Thursday, 30 October 2025

2025/26 UEFA Youth League - Referee Appointments - Matchday 4 and Domestic Champions Path - Round 2 (II)

Please find below the referees in charge of Youth League Matchday 4 and Domestic Champions Path, Round 2 (Second Legs).

Karl Koppel EST to referee PSG - Bayern 


LEAGUE PHASE - MATCHDAY 4

Tuesday 4 November 2025

11:00 CET - Bodø (Aspmyra Stadion)
FK BODØ/GLIMT (NOR) - AS MONACO FC (FRA)
Referee: Florian Lata ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Ergys Spahiu ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Delin Kasa ALB
Fourth Official: Johan William Grundt NOR
UEFA Referee Observer: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín ESP
UEFA Delegate: Kari Haapiainen FIN

11:30 CE  - Cercola (Arena Giuseppe Piccolo)
SSC NAPOLI (ITA) - EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (GER)
Referee: Kamal Umudlu AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Namiq Hüseynov AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Vüsal Məmmədov AZE
Fourth Official: Giuseppe Collu ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Christopher Lautier MLT
UEFA Delegate: Marcin Stefański POL

13:00 CET - Prague (Sportovní areál Radotín)
SK SLAVIA PRAHA (CZE) - ARSENAL FC (ENG)
Referee: Saiat Qarabaev KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitrii Belogradov KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksei Dolgih KAZ
Fourth Official: Jan Beneš CZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Karel Vidlák CZE
UEFA Delegate: Engli Kokona ALB

14:00 CET - Poissy (Campus du Paris Saint-Germain)
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (FRA) - FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN (GER)
Referee: Karl Koppel EST
Assistant Referee 1: Riivo Stolts EST
Assistant Referee 2: Thor Vaas EST
Fourth Official: Rémi Landry FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine NIR 
UEFA Delegate: Mark Heap ENG

14:00 CET - Enfield (Tottenham Hotspur FC Training Centre)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC (ENG) - FC KØBENHAVN (DEN)
Referee: Miguel Bértolo Nogueira POR
Assistant Referee 1: Paulo Ricardo Duarte Brás POR
Assistant Referee 2: Nélson Filipe Vila Pereira POR
Fourth Official: Stephen Parkinson ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Carlos Velasco Carballo ESP 
UEFA Delegate: Raúl Massó Zambudio ESP

15:00 CET - Turin (Turin (Juventus Training Center Continassa)
JUVENTUS (ITA) - SPORTING CP (POR)
Referee: Antoni Bandić BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Tešanović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Amer Macić BIH
Fourth Official: Paride Tremolada ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange ITA 
UEFA Delegate: Pat Dempsey IRL

16:00 CET - Liverpool (Liverpool FC AXA Training Centre)
LIVERPOOL FC (ENG) - REAL MADRID CF (ESP)
Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Brice Parinet Le Tellier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Julien Haulbert FRA
Fourth Official: Scott Jackson ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Viktor Kassai HUN
UEFA Delegate: Maurice Johnston NIR

16:00 CET - Madrid (Centro Deportivo Wanda Alcalá de Henares)
CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP) - ROYALE UNION SAINT-GILLOISE (BEL)
Referee: Anton Lašuk BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Dzianis Jemiaĺjančykaŭ BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Palujanaŭ BLR
Fourth Official: Fernando Bueno Prieto ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Muhittin Boşat TUR
UEFA Delegate: Jens Futterknecht GER

16:00 CET - Piraeus (Proponitikó Kéndro Ágios Ioánnis Réndi)
OLYMBIAKÓS SFP (GRE) - PSV EINDHOVEN (NED)
Referee: Stefan Ebner AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Höfler AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Undesser AUT
Fourth Official: Dimítrios Móschou GRE
UEFA Referee Observer: Charálambos Kalogerópoulos GRE
UEFA Delegate: Älima Jukenova KAZ

Wednesday 5 November 2025

12:00 CET - Seixal (Benfica Campus)
SL BENFICA (POR) - BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN (GER)
Referee: Sam Barrott ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Alex James ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Jacob Graham ENG
Fourth Official: Gonçalo Rafael dos Santos Neves POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Björn Kuipers NED
UEFA Delegate: Gent Gërdovci KOS

