FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – CAF (Round 2, Final)

16 November 2025

Nigeria/Gabon – Cameroon/Congo DR
Referee: Jalal Jayed MAR (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mostafa Akarkad MAR
Assistant Referee 2: Zakaria Brinsi MAR
Fourth Official: Mehrez Melki TUN
VAR: Lahlou Benbraham ALG
AVAR: Haythem Guirat TUN

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – CONCACAF (Round 3, Matchday 5)

13 November 2025

Guatemala – Panama
Referee: Cesar Ramos MEX (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morin MEX
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Bisguerra MEX

Suriname – El Salvador
Referee: Oshane Nation JAM
Assistant Referee 1: Caleb Wales JAM
Assistant Referee 2: Ojay Duhaney JAM

Trinidad and Tobago – Jamaica
Referee: Walter Lopez GUA
Assistant Referee 1: Keytzel Corrales NCA
Assistant Referee 2: Raymundo Feliz DOM

Bermuda – Curacao
Referee: Tori Penso USA
Assistant Referee 1: Brooke Mayo USA
Assistant Referee 2: Kathryn Nesbitt USA

Haiti – Costa Rica
Referee: Joseph Dickerson USA
Assistant Referee 1: Cameron Blanchard USA
Assistant Referee 2: Logan Brown USA

Nicaragua – Honduras
Referee: Ismail Elfath USA
Assistant Referee 1: Kyle Atkins USA 

Assistant Referee 2: Corey Parker USA

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – CAF (Round 2, Semi-finals)

13 November 2025

Nigeria – Gabon
Referee: Abongile Tom RSA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Zakhele Siwela RSA
Assistant Referee 2: Souru Phatsoane LES
VAR: Akhona Makalima RSA
Referee Assessor: Hugues Adjovi BEN

Cameroon – Congo DR
Referee: Mahmood Ismail SDN
Assistant Referee 1: Gilbert Cheruiyot KEN
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Yiembe KEN
Fourth Official: Omar Artan SOM
VAR: Dahane Beida MTN
AVAR: Djibril Camara SEN
Referee Assessor: Hadqa Yahya MAR

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – AFC (Round 5)

First Leg, 13 November 2025

UAE – Iraq
Referee: Shaun Evans AUS (photo)

Second Leg, 18 November 2025
Iraq – UAE
Referee: Yusuke Araki JPN
Assistant Referee 1: Jun Mihara JPN
Assistant Referee 2: Kota Watanabe JPN

UEFA U-21 Euro 2027 Qualifiers (Matchday 6)

13 November 2025

Croatia – Lithuania
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes NOR (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Morten Jensen NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Tom Gronevik NOR
Fourth Official: Marius Lien NOR
Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif ISR

North Macedonia – Sweden
Referee: Kevin O'Sullivan IRL
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official: Paul McLaughlin IRL
Referee Observer: Halis Özkahya TUR

Slovakia – Kazakhstan
Referee: Ian McNabb NIR
Assistant Referee 1: Paul Robinson NIR
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Donaldson NIR
Fourth Official: Thomas Clarke NIR
Referee Observer: Sergejus Slyva LTU

Luxembourg – Iceland
Referee: Aleko Aptsiauri GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Davit Chigogidze GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgi Elikashvili GEO
Fourth Official: Koba Revazashvili GEO
Referee Observer: Alan Sant MLT

Northern Ireland – Latvia
Referee: Ivar Kristjánsson ISL
Assistant Referee 1: Birkir Sigurdarson ISL
Assistant Referee 2: Ragnar Bender ISL
Fourth Official: Thórdur Thórdarson ISL
Referee Observer: Svein Moen NOR

UEFA Women’s Europa Cup 2025/26 – Round of 16 (First Leg)

12 November 2025

FC Nordsjaelland – ZNK Mura
Referee: Lizzy van der Helm NED (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Martina Boer NED
Assistant Referee 2: Isabelle van Gilst NED
Fourth Official: Manon Plandsoen NED
Referee Observer:

BK Hacken – Inter Milano
Referee: Kirsty Dowle ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Emily Carney ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Sophie Dennington ENG
Fourth Official: Emily Heaslip ENG
Referee Observer:

Sparta Praha – BSC Young Boys
Referee: Ainara Acevedo Dudley ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Rita Cabañero Mompó ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Elena Martínez Moreno ESP
Fourth Official: Ylenia Sánchez Miguel ESP
Referee Observer:

RSC Anderlecht – Austria Wien
Referee: Kristina Georgieva BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Pavleta Rashkova BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Dorieta Valeva BUL
Fourth Official: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
Referee Observer:

Breidablik – Fortuna Hjorring
Referee: Lotta Vuorio FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Heini Hyvönen FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Taru Tiensuu FIN
Fourth Official: Ifeoma Kulmala FIN
Referee Observer:

PSV Eindhoven – Eintracht Frankfurt
Referee: Deborah Bianchi ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Veronica Martinelli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Stefania Signorelli ITA
Fourth Official: Martina Molinaro ITA
Referee Observer:

AFC Ajax – Hammarby IF
Referee: Alexandra Collin FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Clothilde Brassart FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Clémentine Dubreil FRA
Fourth Official: Émeline Rochebilière FRA
Referee Observer:

Glasgow City FC – Sporting CP
Referee: Fabienne Michel GER
Assistant Referee 1: Melissa Joos GER
Assistant Referee 2: Isabel Steinke GER
Fourth Official: Karoline Wacker GER 

Referee Observer:

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025 – Group Stage (Matches 65-72)

11 November 2025

Chile – Canada
Referee: Vasileios Fotias GRE (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Meintanas GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Michail Papadakis GRE
Fourth Official: Mohammed Al Shammari QAT
Reserve AR: Faisal Al Shammari QAT

Uganda – France
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin UZB
Assistant Referee 1: Sanjar Shayusupov UZB
Assistant Referee 2: Akmal Giyosov UZB
Fourth Official: Kwinsi Williams TRI
Reserve AR: Kirt Charles TRI

Ireland – Paraguay
Referee: Filip Dujic CAN
Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Tanaka-Freundt CAN
Assistant Referee 2: Gerard-Kader Lebuis CAN
Fourth Official: Stevan Madrigal CRC
Reserve AR: Luis Granados CRC

Uzbekistan – Panama
Referee: Oleksii Derevinskyi UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksii Myronov UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Matyash UKR
Fourth Official: Andrea Colombo ITA
Reserve AR: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA

Czechia – USA
Referee: Yender Herrera VEN
Assistant Referee 1: Antoni Garcia VEN
Assistant Referee 2: Erizon Nieto VEN
Fourth Official: Paulo Zanovelli BRA
Reserve AR: Nailton Oliveira BRA

Burkina Faso – Tajikistan
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Michele Seeldraeyers BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Fourth Official: Marian Barbu ROU
Reserve AR: Mircea Grigoriu ROU

Saudi Arabia – Mali
Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan De Groot NED
Fourth Official: Rohit Saggi NOR
Reserve AR: Ole Haukasen NOR

New Zealand – Austria
Referee: Tanguy Mebiame GAB
Assistant Referee 1: Salim Alao BEN
Assistant Referee 2: Amos Abeigne GAB
Fourth Official: Hamza El Fariq MAR
Reserve AR: Hamza Nassiri MAR

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2025/26 – Group Stage (Matchday 3)

11 November 2025 

AS Roma – Valerenga FC
Referee: Michaela Pachtová CZE (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Lucie Ratajová CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Tereza Holakovská CZE
Fourth Official: Natálie Čampišová CZE
VAR: Jana Adámková CZE
AVAR: Mario Zebec CRO
Referee Observer: Katarzyna Wierzbowska POL

OL Lyonnes – VfL Worlfsburg
Referee: Eléni Antoníou GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Vasilía Tsiklitári GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Zoí Papadopoúlou GRE
Fourth Official: Iríni Pingíou GRE
VAR: Spyrídon Zambalás GRE
AVAR: Sian Massey-Ellis ENG
Referee Observer: Caroline De Boeck BEL

Real Madrid – Paris FC
Referee: Frida Klarlund DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Fie Bruun DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Katrine Stensholm DEN
Fourth Official: Julie Thomsen DEN
VAR: Sandi Putros DEN
AVAR: Jens Maae DEN
Referee Observer: Rhona Coombes IRL

SKN St. Polten – Chelsea FCW
Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jessica Bergmann GER
Assistant Referee 2: Simone Jakob GER
Fourth Official: Davina Lutz GER
VAR: Katrin Rafalski GER
AVAR: Johann Pfeifer GER
Referee Observer: Petra Pavlíková SVK

