UEFA Nations League 2026/2027 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

4-6 October 2026

League A

Greece – Germany
Referee: Clément Turpin FRA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pagès FRA
Fourth Official: Éric Wattellier FRA
VAR: Jérôme Brisard FRA
AVAR: Bastien Dechepy FRA
Referee Observer: Cüneyt Çakir TUR

Portugal – Norway
Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA
Fourth Official: Luca Zufferli ITA
VAR: Marco Di Bello ITA
AVAR: Luca Pairetto ITA
Referee Observer: Iain Robertson Brines SCO

Netherlands – Serbia
Referee: Donatas Rumšas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Sužiedėlis LTU
Fourth Official: Robertas Šmitas LTU
VAR: Michael Salisbury ENG
AVAR: Orestas Abramavičius LTU
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz TUR

Wales – Denmark
Referee: Irfan Peljto BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo BIH
Fourth Official: Miloš Gigović BIH
VAR: Ivan Bebek CRO
AVAR: Fran Jović CRO
Referee Observer: Gediminas Mažeika LTU

France – Belgium
Referee: Nicholas Walsh SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Francis Connor SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel McFarlane SCO
Fourth Official: Donald Robertson SCO
VAR: Andrew Dallas SCO
AVAR: Steven McLean SCO
Referee Observer: Jan Wegereef NED

Italy – Türkiye
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL
Fourth Official: Karol Arys POL
VAR: Piotr Lasyk POL
AVAR: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
Referee Observer: Martin Hansson SWE

Croatia – Spain
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: Bert Put BEL
Referee Observer: Emil Božinovski MKD

England – Czechia
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük NED
Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Inia NED
Assistant Referee 2: Rogier Honig NED
Fourth Official: Joey Kooij NED
VAR: Dennis Higler NED
AVAR: Richard Martens NED
Referee Observer: João Ferreira POR

League B

Kosovo – Austria
Referee: António Nobre POR
Assistant Referee 1: Nélson Pereira POR
Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Brás POR
Fourth Official: Miguel Nogueira POR
VAR: André Narciso POR
AVAR: Fábio Melo POR
Referee Observer: Igor Pristovnik CRO

Ireland – Israel
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Álvarez Fernández ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Iván Massó Granado ESP
Fourth Official: Alejandro Quintero González ESP
VAR: César Soto Grado ESP
AVAR: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP
Referee Observer: Stephen Tanner ENG

Ukraine – Hungary
Referee: Igor Pajač CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Bojan Zobenica CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Mihalj CRO
Fourth Official: Dario Bel CRO
VAR: Mario Zebec CRO
AVAR: Tihomir Pejin CRO
Referee Observer: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP

Romania – Sweden
Referee: Elchin Masiyev AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Elshad Abdullayev AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Parvin Talibov AZE
Fourth Official: Farid Hajiyev AZE
VAR: Jeroen Manschot NED
AVAR: Nicat Ismayilli AZE
Referee Observer: Itchko Lozev BUL

Northern Ireland – Georgia
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Riedel AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Santino Schreiner AUT
Fourth Official: Walter Altmann AUT
VAR: Manuel Schüttengruber AUT
AVAR: Harald Lechner AUT
Referee Observer: Markus Nobs SUI

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Poland
Referee: Jérémie Pignard FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Aurélien Drouet FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Hicham Zakrani FRA
Fourth Official: Jérémy Stinat FRA
VAR: Willy Delajod FRA
AVAR: Mathieu Vernice FRA
Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold NOR

Switzerland – North Macedonia
Referee: Edgars Malcevs LVA
Assistant Referee 1: Mārtiņš Svipsts LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Deniss Ševcenko LVA
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs LVA
VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
AVAR: Andrejs Gluhovs LVA
Referee Observer: Peter Rasmussen DEN

Scotland – Slovenia
Referee: José Sánchez Martinez ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martinez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Iñigo Prieto Lopez ESP
Fourth Official: Victor Garcia Verdura ESP
VAR: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
AVAR: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman NED

