2024-25 UEFA Champions League Matchday 5, first set of games, to be played on 26 November 2024.
Tuesday 26 November 2024
ŠK SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK) - AC MILAN (ITA)
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Íñigo Prieto López de Ceraín ESP
Fourth Official: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel GER
UEFA Delegate: Iveta Bankova BUL
18:45 CET - Prague (epet ARENA)
AC SPARTA PRAHA (CZE) - CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP)
Referee: Danny Makkelie NED
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries NED
Fourth Official: Marc Nagtegaal NED
Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erwin Blank NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Emil Božinovski MKD
UEFA Delegate: Stéphanie Forde BEL
21:00 CET - Manchester (Etihad Stadium)
MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG) - FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM (NED)
Referee: Radu Marian Petrescu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Adrian Ștefan Ghinguleac ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu ROU
Fourth Official: Marcel Bîrsan ROU
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz AUT
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Dervishaj Nelaj ESP
21:00 CET - Munich (Allianz Arena)
FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN (GER) - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (FRA)
Referee: Istvan Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marius Marica ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU
Fourth Official: Florin Andrei ROU
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Sorin Popa ROU
UEFA Referee Observer: Manuel Díaz Vega ESP
UEFA Delegate: Thibault De Gendt BEL
21:00 CET - Milan (Stadio San Siro)
FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA) - RB LEIPZIG (GER)
Referee: João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro POR
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Miguel Alves de Jesus POR
Assistant Referee 2: Luciano António Gomes Maia POR
Fourth Official: João António Ferreira Gonçalves POR
Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Björn Kuipers NED
UEFA Delegate: Zaur Hacı-Məhərrəmov AZE
21:00 CET - Barcelona (Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys)
FC BARCELONA (ESP) - STADE BRESTOIS 29 (FRA)
Referee: Irfan Peljto BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo BIH
Fourth Official: Miloš Gigović BIH
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Andrew Dallas SCO
UEFA Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen NOR
UEFA Delegate: Thura Win ENG
21:00 CET - Leverkusen (BayArena)
BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN (GER) - FC SALZBURG (AUT)
Referee: Mykola Balakin UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Berkut UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Matyash UKR
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Romanov UKR
Video Assistant Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valerio Marini ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP
UEFA Delegate: Barbara Moschini ITA
21:00 CET - Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade)
SPORTING CP (POR) - ARSENAL FC (ENG)
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Adam Kupsik POL
Assistant Referee 2: Radosław Siejka POL
Fourth Official: Paweł Raczkowski POL
Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Stéphane Lannoy FRA
UEFA Delegate: Jan Willem van Dop NED
21:00 CET - Bern (Stadion Wankdorf)
BSC YOUNG BOYS (SUI) - ATALANTA BC (ITA)
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Mangirdas Mirauskas LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas LTU
Fourth Official: Vilius Paulauskas LTU
Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin SVN
UEFA Delegate: Josip Tomaško CRO
I have a question: Where does UEFA publish the list of referees for matches? (I would like a link if possible).
ReplyDeleteon their own website uefa.com, but you have to search every match individual to find the appiontments
DeleteI always like the press kit, you can easily switch between the games:
Deletehttps://www.uefa.com/news-media/mediaservices/informationkits/competitions/uefachampionsleague/2025/match/2041996/officials/
Or use this page, but it’s not yet updated:
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0291-1bde8fcaf724-c61c8f2d311c-1000--who-is-the-referee-which-officials-are-in-charge-of-the-uefa/
I know this method, but for example, the referee for the Bayern vs PSG match was announced at around 10:10. Meanwhile, there was an account on X that posted it before it appeared on the website for me. That’s why I felt there might be another place where UEFA publishes the referee list.
DeleteAs far as I know, all referee information is supposed to be available by 10:00, right?
UEFA doesn't publish list of referees, appointments must be found in the specific page of the game.
DeleteAs example: Slovan - Milan:
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2041996--s-bratislava-vs-milan/
And then you have to open all pages for reading all names.
We do this work of publishing appointments in a same list by years and years, and you can see it takes definitely long time.
The appointments are made public at 10:00 am (very often, some minutes later that time). Before 10:00 am, however, UEFA allows that the information of an appointment is published by federations. That's the case of KNVB, they always report referee assignments, mostly at 9:00 AM, one hour before the official release by UEFA. All the rest is not official, and for a final confirmation you have always to read on UEFA.com. So, to say more about what you are asking, it would be important to know the exact account that posted the information and the exact time. In case, given it was Kovacs, they could have direct information from Romanian federation.
DeleteAAhh sorry now it should be clear: Dutch federation made Kovacs name public at 9:00 am because he had a Dutch VAR, I reported the info here, so this account on twitter very likely had the blog as source (I think they reported only referee name without the other members, right?).
