Monday, 6 October 2025

2027 UEFA Under-21 Championship Qualifiers (October 2025)

2027 Under 21 Euro Qualifiers, October 2025.

Alessandro Dudic SUI to referee Northern Ireland - Malta in Belfast 

Thursday 9 October 2025

Group B
18:30 CET - Dundee (Dens Park)
SCOTLAND - GIBRALTAR
Referee: Jóhan Hendrik Ellefsen FRO
Assistant Referee 1: Dan Petur Pauli Højgaard FRO
Assistant Referee 2: Jørleif Djurhuus FRO
Fourth Official: Alex de Albuquerque Troleis FRO
UEFA Referee Observer: Gerard Perry IRL
UEFA Delegate: Péter Kézdi HUN

Group D
19:30 CET - Andorra la Vella (Estadi Nacional d’Andorra)
ANDORRA - KAZAKHSTAN
Referee: João António Ferreira Gonçalves POR
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Ricardo Ferreira Ribeiro POR
Assistant Referee 2: André Filipe Nogueira Dias POR
Fourth Official: Hélder Filipe Cláudio de Carvalho POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Alieh Čykun BLR
UEFA Delegate: Oliver Glibo BIH

Group F
20:45 CET - Belfast (The BetMcLean Oval)
NORTHERN IRELAND - MALTA
Referee: Alessandro Dudic SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Pascal Hirzel SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Müller SUI
Fourth Official: Anojen Kanagasingam SUI
UEFA Referee Observer: Pascal Garibian FRA
UEFA Delegate: Theis Frydenlund Rasmussen DEN

Friday 10 October 2025

Group E
17:00 CET - Bitola (Trening centar “Petar Miloševski”)
NORTH MACEDONIA - ARMENIA
Referee: Luka Bilbija BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Amer Macić BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandar Smiljanić BIH
Fourth Official: Dragan Petrović BIH
UEFA Referee Observer: Stanislav Todorov BUL
UEFA Delegate: Desislava Ralkova BUL

Group F
17:00 CET - Riga (LNK Sporta Parks)
LATVIA - GEORGIA
Referee: Jérémy Muller LUX
Assistant Referee 1: Kevin Stammet LUX
Assistant Referee 2: Armin Kehonjic LUX
Fourth Official: Yann Ludovicy LUX
UEFA Referee Observer: Gediminas Mažeika LTU
UEFA Delegate: Svitlana Shkil' UKR

Group B
18:00 CET - Karviná (Městský stadion Karviná)
CZECHIA - AZERBAIJAN
Referee: Jovan Kačevski MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Vasilevski MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandar Ǵorǵeski MKD
Fourth Official: Krumislav Ǵorǵiev MKD
UEFA Referee Observer: Yevhen Aranovs'kyy UKR
UEFA Delegate: Milan Janković BIH

Group C
18:00 CET - Tallinn (Kadrioru staadion)
ESTONIA - LUXEMBOURG
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Korniyko UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Nyzhnyk UKR
Fourth Official: Andriy Kovalenko UKR
UEFA Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo LVA
UEFA Delegate: Patricia González García ESP

Group C
18:00 CET - Klaksvík (við Djúpumýru)
FAROE ISLANDS - FRANCE
Referee: Peiman Simani FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Christian De Casseres FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Samu Koskinen FIN
Fourth Official: Amir Hajizadeh FIN
UEFA Referee Observer: Joeri Van De Velde BEL
UEFA Delegate: Susanne Erlandsson SWE

Group D
18:00 CET - Chișinău (Stadionul Zimbru)
MOLDOVA - ENGLAND
Referee: Bence Csonka HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Norbert Bornemissza HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Garai HUN
Fourth Official: Marcell Derdák HUN
UEFA Referee Observer: Augustus Viorel Constantin ROU
UEFA Delegate: Vakhtang Bzikadze GEO

Group E
18:00 CET - Katowice (Arena Katowice)
POLAND - MONTENEGRO
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits EST
Assistant Referee 1: Aron Härsing EST
Assistant Referee 2: Veiko Mõtsnik EST
Fourth Official: Kristo Külljastinen EST
UEFA Referee Observer: Radek Příhoda CZE
UEFA Delegate: Volodymyr Heninson UKR

Group F
18:00 CET - Jena (ad hoc arena im Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld)
GERMANY - GREECE
Referee: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Alessio Berti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Davide Moro ITA
Fourth Official: Giuseppe Collu ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Atkinson ENG
UEFA Delegate: Rachid Sidi Yakoub FRA

