2026/27 UEFA Youth League - Referee Appointments Matchday 1 - League Phase

2026/27 Youth League starts with MD1 games, referee assignments.

Ante Čulina CRO will referee Napoli - Arsenal

Tuesday 8 September 2026

11:00 CET | Spata (AEK Training Center “Serafídio”)

AEK (GRE) vs. LASK (AUT)

Referee: David Rafael Oliveira da Silva POR

Assistant Referee 1: Nélson Filipe Vila Pereira POR

Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Alberto Rocha de Campos POR

Fourth Official: Konstandínos Kátikos GRE

UEFA Referee Observer:

UEFA Delegate: Ronen Hershko ISR

13:00 CET | Vila Nova de Gaia (Estádio Luís Filipe Menezes)

PORTO (POR) vs. MANCHESTER CITY (ENG)

Referee: Lukáš Dzivjak SVK

Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Poláček SVK

Assistant Referee 2: Simeon Vass SVK

Fourth Official: Diogo Teixeira de Araújo POR

UEFA Referee Observer:

UEFA Delegate: Olivier Chovaux FRA

14:00 CET | Roeselare (The NEST)

CLUB BRUGGE (BEL) vs. ASTON VILLA (ENG)

Referee: Mihály Káprály HUN

Assistant Referee 1: Theodoros Georgiou HUN

Assistant Referee 2: Bence Belicza HUN

Fourth Official: Jasper Vitse BEL

UEFA Referee Observer:

UEFA Delegate: Theanó Rasoúli GRE

15:00 CET | Camphin-en-Pévèle (Domaine de Luchin)

LOSC LILLE (FRA) vs. REAL BETIS (ESP)

Referee: Alex Johnson MLT

Assistant Referee 1: Kurt Saliba MLT

Assistant Referee 2: David Castillo MLT

Fourth Official: Marc Bollengier FRA

UEFA Referee Observer: Rien Koopman NED

UEFA Delegate: Kifayət Mustafayeva AZE

16:00 CET | Madrid (Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano)

REAL MADRID (ESP) vs. INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA)

Referee: Giorgi Avazashvili GEO

Assistant Referee 1: Zviad Bliadze GEO

Assistant Referee 2: Gocha Taruashvili GEO
Fourth Official: Anas Bakali Bentaleb ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely HUN
UEFA Delegate: Marc Van Craen BEL

16:00 CET | Dortmund (BVB-Fußballpark Hohenbuschei)

BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER) vs. VILLARREAL (ESP)

Referee: Tural Qurbanov AZE

Assistant Referee 1: Cəmil Əliyev AZE

Assistant Referee 2: Asiman Əzizli AZE

Fourth Official: Cengiz Kabalakli GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn GER 

UEFA Delegate: Þórir Þormar Hákonarson ISL

Wednesday 9 September 2026

12:00 CET | Sant Joan Despí (Estadi Johan Cruyff)

BARCELONA (ESP) vs. FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM (NED)

Referee: Kyriákos Athanasíou CYP

Assistant Referee 1: Geórgios Pooutídis CYP

Assistant Referee 2: Polýdoros Christodoúlou CYP

Fourth Official: David López Jiménez ESP

UEFA Referee Observer:

UEFA Delegate: Milan Janković BIH

12:30 CET | Aspach (WIRmachenDRUCK Arena)

STUTTGART (GER) vs. VIKING (NOR)

Referee: Jakob Semler AUT

Assistant Referee 1: Johannes Stögerer AUT

Assistant Referee 2: Mario Diesenberger AUT

Fourth Official: Felix Prigan GER

UEFA Referee Observer:

UEFA Delegate: Bozhil Grozdanov BUL

14:00 CET | Cercola (Stadio comunale “Arena” Giuseppe Piccolo)

NAPOLI (ITA) vs. ARSENAL (ENG)

Referee: Ante Čulina CRO

Assistant Referee 1: Dario Kolarević CRO

Assistant Referee 2: Anto Marić CRO

Fourth Official: Alberto Ruben Arena ITA

UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Alexandre Parreira de Castro POR 