12:00 CET - Baku (Azərsun Arena)
QARABAĞ FK (AZE) - CHELSEA FC (ENG)
Referee: Dmytro Kubryak UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Vitaliy Skoblya UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Korniyko UKR
Fourth Official: Fərid Hacıyev AZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Johannesson SWE 
UEFA Delegate: Nataša Joksimović SRB

13:00 CET - Paphos (Stádio Stélios Kyriakídis)
PAFOS FC (CYP) - VILLARREAL CF (ESP)
Referee: Pavle Ilić SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Marko Živković SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Milorad Jovanović SRB
Fourth Official: Andréas Techráni CYP
UEFA Referee Observer: Michaíl Argyroú CYP 
UEFA Delegate: Mihai Marius Andrieș ROU

14:00 CET - Duivendrecht (Sportcomplex De Toekomst)
AFC AJAX (NED) - GALATASARAY (TUR)
Referee: Joakim Östling SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Max Robin Wilde SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Alexander Milovanovic SWE
Fourth Official: Wouter Wiersma NED
UEFA Referee Observer: René Temnmink NED
UEFA Delegate: Rodney Pisani MLT

14:30 CET - Martigues (Stade Francis Turcan)
OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE (FRA) - ATALANTA BC (ITA)
Referee: Thomas Gary Owen WAL
Assistant Referee 1: Johnathon Bryant WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Ian David Bird WAL
Fourth Official: Faouzi Benchabane FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Mehmet Murat Ilgaz TUR 
UEFA Delegate: Borja Bilbao Vizcaíno ESP

15:30 CET - Roeselare (The NEST)
CLUB BRUGGE KV (BEL) - FC BARCELONA (ESP)
Referee: Matthew MacDermid SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Christopher Rae SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Ross Anderson SCO
Fourth Official: Matonga Simonini BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: Luc Wouters BEL 
UEFA Delegate: Danilo Vukotić MNE

16:00 CET - Manchester (Etihad Campus - Joie Stadium)
MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG) - BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER)
Referee: Matteo Marchetti ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giacomo Monaco ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Simone Biffi ITA
Fourth Official: William Davis ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Alexandre Parreira de Castro POR 
UEFA Delegate: José Soutullo Fernández ESP

16:00 CET - Milan (KONAMI Youth Development Centre in Memory of Giacinto Facchetti)
FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA) - QAİRAT FK (KAZ)
Referee: Aléxandros Tsakalídis GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Vasílios Nikolakákis GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Athanásios Kóllias GRE
Fourth Official: Kevin Bonacina ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Atkinson ENG 
UEFA Delegate: Milan Janković BIH

16:00 CET - Gateshead (Gateshead International Stadium)
NEWCASTLE UNITED FC (ENG) - ATHLETIC CLUB (ESP)
Referee: Bence Csonka HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Szert HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Norbert Bornemissza HUN
Fourth Official: Michael Zachary Kennard-Kettle ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Calum Murray SCO 
UEFA Delegate: Thomas Grimm SUI

DOMESTIC CHAMPIONS PATH - ROUND TWO (II)

Tuesday 4 November 2025

17:00 CET - Genk (Cegeka Arena - Stadium B)
KRC GENK (BEL) [8-0] VÍKINGUR (FRO)
Referee: Amine Kourgheli BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Juryj Chomčanka BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktar Hiecikaŭ BLR
Fourth Official: Klass Clerkx BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: Joeri Van De Velde BEL
UEFA Delegate: Ursula Scully IRL

19:00 CET - Gibraltar (Europa Point Stadium)
LINCOLN RED IMPS FC (GIB) [0-4] AZ ALKMAAR (NED)
Referee: Mateo Erceg CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Alen Jakšić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Stipe Brajković CRO
Fourth Official: Jason Lee Barcelo GIB
UEFA Referee Observer: Chrístos Nikolaḯdis CYP
UEFA Delegate: Barbara Moschini ITA

