2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers, June 2025.
Group I
20:45 CET - Oslo (Ullevaal Stadion)
NORWAY - ITALY
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín ESP
Fourth Official: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav BIH
UEFA Delegate: Andrew Shaw ENG
Group I
20:45 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
ESTONIA - ISRAEL
Referee: Willy Delajod FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Erwan Finjean FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Alexis Auger FRA
Fourth Official: Bastien Dechepy FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Éric Wattellier FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jérémie Pignard FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Michal Beneš CZE
UEFA Delegate: Thomas Grimm SUI
Group J
20:45 CET - Cardiff (Cardiff City Stadium)
WALES - LIECHTENSTEIN
Referee: Anastásios Papapétrou GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Trýfon Petrópoulos GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Iordánis Aptósoglou GRE
Fourth Official: Aléxandros Tsakalídis GRE
Video Assistant Referee: Athanásios Tzílos GRE
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Stéfanos Koumbarákis GRE
UEFA Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel FRA
UEFA Delegate: Virgar Hvidbro FRO
Group J
20:45 CET - Skopje (Nacionalna Arena “Todor Proeski”)
NORTH MACEDONIA - BELGIUM
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Neil Davies ENG
Fourth Official: Samuel Barrott ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kevin Clancy SCO
UEFA Referee Observer: Gediminas Mažeika LTU
UEFA Delegate: Marc Vouillamoz SUI
Group L
20:45 CET - Plzeň (Doosan Aréna)
CZECHIA - MONTENEGRO
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük NED
Assistant Referee 1: Erwin Zeinstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Patrick Inia NED
Fourth Official: Dennis Johan Higler NED
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jeroen Manschot NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Chaim Ya’akov ISR
UEFA Delegate: João Morais POR
Group L
20:45 CET - Faro-Loulé, POR (Estádio Algarve)
GIBRALTAR - CROATIA
Referee: Georgi Kabakov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Venev BUL
Fourth Official: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL
Video Assistant Referee: Vasimir El-Hatib BUL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nikola Popov BUL
UEFA Referee Observer: Michaíl Argyroú CYP
UEFA Delegate: Peter Oskam NED
Group H
15:00 CET - Zenica (Stadion Bilino Polje)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - SAN MARINO
Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho POR
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Miguel Martins Teixeira POR
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Miguel Almeida da Mota POR
Fourth Official: Miguel Bértolo Nogueira POR
Video Assistant Referee: André Filipe Domingues da Silva Narciso POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Hélder Miguel de Azevedo Malheiro POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen FRO
UEFA Delegate: Sergiu Lisnic MDA
Group G
18:00 CET - Ta’ Qali (National Stadium)
MALTA - LITHUANIA
Referee: Marian Alexandru Barbu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Ovidiu Artene ROU
Assistant Referee 2: George Florin Neacșu ROU
Fourth Official: Rareș George Vidican ROU
Video Assistant Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hațegan ROU
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Constantin Sebastian Colțescu ROU
UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry ENG
UEFA Delegate: Vasko Dojčinovski MKD
Group K
18:00 CET - Cornellà de Llobregat, ESP (RCDE Stadium)
ANDORRA - ENGLAND
Referee: Igor Pajač CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Bojan Zobenica CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Mihalj CRO
Fourth Official: Patrik Kolarić CRO
Video Assistant Referee: Fran Jović CRO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dario Bel CRO
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Strömbergsson SWE
UEFA Delegate: Rudolf Řepka CZE
Group G
20:45 CET - Helsinki (Helsingin Olympiastadion)
FINLAND - NETHERLANDS
Referee: Daniel Siebert GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel GER
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER
Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager GER
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pascal Müller GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Edward Foley IRL
UEFA Delegate: Tarik Shamel ENG
Group H
20:45 CET - Vienna (Ernst-Happel-Stadion)
AUSTRIA - ROMANIA
Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marchetti ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Gianluca Aureliano ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rosario Abisso ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Sabri Çelik TUR
UEFA Delegate: David McDowell-Zor SVN
Group K
20:45 CET - Tirana (Air Albania Stadium)
ALBANIA - SERBIA
Referee: Davide Massa ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Ciro Carbone ITA
Fourth Official: Fabio Maresca ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Doveri ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen NOR
UEFA Delegate: Jacques Antenen SUI
Kabakov with easy match.
