The UEFA Referees Committee approved the referee categories for the first half of the season 2020/2021. The changes take effect on 17 August 2020.
Men
Demoted from First Category to Second Category: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU, 1978, photo).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Lawrence Visser (BEL, 1989), Fran Jovic (CRO, 1984), Christopher Kavanagh (ENG, 1985), Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP, 1982), Jerôme Brisard (FRA, 1986), Roi Reinshreiber (ISR, 1980), Maurizio Mariani (ITA, 1982), Donatas Rumsas (LTU, 1988), Bartosz Frankowski (POL, 1986), Fabio Verissimo (POR, 1982), Glenn Nyberg (SWE, 1988), Halil Meler (TUR, 1986).
Retired from Second Category: Alan Sant (MLT, 1980), Manuel
Sousa (POR, 1975).
Demoted from Second Category to Third Category: Michael Tykgaard (DEN, 1977), Eitan Shmuelevitz (ISR, 1978), Tore Hansen (NOR, 1978).
Promoted from Third Category to Second Category: Julian Weinberger (AUT, 1985), Erik Lambrechts (BEL, 1984), Volen Chinkov (BUL, 1983), Timotheos Christofí (CYP, 1987), Peter Kjaersgaard (DEN, 1984), Petri Viljanen (FIN, 1987), Kari a Høvdanum (FRO, 1990), Ioannis Papadopoulos (GRE, 1982), Yigal Frid (ISR, 1992), Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LAT, 1984), Kai Erik Steen (NOR, 1985), Luis Godinho (POR, 1985), Nicholas Walsh (SCO, 1990), Lionel Tschudi (SUI, 1989), Rade Obrenović (SVN, 1990), Kristoffer Karlsson (SWE, 1984).
Women
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Marta Huerta de Aza (ESP, 1990), Tess Olofsson (SWE, 1988), Cheryl Foster (WAL, 1980).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Volha Tsiareshka (BLR, 1989), Frida Klarlund Nielsen (DEN, 1989), Maria Marotta (ITA, 1984), Iuliana Demetrescu (ROU, 1990),
Promoted from Third Category to Second Category: Jelena Pejkovic (CRO, 1984), Karoline Wacker (GER, 1991), Rasa Grigone (LTU, 1991), Catarina Campos (POR, 1985), Jelena Cvetkovic (SRB, 1991), Laura Rapp (SWE, 1990).
Futsal
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Stefan Vrijens (BEL, 1980), Kirill Naishouler (FIN, 1983), Victor Berg-Audic (FRA, 1985), Miguel Castilho (POR, 1981), Petar Radojcic (SRB, 1981), Daniel Matkovic (SUI, 1989), Lukas Pesko (SVK, 1983).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Juan Boelen (BEL, 1990), Vedran Babic (CRO, 1987), Jan Kresta (CZE, 1980), David Nissen (DEN, 1986), Peter Nurse (ENG, 1981), Grigori Osomkov (EST, 1985), Julien Lang (FRA, 1988), Chiara Perona (ITA, 1987), Ingus Purins (LVA, 1984), Viktor Bugenko (MDA, 1980), Marjan Mladenovski (MKD, 1986), Ibrahim El Jilali (NED, 1986), Cristiano Santos (POR, 1989), Vlad Ciobanu (ROU, 1981), Iuri Neverov (RUS, 1989), Irina Velikanova (RUS, 1980), David Schaerli (SUI, 1988), Ales Mocnik (SVN, 1986),
Promoted from Third Category to Second Category: Hikmat Qafarli (AZE, 1987), Alem Bajrovic (BIH, 1978), Maksim Dzeikala (BLR, 1978), Kaloyan Kirilov (BUL, 1984), Yiangos Yiangou (CYP, 1981), Arttu Kyynaeraeinen (FIN, 1985), Ingo Heemsoth (GER, 1986), Jacob Pawlowski (GER, 1989), Antonios Adamopoulos (GRE, 1986), Norbert Szilagyi (HUN, 1985), Talgat Kosmukhambetov (KAZ, 1984), Besar Beqiri (KVX, 1988), Besart Ismajli (KVX, 1984), Sarunas Tamulynas (LTU, 1977), Eduards Fatkulins (LVA, 1979), Lars Van Leeuwen (NED, 1990), Daniel Deca (ROU, 1978), Gordon McCabe (SCO, 1983), Daniele D’Adamo (SMR, 1982), Nebojsa Panic (SRB, 1980), Dejan Veselic (SVN, 1986), Haris Curovac (SWE, 1985), Ugur Cakmak (TUR, 1992), Murat Colak (TUR, 1984), Carl Hughes (WAL, 1987).