Wednesday 5 November 2025

13:00 CET - Belgrade (Stadion Rajko Mitić - Youth Stadium)
FK CRVENA ZVEZDA (SRB) [0-0] FC BANÍK OSTRAVA (CZE)
Referee: Lothar D’Hondt BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Romain Devillers BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Nico Claes BEL
Fourth Official: David Matić SRB
UEFA Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić SRB
UEFA Delegate: Maria Azzopardi MLT
Mentor for Delegate: Sviatlana Hrynkievič BLR

13:00 CET - Buftea (Centrul Național de Fotbal Buftea)
FC FCSB (ROU) [3-2] NK LOKOMOTIVA ZAGREB (CRO)
Referee: Marek Radina CZE
Assistant Referee 1: David Zoufalý CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Josef Šůma CZE
Fourth Official: Bogdan Dumitrache ROU
UEFA Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu ROU 
UEFA Delegate: Yelyzaveta Stepanyuk UKR
Mentor for Delegate: Peadar Ryan IRL

13:00 CET - Podujevë (Stadiumi “Zahir Pajaziti”)
FC 2 KORRIKU (KOS) [0-4] HIBERNIAN FC (SCO)
Referee: Dominik Starý CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Lukáš Slavíček CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Petr Kotalík CZE
Fourth Official: Ersen Janovali KOS
UEFA Referee Observer: Albano Janku ALB
UEFA Delegate: Bozhil Grozdanov BUL

14:00 CET - Baku (Bank Respublika Arena)
SABAH FK (AZE) [0-5] FC NANTES (FRA)
Referee: Danilo Nikolić SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Jovan Grujić SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandar Govedarović SRB
Fourth Official: Tural Qurbanov AZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy TUR 
UEFA Delegate: Mert Tuncay TUR

14:00 CET - Tamworth (Aston Villa FC Training Ground)
ASTON VILLA FC (ENG) [1-1] KF SKËNDERBEU (ALB)
Referee: Kevin O’Sullivan IRL
Assistant Referee 1: Allen Lynch IRL
Assistant Referee 2: Fintan Butler IRL
Fourth Official: Richie Watkins ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Stephen Tanner ENG 
UEFA Delegate: Kristoffer Löfberg SWE

15:00 CET - Tbilisi (Boris Paichadzis Dinamo Arena)
SK DINAMO TBILISI (GEO) [4-3] AEK LÁRNAKAS (CYP)
Referee: Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Dzmitryj Žuk BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Husieŭ BLR
Fourth Official: Tsotne Samsonashvili GEO
UEFA Referee Observer: Giorgi Vadachkoria GEO
UEFA Delegate: Efraim Barak ISR

15:00 CET - Florence (Stadio Curva Fiesole)
ACF FIORENTINA (ITA) [1-4] LEGIA WARSZAWA (POL)
Referee: Igor Stojčevski MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Vjolca Izeiri MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Toše Icev MKD
Fourth Official: Alberto Ruben Arena ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Antonio Damato ITA
UEFA Delegate: Aian Äljanov KAZ

15:30 CET - Győr, HUN (Alcufer Stadion)
MK MAKKABI HAIFA (ISR) [1-1] FK AUSTRIA WIEN (AUT)
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Maire SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Claudio Dos Santos SUI
Fourth Official: Márió Zimmermann HUN
UEFA Referee Observer: Ádám Farkas HUN
UEFA Delegate: Hristo Zapryanov BUL

16:00 CET - Vila Nova de Gaia (Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio)
FC PORTO (POR) [4-0] NK BRAVO (SVN)
Referee: Oğuzhan Çakır TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Bilal Gölen TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Orhun Aydın Duran TUR
Fourth Official: Vítor Miguel de Oliveira Lopes POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez ESP
UEFA Delegate: Marc Van Craen BEL

16:00 CET - Seville (Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol)
REAL BETIS BALOMPIÉ (ESP) [2-3] FC BASEL 1893 (SUI)
Referee: Oscar Johnson SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Marcus Lundgren Klitte SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Runo Sebastian Robertsson SWE
Fourth Official: Ignacio de Santisteban Adame ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo ESP 
UEFA Delegate: Theis Frydenlund Rasmussen DEN

