The last matchday of 2025-26 UEFA Champions League league phase.
21:00 CET - Paris (Parc des Princes)
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (FRA) - NEWCASTLE UNITED FC (ENG)
Referee: Slavko Vinčić SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič SVN
Fourth Official: David Šmajc SVN
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sascha Stegemann GER
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandra Pejkovska MKD
21:00 CET - Manchester (Etihad Stadium)
MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG) - GALATASARAY (TUR)
Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández ESP
Assistant Referee 1: José Enrique Naranjo Pérez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP
Fourth Official: José Luis Munuera Montero ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Robert Schröder GER
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Romano Clavadetscher SUI
21:00 CET - Liverpool (Anfield Stadium)
LIVERPOOL FC (ENG) - QARABAĞ FK (AZE)
Referee: Ivan Kružliak SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Ján Pozor SVK
Fourth Official: Peter Kráľovič SVK
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jan Boterberg BEL
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Roxana Berceanu ROU
21:00 CET - Dortmund (Signal Iduna Park)
BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER) - FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA)
Referee: Istvan Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marius Marica ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU
Fourth Official: Szabolcs Roland Kovacs ROU
Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Iain Blair SCO
21:00 CET - Barcelona (Spotify Camp Nou)
FC BARCELONA (ESP) - FC KØBENHAVN (DEN)
Referee: Benoît Bastien FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Berthomieu FRA
Fourth Official: Thomas Léonard FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bert Put BEL
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Michael O’Brien ENG
21:00 CET - London (Emirates Stadium)
ARSENAL FC (ENG) - QAİRAT FK (KAZ)
Referee: Urs Schnyder SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Zürcher SUI
Fourth Official: Sven Wolfensberger SUI
Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Piotr Lasyk POL
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Jeroen Roest NED
21:00 CET - Leverkusen (BayArena)
BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN (GER) - VILLARREAL CF (ESP)
Referee: Espen Andreas Eskås NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Erik Engan NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Isaak Elias Skjeseth Bashevkin NOR
Fourth Official: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad NOR
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Salisbury ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Andrew Dallas SCO
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Giórgos Fandáros CYP
21:00 CET - Madrid (Estadio Riyadh Air Metropolitano)
CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP) - FK BODØ/GLIMT (NOR)
Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marchetti ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Fabbri ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Federico La Penna ITA
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Manuel Huber SUI
21:00 CET - Lisbon (Estádio do SL Benfica)
SL BENFICA (POR) - REAL MADRID CF (ESP)
Referee: Davide Massa ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio ITA
Fourth Official: Luca Pairetto ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Gianluca Aureliano ITA
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Vilmos Szabó HUN
21:00 CET - Frankfurt am Main (Deutsche Bank Park)
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (GER) - TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC (ENG)
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP
Fourth Official: Francisco José Hernández Maeso ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Oljas Abraev KAZ
21:00 CET - Bruges (Jan Breydelstadion)
CLUB BRUGGE KV (BEL) - OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE (FRA)
Referee: Marco Guida ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Chiffi ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Nils Øyvind Fisketjønn NOR
21:00 CET - Eindhoven (Philips Stadion)
PSV EINDHOVEN (NED) - FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN (GER)
Referee: João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro POR
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Miguel Alves de Jesus POR
Assistant Referee 2: Luciano António Gomes Maia POR
Fourth Official: João António Ferreira Gonçalves POR
Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fábio Oliveira de Melo POR
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: István Huszár HUN
21:00 CET - Amsterdam (Johan Cruijff ArenA)
AFC AJAX (NED) - OLYMBIAKÓS SFP (GRE)
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Jérémie Pignard FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett AUS/ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mathieu Vernice FRA
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Adrian Ixari MDA
21:00 CET - Naples (Stadio Diego Armando Maradona)
SSC NAPOLI (ITA) - CHELSEA FC (ENG)
Referee: Clément Turpin FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pagès FRA
Fourth Official: Ruddy Buquet FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Irakli Nakaidze GEO
21:00 CET - Monaco (Stade Louis II)
AS MONACO FC (FRA) - JUVENTUS (ITA)
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Íñigo Prieto López de Cerain ESP
Fourth Official: Mateo Busquets Ferrer ESP
Video Assistant Referee: César Soto Grado ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: André Filipe Domingues da Silva Narciso POR
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Ánna Kapásoglou GRE
21:00 CET - Brussels (Lotto Park)
ROYALE UNION SAINT-GILLOISE (BEL) - ATALANTA BC (ITA)
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin ENG
Fourth Official: Andrew Madley ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Darren England ENG
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: David Moran IRL
21:00 CET - Bilbao (Estadio de San Mamés)
ATHLETIC CLUB (ESP) - SPORTING CP (POR)
Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Dietz GER
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner GER
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pascal Müller GER
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Maria Mifsud MLT
21:00 CET - Limassol (Alphamega Stadium)
PAFOS FC (CYP) - SK SLAVIA PRAHA (CZE)
Referee: Tobias Stieler GER
Assistant Referee 1: Lasse Koslowski GER
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Borsch GER
Fourth Official: Martin Petersen GER
Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Brand GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sören Storks GER
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Angelo Chetcuti MLT
Where is Marciniak?