12 November 2025
FC Barcelona – OH Leuven
Referee: Riem Hussein GER
Assistant Referee 1: Anne Uersfeld GER
Assistant Referee 2: Irina Wehr GER
Fourth Official: Angelika Söder GER
VAR: Benjamin Cortus GER
AVAR: Michèle Schmölzer SUI
Referee Observer: Vesna Budimir CRO

Bayern Munchen – Arsenal WFC
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Eliana Fernández González ESP
Fourth Official: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP
VAR: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP
AVAR: Judit Romano García ESP
Referee Observer: Pernilla Larsson SWE

SL Benfica – FC Twente
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Camille Soriano FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mélissa Rossignol FRA
Fourth Official: Audrey Gerbel FRA
VAR: Nicolas Rainville FRA
AVAR: Élisa Daupeux FRA
Referee Observer: Lilach Asulin ISR

Manchester United  – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Anita Vad HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Nikolett Bizderi HUN
Fourth Official: Eszter Urbán HUN
VAR: Tamás Bognár HUN
AVAR: Ferenc Karakó HUN
Referee Observer: Ivana Vlaić BIH

Atletico de Madrid – Juventus FC
Referee: Ewa Augustyn POL
Assistant Referee 1: Paulina Baranowska POL
Assistant Referee 2: Julia Bukarowicz POL
Fourth Official: Anna Adamska POL
VAR: Daniel Stefański POL
AVAR: Kornel Paszkiewicz POL 

Referee Observer: Ingrid Jonsson SWE

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025 – Group Stage (Matches 57-64)

10 November 2025

Korea – Cote d’Ivoire
Referee: Derlis Lopez PAR (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Canete PAR
Assistant Referee 2: Eduardo Britos PAR
Fourth Official: Kwinsi Williams TRI
Reserve AR: Kirt Charles TRI

Switzerland – Mexico
Referee: Hamza El Fariq MAR
Assistant Referee 1: Hamza Nassiri MAR
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Dhouioui TUN
Fourth Official: Ivo Mendez BOL
Reserve AR: Edwar Saavedra BOL

El Salvador – Germany
Referee: Mohammed Al Shammari QAT
Assistant Referee 1: Khaled Khalaf QAT
Assistant Referee 2: Faisal Al Shammari QAT
Fourth Official: Bang Gi-Yeol KOR
Reserve AR: Choi Hyun-Jai KOR

Colombia – Korea DPR
Referee: Andrea Colombo ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giovanni Baccini ITA
Fourth Official: Rohit Saggi NOR
Reserve AR: Jorgen Valstadsve NOR

Zambia – Brazil
Referee: Ben Aukwai SOL
Assistant Referee 1: Malaetala Salanoa SAM
Assistant Referee 2: Garet Sheehan NZL
Fourth Official: Hiroki Kasahara JPN
Reserve AR: Takeshi Asada JPN

Honduras – Indonesia
Referee: Marian Barbu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mircea Grigoriu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: George Neacsu ROU
Fourth Official: Roberto Perez PER
Reserve AR: Leonar Soto PER

Venezuela – Haiti
Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi KSA
Assistant Referee 1: Faisal Al-Qahtani KSA
Assistant Referee 2: Ibrahim Al-Dakhil KSA
Fourth Official: Abdou Mefire CMR
Reserve AR: Joel Doe LBR

Egypt – England
Referee: Paulo Zanovelli BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Nailton Sousa BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Luanderson Lima BRA
Fourth Official: Fernando Vejar CHI
Reserve AR: Carlos Poblete CHI

Top Czech referee Adamkova ended her national career

Referee Jana Adámková bid farewell to her active career on the domestic stage on Saturday's first division for women, in the match between Sparta Prague and Liberec. The 47-year-old referee from Brno will officiate at least one more match in the UEFA Women’s European Cup between Austria Vienna and Anderlecht Brussels on November 19, but the weekend duel between Sparta and Liberec was her final farewell to Czech competitions.

"I feel that the right moment has come, I have been making this decision for a long time. And it was one of the hardest I have ever made. A few tears fall because a big stage is coming to an end for me. I have always loved being on the field, I have experienced a lot with refereeing, and it has brought me great experience. And thanks to it, I have also met many great friends for life. But it is really the right time to stop being an active referee on the field," Adámková told fotbal.cz. She previously played football at the highest level, in 2000 and 2001 she even played six matches for the Czech national team and in the European Championship qualifying match against Croatia (July 2001) she scored a goal in a big Czech win of 5-0. Adamkova then turned her career towards refereeing, which she has been doing since 2002, and has also succeeded on the international stage: since 2007 she has been permanently listed on the FIFA list and has become one of the absolute world elites. She has participated in two FIFA Women's World Cups U-17 (2012, 2014) and U-20 (2016, 2018). In 2016, she refereed the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup final between France and Korea DPR. She has been appointed to the UEFA Women’s Euro twice (2017, 2022) and in 2019 she also appeared at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Another career highlight came in 2018, when Adamkova refereed the UEFA Women's Champions League final between Wolfsburg and Lyon. In November 2018, she became the second woman in the history of the domestic top league, after Dagmar Damková, to be appointed to a match in the domestic men's top league between Olomouc and Mlada Boleslav, where Adámková refereed a total of 12 matches, and was fourth official in four matches.

“I could hardly have asked for more from my refereeing career. World and European championship matches in various age categories, the Champions League… The opportunity to even be in the final matches of these top competitions is something I never dreamed of at the beginning of my career. The same applies to the opportunity to referee the highest men's domestic competition. These are experiences and unforgettable moments that I will carry with me forever,” said Adámková. In recent years, she has also been regularly appointed as a VMO for UEFA Women’s Champions League matches, having overseen a total of 98 matches and would like to continue in this role.

Jana Adámková (27 January 1978)

Referee: since 2002

FIFA Referee List: since 2007

International achievements:

2 x European Championships (2017, 2022)

1 x World Cup (2019)

2 x U-20 World Cup (2016, 2018), including the 2016 final (Korea DPR – France)

2 x U-17 World Cup (2012, 2014)

Women's Champions League Final: Referee (2018) / Fourth Official (2020)

27 matches in the Women's Champions League

Debut in the Czech men's top league: 25 November 2018 (Sigma Olomouc - Mladá Boleslav)

12 matches as referee and 4 matches as fourth official in the men's top competition.

Source: FACR

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025 – Group Stage (Matches 49-56)

9 November 2025

Fiji – Argentina
Referee: Kwinsi Williams TRI (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Ainsley Rochard TRI
Assistant Referee 2: Kirt Charles TRI
Fourth Official: Abdou Mefire CMR
Reserve AR: Eleyeh Robleh DJI

Belgium – Tunisia
Referee: Ivo Mendez BOL
Assistant Referee 1: Edward Saavedra BOL
Assistant Referee 2: Jesus Antelo BOL
Fourth Official: Steven Madrigal CRC
Reserve AR: Jeriel Valverde CRC

Portugal – Japan
Referee: Fernando Vejar CHI
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Serrano CHI
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Poblete CHI
Fourth Official: Adonis Carrasco DOM
Reserve AR: Lendy Taveras DOM

Morocco – New Caledonia
Referee: Choi Hyun-Jai KOR
Assistant Referee 1: Bang Gi-Yeol KOR
Assistant Referee 2: Cheon Jin-Hee KOR
Fourth Official: Sander Van Der Eijk NED
Reserve AR: Stefan De Groot NED

UAE – Senegal
Referee: Roberto Pérez PER
Assistant Referee 1: Leonar Soto PER
Assistant Referee 2: José Castillo PER
Fourth Official: Vasileios Fotias GRE
Reserve AR: Andreas Meintanas GRE

Croatia – Costa Rica
Referee: Jelly Chavani RSA
Assistant Referee 1: Sirak Samuel Mengis ERI
Assistant Referee 2: Hamdani Ally TAN
Fourth Official: Faisal Al-Balawi KSA
Reserve AR: Faisal Al-Qahtani KSA

Bolivia – Qatar
Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jorgen Valstadsve NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Ole Andreas Haukasen NOR
Fourth Official: Oleksii Derevinskyi UKR
Reserve AR: Viktor Matyash UKR

Italy – South Africa
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara JPN
Assistant Referee 1: Takeshi Asada JPN
Assistant Referee 2: Satoshi Michiyama JPN
Fourth Official: Ben Aukwai SOL
Reserve AR: Gareth Sheehan NZL

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025 – Group Stage (Matches 41-48)

