CAF Champions League 2025/2026 – Semi-finals (First Leg)

11-12 April 2026

AS FAR – RS Berkane
Referee: Dahane Beida MTN (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jerson Dos Santos ANG
Assistant Referee 2: Elvis Noupue CMR
Fourth Official: Abdel-Aziz Bouh MTN
VAR: Haythem Guirat TUN
AVAR: Daniel Laryea GHA

Esperance de Tunis – Mamelodi Sundowns
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal ALG
Assistant Referee 1: Mokrane Gourari ALG
Assistant Referee 2: Abbes Zerhouni ALG
Fourth Official:
VAR: Lahlou Benbraham ALG
AVAR:

CAF Confederation Cup 2025/2026 – Semi-finals (First Leg)

10-11 April 2026

CR Belouizdad – Zamalek SC
Referee: Abongile Tom RSA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Zakhele Siwela RSA
Assistant Referee 2: Souru Phatsoane LES
Fourth Official:
VAR: Akhona Makalima RSA
AVAR:

USM Alger – Olympic Safi
Referee: Amin Omar EGY
Assistant Referee 1: Mahmoud El-Regal EGY
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Hossam EGY
Fourth Official: Mohamed Maarouf EGY
VAR: Mahmoud Ashour EGY
AVAR: Hossam Azab EGY

Final seminar for European referees ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026

The final seminar to prepare match officials for the FIFA World Cup 2026 has been held in Italy where 16 elite referees from 15 different European FIFA Member Associations (MAs) were put through their paces. Integrated into FIFA’s strategy to ensure the highest possible standards in the selection process of match officials for the final tournament, Europe’s top referees assembled in Viareggio following the sessions in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in January and Doha, Qatar, in February for their counterparts in other confederations.

“These three seminars are the last part of an intensive programme, the road to the FIFA World Cup 2026, which started, already, at the beginning of 2023, immediately after the conclusion of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar,” explained Pierluigi Collina, FIFA Chief Refereeing Officer and Chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee. “The message we gave all the referees, all the candidates, who were selected for these seminars since the very beginning, was to do everything in their possibilities to not leave any stone unturned, try to do their best to be part of this FIFA World Cup 2026, not regret not having done something that they could have to be part of this selected group of referees. All the candidates were monitored by our instructors, by our fitness coaches, our doctors, physios. They really received important support and now we’re at the conclusion of this journey.”

As well as fitness and medical checks, referees participated in practical and theory sessions with an emphasis on establishing uniformity of decision-making for the 48 teams involved in the upcoming tournament’s 104 matches. “It’s like a player who is playing for his club and then he’s going to the national team, and the coach says, ‘In your club, you play like this. With me, you have to play like that’. And we believe a lot in our philosophy in FIFA, and we want the referees to understand this philosophy,” said Director of FIFA Refereeing Massimo Busacca. “We want to arrive at the FIFA World Cup and see, let’s say, all the decisions be almost the same ones taken in every game, and not that one referee in one game makes a personal interpretation. We need real uniformity.” He added: “The way we are doing seminars, and the reason we are doing seminars, is like the preparation of a national team. It’s not easy, but for that reason we work very hard. But we are very happy in the end about what we have done.”

Dutch referee and seminar participant Danny Makkelie added: “The key aspects of this preparation, of course, are uniformity – that we are all on the same page – that the FIFA concept has to be clear, especially in the grey areas, that we all decide on the same decision – that’s very important. And also, we discussed different topics, so theoretical, practical but also physical. And then, we are in the best conditions when we arrive at the FIFA World Cup.” Makkelie, who officiated at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, hopes he will make the final list for the tournament in North America when it is drawn up later this month. “When I was a child, as a young referee, it was my dream to be at the FIFA World Cup,” he explained. “This is the highest level you can reach as a referee, so I’m very proud to be here [at] the seminar. And I look forward so much to being in America and part of all the referees, the best referees [at] the best tournament in the world. So, this is my dream and I [am] going for it.”

Source: FIFA

UEFA Youth League 2025/2026 – Semi-finals

17 April 2026

SL Benfica – Club Brugge
Referee: Joey Kooij NED (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Dyon Fikkert NED
Assistant Referee 2: Murat Kücükerbir NED
Fourth Official: Anojen Kanagasingam SUI
VAR: Jeroen Manschot NED
AVAR: Erwin Blank NED

Real Madrid – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Samuel Barrott ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Neil Davies ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Wade Smith ENG
Fourth Official: Luca Cibelli SUI
VAR: Michael Salisbury ENG
AVAR: Darren England ENG

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 referee selection process continues with Rio de Janeiro seminar

As a competitive qualifying campaign starts to heat up across the globe, the selection process and training for the 33rd team at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 has already begun. While hosts Brazil and 31 additional qualifiers compete next year for the most coveted trophy in the game, that elite 33rd team – the match officials – will be working hard to ensure that the eagerly anticipated tournament is refereed at the very highest level.

Towards the end of March, FIFA took an important step in identifying and preparing the Women’s World Cup officiating team in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where 24 accomplished referees hailing from Concacaf and CONMEBOL countries gathered for a rigorous, multi-day theoretical and technical seminar. At the helm was FIFA’s Head of Women's Refereeing, Bibiana Steinhaus-Webb. “This event is one out of three FIFA women’s elite referee seminars in 2026 that we are holding all around the world, to not only recognise and scout our talents, but also develop them, and select the (FIFA) World Cup referees,” explained Ms Steinhaus-Webb, the renowned German referee who officiated the memorable FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 final between Japan and the United States in Frankfurt, Germany.

“During these three events in 2026, we are seeing 53 officials from all over the world, from 38 Member Associations that are part of our road to Brazil,” she continued. “So, we are following those 53 officials closely to not only identify their performance today, but also their development and their potential to be at their peak condition in 2027 when it matters.” The pressure and prestige of a World Cup is as high for match officials as it is for players and coaches. It is the pinnacle. “It’s a dream,” said seminar attendee Katja Koroleva, the Soviet-born American referee. So the training and demands are rigorous, and to thrive in the rarified air of a World Cup, referees must be as fit and finely tuned as the players. The seminar helps establish the standard. The 24 referees in Rio spent significant time both in the classroom and on the pitch, where they took part in physical and technical training.

“The key aspects in the referees that we are looking for is, of course, their decision making, the preciseness and consistency in their decisions. To make the best decisions, you need to be in the best position to judge the incident,” said Ms Steinhaus-Webb, who worked at nine FIFA competitions overall and became the first woman to referee a men’s Bundesliga match in 2017. “So, fitness comes into play, endurance, speed, agility – all the things we are looking into to build the strengths, your physical components, where the medical team, the physio team, takes care of and looks after,” she added. “We are working closely with the referees to understand different cultures and different styles of football to be able to anticipate play on the field. We are working, as well, with technology to make sure that VAR processes, decision processes are totally understood and applicable for all the referees in all the different incidents.”

The level of detail and intensity left an impression on the referees, as did the environment and commitment to camaraderie. There was a World Cup feel in the Rio air, even though kick-off is 15 months away. “No better place to train, to feel the environment, the atmosphere amongst my colleagues from Concacaf and CONMEBOL, to be on the same page,” said Koroleva, who has officiated at multiple FIFA events, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023. That methodology, Koroleva said, is anchored by the mental and physical preparation required to referee a “fast game” played by “elite athletes”. Theoretical discussions focused on decision consistency, learning team tactics and how different countries approach the game, as well as the “mental glue” necessary to handle the World Cup match-day energy and atmosphere.

“The seminar is a great opportunity to be here with FIFA, especially in an iconic place for football like Brazil. But it’s (also) a great opportunity to showcase our skills, work with other referees, and to be selected amongst the best in FIFA and Concacaf and CONMEBOL,” said Carly Shaw-MacLaren, a Canadian who refereed at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Dominican Republic 2024. “It’s a very physically intensive week,” she continued. “And then, obviously, match performance is very important while we’re here, and then also technical sessions. So, we’re learning a lot in education sessions on new trends in football, and specific topics.”

