UEFA Referees Categories for the first part of 2026-27 season

Mid-year update of the UEFA refereeing categories.

UEFA Referees Categories for the second part of 2025-26 season UPDATED 19 December PDF have been released

The long-awaited time has arrived. UEFA is working at new categories, this time with very significant changes. 

UEFA Referees Categories for the first part of 2025-26 season

Update of UEFA categories for the first part of 2025-26 season (01/07/2025 - 31/12/2025). 

UEFA Referees Categories for the second part of 2024-25 season: João Pinheiro POR and Maurizio Mariani ITA Promoted to Elite

New updated of the UEFA categories for the second part of current season (01/01/2025 - 30/06/2025). New FIFA referees from 2025 have been added.

UEFA Referees Categories for the first part of 2024-25 season: several promotions to Category 1, no promotions in Elite

The committee has updated the UEFA categories for the first part of the new season. 

UEFA Referees Categories for the second part of 2023-24 season: Marco Guida (ITA) and Espen Eskås (NOR) Promoted to Elite

Italy's Marco Guida and Norway's  Espen Eskås have reached the top of UEFA refereeing. 

 Espen Eskås from Norway with a very quick process to the top 

UEFA Referees Categories for the first part of 2023-24 season - Peljto (BIH), Hernández Hernández (ESP) and Nyberg (SWE) promoted to Elite

UEFA Referees Committee has announced the new categories for the first part of 2023-24 season. Three referees have joined Men's Elite Category: Peljto (BIH), Hernández Hernández (ESP) and Nyberg (SWE). 

Irfan Peljto (BIH), new Elite referee, along with other two promotions

UEFA Referees Categories for the second part of 2022-23 season - New FIFA referees have been added - Cheryl Foster (WAL) and Ivana Martinčić (CRO) to join Men's List

UEFA Referees Committee has announced the new categories for the second part of 2022-23 season. No changes in the Elite Category unless Cakir and Aytekin's known retirements. Two women have been added to Men's lists. 

Cheryl Foster and Ivana Martinčić to follow the steps of Frappart and Monzul

UEFA Referees Categories for the second part of 2021-22 season - 8 promotions to Elite - Category 3 has been abolished

UEFA Referees Committee has announced the new categories for the second part of 2021-22 season. Several referees have joined the Elite Status 

UEFA Referees Categories for the first part of 2021-22 season - No changes

UEFA Referees Committee has announced that the categories are confirmed as they are so far, no changes until the end of 2021.

UEFA Referees Categories for the second part of 2020-21 season - Tobias Stieler (GER) Promoted to Elite

UEFA Referees Committee have computed the promotions and demotions in their category revisions of  Winter 2020. 

UEFA Referees Categories for the first part of 2020-21 season - Several promotions from Category 2 to Category 1 - Three new Women Elite

UEFA Referees Committee have computed the promotions and demotions in their category revisions of Summer 2020. 

UEFA Category Revisions for the second half of 2019-20 season - Orel Grinfeeld (ISR), István Kovács (ROU) and Slavko Vinčić (SVN) promoted to Elite

UEFA Referees Committee have computed the promotions and demotions in their category revisions of Winter 2019. 

UEFA Category Revisions - Aliaksiej Kuĺbakoŭ and Ivan Kružliak are promoted to Elite

UEFA Referees Committee have computed the promotions and demotions in their category revisions of Summer 2019. Please find all changes in the document below.

UEFA Referee Categories for the second half of the season 2018/19 (Men, Women, Futsal)

These are the new categories for UEFA referees, valid from 01/01/2019 until 30/06/2019.  

Elite

Aytekin, Bastien, Brych, Çakır, Collum, del Cerro Grande*, Gil Manzano, Hațegan, Karasov, Kassai, Královec, Kuipers, Makkelie, Marciniak, Mateu Lahoz, Mažić, Oliver, Orsato, Rocchi, Sidirópoulos, Soares Dias, Skomina, Taylor, Turpin, Undiano Mallenco, Zwayer.

