2025/26 FIFA WC European Qualifiers - Referee Appointments MD5 (September 2025)

2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers, September 2025. 

Thursday 4 September 2025

Group J

16:00 CET - Astana (Astana Arena)

KAZAKHSTAN - WALES

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: César Soto Grado ESP

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP

UEFA Referee Observer: Cüneyt Çakır TUR

UEFA Delegate: Zaur Hacı-Məhərrəmov AZE

Group E

18:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadzis Dinamo Arena)

GEORGIA - TÜRKİYE

Referee: Davide Massa ITA 

Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio ITA

Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA 

Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Doveri ITA 

UEFA Referee Observer: Stéphane Lannoy FRA

UEFA Delegate: Jaroslav Doležal CZE

Group G

18:00 CET - Kaunas (Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas)

LITHUANIA - MALTA

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili GEO

Assistant Referee 1: Levan Varamishvili GEO

Assistant Referee 2: Zaza Pipia GEO 

Fourth Official: Goga Kikacheishvili GEO

Video Assistant Referee: Tamás Bognár HUN

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bakur Ninua GEO

UEFA Referee Observer: Ognjen Valjić BIH

UEFA Delegate: Olivier Chovaux FRA

Group A

20:45 CET - Bratislava (Národný futbalový štadión)

SLOVAKIA - GERMANY

Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük NED

Assistant Referee 1: Erwin Zeinstra NED

Assistant Referee 2: Patrick Inia NED

Fourth Official: Joey Kooij NED

Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erwin Blank NED 

UEFA Referee Observer: Carlos Velasco Carballo ESP 

UEFA Delegate: Jonathan Leese ENG

Group A

20:45 CET - Luxembourg (Stade de Luxembourg)

LUXEMBOURG - NORTHERN IRELAND

Referee: Andris Treimanis LVA

Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis LVA

Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs LVA

Fourth Official: Edgars Maļcevs LVA

Video Assistant Referee: Kristaps Ratnieks LVA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Vitālijs Spasjonņikovs LVA

UEFA Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo ESP

UEFA Delegate: Sergei Hohlov-Simson EST

Group E

20:45 CET - Sofia (Natsionalen Stadion “Vasil Levski”)

BULGARIA - SPAIN

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: Konrad Plautz AUT

UEFA Delegate: Knut Bjørn Nordheim NOR

Group G

20:45 CET - Rotterdam (Stadion Feijenoord)

NETHERLANDS - POLAND

Referee: Simone Sozza ITA

Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Giovanni Baccini ITA 

Fourth Official: Matteo Marchetti ITA

Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Gianluca Aureliano ITA 

UEFA Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos CRO

UEFA Delegate: Neil Morrow NIR

Group J

20:45 CET - Vaduz (Rheinpark Stadion)

LIECHTENSTEIN - BELGIUM

Referee: Morten Krogh Hansen DEN

Assistant Referee 1: Dennis René Wollenberg Rasmussen DEN

Assistant Referee 2: Steffen Beck Bramsen DEN

Fourth Official: Mikkel Hedberg Redder DEN

Video Assistant Referee: Jonas Hedegaard Hansen DEN

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sandi Dhia Jirjis Putros DEN

UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Atkinson ENG 

UEFA Delegate: Łukasz Sojski POL

Friday 5 September 2025

Group B

20:45 CET - Basel (St. Jakob-Park)

SWITZERLAND - KOSOVO

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UEFA Referee Observer: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín ESP

UEFA Delegate: Charles Schaack LUX

Group B

20:45 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)

SLOVENIA - SWEDEN

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UEFA Referee Observer: Pascal Garibian FRA

UEFA Delegate: Róbert Birgir Agnarsson ISL

Group C

20:45 CET - Copenhagen (Parken – Connected by 3)

DENMARK - SCOTLAND

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UEFA Referee Observer: Viktor Kassai HUN

UEFA Delegate: Mauro Tonolini ITA

Group C

20:45 CET - Piraeus (Stádio Geórgios Karaïskákis)

GREECE - BELARUS

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UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Johannesson SWE

UEFA Delegate: Hristo Zapryanov BUL

Group D

20:45 CET - Wrocław, POL (Tarczyński Arena Wrocław)

UKRAINE - FRANCE

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UEFA Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif ISR

UEFA Delegate: Alojzije Šupraha CRO

Group D

20:45 CET - Reykjavík (Laugardalsvöllur)

ICELAND - AZERBAIJAN

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UEFA Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller AUT

UEFA Delegate: Marvin Robinson ENG

Group I

20:45 CET - Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)

MOLDOVA - ISRAEL

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UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan ARM

UEFA Delegate: Hanna Bordyuhova UKR

Group I

20:45 CET - Bergamo (Stadio di Bergamo)

ITALY - ESTONIA

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UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin SVN

UEFA Delegate: Gerard Lawlor NIR

Group L

20:45 CET - Podgorica (Gradski stadion Podgorica)

MONTENEGRO - CZECHIA

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UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski POL

UEFA Delegate: Edgars Pukinsks LVA

Group L

20:45 CET - Tórshavn (Tórsvøllur)

FAROE ISLANDS - CROATIA

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UEFA Referee Observer: Sascha Amhof SUI

UEFA Delegate: Paul Tompkins ENG