Europa Conference League 2025/26 - Referee Appointments - Round of 16 (First Legs)

2025/26 UEFA Europa Conference League, referee appointments for Round of 16 (First Legs).  

Thursday 12 March 2026

18:45 CET - Poznań (Stadion Poznań)

KKS LECH POZNAŃ (POL) - SHAKHTAR DONETSK (UKR)

Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR 

Assistant Referee 1: Anders Olav Dale NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Jørgen Rønning Valstadsve NOR
Fourth Official: Daniel Higraff NOR
Video Assistant Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes NOR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marius Lien NOR
UEFA Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis CYP

UEFA Delegate: Vito Di Gioia ITA 

18:45 CET - Alkmaar (AZ Stadion) 

AZ ALKMAAR (NED) - AC SPARTA PRAHA (CZE)

Referee: Sebastian Gishamer AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Santino Schreiner AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Roland Brandner AUT
Fourth Official: Walter Altmann AUT
Video Assistant Referee: Manuel Schuettengruber AUT
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alan Kijas AUT

UEFA Referee Observer: Paolo Valeri ITA

UEFA Delegate: Scott Struthers SCO 

18:45 CET - Samsun (Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadyumu)

SAMSUNSPOR (TUR) - RAYO VALLECANO DE MADRID (ESP) 

Referee: Marian Barbu ROU

Assistant Referee 1: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Adrian Vornicu ROU
Fourth Official: Sebastian Colţescu ROU
Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Popa ROU
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marcel Birsan ROU

UEFA Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann SUI 

UEFA Delegate: Kuanysh Kanapyanov KAZ

18:45 CET - Rijeka (Stadion HNK Rijeka)

HNK RIJEKA (CRO) - RC STRASBOURG ALSACE (FRA) 

Referee: Vassilis Fotias GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Meintanas GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Michail Papadakis GRE
Fourth Official: Alexandros Tsakalidis GRE
Video Assistant Referee: Angelos Evangelou GRE
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Athanasios Tzilos GRE

UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Johannesson SWE 

UEFA Delegate: Aleksandra Pejkovska MKD

21:00 CET - London (Selhurst Park)

CRYSTAL PALACE FC (ENG)  - AEK LÁRNAKAS (CYP)

Referee: Igor Pajač CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Bojan Zobenica CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Mihalj CRO
Fourth Official: Dario Bel CRO
Video Assistant Referee: Ivan Bebek CRO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fran Jović CRO

UEFA Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine NIR 

UEFA Delegate: Patrick Bonacker GER

21:00 CET - Florence (Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi) 

ACF FIORENTINA (ITA) -  RKS RAKÓW CZĘSTOCHOWA (POL) 

Referee: Georgi Kabakov BUL 

Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov BUL

Assistant Referee 2: Martin Venev BUL 

Fourth Official: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL
Video Assistant Referee: Dragomir Draganov BUL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nikola Popov BUL

UEFA Referee Observer: Carlos Clos Gómez ESP

UEFA Delegate: Andy Ambler ENG

21:00 CET - Celje (Stadion Celje)

NK CELJE (SVN)  - AEK (GRE) 

Referee: Luis Godinho POR
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Teixeira POR
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Martins POR
Fourth Official: Fabio Verissimo POR
Video Assistant Referee: André Narciso POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bruno Esteves POR

UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer LUX

UEFA Delegate: Iva Olivari-Uliša CRO

21:00 CET - Olomouc (Andrův stadion)

SK SIGMA OLOMOUC (CZE) - 1. FSV MAINZ 05 (GER) 

Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Turkka Valjakka FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Mika Lamppu FIN
Fourth Official: Peiman Simani FIN
Video Assistant Referee: Pawel Malec POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kornel Paszkiewicz POL
UEFA Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras GRE
UEFA Delegate: Jan Willem Van Dop NED