Friday, 13 November 2026

2026/27 UEFA Nations League - Referee Appointments MD6

Matchday 6 of 2026/27 UEFA Nations League, referee assignments.


Sunday 15 November 2026


League C, Group 2
15:00 CET - Riga (Skonto stadions) 
LATVIA vs. ARMENIA 
Referee: Vasílios Fotiás GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Andréas Meïndanás GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Michaíl Papadákis GRE
Fourth Official: Anastásios Papapétrou GRE
Video Assistant Referee: Ángelos Evangélou GRE
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ioánnis Papadópoulos GRE
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Riley ENG
UEFA Delegate: Tammo Beishuizen NED

League C, Group 2
15:00 CET - Limassol (Alphamega Stadium) 
CYPRUS vs. MONTENEGRO 
Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan de Groot NED
Fourth Official: Ingmar Oostrom NED
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Edwin van de Graaf NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski POL 
UEFA Delegate: David Andrew McDowell Zor SVN

League C, Group 1
18:00 CET - Helsinki (Bolt Arena) 
FINLAND vs. SAN MARINO 
Referee: Georgi Kabakov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Venev BUL
Fourth Official: Volen Chinkov BUL
Video Assistant Referee: Nikola Popov BUL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov BUL
UEFA Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrković BIH
UEFA Delegate: Małgorzata Sędzimir-Pszowska POL
Mentor for Delegate: Thibault De Gendt BEL 

League C, Group 1
18:00 CET - Budapest, HUN (Illovszky Rudolf Stadion)
BELARUS vs. ALBANIA 
Referee: Igor Pajač CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Bojan Zobenica CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Mihalj CRO
Fourth Official: Patrik Pavlešić CRO
Video Assistant Referee: Mario Zebec CRO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fran Jović CRO
UEFA Referee Observer: Asim Xudiyev AZE
UEFA Delegate: Fróso Ppekrí CYP

League A, Group 1
20:45 CET - Bordeaux (Stade Atlantique - Bordeaux Métropole)
FRANCE vs. TÜRKİYE 
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh ENG 
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Cook ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin ENG 
Fourth Official: Robert Jones ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Darren England ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Michael Salisbury ENG 
UEFA Referee Observer: Lutz Michael Fröhlich GER
UEFA Delegate: Victor Marius Radu ROU

League A, Group 1
20:45 CET - Brussels (Koning Boudewijnstadion)
BELGIUM vs. ITALY
Referee: Espen Andreas Eskås NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Erik Engan NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Alf Olav Rossland NOR
Fourth Official: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad NOR
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER 
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes NOR
UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry ENG
UEFA Delegate: Peter Elsworth ENG

League A, Group 3
20:45 CET - Osijek (Opus Arena)
CROATIA vs. CZECHIA
Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho POR 
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Nuno de Sá Martins POR
Assistant Referee 2: Gonçalo Nuno Soares Vaz Freire POR
Fourth Official: Miguel Bértolo Nogueira POR
Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: André Filipe Domingues da Silva Narciso POR 
UEFA Referee Observer: Michális Argyroú CYP 
UEFA Delegate: Armen Minasyan ARM

League A, Group 3
20:45 CET - Madrid (Riyadh Air Metropolitano)
SPAIN vs. ENGLAND 
Referee: Clément Turpin FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pagès FRA
Fourth Official: Marc Bollengier FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Stávros Tritsónis GRE
UEFA Delegate: Michal Mertinyák SVK

Monday 16 November 2026


League C, Group 3
16:00 CET - Tórshavn (Tórsvøllur)
FAROE ISLANDS vs. MOLDOVA 
Referee: 
Assistant Referee 1: 
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Fourth Official: 
Video Assistant Referee: 
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UEFA Referee Observer: 
UEFA Delegate: Mark Heap ENG

League C, Group 3
16:00 CET - Astana (Astana Arena) 
KAZAKHSTAN vs. SLOVAKIA
Referee: 
Assistant Referee 1: 
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Fourth Official: 
Video Assistant Referee: 
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UEFA Referee Observer: 
UEFA Delegate: Emil Ubias CZE

