2025/26 UEFA Youth League - Referee Appointments - Matchday 1 and Domestic Champions Path - Round 1

Referee assignments for 2025-26 Youth League, MD1 and Domestic Champions Path, First Round. 

Italian referee Matteo Marchetti will officiate Tottenham - Villarreal

LEAGUE PHASE

Tuesday 16 September 2025

12:00 CET - Seixal (Benfica Campus)

SL BENFICA (POR) - QARABAĞ FK (AZE)

Referee: James Robert Robinson NIR Matthew MacDermid SCO

Assistant Referee 1: Adam Jeffrey NIR

Assistant Referee 2: Brian Wilson NIR

Fourth Official: Diogo Miguel Mauzinho Rosa POR

UEFA Referee Observer: Cüneyt Çakır TUR

UEFA Delegate: Dragoș Hîncu MDA

12:00 CET - Lezama (Lezamako Kirol-instalakuntzak)

ATHLETIC CLUB (ESP) - ARSENAL FC (ENG)

Referee: Pavle Ilić SRB

Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Đorović SRB

Assistant Referee 2: Uroš Radovanović SRB

Fourth Official: Jon Andrade del Olmo ESP

UEFA Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP 

UEFA Delegate: Mario Đuran BIH

14:00 CET - Turin (Juventus Training Center Continassa)

JUVENTUS (ITA) - BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER)

Referee: Igor Stojčevski MKD

Assistant Referee 1: Vjolca Izeiri MKD

Assistant Referee 2: Darko Jovčevski MKD

Fourth Official: Kevin Bonacina ITA

UEFA Referee Observer: Paolo Dondarini ITA 

UEFA Delegate: Eduard Kindle LIE

14:00 CET - Enfield (Tottenham Hotspur FC Training Centre)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC (ENG) - VILLARREAL CF (ESP)

Referee: Matteo Marchetti ITA

Assistant Referee 1: Davide Moro ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Federico Votta ITA

Fourth Official: James Durkin ENG

UEFA Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen NOR 

UEFA Delegate: Christoph Kern GER

14:00 CET - Eindhoven (PSV Campus De Herdgang)

PSV EINDHOVEN (NED) - ROYALE UNION SAINT-GILLOISE (BEL)

Referee: Sven Wolfensberger SUI

Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Maire SUI

Assistant Referee 2: Linda Schmid SUI

Fourth Official: Erwin Blank NED

UEFA Referee Observer: Kevin Parry WAL

UEFA Delegate: Athiná Pateráki GRE

16:00 CET - Madrid (Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano)

REAL MADRID CF (ESP) - OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE (FRA)

Referee: Snir Levi ISR

Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Ben Hur ISR

Assistant Referee 2: Guy Klipper ISR

Fourth Official: Álvaro Rodríguez Recio ESP

UEFA Referee Observer: Gianluca Rocchi ITA 

UEFA Delegate: Dirk Gilon BEL

Mentor for Delegate: Karl Espen Eriksen NOR

Wednesday 17 September 2025

12:30 CET - Piraeus (Proponitikó Kéndro Ágios Ioánnis Réndi)

OLYMBIAKÓS SFP (GRE) - PAFOS FC (CYP)

Referee: Ante Čulina CRO

Assistant Referee 1: Ivan Mihalj CRO

Assistant Referee 2: Dario Kolarević CRO

Fourth Official: Michaíl Matsoúkas GRE

UEFA Referee Observer: Stavros Mantalos GRE

UEFA Delegate: Quanyş Qanapiianov KAZ

13:00 CET - Prague (Sportovní areál Radotín)

SK SLAVIA PRAHA (CZE) - FK BODØ/GLIMT (NOR)

Referee: Jóhann Ingi Jónsson ISL

Assistant Referee 1: Ragnar Þór Bender ISL

Assistant Referee 2: Eysteinn Hrafnkelsson ISL

Fourth Official: Jan Beneš CZE

UEFA Referee Observer: Radek Příhoda CZE

UEFA Delegate: Emin Cəfərov AZE

14:30 CET - Poissy (Campus du Paris Saint-Germain)

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (FRA) - ATALANTA BC (ITA)

Referee: Martin Matoša SVN

Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Kasapovič SVN

Assistant Referee 2: Matic Mežnar SVN

Fourth Official: Aurélien Petit FRA

UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Atkinson ENG 

UEFA Delegate: Octavian Goga ROU

15:00 CET - Duivendrecht (Sportcomplex De Toekomst)

AFC AJAX (NED) - FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA)

