Tuesday, 3 November 2026

Europa Conference League 2026/27 - Referee Appointments - Matchday 3

2026-27 UEFA Europa Conference League, referee appointments for MD3. 



Thursday 5 November 2026

18:45 CET - Bergamo (New Balance Arena)
ATALANTA BC (ITA) - QAİRAT FC (KAZ) 
Referee: Julian Weinberger AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch AUT
Fourth Official: Stefan Ebner AUT
Video Assistant Referee: Alan Kijas AUT
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Josef Spurny AUT
UEFA Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrković BIH
UEFA Delegate: Sertan Kıragası TUR
Mentor for Delegate: Scott Struthers SCO 

18:45 CET - Herning (MCH Arena)
FC MIDTJYLLAND (DEN) - AFC AJAX (NED) 
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski POL
Assistant Referee 1: Adam Kupsik POL
Assistant Referee 2: Filip Sierant POL
Fourth Official: Marcin Szczerbowicz POL
Video Assistant Referee: Pawel Pskit POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Piotr Urban POL
UEFA Referee Observer: Sven Bindels LUX
UEFA Delegate: Filip Popovski MKD

18:45 CET - Belgrade (Stadion Rajko Mitić)
FK CRVENA ZVEZDA (SRB) - INTER CLUB D'ESCALDES (AND)
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan ARM
Assistant Referee 1: Mesrop Ghazaryan ARM
Assistant Referee 2: Sargis Hovhannisyan ARM
Fourth Official: Yura Mahtesyan ARM
Video Assistant Referee: Gianluca Aureliano ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan ARM
UEFA Referee Observer: Michalis Koukoulakis GRE
UEFA Delegate: Kuanysh Kanapyanov KAZ

18:45 CET - Tampere (Tammelan Stadion)
KUPS KUOPIO (FIN) - KAA GENT (BEL) 
Referee: Robert Harvey IRL
Assistant Referee 1: Darragh Keegan IRL
Assistant Referee 2: Wayne McDonnell IRL
Fourth Official: Paul Norton IRL
Video Assistant Referee: Andrew Dallas SCO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Grant Irvine SCO
UEFA Referee Observer: Paolo Valeri ITA 
UEFA Delegate: Haraldur Haraldsson ISL 

18:45 CET - Gibraltar (Europa Point Stadium)
LINCOLN RED IMPS FC (GIB) - HNK HAJDUK SPLIT (CRO) 
Referee: Patryk Gryckiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek POL
Assistant Referee 2: Bartosz Kaszyński POL
Fourth Official: Mateusz Piszczelok POL
Video Assistant Referee: Bartosz Frankowski POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Lukasz Szczech POL
UEFA Referee Observer: Iain Robertson Brines SCO
UEFA Delegate: Dane Jošt SVN

18:45 CET - Trabzon (Şenol Güneş Spor Kompleksi - Papara Park)
TRABZONSPOR (TUR) - SC FREIBURG (GER)
Referee: Kristo Tohver EST 
Assistant Referee 1: Silver Koiv EST
Assistant Referee 2: Sander Saga EST
Fourth Official: Kevin Kaivoja EST
Video Assistant Referee: Clay Ruperti NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marko Liiva EST
UEFA Referee Observer: Paolo Dondarini ITA 
UEFA Delegate: Mark Blackbourne ENG

18:45 CET - Randers (Cepheus Park Randers)
AGF AARHUS (DEN) - SC BRAGA (POR)
Referee: Florian Badstübner GER
Assistant Referee 1: Sven Waschitzki GER
Assistant Referee 2: Philipp Hüwe GER
Fourth Official: Robin Braun GER
Video Assistant Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca AUT
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Katrin Rafalski GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Viktor Kassai HUN 
UEFA Delegate: Luca Zorzi SUI 

18:45 CET - Thun (Visana Stadion)
FC THUN (SUI) - HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN (SCO)
Referee: Kyriakos Athanasiou CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Marios Kalogirou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Kyriakos Sokratous CYP
Fourth Official: Chrysovalantis Theouli CYP
Video Assistant Referee: Marios Christoforou CYP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dimitris Solomou CYP
UEFA Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP
UEFA Delegate: Zgjim Sojeva KOS

18:45 CET - Helsingborg (Olympia)
MJÄLLBY AIF (SWE) - FK BORAC BANJA LUKA (BIH)
Referee: Gal Leibovitz ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Matityahu Yakobov ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Dor Medina ISR
Fourth Official: Dekel Zino ISR
Video Assistant Referee: Eli Hacmon ISR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Shalom Ben Avraham ISR
UEFA Referee Observer: Jens Larsen DEN
UEFA Delegate: Dirk Gilon BEL