League C

Cyprus – Latvia
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Levan Varamishvili GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgi Elikashvili GEO
Fourth Official: Irakli Kherkhadze GEO
VAR: Aleko Aptsiauri GEO
AVAR: Koba Revazashvili GEO
Referee Observer: Gylfi Orrason ISL

Montenegro – Armenia
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Mangirdas Mirauskas LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandras Stepanovas LTU
Fourth Official: Mindaugas Jackus LTU
VAR: Donatas Šimenas LTU
AVAR: Robert Schröder GER
Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov MDA

Kazakhstan – Faroe Islands
Referee: Kristo Tohver EST
Assistant Referee 1: Silver Koiv EST
Assistant Referee 2: Sander Saga EST
Fourth Official: Karl Koppel EST
VAR: Marko Liiva EST
AVAR: Juri Frischer EST
Referee Observer: Igor Șațchi MDA

Albania – San Marino
Referee: Mehmet Türkmen TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Ibrahim Uyarcan TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Anil Usta TUR
Fourth Official: Oguzhan Çakir TUR
VAR: Onur Özütoprak TUR
AVAR: Erkan Engin TUR
Referee Observer: John Ward IRL

Belarus – Finland
Referee: Sascha Stegemann GER
Assistant Referee 1: Christof Günsch GER
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Achmüller GER
Fourth Official: Richard Hempel GER
VAR: Benjamin Cortus GER
AVAR: Sören Storks GER
Referee Observer: Mark Whitby WAL

Luxembourg – Bulgaria
Referee: Andris Treimanis LVA
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasennikovs LVA
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Golubevs LVA
VAR: Alan Kijas AUT
AVAR: Vitalijs Spasjonnikovs LVA
Referee Observer: Gevorg Hovhannisyan ARM

Moldova – Slovakia
Referee: Yigal Frid ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Omer Barbiro ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Tuval Koltunoff ISR
Fourth Official: David Fuxman ISR
VAR: Eitan Shmuelevitz ISR
AVAR: Daniel Natan ISR
Referee Observer: Christopher Lautier MLT

Estonia – Iceland
Referee: David Dickinson SCO
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Jonathan Bell SCO
Fourth Official: Lloyd Wilson SCO
VAR: Kevin Clancy SCO
AVAR: Christopher Graham SCO
Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann SUI

League D

Azerbaijan – Lithuania
Referee: Gustavo Correia POR
Assistant Referee 1: André Dias POR
Assistant Referee 2: Andreia Sousa POR
Fourth Official: Miguel Fonseca POR
VAR: Bruno Esteves POR
AVAR: Ana Ribeiro POR
Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić SRB

Malta – Andorra
Referee: Mikkel Redder DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Deniz Yurdakul DEN
Assistant Referee 2: René Risum DEN
Fourth Official: Jacob Karlsen DEN
VAR: Sandi Putros DEN
AVAR: Jakob Kehlet DEN
Referee Observer: Shmuel Shteif ISR

UEFA U-21 Euro 2027 Qualifiers (Matchday 13)

5-6 October 2026

Italy – Poland
Referee: Florian Badstübner GER (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Sven Waschitzki-Günther GER
Assistant Referee 2: Philipp Hüwe GER
Fourth Official: Robin Braun GER
Referee Observer: Charálambos Kalogerópoulos GRE

Montenegro – Armenia
Referee: Andrei Chivulete ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ionuț Neacșu ROU
Fourth Official: Radu Petrescu ROU
Referee Observer: Luís Teixeira AND

Sweden – North Macedonia
Referee: Kamal Umudlu AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Namiq Hüseynov AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Vüsal Mammadov AZE
Fourth Official: Ali Aliyev AZE
Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer GER

Azerbaijan – Gibraltar
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic LUX
Assistant Referee 1: Joaquim Da Silva LUX
Assistant Referee 2: Tom Hansen LUX
Fourth Official: Cédric Biever LUX
Referee Observer: Muhittin Boşat TUR