League C, Group 4
18:00 CET - Reykjavik (Laugardalsvöllur)
ICELAND vs. LUXEMBOURG 
Referee: 
Assistant Referee 1: 
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Fourth Official: 
Video Assistant Referee: 
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UEFA Referee Observer: 
UEFA Delegate: Nils Fisketjonn NOR

League C, Group 4
18:00 CET - Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena) 
ESTONIA vs. BULGARIA 
Referee: 
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Fourth Official: 
Video Assistant Referee: 
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UEFA Referee Observer: 
UEFA Delegate: Patrick Dempsey IRL

League D, Group 2
18:00 CET - Kaunas (Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas)
LITHUANIA vs. LIECHTENSTEIN 
Referee: 
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Fourth Official: 
Video Assistant Referee: 
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UEFA Referee Observer: 
UEFA Delegate: Barbara Moschini ITA 

League D, Group 1
20:45 CET - Gibraltar (Europa Point Stadium) 
GIBRALTAR vs. MALTA 
Referee: 
Assistant Referee 1: 
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Fourth Official: 
Video Assistant Referee: 
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UEFA Referee Observer: 
UEFA Delegate: Anna Bordiugova UKR

League A, Group 2
20:45 CET - Berlin (Olympiastadion)
GERMANY vs. NETHERLANDS 
Referee: 
Assistant Referee 1: 
Assistant Referee 2: 
Fourth Official: 
Video Assistant Referee: 
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UEFA Referee Observer: 
UEFA Delegate: Alexander Miescher SUI

League A, Group 2
20:45 CET - Volos (Panthessaliko)
GREECE vs. SERBIA 
Referee: 
Assistant Referee 1: 
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Fourth Official: 
Video Assistant Referee: 
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UEFA Referee Observer: 
UEFA Delegate: Andrey Medintsev BUL

League B, Group 1
20:45 CET - St. Gallen (Berit Sitterstadion)
SWITZERLAND vs. SCOTLAND 
Referee: 
Assistant Referee 1: 
Assistant Referee 2: 
Fourth Official: 
Video Assistant Referee: 
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UEFA Referee Observer: 
UEFA Delegate: Filips Dhondt BEL

League B, Group 1
20:45 CET - Skopje (National Arena Toše Proeski)
NORTH MACEDONIA vs. SLOVENIA 
Referee: 
Assistant Referee 1: 
Assistant Referee 2: 
Fourth Official: 
Video Assistant Referee: 
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: 
UEFA Delegate: Damir Stipković CRO
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19 comments:

  1. HB230013 November 2026 at 10:48

    Espen is back. He has been assigned to an very important match. It is going to be a tough match.
    Chris, after last week's Galatasaray match, will officiate another Turkish match, this time with different assistants.
    A standard appointment for Turpin

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    1. sr.info13 November 2026 at 12:49

      Good to see Eskås back, and with a big one. Interesting detail though: he’s the only referee this matchday with a foreign VAR (Dingert, No. 9 in our VAR ranking). All other crews have their own national VAR. Saggi also has a Spanish VAR tonight, so there seems to be no Norwegian VAR UEFA really trusts yet. Kristoffer Hagenes is No. 54 in our VAR ranking.
      https://schiedsrichter.info/statistik/ranking/uefa-video-assistenten/

      And let’s keep an eye on the First Category referees with two CL league-phase games this season: Saggi (NED–GRE), Sozza (SWE–BIH), Kabakov (FIN–SMR), Gishamer (ROU–POL) and Godinho (CRO–CZE). That’s exactly the signal that preceded all six Elite promotions last January.

      Delajod is the only one of that group without a Nations League game in this window. He did Denmark–Wales in September, and something may still come. Or UEFA saw that very unfortunate scene in Auxerre–Le Mans and rated it negatively. I don’t really believe that, though.

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    2. Philipp S13 November 2026 at 16:30

      Delajod will be at the U17 World Cup, so probably left out for that reason.