16:30 CET - Serres (Dimotikó Gípedo Serrón “Emmanouíl Papás”)
PAOK (GRE) [2-0] KA AKUREYRI (ISL)
Referee: João António Ferreira Gonçalves POR
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Ricardo Ferreira Ribeiro POR
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Nuno de Sá Martins POR
Fourth Official: Geórgios Kókkinos GRE
UEFA Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov BUL 
UEFA Delegate: Andi Zëre ALB

16:30 CET - Felcsút (Pancho Aréna)
PUSKÁS AKADÉMIA FC (HUN) [1-1] SK BRANN (NOR)
Referee: Giorgi Avazashvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Zaza Pipia GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgi Gogokhia GEO
Fourth Official: Imre Kovács HUN
UEFA Referee Observer: Zoltán Szarka HUN
UEFA Delegate: Ali Yılmaz Okçuoğlu TUR
Mentor for Delegate: Georges Lüchinger LIE

17:00 CET - Razgrad (Sporten tsentar “Ludogorets” - Gnezdo na Orli)
PFK LUDOGORETS 1945 (BUL) [-] FK DYNAMA-MINSK (BLR)
Referee: Ante Čulina CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Ivan Mihalj CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Dario Kolarević CRO
Fourth Official: Georgi Ginchev BUL
UEFA Referee Observer: Stanislav Todorov BUL 
UEFA Delegate: Sertan Kırağası TUR

17:00 CET - Podgorica (Gradski stadion Podgorica)
FK BUDUĆNOST PODGORICA (MNE) [0-3] FC MIDTJYLLAND (DEN)
Referee: Vlatko Ilioski MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Razme Bakračeski MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Crvenov MKD
Fourth Official: Miloš Bešović MNE
UEFA Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer AUT
UEFA Delegate: Luka Steiner SVN

18:00 CET - Cologne (Franz-Kremer-Stadion)
1. FC KÖLN (GER) [3-0] RACING UNION LËTZEBUERG (LUX)
Referee: Jacob Karlsen DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Markus DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Cortzen DEN
Fourth Official: Fabienne Michel GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn GER 
UEFA Delegate: Haraldur Haraldsson ISL

18:00 CET - Trabzon (Şenol Güneş Spor Kompleksi)
TRABZONSPOR (TUR) [2-2] HJK HELSINKI (FIN)
Referee: Patryk Gryckiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 1: Dawid Golis POL
Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Błażejczyk POL
Fourth Official: İrfan Çağrı Baş TUR
UEFA Referee Observer: Barış Şimşek TUR
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandr Keplin KAZ

18:00 CET - Vällingby (Grimsta IP)
IF BROMMAPOJKARNA (SWE) [0-1] FK DYNAMO KYIV (UKR)
Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan ARM
Assistant Referee 1: Harutyun Hambardzumyan ARM
Assistant Referee 2: Gevorg Shakhkaldyan ARM
Fourth Official: Farouk Nehdi SWE
UEFA Referee Observer: Jens Larsen DEN 
UEFA Delegate: Jean-Pierre Cassagnes FRA

20:45 CET - Dublin (Tolka Park)
SHELBOURNE FC (IRL) [2-2] MŠK ŽILINA (SVK)
Referee: Łukasz Kuźma POL
Assistant Referee 1: Jakub Winkler POL
Assistant Referee 2: Piotr Podbielski POL
Fourth Official: Ryan Maher IRL
UEFA Referee Observer: Edward Foley IRL 
UEFA Delegate: Helen Conley ENG
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36 comments:

  1. osmanabbot30 October 2025 at 15:44

    Good mix of appointments there, any appointments can we read into regarding the future?

    Good to see Scottish representation with IMO the best candidate out of the newer FIFA referees. Also very happy to see Sam Barrott who as I have said previously has the potential to be future elite for England.
    Also regarding the fourth officials are they nominated by home country FA? Kennard-Kettle seems to have done all of Newcastle's home games which I don't know if that's common or not.

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    1. Euro Soccer Ref30 October 2025 at 15:58

      Koppel, Dechepy, Östling and Csonka with the games officially broadcasted by UEFA. Marchetti with a very solid game as well.