Category 1

Ağayev, Aranovsʹkyy, Beaton, Bebek, Bezborodov, Blom, Bognár, Boyko, Buquet, Ekberg, Estrada Fernández, Gestranius, Gil, Göçek, Gözübüyük,  Grinfeld, Jovanović, Jug, Kabakov, Kehlet, Kovács, Kružliak, Kulbakou, Lechner, Madden, Mažeika, Massa, Moen, Nijhuis, Özkahya, Pawson, Raczkowski, Schörgenhofer, Siebert, Sousa, Stavrev, Stefański, Stieler, Strömbergsson, Treimanis, Vad, Vinčič, Welz, Yes'kov, Zelinka

Category 2
Abed, Al-Hakim, Ardeleánu, Árnason, Attwell, Avram, Bieri, Boucaut, Brisard, Clancy, Colțescu, Costa Veríssimo, Dabanović, Dallas, Dankert, de Burgos Bengoetxea, Delerue, Di Bello, Dingert, Doveri, Doyle, Fabbri (N), Farkas, Frankowski, Frischer, Fritz, Glova, Guida, Hansen, Harkam, Harvey, Hernández Hernández, Higler, Hunter, Irrati, Ivanov, Jaccottet, Jorgji, Jović, Kalkavan, Kavanagh (N), Klossner, Komínis, Kráľovič, Kristoffersen, Kuchin, Lapochkin, Lardot, Letexier, Levnikov, Lopes Martins, Maae, Mariani (N), Martínez Munuera, Mečkarovski, Meler, Meshkov, Miguel, Millot, Munuera Montero (N), Munukka, Nevalainen, Nilsen, Palabıyık, Pandžić, Papapetrou, Peljto, Petrescu, Popov, Rainville, Reinshreiber, Rumšas, Sánchez Martínez, Sant, Schärer, Schneider, Schüttengruber, Shmuelevitz, Stegemann (N), Stoyanov, Þórarinsson, Tierney, Tohver, Tsynkevich, Tykgaard, Valeri, van Boekel

Category 3

á Høvdanum, Anufrijevs, Apostolov, Atazhanov, Balakin, Baliyan, Banari, Barbeno, Barcelo, Berke (N), Birsan (N), Branco Godinho, Burchardt, Carvalho Nobre (N),  Chinkov, Christofí,  De Gabriele (N), Dimitríou, do Nascimento Teixeira, Diamantopoulos (N), Đokić, Đorđic (N) Durieux, Eskås, Farrugia Cann, Feșnic, Frid, Gishamer (N), Golubevs, Griffith, Grujić, Hagenes, Hämäläinen (N), Hamiti, Həsənov, Hennessy,  Hovhannisyan, Ismuratov (N),  Jabarov (N) Jäger, Jakimovski, Jakubik, Jenkins (N), Jónasson (N), Kajtazovič, Kaluđerović, Karakó, Karlsson, Kasumi, Kennedy, Kjærsgaard, Kopriwa, Kozyk, Kristjánsson, Krogh (N), Kruashvili,, Laforge, Lambrechts, Leibovitz (N), Lukjančukas, Marhefka, Markham-Jones, Marshall, Matyunin, McLaughlin, McNabb, Milačić, Moskalev (N), Muntean, Musiał, Neokleous (N), Nuza, Nyberg, Obrenovič, Očenáš, Orel, Öztürk (N), Pajač, Papadópoulos, Papir, Pechanec (N), Pejin,, Pires Martins, Proske, Robertson, Romanov, Saggi, Sakhi, San, Santos Capela, Schnyder, Šehović, Shcharbakou, Shurman, Silva Pinheiro, Sjöberg (N), Skoulas (N), Sotiriuou (N), Steen, Strukan, Tarajev, Tean, Todorov, Troleis, Tschudi, Tzilos (N), Vadachkoria, Van Driessche (N), Verboomen (N), Viljanen, Visser, Walsh, Weinberger, Xhaja, Zammit, Zebec

* = Re-categorised

N = New on FIFA list 

PDF

MEN
https://docdro.id/VjcuEV9

WOMEN
https://docdro.id/rqNuIOl

FUTSAL
https://docdro.id/1VRKgO6

WOMEN: Ivana Martincic (CRO), Eleni Antoniou (GRE), Rebecca Welch (ENG) and Tess Oloffson (SWE) promoted

The UEFA Referee Committee has approved 4 promotions to the top & elite group for 2019. Huge congratulations and good luck to: Ivana Martincic - Category 1 Elite Eleni Antoniou – Category 2 1 Rebecca Welch – Category 2 1 Tess Oloffson – Category 2 1

*IN UPDATE*

Source:
UEFA

UEFA Referee Categories for the first half of the season 2018/19 (Men, Women, Futsal) UPDATED

Thank to h_demboveac on Twitter  these are the new categories for UEFA referees, valid from 01/07/2018 until 31/12/2018.  