Venezuela’s Emikar Calderas, who worked matches at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 and the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, said it was a “huge honour and feeling of responsibility” to participate in the seminar. “It represents an important step in my career as a referee. It’s also because I’m here with high-level instructors in order to improve my knowledge, spend time with different referees and reach my peak as a referee,” Calderas said. She echoed similar comments made by her colleagues when she said, “It would be a dream come true to represent my country in this high-level tournament and show all of my sacrifice, dedication and discipline.”

The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 will be an unprecedented showcase for the women’s game and a testament to its exponential growth. It will also represent the tournament’s first staging in Latin America, a passionate football hotspot ready to embrace the excitement. Brazil will be the perfect backdrop, and while players around the world long to perform on that stage, so do match officials. “Every day we work hard, and I am motivated to be better than yesterday, to do something more, and to prepare, just like the athletes, to be a part of this memorable event that will, without a doubt, be historical here in Brazil,” Koroleva said. “I want to be a part of that show, to create this atmosphere for the world, for history.”

Source: FIFA

AFC Champions League Elite 2026 – Final Stage

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), 17-25 April 2026

Match Officials
Referee: Alireza Faghani AUS (photo)
Assistant Referee: George Lakrindis AUS

Referee: Ma Ning CHN
Assistant Referee: Zhou Fei CHN

Referee: Yusuke Araki JPN
Assistant Referee: Jun Mihara JPN

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh JOR
Assistant Referee: Mohammad Al-Khalaf JOR

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf OMA
Assistant Referee: Abu Al-Amri OMA

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim QAT
Assistant Referee: Taleb Al-Marri QAT

Referee: Salman Falahi QAT
Assistant Referee: Ramzan Al-Naimi QAT

Referee: Khalid Al-Turais KSA
Assistant Referee: Mohammed Al-Abakry KSA

Referee: Omar Al-Ali UAE
Assistant Referee: Mohammed Al-Hammadi UAE

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev UZB
Assistant Referee: Andrey Tsapenko UZB

Video Match Officials
1. Shaun Evans AUS
2. Fu Ming CHN
3. Jumpei Iida JPN
4. Kim Woo-Sung KOR
5. Abdullah Jamali KUW
6. Khamis Al-Marri QAT
7. Abdullah Al-Shehri KSA
8. Muhammad Bin Jahari SIN
9. Sivakorn Pu-Udom THA
10. Mohammed Obaid UAE
11. Firdavs Nursafarov UZB

CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2026 – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

7-9 April 2026

O’Higgins – Millonarios
Referee: Roberto Perez PER (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jesus Sanchez PER
Assistant Referee 2: Leonar Soto PER
Fourth Official: Jordi Espinoza PER
VAR: Diego Haro PER
AVAR: Alejandro Villanueva PER
Referee Assessor: Ubaldo Aquino PAR
VAR Supervisor: Juan Cardellino URU

Independiente – Racing Club
Referee: Augusto Menendez PER
Assistant Referee 1: Stephen Atoche PER
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Jaimes PER
Fourth Official: Daniel Ureta PER
VAR: Milagros Arruela PER
AVAR: Mariana Aquino PER
Referee Assessor: Juan Lugones BOL
VAR Supervisor: Oscar Viera PAR

Barracas Central – Vasco da Gama
Referee: Carlos Betancur COL
Assistant Referee 1: Alexander Guzman COL
Assistant Referee 2: John Gallego COL
Fourth Official: Wilmar Roldan COL
VAR: Leonard Mosquera COL
AVAR: Keiner Jimenez COL
Referee Assessor: Hector Baldassi ARG
VAR Supervisor: Carlos Pastorino URU

Alianza Atletico – Tigre
Referee: Paulo Zanovelli BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Boschilia BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Guilherme Camilo BRA
Fourth Official: Matheus Candançan BRA
VAR: Daniel Nobre BRA
AVAR: Rodrigo D’Alonso BRA
Referee Assessor: Cesar Mongrut PER
VAR Supervisor: Alicio Pena BRA

Boston River – Sao Paulo
Referee: Leandro Rey ARG
Assistant Referee 1: Cristian Navarro ARG
Assistant Referee 2: Mariana de Almeida ARG
Fourth Official: Nazareno Arasa ARG
VAR: Nicolas Lamolina ARG
AVAR: Salome Di Iorio ARG
Referee Assessor: Jose Espinel ECU
VAR Supervisor: Luis Vera ECU

Deportivo Cuenca – Santos
Referee: Gery Vargas BOL
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Antelo BOL
Assistant Referee 2: Edwar Saavedra BOL
Fourth Official: Ivo Mendez BOL
VAR: Jorge Justiniano BOL
AVAR: Ariel Guizada BOL
Referee Assessor: Jose Carpio ECU
VAR Supervisor: Victor Martinez PAR

Deportivo Riestra – Palestino
Referee: Guillermo Guerrero ECU
Assistant Referee 1: Danny Avila ECU
Assistant Referee 2: Dennys Gerrero ECU
Fourth Official: Alex Cajas ECU
VAR: Carlos Orbe ECU
AVAR: Franklin Congo ECU
Referee Assessor: Manuel Bernal PAR
VAR Supervisor: Pericles Cortes BRA

Recoleta – San Lorenzo
Referee: Cristian Garay CHI
Assistant Referee 1: Claudio Urrutia CHI
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Serrano CHI
Fourth Official: Diego Flores CHI
VAR: Miguel Araos CHI
AVAR: Alejandro Molina CHI
Referee Assessor: Myriam Melgarejo PAR
VAR Supervisor: Ednilson Corona BRA

Audax Italiano – Olimpia
Referee: Andres Matonte URU
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Taran URU
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Soppi URU
Fourth Official: Gustavo Tejera URU
VAR: Chrystian Ferreyra URU
AVAR: Agustin Berisso URU
Referee Assessor: Barbra Bastias CHI
VAR Supervisor: Cesar Escano PER

Blooming – River Plate
Referee: Andres Rojas COL
Assistant Referee 1: Richard Ortiz COL
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Roldan COL
Fourth Official: Carlos Ortega COL
VAR: David Rodriguez COL
AVAR: Luis Picon COL
Referee Assessor: Oscar Maldonado BOL
VAR Supervisor: Claudio Rios CHI

Montevideo City Torque – Gremio
Referee: Augusto Aragon ECU
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Lescano ECU
Assistant Referee 2: Ricardo Baren ECU
Fourth Official: Bryan Loayza ECU
VAR: Gabriel Gonzalez ECU
AVAR: Byron Romero ECU
Referee Assessor: Miguel Nievas URU
VAR Supervisor: Jorge Mercado PAR

Academia Puerto Cabello – Atletico Mineiro
Referee: Yael Falcon ARG
Assistant Referee 1: Maximiliano Del Yesso ARG
Assistant Referee 2: Facundo Rodriguez ARG
Fourth Official: Maximiliano Ramirez ARG
VAR: Silvio Trucco ARG
AVAR: Lucas Novelli ARG
Referee Assessor: Jairo Romero VEN
VAR Supervisor: Marcelo de Leon URU

Juventud – Cienciano
Referee: Bryan Loayza ECU
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Lescano ECU
Assistant Referee 2: Ricardo Baren ECU
Fourth Official: Augusto Aragon ECU
VAR: Gabriel Gonzalez ECU
AVAR: Byron Romero ECU
Referee Assessor: Miguel Nievas URU
VAR Supervisor: Jorge Mercado PAR

Botafogo – Caracas
Referee: Kevin Ortega PER
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Orue PER
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Castillo PER
Fourth Official: Michael Espinoza PER
VAR: Joel Alarcon PER
AVAR: Pablo Lopez PER
Referee Assessor: Rodrigo Joia BRA
VAR Supervisor: Patricio Polic CHI

