2026/27 UEFA Youth League - Referee Appointments for Matchday 2 and Domestic Champions Path, Round 1 (Second Legs)

2026/27 UEFA Youth League, referee assignments for MD2 and Domestic Champions Path, Round 1 (Second Legs) 

Thomas Gary Owen WAL in charge of Lens - Sporting 

UEFA YOUTH LEAGUE - LEAGUE PHASE, MATCHDAY 2

Tuesday 13 October 2026

13:00 CET - Avion (Centre Technique et Sportif de la Gaillette)
RC LENS (FRA) vs. SPORTING CP (POR)
Referee: Thomas Gary Owen WAL
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Roberts WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Harry Hendricks WAL
Fourth Official: Guillaume Paradis FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Joeri van de Velde BEL
UEFA Delegate: Benjamin Vasseur BEL 

13:00 CET - Sandnes (ØsterHus Arena)
VIKING FK (NOR) vs. FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN (GER)
Referee: Marek Radina CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Petr Kotalík CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Michal Volf CZE
Fourth Official: Mischa Huru Kellerhals NOR
UEFA Referee Observer:
UEFA Delegate: Peter Kováč SVK

13:00 CET - Baku (Bank Respublika Arena)
SABAH FK (AZE) vs. SK SLAVIA PRAHA (CZE)
Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksander Jæger NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Henrik Pettersen Sunde NOR
Fourth Official: Əli Əliyev AZE
UEFA Referee Observer: Babək Quliyev AZE
UEFA Delegate: Ilona Varanovič BLR

14:00 CET - Borehamwood (Meadow Park)
ARSENAL FC (ENG) vs. LOSC LILLE (FRA)
Referee: Gal Levi ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Guy Klipper ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Aviran Yehezkel ISR
Fourth Official: Stephen Parkinson ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry ENG 
UEFA Delegate: Diego Amuchástegui Narvaiza ESP

14:00 CET - Leipzig (RB Leipzig Fußball-Akademie)
RB LEIPZIG (GER) vs. PSV (NED)
Referee: Mateo Tozan SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Jamnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Ermin Sašivarević SVN
Fourth Official: Felix Bickel GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere BEL
UEFA Delegate: Vaidotas Zajarskas LTU 

14:00 CET - Istanbul (Ümraniye Belediyesi Şehir Stadyumu)
GALATASARAY (TUR) vs. FC BARCELONA (ESP)
Referee: Klym Zabroda UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Valentyn Kutsev UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Vitaliy Skoblya UKR
Fourth Official: Oğuzhan Gökçen TUR
UEFA Referee Observer: Pascal Pierre Garibian FRA 
UEFA Delegate: Duško Grabovac CRO

15:00 CET - Milan (Konami Youth Development Training Centre - In Memory of Giacinto Facchetti)
FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA) vs. CLUB BRUGGE KV (BEL)
Referee: Pavle Ilić SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Radovanović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Novak Novaković SRB
Fourth Official: Paride Tremolada ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange ITA 
UEFA Delegate: Luca Zorzi SUI 

16:00 CET - Alcalá de Henares (Centro Deportivo Alcalá de Henares)
CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP) vs. MANCHESTER UNITED FC (ENG)
Referee: Cihan Aydın TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Murat Tuğberk Curbay TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Samet Çiçek TUR
Fourth Official: Anas Bakali Bentaleb ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Ian Stokes IRL 
UEFA Delegate: Oliver Glibo BIH 

16:00 CET - Vila-real (Mini Estadi de la Ciudad Deportiva José Manuel Llaneza)
VILLARREAL CF (ESP) vs. SSC NAPOLI (ITA)
Referee: Granit Maqedonci SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Marcus Lundgren Klitte SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Kristensson SWE
Fourth Official: Borja Guijarro Colomer ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: N/A
UEFA Delegate: Thierry Regenass SUI

Wednesday 14 October 2026

11:00 CET - Bodø (Aspmyra Stadion)

FK BODØ/GLIMT (NOR) vs. BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER)

Referee: Oliver Reitala FIN

Assistant Referee 1: Olli Jantunen FIN

Assistant Referee 2: Eetu Silén FIN

Fourth Official: Herman Skurdal Holthe NOR

UEFA Referee Observer: Alan Mario Sant MLT 

UEFA Delegate: Rasmus Brandhof DEN

12:00 CET - Pasching (voestalpine Stadion)