8 November 2025

Czechia – Burkina Faso
Referee: Adonis Carrasco DOM (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Bare DOM
Assistant Referee 2: Lendy Taveras DOM
Fourth Official: Filip Dujic CAN
Reserve AR: Gerard-Kader Lebuis CAN

Uganda – Chile
Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan De Groot NED
Fourth Official: Faisal Al-Balawi KSA
Reserve AR: Ibrahim Al-Dakhil KSA

Mali – Austria
Referee: Steven Madrigal CRC
Assistant Referee 1: Luis Granados CRC
Assistant Referee 2: Jeriel Valverde CRC
Fourth Official: Ben Aukwai SOL
Reserve AR: Malaetala Salanoa SAM

France – Canada
Referee: Yender Herrera VEN
Assistant Referee 1: Antoni Garcia VEN
Assistant Referee 2: Erizon Nieto VEN
Fourth Official: Paulo Zanovelli BRA
Reserve AR: Luanderson Lima BRA

USA – Tajikistan
Referee: Tanguy Mebiame GAB
Assistant Referee 1: Salim Alao BEN
Assistant Referee 2: Amos Abeigne GAB
Fourth Official: Rustam Lutfullin UZB
Reserve AR: Sanjar Shayusupov UZB

Paraguay – Panama
Referee: Vasileios Fotias GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Meintanas GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Michail Papadakis GRE
Fourth Official: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Reserve AR: Martijn Tiesters BEL

Ireland – Uzbekistan
Referee: Abdou Mefire CMR
Assistant Referee 1: Eleyeh Robleh DJI
Assistant Referee 2: Joel Doe LBR
Fourth Official: Hamza El Fariq MAR
Reserve AR: Ahmed Dhouioui TUN

Saudi Arabia – New Zealand
Referee: Oleksii Derevinskyi UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksii Myronov UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Matyash UKR
Fourth Official: Marian Barbu ROU
Reserve AR: George Neacsu ROU

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Final 2025: Rivera Olmedo (ESP)

8 November 2025

Final
Korea DPR – Netherlands
Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Eliana Fernandez Gonzalez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Irina Pozdejeva LTU
Fourth Official: Silvia Gasperotti ITA
Reserve AR: Heini Hyvönen FIN

Match for Third Place
Brazil – Mexico
Referee: Vimarest Diaz DOM
Assistant Referee 1: Santa Medina DOM
Assistant Referee 2: Melissa Nicholas TRI
Fourth Official: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
Reserve AR: Svitlana Grushko UKR

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025 – Group Stage (Matches 33-40)

7 November 2025

England – Haiti
Referee: Mohammed Al Shammari QAT (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Khaled Khalaf QAT
Assistant Referee 2: Faisal Al Shammari QAT
Fourth Official: Choi Hyun-Jai KOR
Reserve AR: Cheon Jin-Hee KOR

El Salvador – Colombia
Referee: Marian Barbu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mircea Grigoriu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: George Neacsu ROU
Fourth Official: Rohit Saggi NOR
Reserve AR: Ole Haukasen NOR

Germany – Korea DPR
Referee: Paulo Zanovelli BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Nailton Sousa BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Luanderson Lima BRA
Fourth Official: Ivo Méndez BOL
Reserve AR: Jesús Antelo BOL

Egypt – Venezuela
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin UZB
Assistant Referee 1: Sanjar Shayusupov UZB
Assistant Referee 2: Akmal Giyosov UZB
Fourth Official: Andrea Colombo ITA
Reserve AR: Giovanni Baccini ITA

Mexico – Cote d’Ivoire
Referee: Faisal Albalawi KSA
Assistant Referee 1: Faisal Alqahtani KSA
Assistant Referee 2: Ibrahim Aldakhil KSA
Fourth Official: Hiroki Kasahara JPN
Reserve AR: Satoshi Michiyama JPN

Switzerland – Korea
Referee: Filip Dujic CAN
Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Tanaka-Freundt CAN
Assistant Referee 2: Gerard-Kader Lebuis CAN
Fourth Official: Kwinsi Williams TRI
Reserve AR: Ainsley Rochard TRI

Brazil – Indonesia
Referee: Hamza El Fariq MAR
Assistant Referee 1: Hamza Nassiri MAR
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Dhouioui TUN
Fourth Official: Jelly Chavani RSA
Reserve AR: Hamdani Ally TAN

Zambia – Honduras
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Michele Seeldraeyers BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Fourth Official: Sander van der Eijk NED
Reserve AR: Rens Bluemink NED

UEFA Europa Conference League 2025/26 – Group Stage (Matchday 3)

6 November 2025

AEK Larnaca – Aberdeen FC
Referee: Dalibor Černy CZE (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Paták CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Kamil Hájek CZE
Fourth Official: Jan Petřík CZE
VAR: Tomáš Kocourek CZE
AVAR: Miroslav Zelinka CZE
Referee Observer: Daniele Orsato ITA

Shakhtar Donetsk – Breidablik
Referee: Andrei Chivulete ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Cristian Ilinca ROU
Fourth Official: Radu Petrescu ROU
VAR: Sebastian Colțescu ROU
AVAR: Sorin Costreie ROU
Referee Observer: Vadims Direktorenko LVA

Sparta Praha – Rakow Czestochowa
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits EST
Assistant Referee 1: Aron Härsing EST
Assistant Referee 2: Veiko Motsnik EST
Fourth Official: Kevin Kaivoja EST
VAR: Marko Liiva EST
AVAR: Juri Frischer EST
Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel GER

FSV Mainz – AC Fiorentina
Referee: Lawrence Visser BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Ruben Wyns BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen BEL
Fourth Official: Wesli De Cremer BEL
VAR: Jan Boterberg BEL
AVAR: Ella De Vries BEL
Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrković BIH

NK Celje – Legia Warszawa
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Iker de Francisco Grijalba ESP
Fourth Official: Adrián Cordero Vega ESP
VAR: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
AVAR: Francisco Hernández Maeso ESP
Referee Observer: Aliaksiej Kulbakou BLR

KUPS Kuopio – Slovan Bratislava
Referee: Chrístos Vergétis GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Andréas Fotópoulos GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Konstantínos Stáikos GRE
Fourth Official: Aléxandros Katsikogiánnis GRE
VAR: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
AVAR: Konstantínos Poulikídis GRE
Referee Observer: Haim Yaakov ISR

AEK Athens – Shamrock Rovers
Referee: José Munuera Montero ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Antonio Martínez Moreno ESP
Fourth Official: Alejandro Quintero González ESP
VAR: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
AVAR: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez ESP
Referee Observer: Sven Bindels LUX

Samsunspor – Hamrun Spartans
Referee: Bolat Sariev KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: Sergei Vasiutin KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Denis Labaşov KAZ
Fourth Official: Arman Esmuratov KAZ
VAR: Darren England ENG
AVAR: Daniiar Sahi KAZ
Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo LVA

Noa FA – Sigma Olomouc
Referee: Mohammad Aslam NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Anders Dale NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Alf Rossland NOR
Fourth Official: Daniel Higraff NOR
VAR: Kristoffer Hagenes NOR
AVAR: Marius Lien NOR
Referee Observer: Pavel Salii KAZ

Crystal Palace – AZ Alkmaar
Referee: Daniele Chiffi ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Valerio Colarossi ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Davide Moro ITA
Fourth Official: Luca Zufferli ITA
VAR: Daniele Doveri ITA
AVAR: Rosario Abisso ITA
Referee Observer: Thóroddur Hjaltalín ISL

Rapid Wien – Universitatea Craiova
Referee: Martin Matoša SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandar Kasapovič SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Matic Mežnar SVN
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenovič SVN
VAR: Asmir Sagrkovič SVN
AVAR: Aleksandar Matkovič SVN
Referee Observer: Ognjen Valjić BIH

Dynamo Kyiv – Zrinjski Mostar
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal NED
Assistant Referee 1: Dyon Fikkert NED
Assistant Referee 2: Murat Kücükerbir NED
Fourth Official: Alex Bos NED
VAR: Erwin Blank NED
AVAR: Edwin van de Graaf NED
Referee Observer: Ian Stokes IRL

Rayo Vallecano – Lech Poznan
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyy UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Semen Shlonchak UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Nyzhnyk UKR
Fourth Official: Oleksandr Kalonov UKR
VAR: Denys Shurman UKR
AVAR: Oleksandr Shandor UKR
Referee Observer: Clayton Pisani MLT