Macara – America de Cali
Referee: Carlos Benitez PAR
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Cardozo PAR
Assistant Referee 2: Milciades Saldivar PAR
Fourth Official: Juan Benitez PAR
VAR: Jose Mendez PAR
AVAR: Luis Onieva PAR
Referee Assessor: Juan Corozo ECU
VAR Supervisor: Angel Sanchez ARG

Carabobo – Red Bull Bragantino
Referee: Hernan Heras URU
Assistant Referee 1: Horacio Ferreiro URU
Assistant Referee 2: Pablo Llarena URU
Fourth Official: Jose Burgos URU
VAR: Leodan Gonzalez URU
AVAR: Antonio Garcia URU
Referee Assessor: Luis Sanchez VEN
VAR Supervisor: Wilson Lamouroux COL

CONMEBOL Libertadores 2026 – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

7-9 April 2026

Barcelona – Cruzeiro
Referee: Juan Benitez PAR (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Cardozo PAR
Assistant Referee 2: Milciades Saldivar PAR
Fourth Official: Carlos Benitez PAR
VAR: Jose Mendez PAR
AVAR: Luis Onieva PAR
Referee Assessor: Juan Corozo BOL
VAR Supervisor: Angel Sanchez ARG

Deportiva La Guaira – Fluminense
Referee: Jose Burgos URU
Assistant Referee 1: Horacio Ferreiro URU
Assistant Referee 2: Pablo Llarena URU
Fourth Official: Hernan Heras URU
VAR: Leodan Gonzalez URU
AVAR: Antonio Garcia URU
Referee Assessor: Luis Sanchez VEN
VAR Supervisor: Wilson Lamouroux COL

Independiente Rivadavia – Bolivar
Referee: Jose Cabero CHI
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Retamal CHI
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Rocha CHI
Fourth Official: Piero Maza CHI
VAR: Juan Lara CHI
AVAR: Edson Cisternas CHI
Referee Assessor: Sergio Viola ARG
VAR Supervisor: Roberto Silvera URU

Always Ready – LDU Quito
Referee: Carlos Ortega COL
Assistant Referee 1: Richard Ortiz COL
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Roldan COL
Fourth Official: Andres Rojas COL
VAR: David Rodriguez COL
AVAR: Luis Picon COL
Referee Assessor: Oscar Maldonado BOL
VAR Supervisor: Claudio Rios CHI

Universidad Catolica – Boca Juniors
Referee: Gustavo Tejera URU
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Taran URU
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Soppi URU
Fourth Official: Andres Matonte URU
VAR: Christian Ferreyra URU
AVAR: Agustin Berisso URU
Referee Assessor: Babra Bastias CHI
VAR Supervisor: Cesar Escano PER

Deportes Tolima – Universitario
Referee: Wilton Sampaio BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Pires BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Alves BRA
Fourth Official: Bruno Arleu BRA
VAR: Pablo Gonçalves BRA
AVAR: Caio Viera BRA
Referee Assessor: Abraham Gonzalez COL
VAR Supervisor: Julio Bascunan CHI

Coquimbo Unido – Nacional
Referee: Raphael Claus BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Danilo Manis BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Nailton Sousa BRA
Fourth Official: Rafael Klein BRA
VAR: Rodolpho Toski BRA
AVAR: Rodrigo Nunes BRA
Referee Assessor: Ricardo Marques BRA
VAR Supervisor: Rodney Aquino PAR

Mirassol – Lanus
Referee: John Ospina COL
Assistant Referee 1: David Fuentes COL
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Vela COL
Fourth Official: Jose Ortiz COL
VAR: Nicolas Gallo COL
AVAR: John Leon COL
Referee Assessor: Hilton Moutinho BRA
VAR Supervisor: Patricio Polic CHI

Independiente Medellin – Estudiantes
Referee: Alexis Herrera VEN
Assistant Referee 1: Tulio Moreno VEN
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Ponte VEN
Fourth Official: Yender Herrera VEN
VAR: Angel Arteaga VEN
AVAR: Reyes Soto VEN
Referee Assessor: Luzmila Gonzalez COL
VAR Supervisor: Henry Gambetta PER

Cusco – Flamengo
Referee: Derlis Lopez PAR
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Cañete PAR
Assistant Referee 2: José Cuevas PAR
Fourth Official: Mario Diaz de Vivar PAR
VAR: Fernando Lopez PAR
AVAR: Carlos Figueredo PAR
Referee Assessor: Ana Perez PER
VAR Supervisor: Wilson Avila ECU

Junior – Palmeiras
Referee: Maximiliano Ramirez ARG
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Belatti ARG
Assistant Referee 2: José Savorani ARG
Fourth Official: Sebastian Zunino ARG
VAR: Hernan Mastrangelo ARG
AVAR: German Delfino ARG
Referee Assessor: Sebastian Restrepo COL
VAR Supervisor: Victor Carrillo PER

Sporting Cristal – Cerro Porteno
Referee: Dario Herrera ARG
Assistant Referee 1: Gabriel Chade ARG
Assistant Referee 2: Pablo Gonzalez ARG
Fourth Official: Sebastian Martinez ARG
VAR: Hector Paletta ARG
AVAR: Jorge Baliño ARG
Referee Assessor: Jorge Jaimes PER
VAR Supervisor: Sandra Zambrano ECU

Universidad Central – Libertad
Referee: Flavio Souza BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Alex Ang BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Victor Imazu BRA
Fourth Official: Ramon Abatti BRA
VAR: Rodrigo Guarizo BRA
AVAR: Rodrigo Correa BRA
Referee Assessor: Jairo Romero ECU
VAR Supervisor: Marcelo de Leon URU

Rosario Central – Independiente Del Valle
Referee: Wilmar Roldan COL
Assistant Referee 1: Alexander Guzman COL
Assistant Referee 2: John Gallego COL
Fourth Official: Carlos Betancur COL
VAR: Leonard Mosquera COL
AVAR: Keiner Jimenez COL
Referee Assessor: Hector Baldassi ARG
VAR Supervisor: Carlos Pastorino URU

Platense – Corinthians
Referee: Piero Maza CHI
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Retamal CHI
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Rocha CHI
Fourth Official: Jose Cabero CHI
VAR: Juan Lara CHI
AVAR: Edson Cisternas CHI
Referee Assessor: Sergio Viola ARG
VAR Supervisor: Roberto Silvera URU

Santa Fe – Penarol
Referee: Jesus Valenzuela VEN
Assistant Referee 1: Jorge Urrego VEN
Assistant Referee 2: Lubin Torrealba VEN
Fourth Official: Alejandro Velazquez VEN
VAR: Juan Soto VEN
AVAR: Marco Suarez VEN
Referee Assessor: Abraham Gonzalez COL
VAR Supervisor: Julio Bascunan CHI

Referee Tello injured in extra time of World Cup Qualifier

The FIFA World Cup qualifier between Congo and Jamaica in Guadalajara, Mexico, was delayed during extra time because referee Facundo Tello sustained an injury to his left leg.

With Congo DR leading 1-0 in the 111th minute, Tello started grabbing his calf and knee, before keeling over. After two minutes of dealing with the pain, he left the game, and was replaced by the fourth referee, Dario Herrera.

The game was 0-0 after 90 minutes and went to extra time. Congo defender Axel Tuanzebe was on the end of a corner kick that gave his team the lead in the 100th minute. Congo DR held on for a 1-0 win that sent it to its first World Cup since 1974.

With the victory, Congo DR will join Group K, alongside Portugal, Uzbekistan and Colombia.

