2027 Under 21 Euro Qualifiers, September 2025 games.
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Thursday 4 September 2025
Group A
16:00 CET - Turku (Veritas Stadion)
FINLAND - SAN MARINO
Referee: Seth Charles Sheehan-Galia GIB
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Gerard Macias GIB
Assistant Referee 2: Faustino Dennis Guerrero Chini GIB
Fourth Official: Timothy Reoch GIB
UEFA Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci ALB
UEFA Delegate: Maurice Johnston NIR
Group I
17:00 CET - Gori, GEO (Tengiz Burjanadzis Stadioni)
BELARUS - BELGIUM
Referee: Aleko Aptsiauri GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Davit Chigogidze GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Boris Jvania GEO
Fourth Official: Bakari Bregadze GEO
UEFA Referee Observer: Ádám Farkas HUN
UEFA Delegate: Theanó Rasoúli GRE
Group D
18:00 CET - Nisporeni (Stadionul Central Nisporeni)
MOLDOVA - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Referee: Klym Zabroda UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Valentyn Kutsev UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Korniyko UKR
Fourth Official: Dmytro Kubryak UKR
UEFA Referee Observer: Giorgi Vadachkoria GEO
UEFA Delegate: Fredy Fürst POL
Group C
19:00 CET - Reykjavík (AVIS völlurinn)
ICELAND - FAROE ISLANDS
Referee: Ross Hardie SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Douglas Potter SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Jonathan Bell SCO
Fourth Official: Duncan Nicolson SCO
UEFA Referee Observer: Mika Peltola FIN
UEFA Delegate: Helen Conley ENG
Friday 5 September 2025
Group A
17:30 CET - Iași (Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu)
ROMANIA - KOSOVO
Referee: Mehmet Türkmen TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Deniz Caner Özaral TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Mehmet Salih Mazlum TUR
Fourth Official: Adnan Deniz Kayatepe TUR
UEFA Referee Observer: Paweł Gil POL
UEFA Delegate: Emmanuelle Puttaert BEL
Group B
18:00 CET - Uherské Hradiště (Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty)
CZECHIA - SCOTLAND
Referee: Florian Badstübner GER
Assistant Referee 1: Sven Waschitzki GER
Assistant Referee 2: Philipp Hüwe GER
Fourth Official: Florian Exner GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Daniele Orsato ITA
UEFA Delegate: Kristoffer James Löfberg SWE
Mentor for Delegate: Tarik Shamel ENG
Group C
18:00 CET - Tallinn (Kadrioru staadion)
ESTONIA - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Igor Boșca MDA
Assistant Referee 1: Alexandru Sajin MDA
Assistant Referee 2: Vadim Roșca MDA
Fourth Official: Andrei Breguța MDA
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer AUT
UEFA Delegate: Jan Kořínek CZE
Group D
18:00 CET - Skalica (Štadión MFK Skalica)
SLOVAKIA - ANDORRA
Referee: Vlatko Ilioski MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Vasilevski MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Vladimir Mitrevski MKD
Fourth Official: Stojanče Stojanov MKD
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Bieri SUI
UEFA Delegate: Edgar Manukyan ARM
Group E
18:00 CET - Falkenberg (Falcon Alkoholfri Arena)
SWEDEN - ARMENIA
Referee: Anton Lašuk BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Dzianis Jemiaĺjančykaŭ BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Palujanaŭ BLR
Fourth Official: Viktar Šymusik BLR
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi SMR
UEFA Delegate: Mark Heap ENG
Mentor for Delegate: Kris Bellon BEL
Group E
18:00 CET - Kraków (Stadion Cracovii)
POLAND - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Karel Rouček CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Lukáš Machač CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Jiří Kříž CZE
