Friday, 1 August 2025

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

All Elite referees have been assigned for the first legs of third qualifying round of 2025/26 UEFA Champions League.

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Tuesday 5 August 2025

19:00 CET - Malmö (Eleda Stadion)
MALMÖ FF (SWE) - FC KØBENHAVN (DEN)
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: Fábio José da Costa Veríssimo POR
Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bruno Alexandre da Silva Esteves POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Terje Hauge NOR
UEFA Delegate: Nils Øyvind Fisketjønn NOR

20:00 CET - Lublin, POL (Motor Lublin Arena)
FK DYNAMO KYIV (UKR) - PAFOS FC (CYP)
Referee: Sandro Schärer SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Jonas Erni SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Susanne Küng SUI
Fourth Official: Urs Schnyder SUI
Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Johannes von Mandach SUI
UEFA Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu ROU
UEFA Delegate: Colin MacDonald SCO

20:00 CET - Skopje (Nacionalna arena “Todor Proeski”)
KF SHKËNDIJA (MKD) - QARABAĞ FK (AZE)
Referee: Ivan Kružliak SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Ján Pozor SVK
Fourth Official: Peter Kráľovič SVK
Video Assistant Referee: Michal Očenáš SVK
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Boris Marhefka SVK
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Riley ENG
UEFA Delegate: Mert Tuncay TUR

20:45 CET - Glasgow (Ibrox Stadium)
RANGERS FC (SCO) - FC VIKTORIA PLZEŇ (CZE)
Referee: Clément Turpin FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Erwan Finjean FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Berthomieu FRA
Fourth Official: Mathieu Vernice FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Willy Delajod FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nicolas Rainville FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson SWE
UEFA Delegate: Patrizia Friese GER

Wednesday 6 August 2025

17:00 CET - Almaty (Almaty ortalyq stadion)
QAİRAT FK (KAZ) - ŠK SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK)
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük NED
Assistant Referee 1: Erwin Zeinstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Patrick Inia NED
Fourth Official: Jannick van der Laan NED
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erwin Blank NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Meßner AUT
UEFA Delegate: Orxan Hüseynzadə AZE

19:00 CET - Salzburg (Red Bull Arena)
FC SALZBURG (AUT) - CLUB BRUGGE (BEL)
Referee: Srđan Jovanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović SRB
Fourth Official: Novak Simović SRB
Video Assistant Referee: Momčilo Marković SRB
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jelena Cvetković SRB
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski POL
UEFA Delegate: Peadar Ryan IRL

19:30 CET - Razgrad (Huvepharma Arena)
PFK LUDOGORETS 1945 (BUL) - FERENCVÁROSI TC (HUN)
Referee: Espen Andreas Eskås NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Erik Engan NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Anders Olav Dale NOR
Fourth Official: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad NOR
Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam NOR
UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin SVN
UEFA Delegate: Zaur Hacı-Məhərrəmov AZE

20:30 CET - Poznań (Enea Stadion)
KKS LECH POZNAŃ (POL) - FK CRVENA ZVEZDA (SRB)
Referee: Tobias Stieler GER
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger GER
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Borsch GER
Fourth Official: Matthias Jöllenbeck GER
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Johann Pfeifer GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman NED
UEFA Delegate: Per Svärd SWE

21:00 CET - Nice (Allianz Riviera)
OGC NICE (FRA) - SL BENFICA (POR)
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Cook ENG
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG
Fourth Official: Robert Jones ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett AUS/ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Peter Bankes ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP
UEFA Delegate: Milovan Đukanović MNE

21:00 CET - Rotterdam (Stadion Feijenoord)
FEYENOORD (NED) - FENERBAHÇE SK (TUR)
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Oscar Johnson SWE
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Knut Kircher GER
UEFA Delegate: Arturs Gaidels LVA

3 comments:

  1. The assistant referees are practically all different from the conventional ones

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    1. yeah do someone have any ideas why, top assistant didn't have time to make fit test idk ?

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    2. Eskås AR2 Bashevkin is absent and also has barely been refereeing domestically for a long time. He is a family man with other professional pursuits and interests but always performing at a very high level. I believe he might have a special agreement that he covers a small number of games and mostly the important international ones.

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