Elite

Aytekin, Bastien*, Brych, Çakır, Collum, Eriksson, Gil Manzano*, Hațegan, Karasov, Kassai, Královec, Kuipers, Makkelie, Marciniak, Mateu Lahoz, Mažić, Oliver, Orsato, Rocchi, Sidirópoulos, Soares Dias*, Skomina, Taylor, Turpin, Undiano Mallenco, Zwayer.

Category 1

Ağayev*, Aranovsʹkyy, Banti, Beaton, Bebek, Bezborodov, Blom, Bognár, Boyko, Buquet, del Cerro Grande, Delférière, Ekberg, Estrada Fernández, Gestranius, Gil, Göçek, Gözübüyük, Gräfe, Grinfeld, Jovanović*, Jug, Kabakov*, Kehlet, Kovács, Kružliak, Kulbakou, Lechner, Madden, Mažeika, Massa*, Mazzoleni, Moen, Nijhuis, Özkahya, Pawson*, Raczkowski, Schörgenhofer, Siebert*, Sousa, Stavrev, Stefański, Stieler, Strömbergsson, Treimanis, Vad, Vinčič, Welz, Yes'kov, Zelinka

Category 2
Abed, Al-Hakim*, Ardeleánu, Árnason, Attwell, Avram, Bieri, Boucaut, Brisard, Clancy, Colțescu, Costa Veríssimo*, Dabanović, Dallas, Dankert, de Burgos Bengoetxea, Delerue, Di Bello, Dingert, Doveri, Doyle, Drachta*, Evans*, Farkas, Frankowski, Frischer*, Fritz, Glova*, Guida, Hansen, Harkam, Harvey*, Hernández Hernández, Higler*, Hunter, Irrati, Ivanov, Jaccottet, Jorgji, Jović, Kalkavan, Kalogeropoulos, Klossner, Komínis, Kráľovič, Kristoffersen, Kuchin, Lapochkin, Lardot, Letexier, Levnikov*, Lopes Martins, Maae*, Madley, Martínez Munuera, Mečkarovski, Meler*, Meshkov, Miguel, Millot, Munukka, Nevalainen, Nilsen, Palabıyık, Pandžić, Papapetrou*, Peljto, Petrescu, Popov, Rainville, Reinshreiber, Rumšas*, Sánchez Martínez, Sant, Schärer, Schneider, Schüttengruber, Shmuelevitz, Stoyanov, Þórarinsson*, Tierney, Tohver, Trattou, Tsynkevich, Tykgaard, Valeri, van Boekel, Vertenten, Xistra

Category 3

á Høvdanum, Aliyev, Andó-Szabó, Anufrijevs, Apostolov, Aretópoulos, Atazhanov, Balakin, Baliyan, Banari, Barbeno, Barcelo, Branco Godinho, Burchardt, Chinkov, Christofí, Dimitríou, do Nascimento Teixeira, Đokić, Durieux, Eskås, Farrugia Cann, Feșnic, Frid, Găman, Golubevs, Griffith, Grujić, Hagenes, Hamiti, Həsənov, Hennessy, Hjaltalín, Hovhannisyan, Jäger, Jakimovski, Jakubik, Järvinen, Kajtazovič, Kaluđerović, Karakó, Karlsson, Kasumi, Kennedy, Kjærsgaard, Kopriwa, Kozyk, Kristjánsson, Kruashvili,, Laforge, Lambrechts, Lukjančukas, Mántalos, Marhefka, Markham-Jones, Marshall, Masiás, Matyunin, McLaughlin, McNabb, Milačić, Muntean, Musiał, Nikolić, Nuza, Nyberg, Obrenovič, Očenáš, Orel, Pajač, Papadópoulos, Papir, Paşayev, Pejin,, Pires Martins, Poulsen, Příhoda, Proske, Robertson, Romanov, Saggi, Sakhi, San, Santos Capela, Schnyder, Šehović, Shcharbakou, Shurman, Silva Pinheiro, Steen, Strukan, Tarajev, Tean, Todorov, Troleis, Tschudi, Ulusoy, Vadachkoria, Viljanen, Vilkov, Visser, Walsh, Weinberger, Xhaja, Zammit, Zebec

* = Re-categorised

Here you can find the PDF documents with the new categories. 

UEFA Referee Categories for the second half of the season 2017/18 (Updated: Men, Women, Futsal)

Thank to our reader RayHD, (h_demboveac on Twitter)  these are the new categories for UEFA referees, valid from 01/01/2018 until 30/06/2018.  

Both English Anthony Taylor and Michael Oliver have been promoted to Elite, while Andreas Ekberg from  Sweden has joined Category 1, replacing his countryman Stefan Johannesson, who retired from the list. We can expect more changes on next update, on June 2018.


