Here are the appointments for the third matchday of 2025/26 Champions League league-phase, first set of matches, to be played on 21 October 2025.
21 October 2025
18:45 CET - Barcelona (Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys)
FC BARCELONA (ESP) - OLYMBIAKÓS SFP (GRE) Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Zürcher SUI
Fourth Official: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ivan Bebek CRO
UEFA Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti ITA
UEFA Delegate: Nils Fisketjonn NOR
18:45 CET - Almaty (Almaty Ortalyk Stadion)
QAİRAT FK (KAZ) - PAFOS FC (CYP)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Cook ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin ENG
Fourth Official: Samuel Barrott ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Peter Bankes ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz AUT
UEFA Delegate: Aurel Ionescu ROU
21:00 CET - London (Emirates)
ARSENAL FC (ENG) - CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP) Referee: Davide Massa ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Chiffi ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Chiffi ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Parreira De Castro POR
UEFA Delegate: Knut Bjørn Nordheim NOR
21:00 CET - Leverkusen (BayArena)
BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN (GER) - PARIS SAINT GERMAIN FC (FRA) Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP
Fourth Official: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett ENG/AUS
Fourth Official: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett ENG/AUS
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer LUX
UEFA Delegate: Romano Clavadetscher SUI
21:00 CET - Villarreal (Estadio de la Cerámica)
VILLARREAL CF (ESP) - MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Erwin Zeinstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Patrick Inia NED
Fourth Official: Jeroen Manschot NED
Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis CYP
UEFA Delegate: Renata Tomášová SVK
21:00 CET - Eindhoven (Philips Stadion)
PSV (NED) - SSC NAPOLI (ITA)
Referee: Daniel Siebert GERAssistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel GER
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER
Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager GER
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Carlos Clos Gómez ESP
UEFA Delegate: Thura Win ENG
21:00 CET - Copenhagen (Parken)
FC KØBENHAVN (DEN) - BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER)Referee: Danny Makkelie NED
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries NED
Fourth Official: Allard Lindhout NED
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries NED
Fourth Official: Allard Lindhout NED
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen NOR
UEFA Delegate: Gijs De Jong NED
21:00 CET - Brussels (Lotto Park)
ROYALE UNION SAINT-GILLOISE (BEL) - FC INTERNAZIONALE (ITA)
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck SWE
Video Assistant Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras GRE
UEFA Delegate: Adonis Procopiou CYP
21:00 CET - Newcastle (St. James' Park)
NEWCASTLE UNITED FC (ENG) - SL BENFICA (POR)
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POLAssistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL
Fourth Official: Paweł Raczkowski POL
Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: César Soto Grado ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Terje Hauge NOR
UEFA Delegate: Antonio Talarico ITA
With 2 appointments in the champions League is kavanagh this season under spotlight from committee
ReplyDeleteWhat are your predictions for
ReplyDeleteReal Madrid - Juventus ?
Turpin or vincic ?
The choice is between: Turpin, Letexier and Vincic.
DeleteNo other names should be possible, as Zwayer is coming from a very poor Manchester City - Napoli.
Crazy good game for Schnyder, also with Rosetti as observer.
ReplyDeleteIt's still running nepotism and favouristm!!
ReplyDeleteSo very big plans for Schnyder. It seems we can easily add him to the pool of referees waiting for a promotion to Elite.
ReplyDeleteWhile Sandro Schärer is having hard times due to injuries, another Swiss can smile. We'll see. My feeling is that they have already decided. One should also add that after rather long time, Busacca last big name, the Helvetic federation is now definitely coming back
About Kavanagh, to answer Neil comment, I think he is regularly used as Category 1 referee, but without a real focus in terms of development, otherwise in my opinion he would have got different and better games and other observers. He just takes the spot, as I said before, of third English referee, but of course it's good to have CL games because it's not a given.
Another attempt with Massa, who will officiate Arsenal - Atlético Madrid. I didn't expect this assignment, we will see how he will officiate at Emirates.
One could have maybe expected a less experienced referee in Brussels, but we have Inter, Italian team, and so an Elite referee.
I know it's just an assumption, but I'm convinced. Belgian side at home agains another team for me no Elite referee (indeed, a Category 1 was referee of last game they played at home against Newcastle).
Regular path for Makkelie with this one in Copenhagen, whilee Gozubuyuk is more exposed in Villarreal, with Manchester City.
After having appeared in the last set of MD2, if I remember correctly, and bot before, now they both have already two games in CL league-phase. I'm curious to see whether Gozubuyuk will show a clean officiating in Spain.
Should be a regular one for Marciniak in Newcastle, while Siebert in Eindhoven shows us once again the attention by committee for Italian teams. Second German for Napoli after City - Napoli, in this case in the Netherlands, a less experienced referee would have ben possible, but still a similar argument to Gilloise - Inter (but the one in Eindhoven for me more sonorous clash).
Finally, Gil Manzano with PSG. It's not the first time we know, and once again, the list of referees officiating the French team is not that long if compared to other and various different choices that committee makes. But of course, I want to repeat, this is just my point of view...