Lincoln Red Imps – HNK Rijeka
Referee: Philip Farrugia MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Duncan Sultana MLT
Assistant Referee 2: Jurgen Spiteri MLT
Fourth Official: Alex Johnson MLT
VAR: Gianluca Aureliano ITA
AVAR: Fabio Maresca ITA
Referee Observer: Mark Whitby WAL

KF Shkendija – Jagiellonia Bialystok
Referee: Mihály Káprály HUN
Assistant Referee 1: István Albert HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Gergő Vígh-Tarsonyi HUN
Fourth Official: Marcell Derdák HUN
VAR: Tamás Bognár HUN
AVAR: Ferenc Karakó HUN
Referee Observer: Asim Xudiyev AZE

BK Hacken – RC Strasbourg
Referee: Luca Pairetto ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Khaled Bahri ITA
Fourth Official: Giovanni Ayroldi ITA
VAR: Valerio Marini ITA
AVAR: Federico La Penna ITA
Referee Observer: Nenad Djokić SRB

FC Lausanne – Omonia Nicosia
Referee: Edgars Maļcevs LVA
Assistant Referee 1: Martiņš Svipsts LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Deniss Ševčenko LVA
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs LVA
VAR: Kristaps Ratnieks LVA
AVAR: Andrejs Gluhovs LVA
Referee Observer: Mika Peltola FIN

Shelbourne FC – FC Drita
Referee: Oliver Reitala FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Jukka Honkanen FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Olli Jantunen FIN
Fourth Official: Antti Munukka FIN
VAR: Pascal Müller GER
AVAR: Katrin Rafalski GER
Referee Observer: Marco Fritz GER

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025 – Group Stage (Matches 25-32)

6 November 2025

Portugal – Morocco
Referee: Roberto Perez PER (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Leonar Soto PER
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Castillo PER
Fourth Official: Derlis Lopez PAR
Reserve AR: Eduardo Britos PAR

Bolivia – Italy
Referee: Choi Hyun-Jai KOR
Assistant Referee 1: Bang Gi-Yeol KOR
Assistant Referee 2: Cheon Jin-Hee KOR
Fourth Official: Steven Madrigal CRC
Reserve AR: Luis Granados CRC

Japan – New Caledonia
Referee: Kwinsi Williams TRI
Assistant Referee 1: Ainsley Rochard TRI
Assistant Referee 2: Kirt Charles TRI
Fourth Official: Vasileios Fotias GRE
Reserve AR: Michail Papadakis GRE

UAE – Croatia
Referee: Ivo Mendez BOL
Assistant Referee 1: Edward Saavedra BOL
Assistant Referee 2: Jesus Antelo BOL
Fourth Official: Adonis Carrasco DOM
Reserve AR: Jose Bare DOM

Argentina – Tunisia
Referee: Andrea Colombo ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giovanni Baccini ITA
Fourth Official: Oleksii Derevinskyi UKR
Reserve AR: Oleksii Myronov UKR

Senegal – Costa Rica
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara JPN
Assistant Referee 1: Takeshi Asada JPN
Assistant Referee 2: Satoshi Michiyama JPN
Fourth Official: Sander Van Der Eijk NED
Reserve AR: Stefan De Groot NED

Fiji – Belgium
Referee: Jelly Chavani RSA
Assistant Referee 1: Sirak Mengis ERI
Assistant Referee 2: Hamdani Ally TAN
Fourth Official: Tanguy Mebiame GAB
Reserve AR: Salim Alao BEN

Qatar – South Africa
Referee: Fernando Vejar CHI
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Serrano CHI
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Poblete CHI
Fourth Official: Yender Herrera VEN
Reserve AR: Erizon Nieto VEN

UEFA Europa League 2025/2026 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

6 November 2025

Red Bull Salzburg – Go Ahead Eagles
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili GEO (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Levan Varamishvili GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgi Elikashvili GEO
Fourth Official: Aleko Aptsiauri GEO
VAR: Tiago Martins POR
AVAR: André Narciso POR
Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci ALB

GNK Dinamo – Celta de Vigo
Referee: Anastásios Papapétrou GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Trýfon Petrópoulos GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Iordánis Aptósoglou GRE
Fourth Official: Konstandínos Katíkos GRE
VAR: Athanásios Tzílos GRE
AVAR: Spyrídon Zambalás GRE
Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović SRB

Crvena Zvezda – LOSC Lille
Referee: John Brooks ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Bennett ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Lee Betts ENG
Fourth Official: Thomas Bramall ENG
VAR: Michael Salisbury ENG
AVAR: Peter Bankes ENG
Referee Observer: Martin Hansson SWE

FC Basel – FCSB
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Arbër Zalla ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Rejdi Avdo ALB
Fourth Official: Olsion Yzeiraj ALB
VAR: Michael Fabbri ITA
AVAR: Kreshnik Bajramaj ALB
Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin SVN

FC Midtjylland – Celtic FC
Referee: Nenad Minaković SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Borović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Boško Božović SRB
Fourth Official: Milan Mitić SRB
VAR: Ivan Bebek CRO
AVAR: Aleksandar Živković SRB
Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere BEL

Sturm Graz – Nottingham Forrest
Referee: Mykola Balakin UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Berkut UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Vysotsʹkyy UKR
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Romanov UKR
VAR: Robert Schröder GER
AVAR: Dmytro Panchyshyn UKR
Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson SWE

OGC Nice – SC Freiburg
Referee: Anastásios Sidirópoulos GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Polychrónis Kostarás GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Lázaros Dimitriádis GRE
Fourth Official: Fótios Polychrónis GRE
VAR: Ángelos Evangélou GRE
AVAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
Referee Observer: Iain Robertson Brines SCO

Malmo FF – Panathinaikos
Referee: Nicholas Walsh SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel McFarlane SCO
Fourth Official: Christopher Graham SCO
VAR: Kevin Clancy SCO
AVAR: Steven McLean SCO
Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev BUL

FC Utrecht – FC Porto
Referee: John Beaton SCO
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Graeme Stewart SCO
Fourth Official: Calum Scott SCO
VAR: Andrew Dallas SCO
AVAR: Stuart Attwell ENG
Referee Observer: László Vágner HUN

Rangers FC – AS Roma
Referee: Morten Krogh DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Dennis Rasmussen DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Steffen Bramsen DEN
Fourth Official: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen DEN
VAR: Bram Van Driessche BEL
AVAR: Willy Delajod FRA
Referee Observer: Paweł Gil POL

Real Betis – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Matej Jug SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Vidali SVN
Fourth Official: Alen Bubek SVN
VAR: Alen Borošak SVN
AVAR: Dragoslav Perič SVN
Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann SUI

Aston Villa – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Referee: Julian Weinberger AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch AUT
Fourth Official: Alexander Harkam AUT
VAR: Alan Kijas AUT
AVAR: Christian Dingert GER
Referee Observer: Michal Beneš CZE

SC Braga – KRC Genk
Referee: Balázs Berke HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Vencel Tóth HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Kóbor HUN
Fourth Official: Gergő Bogár HUN
VAR: Piotr Lasyk POL
AVAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Referee Observer: Jon Eilif Skjervold NOR

PAOK Salonic – BSC Young Boys
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović SRB
Fourth Official: Novak Simović SRB
VAR: Momčilo Marković SRB
AVAR: Ovidiu Hațegan ROU
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas SCO

Viktoria Plzen – Fenerbahce
Referee: Allard Lindhout NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rogier Honig NED
Assistant Referee 2: Johan Balder NED
Fourth Official: Jannick van der Laan NED
VAR: Dennis Higler NED
AVAR: Richard Martens NED
Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarsky SVK

Ferencvarosi TC – PFK Ludogorets
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Fredrik Klyver SWE
Fourth Official: Granit Maqedonci SWE
VAR: Paweł Malec POL
AVAR: Kornel Paszkiewicz POL
Referee Observer: Petteri Kari FIN

Bologna FC – SK Brann
Referee: Daniel Schlager GER
Assistant Referee 1: Christof Günsch GER
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller GER
Fourth Official: Martin Petersen GER
VAR: Bastian Dankert GER
AVAR: Fedayi San SUI
Referee Observer: Augustus Constantin ROU

VfB Stuttgart – Feyenoord Rotterdam
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Valentin Avram ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandru Cerei ROU
Fourth Official: Rareș Vidican ROU
VAR: Cătălin Popa ROU
AVAR: Marco Di Bello ITA
Referee Observer: Domagoj Vučkov CRO

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2025 – Semi-finals

5 November 2025

Brazil – Korea
Referee: Alyssa Pennington USA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Kali Smith USA
Assistant Referee 2: Meghan Mullen USA
Fourth Official: Lara Lee AUS
Reserve AR: Heba Saadieh PLE