ReplyDeleteI hope not injured .. Very weird not to see him
Delete( there is also a big game in Saudi in Thursday, could it be they are that powerful that they can get Marciniak?)
DeleteI mentionned that Ajax Olympiakos and Napoli Chelsea were the biggest two games and they are given logically to the two frenchmen Letexier and Turpin.Important game given to Massa as well.
ReplyDeleteI think PSG v Newcastle is up there as one of the biggest.
DeleteAppointments in a nutshell:
ReplyDeleteUEFA throws Storks under the bus after Inter–Liverpool, and Zwayer can carry on as if nothing happened, despite the many OFRs.
Vinčić gets his 6th appointment. Completely unnecessary, given that he also officiated last week.
I hope Marciniak is ok.
Exactly what we’ve been talking about for a long time - referees are not treated the same, you can clearly see the favorites based on their passports…
DeleteVery unfair for Storks to be honest
DeleteThe difference in the treatment of Zwayer and Storks is understandable to me. Storks made a mistake in recommending an OFR to Zwayer because it was never a clear and obvious mistake by Zwayer on the field. Zwayer is therefore in a dilemma in front of the screen. He has to take a decision in a 50/50, 40/60, 60/40 situation whether you like it. Giving the PK was supportable, depends on how you evaluate the situation, but the mistake here was made by Storks. This situation didn't require an OFR.
DeleteAnd Zwayer is the one that looked at VAR and made final decision in that match.
DeleteDo we know the communication between the two? Maybe Zwayer didn't see anything and wanted to see the situation after input from VAR. We don't know the details of their discussion in that moment. Storks is a great guy, very communicative also as a replay official. He was out with an injury for a long time so he gained lots of experience as VAR. I still believe that he's got a good future ahead of him. And beeing AVAR in an all-German crew is not my definition of being thrown under the bus...
Delete@Lucmas Storks is not included in the VAR list for the UEFA course in Cyprus where all “knock out phase” officials are expected.
DeleteNow I can confirm that joao pinheiro, jose maria sanchez , will be in usa next summer for world cup
ReplyDeleteAnd sandro schärer, irfan peljto will be out for me
Also maurizio mariani will be in usa
DeleteRosetti, is that you on the blog?
DeleteWho ?
DeleteYou say you can confirm it, I didn’t know you were Rosetti?
DeleteYes i confirm according the logic and the reality that we see
DeleteMore interesting than the question of which UEFA referees will represented be at the World Cup, I find the question of what impact the AFCON has on the nomination of the CAF referees. For example, is Omar Artan's sponsor slip-up so serious that he can no longer be used at the World Cup at all or must be downgraded to a mere VAR?
Delete"be" and "represented" should swap places. ;-)
DeleteHe was wearing Adidas boots, which is WC sponsor, so I don't think it would be a problem.
DeleteIs Ruddy Buquet still in the FIFA list?
ReplyDeleteNapoli - Chelsea and Ajax - Olympiacos have been assessed as the most crucial games. French referees at the very top, as we know.
ReplyDeleteI'm quite suprised by Barcelona - Copenhagen, indeed the third French Elite is there, the game is crucial for Danish team, but in reality they made this appointment rather based on Barcelona. That's interesting, because they do that when it's about teams for some countries (not that much importance to Danish side), while they wouldn't have done that in case of another team.
Some referees repeating after the previous matchday, but the most sonorous absence is surely Marciniak, if not injured it's indeed very strange, maybe for some reasons Europa League for him?
Unnecessary appointment for Vincic indeed in Paris, they could have assigned another referee, while we have the confirmation that Rosetti wants still to follow Schnyder, CL again before the Winter Course. This was rather hard to predict after Barcelona game, it seems they want to continue with him.
Zwayer gets a crucial game for Athletic, and this time with Dankert, it's easy to guess that committee was not satisfied with Storks, however, more than the video assistant referees, Zwayer didn't have a good league phase stage, differently from other referees, and I think he got this one in Bilbao because crucial for a team, but not really under the spotlights.
Guida with a crucial game in Bruges for home side, Massa with a classic CL game, but not extremely important for the current stage, Mariani with another game, Atlético Madrid at home.
Referee Observers missing... Why?
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