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA

Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA

Fourth Official: Luca Zufferli ITA

Video Assistant Referee: Michael Fabbri ITA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Davide Ghersini ITA

UEFA Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos CRO

UEFA Delegate: Milovan Đukanović MNE

20:00 CET

Belgrade (Stadion Rajko Mitić)

CRVENA ZVEZDA (SRB) vs. HAPOEL BE’ER SHEVA (ISR)

Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE

Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE

Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE

Fourth Official: Oscar Johnson SWE

Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Richard Martens NED

UEFA Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán ESP

UEFA Delegate: Adrian D. Casha MLT

20:15 CET

Bratislava (Národný futbalový štadión)

SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK) vs. MJÄLLBY (SWE)

Referee: Michael Oliver ENG

Assistant Referee 1: Wade Smith ENG

Assistant Referee 2: Blake Antrobus ENG

Fourth Official: Farai Hallam ENG

Video Assistant Referee: Michael Salisbury ENG

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Darren England ENG

UEFA Referee Observer: Gianluca Rocchi ITA

UEFA Delegate: Peter Oskam NED

20:15 CET

Celje (Stadion Z'dežele)

CELJE (SVN) vs. ARARAT-ARMENIA (ARM)

Referee: Marco Guida ITA

Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Valerio Colarossi ITA

Fourth Official: Fabio Maresca ITA

Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Francesco Meraviglia ITA

UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO

UEFA Delegate: Christoph Kern GER

20:30 CET

Graz (Stadion Graz Liebenau)

STURM GRAZ (AUT) vs. FENERBAHÇE (TUR)

Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández ESP

Assistant Referee 1: José Enrique Naranjo Pérez ESP

Assistant Referee 2: Marcos Cerdán Aguilar ESP

Fourth Official: Alejandro Quintero González ESP

Video Assistant Referee: César Soto Grado ESP

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP

UEFA Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer GER

UEFA Delegate: Eugène Westerink NED

21:00 CET

Décines-Charpieu (Groupama Stadium)

OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS (FRA) vs. SPARTA PRAHA (CZE)

Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL

Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL

Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL

Fourth Official: Wojciech Myć POL

Video Assistant Referee: Piotr Lasyk POL

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI

UEFA Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen FRO

UEFA Delegate: Per Eliasson SWE