Netherlands – Mexico
Referee: Milagros Arruela PER
Assistant Referee 1: Mariana Aquino PER
Assistant Referee 2: Vera Yupanqui PER
Fourth Official: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
Reserve AR: Heini Hyvoenen FIN

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025 – Group Stage (Matches 17-24)

5 November 2025

Tajikistan – Czechia
Referee: Ben Aukwai SOL (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Malaetala Salanoa SAM
Assistant Referee 2: Garet Sheehan NZL
Fourth Official: Abdou Mefire CMR
Reserve AR: Eleyeh Robleh DJI

Panama – Ireland

Referee: Yender Herrera VEN

Assistant Referee 1: Antoni Garcia VEN

Assistant Referee 2: Erizon Nieto VEN

Fourth Official: Mohammed Al Shammari QAT

Reserve AR: Khaled Khalaf QAT

Austria – Saudi Arabia
Referee: Derlis Lopez PAR
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Canete PAR
Assistant Referee 2: Eduardo Britos PAR
Fourth Official: Paulo Zanovelli BRA
Reserve AR: Nailton Oliveira BRA

Paraguay – Uzbekistan
Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jorgen Valstadsve NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Ole Andreas Haukasen NOR
Fourth Official: Hamza El Fariq MAR
Reserve AR: Hamza Nassiri MAR

Mali – New Zealand
Referee: Vasileios Fotias GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Meintanas GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Michail Papadakis GRE
Fourth Official: Filip Dujic CAN
Reserve AR: Stefan Tanaka-Freundt CAN

USA – Burkina Faso
Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan De Groot NED
Fourth Official: Faisal Al-Balawi KSA
Reserve AR: Faisal Al-Qahtani KSA

France – Chile
Referee: Steven Madrigal CRC
Assistant Referee 1: Jeriel Valverde CRC
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Granados CRC
Fourth Official: Rustam Lutfullin UZB
Reserve AR: Akmal Giyosov UZB

Canada – Uganda
Referee: Oleksii Derevinskyi UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksii Myronov UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Matyash UKR
Fourth Official: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Reserve AR: Michele Seeldraeyers BEL

UEFA Champions League 2025/2026 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

4 November 2025

SSC Napoli – Eintracht Frankfurt
Referee: João Pinheiro POR (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Jesus POR
Assistant Referee 2: Luciano Maia POR
Fourth Official: Fabio Verissimo POR
VAR: Tiago Martins POR
AVAR: André Narciso POR
Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán ESP

Slavia Praha – Arsenal FC
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Akif Amirali AZE
Fourth Official: Elçin Masiyev AZE
VAR: Rob Dieperink NED
AVAR: Jeroen Manschot NED
Referee Observer: Lucílio Batista POR

Paris St. Germain – Bayern Munchen
Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Stefano Alassio ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
VAR: Marco Di Bello ITA
AVAR: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
Referee Observer: Vladimir Šajn SVN

Liverpool FC – Real Madrid
Referee: István Kovács ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marica ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU
Fourth Official: Marcel Birsan ROU
VAR: Bastian Dankert GER
AVAR: Fedayi San SUI
Referee Observer: Viktor Kassai HUN

Atletico de Madrid – Union St. Gilloise
Referee: Espen Eskas NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Engan NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Isaak Bashevkin NOR
Fourth Official: Sigurd Kringstad NOR
VAR: Pol van Boekel NED
AVAR: Stuart Attwell ENG
Referee Observer: Drago Kos SVN

Juventus FC – Sporting CP
Referee: Daniel Siebert GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel GER
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER
Fourth Official: Timo Gerach GER
VAR: Christian Dingert GER
AVAR: Andrew Dallas SCO
Referee Observer: David Malcolm NIR

Tottenham Hotspur – FC Copenhagen
Referee: Erik Lambrechts BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Jo de Weirdt BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Kevin Monteny BEL
Fourth Official: Nathan Verboomen BEL
VAR: Bram Van Driessche BEL
AVAR: Angelos Evangelou GRE
Referee Observer: Carlos Velasco Carballo ESP

Olympiacos SFP – PSV Eindhoven
Referee: Clément Turpin FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pages FRA
Fourth Official: Ruddy Buquet FRA
VAR: Jérôme Brisard FRA
AVAR: Nicolas Rainville FRA
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO

Bodo Glimt – AS Monaco
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Karasewicz POL
Fourth Official: Marcin Kochanek POL
VAR: Piotr Lasyk POL
AVAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Referee Observer: Juan Fernández Marín ESP

5 November 2025
Qarabag FK – Chelsea FC
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Riedel AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Santino Schreiner AUT
Fourth Official: Walter Altmann AUT
VAR: Manuel Schuettengruber AUT
AVAR: Josef Spurny AUT
Referee Observer: Stefan Johannesson SWE

 
Pafos FC – Villarreal CF
Referee: Sven Jablonski GER
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger GER
Assistant Referee 2: Lasse Koslowski GER
Fourth Official: Tobias Reichel GER
VAR: Sören Storks GER
AVAR: Johann Pfeifer GER
Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski POL

Manchester City – Borussia Dortmund
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL
Fourth Official: Pawel Raczkowski POL
VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
AVAR: Piotr Lasyk POL
Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller AUT

 
Inter Milano – Qairat FK
Referee: Luis Godinho POR
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Teixeira POR
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Almeida POR
Fourth Official: António Nobre POR
VAR: André Narciso POR
AVAR: Tiago Martins POR
Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP 

SL Benfica – Bayer Leverkusen
Referee: Simone Sozza ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessio Berti ITA
Fourth Official: Davide Massa ITA
VAR: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
AVAR: Marco Di Bello ITA
Referee Observer: Björn Kuipers NED

Club Brugge – FC Barcelona
Referee: Anthony Taylor ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn ENG
Fourth Official: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
VAR: Stuart Attwell ENG
AVAR: Andrew Dallas SCO
Referee Observer: Ante Vučemilović CRO

AFC Ajax – Galatasaray
Referee: Benoît Bastien FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Berthomieu FRA
Fourth Official: Thomas Leonard FRA
VAR: Willy Delajod FRA
AVAR: Bram Van Driessche BEL
Referee Observer: Vladimir Petrov UKR

Olympique de Marseille – Atalanta BC
Referee: José Sánchez Martinez ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martinez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Inigo Prieto Lopez ESP
Fourth Official: César Soto Grado ESP
VAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
AVAR: Pol van Boekel NED
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz TUR

 
Newcastle United – Athletic Club
Referee: Ivan Kružliak SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Pozor SVK
Fourth Official: Peter Kralović SVK
VAR: Fedayi San SUI
AVAR: Bastian Dankert GER
Referee Observer: Vítor Melo Pereira POR

AFC Champions League Elite 2025/26 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

3-5 November 2025

Nasaf – Al Wahda
Referee: Khalid Al-Turais RSA (photo)

Tractor – Al Shorta
Referee: Abdulhadi Al-Ruaile QAT

Al Duhail – Shabab Al Ahli
Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin KOR

Al Gharafa – Al Hilal
Referee: Yusuke Araki JPN

Al Sadd – Al Ahli
Referee: Shaun Evans AUS

Al Ittihad – Sharjah
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf OMA

Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Gangwon FC
Referee: Casey Reibelt AUS

Machida Zelvia – Melbourne City
Referee: Abdulla Al-Marri QAT

FC Seoul – Chengdu Rongcheng
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin MAS

Buriram United – Shanghai Port
Referee: Asker Nadjafaliev UZB

Vissel Kobe – Ulsan HD
Referee: Muhammad Bin Jahari SIN

Johor Darul Tazim – Shanghai Shenhua 

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh JOR

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025 – Group Stage (Matches 1-16)

3 November 2025

Costa Rica – UAE
Referee: Marian Barbu ROU (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mircea Grigoriu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: George Neacsu ROU
Fourth Official: Vasileios Fotias GRE
Reserve AR: Andreas Meintanas GRE

South Africa – Bolivia
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara JPN
Assistant Referee 1: Takeshi Asada JPN
Assistant Referee 2: Satoshi Michiyama JPN
Fourth Official: Rohit Saggi NOR
Reserve AR: Jorgen Valstadsve NOR

Senegal – Croatia
Referee: Fernando Vejar CHI
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Serrano CHI
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Poblete CHI
Fourth Official: Roberto Pérez PER
Reserve AR: Leonar Soto PER

Japan – Morocco
Referee: Andrea Colombo ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giovanni Baccini ITA
Fourth Official: Sander Van Der Eijik NED
Reserve AR: Rens Bluemink NED