Moldova – Kazakhstan
Referee: Chrístos Vergétis GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Andréas Fotópoulos GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Konstandínos Stáikos GRE
Fourth Official: Dimítrios Móschou GRE
Referee Observer: Halis Özkahya TUR

Latvia – Malta
Referee: Antoine Chiaramonti AND
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Gonçalves AND
Assistant Referee 2: Guillem Miarnau AND
Fourth Official: Marta Casado AND
Referee Observer: Petur Reinert FRO

Germany – Georgia
Referee: Florian Lata ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Erind Burgu ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Ilir Tartaraj ALB
Fourth Official: Daniel Vrapi ALB
Referee Observer: Thóroddur Hjaltalín ISL

Portugal – Czechia
Referee: Adam Ladebäck SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Yng SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Runo Robertsson SWE
Referee Observer: Sven Bindels LUX

Bulgaria – Scotland
Referee: Granit Maqedonci SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Marcus Klitte SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Niklas Nyberg SWE
Fourth Official: Oscar Johnson SWE
Referee Observer: Rusmir Mrković BIH

Denmark – Belgium
Referee: Igor Boșca MDA
Assistant Referee 1: Victor Mardari MDA
Assistant Referee 2: Ghennadie Lisița MDA
Fourth Official: Roman Jitari MDA
Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav BIH

Wales – Austria
Referee: Mateo Erceg CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Luka Pajić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Stipe Brajković CRO
Fourth Official: Ivan Vukančić CRO

Netherlands – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Dalibor Černý CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Michal Volf CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Marek Malimánek CZE
Fourth Official: Jan Machálek CZE
Referee Observer: Edward Foley IRL

Norway – Israel
Referee: Cláudio Pereira POR
Assistant Referee 1: Tiago Costa POR
Assistant Referee 2: Jorge Fernandes POR
Fourth Official: Vítor Ferreira POR

Spain – Romania
Referee: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Davide Imperiale ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Khaled Bahri ITA
Fourth Official: Kevin Bonacina ITA
Referee Observer: Andrew Davey NIR

Kosovo – Finland
Referee: Łukasz Kuźma POL
Assistant Referee 1: Jakub Winkler POL
Assistant Referee 2: Piotr Podbielski POL
Fourth Official: Damian Kos POL
Referee Observer: Jens Larsen DEN

Luxembourg – Estonia
Referee: Giorgi Avazashvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Davit Akhvlediani GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Zviad Bliadze GEO
Fourth Official: Tsotne Samsonashvili GEO
Referee Observer: Ian Stokes IRL

France – Switzerland
Referee: Szabolcs Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Marius Badea ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Cristian Ilinca ROU
Fourth Official: Rareș Vidican ROU
Referee Observer: Alexandru Tean MDA

Faroe Islands – Iceland
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Jurgen Spiteri MLT
Assistant Referee 2: Mitchell Scerri MLT
Fourth Official: Fyodor Zammit MLT
Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov BUL

Andorra – Slovakia
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits EST
Assistant Referee 1: Aron Härsing EST
Assistant Referee 2: Petteri Schultz EST
Fourth Official: Kristo Külljastinen EST
Referee Observer: Dejan Jakimovski MKD

Ireland – England
Referee: Alessandro Dudic SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Pascal Hirzel SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Müller SUI
Fourth Official: Mirel Turkes SUI
Referee Observer: Ádám Farkas HUN

Lithuania – Croatia
Referee: Aaron Jones WAL
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Beckett WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Bird WAL
Fourth Official: Alex McInch WAL
Referee Observer: Mika Peltola FIN

Türkiye – Hungary
Referee: Amine Kourgheli BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Juryj Chomčanka BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktar Hiecikaŭ BLR
Fourth Official: Viktar Šymusik BLR
Referee Observer: Svein Moen NOR

Arabian Gulf Cup 2026 – Semi-finals

3 October 2026

Saudi Arabia – Qatar

Referee: João Pinheiro POR (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Ribeiro POR
Assistant Referee 2: Luciano Maia POR
Fourth Official: Ammar Mahfoodh BHR
Reserve AR: Mohammed Salman BHR
VAR: Fu Ming CHN
AVAR: Abdullah Arab KUW
Referee Assessor: Hamad Al Mazrouei UAE