      Regarding fourth official: it's normal to appoint a non-FIFA (very often future FIFA / UEFA Core) young referee based closest where the game is to be played in UYL.

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    2. osmanabbot30 October 2025 at 16:19

      Much obliged thanks

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  2. M30 October 2025 at 20:37

    OT:

    What a crazy ending in Al Ahly vs Al Riyad match for Obrenovic.

    Doubtful penalty for Al Ahly,deserved penalty for Riyad and RC for Ahly player.

    All in last minutes of the match,1st penalty in last minutes very doubtful.

    Riyad player is using his hand to the ground,Ahly player kicks the hand and Obrenovic whistles.

    What's even more controversial is that Var Jug called him for OFR and he pointed again to the spot.

    RC good decision and Riyad penalty after VAR correct.

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    1. Ersöglü7730 October 2025 at 23:15

      I only caught the last 20 minutes of that game, and even that was a total disaster. Sure, Obrenovic made a couple of wrong calls, but the players’ behavior was an absolute disgrace. They can throw as much money at this league as they want — no one will ever take it seriously if that kind of conduct toward a top European referee is tolerated.

      And honestly, who’s in charge of referees in this Saudi league? Whoever it is must be a complete joke, probably swimming in cash, because there’s no other way this kind of thing would be allowed to happen.

      By the way, the fourth official was Vincic, and for the last twenty minutes he looked like a schoolboy standing between the benches — nobody took him seriously at all.

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    2. Euro Soccer Ref31 October 2025 at 00:15

      That's the standard in AFC. Almost impossible to see cautions for dissent, mobbing and delaying the restart. Respect for officials is zero. Unfortunately, FIFA adopted this approach...

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  3. Ref30 October 2025 at 21:22

    My prediction UCL Matchday 4 important games

    Liverpool vs Real Madrid
    Glenn Nyberg (SWE)

    PSG vs Bayern Munich
    Anthony Taylor (ENG)

    Man City vs Dortmund
    István Kovács (ROU)

    Juventus vs Sporting
    Szymon Marciniak (POL)

    Newcastle vs Athletic Club
    Clémen Turpin (FRA)

    Marseille vs Atalanta
    Michael Oliver (ENG)

    Benfica vs Leverkusen
    Danny Makkelie (NED)

    Napoli vs Frankfurt
    Slavko Vinčić (SVN)

    Ajax vs Galatasaray
    François Letexier FRA

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    1. diego61230 October 2025 at 21:52

      Kuipers observing Makkelie? :)

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    2. Abdiaziz ahmed yousuf31 October 2025 at 07:15

      I think impossible I think appointment will be different completely for this

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    3. Chefren31 October 2025 at 11:04

      Abdulaziz you could write yours, otherwise it's easy just to say: "Impossible, I think they will be all different.." :)

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    4. Abdiaziz ahmed yousuf31 October 2025 at 12:42

      Yes but I think predicting in this way very difficult so perhaps it's possible to anticipate the presence of some names , personally I expect appearance of pljeto , joao pinheiro, mariani

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    5. Lincoln1 November 2025 at 15:17

      Nyberg has already been monitored by scouts like Vassaras, for example. That said, I believe the Swede will be in one of the four big games in the next round (Liverpool, Paris, Turin or Manchester).

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  4. Elliot30 October 2025 at 22:24

    Joakim Östling (SWE) recently changed his surname to Sars. For some reason, UEFA hasn't yet changed his name on their website.

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    1. Peter31 October 2025 at 01:10

      This just reminds me of former French FIFA referee Alain Sars, who in my opinion was clearly underrated, as he was never nominated for a World Cup or European Championship. In 2006 in Germany, I would have actually expected him rather than Eric Poulat with hardly any major international appearances.

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    2. John5 November 2025 at 22:18

      Ostling probably changed his name because he is a dreadful referee and wants a new start.