Argentina – Belgium
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin UZB
Assistant Referee 1: Sanjar Shayusupov UZB
Assistant Referee 2: Akmal Giyosov UZB
Fourth Official: Steven Madrigal CRC
Reserve AR: Jeriel Valverde CRC

New Caledonia – Portugal
Referee: Jelly Chavani RSA
Assistant Referee 1: Sirak Mengis ERI
Assistant Referee 2: Hamdani Ally TAN
Fourth Official: Choi Hyun-Jai KOR
Reserve AR: Bang Gi-Yeol KOR

Qatar – Italy
Referee: Paulo Zanovelli BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Nailton Sousa BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Luanderson Lima BRA
Fourth Official: Derlis Lopez PAR
Reserve AR: Roberto Canete PAR

Tunisia – Fiji
Referee: Ivo Mendez BOL
Assistant Referee 1: Edward Saavedra BOL
Assistant Referee 2: Jesus Antelo BOL
Fourth Official: Yender Herrera VEN
Reserve AR: Antoni Garcia VEN

4 November 2025
Cote d’Ivoire – Switzerland
Referee: Mohammed Al Shammari QAT
Assistant Referee 1: Khaled Khalaf QAT
Assistant Referee 2: Faisal Al Shammari QAT
Fourth Official: Fernando Vejar CHI
Reserve AR: Juan Serrano CHI

Brazil – Honduras
Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi KSA
Assistant Referee 1: Faisal Al-Qahtani KSA
Assistant Referee 2: Ibrahim Al-Dakhil KSA
Fourth Official: Hiroki Kasahara JPN
Reserve AR: Takeshi Asada JPN

Mexico – Korea
Referee: Abdou Mefire CMR
Assistant Referee 1: Eleyeh Robleh DJI
Assistant Referee 2: Joel Doe LBR
Fourth Official: Andrea Colombo ITA
Reserve AR: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA

Haiti – Egypt
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Michele Seeldraeyers BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Fourth Official: Marian Barbu ROU
Reserve AR: Mircea Grigoriu ROU

Indonesia – Zambia
Referee: Adonis Carrasco DOM
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Bare DOM
Assistant Referee 2: Lendy Taveras DOM
Fourth Official: Roberto Pérez PER
Reserve AR: José Castillo PER

Korea DPR – El Salvador
Referee: Tanguy Mebiame GAB
Assistant Referee 1: Salim Alao BEN
Assistant Referee 2: Amos Abeigne GAB
Fourth Official: Ivo Mendez BOL
Reserve AR: Edward Saavedra BOL

Germany – Colombia
Referee: Hamza El Fariq MAR
Assistant Referee 1: Hamza Nassiri MAR
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Dhouioui TUN
Fourth Official: Jelly Chavani RSA
Reserve AR: Sirak Mengis ERI

England – Venezuela
Referee: Filip Dujic CAN
Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Tanaka-Freundt CAN
Assistant Referee 2: Gerard-Kader Lebuis CAN
Fourth Official: Rustam Lutfullin UZB
Reserve AR: Sanjar Shayusupov UZB

AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026

Australia, 1-21 March 2026

Referees

1. Casey Reibelt AUS (photo)
2. Lara Lee AUS
3. Dong Fangyu CHN
4. Tian Jin CHN
5. Mahnaz Zokaee IRN
6. Yoshimi Yamashita JPN
7. Asaka Koizumi JPN
8. Oh Hyeon-Jeong KOR
9. Kim Yu-Jeong KOR
10. Veronika Bernatskaia KGZ
11. Doumouh Albakkar LBN
12. Pansa Chaisanit THA
13. Supiree Testhomya THA
14. Le Thi Ly VIE

Assistant Referees
1. Emma Kocbek AUS
2. Madelaine Allum AUS
3. Xie Lijun CHN
4. Bao Mengxiao CHN
5. Riiohlang Dhar IND
6. Makoto Bozono JPN
7. Chihiro Ikki JPN
8. Ramina Tsoi KGZ
9. Park Mi-Suk KOR
10. Lee Soo-Bin KOR
11. Heba Saadieh PLE
12. Hyon Un-Mi PRK
13. Supawan Hinthong THA
14. Nuannid Donjangreed THA
15. Amal Badhafari UAE
16. Ha Thi Phuong VIE

Standby Referees
1. Zainal Izatty MAS
2. Bui Thu Trang VIE

Standby Assistant Referees
1. Bahareh Seifinahavandi IRN
2. Sabreen Alabadi JOR

Video Match Officials
1. Katherine Jacewicz AUS
2. Fu Ming CHN
3. Law Bik Chi HKG
4. Jumpei Iida JPN
5. Kim Hee-Gon KOR
6. Abdullah Al-Shehri KSA
7. Abdulla Al-Marri QAT
8. Muhammad Bin Jahari SGP
9. Sivakorn Pu-Udom THA
10. Khuloud Al-Zaabi UAE
11. Edita Mirabidova UZ

Technical Instructors
1. Niu Huijun CHN
2. Heba Abed JOR
3. Sachiko Yamagishi JPN
4. Hong Eun-Ah KOR
5. Ali Altraifi KSA
6. Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh MAS
7. Widiya Shamsuri MAS
8. Thein Aye MYA

Fitness Instructors
1. Zhang Lingling CHN
2. Praew Semaksuk THA

UEFA Youth League 2025/2026 – Domestic Champions Path, Round 2 (Second Leg)

4 November 2025

KRC Genk – Vikingur
Referee: Amine Kourgheli BLR (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Juryj Chomčanka BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktar Hiecikau BLR
Fourth Official: Klass Clerkx BEL

Referee Observer: Joeri Van Der Velde BEL

Lincoln Red Imps – AZ Alkmaar

Referee: Mateo Erceg CRO

Assistant Referee 1: Alen Jakšić CRO

Assistant Referee 2: Stipe Brajković CRO

Fourth Official: Jason Barcelo GIB

Referee Observer: Christos Nicolaides CYP

5 November 2025
Crvena Zvezda – Banik Ostrava
Referee: Lothar D’Hondt BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Romain Devillers BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Nico Claes BEL
Fourth Official: David Matić SRB
Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić SRB

FCSB – Lokomotiva Zagreb
Referee: Marek Radina CZE
Assistant Referee 1: David Zoufaly CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Josef Šuma CZE
Fourth Official: Bogdan Dumitrache ROU
Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu ROU

FC Korriku – Hibernian FC
Referee: Dominik Stary CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Lukáš Slavíček CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Petr Kotalík CZE
Fourth Official: Ersen Janovali KOS
Referee Observer: Albano Janku ALB

Sabah FK – FC Nantes
Referee: Danilo Nikolić SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Jovan Grujić SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandar Govedarović SRB
Fourth Official: Tural Qurbanov AZE
Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy TUR

Aston Villa – KF Skenderbeu
Referee: Kevin O’Sullivan IRL
Assistant Referee 1: Allen Lynch IRL
Assistant Referee 2: Fintan Butler IRL
Fourth Official: Richie Watkins ENG
Referee Observer: Stephen Tanner ENG

Dinamo Tbilisi – AEK Larnaca
Referee: Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeu BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Dzmitryj Žuk BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Husieu BLR
Fourth Official: Tsotne Samsonashvili GEO
Referee Observer: Giorgi Vadachkoria GEO

AC Fiorentina – Legia Warszawa
Referee: Igor Stojčevski MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Vjolca Izeiri MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Toše Icev MKD
Fourth Official: Alberto Arena ITA
Referee Observer: Antonio Damato ITA

Maccabi Haifa – Austria Wien
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Maire SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Claudio Dos Santos SUI
Fourth Official: Márió Zimmermann HUN
Referee Observer: Ádám Farkas HUN

FC Porto – NK Bravo
Referee: Oguzhan Çakir TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Bilal Gölen TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Orhun Duran TUR
Fourth Official: Vítor Lopes POR
Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez ESP

Real Betis – FC Basel
Referee: Oscar Johnson SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Marcus Klitte SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Runo Robertsson SWE
Fourth Official: Ignacio Adame ESP
Referee Observer: Luis Medina Cantalejo ESP

PAOK – Akureyri
Referee: João Gonçalves POR
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Ribeiro POR
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Martins POR
Fourth Official: Geórgios Kókkinos GRE
Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov BUL

Puskas Akademia – SK Brann
Referee: Giorgi Avazashvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Zaza Pipia GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgi Gogokhia GEO
Fourth Official: Imre Kovács HUN
Referee Observer: Zoltán Szarka HUN