ReplyDeleteGozubuyuk and Kavanagh with expected matches for them,there is some possibility that these matches can be challenging .
Sanchez gets the biggest match of the day,as Norway and Italy will fight for that 1st place in their group.
Well, one can say that Massa was punished in the end for the Konate missed RC.
ReplyDeleteIs this interpretation indeed permissible? If I wanted to 'punish' a referee, I wouldn't appoint him at all, especially not for a Balkan derby, which seems quite significant to me, even more since it could become the direct duel for the 2nd place in this group (and thus the chance to indirectly qualify for the World Cup behind England).
DeleteMy comment was rather tongue-in-cheek :P, a referee who is well-known for solving technically challenging matches (like Siebert or Sanchez Martinez) would have been a more apt choice than the Italian in my book. Good luck to Massa!
DeleteSo, the limit for appointing CWC referees was set at NL semifinals with Vincic and Oliver. One can agree with that, it was too much demanding appointing a referee starting from 6 June. In this context, one must say that Massa choice could be read as not the first option for Rosetti. Nevertheless, it's an extremely hard and risky game, you have everything to lose, and by reading Mariani in the other (calm) tie, you can draw your conclusions!
ReplyDelete100% ! however i still find it irritating to appoint referees who are going to the cwc tomorrow... eskas, kovacs, letexier, makkelie, marciniak, nyberg, oliver, taylor, turpin, vincic and zwayer are out...peljito probably on deserved summer break after uecl final... still leaving us with plenty of so called elite referees for the nations league and the top flights in wc qualifiers... for the nations league where are sidiropoulos, grinfeeld, mariani, massa, gozubuyuk, jovanovic, kruzliak and meler? after having shown great lack in personality and management several times, now massa is appointed for the only match where you exactly need those two key elements of refereeing...sorry to say, but this must feel like mobbing for him...
DeleteMaybe in UEFA, but in CONMEBOL there are several CWC referees appointed on Tuesday 10 :)
DeleteWow,Massa gets one of the most risky matches that he will ever have.
ReplyDeleteI dont know why they appointed him there and not someone like Turpin or Makkelie.
When these 2 squared of in 14 and 15,we had Atkinson and Rizzoli,in that moment probably top 5 refs in the Europe..
Cause it's not just country's relations,it's also fight for 2nd place that plays part in this being a challenging match.
And we also seen him not be at his best this season and especially last rounds of Serie A.
But we'll see hopefully no trouble for him.
It's Massa, not Mariani or Sanchez Martinez or Siebert, a sacrificial offering from Rosetti. If he performs well, the story continues, but if not, we might see him follow the path of Aytekin, Bastien, or even Collum.
ReplyDeleteGood no offside call by AR1 in Norway
ReplyDeleteThe replay of PSG - Inter for Sanchez Martinz so far :)
ReplyDeleteCorrect YC for holding to Thorsby NOR.
Why was North Macedonian goal disallowed. anyone with a video?
ReplyDeletePlayer in a (marginal) offside position was struck by the ball when it was shot on goal.
DeleteThanks! When seeing it live I thought he was onside but I didn't watch any replays
DeleteOT: 4 days before the tournament, do we have the full list of officials (inlcuding the CONMEBOL referee) for the U21 EURO somewhere?
ReplyDeleteSo more than this?: http://law5-theref.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-uefa-under-21-championship.html
I'm really sorry to answer "no", and that's incredible by UEFA...
DeleteScottish officials selected:
DeleteRef: Nicolas Walsh
AR1:Daniel Mcfarlane
AR2: Calum Spence
VAR:Andrew Dallas (Son of 2002 World Cup final FO Hugh Dallas).
Is there any reason the officials in this qualifying are still using the old adidas kits?
ReplyDeleteYess this is the sponsor of refereeing of the fifa.
DeleteI am happy with that. And the qualifiaction is for the WC, and that belongs to the fifa
Better than the kits of Macron from Uefa.