Referee: Edgars Maļcevs LVA

Assistant Referee 1: Mārtiņš Svipsts LVA

Assistant Referee 2: Deniss Ševčenko LVA

Fourth Official: Martijn Vos NED

UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan ARM

UEFA Delegate: Mamuka Kvaratskhelia GEO

16:00 CET - Munich (FC Bayern Campus)

FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN (GER) - CHELSEA FC (ENG)

Referee: Rareș George Vidican ROU

Assistant Referee 1: Marius Florin Badea ROU

Assistant Referee 2: Ioan Alexandru Corb ROU

Fourth Official: Felix Wagner GER

UEFA Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev BUL

UEFA Delegate: Danilo Vukotić MNE

16:00 CET - Liverpool (Liverpool FC AXA Training Centre)

LIVERPOOL FC (ENG) - CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP)

Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL

Assistant Referee 1: Todor Vukov BUL

Assistant Referee 2: Darin Ivanov BUL

Fourth Official: Scott Jackson ENG

UEFA Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere BEL 

UEFA Delegate: Alessandra Rotunno ITA

Mentor for Delegate: Mark Blackbourne ENG

Thursday 18 September 2025

13:30 CET - Roeselare (The NEST)

CLUB BRUGGE (BEL) - AS MONACO FC (FRA)

Referee: Dmytro Kubryak UKR

Assistant Referee 1: Dmytro Zaporozhenko UKR

Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Korniyko UKR

Fourth Official: Matonga Simonini BEL

UEFA Referee Observer: Alexandre Boucaut BEL

UEFA Delegate: Bartosz Łaski POL

13:45 CET - Copenhagen (Tingbjerg Idrætspark)

FC KØBENHAVN (DEN) - BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN (GER)

Referee: Patryk Gryckiewicz POL

Assistant Referee 1: Bartosz Kaszyński POL

Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Błażejczyk POL

Fourth Official: Svend Daa Funder Kristensen DEN
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Johansen DEN

UEFA Delegate: José Soutullo Fernández ESP

Mentor for Delegate: Kris Bellon BEL

14:00 CET - Dreieich (maxworx Sportpark)

EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (GER) - GALATASARAY (TUR)

Referee: Oliver Reitala FIN

Assistant Referee 1: Jukka Honkanen FIN

Assistant Referee 2: Olli Jantunen FIN

Fourth Official: Tom Bauer GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Jon Eilif Skjervold NOR

UEFA Delegate: Zgjim Sojeva KOS

14:00 CET - Oeiras (Cidade do Futebol)

SPORTING CP (POR) - QAİRAT FK (KAZ)

Referee: Thomas Gary Owen WAL

Assistant Referee 1: Ashley Davis WAL

Assistant Referee 2: Jordan Lee Christopher WAL

Fourth Official: Flávio Dinis Lima POR

UEFA Referee Observer: João Francisco Lopes Ferreira POR

UEFA Delegate: Raúl Massó Zambudio ESP

Mentor for Delegate: Karl Espen Eriksen NOR

16:00 CET - Manchester (Etihad Campus - Joie Stadium)

MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG) - SSC NAPOLI (ITA)

Referee: Joakim Östling SWE

Assistant Referee 1: Max Robin Wilde SWE

Assistant Referee 2: Simon Kristensson SWE

Fourth Official: John Dale Baines ENG

UEFA Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarský SVK

UEFA Delegate: Gerard Kennedy IRL

16:00 CET - Newcastle (Blue Flames Ground at Whitley Park)

NEWCASTLE UNITED FC (ENG) - FC BARCELONA (ESP)

Referee: Mihály Káprály HUN

Assistant Referee 1: Gergő Vígh-Tarsonyi HUN

Assistant Referee 2: Dávid Rózsa HUN

Fourth Official: Michael Zachary Kennard-Kettle ENG

UEFA Referee Observer: Jan Willem Wegereef NED

UEFA Delegate: Heri á Rógvi FRO

DOMESTIC CHAMPIONS PATH - FIRST ROUND (I)

Wednesday 17 September 2025

14:30 CET - Andorra la Vella (Estadi Nacional)

INTER CLUB D’ESCALDES (AND) - KF SKËNDERBEU (ALB)

Referee: Bence Csonka HUN

Assistant Referee 1: Norbert Bornemissza HUN

Assistant Referee 2: Péter Garai HUN

Fourth Official: David Vilanova Simarro AND
UEFA Referee Observer: Luis Miguel do Nascimento Teixeira AND 

