Champions League 2025/26 - Referee Appointments for Play-Offs (First Leg, I)

2025-26 UEFA Champions League, Play-Offs, First Legs, games to be played on  19 August 2025.

Tuesday 19 August 2025

21:00 CET - Belgrade (Stadion Rajko Mitić)

FK CRVENA ZVEZDA (SRB) - PAFOS FC (CYP) 

Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández ESP

Assistant Referee 1: José Enrique Naranjo Pérez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP
Fourth Official: José Luis Munuera Montero ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen NOR
UEFA Delegate: Tarik Shamel ENG

21:00 CET - Budapest (Groupama Aréna)

FERENCVÁROSI TC (HUN) - QARABAĞ FK (AZE)

Referee:  João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro POR
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Miguel Alves Jesus POR
Assistant Referee 2: Luciano António Gomes Maia POR
Fourth Official:n Claúdio Filipe Ruivo Pereira POR
Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fábio Oliveira Melo POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Johannesson SWE
UEFA Delegate: Irakli Nakaidze GEO

21:00 CET - Glasgow (Ibrox Stadium)

RANGERS FC (SCO) - CLUB BRUGGE (BEL)

Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2:  Erwan Christophe Finjean FRA 
Fourth Official: Jérémie Pignard FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Willy Delajod FRA 
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Howard Webb ENG 
UEFA Delegate: Victor Marius Radu ROU