Monday, 28 September 2026

2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League Matchday 2 - Referee Appointments

2026-27 UEFA Women's Champions League, League Phase, MD2. 



Wednesday 30 September 2026

18:45 CET - Rome (Stadio tre Fontane)
AS ROMA (ITA) - FC BARCELONA (ESP)  
Referee: Kirsty Dowle ENG
Assistant Referee 1:Emily Carney ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Anastasiya Voloshchuk ENG
Fourth Official: Charlotte Carpenter WAL
Video Assistant Referee: Peter Bankes ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tatyana Sorokopudova KAZ
UEFA Referee Observer: Stéphanie Frappart FRA
UEFA Delegate: Anton Fagan SCO

18:45 CET - Gothenburg (Hisingen Arena)
BK HÄCKEN FF (SWE) - JUVENTUS (ITA)
Referee: Caroline Lanssens BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Linda Schmid SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Staša Špur SVN
Fourth Official: Jana Van Laere BEL 
Video Assistant Referee: Bert Put BEL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ella de Vries BEL 
UEFA Referee Observer: Rebecca Welch ENG
UEFA Delegate: Anne Rei EST 

18:45 CET - Paris (Stade Jean Bouin)
FC PARIS (FRA) - ARSENAL WOMEN FC (ENG) 
Referee: Iuliana Elena Demetrescu ROU 
Assistant Referee 1: Bianca Diana Florea ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ana Luciana Puscasu ROU
Fourth Official: Elena Gobjila MDA
Video Assistant Referee: Jakob Kehlet DEN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Eszter Urbán HUN
UEFA Referee Observer: Aušra Kance LTU
UEFA Delegate: Naira Abramyan ARM

21:00 CET - Décines-Charpieu (OL Stadium)
OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS (FRA) - CHELSEA WOMEN (ENG) 
Referee: ,Marta Huerta De Aza ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Eliana Fernández González ESP
Fourth Official: Elisabeth Calvo Valentín ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Judit Romano Garcí­a ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Ana Minić SRB
UEFA Delegate: Athina Pateraki GRE

21:00 CET - Lisbon (Estádio do SL Benfica)
SL BENFICA (POR) - FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN (GER)
Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi ITA
Assistant Referee 1:Stefania Genoveffa Signorelli ITA 
Assistant Referee 2: Laura Gasparini ITA
Fourth Official: Martina Molinaro ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Lucie Ratajová CZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Sandra Renon FRA 
UEFA Delegate: Helen Conley ENG 

Thursday 1 October 2026

18:45 CET - Vienna (Franz-Horr-Stadion)
FK AUSTRIA WIEN (AUT)  - FC INTERNAZIONALE (ITA)
Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jasmin Matysiak GER
Assistant Referee 2: Daniela Göttlinger GER
Fourth Official: Davina Lutz GER
Video Assistant Referee: Katrin Rafalski GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Cortus GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Esther Staubli SUI
UEFA Delegate: Alima Zhukenova KAZ

18:45 CET - Køge (Køge Stadion)
HB KØGE (DEN) - SERVETTE FC CHÊNOIS FÉMININ (SUI) 
Referee: Ionela Alina Peşu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Daniela Costantinescu ROU 
Assistant Referee 2: Marilena Cătălina Nan ROU
Fourth Official: Roxana Timiș ROU
Video Assistant Referee: Iulian Dima ROU
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Cristina Trafandir ROU 
UEFA Referee Observer: Nelly Viennot FRA
UEFA Delegate: Paul Tompkins ENG

21:00 CET - Poissy (PSG Campus) 
PARIS SAINT GERMAIN (FRA) - OH LEUVEN (BEL) 
Referee: Catarina Campos POR
Assistant Referee 1: Andreia Sousa POR
Assistant Referee 2: Vanessa Gomes POR 
Fourth Official: Maria Inês Mota Paiva de Andrada POR
Video Assistant Referee: André Narciso POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ana Cláudia Silva Ribeiro POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Teodora Albon ROU
UEFA Delegate:  Olesea Berdea MDA

21:00 CET - Manchester (MCFC Academy Stadium) 
MANCHESTER CITY WOMEN'S FC (ENG)  - REAL MADRID CF (ESP)
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giulia Tempestilli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Veronica Martinelli ITA
Fourth Official: Ana Luísa Carneiro Amorim Morgado Afonso POR
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Fabbri ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Milica Milovanović SRB
UEFA Referee Observer: Cathrine Eide NOR
UEFA Delegate: Jirí Novák CZE
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4 comments:

  1. DB1 October 2026 at 00:32

    Interesting handball and penalty decision at 86' of PAR ARS. The only question for the VAR is was the ball stationary. All replays I've seen have been a little grainy, but it does look like the ball may be spinning. I think the player took a very daft risk, but it should only be handball if the ball stopped before the goalkeeper passed it. Until I see a better video, we can only assume this was checked and it did, but I'm not 100% convinced as yet

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    1. Chefren1 October 2026 at 04:26

      Clip of the incident:
      https://streamin.link/v/273a8dde
      In my opinion it's impossible to say whether ball was 100% stationary or not. I see still small movements before the kick.
      However, it's players fault, they put themselves in trouble by continuing to do in this way, even after the instruction introduced by UEFA. One can't blame the call by Romanian referee. In a scenario you don't call this one for the small doubt that ball was not stationary, it seems you don't apply what UEFA asked for, it was too blatant and I think a refere will be always inclined to call this one without questioning too much.

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  2. Chefren1 October 2026 at 12:31

    Two very interesting incidents in Marta Huerta game.
    VAR intervened for a potential penalty, but with a possible offside before, then the second VAR intervention for removing a penalty call.

    1) https://streamin.link/v/3c267d81
    2) https://streamin.link/v/935f7087

    In the first case, the final decision to give YC for reckless, despite of the offside before, must be praised, very rare. Let me also praise the commentators who showed a rather deep level of knowledge compared to others, I guess in a serie A game nobody would have understood what assessed by referee.
    So in the end Marta Huerta missed that penalty and the offside before was a correct call as well, because with allowing the ball to pass, even without playing it, was enough for the attacker to influence keeper (the latter had the ball obstructed by attacker at the moment of the pass, and she could have expected an action by opponent).
    Excellent call by VAR Javier Iglesias Villanueva.
    To follow, the second incident is not penalty and you can have a small clue live, how attacker falls. Then I also think it was rather attacker stepping on defender, even if in a soft way, so maybe for this reason the final decision was not simulation. However. let me say, if we think back at England's game with Massa, honestly one should admit this is a rather similar situation, with a 100% contrary decision by VAR, removing a given penalty when there could be doubts (in the end, defender puts the leg and one could consider it as trip).
    Many interpretations with grey areas don't make VAR a perfect tool, rather the contrary, but that's nothing new.

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  3. Chefren2 October 2026 at 14:05

    Let's call this one "mismanagement" by Silvia Gasperotti.
    No reason to stop the game...
    https://streamin.link/v/d9a4c7b4

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