LASK LINZ (AUT) vs. LIVERPOOL FC (ENG)

Referee: Jan Všetečka CZE

Assistant Referee 1: David Zoufalý CZE

Assistant Referee 2: Jan Váňa CZE

Fourth Official: Markus Greinecker AUT

UEFA Referee Observer: N/A

UEFA Delegate: Sanja Bosanac-Perišić MNE

13:00 CET - Rotterdam (Sportcomplex Varkenoord)

FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM (NED) vs. COMO 1907 (ITA)

Referee: Aléxandros Tsakalídis GRE

Assistant Referee 1: Polychrónis Kostarás GRE

Assistant Referee 2: Athanásios Kóllias GRE

Fourth Official: Wouter Wiersma NED

UEFA Referee Observer: René Temmink NED 

UEFA Delegate: José Soutullo Fernández ESP

13:00 CET - Kingston upon Thames, England (Kingsmeadow)

FK SHAKHTAR DONETSK (UKR) vs. AEK ATHENS (GRE)

Referee: Lasse Læbel Graagaard DEN 

Assistant Referee 1: Esad Deronjic DEN

Assistant Referee 2: Martin Markus DEN

Fourth Official: James Durkin ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Ádám Farkas HUN

UEFA Delegate: Tomáš Bárta CZE

14:00 CET - Rome (Stadio Tre Fontane)

AS ROMA (ITA) vs. REAL MADRID CF (ESP)

Referee: Kamal Umudlu AZE

Assistant Referee 1: Namiq Hüseynov AZE

Assistant Referee 2: Vüsal Məmmədov AZE

Fourth Official: Davide Di Marco ITA

UEFA Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos CRO

UEFA Delegate: Dorita Agius MLT 

14:00 CET - Senec (Národné tréningové centrum Senec)

ŠK SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK) vs. VFB STUTTGART (GER)

Referee: Lothar D’Hondt BEL

Assistant Referee 1: Romain Devillers BEL

Assistant Referee 2: Nico Claes BEL

Fourth Official: Marián Ruc SVK

UEFA Referee Observer: Ladislav Gádoši SVK 

UEFA Delegate: Efraim Barak ISR

15:00 CET - Tamworth (Aston Villa FC Training Ground, Bodymoor Heath)

ASTON VILLA FC (ENG) vs. FENERBAHÇE (TUR)

Referee: Łukasz Kuźma POL

Assistant Referee 1: Jakub Winkler POL

Assistant Referee 2: Piotr Podbielski POL

Fourth Official: Richard Watkins ENG

UEFA Referee Observer: Andrew Davey NIR 

UEFA Delegate: Adrian D. Casha MLT 

16:00 CET - Manchester (Joie Stadium)

MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG) vs. PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (FRA)

Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam SUI

Assistant Referee 1: Bastien Lengacher SUI

Assistant Referee 2: Claudio Dos Santos SUI

Fourth Official: James Robert Robinson NIR

UEFA Referee Observer: Stephen Tanner ENG 

UEFA Delegate: Roxana Berceanu ROU 

16:00 CET - Seville (Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol)

REAL BETIS BALOMPIÉ (ESP) vs. FC PORTO (POR)

Referee: Matteo Marcenaro ITA

Assistant Referee 1: Andrea Bianchini ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Mattia Regattieri ITA

Fourth Official: Ignacio de Santisteban Adame ESP

UEFA Referee Observer: William Young SCO

UEFA Delegate: Péter Kézdi HUN

DOMESTIC CHAMPIONS PATH - ROUND 1 (II)

Tuesday 13 October 2026

18:00 CET - Gibraltar (Europa Point Stadium)
LINCOLN RED IMPS FC (GIB) [0:6] HŠK ZRINJSKI MOSTAR (BIH)

Referee: Vilius Paulauskas LTU

Assistant Referee 1: Simas Kartočius LTU

Assistant Referee 2: Deividas Lomsargis LTU

Fourth Official: José Antonio Díaz Lorente GIB

UEFA Referee Observer: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos CYP 

UEFA Delegate: Dirk Gilon BEL

Wednesday 14 October 2026

12:00 CET - Almaty (Qairat FK Academy)
QAİRAT FK (KAZ) [5:0] OFK MLADOST DONJA GORICA (MNE)