Fourth Official: Jan Všetečka CZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Joeri Van De Velde BEL
UEFA Delegate: Marc Van Craen BEL
Mentor for Delegate: Peadar Ryan IRL
Group G
18:00 CET - Mostar (Stadion HŠK Zrinjski)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - ISRAEL
Referee: Márton Rúsz HUN
Assistant Referee 1: István Albert HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Gergő Vígh-Tarsonyi HUN
Fourth Official: Bence Csonka HUN
UEFA Referee Observer: Babək Quliyev AZE
UEFA Delegate: Vyacheslav Semyonov RUS
Group H
18:00 CET - Druskininkai (LSC Sporto kompleksas “Druskininkai”)
LITHUANIA - UKRAINE
Referee: Daniel Higraff NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Øystein Simon Ytterland NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Ole Andreas Skogsrud Haukåsen NOR
Fourth Official: Mathias Støfringshaug NOR
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Johansen DEN
UEFA Delegate: Laura Dougan SCO
Group E
18:15 CET - La Spezia (Stadio Alberto Picco)
ITALY - MONTENEGRO
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Claudio Dos Santos SUI
Fourth Official: Anojen Kanagasingam SUI
UEFA Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez ESP
UEFA Delegate: Péter Kézdi HUN
Mentor for Delegate: Panagiotis Chatzialexiou GER
Group B
18:30 CET - Pazardzhik (Stadion “Georgi Benkovski”)
BULGARIA - GIBRALTAR
Referee: Artem Gasparyan ARM
Assistant Referee 1: Vanik Simonyan ARM
Assistant Referee 2: Narek Poghosyan ARM
Fourth Official: Zaven Hovhannisyan ARM
UEFA Referee Observer: Charálambos Kalogerópoulos GRE
UEFA Delegate: Targo Kaldoja EST
Group C
18:30 CET - Lorient (Stade Yves Allainmat)
FRANCE - LUXEMBOURG
Referee: Jakob Semler AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Mattias Hartl AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Thomas Kaplan AUT
Fourth Official: Harald Lechner AUT
UEFA Referee Observer: Lutz Michael Fröhlich GER
UEFA Delegate: Rasmus Brandhof DEN
Mentor for Delegate: Mark Blackbourne ENG
Group A
20:00 CET - Soria (Estadio Los Pajaritos)
SPAIN - CYPRUS
Referee: Mateo Erceg CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Hrvoje Radić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Alen Jakšić CRO
Fourth Official: Ante Terzić CRO
UEFA Referee Observer: Jonathan Lardot BEL
UEFA Delegate: Tibor Vámos HUN
Group B
20:30 CET - Barcelos (Estádio Cidade de Barcelos)
PORTUGAL - AZERBAIJAN
Referee: Konstandínos Fellás CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Pávlos Georgíou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Giórgos Charalámbous CYP
Fourth Official: Dimítris Solomoú CYP
UEFA Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović SRB
UEFA Delegate: Ian Atkins ENG
Monday 8 September 2025
Group D
17:00 CET - Aqtöbe (Aqtöbe Ortalyq stadion)
KAZAKHSTAN - ENGLAND
Referee: Edgars Maļcevs LVA
Assistant Referee 1: Mārtiņš Svipsts LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Deniss Ševcenko LVA
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs LVA
UEFA Referee Observer: Halis Özkahya TUR
UEFA Delegate: Davit Datunashvili GEO
Group G
18:00 CET - Tallinn (Kadrioru staadion)
ESTONIA - ICELAND
Referee: Mikkel Redder DENAssistant Referee 1: Deniz Yurdakul DEN
Assistant Referee 2: René Risum DEN
Fourth Official: Aydin Uslu DEN
UEFA Referee Observer: Libor Kovařík CZE
UEFA Delegate: Ion Poalelungi MDA
Group I
18:00 CET - Gori, GEO (Tengiz Burjanadzis Stadioni)
BELARUS - AUSTRIA
Referee: Snir Levy ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Yossi Babayoff ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Dor Medina ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Dor Medina ISR
Fourth Official: Idan Leiba ISR
UEFA Referee Observer: Asim Xudiyev AZE
UEFA Delegate: Milan Janković BIH
Group I
20:30 CET - Newport (Rodney Parade)
WALES - DENMARK