Source: Fox Sports

UEFA Women’s Europa Cup 2025/26 – Semi-finals (Second Leg)

2 April 2026

BK Hacken – Eintracht Frankfurt
Referee: Ivana Martinčić CRO (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Maja Petravić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Staša Špur SVN
Fourth Official: Aleksandra Česen SVN
Referee Observer: Wendy Toms ENG

Hammarby IF – Sparta Praha
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Stefania Signorelli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Veronica Martinelli ITA
Fourth Official: Deborah Bianchi ITA
Referee Observer: Bente Skogvang NOR

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2025/26 – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)

1 April 2026

Bayern Munchen – Manchester United
Referee: Tess Olofsson SWE (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Almira Spahić SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Tilde Larsson SWE
Fourth Official: Lina Lehtovaara FIN
VAR: Katalin Kulcsár HUN
AVAR: Tamás Bognár HUN
Referee Observer: Ana Minić SRB

Chelsea WFC – Arsenal WFC
Referee: Frida Klarlund DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Monica Lokkeberg NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Linda Schmid SUI
Fourth Official: Désirée Blanco SUI
VAR: Katrin Rafalski GER
AVAR: Benjamin Brand GER
Referee Observer: Paloma Quintero Siles ESP

2 April 2026
FC Barcelona – Real Madrid
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Camille Soriano FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Melissa Rossignol FRA
Fourth Official: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
VAR: Mathieu Vernice FRA
AVAR: Elisa Daupeux FRA
Referee Observer: Regina Konink-Belksma NED

OL Lyonnnes – VfL Wolfsburg
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: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
AVAR: Judit Romano Garcia ESP
Referee Observer: Claudine Brohet BEL

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – UEFA (Play-Offs, Finals)

31 March 2026

Path A
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Italy
Referee: Clément Turpin FRA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pagès FRA
Fourth Official: José Sánchez Martínez ESP
VAR: Jérôme Brisard FRA
AVAR: Willy Delajod FRA
Referee Assessor: Martin Ingvarsson SWE

Path B
Sweden – Poland
Referee: Slavko Vinčić SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič SVN
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenović SVN
VAR: Christian Dingert GER
AVAR: Robert Schröder GER
Referee Assessor: Matteo Trefoloni ITA

Path C
Kosovo – Türkiye
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG
Fourth Official: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
VAR: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
AVAR: Andrew Dallas SCO
Referee Assessor: Herbert Fandel GER

Path D
Czechia – Denmark
Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA
Fourth Official: Marco Guida ITA
VAR: Marco Di Bello ITA
AVAR: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
Referee Assessor: Stefan Johannesson SWE

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – Play-off Tournament (Finals)

Mexico, 31 March 2026

Congo DR – Jamaica
Referee: Facundo Tello ARG (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Belatti ARG
Assistant Referee 2: Gabriel Chade ARG
Fourth Official: Dario Herrera ARG
VAR: Hernan Mastrangelo ARG
AVAR: Juan Soto VEN

Iraq – Bolivia
Referee: Ivan Barton SLV
Assistant Referee 1: David Moran SLV
Assistant Referee 2: Henri Pupiro NCA
Fourth Official: Said Martinez HON
VAR: Tatiana Guzman NCA
AVAR: Guillermo Pacheco MEX

UEFA Nations League 2024/2025 – League C/D Play-Offs (Second Leg)

31 March 2026

Latvia – Gibraltar
Referee: Sandro Schärer SUI (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Susanne Küng SUI
Fourth Official: Luca Cibelli SUI
VAR: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
AVAR: Michèle Schmölzer SUI
Referee Observer: Alain Hamer LUX

Luxembourg – Malta
Referee: Daniel Siebert GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel GER
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER
Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager GER
VAR: Sören Storks GER
AVAR: Johann Pfeifer GER
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz TUR

Marciniak denies the rumors: "I am already training and heading to the World Cup seminar"

Szymon Marciniak was scheduled to referee the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16 match between Liverpool and Galatasaray, but increasing lower back pain forced him to attend the pre-match warm-up at Anfield Road, less than 40 minutes before kick-off, not only with assistant referees Tomasz Listkiewicz and Adam Kupsik, as usual, but also, exceptionally, with Paweł Raczkowski, the fourth official, also a reserve. The pain was so severe that Marciniak decided not to take any chances and swapped roles with the fourth official. About 15-20 minutes before the match, Raczkowski learned that, after five and a half years since his last Champions League group stage match as referee, he was returning to the competition in the same role – suddenly and immediately to the Round of 16. Shortly thereafter, various accounts of Marciniak's absence from Liverpool emerged in the media. Some suggested a recurrence of the injury that forced the referee to undergo surgery late last year, while others suggested a new, more serious injury that would allegedly mean a months-long break from officiating and exclusion from this year's World Cup in the USA, Mexico, and Canada.

"The rumors about my injury, which would keep me out of refereeing for many months, are completely untrue. The truth is that I suffered a lumbar spine injury, which is the only reason I didn't officiate the Liverpool-Galatasaray match. I've already returned to training, albeit lightly for now, and from March 29th to April 3rd, I'll be participating in a FIFA training camp for UEFA World Cup candidates. I'm very keen to participate in my third World Cup, which will be the biggest event of its kind in football history," said Szymon Marciniak, who previously officiated the World Cups in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022. Russia and Qatar each had 32 national teams playing 64 matches, while the USA, Mexico, and Canada – for the first time – will have 48 teams playing 104 matches. This could mean that referees will also be used in more matches than in previous tournaments.

Source: TVP Sport

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – UEFA (Play-Offs, Semi-finals)

26 March 2026

Path A

Italy – Northern Ireland 

Referee: Danny Makkelie NED (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries NED
Fourth Official: Jesus Gil Manzano ESP
VAR: Pol van Boekel NED
AVAR: Jeroen Manschot NED
Referee Assessor: Markus Nobs SUI

Wales – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Istvan Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marica ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU
Fourth Official: Tobias Stieler GER
VAR: Dennis Higler NED
Referee Assessor: Marinus Koopman NED

Path B

Ukraine – Sweden
Referee: Joao Pinheiro POR
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Jesus POR
Assistant Referee 2: Luciano Maia POR
Fourth Official: Erik Lambrechts BEL
VAR: Tiago Martins POR
AVAR: Andre Narciso POR
Referee Assessor: Juan Fernandez Marin ESP

Poland – Albania
Referee: Anthony Taylor ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn ENG
Fourth Official: Donatas Rumsas LTU
VAR: Jarred Gillett ENG
AVAR: Michael Salisbury ENG
Referee Assessor: Costas Kapitanis CYP

Path C

Türkiye – Romania
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Benoît Bastien FRA

VAR: Willy Delajod FRA

AVAR: Jérôme Brisard FRA

Referee Assessor: Elmir Pilav BIH

Slovakia – Kosovo
Referee: Espen Eskas NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Engan NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Isaak Bashevkin NOR
Fourth Official: Nicholas Walsh SCO
VAR: Rob Dieperink NED
AVAR: Clay Ruperti NED
Referee Assessor: Lucilio Batista POR

Path D

Denmark – North Macedonia
Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
Assistant Referee 2: Dominik Schaal GER
Fourth Official: Daniel Siebert GER
VAR: Bastian Dankert GER
AVAR: Sascha Stegemann GER
Referee Assessor: William Young SCO

Czechia – Ireland
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Halil Umut Meler TUR
VAR: Bram Van Driessche BEL
AVAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez ESP
Referee Assessor: Stefan Messner AUT

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – Play-off Tournament (Semi-finals)

Mexico, 26 March 2026

Bolivia – Suriname
Referee: Alireza Faghani AUS (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: George Lakrindis AUS
Assistant Referee 2: James Lindsay AUS
Fourth Official: Mustapha Ghorbal ALG
VAR: Fedayi San SUI
AVAR: Ivan Bebek CRO

New Caledonia – Jamaica
Referee: Gustavo Tejera URU
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Taran URU
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Barreiro URU
Fourth Official: Cristian Garay CHI
VAR: Juan Lara CHI 

AVAR: Antonio Garcia URU

FIFA World Cup 2026: Hernandez (ESP) added last-minute to the pre-selected referees list

Originally planned for 2-6 March 2026 in Dubai (UAE), the last seminar for UEFA pre-selected referees was rescheduled in Viareggio (Italy), with the participants divided in two groups due to the World Cup Qualifiers.