Group G
18:00 CET - Sarajevo (Stadion Grbavica)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - NETHERLANDS
Referee: Szabolcs Roland Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Marius Florin Badea ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Adrian Vornicu ROU
Fourth Official: Marcel Bîrsan ROU
UEFA Referee Observer: Karel Vidlák CZE
UEFA Delegate: Engli Kokona ALB

Group G
18:00 CET - Budaörs, HUN (Budaörsi SC Sporttelep)
ISRAEL - SLOVENIA
Referee: Chrístos Vergétis GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Lázaros Dimitriádis GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Konstandínos Stáikos GRE
Fourth Official: Aléxandros Katsikogiánnis GRE
UEFA Referee Observer: Ladislav Gádoši SVK
UEFA Delegate: Darko Ramovš SRB

Group H
18:00 CET - Murska Sobota, SVN (Mestni stadion Fazanerija)
UKRAINE - HUNGARY
Referee: Oscar Johnson SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mikael Hallin SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Kristensson SWE
Fourth Official: Adi Aganovic SWE
UEFA Referee Observer: Drago Kos SVN
UEFA Delegate: Bakar Jordania GEO

Group I
18:00 CET - Vejle (Vejle Stadion)
DENMARK - AUSTRIA
Referee: David Šmajc SVN
Assistant Referee 1: David Gabrovec SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Tomaž Černe SVN
Fourth Official: Mateo Tozan SVN
UEFA Referee Observer: Mika Peltola FIN
UEFA Delegate: Jennifer Kennedy ENG

Group E
18:15 CET - Cesena (Orogel Stadium - Dino Manuzzi)
ITALY - SWEDEN
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck GER
Assistant Referee 1: Christof Günsch GER
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Weickenmeier GER
Fourth Official: Tobias Reichel GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel FRA
UEFA Delegate: Paul Tompkins ENG

Group C
18:30 CET - Lucerne (Swissporarena)
SWITZERLAND - ICELAND
Referee: Danilo Nikolić SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Šutulović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Nikola Antić SRB
Fourth Official: David Matić SRB
UEFA Referee Observer: Muhittin Boşat TUR
UEFA Delegate: Sertan Kırağası TUR
Mentor for Delegate: Scott Struthers SCO

Group H
19:00 CET - Sakarya (Sakarya Atatürk Stadyumu)
TÜRKİYE - LITHUANIA
Referee: Miloš Bošković MNE
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Paunović MNE
Assistant Referee 2: Nikola Radulović MNE
Fourth Official: Nikola Cvijović MNE
UEFA Referee Observer: Asim Xudiyev AZE
UEFA Delegate: Otar Dolidze GEO

Group I
19:00 CET - Newport (Rodney Parade)
WALES - BELGIUM
Referee: Ante Čulina CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Ivan Mihalj CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Kristijan Novosel CRO
Fourth Official: Antonio Melnjak CRO
UEFA Referee Observer: John Ferry NIR
UEFA Delegate: Jean-Pierre Cassagnes FRA

Group B
20:30 CET - Portimão (Estádio Municipal de Portimão)
PORTUGAL - BULGARIA
Referee: Philip Farrugia MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Mitchell Scerri MLT
Assistant Referee 2: Duncan Spencer MLT
Fourth Official: Ezekiel Barbara MLT
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Bieri SUI
UEFA Delegate: Mario Đuran BIH

Group D
20:30 CET - Cork (Turner’s Cross Stadium)
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND - SLOVAKIA
Referee: Lionel Tschudi SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Matthias Sbrissa SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Guillaume Maire SUI
Fourth Official: Johannes von Mandach SUI
UEFA Referee Observer: Mark Steven Whitby WAL
UEFA Delegate: Fróði Danielsen FRO

Monday 13 October 2025

Group C
18:30 CET - Grenoble (Stade des Alpes)
FRANCE - ESTONIA
Referee: Jakob Semler AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Alexander Borucki AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Amina Gutschi AUT
Fourth Official: Arnes Talic AUT
UEFA Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov UKR
UEFA Delegate: Bart van Soest NED

Group D
20:45 CET - Derby (Pride Park Stadium)
ENGLAND - ANDORRA
Referee: Jacob Karlsen DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Hummelgaard DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Markus DEN
Fourth Official: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen DEN
UEFA Referee Observer: Antony Gautier FRA
UEFA Delegate: Fredy Fürst POL