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits EST
Assistant Referee 1: Aron Härsing EST
Assistant Referee 2: Petteri Schultz EST
Fourth Official: Rasmus Maalin EST
Assistant Referee 2: Petteri Schultz EST
Fourth Official: Rasmus Maalin EST
UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry ENG
UEFA Delegate: Þórir Þormar Hákonarson ISL
Tuesday 9 September 2025
Group B
13:00 CET - Gibraltar (Europa Point Stadium)
GIBRALTAR - CZECHIA
Referee: Michele Beltrano SMR
Assistant Referee 1: Gian Marco Ercolani SMR
Assistant Referee 2: Ernesto Cristiano SMR
Fourth Official: William Villa SMR
UEFA Referee Observer: Marcin Szulc POL
UEFA Delegate: Dominique Rappaz SUI
Group E
15:00 CET - Yerevan (HFF Tekhnikakan-Kentron Akademiayi Marzadasht)
ARMENIA - POLAND
Referee: Thomas Gary Owen WAL
Assistant Referee 1: Lewiss Ross Edwards WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Connor Philip John Thomas WAL
Fourth Official: Ryan Kenny WAL
UEFA Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu ROU
UEFA Delegate: María Medina Jiménez ESP
Group B
16:00 CET - Baku (Liv Bona Dea Arena)
AZERBAIJAN - BULGARIA
Referee: Florian Lata ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Erind Burgu ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Rejdi Zaimi ALB
Fourth Official: Kreshnik Cjapi ALB
UEFA Referee Observer: Igor Șațchi MDA
UEFA Delegate: Márton Esterházy HUN
Group G
17:00 CET - Venlo (Covebo Stadion – De Koel)
NETHERLANDS - ISRAEL
Referee: Miloš Milovanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Miloš Simović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Nikola Rijavec SRB
Fourth Official: Stefan Jeknić SRB
UEFA Referee Observer: Marco Fritz GER
UEFA Delegate: Daniel Rommedahl DEN
Mentor for Delegate: Thibault De Gendt BEL
Group A
18:00 CET - Larnaca (Stádio Andónis Papadópoulos)
CYPRUS - FINLAND
Referee: Antoni Bandić BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Tešanović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Amer Macic BIH
Fourth Official: Mateo Musa BIH
UEFA Referee Observer: Luís Miguel do Nascimento Teixeira AND
UEFA Delegate: Ingrida Siliūnienė LTU
Group D
18:00 CET - Nisporeni (Stadionul Central Nisporeni)
MOLDOVA - SLOVAKIA
Referee: Jérémy Muller LUX
Assistant Referee 1: Rafael Coelho Morim LUX
Assistant Referee 2: Joaquim Daniel Da Silva Gomes LUX
Fourth Official: Loïc Thomas LUX
UEFA Referee Observer: Gevorg Hovhannisyan ARM
UEFA Delegate: Pramila Susanne Olsen Matthiasen NOR
Group F
18:00 CET - Kutaisi (Ramaz Shengelias Stadioni)
GEORGIA - NORTHERN IRELAND
Referee: Kamal Umudlu AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Namiq Hüseynov AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Vüsal Məmmədov AZE
Fourth Official: Rəşad Əhmədov AZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Dejan Jakimovski MKD
UEFA Delegate: Loukás Siótropos GRE
Group G
18:00 CET - Drammen (Marienlyst Stadion)
NORWAY - SLOVENIA
Referee: James Robert Robinson NIR
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official: Christopher Morrison NIR
UEFA Referee Observer: Petur Reinert FRO
UEFA Delegate: Katri Susanna Mattsson FIN
Mentor for Delegate: Fernand Meese BEL
Group H
18:00 CET - Druskininkai (LSC Sporto kompleksas “Druskininkai”)
LITHUANIA - HUNGARY
Referee: Joni Hyytiä FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Veli-Matti Leppänen FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Juuso Mantere FIN
Fourth Official: Joona Kontinen FIN
UEFA Referee Observer: Michaíl Koukoulákis GRE
UEFA Delegate: Tammo Beishuizen NED
Group E
18:15 CET - Bitola (Stadion “Petar Miloševski”)
NORTH MACEDONIA - ITALY
Referee: Genc Nuza KOS
Assistant Referee 1: Fatlum Berisha KOS
Assistant Referee 2: Hekuran Osmani KOS
Fourth Official: Mentor Ajeti KOS
UEFA Referee Observer: Alexandre Boucaut BEL