Yes but there are new adidas kits that have been in use for over a year now. They are still using the old adidas kits from the 2022 World Cup
Delete@Ecosse
DeleteAll Fifa referees receive this version of Adidas referee jerseys
11’ AND-ENG
ReplyDeleteFran Jović (Var) should have sent Igor Pajač to the screen to review a potential penalty to England, Andorran defender wasn’t even looking at the ball.
England player was also pulling the Andorra player initially and the incident was not near the ball. Definitely not VAR stuff
DeleteHT AND-ENG
DeleteSo far an easy first half for the Croatian, with very few talking points other than of course that potential penalty Incident.
ALB-SRB
ReplyDelete10' Massa stops the match for a possible injury inside the PA and restarts the match with a foul? drop ball? There is not a foul and if he restarted with a drop ball he shouldn't have done it inside the PA......
17' YC to #03 SRB. Good decision.
Delete18' DOGSO/SPA incident YC to #06 ALB. Attacker has full possession of the ball, going towards the PA, there is a defender nearby.
Delete45' Penalty for ALB. Correct decision.
DeletePK for Albania
DeleteVery good positioning from Massa
OT :
ReplyDeleteIn 17.min, in a friendly match Greece - Slovakia (R : Osmers), there was a goal scored by Greece, but it was an interesting situation as two players were going for header, Greek player in my opinion didn’t commit a foul, but unfortunately for Osmers, it was scored directly with hand in my opinion, as well as offence in terms of unnatural position. So IMO not a regular goal scored here.
Massa with safe refereeing approach that reduces the chance of things getting out of control on the field.
ReplyDeleteMassa so far so good.
ReplyDelete2 correct YC's and correct penalty whistled right at the end of 1st H.
ALB-SRB
ReplyDeleteFirst half without many difficulties. At min 08' Massa stopped the match because some fans threw objects on an SRB player who was executing a corner-kick. YC at 17' is correct. The one at 18' is interesting but I agree with the YC.
Massa stayed mostly in the background with a couple of minor mistakes.
Albania-Serbia HAS TO BE STOPPED! What is this??? Albanians are throwing things and 3 times hit Serbian players IN THE HEAD!
DeleteSo Albanians can do whatever they want… No laws for them.
DeleteWell,it's not like 2014 when fans entered the pitch.
DeleteThis is much smaller incident compared with that.
Siebert is having a decent match in Finland but always looks like the game will get away from him. I don’t think he’s ever shaken off the Atleti-City experience. He’s definitely changed his style since but for the better? In games like this, I don’t think so
ReplyDeleteThat's just his style,by the book,like his conpatriot Zwayer.
DeleteIn that term,findind balance with talking and showing cards,I think Brych was the best form Germany but even he struggled when he handled fiery clubs from temperamental nations(Spain,Italy,Portugal,Balkan nations).
What made you think he “looked like the game was getting away from him?” Almost nothing happened in the game at all. He could have booked NED5 for SPA a few minutes before he actually got a yellow card, that’s it. With the early Dutch lead it was a very easy game for any referee.
DeleteGreat control from Massa so far,but let's be fair,players are helping him in the way I did not expect,very fair behaviour from both teams.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Much easier match than the one I was expecting.
DeleteExcellent match from Massa with difficult atmosphere and plenty tensions in the crowd.
ReplyDeletePlayers behaved fair which is very surprising to me given the history between these 2 nations.
Well mr Rosetti can be very pleased with Massa. Normal difficulty match, correct penalty for ALB. Always in control with only a few, minor, mistakes.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the challenge at 90’ in CZE-MNE? Arguably SFP, level of force and mode of contact (glancing?) are potential reasons for going yellow. I’d prefer a RC, but YC might be the expected decision nowadays. Gozubuyuk eventually opted for yellow.
ReplyDeleteDe Burgos possiby next Elite referee next season?
ReplyDeleteFirst steps should be a CL debut and a EL/ECL KO game.
DeleteI’m very surprised not to see Beaton in any of these games, considering his treatment this season!
ReplyDeleteHe already had a game on MD2 and there are nearly no referees with a second game.
DeleteThanks Phillip!
DeleteSadly Uriah Rennie passed away today at the age of 65
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