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  5. diego61231 October 2025 at 06:17

    A little boring and I decided to make some predictions for the qualifiers next month:

    Assuming that:
    -Hdz Hdz is injured.
    -Balakin hasn’t officiated a game since September 14 (according to transfermarkt).
    -Fotias, Saggi, Vergoote, Colombo, Derevinskiy, Van Der Eijk and Barbu are in Qatar.
    -Due to the situation in Turkey, no Turkish referee will be appointed.
    -After BAROLY, Schnyder will have a good time to "rest".

    Group A
    LUXGER- Pajac CRO (Rizzoli)
    SVKNIR- Massa ITA (Pisani)
    —
    GERSVK- Oliver ENG (Podeschi)
    NIRLUX- Frid ISR (Lardot)

    Group B
    SUISWE- Gil Manzano ESP (Irvine)
    SVNKOS- Siebert GER (Messner)
    —
    KOSSUI- Eskås NOR (Stokes)
    SWESVK- Pinheiro POR (Filipovic)

    Group C
    DENBLR- Jovanovic SRB (Ferreira)
    GRESCO- Treimanis LVA (Simsek)
    —
    SCODEN- Letexier FRA (Melo)
    BLRGRE- Bognar HUN (Jakobsson)

    Group D
    FRAUKR- Taylor ENG (Temmink)
    AZEISL- Sylwestrzak POL (Valeri)
    —
    AZEFRA- Kabakov BUL (Stavrev)
    UKRISL- Gözübüyük NED (Mazeika)

    Group E
    GEOESP- Guida ITA (Kovacic)
    TURBUL- Lukjancukas LTU (Sipailo)
    —
    ESPTUR- Nyberg SWE (Jarl Jonsson)
    BULGEO- Brooks ENG (Wouters)

    Group F
    IRLPOR- Turpin FRA (Borg)
    ARMHUN- Dabanovic MNE (Ferry NIR)
    —
    PORARM- Rumsas LTU (Whitby)
    HUNIRL- Martinez Munuera ESP (Fleischer)

    Group G
    POLNED- Kovacs ROU (Argyrou)
    FINMLT- Sidiropoulous GRE (Mecharovski)
    —
    MLTPOL- Masiyev AZE (Satchi)
    NEDLTU- Krogh DEN (Perry)

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    1. diego61231 October 2025 at 06:25

      Group H
      CYPAUT- Kikacheisvili GEO (Svilokos)
      BIHROU- Marciniak POL (Kos)
      —
      AUTBIH- Vincic SVN (Koukoulakis)
      ROUSMR- De Burgos ESP (Farkas)

      Group I
      NOREST- Walsh SCO (Khudiyev)
      MDAITA- Peljto BIH (Saliy)
      —
      ITANOR- Zwayer GER (Koopman)
      ISRMDA- Berka CZE (Collum)

      Group J
      KAZBEL- Jorgji ALB (Pristovnik)
      LIEWAL- Weinberger AUT (Szulc)
      —
      BELLIE- Sozza ITA (Szekely)
      WALMKD- Makkelie NED (Kircher)

      Group K
      ENGSRB- Mariani ITA (Sippel)
      ANDALB- Lambrechts BEL (Bieiri)
      —
      SRBLVA- Godinho POR (Dondarini)
      ALBENG- Stieler GER (Pedersen)

      Group L
      CROFRO- Fesnic ROU (Chykun)
      GIBMNE- Tohver EST (Hjaltin)
      —
      CZEGIB- Al-Emara FIN (Evans)
      MNECRO- Kruzliak SVK (Bindels)

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    2. diego61231 October 2025 at 06:45

      Well, I checked again, and according to transfermarkt, Balakin officiated a game in the Ukrainian league on the 26th... So it seems that he is available :)

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    3. Borja31 October 2025 at 10:40

      Hdz Hdz is not injured anymore (in case he was before), he had a La Liga match last Sunday, Osasuna - Celta.

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    4. Philipp S31 October 2025 at 12:01

      I think, group F should get full Elite, because three teams are still battling for second place.
      UKR-ISL might very well be a direct game for second place, so I would expect someone bigger there.

      On the other hand, SWESVN, GEOESP, POLNED, ENGSRB and MNECRO would be games, where a "smaller name" might be possible.