UEFA Delegate: Naira Abramyan ARM

14:30 CET | Poissy (Campus PSG)

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (FRA) vs. SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK)

Referee: Patryk Gryckiewicz POL

Assistant Referee 1: Bartosz Kaszyński POL

Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Błażejczyk POL

Fourth Official: Aurélien Petit FRA

UEFA Referee Observer: Lutz Michael Fröhlich GER 

UEFA Delegate: Katri Susanna Mattsson FIN

15:00 CET | Alcochete (Estádio Aurélio Pereira)

SPORTING CP (POR) vs. GALATASARAY (TUR)

Referee: Bálint Kišš SVK

Assistant Referee 1: Peter Bednár SVK

Assistant Referee 2: Ákos Juhos SVK

Fourth Official: Flávio Miguel Gomes de Azevedo Duarte POR

UEFA Referee Observer: João Francisco Lopes Ferreira POR 

UEFA Delegate: Gilles Petitmangin FRA

16:00 CET | Liverpool (Liverpool FC Academy Training Ground)

LIVERPOOL (ENG) vs. ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP)

Referee: Fótios Polychrónis GRE

Assistant Referee 1: Lázaros Dimitriádis GRE

Assistant Referee 2: Ioánnis Minoúdis GRE

Fourth Official: James Robert Robinson NIR

UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Meßner AUT 

UEFA Delegate: Oleg Harlamov EST

Thursday 10 September 2026

13:00 CET | Istanbul (Pendik Stadyumu)

FENERBAHÇE (TUR) vs. ROMA (ITA)

Referee: Karel Rouček CZE

Assistant Referee 1: Lukáš Machač CZE

Assistant Referee 2: Petr Kotalík CZE

Fourth Official: Emrullah Baydar TUR
UEFA Referee Observer: Muhittin Boşat TUR 

UEFA Delegate: Drilon Ganju MKD

14:00 CET | Eindhoven (PSV Campus De Herdgang)

PSV (NED) vs. SHAKHTAR DONETSK (UKR)

Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta NOR

Assistant Referee 1: Erland Hareland NOR

Assistant Referee 2: Henrik Pettersen Sunde NOR

Fourth Official: Erwin Blank NED

UEFA Referee Observer:

UEFA Delegate: Dorita Agius MLT

14:00 CET | Prague (Sportovní areál Radotín)

SLAVIA PRAHA (CZE) vs. LENS (FRA)

Referee: Jacob Karlsen DEN

Assistant Referee 1: Martin Markus DEN

Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Cortzen DEN

Fourth Official: Jan Beneš CZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Radek Příhoda CZE 

UEFA Delegate: Thierry Regenass SUI

15:00 CET | Leigh (Leigh Sports Village)

MANCHESTER UNITED (ENG) vs. SABAH (AZE)

Referee: Simon Bourdeaud’hui BEL

Assistant Referee 1: Michael Geerolf BEL

Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Van Dyck BEL

Fourth Official:

UEFA Referee Observer: Stephen Tanner ENG 

UEFA Delegate: Raúl Massó Zambudio ESP

15:00 CET | Rovello Porro (Centro sportivo comunale “Angelo Volontè”)

COMO (ITA) vs. RB LEIPZIG (GER)

Referee: Florian Lata ALB

Assistant Referee 1: Feliks Kolleshi ALB

Assistant Referee 2: Aurel Topi ALB

Fourth Official: Kevin Bonacina ITA

UEFA Referee Observer: Clayton Pisani MLT 

UEFA Delegate: Viliyana Zdravkova BUL

16:00 CET | Munich (FC Bayern Campus)

BAYERN MÜNCHEN (GER) vs. BODØ/GLIMT (NOR)

Referee: Oğuzhan Çakır TUR

Assistant Referee 1: Kerem İlitangil TUR

Assistant Referee 2: Mehmet Kısal TUR

Fourth Official: Felix Wagner GER

UEFA Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller AUT 

UEFA Delegate: Dominique Rappaz SUI