The UEFA Referees Committee approved the referee categories for the first half of the season 2019/2020. The changes take effect on 25 June 2019.
Men
Retired/removed from Elite: Milorad Mazic (SRB), Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP).
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Ivan Kruzliak (SVK), Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR, photo).
Demoted from First Category to Second Category: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT), Miroslav Zelinka (CZE), Tobias Welz (GER), Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR), Manuel Sousa (POR), Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS), Martin Strömbergsson (SWE), Hüseyin Göcek (TUR).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Manuel Schüttengruber (AUT), Irfan Peljto (BIH), Petr Ardeleanu (CZE), Jose Sanchez Martinez (ESP), Kristo Tohver (EST), Francois Letexier (FRA), Marco Guida (ITA), Nikola Dabanović (MNE), Tiago Martins (POR), Radu Petrescu (ROU), Sergei Ivanov (RUS), Sandro Schärer (SUI), Ali Palabiyik (TUR).
Retired/removed from Second Category: Andrew Dallas (SCO).
Demoted from Second Category to Third Category: Nikola Popov (BUL), Ville Nevalainen (FIN), Nicolas Rainville (FRA), Hugo Miguel (POR), Sebastian Coltescu (ROU).
Promoted from Third Category to Second Category: Lawrence Visser (BEL), Duje Strukan (CRO), Pavel Orel (CZE), Jørgen Burchardt (DEN), Giorgi Kruashvili (GEO), Robert Hennessy (IRL), Alain Durieux (LUX), Dumitru Muntean (MDA), Trustin Farrugia Cann (MLT), Espen Eskas (NOR), Krysztof Jakubik (POL), Joao Pinheiro (POR), Horatiu Fesnic (ROU), Donald Robertson (SCO), Glenn Nyberg (SWE), Mykola Balakin (UKR), Iwan Griffith (WAL).
Women
Demoted from Elite to First Category: Monika Mularczyk (POL).
Demoted from First Category to Second Category: Vesna Budimir (CRO).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Marta Huerta De Aza (ESP), Elvira Nurmustafina (KAZ), Ivana Projkovska (MKD), Ewa Augustyn (POL).
Promoted from Third Category to Second Category: Galiya Echeva (BUL), Sabina Bolic (CRO), Lucie Sulcova (CZE), Tinna Christensen (DEN), Maria Martinez Madrona (ESP), Reelika Turi (EST), Henrikke Nervik (NOR), Iuliana Demetrescu (ROU), Vera Opeikina (RUS), Aleksandra Cesen (SVN).
Retired/removed from Third Category: Solen Dallongeville (FRA), Liliya Hasanova (KAZ), Hanna Kaplainen (FIN), Sabayel Kuzutürk (AZE), Irina Lyussina (BEL), Ana Minic (SRB), Rachel Shkuri (ISR).
Demoted from Elite to First Category: Gerd Bylois (BEL), Timo Onatsu (FIN), Tomasz Frak (POL).
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Nikola Jelic (CRO), Alejandro Martinez Flores (ESP), Alessandro Malfer (ITA), Vladimir Kadykov (RUS).
Demoted from First Category to Second Category: Gerald Bauernfeind (AUT).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Stefan Vrijens (BEL), David Urdanoz Apezteguia (ESP), Kirill Naishouler (FIN), Nicola Manzione (ITA), Miguel Oliveira (POR), Grigori Zelentsov (RUS), Petar Radojcic (SRB), Daniel Matkovic (SUI), Simon Todorovic (SVN).
Promoted from Third Category to Second Category: Juan Boelen (BEL), Vedran Babic (CRO), Jan Kresta (CZE), David Nissen (DEN), Grigori Osomkov (EST), Julien Lang (FRA), Victor Bugenko (MDA), Marjan Mladenovski (MKD), Omar Rafiq (NOR), Damian Jaruchiewicz (POL), Slawomir Steczco (POL), Vlad Ciobanu (ROU), Adrian Tschopp (SUI), Ales Mocnik (SVN).
Futsal
Demoted from Elite to First Category: Gerd Bylois (BEL), Timo Onatsu (FIN), Tomasz Frak (POL).
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Nikola Jelic (CRO), Alejandro Martinez Flores (ESP), Alessandro Malfer (ITA), Vladimir Kadykov (RUS).
Demoted from First Category to Second Category: Gerald Bauernfeind (AUT).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Stefan Vrijens (BEL), David Urdanoz Apezteguia (ESP), Kirill Naishouler (FIN), Nicola Manzione (ITA), Miguel Oliveira (POR), Grigori Zelentsov (RUS), Petar Radojcic (SRB), Daniel Matkovic (SUI), Simon Todorovic (SVN).
Promoted from Third Category to Second Category: Juan Boelen (BEL), Vedran Babic (CRO), Jan Kresta (CZE), David Nissen (DEN), Grigori Osomkov (EST), Julien Lang (FRA), Victor Bugenko (MDA), Marjan Mladenovski (MKD), Omar Rafiq (NOR), Damian Jaruchiewicz (POL), Slawomir Steczco (POL), Vlad Ciobanu (ROU), Adrian Tschopp (SUI), Ales Mocnik (SVN).
