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

Referee appointments for the second qualifying round of 2025/26 UEFA Champions League, first legs. 

Experienced Category 1 Donatas Rumšas has been assigned to Rangers - Panathinaikos

Tuesday 22 July 2025

17:00 CET - Kuopio (Väre Areena)
KUPS KUOPIO (FIN) - QAİRAT FK (KAZ)
Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Fabián Blanco Rodríguez ESP
Fourth Official: Alejandro Quintero González ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Pascal Garibian FRA
UEFA Delegate: Oleg Harlamov EST

18:00 CET - Gibraltar (Europa Point Stadium)
LINCOLN RED IMPS FC (GIB) - FK CRVENA ZVEZDA (SRB)
Referee: Damian Kos POL
Assistant Referee 1: Bartosz Heinig POL
Assistant Referee 2: Marek Arys POL
Fourth Official: Łukasz Kuźma POL
Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Malec POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Wojciech Myć POL
UEFA Referee Observer: Hannes Kaasik EST
UEFA Delegate: João Morais POR

18:00 CET - Abovyan (Abovyani Kaghakayin Marzadasht)
NOA FA (ARM) - FERENCVÁROSI TC (HUN)
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Iván Massó Granado ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Asier Pérez de Mendiola González de Durana ESP
Fourth Official: Adrián Cordero Vega ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pablo González Fuertes ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Stávros Mándalos GRE
UEFA Delegate: René Siegrist SUI

19:00 CET - Riga (LNK Sporta Parks)
FK RFS (LVA) - MALMÖ FF (SWE)
Referee: Miloš Milanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Pašajlić SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Novak Novaković SRB
Fourth Official: Dejan Trifković SRB
Video Assistant Referee: Novak Simović SRB
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Milan Stefanović SRB
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer LUX
UEFA Delegate: Laura Montgomery SCO

19:00 CET - Ta’ Qali (Centenary Stadium)
ĦAMRUN SPARTANS FC (MLT) - FK DYNAMO KYIV (UKR)
Referee: César Soto Grado ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Álvarez Fernández ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Rubén Becerril Gómez ESP
Fourth Official: Víctor García Verdura ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Miguel Sesma Espinosa ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Ádám Farkas HUN
UEFA Delegate: Scilla Gennaro ITA

19:00 CET - Limassol (Alphamega Stadium)
PAFOS FC (CYP) - MK MAKKABI TEL AVIV (ISR)
Referee: Mykola Balakin UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Berkut UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Dmytro Zaporozhenko UKR
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Romanov UKR
Video Assistant Referee: Viktor Kopiyevsʹkyy UKR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Oleksiy Derevinsʹkyy UKR
UEFA Referee Observer: Aleksandar Stavrev MKD
UEFA Delegate: Charles Schaack LUX

19:00 CET - Copenhagen (Parken - Connected by 3)
FC KØBENHAVN (DEN) - KF DRITA (KOS)
Referee: Martin Matoša SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Kasapovič SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Matic Mežnar SVN
Fourth Official: Denis Šabanagić SVN
Video Assistant Referee: Matej Jug SVN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Roberto Ponis SVN
UEFA Referee Observer: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín ESP
UEFA Delegate: Michal Mertinyák SVK

19:00 CET - Plzeň (Doosan Aréna)
FC VIKTORIA PLZEŇ (CZE) - SERVETTE FC (SUI)
Referee: Nikola Dabanović MNE
Assistant Referee 1: Vladan Todorović MNE
Assistant Referee 2: Srđan Jovanović MNE
Fourth Official: Miloš Bošković MNE
Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jeroen Manschot NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller AUT
UEFA Delegate: Jens Futterknecht GER

20:00 CET - Skopje (Nacionalna Arena “Todor Proeski”)
KF SHKËNDIJA (MKD) - FC FCSB (ROU)
Referee: Nathan Verboomen BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Hillaert BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Ruben Wyns BEL
Fourth Official: Wesli De Cremer BEL
Video Assistant Referee: Erik Lambrechts BEL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ella De Vries BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: Kristinn Jakobsson ISL
UEFA Delegate: Per Eliasson SWE

20:15 CET - Bratislava (Národný futbalový štadión)
ŠK SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK) - HŠK ZRINJSKI MOSTAR (BIH)
Referee: Jérémie Pignard FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Aurélien Drouet FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Thomas Luczynski FRA
Fourth Official: Ruddy Buquet FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Nicolas Rainville FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marc Bollengier FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Strömbergsson SWE
UEFA Delegate: Fívos Konstandinídis CYP

20:30 CET - Poznań (ENEA Stadion)
KKS LECH POZNAŃ (POL) - BREIÐABLIK (ISL)
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Geerolf BEL
Fourth Official: Simon Bourdeaud’hui BEL
Video Assistant Referee: Bert Put BEL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kevin Van Damme BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Meßner AUT
UEFA Delegate: Hanna Bordyuhova UKR

20:45 CET - Rijeka (Stadion HNK Rijeka)
HNK RIJEKA (CRO) - PFK LUDOGORETS 1945 (BUL)
Referee: Elçin Məsiyev AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Elşad Abdullayev AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Pərvin Talıbov AZE
Fourth Official: Fərid Hacıyev AZE
Video Assistant Referee: Gianluca Aureliano ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Əliyar Ağayev AZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Alexandre Parreira de Castro POR
UEFA Delegate: Peter Oskam NED

20:45 CET - Glasgow (Ibrox Stadium)
RANGERS FC (SCO) - PANATHINAÏKÓS AO (GRE)
Referee: Donatas Rumšas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Sužiedėlis LTU
Fourth Official: Robertas Šmitas LTU
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Donatas Šimėnas LTU
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Riley ENG
UEFA Delegate: Giel Kirkels NED

Wednesday 23 July 2025

19:00 CET - Bergen (Brann Stadion)
SK BRANN (NOR) - FC SALZBURG (AUT)
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Karasewicz POL
Fourth Official: Marcin Kochanek POL
Video Assistant Referee: Piotr Lasyk POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kornel Paszkiewicz POL
UEFA Referee Observer: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista POR
UEFA Delegate: Maksims Krivuņecs LVA

20:45 CET - Dublin (Tolka Park)
SHELBOURNE FC (IRL) - QARABAĞ FK (AZE)
Referee: Ante Čulina CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Luka Pušić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Mihalj CRO
Fourth Official: Mateo Erceg CRO
Video Assistant Referee: Mario Zebec CRO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tihomir Pejin CRO
UEFA Referee Observer: Jon Eilif Skjervold NOR
UEFA Delegate: Anu Jokela FIN