2025/26 UEFA Youth League - Referee Appointments for Round of 16

Appointments of match officials in charge of Youth League Round of 16. 

Igor Stojčevski MKD will referee Real Madrid - Chelsea 

ROUND OF 16

Tuesday 24 February 2026

14:00 CET - Milan (KONAMI Youth Development Centre in Memory of Giacinto Facchetti) 
FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA) - REAL BETIS BALOMPIÉ (ESP)
Referee: Joey Kooij NED
Assistant Referee 1: Dyon Fikkert NED
Assistant Referee 2: Murat Kücükerbir NED
Fourth Official: Kevin Bonacina ITA 
UEFA Referee Observer: 
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16:00 CET - Dreieich (Sportpark Dreieich)
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (GER) - SPORTING CP (POR) 
Referee: Samuel Barrott ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Alex James ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Jacob Graham ENG
Fourth Official: Tom Bauer GER 
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Wednesday 25 February 2026

14:00 CET - Poissy (Campus du Paris Saint-Germain)
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (FRA) - HJJK HELSINKI (FIN) 
Referee: Miloš Milanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Antić SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Novak Novaković SRB
Fourth Official: Aurélien Petit  FRA
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16:00 CET - Seixal (Benfica Campus)
SL BENFICA (POR) - AZ ALKMAAR (NED) 
Referee: Antoni Bandić BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Amir Kadić BIH 
Assistant Referee 2: Nebojša Žugić BIH
Fourth Official: 
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16:00 CET - Madrid (Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano)
REAL MADRID CF (ESP) - CHELSEA FC (ENG) 
Referee: Igor Stojčevski MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Vjolca Izeiri MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Filip Ickovski MKD
Fourth Official: Álvaro Rodríguez Recio ESP
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16:00 CET - Žilina (Štadión MŠK Žilina)
MŠK ŽILINA (SVK) - CLUB BRUGGE KV (BEL) 
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Petar Mitrev BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Todor Vukov BUL
Fourth Official: Matej Choreň SVK
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16:00 CET - Alcalá de Henares (Centro Deportivo Alcalá de Henares)
CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP) - MK MAKKABI HAIFA (ISR)
Referee: Ishmael Barbara MLT
Assistant Referee 1: James Muscat MLT
Assistant Referee 2: Duncan Spencer MLT 
Fourth Official: Luis Enrique Morona Del Campo ESP
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17:00 CET - Vila-real (Mini Estadi de la Ciutat Esportiva del Villarreal CF)
VILLARREAL CF (ESP) - LEGIA WARSZAWA (POL) 
Referee: Edgars Maļcevs LVA
Assistant Referee 1: Mārtiņš Svipsts LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Deniss Ševcenko LVA
Fourth Official: Borja Guijarro Colomer ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: 
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