Group 1 (24-27 March 2026)

1. Michael Oliver (ENG, 1985)

2. Clement Turpin (FRA, 1982)

3. Maurizio Mariani (ITA, 1982)

4. Slavko Vincic (SVN, 1979)

5. Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP, 1982)

6. Jose Sanchez Martinez (ESP, 1983)

7. Sandro Schärer (SUI, 1988)

Group 2 (30 March - 2 April 2026)

1. Irfan Peljto (BIH, 1984)

2. Anthony Taylor (ENG, 1978)

3. Francois Letexier (FRA, 1989)

4. Felix Zwayer (GER, 1981)

5. Danny Makkelie (NED, 1983)

6. Espen Eskas (NOR, 1988)

7. Szymon Marciniak (POL, 1981)

8. Joao Pinheiro (POR, 1988)

9. Istvan Kovacs (ROU, 1984)

10. Glenn Nyberg (SWE, 1988)

UEFA Nations League 2024/2025 – League C/D Play-Offs (First Leg)

26 March 2026

Gibraltar – Latvia
Referee: Ivan Kružliak SVK (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Ján Pozor SVK
Fourth Official: Michal Očenáš SVK
VAR: Michael Fabbri ITA
AVAR: Valerio Marini ITA
Referee Observer: Pawel Gil POL

Malta – Luxembourg
Referee: Irfan Peljto BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo BIH
Fourth Official: Miloš Gigović BIH
VAR: Matej Jug SVN
AVAR: Mario Zebec CRO
Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold NOR

UEFA U-21 Euro 2027 Qualifiers (Matchday 7)

26-30 March 2026

Iceland – Estonia
Referee: Marius Grotta NOR (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Erland Hareland NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Henrik Sunde NOR
Fourth Official: Marius Lien NOR
Referee Observer: Markus Strömbergsson SWE

San Marino – Finland
Referee: Luka Bilbija BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Amer Macić BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Marko Perić BIH
Fourth Official: Nihad Ljajić BIH
Referee Observer: Aleksandar Stavrev MKD

Ireland – Moldova
Referee: Walter Altmann AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Steinacher AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Luka Katholnig AUT
Fourth Official: Daniel Pfister AUT
Referee Observer: Gunnar Jónsson ISL

Italy – North Macedonia
Referee: David Dickinson SCO
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Jonathan Bell SCO
Fourth Official: Lloyd Wilson SCO
Referee Observer: Igor Pristovnik CRO

Luxembourg – France
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck GER
Assistant Referee 1: Christof Günsch GER
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Weickenmeier GER
Fourth Official: Tobias Reichel GER
Referee Observer: Joeri Van De Velde BEL

Azerbaijan – Portugal
Referee: Chrístos Vergétis GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Andréas Fotópoulos GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Konstandínos Stáikos GRE
Fourth Official: Aléxandros Katsikogiánnis GRE
Referee Observer: Giorgi Vadachkoria GEO

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Slovenia
Referee: Ante Čulina CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Dario Kolarević CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Kristijan Novosel CRO
Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely HUN

Cyprus – Spain
Referee: Mathieu Vernice FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Aurélien Drouet FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Florian De Araujo FRA
Fourth Official: Marc Bollengier FRA
Referee Observer: Christopher Lautier MLT

Kazakhstan – Slovakia
Referee: Atilla Karaoglan TUR

Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesigüzel TUR

Assistant Referee 2: Candaş Elbil TUR

Fourth Official: Ayberk Demirbaş TUR
Referee Observer: Alieh Čykun BLR

Georgia – Latvia
Referee: Konstantínos Fellás CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Mários Kalogírou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Giórgos Charalámbous CYP
Fourth Official: Andónis Konstandinídis CYP
Referee Observer: Augustus Constantin ROU

Greece – Malta
Referee: Cláudio Pereira POR

Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Ribeiro POR

Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Martins POR

Fourth Official: Fábio Veríssimo POR
Referee Observer: Ognjen Valjić BIH

Poland – Armenia
Referee: Vitalijs Spasjonnikovs LVA
Assistant Referee 1: Raimonds Tatriks LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasennikovs LVA
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs LVA
Referee Observer: Jens Larsen DEN

Germany – Northern Ireland
Referee: Jakob Sundberg DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Victor Skytte DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Jesper Dahl DEN
Fourth Official: Aydin Uslu DEN
Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere BEL

Norway – Netherlands
Referee: Donald Robertson SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Ross Macleod SCO
Assistant Referee 2: David Roome SCO
Fourth Official: Daniel McFarlane SCO
Referee Observer: Stanislav Todorov BUL

Ukraine – Lithuania
Referee: Roman Jitari MDA
Assistant Referee 1: Denis Oală MDA
Assistant Referee 2: Andrei Bodean MDA
Fourth Official: Andrei Breguță MDA
Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek AUT

Sweden – Montenegro
Referee: James Robinson NIR
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Nethery NIR
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Jeffrey NIR
Fourth Official: Christopher Morrison NIR
Referee Observer: Gediminas Mažeika LTU

Wales – Belarus
Referee: Johan Ellefsen FRO
Assistant Referee 1: Dan Hojgaard FRO
Assistant Referee 2: Jorleif Djurhuus FRO
Fourth Official: Heini Vidoy FRO
Referee Observer: Marco Borg MLT

Kosovo – Romania
Referee: Iwan Griffith WAL
Assistant Referee 1: Johnathon Bryant WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Harry Hendricks WAL
Fourth Official: Bryn Markham-Jones WAL
Referee Observer: Ladislav Gádoši SVK

Gibraltar - Bulgaria
Referee: Mihály Káprály HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Buzás HUN
Assistant Referee 2: István Albert HUN
Fourth Official: Marcell Derdák HUN
Referee Observer: Andrew Davey NIR

Andorra – England
Referee: Klym Zabroda UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Valentyn Kutsev UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Vitaliy Skoblya UKR
Fourth Official: Andriy Kovalenko UKR
Referee Observer: Marco Fritz GER

Scotland – Czechia
Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP
Assistant Referee 2: José Naranjo Pérez ESP
Fourth Official: Alejandro Quintero González ESP
Referee Observer: Petur Reinert FRO

Switzerland – Faroe Islands
Referee: Visar Kastrati KOS
Assistant Referee 1: Arbnor Bullatovci KOS
Assistant Referee 2: Enis Bejtullahu KOS
Fourth Official: Ilir Mehmeti KOS
Referee Observer: Kristinn Jakobsson ISL

Belgium – Austria
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits EST
Assistant Referee 1: Sander Saga EST
Assistant Referee 2: Veiko Mõtsnik EST
Fourth Official: Tanel Üprus EST
Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo LVA

France – Iceland
Referee: Mervan Bejtullahu KOS
Assistant Referee 1: Lumturije Muhadri KOS
Assistant Referee 2: Zgjim Rahimi KOS
Fourth Official: Eridon Podvorica KOS
Referee Observer: Luís Teixeira AND

International Friendly Matches – March 2026

25-31 March 2026

Moldova – Lithuania
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan ARM (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Vanik Simonyan ARM
Assistant Referee 2: Sargis Hovhannisyan ARM
Fourth Official: Dumitru Muntean MDA

Kazakhstan – Namibia
Referee: Viktar Shymusik BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Siarhei Kasavets BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Gusev BLR
Fourth Official: Georgi Chekhovski KAZ

Georgia – Israel
Referee: Julian Weinberger AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Kolbitsch AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Mattias Hartl AUT
Fourth Official: Bakari Bregadze GEO

Cyprus – Belarus
Referee: Miloš Milanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Šutulović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Slobodan Pavlović SRB
Fourth Official: Dimitris Solomou CYP

Brazil – France
Referee: Guido Gonzales USA
Assistant Referee 1: Nick Uranga USA
Assistant Referee 2: Cory Richardson USA
Fourth Official: Armando Villareal USA
VAR: Timothy Ford USA