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Group F
16:00 CET - Riga (LNK Sporta Parks)
LATVIA - GREECE
Referee: Matthew MacDermid SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Douglas Potter SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Christopher Rae SCO
Fourth Official: Duncan Nicolson SCO
UEFA Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller AUT
UEFA Delegate: Sanna Pirhonen FIN

Group B
17:00 CET - Baku (Liv Bona Dea Arena)
AZERBAIJAN - SCOTLAND
Referee: Saiat Qarabaev KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: İurii Tihoniuk KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Evgenii Belskii KAZ
Fourth Official: Säken Baiymbet KAZ
UEFA Referee Observer: Alexandru Tean MDA
UEFA Delegate: Envi Hicka ALB

Group C
17:00 CET - Reykjavík (AVIS völlurinn)
ICELAND - LUXEMBOURG
Referee: Ben McMaster NIR
Assistant Referee 1: Stephen Bell NIR
Assistant Referee 2: Georgios Argyropoulos NIR
Fourth Official: Shane Andrews NIR
UEFA Referee Observer: Jari Järvinen FIN
UEFA Delegate: Stewart Robertson SCO

Group A
18:00 CET - Cluj-Napoca (Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu)
ROMANIA - CYPRUS
Referee: Ladislav Szikszay CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Michal Volf CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Beneš CZE
Fourth Official: Jan Beneš CZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Nenad Đokić SRB
UEFA Delegate: Edgar Manukyan ARM

Group A
18:00 CET - Pristina (Stadiumi “Fadil Vokrri”)
KOSOVO - SAN MARINO
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic LUX
Assistant Referee 1: Joaquim Daniel Da Silva Gomes LUX
Assistant Referee 2: Dani Dias Balsa LUX
Fourth Official: Ricardo Fernandes Morais LUX
UEFA Referee Observer: Marcin Szulc POL
UEFA Delegate: Hristo Zapryanov BUL

Group B
18:00 CET - Pazardzhik (Stadion “Georgi Benkovski”)
BULGARIA - CZECHIA
Referee: Ion Orlic MDA
Assistant Referee 1: Vadim Vicol MDA
Assistant Referee 2: Anatolie Basiul MDA
Fourth Official: Stanislav Leu MDA
UEFA Referee Observer: Dimitar Mečkarovski MKD
UEFA Delegate: Tibor Vámos HUN

Group D
18:00 CET - Košice (Košická Futbalová Aréna)
SLOVAKIA - MOLDOVA
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjonņikovs LVA
Assistant Referee 1: Raimonds Tatriks LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Artūrs Šakurovs LVA
Fourth Official: Kristaps Ratnieks LVA
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz AUT
UEFA Delegate: Małgorzata Sędzimir-Pszowska POL
Mentor for Delegate: Thibault De Gendt BEL

Group E
18:00 CET - Jönköping (Stadsparksvallen)
SWEDEN - POLAND
Referee: Oğuzhan Çakır TUR
Assistant Referee 1: İbrahim Çağlar Uyarcan TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Mehmet Salih Mazlum TUR
Fourth Official: Ali Yılmaz TUR
UEFA Referee Observer: Hannes Kaasik EST
UEFA Delegate: Kim Hallberg DEN

Group E
18:00 CET - Tuzi (Arena “Besa”)
MONTENEGRO - NORTH MACEDONIA
Referee: Kyriákos Athanasíou CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Níkos Englézou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Pétros Pétrou CYP
Fourth Official: Ioánnis Christodoúlou CYP
UEFA Referee Observer: Domagoj Vučkov CRO
UEFA Delegate: Paul Daniel Zaharia ROU

Group G
18:00 CET - Koper (Stadion Bonifika)
SLOVENIA - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Referee: Samuel Barrott ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Neil Davies ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Wade Smith ENG
Fourth Official: Andrew Kitchen ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Antonio Damato ITA
UEFA Delegate: István Huszár HUN

Group H
18:00 CET - Budapest (Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion)
HUNGARY - TÜRKİYE
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Michele Seeldraeyers BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Fourth Official: Kevin Van Damme BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO
UEFA Delegate: Dorita Agius MLT
Mentor for Delegate: Scilla Gennaro ITA

Group H
18:00 CET - Velika Gorica (ŠRC Velika Gorica)
CROATIA - UKRAINE
Referee: Lothar D’Hondt BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Romain Devillers BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Nico Claes BEL
Fourth Official: Wesli De Cremer BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: Gevorg Hovhannisyan ARM
UEFA Delegate: Ion Poalelungi MDA