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  6. Walter31 October 2025 at 08:22

    According to media reports in Austria, Sebastian Gishamer will make his Champions League debut next week. According to reports, the match will be between Qarabag (Azerbaijan) and Chelsea (England). It is reported that this information was communicated some time ago by the head of the referees' department to a wider circle of people.

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    1. Chefren31 October 2025 at 11:01

      UEFA definitely not happy about that. Once again, if compared to past and I must say not so many years ago, today it seems rather impossible to keep CL assignments confidential.

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    2. Peter31 October 2025 at 17:49

      I also found the article in question (at least I assume we are talking about the same one, since I only found that one). The same journalist wrote an article last year with the headline "Does the ÖFB referees' commission want to make FIFA look foolish?" because, in his opinion, Jakob Semler did not meet the requirements to be promoted to FIFA Referee. I personally already found the article harmful at the time (FIFA can decide that on its own), and I also find it harmful this time, although the actual whistleblower is probably someone else. For me, the correct course of action would have been to immediately report the forwarding of the information. Yesterday, I also read somewhere that Arnes Talic is supposed to become a FIFA Referee starting in 2026 (subject to FIFA confirmation). I assume that he will replace Alan Kijas, who has been out of action for almost a year ("only" serving as a VAR).

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  7. Chefren31 October 2025 at 13:13

    As we can imagine, Mariani, after returning from Chile should appear in Champions League. So it will be interesting to see whether his assistant Bindoni will be confirmed. Adding an update to what we already discussed here on the blog after Napoli-Inter, Bindoni has been officially recognized by Rocchi as the only responsible for the penalty call, during the public broadcast Open VAR, where Rocchi reviews all incidents and shows referees' VAR clips. He stated that the assistant interference in calling that penalty for Napoli, the one I posted the video of here on the blog, was a very serious mistake and he went far beyond his duties.
    Following that decision, in the audio clip, by the way, Mariani had asked him, “Are you sure?” and the assistant confirmed, so Mariani really could'’t do anything other than award the penalty. After that, in the following midweek round, the assistant didn't appear at all, and he is not appearing this weekend either, the appointments were released today. Mariani has been assigned to a Serie B game on Saturday, tomorrow, only with assistant Tegoni, who wasn't in Naples because he's from Milan, and since Inter was involved, Rocchi wanted to avoid that situation (but, as big joke from the fate, there were an issue with the other assistant referee.....).
    That said, I'm now curious to see whether, after two full rounds of suspension and Rocchi's very negative words about the assistant from Venice, he will be still confirmed in Champions League with Mariani, who, as we know, usually has this fixed trio, and they are expected to go to the World Cup. Based on Rocchi's statements, it would make no sense to leave him out of both Serie A and Serie B for two rounds, only to then allow him to officiate in Champions League.
    However, as we know, there has often been this inconsistency between the two competitions (domestic and international), and we have seen referees, as well as assistants, appointed in Europe right after significant mistakes. I think in this case there could be an exception, because when the appointments will be published, Bindoni's name, at least from the Italian audience's point of view, will be hugely discussed. Maybe they will send him to a low-profile Champions League match, but that would still cause discussion. Or perhaps they will just ignore. In any case, we'll see, I’m really curious. Tegoni will certainly be there, we'll see if they replace the other one.
    Sozza could also appear in Champions League after his debut, which didn't seem to go too badly. As for Guida, I don't expect him after three matches in CL (now assigned to Milan - Roma on Sunday evening), while it's possible that Massa could return, if not now, then in the next round.

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  8. Nobody31 October 2025 at 17:48

    The Turkish Football Federation has suspended 149 referees and assistant referees for their alleged involvement in a betting scandal involving professional football leagues.
    https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/46792646/turkish-federation-suspends-149-referees-amid-betting-scandal

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    1. M1 November 2025 at 22:29

      And when Mourinho talked about dirt in Turskih League and their refs,everyone was calling him delusional.

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  9. Anass1 November 2025 at 11:03

    KNVB Beker: FC Groningen - Sparta
    Referee: Jeroen Manschot
    RC decision for Etienne Vaessen (DOGSO by handball)
    https://youtu.be/u_ZSZ7ua3n8?t=284

    FC Groningen appealed against their suspension and the disciplinary committee overturned the RC.
    It's something we see all the time, but it's still surprising!