Croatia – Colombia
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez USA
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Da Silva USA
Assistant Referee 2: Meghan Mullen USA
Fourth Official: Victor Rivas USA

Montenegro – Andorra
Referee: Enea Jorgji ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Ilir Tartaraj ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Marjus Qose ALB
Fourth Official: Nikola Dabanović MNE

Greece – Paraguay
Referee: Daniele Chiffi ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giovanni Baccini ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessio Berti ITA
Fourth Official: Fotios Polychronis GRE
VAR: Daniele Doveri ITA
AVAR: Rosario Abisso ITA

Netherlands – Norway
Referee: Lawrence Visser BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Ruben Wyns BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen BEL
Fourth Official: Lothar D'Hondt BEL
VAR: Jan Boterberg BEL
AVAR: Simon Bourdeaud'hui BEL

Switzerland – Germany
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Cook ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin ENG
Fourth Official: Thomas Bramall ENG
VAR: Paul Howard ENG
AVAR: Timothy Wood ENG

England – Uruguay
Referee: Sven Jablonski GER
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger GER
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Gittelmann GER
Fourth Official: Benjamin Brand GER
VAR: Sören Storks GER
AVAR: Katrin Rafalski GER

Spain – Serbia
Referee: Luís Godinho POR
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Teixeira POR
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Brás POR
Fourth Official: Hélder Malheiro POR

Azerbaijan – St. Lucia
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Levan Varamishvili GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgi Elikashvili GEO
Fourth Official: Koba Revazashvili GEO

New Zealand – Finland
Referee: Casey Reibelt AUS
Assistant Referee 1: Arvin Shanmuganathan AUS
Assistant Referee 2: Ashley Beecham AUS
Fourth Official: Jack Morgan AUS

Algeria – Guatemala
Referee: Andrea Colombo ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Davide Imperiale ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Khaled Bahri ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA

Russia – Nicaragua
Referee: Abdurashid Xudoyberganov UZB
Assistant Referee 1: Sanjar Shoyusupov UZB
Assistant Referee 2: Akmal Giyosov UZB
Fourth Official: Artyom Chistyakov RUS

Tanzania – Liechtenstein
Referee: Mohamed Guedi DJI
Assistant Referee 1: Eleyeh Dirir DJI
Assistant Referee 2: Rachid Bouraleh DJI
Fourth Official: Saddam Mansour DJI

San Marino – Faroe Islands
Referee: Kyriákos Athanasíou CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Níkos Englézou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Kyriákos Sokrátous CYP
Fourth Official: Andrea Righi SMR

Hungary – Slovenia
Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Anders Dale NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Jorgen Valstadsve NOR
Fourth Official: Karoline Jensen NOR
VAR: Kristoffer Hagenes NOR
AVAR: Svein Sinnes NOR

Mexico – Portugal
Referee: Walter López GUA
Assistant Referee 1: Keytzel Corrales NCA
Assistant Referee 2: Raymundo Feliz DOM
Fourth Official: Bryan López GUA

Lithuania – Georgia
Referee: Vitalijs Spasjonnikovs LVA
Assistant Referee 1: Raimonds Tatriks LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonnikovs LVA
Fourth Official: Rasa Grigonė LTU

Armenia – Belarus
Referee: Dumitru Muntean MDA
Assistant Referee 1: Vlad Lifciu MDA
Assistant Referee 2: Vadim Vicol MDA
Fourth Official: Henrik Nalbandyan ARM

Australia – Cameroon
Referee: Robert Jones ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Neil Davies ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Wade Smith ENG
Fourth Official: Andrew Madley ENG

Iran – Nigeria
Referee: Cihan Aydin TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Abdullah Özkara TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Furkan Ürün TUR
Fourth Official: Yasin Kol TUR

Kenya – Estonia
Referee: Georges Gatogato BDI
Assistant Referee 1: Emery Niyongabo BDI
Assistant Referee 2: Rénovat Bizumuremyi BDI
Fourth Official: Rodrigue Bigirimana BDI

Austria – Ghana
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish KSA
Assistant Referee 1: Khalaf Al-Shammari KSA
Assistant Referee 2: Yasir Al-Sultan KSA
Fourth Official: Shukri Al-Hanfush KSA
VAR: Sultan Al-Harbi KSA
AVAR: Ibrahim Al-Dakhil KSA

Jordan – Costa Rica
Referee: Kadir Saglam TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Murat Curbay TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Gökhan Barcin TUR
Fourth Official: Batuhan Kolak TUR

Morocco – Ecuador
Referee: José Munuera Montero ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Eliana Fernández González ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno ESP
Fourth Official: José Guzmán Mansilla ESP
VAR: Daniel Trujillo Suárez ESP
AVAR: Pablo González Fuertes ESP

Korea – Cote d’Ivoire
Referee: Ian McNabb NIR
Assistant Referee 1: Stephen Donaldson NIR
Assistant Referee 2: Georgios Argyropoulos NIR
Fourth Official: Robert Hennessy IRL

Canada – Iceland
Referee: Jon Freemon USA
Assistant Referee 1: Jeremy Kieso USA
Assistant Referee 2: Ryan Graves USA
Fourth Official: Jesús López MEX

Scotland – Japan
Referee: Shaun Evans AUS
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Meimarakis AUS
Assistant Referee 2: Kearney Robinson AUS
Fourth Official: Daniel Elder AUS
VAR: Timothy Danaskos AUS
AVAR: Brad Wright AUS

USA – Belgium
Referee: Esteban Ostojich URU
Assistant Referee 1: Horacio Ferreiro URU
Assistant Referee 2: Pablo Llarena URU
Fourth Official: Alberto Feres URU
VAR: Tatiana Guzmán NCA
AVAR: Benjamín Pineda CRC

Aruba – Liechtenstein
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda RWA
Assistant Referee 1: Dieudonné Mutuyimana RWA
Assistant Referee 2: Didier Ishimwe RWA
Fourth Official: Aline Umutoni RWA

Morocco – Paraguay
Referee: Eric Wattelier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Berthomieu FRA
Fourth Official: Abdelatif Kherradji FRA
VAR: Hamid Guenaoui FRA
AVAR: Guillaume Paradis FRA

Cyprus – Moldova
Referee: Marian Barbu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mircea Grigoriu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: George Neacșu ROU
Fourth Official: Panagiótis Chatzigeorgíou CYP

Germany – Ghana
Referee: Stuart Attwell ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Bennett ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Ross Macleod SCO
Fourth Official: Farai Hallam ENG
VAR: Matthew Donohue ENG
AVAR: Sian Massey-Ellis ENG

Norway – Switzerland
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Geerolf BEL
Fourth Official: Nathan Verboomen BEL
VAR: Bert Put BEL
AVAR: Ella De Vries BEL

Montenegro – Slovenia
Referee: Duje Strukan CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Luka Pajić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Starčević CRO
Fourth Official: Nikola Dabanović MNE

Serbia – Saudi Arabia
Referee: Balázs Berke HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Vencel Tóth HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Kóbor HUN
Fourth Official: Predrag Janjuš SRB

Hungary – Greece
Referee: Florian Badstübner GER
Assistant Referee 1: Lasse Koslowski GER
Assistant Referee 2: Sven Waschitzki GER
Fourth Official: Florian Exner GER
VAR: Patrick Hanslbauer GER
AVAR: Markus Sinn GER

Netherlands – Ecuador
Referee: Sascha Stegemann GER
Assistant Referee 1: Christof Günsch GER
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Gittelmann GER
Fourth Official: Martin Petersen GER
VAR: Nicolas Winter GER
AVAR Frederick Assmuth GER

England – Japan
Referee: Nicholas Walsh SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel McFarlane SCO
Fourth Official: Donald Robertson SCO
VAR: Steven McLean SCO
AVAR: Kevin Clancy SCO

Austria – Korea
Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan de Groot NED
Fourth Official: Alex Bos NED
VAR: Erwin Blank NED
AVAR: Edwin van de Graaf NED