UAE – Oman
Referee: Danny Makkelie NED
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries NED
Fourth Official: Zaid Thamer IRQ
Reserve AR: Haider Abdulhassan IRQ
VAR: Erwin Blank NED
AVAR: Ismail Habib BHR
Referee Assessor: Abdulrahman Al Omari KSA

Turkish referees chief arrested in corruption investigation

The head of the Turkish referees board has been arrested as part of a police investigation into corruption. Turkish justice minister Akin Gurlek said the investigation focused on "claims regarding interference in the formation of referee classifications, assignments, scoring and appointment processes, as well as rule examinations".

Ferhat Gundogdu, the president of the refereeing board, his vice-president and another five people are those arrested. Gurlek said police also searched homes, workplaces and offices. "We will resolutely continue our fight for clean football so that allegations damaging trust in Turkish football are brought to light, those responsible are held accountable before the law, and football is associated with the effort, competition and sportsmanship on the pitch," Gurlek said. The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said police inspected the VAR room at its headquarters in Istanbul on Tuesday. The federation denied reports that digital material had been deleted before the inspection and subsequently recovered by police. It said it was cooperating with investigators and would file criminal complaints over false reports and social media posts.

In November 2025 the TFF suspended 149 referees and assistant referees after an investigation found hundreds of professional match officials in the country had betting accounts. A total of 29 people were arrested in the scandal, including 14 footballers. However, Gurlek did not make any link between last year's betting scandal and the current investigation.

Source: BBC

UEFA Nations League 2026/2027 – Group Stage (Matchday 3)

1-3 October 2026

League A

Greece – Netherlands
Referee: Marco Guida ITA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA
Fourth Official: Fabio Maresca ITA
VAR: Daniele Chiffi ITA
AVAR: Valerio Marini ITA
Referee Observer: Nuno Castro POR

Germany – Serbia
Referee: Espen Eskas NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Engan NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Alf Rossland NOR
Fourth Official: Sigurd Kringstad NOR
VAR: Tiago Martins POR
AVAR: Kristoffer Hagenes NOR
Referee Observer: Chaim Yaakov ISR

Wales – Norway
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández ESP
Assistant Referee 1: José Naranjo Pérez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP
Fourth Official: Víctor García Verdura ESP
VAR: Dennis Higler NED
AVAR: Richard Martens NED
Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci ALB

Denmark – Portugal
Referee: Mykola Balakin UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandr Berkut UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Matyash UKR
Fourth Official: Klym Zabroda UKR
VAR: Stuart Attwell ENG
AVAR: Viktor Kopiyevskyy UKR
Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer AUT

France – Italy
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Raúl Cabañero Martínez ESP
Fourth Official: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
VAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
AVAR: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
Referee Observer: Stávros Tritsónis GRE

Belgium – Türkiye
Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Anders Dale NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Ole Hauasen NOR
Fourth Official: Marius Grotta NOR
VAR: Bastian Dankert GER
AVAR: Marius Lien NOR
Referee Observer: Vítor Melo Pereira POR

Croatia – England
Referee: Sven Jablonski GER
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger GER
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Kempter GER
Fourth Official: Tobias Reichel GER
VAR: Christian Dingert GER
AVAR: Johann Pfeifer GER
Referee Observer: Vladimir Šajn SVN

Spain – Czechia
Referee: Vasílios Fotiás GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Andréas Meïndanás GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Michaíl Papadákis GRE
Fourth Official: Chrístos Vergétis GRE
VAR: Ángelos Evangélou GRE
AVAR: Athanásios Tzílos GRE
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen NOR

League B

Israel – Kosovo
Referee: Radu Petrescu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Cosmin Bojan ROU
Fourth Official: Florin Andrei ROU
VAR: Cătălin Popa ROU
AVAR: Ovidiu Hațegan ROU
Referee Observer: Chrístos Nikolaidis CYP