    The cancellation of RC for Vaessen by the disciplinary committee occurred in February 2024 under exactly the same situation.
    https://youtu.be/L5SQmQIQQWY?t=113

    As I have written before, the problem is that almost no one questions the decisions of the disciplinary committee, criticizes the referees, and the referee committee says absolutely nothing.

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    1. Elliot1 November 2025 at 23:45

      Ridiculous decision from the disciplinary committee (who even are they?). To me, the goalkeeper moves his arm and blocks the ball, it's a clear handball and DOGSO.

      When a similar situation happened in England last season, Howard Webb (head of PGMOL) went out and publically disagreed with the decision and backed the referee and VAR involved. The Dutch committee should do the same imo.

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  10. Chefren1 November 2025 at 20:17

    One of the most impressive refereeing performances in recent time, now, I don't want to say in years, though in some aspects that might even apply, but certainly in recent Serie A matches, took place just now in Napoli-Como by Luca Zufferli, who officiated the match in what, in my opinion, was a superb outcome. He kept a perfect disciplinary standard, issuing mandatory cards from the first fouls already in the first half, and, moreover, he even went a bit against his usual style, which in other circumstances allows him to control matches. Above all, he displayed a strong presence, an immediate reaction to all events, self-confidence, and proactive management with the players, basically, it's hard to ask for more.
    The match remained open until the very end, with a result that stayed 0-0. A penalty was awarded to Como in the first half, a classic penalty where the attacker, in this case Morata, moves the ball to have contact with keeper; unfortunately, in modern football still marked as clear penalties. But regardless of that, it was for sure a performance that makes one regret the current state of Serie A referees, because such a level is rarely seen anymore. To be honest, I don't want to exaggerate, but this match delighted me. The 1990-born referee from Friuli Venezia Giulia fully deserved the international badge that will follow for him in the next weeks.

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  11. Forlan1 November 2025 at 21:41

    Very shortly after his CL debut, Igor Pajač was in charge of todays derby match in Croatian league Dinamo Zagreb - Rijeka.

    Several situations were controversial, but mostly the inexplicable lack of reaction towards Dinamo's captain in 77', that received only a YC after a foul and a serious of unsportmanlike conducts, to say the least. Unbeliavable mistake imo

    https://youtu.be/buQMxx4fMn0?t=498

    Also a situation in the first half:
    https://youtu.be/buQMxx4fMn0?t=250

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  12. Quilava2 November 2025 at 01:57

    OT: First assigments of (Men's) U17WC have been published by Árbitro Internacional, if there's anyone interested (not much in my case, as FIFA has abysmally downgraded the tournament's status in both format and referee selection)

    CRCUAE: Barbu (ROU)
    KSABOL: Kasahara (JPN)
    SENCRO: Véjar (CHI)
    JPNMAR: Colombo (ITA)
    ARGBEL: Lutfullin (UZB)
    NCLPOR: Chavani (RSA)
    QATITA: Zanovelli (BRA)
    TUNFIJ: Méndez (BOL)
    CIVSUI: Al-Shammari (QAT)
    BRAHON: Al-Balawi (KSA)
    MEXKOR: Mefire (CMR)
    HAIEGY: Vergoote (BEL)
    GERCOL: El-Fariq (MAR)
    ENGVEN: Dujic (CAN)
    PRKSLV: Mebiame (GAB)
    IDNZAM: Carrasco (DOM)

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  13. RvT2 November 2025 at 09:09

    CL assignments
    Eskas atletico union
    Aghayev slavia praha arsenal

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  14. John5 November 2025 at 22:21

    Matteo Marchetti ITA is wasted in the youth league ,fantastic performance in the Manchester city vs Dortmund this afternoon

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  15. John5 November 2025 at 22:21

    Matteo Marchetti ITA is wasted in the youth league ,fantastic performance in the Manchester city vs Dortmund this afternoon

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    1. Chefren6 November 2025 at 16:53

      You should watch his recent serie A (and B) games...

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