21:00 CET - Monaco (Stade Louis II) 
AS MONACO (FRA) - FC NORDSJÆLLAND (DEN)
Referee: Antoni Bandić BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Amir Kadić BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Nebojša Žugić BIH
Fourth Official: Nihad Ljajić BIH
Video Assistant Referee: Momčilo Marković SRB
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mateo Musa BIH
UEFA Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras GRE 
UEFA Delegate: Aldi Topçiu ALB

21:00 CET - Copenhagen (Parken) 
FC COPENHAGEN (DEN) - FC IBERIA TBILISI 1999 (GEO) 
Referee: Rob Hennessy IRL
Assistant Referee 1: Dermot Broughton IRL
Assistant Referee 2: Emmett Dynan IRL
Fourth Official: Damien MacGraith IRL
Video Assistant Referee: Kevin Clancy SCO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Christopher Graham SCO
UEFA Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov BUL
UEFA Delegate: Dragoș Hîncu MDA 

21:00 CET - Athens (Olympic Athletic Center of Athens "Spyros Louis"
PANATHINAÏKÓS AO (GRE) - PFC CSKA SOFIA (BUL) 
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Fredrik Klyver SWE
Fourth Official: Joakim Sars SWE
Video Assistant Referee: Pawel Malec POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kornel Paszkiewicz POL
UEFA Referee Observer: Karel Vidlák CZE
UEFA Delegate: Radenko Mijatović SVN

21:00 CET - Lugano (AIL Arena)
FC LUGANO (SUI) - FK KAUNO ŽALGIRIS (LTU) 
Referee: Yigal Frid ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Tuval Koltunoff ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Rostislav Talis ISR
Fourth Official: Yoav Avraham Mizrachi ISR
Video Assistant Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz ISR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Eliyahu Casapu ISR
UEFA Referee Observer: Aleksei Kulbakov BLR
UEFA Delegate: Richard Havrilla SVK

21:00 CET - Getafe (Coliseum Alfonso Pérez)
GETAFE FC (ESP) - BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FC (ENG)
Referee: Filip Glova SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Polacek SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Peter Bednar SVK
Fourth Official: Lukáš Dzivjak SVK
Video Assistant Referee: Jan Boterberg BEL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marian Ruc SVK
UEFA Referee Observer: Gerard Perry IRL
UEFA Delegate: Scilla Gennaro ITA 

21:00 CET - Enschede (De Grolsch Veste)
FC TWENTE (NED) - PAFOS FC (CYP)
Referee: Michal Očenáš SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Adam Jekkel SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Tobiáš Pacák SVK
Fourth Official: Bálint Kišš SVK
Video Assistant Referee: André Narciso POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Martin Dohal SVK
UEFA Referee Observer: Yevhenii Aranovskiy UKR
UEFA Delegate: Diana Bulgaru MDA

21:00 CET - Sint-Truiden (Stayen) 
SINT-TRUIDENSE VV (BEL) - SK BRANN (NOR) 
Referee: Oliver Reitala FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Jukka Honkanen FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Olli Jantunen FIN
Fourth Official: Antti Munukka FIN
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Fabbri ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Luca Pairetto ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer GER
UEFA Delegate: Kim Hallberg DEN

21:00 CET - Craiova (Ion Oblemenco Stadium)
CS UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA (ROU) - KF EGNATIA (ALB)
Referee: Donald Robertson SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Ross Macleod SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Calum Spence SCO
Fourth Official: Colin Steven SCO
Video Assistant Referee: Stevan McLean SCO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Duncan Williams SCO
UEFA Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn GER
UEFA Delegate: Zaur Haji-maharramov AZE

21:00 CET - Riga (Skonto stadions) 
RIGA FC (LVA) - FK JABLONEC (CZE) 
Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Semen Shlonchak UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Dmytro Zaporozhenko UKR
Fourth Official: Dmytro Kubriak UKR
Video Assistant Referee: Mykola Balakin UKR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
UEFA Referee Observer: Barış Şimşek TUR
UEFA Delegate: Andi Zere ALB

4 comments:

  1. Biggest affiche voor Tohver and Glova both with a VAR from another country.

    Fun fact the last time Paweł Raczkowski officiated an Ajax match it was exactly ten years ago (03-11-2016 against Celta de Vigo)

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  2. Debut in League Phase for Polish Patryk Gryckiewicz. Can be a promising Ref. Let‘s see how he will manage it on that level.

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  3. REFEREE OBSERVERS
    I often read on this blog that XYZ referee is under the eyes of ‘an important observer’ or ‘committee member’ watching XYZ

    With all other games and observers on ‘no note’ is it worthwhile ten actually being there? Do we think their opinion will count? Or is it only the certain ‘elite / top observers’ that can influence?

    Have always wondered?

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  4. Don't know when I last saw 2 Irish teams on the same match day

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