Ireland – Austria
Referee: Allard Lindhout NED
Assistant Referee 1: Johan Balder NED
Assistant Referee 2: Murat Kücükerbir NED
Fourth Official: Jannick van der Laan NED
VAR: Jeroen Manschot NED
AVAR: Stan Teuben NED
Referee Observer: John Ferry NIR

Ukraine – Northern Ireland
Referee: Jasper Vergoote BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Geerolf BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Martijn Tiesters BEL
Fourth Official: Lothar D'Hondt BEL
VAR: Jan Boterberg BEL
AVAR: Wesli De Cremer BEL
Referee Observer: Howard Webb ENG

Hungary – Georgia
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Miloš Simović SRB
Fourth Official: Novak Simović SRB
VAR: Momčilo Marković SRB
AVAR: Jelena Cvetković SRB
Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan ARM

Poland – Romania
Referee: Urs Schnyder SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Zürcher SUI
Fourth Official: Sven Wolfensberger SUI
VAR: Fedayi San SUI
AVAR: Michèle Schmölzer SUI
Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović SRB

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sweden
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyy UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksiy Myronov UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Svitlana Hrushko UKR
Fourth Official: Dmytro Kubryak UKR
VAR: Denys Shurman UKR
AVAR: Dmytro Panchyshyn UKR
Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez ESP

Switzerland – Slovenia
Referee: Ivan Kružliak SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Ján Pozor SVK
Fourth Official: Peter Kráľovič SVK
VAR: Pol van Boekel NED
AVAR: Michal Očenáš SVK
Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov UKR

North Macedonia – Scotland
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Guillaume Paradis FRA
VAR: Bram Van Driessche BEL
AVAR: Mathieu Vernice FRA
Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi SMR

League C

Kazakhstan – Moldova
Referee: Marian Barbu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mircea Grigoriu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Imre Bucsi ROU
Fourth Official: George Roman ROU
VAR: Sorin Costreie ROU
AVAR: Andrei Chivulete ROU
Referee Observer: Babak Quliyev AZE

Latvia – Montenegro
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Miroslav Ivanov BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Petar Mitrev BUL
Fourth Official: Nikola Popov BUL
VAR: Clay Ruperti NED
AVAR: Dimitar Dimitrov BUL
Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarský SVK

Cyprus – Armenia
Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Turkka Joonas Valjakka FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Mika Lamppu FIN
Fourth Official: Peiman Simani FIN
VAR: Paweł Malec POL
AVAR: Kornel Paszkiewicz POL
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO

Faroe Islands – Slovakia
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Fredrik Klyver SWE
Fourth Official: Joakim Sars SWE
VAR: Daniele Doveri ITA
AVAR: Daniele Paterna ITA
Referee Observer: Ante Vučemilović CRO

Finland – Albania
Referee: Robert Hennessy IRL
Assistant Referee 1: Dermot Broughton IRL
Assistant Referee 2: Emmett Dynan IRL
Fourth Official: Aaron O’Dowd IRL
VAR: Kevin Clancy SCO
AVAR: John Beaton SCO
Referee Observer: Uno Tutk EST

Belarus – San Marino
Referee: Aléxandros Tsakalídis GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Polychrónis Kostarás GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Lázaros Dimitriádis GRE
Fourth Official: Michaíl Matsoúkas GRE
VAR: Spyrídon Zambalás GRE
AVAR: Ioánnis Papadópoulos GRE
Referee Observer: Alan Sant MLT

Iceland – Bulgaria
Referee: Balázs Berke HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Vencel Tóth HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Balázs Szert HUN
Fourth Official: Mihály Káprály HUN
VAR: Tamás Bognár HUN
AVAR: Katalin Kulcsár HUN
Referee Observer: Albano Janku ALB

Estonia – Luxembourg
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski POL
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek POL
Assistant Referee 2: Bartosz Heinig POL
Fourth Official: Patryk Gryckiewicz POL
VAR: Paweł Pskit POL
AVAR: Piotr Urban POL
Referee Observer: Besfort Kasumi KOS