Ireland – North Macedonia
Referee: Iwan Griffith WAL
Assistant Referee 1: Johnathon Bryant WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Harry Hendricks WAL
Fourth Official: James Robinson NIR

Spain – Egypt
Referee: Georgi Kabakov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Venev BUL 

Fourth Official: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL

Algeria – Uruguay
Referee: Luca Pairetto ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA
Fourth Official: Simone Sozza ITA

USA – Portugal
Referee: Sven Jablonski GER
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger GER
Assistant Referee 2: Dominik Schaal GER

Fourth Official: Harm Osmers GER
VAR: Benjamin Pineda CRC
AVAR: Roy Monge CRC

Brazil – Croatia
Referee: Armando Villarreal USA
Assistant Referee 1: Ryan Graves USA
Assistant Referee 2: Kali Smith USA
Fourth Official: Victor Rivas USA

VAR: Michael Radchuck USA

Mexico – Belgium
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza USA
Assistant Referee 1: Cory Richardson USA
Assistant Referee 2: Nick Uranga USA
Fourth Official: Ricardo Montero USA
VAR: Jose Rivero USA
AVAR: Lukasz Szpala USA

Haiti – Iceland
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren CAN
Assistant Referee 1: Gérard Lebuis CAN
Assistant Referee 2: Twayne Anderson CAN
Fourth Official: Mathieu Souaré CAN

Jordan – Nigeria
Referee: Atilla Karaoglan TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Ceyhun Sesiguzel TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Gökhan Barcin TUR
Fourth Official: Batuhan Kolak TUR

Cote d’Ivoire – Scotland
Referee: Daniel Elder AUS
Assistant Referee 1: Brad Wright AUS
Assistant Referee 2: Andrew Meimarakis AUS
Fourth Official: Tim Danaskos AUS
VAR: Shaun Evans AUS
AVAR: Kearney Robinson AUS

Russia – Mali
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin UZB
Assistant Referee 1: Sanjar Shoyusupov UZB
Assistant Referee 2: Akmal Giyosov UZB
Fourth Official: Aleksey Sukhoy RUS

Peru – Honduras
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Álvarez Fernández ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Iván Massó Granado ESP
Fourth Official: Miguel Ortiz Arias ESP

Ukraine – Albania
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno ESP
Fourth Official: Iosu Galech Apeztegui ESP

Slovakia – Romania
Referee: Ondřej Berka CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nádvorník CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Váňa CZE
Fourth Official: Lukáš Dzivjak SVK

Wales – Northern Ireland
Referee: Robert Hennessy IRL
Assistant Referee 1: Emmett Dynan IRL
Assistant Referee 2: Darragh Keegan IRL
Fourth Official: Ryan Kenny WAL

UEFA Women’s Europa Cup 2025/26 – Semi-finals (First Leg)

25 March 2026

Sparta Praha – Hammarby IF
Referee: Eleni Antoniou GRE (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasilia Tsiklitari GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Zoi Papadopoulou GRE

Fourth Official: Fabienne Michel GER 
Referee Observer: Gitte Holm DEN

Eintracht Frankfurt – BK Hacken
Referee: Catarina Campos POR
Assistant Referee 1: Andreia Sousa POR
Assistant Referee 2: Vanessa Gomes POR
Fourth Official: Filipa Cunha POR 

Referee Observer: Nelly Stepanyan ARM

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2025/26 – Quarter-finals (First Leg)

24 March 2026

VfL Wolfsburg – OL Lyonnes
Referee: Emanuela Rusta ALB (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mirjeta Salla ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Nicoleta Bria ENG
Fourth Official: Iuliana Demetrescu ROU
VAR: Michèle Schmölzer SUI
AVAR: Luca Cibelli SUI
Referee Observer: Sofia Karagiorgi CYP

Arsenal WFC – Chelsea WFC
Referee: Alina Peşu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Daniela Constantinescu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Anita Vad HUN
Fourth Official: Michalina Diakow POL
VAR: Ovidiu Haţegan ROU
AVAR: Lucie Ratajová CZE 

Referee Observer: Caroline De Boeck BEL

25 March 2026
Real Madrid – FC Barcelona
Referee: Maria Ferrieri Caputi ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Stefania Signorelli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Emily Carney ENG
Fourth Official: Silvia Gasperotti ITA
VAR: Gianluca Aureliano ITA
AVAR: Emilie Torkelsen NOR
Referee Observer: Snježana Fočić CRO

Manchester United – Bayern Munchen
Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Iragartze Fernández Esesúmaga ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Eliana Fernández González ESP
Fourth Official: Marta Huerta De Aza ESP
VAR: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP
AVAR: Judit Romano García ESP
Referee Observer: Irina Mirț ROU

CONMEBOL U-20 Libertadores Final 2026: Heras (URU)

22 March 2026

Flamengo – Santiago Wanderers
Referee: Hernan Heras URU (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Muniz URU
Assistant Referee 2: Belen Clavijo URU
Fourth Official: Gabriel Mendoza BOL
Reserve AR: William Medina BOL
VAR: Gabriel Gonzalez ECU
AVAR: Byron Romero ECU
Referee Assessor: Manuel Bernal PAR
VAR Supervisor: Wilson Avila ECU

AFC Women's Asian Cup Final 2026: Kim (KOR)

As the attention turns to the Final of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed Korea Republic’s Kim Yu-Jeong to lead the cast of match officials overseeing the ultimate showdown at Stadium Australia. A FIFA International Referee since 2018, Kim has steadily built an impressive portfolio and established herself as one of Asia’s most recognised and reliable officials. With the Continental contest taking place Down Under, the tournament also marks a return to familiar ground for the 36-year-old, who made her FIFA Women’s World Cup debut at the 2023 edition co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. A former player who represented the young Taeguk Ladies in the AFC U17 Women’s Cup, the Final will mark Kim’s third assignment at Australia 2026, having previously officiated Vietnam’s Group C matches against Chinese Taipei and Japan. With a career marked by landmark achievements, including being appointed as the Fourth Official in the Final of the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2025, which saw the first-ever appearance of female officials in the competition’s history, as well as appointments as referee in the AFC Champions League Two 2025/26 and the Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024, the accomplished official will be supported by an equally capable team. Serving as Assistant Referee will be Palestine’s Heba Saadieh, who created history in 2023 as the first Palestinian woman to have officiated at a FIFA Women’s World Cup, and has since featured in multiple prestigious competitions, including the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Morocco 2025 and the inaugural AFC Women’s Champions League last year. Joining her will be Thailand’s Supawan Hinthong as Assistant Referee, who earned an appointment at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2024, while the role of Fourth Official will be undertaken by Korea Republic’s Oh Hyeong-Jeong, who was also among the officials who made their FIFA Women’s World Cup debut at Australia & New Zealand 2023. Meanwhile, Video Assistant Referee duties will be handled by Sivakorn Pu-Udom of Thailand, assisted by Hong Kong’s Law Bik Chi, both established members of the AFC’s officiating roster, while Korea Republic’s Park Mi-Suk will serve as Reserve Assistant Referee. (Source: AFC)

21 March 2026
Australia – Japan
Referee: Kim Yu-Jeong KOR
Assistant Referee 1: Heba Saadieh PLE
Assistant Referee 2: Hinthong Supawan THA
Fourth Official: Oh Hyeon-Jeong KOR
Reserve AR: Park Mi-Suk KOR
VAR: Sivakorn Pu-Udom THA
AVAR: Law Bik Chi HKG
Referee Assessor: Niu Huijun CHN

CAF Confederation Cup 2025/2026 – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)

21-22 March 2026

Zamalek – AS Otoho
Referee: Peter Waweru KEN (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Gilbert Cheruiyot KEN
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Yiembe KEN
Fourth Official: Samuel Uwikunda RWA
VAR: Abongile Tom RSA
AVAR: Dickens Mimisa KEN
Referee Assessor: An-Yan Lim Kee Chong MRI

