2025/26 UEFA Europa League First Qualifying Round (First Legs) - Referee Appointments

First set of referee assignments for the new season of Europa League.  First Qualifying Round, First Legs. 

 Marc Nagtegaal NED will referee FK SHAKHTAR DONETSK - TAMPEREEN ILVES  

Thursday 10 July 2025

18:00 CET - Baku (Bank Respublika Arena)
SABAH FK (AZE) - NK CELJE (SVN)
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
Video Assistant Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Aidyn Tasybaev KAZ
UEFA Referee Observer: Zoltán Szarka HUN
UEFA Delegate: Milovan Đukanović MNE

18:30 CET - Larnaca (AEK Aréna - Geórgios Karapatákis)
AEK LÁRNAKAS (CYP) - FK PARTIZAN (SRB)
Referee: Jacob Karlsen DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Dennis René Wollenberg Rasmussen DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Esad Deronjic DEN
Fourth Official: Frederik Veis Svendsen DEN
Video Assistant Referee: Mikkel Hedberg Redder DEN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jakob Lodal Lynge Mastrup DEN
UEFA Referee Observer: Ladislav Gádoši SVK
UEFA Delegate: Mirosław Ryszka POL

19:00 CET - Tiraspol (Complexul sportiv “Sheriff” - arena principală)
FC SHERIFF TIRASPOL (MDA) - FC PRISHTINA (KOS)
Referee: Dario Bel CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Goran Pataki CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Janić CRO
Fourth Official: Patrik Kolarić CRO
Video Assistant Referee: Mario Zebec CRO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tihomir Pejin CRO
UEFA Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy TUR
UEFA Delegate: Nikoloz Jgarkava GEO

19:00 CET - Paks (Paksi FC Stadion)
PAKSI FC (HUN) - CFR 1907 CLUJ (ROU)
Referee: Pavle Ilić SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Slobodan Pavlović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Uroš Radovanović SRB
Fourth Official: Predrag Janjuš SRB
Video Assistant Referee: Aleksandar Živković SRB
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pavle Tomić SRB
UEFA Referee Observer: Sergejus Slyva LTU
UEFA Delegate: Richard Havrilla SVK

19:30 CET - Sofia (Stadion “Georgi Asparuhov”)
PFK LEVSKI SOFIA (BUL) - MK HAPOEL BE’ER SHEVA (ISR)
Referee: Ladislav Szikszay CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Michal Volf CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Petr Kotalík CZE
Fourth Official: Vojtěch Opočenský CZE
Video Assistant Referee: Miroslav Zelinka CZE
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Petr Caletka CZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Ante Vučemilović CRO
UEFA Delegate: Jovan Šurbatović SRB

20:00 CET - Ljubljana, SVN (Stadion Stožice)
FK SHAKHTAR DONETSK (UKR) - TAMPEREEN ILVES (FIN)
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal NED
Assistant Referee 1: Johan Balder NED
Assistant Referee 2: Roy de Nas NED
Fourth Official: Robin Hensgens NED
Video Assistant Referee: Richard Martens NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erwin Blank NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Goran Mihaljević MNE
UEFA Delegate: Josip Tomaško CRO

20:15 CET - Trnava (City Aréna - Štadión Antona Malatinského)
FC SPARTAK TRNAVA (SVK) - BK HÄCKEN (SWE)
Referee: Bence Csonka HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Szert HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Norbert Bornemissza HUN
Fourth Official: Márton Rúsz HUN
Video Assistant Referee: Ferenc Karakó HUN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Eszter Urbán HUN
UEFA Referee Observer: Antony Gautier FRA
UEFA Delegate: Bart van Soest NED

21:00 CET - Warsaw (Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego)
LEGIA WARSZAWA (POL) - AQTÖBE FK (KAZ)
Referee: Dalibor Černý CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nádvorník CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Marek Malimánek CZE
Fourth Official: Jana Adámková CZE
Video Assistant Referee: Tomáš Kocourek CZE
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ondřej Berka CZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Andrew Davey NIR
UEFA Delegate: Hristo Zapryanov BUL