Referee assignments, October 2025 friendlies.
Wednesday 8 October 2025
19:00 CET - Gibraltar (Europa Point Stadium)
GIBRALTAR - NEW CALEDONIA
Referee: Michele Beltrano SMR
Assistant Referee 1: Gian Marco Ercolani SMR
Assistant Referee 2: Ernesto Cristiano SMR
Fourth Official: José Antonio Delgado García GIB
Thursday 9 October 2025
20:00 CET - Bucharest (Arena Națională)
ROMANIA - MOLDOVA
Referee: Ishmael Barbara MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Duncan Sultana MLT
Assistant Referee 2: Luke Portelli MLT
Fourth Official: Andrei Chivulete ROU
20:45 CET - London (Wembley Stadium)
ENGLAND - WALES
Referee: Urs Schnyder SUIAssistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Zürcher SUI
Fourth Official: Sven Wolfensberger SUI
Video Assistant Referee: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Michèle Schmölzer SUI
20:45 CET - Chorzów (Stadion Śląski)
POLAND - NEW ZEALAND
Referee: Erik Lambrechts BELAssistant Referee 1: Jo de Weirdt BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Romain Devillers BEL
Fourth Official: Kevin Van Damme BEL
Video Assistant Referee: Jan Boterberg BEL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ella De Vries BEL
Sunday 12 October 2025
19:00 CET - Ta’ Qali (National Stadium)
MALTA - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs LVAAssistant Referee 1: Raimonds Tatriks LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Arturs Šakurovs LVA
Fourth Official: Matthew De Gabriele MLT
Monday 13 October 2025
18:00 CET - Podgorica (Gradski stadion Podgorica)
MONTENEGRO - LIECHTENSTEIN
Referee: Igor Stojchevski MKDAssistant Referee 1: Goce Petreski MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Vjolca Izeiri MKD
Fourth Official: Miloš Savović MNE
Tuesday 14 October 2025
18:00 CET - Oslo (Ullevaal Stadion)
NORWAY - NEW ZEALAND
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic ROU
Assistant Referee 1:Valentin Avram ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandru Cerei ROU
Fourth Official: Florin Andrei ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandru Cerei ROU
Fourth Official: Florin Andrei ROU
Video Assistant Referee: Sebastian Colţescu ROU
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Iulian Dima ROU
19:00 CET - Tirana (Air Albania Stadium)
ALBANIA - JORDAN
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Jonas Erni SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Müller SUI
Fourth Official: Juxhin Xhaja ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Jonas Erni SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Müller SUI
Fourth Official: Juxhin Xhaja ALB
For England - Wales, Nicholas Walsh would theoretically be an option, since Scots are otherwise never allowed to officiate matches involving British teams.
ReplyDeleteOT: Soto Grado is undobut, No 1 Spanish currently. Fourth time i watch him this season, and i always saw consistent performance, tonight, with full control,players accepted him, three excellent penalty appeals as no penalty decided, vsry good red card to Lenglet.
ReplyDeleteI have seen he was badly rated in Sevilla Villareal game
DeleteBadly rated where? In the newspaper? :D
DeletePOL-NZL
ReplyDeleteVAR: Quentin Pirard (BEL), as Jan Boterberg is appointed the same day as Frappart’s AVAR.
Dabanovic will referee two friendlies of Russia in a row
ReplyDeleteIt seems like the first European ref to referee Russia after 2022, doesn't it?
DeleteI think so. I checked the assignments for Russia friendlies in past months, they were always against AFC national teams and with AFC referees.
Deleteregarding the teams, there were also CONCACAF and CAF teams
DeleteLast year, Arda Kardesler from Turkey did a Russia vs Serbia friendly.
DeleteI remember he got assigned to Kryvbas vs Betis Conference playoff game a few months later and the Ukrainian team officially complained.
Ismail Elfath with MEXCOL tonight, seems like he’s back.
ReplyDeleteHopefully, just in time for WC.