PFK Ludogorets – Dynamo Minsk
Referee: Ante Čulina CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Ivan Mihalj CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Dario Kolarević CRO
Fourth Official: Georgi Ginchev BUL
Referee Observer: Stanislav Todorov BUL 

Buducnost Podgorica – FC Midtjylland
Referee: Vlatko Ilioski MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Razme Bakračeski MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Crvenov MKD
Fourth Official: Miloš Bešović MNE
Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer AUT 

FC Koln – Union Letzeburg
Referee: Jacob Karlsen DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Markus DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Cortzen DEN
Fourth Official: Fabienne Michel GER
Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn GER 

Tranzonspor – HJK Helsinki
Referee: Patryk Gryckiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 1: Dawid Golis POL
Assistant Referee 2: Dawid Błażejczyk POL
Fourth Official: Irfan Baş TUR
Referee Observer: Bariş Şimşek TUR 

IF Brommapojkarna – Dynamo Kyiv
Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan ARM
Assistant Referee 1: Harutyun Hambardzumyan ARM
Assistant Referee 2: Gevorg Shakhkaldyan ARM
Fourth Official: Farouk Nehdi SWE
Referee Observer: Jens Larsen DEN 

Shelbourne FC – MSK Zilina
Referee: Lukasz Kuźma POL
Assistant Referee 1: Jakub Winkler POL
Assistant Referee 2: Piotr Podbielski POL
Fourth Official: Ryan Maher IRL
Referee Observer: Edward Foley IRL

UEFA Youth League 2025/2026 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

4 November 2025

Bodo Glimt – AS Monaco
Referee: Florian Lata ALB (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Ergys Spahiu ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Delin Kasa ALB
Fourth Official: Johan Grundt NOR
Referee Observer: Juan Fernández Marín ESP

SSC Napoli – Eintracht Frankfurt
Referee: Kamal Umudlu AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Namiq Hüseynov AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Vüsal Mammadov AZE
Fourth Official: Giuseppe Collu ITA
Referee Observer: Christopher Lautier MLT

Slavia Praha – Arsenal FC
Referee: Saiat Qarabaev KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitrii Belogradov KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksei Dolgih KAZ
Fourth Official: Jan Beneš CZE
Referee Observer: Karel Vidlák CZE

Paris St. Germain – Bayern Munchen
Referee: Karl Koppel EST
Assistant Referee 1: Riivo Stolts EST
Assistant Referee 2: Thor Vaas EST
Fourth Official: Rémi Landry FRA
Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine NIR

Tottenham Hotspur – FC Copenhagen
Referee: Miguel Nogueira POR
Assistant Referee 1: Paulo Brás POR
Assistant Referee 2: Nélson Pereira POR
Fourth Official: Stephen Parkinson ENG
Referee Observer: Carlos Velasco Carballo ESP

Juventus FC – Sporting CP
Referee: Antoni Bandić BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Tešanović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Amer Macić BIH
Fourth Official: Paride Tremolada ITA
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange ITA

Liverpool FC – Real Madrid
Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Brice Le Tellier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Julien Haulbert FRA
Fourth Official: Scott Jackson ENG
Referee Observer: Viktor Kassai HUN

Atletico de Madrid – Union St. Gilloise
Referee: Anton Lašuk BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Dzianis Jemialjančykau BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Palujanau BLR
Fourth Official: Fernando Bueno Prieto ESP
Referee Observer: Muhittin Bosat TUR

Olympiacos SFP – PSV Eindhoven
Referee: Stefan Ebner AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Höfler AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Manuel Undesser AUT
Fourth Official: Dimítrios Móschou GRE
Referee Observer: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos GRE

5 November 2025
SL Benfica – Bayer Leverkusen
Referee: Samuel Barrott ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Alex James ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Jacob Graham ENG
Fourth Official: Gonçalo Neves POR
Referee Observer: Björn Kuipers NED

Qarabag FK – Chelsea FC
Referee: Dmytro Kubryak UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Vitaliy Skoblya UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandr Korniyko UKR
Fourth Official: Farid Haciyev AZE
Referee Observer: Stefan Johannesson SWE

Pafos FC – Villarreal CF
Referee: Pavle Ilić SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Marko Živković SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Milorad Jovanović SRB
Fourth Official: Andréas Techráni CYP
Referee Observer: Michaíl Argyroú CYP 

AFC Ajax – Galatasaray
Referee: Joakim Östling SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Max Wilde SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Alexander Milovanovic SWE
Fourth Official: Wouter Wiersma NED
Referee Observer: René Temmink NED 

Olympique de Marseille – Atalanta BC
Referee: Thomas Owen WAL
Assistant Referee 1: Johnathon Bryant WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Ian David Bird WAL
Fourth Official: Faouzi Benchabane FRA
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz TUR 

Club Brugge – FC Barcelona
Referee: Matthew MacDermid SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Christopher Rae SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Ross Anderson SCO
Fourth Official: Matonga Simonini BEL
Referee Observer: Luc Wouters BEL 

Manchester City – Borussia Dortmund
Referee: Matteo Marchetti ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giacomo Monaco ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Simone Biffi ITA
Fourth Official: William Davis ENG
Referee Observer: Nuno Castro POR

Inter Milano – Qairat FK
Referee: Aléxandros Tsakalídis GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Vasílios Nikolakákis GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Athanásios Kóllias GRE
Fourth Official: Kevin Bonacina ITA
Referee Observer: Martin Atkinson ENG 

Newcastle United – Athletic Club
Referee: Bence Csonka HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Szert HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Norbert Bornemissza HUN
Fourth Official: Michael Kennard-Kettle ENG
Referee Observer: Calum Murray SCO

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2025 – Quarter-finals

1 November 2025

Brazil – Canada
Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Eliana Fernández González ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Irina Pozdejeva LTU
Fourth Official: Milagros Arruela PER
Reserve AR: Vera Yupanqui PER

Korea DPR – Japan
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giulia Tempestilli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Camille Soriano FRA
Fourth Official: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
Reserve AR: Linda Schmid SUI

2 November 2025
France – Netherlands
Referee: Vimarest Diaz DOM
Assistant Referee 1: Santa Medina DOM
Assistant Referee 2: Melissa Nicholas TRI
Fourth Official: Alyssa Pennington USA
Reserve AR: Kali Smith USA

Mexico – Italy
Referee: Lara Lee AUS
Assistant Referee 1: Heba Saadieh PLE
Assistant Referee 2: Emma Kocbek AUS
Fourth Official: Charly Deretti BRA
Reserve AR: Anne Gomes BRA

IFAB discuss improving match flow and reducing disruptions in football

In a virtual meeting of The IFAB’s Football and Technical Advisory Panels (FAP-TAP), chaired by Noel Mooney, Chief Executive of The Football Association of Wales, discussions covered a wide range of topics, with a particular focus on further measures to improve the flow of play and minimise interruptions and time lost.

Following a summary of the Law changes that came into force on 1 July 2025, the experts were informed about the clarification issued earlier this year regarding accidental double touches at penalty kicks, which will be incorporated into the Laws of the Game 2026/27.

After an update on the positive global feedback regarding the successful introduction of the new provisions to prevent goalkeepers from holding the ball for too long (an eight-second time limit coupled with a visual five-second countdown by the referee and a corner kick being awarded in the event of offences), further ways to improve match flow and reduce tempo disruption were discussed. Deliberations included whether the countdown principle could be applied to throw-ins and goal kicks and how to reduce the amount of time lost owing to stoppages caused by injuries and substitutions.

In relation to the video assistant referee (VAR) protocol, it was discussed that, among others, the video match officials (VMO) should have the possibility to intervene when an incorrect second yellow card has been given. A relevant proposal will be submitted to the IFAB’s Annual Business Meeting, which is due to meet on 20 January 2026 in London.

FAP-TAP noted that the roll-out of the “Only the captain” guidelines had been widely welcomed, helping to foster more respectful interactions between referees and players, while enhancing the overall image of the game. While the guidelines are currently optional, FAP-TAP recommended that they become a mandatory protocol in the Laws of the Game, thereby giving competitions sufficient time to prepare.

FAP-TAP was updated on the ongoing trial of an alternative offside concept and were invited to share their views on whether any changes to the Law were necessary. They were asked to consider whether the main objective should be to reduce marginal offside decisions in modern football to promote more attacking play. The members agreed that the issue required further analysis and additional trials before any decisions could be made.