      And while those First Category referees are all appointed, the quality of the games is quite different (ranging from the top game NED-GRE to the nearly meaningless FIN-SMR).

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  2. Referee fifa13 November 2026 at 11:53

    Expected appointment for Turpin… could be a tricky one for Eskas too.

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  3. MARIO13 November 2026 at 12:03

    Everybody says "standard appointment for Turpin" but don't forget that it is one of the most important and sonorous match. It seems to me that Standard for Turpin means "highest level" and it's not easy to always be at top level. Congratulation Clement

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  4. MARIO13 November 2026 at 12:05

    Nevertheless I like Rossetti's strategy in NL to test 1st class or medium elite for strong matches; Soon or later Uefa needs a new generation

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  5. Chefren13 November 2026 at 13:21

    Eskås is back and he will officiate Italy.
    Another occasion for Rosetti to follow (in-)directly the Norwegian referee.
    About the rest, standard top appointment for Turpin.
    A very big regret for the French at this point of his journey, having such a career, to fail the big goal at EURO 2024: surely now what is missing for him is the final of a big tournament, and given the pedigree, I think he would have deserved that. Now, it's rather unlikely to guess the second French referee in a row to get an EURO final in 2028.
    Kavanagh meets again Turkish players after the game in Istanbul.
    Fotias in a rather low level game for him, I think Rosetti didn't like the missed advantage in Milan's game, very important mistake. The rest was more or less supportable.
    About Kabakov, it's hard to find consistency in his very long path.
    He shouldn't get such games, at a certain point.
    Over the years, some progress has been always stopped by very negative periods, and it seems now is not different, but with an overall better display in most of games, than some years ago.
    If we think that he was candidate for Elite years and years ago...
    On the other hand, committee very careful with Pajač, who is getting regular assignments, but as for now, all low-profile games.

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    1. Bundesligafan13 November 2026 at 15:49

      I hope that Turpin can finish his awesome international career with a big semifinal at the next Euro. Brych wrote in his (very interesting) book that he was for the first time really satisfied in the moment he handled Spain-Italy 2021 because it was a important target for him to handle a really big game in a big tournament

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  6. ScottJ13 November 2026 at 13:58

    Nice games for Godinho, Eskas and Turpin

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  7. Mouiz bousiouda13 November 2026 at 15:29

    Following the appointment of Turpin for the Spain vs. England match and Eskas for the Belgium vs. Italy match, who do you think will referee tomorrow’s match between Germany and the Netherlands?

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    1. HB230013 November 2026 at 15:55

      Oliver

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    2. Philipp S13 November 2026 at 16:33

      Yes, Oliver would be the obvious choice. And Nyberg the first alternative, I think.

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    3. Mouiz bousiouda13 November 2026 at 17:03

      However, my friend, the referee Nyberg, officiated the match between Serbia and Greece in the first round of the same group. Is it reasonable for him to be assigned another match in that same group? I find that highly unlikely—what’s your take on it?

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    4. Philipp S13 November 2026 at 19:10

      Yes, I missed that.
      Not many alternatives then - maybe Mariani or Massa, but Oliver clearly the favourite.

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    5. HB230013 November 2026 at 20:09

      + Marciniak

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    6. edward13 November 2026 at 21:25

      Marciniak had SRB-NED so not possible

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  8. Mouiz bousiouda13 November 2026 at 15:32

    It is also worth noting that this is the second match between these two teams officiated by Eskas, following their 2024 encounter in Rome, which ended in a 2–2 draw.

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  9. DrMr13 November 2026 at 22:52

    Wow! Very brave refereeing from Spaniard in Serbia, giving direct RC for using offensive/insulting/abusive language
    to the losing team player against team like Germany. Crucial moment to show your courage and elite material

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    1. ,13 November 2026 at 23:40

      Do you know the meaning of protagonist? That's what Alberola always wants to be. In Spain, he's like a star, but he needs to grow a bit more to gain the maturity necessary for this type of game. The referee has to be intelligent and shrewd sometimes, things that seem the same but aren't.

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