2026/27 UEFA Europa Conference League Playoffs (Second Legs) - Referee Appointments

The referees in charge of 2026-27 UEFA Europa Conference League Playoffs, Second Legs. 

John Brooks will officiate Brann - PAOK, assessed by Alfredo Trentalange

Wednesday 26 August 2026

18:45 CET

Vienna (Allianz Stadion)

RAPID (AUT) [2:2] HEART OF MIDTLOTHIAN (SCO)

Referee: Elçin Məsiyev AZE

Assistant Referee 1: Elşad Abdullayev AZE

Assistant Referee 2: Pərvin Talıbov AZE

Fourth Official: Fərid Hacıyev AZE

Video Assistant Referee: Willy Delajod FRA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nicat İsmayıllı AZE

UEFA Referee Observer: Augustus Viorel Constantin ROU

UEFA Delegate: Vignir Már Þormóðsson ISL

Thursday 27 August 2026

17:00 CET

Kuopio (Väre Areena)

KUPS KUOPIO (FIN) [1:1] SHAMROCK ROVERS (IRL)

Referee: Patrik Kolarić CRO

Assistant Referee 1: Luka Pajić CRO

Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Starčević CRO

Fourth Official: Dario Bel CRO

Video Assistant Referee: Fran Jović CRO

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ivan Vučković CRO

UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO

UEFA Delegate: Róbert Kispál HUN

18:00 CET

Jablonec nad Nisou (Stadion Střelnice)

JABLONEC (CZE) [0:1] RANGERS (SCO)

Referee: Nenad Minaković SRB

Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Borović SRB

Assistant Referee 2: Boško Božović SRB

Fourth Official: Danilo Nikolić SRB

Video Assistant Referee: Mario Zebec CRO

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pavle Tomić SRB

UEFA Referee Observer: Kristinn Jakobsson ISL

UEFA Delegate: Bartłomiej Łaski POL

18:00 CET

Baku (Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika stadionu)

QARABAĞ (AZE) [1:0] TWENTE (NED)

Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR

Assistant Referee 1: Anders Olav Dale NOR

Assistant Referee 2: Ole Andreas Skogsrud Haukåsen NOR

Fourth Official: Marius Hansen Grøtta NOR

Video Assistant Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes NOR

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alan Kijas AUT

UEFA Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov BUL

UEFA Delegate: Attila Tömő HUN

18:00 CET

Batumi, GEO (Adjarabet Arena)

MAKKABI TEL AVIV (ISR) [1:2] LUGANO (SUI)

Referee: Jérémie Pignard FRA

Assistant Referee 1: Aurélien Drouet FRA

Assistant Referee 2: Hicham Zakrani FRA

Fourth Official: Ruddy Buquet FRA

Video Assistant Referee: Mathieu Vernice FRA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marc Bollengier FRA

UEFA Referee Observer: Aliaksiej Kuĺbakoŭ BLR

UEFA Delegate: Renáta Tomášová SVK

18:45 CET

Freiburg im Breisgau (Europa-Park Stadion)

FREIBURG (GER) [3:1] MOTHERWELL (SCO)

Referee: Andrea Colombo ITA

Assistant Referee 1: Giovanni Baccini ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Valerio Colarossi ITA

Fourth Official: Livio Marinelli ITA

Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Doveri ITA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni ITA

UEFA Referee Observer: Michal Beneš CZE

UEFA Delegate: Filips Dhondt BEL

18:45 CET

Monaco (Stade Louis II)

MONACO (FRA) [3:2] GÓRNIK ZABRZE (POL)

Referee: Vasílios Fotiás GRE

Assistant Referee 1: Andréas Meïndanás GRE

Assistant Referee 2: Michaíl Papadákis GRE

Fourth Official: Aléxandros Tsakalídis GRE

Video Assistant Referee: Ángelos Evangélou GRE

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Konstandínos Poulikídis GRE

UEFA Referee Observer: Ante Vučemilović CRO

UEFA Delegate: Gijs de Jong NED

19:00 CET

Encamp (Estadi FAF)

INTER ESCALDES (AND) [2:2] DRITA (KOS)