Referee: Arnes Talic AUT

Assistant Referee 1: Mattias Hartl AUT

Assistant Referee 2: Amar Rekik AUT

Fourth Official: Eldos Kanaev KAZ

UEFA Referee Observer: N/A
UEFA Delegate: Vyacheslav Semenov RUS

14:00 CET - Pristina (Kampi Edukativ Nacional i FFK-së)
FC BALLKANI (KOS) [0:6] HJK HELSINKI (FIN)

Referee: Jóhan Hendrik Ellefsen FRO

Assistant Referee 1: Jógvan Breckmann FRO

Assistant Referee 2: Jógvan Klakstein FRO

Fourth Official: Kujtim Krasniqi KOS

UEFA Referee Observer: Besfort Kasumi KOS

UEFA Delegate: Doychin Bahov BUL

14:00 CET - Tirana (Shtëpia e Futbollit)
FK PARTIZANI (ALB) [2:0] VALLETTA FC (MLT)

Referee: Anton Lašuk BLR

Assistant Referee 1: Dzianis Jemieĺjančykaŭ BLR

Assistant Referee 2: Anton Husieŭ BLR

Fourth Official: Gerard Çokaj ALB

UEFA Referee Observer: Goran Mihaljević MNE
UEFA Delegate: Déspina Koxénoglou GRE

14:00 CET - Tbilisi, Georgia (Boris Paichadze National Stadium - Dinamo Arena)
FC DYNAMA-MINSK (BLR) [4:3] FC DINAMO TBILISI (GEO)

Referee: Antoine Paul Chiaramonti AND

Assistant Referee 1: Joan Guiu Serra AND

Assistant Referee 2: Guillem Ángel Dalmau Miarnau AND

Fourth Official: Koba Revazashvili GEO

UEFA Referee Observer: Giorgi Vadachkoria GEO
UEFA Delegate: Roi Reinshreiber ISR 

14:00 CET - Strumica (Stadion “Mladost”)
FK AP BRERA STRUMICA (MKD) [3:0] FC SANTA COLOMA (AND)

Referee: Artem Gasparyan ARM

Assistant Referee 1: Mesrop Ghazaryan ARM

Assistant Referee 2: Artur Gdlyan ARM

Fourth Official: Benjamin Ḱerimi MKD

UEFA Referee Observer: Dimitar Mečkarovski MKD
UEFA Delegate: Aliaksandr Aliejnik BLR

17:00 CET - Riga (Nacionāla sporta bāze "Arkādija")
SK SUPER NOVA (LVA) [0:0] CLIFTONVILLE FC (NIR)

Referee: Igor Boșca MDA

Assistant Referee 1: Vadim Vicol MDA

Assistant Referee 2: Alexandru Vicol MDA

Fourth Official: Vasilijs Mordatenko LVA

UEFA Referee Observer: Hannes Kaasik EST 
UEFA Delegate: Daniel Rommedahl DEN

18:00 CET - Vilnius (FK Žalgiris namų stadionas)
FK ŽALGIRIS (LTU) [4:3] ÞÓR (ISL)

Referee: Aaron O’Dowd IRL

Assistant Referee 1: David Connolly IRL

Assistant Referee 2: Thomas Joyce IRL

Fourth Official: Dovydas Švėgžda LTU

UEFA Referee Observer: Sergejus Slyva LTU 
UEFA Delegate: Bente Hermansen NOR 

19:30 CET - Strassen (Stade An de Millewisen)
FC UNA STRASSEN (LUX) [0:4] CARDIFF MET FC (WAL)

Referee: Vasil Minev BUL

Assistant Referee 1: Darin Ivanov BUL

Assistant Referee 2: Mesut Ahmedov BUL

Fourth Official: Cédric Biever LUX

UEFA Referee Observer: Sven Bindels LUX 
UEFA Delegate: Alpaslan Kavas TUR

20:00 CET - Tórshavn (Tórsvøllur)
HB TÓRSHAVN (FRO) [0:3] FC FLORA TALLINN (EST)

Referee: Matthew MacDermid SCO

Assistant Referee 1: Christopher Rae SCO

Assistant Referee 2: Ross Anderson SCO

Fourth Official: Arnar Lognberg FRO

UEFA Referee Observer: Petur Reinet FRO 
UEFA Delegate: Roberts Mežeckis LVA