UEFA Delegate: Rachid Sidi Yakoub FRA
Group A
19:00 CET - Pristina (Stadiumi “Fadil Vokrri”)
KOSOVO - SPAIN
Referee: Martin Matoša SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Kasapovič SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Matic Mežnar SVN
Fourth Official: Aleksandar Matkovič SVN
UEFA Referee Observer: Zoltán Szarka HUN
UEFA Delegate: Peter Elsworth ENG
Mentor for Delegate: Panagiotis Chatzialexiou GER
Group F
19:00 CET - Ta’ Qali (Centenary Stadium)
MALTA - GREECE
Referee: Miloš Savović MNE
Assistant Referee 1: Marko Gojković MNE
Assistant Referee 2: Nikoleta Obradović MNE
Fourth Official: Dalibor Vujisić MNE
UEFA Referee Observer: Emil Laursen DEN
UEFA Delegate: Avi Levi ISR
Group H
19:00 CET - Trabzon (Şenol Güneş Spor Kompleksi Papara Park)
TÜRKİYE - CROATIA
Referee: Bolat Sariev KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: Sergei Vasiutin KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: İurii Tihoniuk KAZ
Fourth Official: Arman Esmūratov KAZ
UEFA Referee Observer: Dimitar Mečkarovski MKD
UEFA Delegate: Ilona Tkač BLR
Group C
19:30 CET - Esch-sur-Alzette (Stade de la Frontière)
LUXEMBOURG - FAROE ISLANDS
Referee: Kevin O’Sullivan IRL
Assistant Referee 1: Eoin Michael Harte IRL
Assistant Referee 2: Darragh Keegan IRL
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Marco Borg MLT
UEFA Delegate: Peter Kováč SVK
Group B
20:00 CET - Motherwell (Fir Park Stadium)
SCOTLAND - PORTUGAL
Referee: Michal Očenáš SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Adam Jekkel SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Tobiáš Pacák SVK
Fourth Official: Filip Glova SVK
UEFA Referee Observer: Paolo Dondarini ITA
UEFA Delegate: Paul Allaerts BEL
Mentor for Delegate: Mark Blackbourne ENG
Group E
20:00 CET - Podgorica (Gradski stadion Podgorica)
MONTENEGRO - SWEDEN
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Jurgen Spiteri MLT
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Ciantar MLT
Fourth Official: Emanuel Grech MLT
UEFA Referee Observer: Alexandru Tean MDA
UEFA Delegate: Mihai Marius Andrieș ROU
Group A
20:30 CET - Serravalle (San Marino Stadium)
SAN MARINO - ROMANIA
Referee: Antoine Paul Chiaramonti AND
Assistant Referee 1: Joan Guiu Serra AND
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Braga Gonçalves AND
Fourth Official: Andreu Vilanova Simarro AND
UEFA Referee Observer: Nerijus Dunauskas LTU
UEFA Delegate: Lambriní Dimitríou GRE
Group D
20:30 CET - Dublin (Tallaght Stadium)
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND - ANDORRA
Referee: Heini Ziskason Viðoy FRO
Assistant Referee 1: Jørleif Djurhuus FRO
Assistant Referee 2: Jógvan Breckmann FRO
Fourth Official: Jákup Øssursson Mohr FRO
UEFA Referee Observer: Luc Wouters BEL
UEFA Delegate: Vaidotas Zajarskas LTU
Mentor for Delegate: Rudolphe Mannaerts BEL
Group F
20:30 CET - Rostock (Ostseestadion)
GERMANY - LATVIA
Referee: Łukasz Kuźma POL
Assistant Referee 1: Dawid Golis POL
Assistant Referee 2: Jakub Winkler POL
Fourth Official: Marcin Kochanek POL
UEFA Referee Observer: Aleksandar Stavrev MKD
UEFA Delegate: Bente Hermansen NOR
Mentor for Delegate: Kris Bellon BEL
Referees who handled games in Arabia this weekend:
ReplyDeleteUAE - Kovacs
Saudi - Badstubner
Egypt - Alberola Rojas
As for Alberola, I watched his game on Saturday evening (Al-Ahly Cairo vs. FC Pyramids) and he had a good performance in a match of generally normal difficulty.
Chefren, do you expect a promising future based on what you've seen from Alberola? And how do you think UEFA views him currently?
Deletewithout any previous qualifying matches.
I think that UEFA has a big expectation.
DeleteHe attended the Under 19 tournament and he is included in Talent and Mentor for 2025. Surely they want him as Spain next Elite referee.
