The UEFA Referees Committee approved the referee categories for the second half of the season 2024/2025. The changes take effect on 1 January 2025.
Men
Retired from Elite: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR), Daniele Orsato (ITA), Artur Soares Dias (POR), Ovidiu Hategan (ROU), William Collum (SCO).
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Maurizio Mariani (ITA), Joao Pinheiro (POR, photo).
Retired/removed from First Category: Harald Lechner (AUT), Marco Di Bello (ITA), Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD), Bartosz Frankowski (POL), Andreas Ekberg (SWE).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Elchin Masiyev (AZE), Mohammed Al-Emara (FIN), Goga Kikacheishvili (GEO), Vasileios Fotias (GRE), Sander van der Eijk (NED).
Retired/removed from Second Category: Jonathan Lardot (BEL), Fran Jovic (CRO), Andreas Argyrou (CYP), Jan Petrik (CZE), Craig Pawson (ENG), Juri Frischer (EST), Ruddy Buquet (FRA), Pierre Gaillouste (FRA), Irakli Kvirikashvili (GEO), Bastian Dankert (GER), Christian Dingert (GER), Jason Barcelo (GIB), Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (GRE), Evangelos Manouchos (GRE), Istvan Vad (HUN), Thorvaldur Arnason (ISL), Roi Reinshreiber (ISR), Sivert Amland (NOR), Kai Steen (NOR), Daniel Stefanski (POL), Marcel Bîrsan (ROU), Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS), David Munro (SCO), Fedayi San (SUI), Abdulkadir Bitigen (TUR), Bahattin Simsek (TUR), Vitaliy Romanov (UKR), Robert Jenkins (WAL).
New FIFA referees entered into Second Category: Artem Gasparyan (ARM, 1993), Jakob Semler (AUT, 1991), Simon Bourdeaud'hui (BEL, 1996), Anton Lashuk (BLR, 1992), Mateo Erceg (CRO, 1996), Konstantinos Fellas (CYP, 1990), Karel Rouček (CZE, 1996), Samuel Barrott (ENG, 1993), Karl Koppel (EST, 1994), Romain Lissorgue (FRA, 1991), Mathieu Vernice (FRA, 1993), Aleko Aptsiauri (GEO, 1990), Giorgi Avazashvili (GEO, 1988), Florian Badstübner (GER, 1991), Matthias Jöllenbeck (GER, 1987), Seth Sheehan-Galia (GIB, 1999), Alexandros Tsakalidis (GRE, 1993), Marton Rusz (HUN, 1994), Johann Jonsson (ISL, 1985), Gal Levi (ISR, 1988), Matteo Marcenaro (ITA, 1992), Matteo Marchetti (ITA, 1989), Igor Boşca (MDA, 1989), Vlatko Ilioski (MKD, 1993), Marius Grotta (NOR, 1992), Daniel Higraff (NOR, 1992), Patryk Gryckiewicz (POL, 1995), Wojciech Myć (POL, 1989), Joao Gonçalves (POR, 1991), Szabolcs Kovacs (ROU, 1988), Rares Vidican (ROU, 1988), Sergey Cheban (RUS, 1990), Ross Hardie (SCO, 1990), Sven Wolfensberger (SUI, 1989), Oscar Johnson (SWE, 1993), Oguzhan Çakir (TUR, 1998), Mehmet Türkmen (TUR, 1992), Klym Zabroda (UKR, 1991), Aaron Jones (WAL, 1990).
Women
Retired from Elite: Rebecca Welch (ENG), Monika Mularczyk (POL).
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (ESP), Silvia Gasperotti (ITA), Desiree Grundbacher (SUI).
Retired/removed from First Category: Zulema Gonzalez Gonzalez (ESP), Justina Lavrenovaite Perez (LTU), Silvia Domingos (POR), Gamze Durmuş (TUR).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Olivia Tschon (AUT), Caroline Lanssens (BEL), Nanna Andersen (DEN), Maika Vanderstichel (FRA).
Retired/removed from Second Category: Triinu Vaher (EST), Ifeoma Kulmala (FIN), Meitar Shemesh (ISR), Melis Ozcigdem (TUR).
New FIFA referees entered into Second Category: Marta San Juan Casado (AND), Sara Telek (AUT), Melissa Burgin (ENG), Elisabeth Calvo Valentin (ESP), Satu Miettunen (FIN), Sapir Berman (ISR), Mariia Glekova (ISR), Tatjana Lavrentika (LVA), Anna Adamska (POL), Sara Alves (POR), Abbie Hendry (SCO), Hanna Laajanen (SWE), Asen Albayrak (TUR), Hatice Aydin Duygu (TUR), Liudmyla Telbukh (UKR).
Futsal
Retired from Elite: Stefan Vrijens (BEL), Marc Birkett (ENG), Cedric Pelissier (FRA), Gabor Kovacs (HUN), Eduardo Coelho (POR), Vladimir Kadykov (RUS).
Demoted from Elite to First Category: Kirill Naishouler (FIN).
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Arttu Kyynaeraeinen (FIN), Dag Tangvik (NOR), Mariia Myslovska (UKR).
Retired/removed from First Category: Talgat Kosmukhambetov (KAZ), Josip Barton (MKD), Grigori Zelentsov (RUS), Ozan Soycan (TUR).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Hikmat Qafarli (AZE), Jiri Bergs (BEL), Kaloyan Kirilov (BUL), Dino Kramar (CRO), Radim Cep (CZE), Nikola Rabrenovic (SRB), Hakan Tezcan (TUR).
Retired/removed from Second Category: Yasin Alageyik (BEL), Ivo Tsenov (BUL), CYP Larisa Avramidou (CYP), Georgios Kozakos (CYP), Christian Gundler (GER), David Berry (IRL), Oliver Nikolić (SRB), Marco Rothenfluh (SUI).
New FIFA referees entered into Second Category: Amine El Hilali (BEL), Stijn Lehembre (BEL), Aleksandar Vangelov (BUL), Theocharis Theocharous (CYP), Jordan Griffiths (ENG), Diego Martinez Garcia (ESP), Adrien Crumois (FRA), Bryan Francois (FRA), Sven Schreiber (GER), David Juhasz (HUN), Alan Patchell (IRL), Igors Jacevics (LVA), Monika Dashtevska (MKD), Dejan Mladenovski (MKD), Danilo Francalanza (MLT), Vladimir Sebek (MNE), Pedro Costa (POR), Rita Ferraz (POR), Evgeny Sergeev (RUS), Bojan Graovac (SRB), Emilie Aubry (SUI), Emanuele Karbala (SUI), Ayberg Oz (TUR).
