Champions League 2026/27 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 3 (II)

2026/27 UEFA Champions League. Please find below the referee appointments for the second set of MD3 games, to be played on Wednesday 21 October 2026.  

Wednesday 21 October 2026

18:45 CET - Villeneuve d'Ascq (Stade Pierre Mauroy)

LOSC LILLE (FRA) - GALATASARAY (TUR) 

Referee: Rade Obrenovič SVN

Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik SVN 

Assistant Referee 2: Matej Žunič SVN
Fourth Official: Martin Matoša SVN
Video Assistant Referee:Matej Jug SVN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Terje Hauge NOR

UEFA Delegate: Danilo Filacchione ITA 

18:45 CET - Como (Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia) 

COMO 1907 (ITA) - MANCHESTER UNITED FC (ENG) 

Referee: Sven Jablonski GER 

Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger GER

Assistant Referee 2: Robert Kempter GER 

Fourth Official: Tobias Reichel GER

Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sören Storks GER

UEFA Referee Observer: Stéphane Lannoy FRA

UEFA Delegate: Carlos Filipe de Sá Lucas POR

21:00 CET - Munich (Allianz Arena) 

FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN (GER) - ARSENAL FC (ENG)

Referee: Davide Massa ITA 

Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Alessio Berti ITA

Fourth Official: Fabio Maresca ITA 

Video Assistant Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA 

UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan ARM

UEFA Delegate: João Morais POR

21:00 CET - Madrid (Estadio Santiago Bernabéu)

REAL MADRID CF (ESP) - RB LEIPZIG (GER) 

Referee: Istvan Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marica ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU
Fourth Official: Szabolcs Kovacs ROU
Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL

UEFA Referee Observer: Mattias Gestranius FIN
UEFA Delegate: Per Svärd SWE

21:00 CET - Milan (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza) 

FC INTERNAZIONALE (ITA) - SHAKHTAR DONETSK (UKR) 

Referee: Harm Osmers GER 

Assistant Referee 1: Christian Gittelmann GER

Assistant Referee 2:Christian Dietz GER 

Fourth Official: Florian Exner GER

Video Assistant Referee: Robert Schröder GER

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Brand GER

UEFA Referee Observer: Emil Bozinovski MKD

UEFA Delegate: Michal Mertinyák SVK

21:00 CET - Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade)

SPORTING CP (POR) - LASK LINZ (AUT)

Referee: Nicholas Walsh SCO 

Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel McFarlane SCO
Fourth Official: Donald Robertson SCO
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Piotr Lasyk POL

UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimir Šajn SVN

UEFA Delegate: Pat Duffy IRL 

21:00 CET - Birmingham (Villa Park) 

ASTON VILLA FC (ENG) - VIKING FK (NOR) 

Referee: Sebastian Gishamer AUT

Assistant Referee 1: Roland Riedel AUT

Assistant Referee 2: Santino Schreiner AUT
Fourth Official: Walter Altmann AUT
Video Assistant Referee: Alan Kijas AUT
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ivan Bebek CRO

UEFA Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel FRA

UEFA Delegate: Lennart Vestervall SWE

21:00 CET - Bruges (Jan Breydelstadion)

CLUB BRUGGE KV (BEL) - RC LENS (FRA)

Referee: Luis Godinho POR 

Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official: Miguel Nogueira POR
Video Assistant Referee: André Narciso POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR
UEFA Referee Observer: 

UEFA Delegate: Styrbjörn Oskarsson FIN

21:00 CET - Seville (La Cartuja de Sevilla) 

REAL BETIS BALOMPIÉ (ESP)  - FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM (NED) 

Referee: Simone Sozza ITA 

Assistant Referee 1: 

Assistant Referee 2:

Fourth Official: 

Video Assistant Referee:

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: 

UEFA Referee Observer: 

UEFA Delegate: Tarik Shamel ENG