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili GEO

Assistant Referee 1: Levan Varamishvili GEO

Assistant Referee 2: Giorgi Elikashvili GEO

Fourth Official: Giorgi Avazashvili GEO

Video Assistant Referee: Aleko Aptsiauri GEO

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Gianluca Aureliano ITA

UEFA Referee Observer: Michális Argyroú CYP

UEFA Delegate: Paul Allaerts BEL

19:00 CET

Riga (Skonto stadions)

RIGA (LVA) [0:0] KÍ KLAKSVÍK (FRO)

Referee: Allard Lindhout NED

Assistant Referee 1: Johan Balder NED

Assistant Referee 2: Murat Kücükerbir NED

Fourth Official: Alex Bos NED

Video Assistant Referee: Jeroen Manschot NED

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erwin Blank NED

UEFA Referee Observer: Domagoj Vučkov CRO

UEFA Delegate: Stewart Robertson SCO

19:00 CET

Copenhagen (Parken)

KØBENHAVN (DEN) [0:0] INTER TURKU (FIN)

Referee: Oleksiy Derevinsʹkyy UKR

Assistant Referee 1: Oleksiy Myronov UKR

Assistant Referee 2: Svitlana Hrushko UKR

Fourth Official: Klym Zabroda UKR

Video Assistant Referee: Denys Shurman UKR

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Viktor Kopiyevsʹkyy UKR

UEFA Referee Observer: Jan Willem Wegereef NED

UEFA Delegate: Markus Stenger GER

19:00 CET

Częstochowa (Miejski Stadion Piłkarski “Raków”)

RAKÓW CZĘSTOCHOWA (POL) [2:2] HAJDUK SPLIT (CRO)

Referee: Əliyar Ağayev AZE

Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov AZE

Assistant Referee 2: Akif Əmirəli AZE

Fourth Official: Kamal Umudlu AZE

Video Assistant Referee: Peter Bankes ENG

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: İnqilab Məmmədov AZE

UEFA Referee Observer: John Ward IRL

UEFA Delegate: Mauro Tonolini ITA

19:00 CET

Hradec Králové (FINEP Arena)

HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ (CZE) [2:2] PANATHINAÏKÓS (GRE)

Referee: Sascha Stegemann GER

Assistant Referee 1: Christof Günsch GER

Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller GER

Fourth Official: Martin Petersen GER

Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Brand GER

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Katrin Rafalski GER

UEFA Referee Observer: Claus Bo Larsen DEN

UEFA Delegate: Vakhtang Bzikadze GEO

19:00 CET

Bergen (Brann Stadion)

BRANN (NOR) [1:1] PAOK (GRE)

Referee: John Brooks ENG

Assistant Referee 1: Neil Davies ENG

Assistant Referee 2: Blake Antrobus ENG

Fourth Official: Thomas Bramall ENG

Video Assistant Referee: Darren England ENG

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Paul Howard ENG

UEFA Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange ITA

UEFA Delegate: Gerard Lawlor NIR

19:00 CET

Limassol (Alphamega Stadium)

PAFOS (CYP) [1:1] DINAMO CITY (ALB)

Referee: Martin Matoša SVN

Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Kasapovič SVN

Assistant Referee 2: Matic Mežnar SVN

Fourth Official: Mateo Tozan SVN

Video Assistant Referee: Asmir Sagrković SVN

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mihael Antič SVN

UEFA Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov UKR

UEFA Delegate: Rudolf Řepka CZE

20:00 CET

Miskolc, HUN (DVTK Stadion)

HAPOEL TEL AVIV (ISR) [0:0] ATALANTA (ITA)

Referee: Daniel Schlager GER

Assistant Referee 1: Sven Waschitzki-Günther GER

Assistant Referee 2: Tobias Fritsch GER

Fourth Official: Tobias Reichel GER

Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Cortus GER

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nicolas Winter GER

UEFA Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís CYP

UEFA Delegate: Hlieb Stachoŭski BLR

20:00 CET

St. Gallen (Berit Sitterstadion)