Deletehttps://www.knvb.nl/nieuws/scheidsrechters/aanstellingen/69888/makkelie-leidt-champions-league-duel-tussen-sparta-praag
I appreciate your work and the effort you put in, as well as the excellent job you do, like posting about Danny Makkelie's appointment after it was announced by the Dutch FA.
DeleteHowever, you didn't understand the reason for my question. I’m mostly interested in the referee for just one match, as I work for a news account. Often, while I’m waiting for the referee to be listed on UEFA’s "match info" page, someone else publishes the referee’s name before me and before it appears on UEFA’s site, but definitely after 10:00.
So my simple question is: Is there another place where UEFA publishes the referee list?
Thank you again
Maybe this time, but this has happened to me in several matches.
DeleteBy the way, I used your prediction of Kovacs to prepare his stats, so thank you
The simple answer to your question is NO, appointments are only on UEFA.com. All the rest, shouldn' be considered as official or confirmed, even more before 10:00 am if not coming from an official site of a federation (so you should know more from that accounts, to know in particular).
Deletehttps://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/fixtures-results/#/d/2024-11-26
ReplyDeleteYou can enter each game and find referee appointments in Match Info
Again Balakin after match day before. Now with Mallenko. Seems that committee satisfied with him.
ReplyDeleteWell, definitely not a good try in terms of accurate predictions, about this first set, but still, the names are the ones we discussed with some changes.
ReplyDeleteMarciniak confirmed in Lisbon, I guessed the other two Spanish Elite, but the focus now returns on Sanchez Martinez. For him, a game that shouldn't be very challenging on paper, with a rather expected win by Milan, but we know everything can happen, and appointments with Italian teams are always challenging. Not a top appointment for the referee if one doesn't go deep in the resons behind it, but still, good for him to return in the major competition, indeed.
Maybe tomorrow we will know that Gil Manzano is assigned to another game on Wednesday's set.
Good appointment for Lukjančukas in Bern, his development continues. So far he was rarely very challnged in a game, but of course, not his fault, he did well.
Balakin in Leverkusen is another confirmation that the pas weeks and assignments were something very crucial for him, and maybe now he can be considered a referee on which committee relies. Very good, I must say.
Peljto in Barcelona: a game that, without the excellent path of the French team so far, would have been very different to evaluate for the specific assignment. There can be few chances that French side manages to take points in this one as well, but it's hard.
The Bosnian with an extremely good group stage so far, deserved all his CL games, only clear mistakes were AR1 in that game, and we all wish it's over now.
Big test for Pinheiro in San Siro and indeed he was among the names we mentioned. At the end he was in stand-by for a quite long time, we all remember some years ago, he looked ready to Elite, but, as big suprise, he wasn't promoted. Now another chance, now also with a different context, and this is what can help referees sometimes: no Portuguese Elite, they can push more, they can promote even if a bit sub standard, you surely understand what I mean, given that POR is without doubts a big country of refereeing. Not a specific argument against, Pinheiro, to be clear, but there were many chances for him in past to get Elite before today, indeed.
Kovacs in Munich, another top game for him, there were only two referees for this one: him and Oliver. The English is not appointed with PSG. I must say, it could be also because his previous game hadn't been excellent, but well, mistakes were committed for sure also in San Siro by Kovacs, so it can ben a specific choice (they don' want to see Oliver with PSG as for now, there will be other games on next matchdays).
Petrescu in Manchester another confirmation that he is now on th path for being promoted, after a very good performance in Belgium - Italy.
And last, but not least, Makkelie: another appointment that is very similar to previous ones, far from the spotlights and that's a good thing for him. Of course, relatively far from the spotlights, because still a big team, but in a game in which honestly a win is more than expected (despite of the difficult moment for them in Premier League).
About the VAR assignments, we have San and indeed Schaerer is expected, as well as Turpin with Brisard (LIV - REA)? Andrew Dallas could mean a second CL game for Walsh? Even if the Scottish disappeared a bit from the radar after that Nations League game in Lithuania (in case, I would understand the concerns by committee...).
Sorry, don't know for which reason I had in mind that Makkelie game was involving Manchester City and not Atlético Madrid.
DeleteThis definitely make the appointment as more challenging, still a win by Spanish side is expected, but very important game after all the issues in previous matchdays involving Spanish side. It could be a tough one, in case of a certain course, otherwise very different. We''ll see.
Petrescu with a third a game in England after Aston Villa-Bayern and Machester United-PAOK. Now Machester City-Feyenoord. Wondering why he is not tested in a bit different type of games, like the one in Prague or Milano.
ReplyDeleteSo Bayern-PSG for Kovacs, so Wednesday top clash between Liverpool and Real Madrid then goes to Vincic. :-) Kidding, it should be for Turpin I think.