They also received updates on developments in advanced semi-automated offside technology and on the ongoing FIFA-led trial of Football Video Support (FVS), both of which have been successfully implemented at FIFA competitions. Furthermore, FAP-TAP was informed about the current trials with referees wearing body cameras at both professional and grassroots levels.

Source: IFAB

FIFA Arab Cup 2025

Qatar, 1-18 December 2025

AFC
Referee: Ma Ning (CHN, 1979, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Zhou Fei (CHN, 1986)
Assistant Referee 2: Zhang Cheng (CHN, 1987)

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (JOR, 1986)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohammad Al-Kalaf (JOR, 1981)
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmad Al-Roalle (JOR, 1982)

Referee: Ahmed Al Kaf (OMA, 1983)
Assistant Referee 1: Abu Al Amri (OMA, 1982)
Assistant Referee 2: Rashid Al Ghaithi (OMA, 1982)

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (QAT, 1987)
Assistant Referee 1: Taleb Al-Marri (QAT, 1988)
Assistant Referee 2: Saoud Al-Maqaleh (QAT, 1988)

Video Match Officials
1. Jumpei Iida (JPN, 1981)
2. Khamis Al-Marri (QAT, 1984)
3. Abdullah Al-Shehri (KSA, 1992)
4. Sivakorn Pu-Udom (THA, 1987)

CAF
Referee: Amin Omar (EGY, 1985)
Assistant Referee 1: Mahmoud El-Regal (EGY, 1984)
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Hossam (EGY, 1983)

Referee: Pierre Atcho (GAB, 1992)
Assistant Referee 1: Boris Ditsoga (GAB, 1985)
Assistant Referee 2: Amos Abeigne (GAB, 1984)

Video Match Official
1. Lahlou Benbraham (ALG, 1986)

CONCACAF
Referee: Juan Calderon (CRC, 1987)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Mora (CRC, 1989)
Assistant Referee 2: William Arrieta (CRC, 1988)

Referee: Mario Escobar (GUA, 1986)
Assistant Referee 1: Luis Ventura (GUA, 1988)
Assistant Referee 2: Humberto Panjoj (GUA, 1987)

Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA, 1982)
Assistant Referee 1: Kyle Atkins (USA, 1986)
Assistant Referee 2: Corey Parker (USA, 1986)

Video Match Officials
1. Benjamin Pineda (CRC, 1987)
2. Allen Chapman (USA, 1974)

CONMEBOL
Referee: Cristian Garay (CHI, 1989)
Assistant Referee 1: Claudio Urrutia (CHI, 1981)
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Retamal (CHI, 1981)

Referee: Juan Benitez (PAR, 1984)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Cardozo (PAR, 1982)
Assistant Referee 2: Milciades Saldivar (PAR, 1983)

Video Match Officials
1. Rodolpho Toski (BRA, 1987)
2. Antonio Garcia (URU, 1986)

OFC
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (NZL, 1983)
Assistant Referee 1: Isaac Trevis (NZL, 1989)
Assistant Referee 2: Edward Cook (NZL, 1989)

UEFA
Referee: Espen Eskas (NOR, 1988)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Engan (NOR, 1986)
Assistant Referee 2: Isaak Bashevkin (NOR, 1989)

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (SWE, 1988)
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi (SWE, 1986)
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist (SWE, 1988)

Video Match Officials
1. Jarred Gillett (ENG, 1986)
2. Dennis Higler (NED, 1985)
3. Fedayi San (SUI, 1982)

Hundreds of Turkish referees found with betting accounts

Turkish football federation (TFF) says it will launch disciplinary proceedings after hundreds of professional match officials were found to have betting accounts. A five-year investigation found that that 371 of 571 match officials have accounts, with 152 of those actively gambling. While some had only bet once, 42 had bet on more than 1,000 football matches, with one official found to have placed 18,227 bets.

On 28 October, TFF and took disciplinary action against the 152 referees, referring them to the Professional Football Discipline Board (PFDK). The 7 top flight referees were Zorbay Küçük, Egemen Artun, Mehmet Ali Özer, Melih Kurt, Muhammed Selim Özbek, Seyfettin Alper Yılmaz and Yunus Dursun. Among these 7, Yunus Dursun and Egemen Artun were each given a 10-month ban, while Muhammed Selim Özbek, Mehmet Ali Özer and Seyfettin Alper Yılmaz were each given an 8-month ban. It was also decided to continue the investigation into the allegations of betting activities involving top-tier referees Zorbay Küçük and Melih Kurt. The remaining 145 referees officiating in lower divisions, were all punished with 8 to 12 month bans. Küçük's lawyer argued that two fake betting accounts had been opened in the referee's name and that his identity details had been stolen by a foreign individual. Küçük stated that he had never been a member of a betting site or placed any bets, either before or during his refereeing career.

Source: Hurriyet

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2025 – Round of 16

28 October 2025

Brazil – China
Referee: Lizzet Garcia MEX (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Aranza Quero MEX
Assistant Referee 2: Jessica Morales MEX
Fourth Official: Lara Lee AUS
Reserve AR: Suwida Wongkraisorn THA

USA – Netherlands
Referee: Alina Peşu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Ivona Pejić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Svitlana Grushko UKR
Fourth Official: Silvia Gasperotti ITA
Reserve AR: Nikolett Bizderi HUN

Korea DPR – Morocco
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Heini Hyvönen FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Emily Carney ENG
Fourth Official: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP
Reserve AR: Linda Schmid SUI

Italy – Nigeria
Referee: Veronica Guazhambo ECU
Assistant Referee 1: Viviana Seguta ECU
Assistant Referee 2: Joselyn Romero ECU
Fourth Official: Vimarest Díaz DOM
Reserve AR: Melissa Nicholas TRI

29 October 2025
Spain – France
Referee: Milagros Arruela PER
Assistant Referee 1: Mariana Aquino PER
Assistant Referee 2: Vera Yupanqui PER
Fourth Official: Lizzet Garcia MEX
Reserve AR: Mayra Mora MEX

Mexico – Paraguay
Referee: Charly Deretti BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Anne Gomes BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Fernanda Antunes BRA
Fourth Official: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP
Reserve AR: Eliana Fernández González ESP

Canada – Zambia
Referee: Torika Delai FIJ
Assistant Referee 1: Natalia Lumukana SOL
Assistant Referee 2: Allys Clipsham NZL
Fourth Official: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
Reserve AR: Heini Hyvönen FIN

Japan – Colombia
Referee: Alyssa Pennington USA
Assistant Referee 1: Kali Smith USA
Assistant Referee 2: Meghan Mullen USA
Fourth Official: Silvia Gasperotti ITA
Reserve AR: Giulia Tempestilli ITA

UEFA Women’s Nations League 2025/26 – Semi-finals (Second Leg)

28 October 2025

Sweden – Spain
Referee: Ivana Martinčić CRO (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Maja Petravić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Sanja Rodjak-Karšić CRO
Fourth Official: Jelena Kumer CRO
VAR: Katrin Rafalski GER
AVAR: Fran Jović CRO
Referee Observer: Carina Vitulano ITA

France – Germany
Referee: Frida Klarlund DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Fie Bruun DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Katrine Stensholm DEN
Fourth Official: Caroline Lanssens BEL
VAR: Sandi Putros DEN
AVAR: Sian Massey-Ellis ENG
Referee Observer: Kateryna Monzul UKR

UEFA Women’s Nations League 2025/26 – Promotion and Relegation Matches (Second Leg)

28 October 2025

Denmark – Finland
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza ESP (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Auyso ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Iragartze Fernández Esesúmaga ESP
Fourth Official: Maria Marotta ITA
Referee Observer: Hilda McDermott IRL

Austria – Czechia
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Almira Spahic SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Alisa Levälampi FIN
Fourth Official: Lovisa Johansson SWE
Referee Observer: Elke Günther GER

Albania – Cyprus
Referee: Catarina Campos POR
Assistant Referee 1: Andreia Sousa POR
Assistant Referee 2: Vanessa Gomes POR
Fourth Official: Filipa Cunha POR
Referee Observer: Petra Pavliková SVK

Türkiye – Kosovo
Referee: Miriama Bočková SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Paulina Baranowska POL
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandra Mostowska POL
Fourth Official: Michalina Diakow POL
Referee Observer: Dagmar Damková CZE

Iceland – Northern Ireland
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Anita Vad HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Francesca Di Monte ITA
Fourth Official: Deborah Bianchi ITA
Referee Observer: Galina Doneva BUL

Belgium – Ireland
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Mélissa Rossignol FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Jennifer Maubacq FRA
Fourth Official: Maika Vanderstichel FRA
Referee Observer: Emilia Wnuk POL