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

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

Rade Obrenovič SVN is among the referees closely followed by committee 

Tuesday 29 July 2025

17:00 CET - Almaty (Almaty Ortalyq Stadion)

QAİRAT FK (KAZ) - KUPS KUOPIO (FIN)

Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL

Assistant Referee 1: Miroslav Ivanov BUL

Assistant Referee 2: Petar Mitrev BUL

Fourth Official: Kristiyan Kolev BUL

Video Assistant Referee: Dragomir Draganov BUL

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nikola Popov BUL

UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski POL

UEFA Delegate: Fiona Pförtke GER

20:00 CET - Lublin, POL (Motor Lublin Arena)

FK DYNAMO KYIV (UKR) - ĦAMRUN SPARTANS FC (MLT)

Referee: Jakob Alexander Sundberg DEN

Assistant Referee 1: Victor Skovbæk Skytte DEN

Assistant Referee 2: Jesper Dahl DEN

Fourth Official: Lasse Læbel Graagaard DEN

Video Assistant Referee: Jakob Kehlet DEN

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jonas Hedegaard Hansen DEN

UEFA Referee Observer: Stávros Tritsónis GRE

UEFA Delegate: Diana Bulgaru MDA

20:00 CET - Pristina (Stadiumi “Fadil Vokrri”)

KF DRITA (KOS) - FC KØBENHAVN (DEN)

Referee: Miguel Bértolo Nogueira POR

Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Miguel Alves de Jesus POR

Assistant Referee 2: Hugo André Pires Ribeiro POR

Fourth Official: Ricardo Jorge Antunes Roque Baixinho POR

Video Assistant Referee: Hélder Miguel de Azevedo Malheiro POR

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho POR

UEFA Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer GER

UEFA Delegate: Rudolf Řepka CZE

21:00 CET - Belgrade (Stadion Rajko Mitić)

FK CRVENA ZVEZDA (SRB) - LINCOLN RED IMPS FC (GIB)

Referee: António Emanuel de Carvalho Nobre POR

Assistant Referee 1: Nélson Filipe Vila Pereira POR

Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Ricardo Ferreira Ribeiro POR

Fourth Official: José Armando Torres Bessa POR

Video Assistant Referee: Fábio Oliveira de Melo POR

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bruno Alexandre da Silva Esteves POR

UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson SWE

UEFA Delegate: Andrey Medintsev BUL

21:00 CET - Mostar (Stadion HŠK Zrinjski)

HŠK ZRINJSKI MOSTAR (BIH) - ŠK SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK)

Referee: Arda Kardeşler TUR

Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Emin Tuğral TUR

Assistant Referee 2: Süleyman Özay TUR

Fourth Official: Cihan Aydın TUR

Video Assistant Referee: Onur Özütoprak TUR

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erkan Engin TUR

UEFA Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov UKR

UEFA Delegate: Stijn Hutsebaut BEL

Wednesday 30 July 2025

18:00 CET - Baku (Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika Stadionu)

QARABAĞ FK (AZE) - SHELBOURNE FC (IRL)

Referee: Andrea Colombo ITA

Assistant Referee 1: Stefano Alassio ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Dario Cecconi ITA

Fourth Official: Kevin Bonacina ITA

Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Doveri ITA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Paterna ITA

UEFA Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu ROU

UEFA Delegate: Tamar Chichinadze GEO

19:00 CET - Malmö (Eleda Stadion)

MALMÖ FF (SWE) - FK RFS (LVA)

Referee: Joey Kooij NED

Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED

Assistant Referee 2: Dyon Fikkert NED

Fourth Official: Jannick van der Laan NED

Video Assistant Referee: Richard Martens NED

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erwin Blank NED

UEFA Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn GER

UEFA Delegate:

19:30 CET - Razgrad (Huvepharma Arena)

PFK LUDOGORETS 1945 (BUL) - HNK RIJEKA (CRO)

Referee: John Beaton SCO

Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie SCO

Assistant Referee 2: Graeme Stewart SCO

Fourth Official: Calum Scott SCO

Video Assistant Referee: Steven McLean SCO

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kevin Clancy SCO

UEFA Referee Observer: Gediminas Mažeika LTU

UEFA Delegate: Tanya Gravina MLT

19:30 CET - Bucharest (Stadionul Steaua)

FC FCSB (ROU) - KF SHKËNDIJA (MKD)

Referee: Oleksiy Derevinsʹkyy UKR

Assistant Referee 1: Viktor Matyash UKR

Assistant Referee 2: Oleksiy Myronov UKR

Fourth Official: Dmytro Panchyshyn UKR

Video Assistant Referee: Mykola Balakin UKR

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Denys Shurman UKR

UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Hansson SWE

UEFA Delegate: Richard Havrilla SVK

20:00 CET - Bačka Topola, SRB (TSC Arena)

MK MAKKABI TEL AVIV (ISR) - PAFOS FC (CYP)

Referee: Radu Marian Petrescu ROU

Assistant Referee 1: Radu Adrian Ștefan Ghinguleac ROU

Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu ROU

Fourth Official: Andrei Florin Chivulete ROU

Video Assistant Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hațegan ROU

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Cristina Mariana Trandafir ROU

UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter SUI

UEFA Delegate: István Huszár HUN

20:00 CET - Budapest (Groupama Aréna)

FERENCVÁROSI TC (HUN) - NOA FA (ARM)

Referee: Robert Jones ENG

Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Robathan ENG

Assistant Referee 2: Craig Taylor ENG

Fourth Official: Andrew Kitchen ENG

Video Assistant Referee: John Brooks ENG

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Steve Meredith ENG

UEFA Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić SRB

UEFA Delegate: Sviatlana Hrynkievič BLR

20:00 CET - Athens (Olymbiakó Athlitikó Kéntro Athinón "Spýros Loúis")

PANATHINAÏKÓS AO (GRE) - RANGERS FC (SCO)

Referee: Simone Sozza ITA

Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Marcello Rossi ITA

Fourth Official: Giovanni Ayroldi ITA

Video Assistant Referee: Valerio Marini ITA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rosario Abisso ITA

UEFA Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci ALB

UEFA Delegate: Armen Minasyan ARM

20:30 CET - Kópavogur (Kópavogsvöllur)

BREIÐABLIK (ISL) - KKS LECH POZNAŃ (POL)

Referee: Adam Ladebäck SWE

Assistant Referee 1: Niklas Nyberg SWE

Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Yng SWE

Fourth Official: Erik Mattsson SWE

Video Assistant Referee: Jeroen Manschot NED

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti NED

UEFA Referee Observer: William Young SCO

UEFA Delegate: Damien Mollard SUI

20:45 CET - Salzburg (Red Bull Arena)

FC SALZBURG (AUT) - SK BRANN (NOR)

Referee: Rade Obrenovič SVN

Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik SVN

Assistant Referee 2: Grega Kordež SVN

Fourth Official: David Šmajc SVN

Video Assistant Referee: Asmir Sagrković SVN

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dragoslav Perič SVN

UEFA Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel GER

UEFA Delegate: Michael O’Brien ENG

21:00 CET - Geneva (Stade de Genève)

SERVETTE FC (SUI) - FC VIKTORIA PLZEŇ (CZE)

Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP

Assistant Referee 1: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP

Assistant Referee 2: Fabián Blanco Rodríguez ESP

Fourth Official: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos ESP

Video Assistant Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez ESP

UEFA Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís CYP

UEFA Delegate: Targo Kaldoja EST