So it's up to his career!
Very important to see which games he will get on next months, during the league phase of clubs competitions.
Conference League debut on last December.
I think that it's possible in case of good performance, and maybe after one or two further Conference League games, he could even get an EL debut (we will see).
En España desde esta temporada a los árbitros se les conoce ya solo por nombre y apellido como en el resto de Europa. Se deja de utilizar el segundo apellido.
ReplyDeleteEjemplo. ALBEROLA ROJAS pasa a ser JAVIER ALBEROLA
1) Esto es un foro de arbitraje internacional, escribe en inglés o usa traductor si no puedes.
Delete2) I refuse, and will always refer to Spanish referees by their two surnames, don't care about the Francoist origin of the practice and yadda yadda. Utter woke nonsense by new CTA-RFEF.
In Spain, starting this season, referees are known only by their first and last names, as in the rest of Europe. Second surnames are no longer used.
DeleteExample: ALBEROLA ROJAS becomes JAVIER ALBEROLA
Eredivisie:
ReplyDeleteExcelsior Rotterdam - FC Twente
Referee: Ingmar Oostrom / VAR: Jochem Kamphuis
RC dicision after VAR intervention
https://youtu.be/mjzgtnTU-XY?t=32
What do you think? Daan Rots would have had a good chance to shoot if he hadn't been taken down, and I think it's hard to deny that. I think the logical conclusion was for RC to call a foul. However, the KNVB's prosecutor gave up on seeking a suspension for RC, saying that the foul is not sufficiently proven.
Perhaps it's the same as when Feyenoorder Givairo Read was acquitted by the disciplinary committee a few months ago. I cannot understand this at all, but it seems that in the Netherlands today, it is impossible to prove such foul play with video footage. Well, the KNVB's referee committee, the referees on the field, and the VARs indoors probably won't care at all. By the way, until the fourth matchround Kamphuis as VAR had already called the referee monitor 3 times and forced to give 3 RCs. In my opinion, all of them were correct.
To be honest, I’m not entirely convinced this should be seen as a clear-cut foul. The nature of the challenge could just as well be interpreted as an unfortunate collision. A VAR intervention + RC feels excessive in this context, especially considering the location on the pitch — out wide, near the edge of the box.
DeleteBy contrast, Read’s foul struck me as a much clearer case of tripping. That he ultimately escaped punishment was, in all likelihood, down to Feyenoord’s lawyer and the timing within the season — the penultimate match.
I completely agree with you, as this must not necessarily be considered as a foul. However, for me the VAR intervention is 100% necessary. For me there are two possible outcomes in this situation: it‘s either no foul/play on or foul —> DOGSO and consequently a red card. In case the foul is whistled and no red card is issued, I fully expect an intervention as this is no possible outcome to this scene considering the LotG and therefore a clear and obvious error. I still think the foul decision itself is not a clear error, so DFK/RC when decided on field should stand (same if no foul was whistled). Once at the monitor the referee still has the option to make the no foul call, instead of deciding to give a red card.
DeleteAgreed on the discussion as to whether or not a foul is committed, both could be argumented Imo, but this is a clear (clear!) Dogso scenario (all boxes ticked without any doubt). So a free kick + Yc can’t be an accepted solution, which makes an intervention mandatory. Then after Ofr no foul or free kick + Rc could be the possible outcomes.
DeleteI also agree that this is not 100% a foul play, and the decision that this is a foul play is not 100% error, so it was 'logical' for VAR to intervene as a DOGSO case. Unfortunately, in recent years, the KNVB's disciplinary committee has tended to avoid taking disciplinary action, even if it is not 100% error, saying that it is 'not sufficiently proven to be foul play.' This time, the prosecutors followed that line, which is probably the first time in my memory.
DeleteAs I've written here before, most football fans blindly believe that the disciplinary committee is always right and continue to criticise silent refereeing committees, referees and VARs.
Czech Republic v Scotland. Czech penalty (very clear penalty), saved twice by the Scotland GK, on both occasions flagged for encroaching off his line. Decision looks correct on both counts, though very rarely applied without VAR.
ReplyDeleteHowever , I didn't see the GK cautioned on the 2nd retake which would be a LOTG error