Elite

Atkinson, Aytekin, Brych, Çakır, Collum, Eriksson, Fernández Borbalán, Hațegan, Karasov, Kassai, Královec, Kuipers, Makkelie, Marciniak, Mateu Lahoz, Mažić, Oliver*, Orsato, Rocchi, Sidirópoulos, Skomina, Taylor*, Turpin, Undiano Mallenco, Zwayer

Category 1

Aranovsʹkyy, Banti, Bastien, Beaton, Bebek, Bezborodov, Blom, Bognár, Boyko, Buquet, del Cerro Grande, Delférière, Drachta, Ekberg*, Estrada Fernández, Evans, Gestranius, Gil, Gil Manzano, Göçek, Gözübüyük, Gräfe, Grinfeld, Jug, Kehlet, Kovács, Kružliak, Kulbakou, Lechner, Liani, Madden, Mažeika, Mazzoleni, Moen, Nijhuis, Özkahya, Pisani, Raczkowski, Schörgenhofer, Soares Dias, Sousa, Stavrev, Stefański, Stieler, Strömbergsson, Treimanis, Vad, Vinčič, Welz, Yes'kov, Zelinka

Category 2

Abed**, Ağayev, Ardeleánu, Árnason, Attwell**, Avram, Bieri, Boucaut, Brisard**, Clancy, Colțescu, Dabanović, Dallas, Dankert, de Burgos Bengoetxea**, Delerue, Di Bello**, Dingert, Doveri**, Doyle, Farkas, Frankowski, Fritz, Guida, Hansen, Harkam, Hernández Hernández, Hunter, Irrati, Ivanov, Jaccottet, Jorgji, Jovanović, Jović, Kabakov, Kalkavan, Kalogerópoulos, Klossner, Komínis, Kráľovič, Kristoffersen, Kuchin, Lapochkin, Lardot, Letexier, Martins, Madley, Martínez Munuera, Massa, Mečkarovski, Meshkov, Miguel, Millot, Munukka, Nevalainen, Nilsen, Palabıyık, Pandžić, Pawson, Peljto, Petrescu, Popov, Rainville, Reinshreiber, Sánchez Martínez, Sant, Schärer, Schneider, Schüttengruber, Shmuelevitz, Siebert, Stoyanov, Tierney**, Tohver, Trattou, Tsynkevich, Tykgaard, Valeri, van Boekel, Vertenten, Xistra

Category 3

á Høvdanum**, Al-Hakim, Aliyev, Andó-Szabó, Anufrijevs, Apostolov, Aretópoulos, Atazhanov, Balakin, Baliyan, Banari, Barbeno, Barcelo, Branco Godinho, Burchardt, Chinkov**, Christofí**, Costa Veríssimo, Dimitríou, do Nascimento Teixeira, Đokić, Durieux, Eskås, Farrugia Cann, Feșnic, Frid**, Frischer, Găman, Glova, Golubevs, Griffith, Grujić**, Hagenes**, Hamiti**, Harvey, Həsənov, Hennessy, Higler, Hjaltalín, Hovhannisyan, Jäger**, Jakimovski, Jakubik, Järvinen, Kajtazovič**, Kaluđerović, Karakó, Karlsson**, Kasumi**, Kennedy, Kjærsgaard, Kopriwa, Kozyk**, Kristjánsson**, Kruashvili, Kryvonosov**, Kvirikashvili**, Laforge, Lambrechts, Levnikov, Lukjančukas, Maae, Mántalos, Marhefka, Markham-Jones, Marshall, Masiás, Matyunin, McLaughlin, McNabb, Meler, Milačić**, Muntean, Musiał, Nikolić, Nuza, Nyberg, Obrenovič, Očenáš, Orel, Pajač**, Papadópoulos**, Papapétrou, Papir, Paşayev, Pejin, Petrović**, Pires Martins**, Poulsen, Příhoda, Proske, Robertson, Romanov**, Rumšas, Saggi**, Sakhi, San, Santos Capela, Schnyder**, Šehović**, Shcharbakou, Shurman**, Silva Pinheiro, Steen, Strukan, Tarajev, Tean, Þórarinsson, Todorov, Troleis, Tschudi**, Ulusoy, Vadachkoria, Viljanen**, Vilkov, Visser, Walsh, Weinberger**, Xhaja**, Zammit, Zebec

* = Re-categorised
** = New on FIFA list

Here you can find the PDF documents with the new categories. Thank again to RayHD.