UEFA Delegate: Roberts Mežeckis LVA

15:00 CET - Jelgava (Zemgales Olimpiskais centrs)

FS JELGAVA (LVA) - KA AKUREYRI (ISL)

Referee: Mateo Erceg CRO

Assistant Referee 1: Hrvoje Radić CRO

Assistant Referee 2: Dujo Sarić CRO

Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs LVA

UEFA Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo LVA

UEFA Delegate: Drilon Ganiu MKD

Mentor for Delegate: Fernand Meese BEL

16:00 CET - Gozo (Gozo Stadium)

NAXXAR LIONS FC (MLT) - LINCOLN RED IMPS FC (GIB)

Referee: Oğuzhan Çakır TUR

Assistant Referee 1: Bersan Duran TUR

Assistant Referee 2: Mücahid Adem Çelebi TUR

Fourth Official: Joseph Scerri MLT

UEFA Referee Observer: Clayton Pisani MLT 

UEFA Delegate: Roi Reinshreiber ISR

Mentor for Delegate: Sviatlana Hrynkievič BLR

17:30 CET - Kaunas (Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas)

BE1 NFA (LTU) - HJK HELSINKI (FIN)

Referee: Antoine Paul Chiaramonti AND

Assistant Referee 1: Luis Miguel Pinilla Acosta AND

Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Miguel Braga Gonçalves AND

Fourth Official: Dovydas Švėgžda LTU
UEFA Referee Observer: Nerijus Dunauskas LTU

UEFA Delegate: Ran Kohen Nissan ISR

Mentor for Delegate: Loukás Siótropos GRE

18:30 CET - Gabela (Stadion Perica-Pero Pavlović)

HŠK ZRINJSKI MOSTAR (BIH) - SK DINAMO TBILISI (GEO)

Referee: Wojciech Myć POL

Assistant Referee 1: Bartosz Heinig POL

Assistant Referee 2: Maciej Majewski POL

Fourth Official: Frano Jelić BIH

UEFA Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrković BIH

UEFA Delegate: Hayk Karapetyan ARM

20:30 CET - Ballymena (Ballymena Showgrounds)

LARNE FC (NIR) - RACING UNION LËTZEBUERG (LUX)

Referee: Dominik Starý CZE

Assistant Referee 1: David Zoufalý CZE

Assistant Referee 2: Petr Kotalík CZE

Fourth Official: Shane Andrews NIR

UEFA Referee Observer: David Malcom NIR 

UEFA Delegate: Viliyana Zdravkova BUL

Mentor for Delegate: Neil Morrow NIR 

20:45 CET - Dublin (Tolka Park)

SHELBOURNE FC (IRL) - FK RABOTNIČKI (MKD)

Referee: Ross Hardie SCO

Assistant Referee 1: Alastair David Taylor SCO

Assistant Referee 2: Ross Anderson SCO

Fourth Official: Lucas Keating IRL

UEFA Referee Observer: Gerard Perry IRL 

UEFA Delegate: Theis Frydenlund Rasmussen DEN

20:45 CET - Haverfordwest (Ogi Bridge Meadow Stadium)

HAVERFORDWEST COUNTY AFC (WAL) - FK BUDUĆNOST PODGORICA (MNE)

Referee: Jacob Karlsen DEN

Assistant Referee 1: Deniz Yurdakul DEN

Assistant Referee 2: Troels Christensen DEN

Fourth Official: Benjamin Hyla Allan Williams WAL

UEFA Referee Observer: Mark Whitby WAL

UEFA Delegate: Ursula Scully IRL

Mentor for Delegate: Jean Paul Mievis BEL

Thursday 18 September 2025

16:45 CET - Tallinn (Sportland Arena)

JK NARVA TRANS (EST) - VÍKINGUR (FRO)

Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta NOR

Assistant Referee 1: Alf Olav Rossland NOR

Assistant Referee 2: Aleksander Jæger NOR

Fourth Official: Tanel Üprus EST

UEFA Referee Observer: Petteri Kari FIN 

UEFA Delegate: Oliver Glibo BIH

Friday 26 September 2025

13:00 CET - Shymkent (Namys Stadion)

ORDABASY FK (KAZ) - FK DYNAMA-MINSK (BLR)

Referee: Kamal Umudlu AZE

Assistant Referee 1: Namiq Hüseynov AZE

Assistant Referee 2: Rəhman İmami AZE

Fourth Official: Säken Baiymbet KAZ

UEFA Referee Observer:

UEFA Delegate: