Re-categorized from Elite Development to First Category: Firat Aydinus (TUR), Deniz Aytekin (TUR), Ivan Bebek (CRO), Antony Gautier (FRA), Manuel Gräfe (GER), Tom Harald Hagen (NOR), Ovidiu Hategan (ROU), Matej Jug (SVN), Sergei Karasev (RUS), Bas Nijhuis (NED), Daniele Orsato (ITA), Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD), Marijo Strahonja (CRO), István Vad (HUN).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Ievgenii Aranovskiy (UKR), Ruddy Buquet (FRA), Sébastien Delferiere (BEL), Aleksei Eskov (RUS), Mattias Gestranius (FIN), Kenn Hansen (DEN), Harald Lechner (AUT), Paolo Mazzoleni (ITA), Steven McLean (SCO), Halis Özkahya (TUR), Martin Strömbergsson (SWE), Slavko Vinčič (SVN), Miroslav Zelinka (CZE).
Demoted from First Category to Second Category: Antonio Damato (ITA), Fredy Fautrel (FRA), Sascha Kever (SUI), Aleksei Nikolaev (RUS), Stanislav Todorov (BUL).
Promoted from Third Category to Second Category: Aliyar Aghayev (AZE), Alexander Harkam (AUT), Adrien Jaccottet (SUI), Georgi Kabakov (BUL), Sergei Lapochkin (RUS), Hugo Miguel (POR), Radu Petrescu (ROU), Clayton Pisani (MLT), Pawel Raczkowski (POL), Daniel Stefanski (POL), Siarhei Tsynkevich (BLR), Michael Tykgaard (DEN).
Demoted from Second Category to Third Category: Sándor Andó-Szabó (HUN), Nikolai Yordanov (BUL).
New FIFA referees promoted directly to Second Category: Benoit Bastien (FRA), Bastian Dankert (GER), Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP), Marco Guida (ITA), Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP), Davide Massa (ITA), Benoît Millot (FRA), Tobias Stieler (GER).
Promoted from Third Category to Second Category: Aliyar Aghayev (AZE), Alexander Harkam (AUT), Adrien Jaccottet (SUI), Georgi Kabakov (BUL), Sergei Lapochkin (RUS), Hugo Miguel (POR), Radu Petrescu (ROU), Clayton Pisani (MLT), Pawel Raczkowski (POL), Daniel Stefanski (POL), Siarhei Tsynkevich (BLR), Michael Tykgaard (DEN).
Demoted from Second Category to Third Category: Sándor Andó-Szabó (HUN), Nikolai Yordanov (BUL).
New FIFA referees promoted directly to Second Category: Benoit Bastien (FRA), Bastian Dankert (GER), Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP), Marco Guida (ITA), Alejandro Hernández Hernández (ESP), Davide Massa (ITA), Benoît Millot (FRA), Tobias Stieler (GER).