Wydad AC – Olympic Safi
Referee: Ahmad Heeralall MRI
Assistant Referee 1: Ram Babajee MRI
Assistant Referee 2: Louis Cauvelet MRI
Fourth Official: Patrice Milazare MRI
VAR: Maria Rivet MRI

CR Belouizdad – Al Masry

Referee: Brighton Chimene ZIM

Assistant Referee 1: Arsenio Marengula MOZ

Assistant Referee 2: Yanes Malondi CGO

Fourth Official: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana BDI

USM Alger – Maniema Union
Referee: Boubou Traore MLI

Assistant Referee 1: Modibo Samake MLI

Assistant Referee 2: Jonathan Ahonto TOG

Fourth Official: Ousmane Diakate MLI

VAR: Pierre Atcho GAB

CAF Champions League 2025/2026 – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)

21-22 March 2026

Pyramids – AS FAR
Referee: Dahane Beida MTN (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Gerson Dos Santos ANG
Assistant Referee 2: Ivanildo Lopes ANG
Fourth Official: Abdul-Aziz Bouh MTN
VAR: Akhona Makalima RSA
AVAR: Boubacar Sarr MTN

Al Ahly – Esperance de Tunis
Referee: Jalal Jayed MAR
Assistant Referee 1: Zakaria Brinsi MAR
Assistant Referee 2: Mustafa Akarkad MAR
Fourth Official: Mustafa Kashaf MAR
VAR: Hamza El Fariq MAR
AVAR: Salima Mukansanga RWA

Stade Malien – Mamelodi Sundowns
Referee: Mehrez Melki TUN
Assistant Referee 1: Khalil Hassani TUN
Assistant Referee 2: Abbes Zerhouni ALG
VAR: Mustapha Ghorbal ALG

AVAR: Mokrane Gourari ALG

Al Hilal – RS Berkane
Referee: Abdou Mefire CMR

Assistant Referee 1: Elvis Noupue CMR

Assistant Referee 2: Styven Moutsassi CGO

Fourth Official: Messie Nkounkou CGO

VAR: Issa Sy SEN

UEFA Women’s Futsal Euro 2027 Qualifiers – Main Round

18-21 March 2026

Group A – Trondheim (NOR)
Referees
1. Marijana Orešić CRO
2. Sara Gutiérrez Echeverría ESP (photo)
3. Jasmina Mickoska SRB
4. Fatma Özlem Tursun TUR
Timekeeper
Trym Engh NOR
Referee Observer
Miroslav Gorecki POL

Group B – Birstonas (LTU)
Referees
1. Larisa Avramidou CYP
2. Monika Czudzinowicz POL
3. Filipa Prata POR
4. Emanuele Karbala SUI
Timekeeper
Irmantas Kaprašovas LTU
Referee Observer
Toni Lehtinen FIN

Group C – Podcetrtek (SVN)
Referees
1. Alice Vévodová CZE
2. Roosa-Maria Tuomi FIN
3. Martina Piccolo ITA
4. Florentina Kallaba KOS
Timekeeper
Azra Ahmetovic SVN
Referee Observer
Gjergji Bitri MLT

AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026 – Play-Offs (FWWC27)

19 March 2026

Uzbekistan – Philippines
Referee: Casey Reibelt AUS (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Emma Kocbek AUS
Assistant Referee 2: Madelaine Allum AUS
Fourth Official: Oh Hyeon-Jeong KOR
Reserve AR: Lee Soo-Bin KOR
VAR: Katherine Jacewicz AUS
AVAR: Mamdouh Al-Shadan KSA
Referee Assessor: Sachiko Yamagishi JPN

Chinese Taipei – Korea DPR
Referee: Asaka Koizumi JPN
Assistant Referee 1: Makoto Bozono JPN
Assistant Referee 2: Chihiro Ikki JPN
Fourth Official: Yoshimi Yamashita JPN
Reserve AR: Nuannid Donjangreed THA
VAR: Jumpei Iida JPN
AVAR: Edita Mirabidova UZB
Referee Assessor: Niu Huijun CHN

UEFA Europa Conference League 2025/26 – Round of 16 (Second Leg)

19 March 2026

FSV Mainz – Sigma Olomouc
Referee: Andris Treimanis LVA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasennikovs LVA
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Golubevs LVA
VAR: Kristaps Ratnieks LVA
AVAR: Vitalijs Spasjonnikovs LVA
Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić SRB

Rakow Czestochowa – AC Fiorentina
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martinez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Iñigo Prieto Lopez ESP
Fourth Official: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP
VAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
AVAR: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP
Referee Observer: Michal Beneš CZE

AEK Athens – NK Celje
Referee: Simone Sozza ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Davide Imperiale ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessio Berti ITA
Fourth Official: Giovanni Ayroldi ITA
VAR: Luca Pairetto ITA
AVAR: Daniele Doveri ITA
Referee Observer: Viktor Kassai HUN

AEK Larnaca – Crystal Palace
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Akif Amirali AZE
Fourth Official: Elchin Masiyev AZE
VAR: Jeroen Manschot NED
AVAR: Nicat Ismayilli AZE
Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Shakhtar Donetsk – Lech Poznan
Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan De Groot NED
Fourth Official: Marc Nagtegaal NED
VAR: Clay Ruperti NED
AVAR: Richard Martens NED
Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel FRA

Sparta Praha – AZ Alkmaar
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: Jelena Cvetković SRB
Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller AUT

Rayo Vallecano – Samsunspor
Referee: Sascha Stegemann GER
Assistant Referee 1: Christof Günsch GER
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller GER
Fourth Official: Martin Petersen GER
VAR: Benjamin Brand GER
AVAR: Pascal Müller GER
Referee Observer: Gediminas Mažeika LTU

RC Strasbourg – HNK Rijeka
Referee: Mykola Balakin UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Berkut UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Matyash UKR
Fourth Official: Vitaliy Romanov UKR
VAR: Denys Shurman UKR
AVAR: Dmytro Panchyshyn UKR
Referee Observer: Markus Strömbergsson SWE

UEFA Europa League 2025/2026 – Round of 16 (Second Leg)

18 March 2026

SC Braga – Ferencvarosi TC
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Kristoffer Karlsson SWE
VAR: Pol van Boekel NED
AVAR: Dennis Higler NED
Referee Observer: William Young SCO

19 March 2026
SC Freiburg – KRC Genk
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG
Fourth Official: Andrew Madley ENG
VAR: Jarred Gillett ENG
AVAR: Bastien Dechepy FRA
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz TUR

Olympique Lyonnais – Celta de Vigo
Referee: Irfan Peljto BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo BIH
Fourth Official: Luka Bilbija BIH
VAR: Andrew Dallas SCO
AVAR: Fedayi San SUI
Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel GER

FC Midtjylland – Nottingham Forest
Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Gittelmann GER
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner GER
VAR: Robert Schröder GER
AVAR: Bastian Dankert GER
Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan ARM

Real Betis – Panathinaikos
Referee: Tobias Stieler GER
Assistant Referee 1: Lasse Koslowski GER
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Borsch GER
Fourth Official: Matthias Jöllenbeck GER
VAR: Sören Storks GER
AVAR: Christian Dingert GER
Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski POL

AS Roma – FC Bologna
Referee: István Kovács ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marica ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU
Fourth Official: Szabolcs Kovacs ROU
VAR: Tiago Martins POR
AVAR: Bram Van Driessche BEL
Referee Observer: Howard Webb ENG

FC Porto – VfB Stuttgart
Referee: Anthony Taylor ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn ENG
Fourth Official: Darren England ENG
VAR: Michael Salisbury ENG
AVAR: Jérôme Brisard FRA
Referee Observer: Stéphane Lannoy FRA

Aston Villa – LOSC Lille
Referee: Davide Massa ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
VAR: Daniele Chiffi ITA
AVAR: Marco Di Bello ITA
Referee Observer: Ante Vučemilović CRO