ST. GALLEN (SUI) [0:1] NORDSJÆLLAND (DEN)

Referee: Orel Grinfeld ISR

Assistant Referee 1: Roi Hassan ISR

Assistant Referee 2: Idan Yarkoni ISR

Fourth Official: Gal Leibovitz ISR

Video Assistant Referee: Daniel Bar Natan ISR

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Eli Hakmon ISR

UEFA Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić SRB

UEFA Delegate: Darko Ramovš SRB

20:00 CET

Amsterdam (Johan Cruijff ArenA)

AJAX (NED) [4:2] SION (SUI)

Referee: Julian Weinberger AUT

Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich AUT

Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch AUT

Fourth Official: Stefan Ebner AUT

Video Assistant Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber AUT

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Harald Lechner AUT

UEFA Referee Observer: Libor Kovařík CZE

UEFA Delegate: Patricia González García ESP

20:30 CET

Banjaluka (Gradski stadion Banja Luka)

BORAC (BIH) [3:1] VÍKINGUR REYKJAVÍK (ISL)

Referee: Anastásios Papapétrou GRE

Assistant Referee 1: Trýfon Petrópoulos GRE

Assistant Referee 2: Andréas Fotópoulos GRE

Fourth Official: Fótios Polychrónis GRE

Video Assistant Referee: Ioánnis Papadópoulos GRE

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Stéfanos Koumbarákis GRE

UEFA Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer GER

UEFA Delegate: Tarik Shamel ENG

20:30 CET

Brighton (American Express Stadium)

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (ENG) [0:0] TROMSØ (NOR)

Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED

Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED

Assistant Referee 2: Dyon Fikkert NED

Fourth Official: Marc Nagtegaal NED

Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti NED

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Stan Teuben NED

UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin SVN

UEFA Delegate: Kimmo J. Lipponen FIN

20:30 CET

Vienna (Generali Arena)

AUSTRIA WIEN (AUT) [0:2] BRAGA (POR)

Referee: Nikola Dabanović MNE

Assistant Referee 1: Srđan Jovanović MNE

Assistant Referee 2: Vladan Todorović MNE

Fourth Official: Miloš Bošković MNE

Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Johannes von Mandach SUI

UEFA Referee Observer: László Vágner HUN

UEFA Delegate: Maurice Johnston NIR

20:45 CET

Rijeka (Stadion HNK Rijeka)

RIJEKA (CRO) [0:2] MIDTJYLLAND (DEN)

Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL

Assistant Referee 1: Michael Geerolf BEL

Assistant Referee 2: Michele Seeldraeyers BEL

Fourth Official: Nathan Verboomen BEL

Video Assistant Referee: Bert Put BEL

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jan Boterberg BEL

UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav BIH

UEFA Delegate: Dane Jošt SVN

21:00 CET

Larne (Inver Park)

LARNE (NIR) [2:0] LINCOLN RED IMPS (GIB)

Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL

Assistant Referee 1: Miroslav Ivanov BUL

Assistant Referee 2: Todor Vukov BUL

Fourth Official: Georgi Kabakov BUL

Video Assistant Referee: Dragomir Draganov BUL

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nikola Popov BUL

UEFA Referee Observer: Paweł Gil POL

UEFA Delegate: Aristídis Stavrópoulos GRE

21:00 CET

Edinburgh (Easter Road Stadium)

HIBERNIAN (SCO) [0:0] GENT (BEL)

Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP

Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla ESP

Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Álvarez Fernández ESP

Fourth Official: Víctor García Verdura ESP

Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega ESP

UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Rasmussen DEN

UEFA Delegate: Paolo Rondelli SMR

21:00 CET

Belgrade (Stadion FK Partizan)

PARTIZAN BEOGRAD (SRB) [1:3] GETAFE (ESP)

Referee: Urs Schnyder SUI

Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher SUI

Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Zürcher SUI

Fourth Official: Sven Wolfensberger SUI

Video Assistant Referee: Lukas Fähndrich SUI

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Michèle Schmölzer SUI

UEFA Referee Observer: Paolo Dondarini ITA

UEFA Delegate: Peter Palenčík SVK