Group I
18:00 CET - Linz (Hofmann Personal Stadion)
AUSTRIA - WALES
Referee: Patryk Gryckiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek POL
Assistant Referee 2: Bartosz Kaszyński POL
Fourth Official: Paweł Raczkowski POL
UEFA Referee Observer: Ognjen Valjić BIH
UEFA Delegate: Miroslava Fousková CZE
Mentor for Delegate: Fernand Meese BEL

Group E
18:15 CET - Cremona (Stadio Giovanni Zini)
ITALY - ARMENIA
Referee: Gal Levi ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Yossi Babayoff ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Lioz Edi ISR
Fourth Official: Nael Odeh ISR
UEFA Referee Observer: Marco Fritz GER
UEFA Delegate: Stijn Hutsebaut BEL

Group A
18:30 CET - Castellón de la Plana (SkyFi Castàlia)
SPAIN - FINLAND
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Miroslav Ivanov BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Petar Mitrev BUL
Fourth Official: Volen Chinkov BUL
UEFA Referee Observer: Halis Özkahya TUR 
UEFA Delegate: Kurt Zuppinger SUI

Group F
18:30 CET - Belfast (The BetMcLean Oval)
NORTHERN IRELAND - GERMANY
Referee: Patrik Kolarić CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Luka Pajić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Goran Pataki CRO
Fourth Official: Antonio Melnjak CRO
UEFA Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP
UEFA Delegate: Kari Haapiainen FIN

Group B
19:00 CET - Gibraltar (Europa Point Stadium)
GIBRALTAR - PORTUGAL
Referee: Miloš Gigović BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Damir Lazić BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Josip Čolić BIH
Fourth Official: Dragan Kesić BIH
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Sars FRA
UEFA Delegate: Cristiano Ascari SMR

Group C
19:00 CET - Tórshavn (Tórsvøllur)
FAROE ISLANDS - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith WAL
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Beckett WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Harry Hendricks WAL
Fourth Official: Bryn David Markham-Jones WAL
UEFA Referee Observer: Petteri Kari FIN
UEFA Delegate: Samuel Dennison NIR

Group F
19:00 CET - Ta’ Qali (Centenary Stadium)
MALTA - GEORGIA
Referee: Jóhann Ingi Jónsson ISL
Assistant Referee 1: Ragnar Þór Bender ISL
Assistant Referee 2: Gylfi Már Sigurðsson ISL
Fourth Official: Helgi Mikael Jónasson ISL
UEFA Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely HUN
UEFA Delegate: Giórgos Fandáros CYP

Group I
20:00 CET - Westerlo (Het Kuipje)
BELGIUM - DENMARK
Referee: Mihály Káprály HUN
Assistant Referee 1: István Albert HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Theodoros Georgiou HUN
Fourth Official: Bence Hanyecz HUN
UEFA Referee Observer: Libor Kovařík CZE
UEFA Delegate: René Siegrist SUI

3 comments:

  1. Eredivisie: FC Twente - Heracles Almelo
    Referee: Allard Lindhout / VAR: Jochem Kamphuis

    After OFR, RC decision for DOGSO
    https://youtu.be/wr8F0LFjAdY?t=286

    Kamphuis took a lot of time to check and eventually intervened. The tv program that night explained what he was watching. Another Heracles player (Jizz Hornkamp) had touched the ball, so it was offside and not DOGSO? Honestly, I can't tell.

    It may appear that the ball's trajectory has changed very slightly in the zoomed-in area.

    https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/1975223674455367860

    The KNVB disciplinary committee has now cancelled the red card. Is there any guarantee that the referees and the disciplinary committee share a unified opinion on what constitutes 'clear evidence' in such footage? It seems unlikely.

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    1. I think the situation is a bit more complicated. In fact the disciplinary committee needs clear evidence to convict/suspend a player. And Var needs clear evidence to change an on-field decision. For Var the clear evidence of an offside offence was lacking (and from what I see rightly so, I can’t find the evidence either). But at the same time for the prosecutor the clear evidence of a no offside (needed to convict the player) was lacking as well.
      Lack of evidence on both sides results in this course of events (intervention needed because the initial Yc was clearly the wrong decision).

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  2. Have my doubts about Germany penalty vs N. Ireland for handball would like to see it again

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