League D

Azerbaijan – Liechtenstein
Referee: Christian Ciochirca AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Maximilian Weiss AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Obritzberger AUT
Fourth Official: Safak Barmaksiz AUT
VAR: Manuel Schüttengruber AUT
AVAR: Alexander Harkam AUT
Referee Observer: Radek Příhoda CZE

Malta – Gibraltar
Referee: Antoni Bandić BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Damir Lazić BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Amer Macić BIH
Fourth Official: Mateo Musa BIH
VAR: Luka Bilbija BIH
AVAR: Nihad Ljajić BIH
Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen FRO

UEFA U-21 Euro 2027 Qualifiers (Matchday 12)

2-3 October 2026

Slovenia – Netherlands
Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam SUI (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Bastien Lengacher SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Claudio Dos Santos SUI
Fourth Official: Luca Cibelli SUI
Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel FRA

Ukraine – Croatia
Referee: David Silva POR
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Martins POR
Assistant Referee 2: Nélson Cunha POR
Fourth Official: José Bessa POR
Referee Observer: Michális Argyroú CYP

Austria – Denmark
Referee: Snir Levi ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Dor Medina ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Raafat Al Hamola ISR
Fourth Official: Nael Odeh ISR
Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn GER

Andorra – Moldova
Referee: Aleko Aptsiauri GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Davit Chigogidze GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Boris Jvania GEO
Fourth Official: Koba Revazashvili GEO
Referee Observer: Marco Borg MLT

England – Slovakia
Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Iñigo Prieto López ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Gonzalo García González ESP
Fourth Official: Miguel Ortiz Arias ESP
Referee Observer: Michal Beneš CZE

France – Luxembourg
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan ARM
Assistant Referee 1: Atom Sevgulyan ARM
Assistant Referee 2: Vanik Simonyan ARM
Fourth Official: Zaven Hovhannisyan ARM
Referee Observer: Augustus Constantin ROU

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2026/27 – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

30 September 2026

BK Hacken – Juventus FC
Referee: Caroline Lanssens BEL (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Linda Schmid SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Staša Špur SVN
Fourth Official: Jana Van Laere BEL
VAR: Bert Put BEL
AVAR: Ella de Vries BEL
Referee Observer: Rebecca Welch ENG

AS Roma – FC Barcelona
Referee: Kirsty Dowle ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Emily Carney ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Anastasiya Voloshchuk ENG
Fourth Official: Charlotte Carpenter WAL
VAR: Peter Bankes ENG
AVAR: Tatyana Sorokopudova KAZ
Referee Observer: Stéphanie Frappart FRA

FC Paris – Arsenal WFC
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Bianca Florea ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ana Puscasu ROU
Fourth Official: Elena Gobjila MDA
VAR: Jakob Kehlet DEN
AVAR: Eszter Urbán HUN
Referee Observer: Aušra Kance LTU

Olympique Lyonnais – Chelsea WFC
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Eliana Fernández González ESP
Fourth Official: Elisabeth Calvo Valentín ESP
VAR: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP
AVAR: Judit Romano Garcí­a ESP
Referee Observer: Ana Minić SRB

SL Benfica – Bayern Munchen
Referee: Maria Ferrieri Caputi ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Stefania Signorelli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Laura Gasparini ITA
Fourth Official: Martina Molinaro ITA
VAR: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
AVAR: Lucie Ratajová CZE
Referee Observer: Sandra Renon FRA

1 October 2026
Austria Wien – Inter Milano
Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jasmin Matysiak GER
Assistant Referee 2: Daniela Göttlinger GER
Fourth Official: Davina Lutz GER
VAR: Katrin Rafalski GER
AVAR: Benjamin Cortus GER
Referee Observer: Esther Staubli SUI

HB Koge – Servette FC
Referee: Alina Peşu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Daniela Constantinescu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Marilena Nan ROU
Fourth Official: Roxana Timiș ROU
VAR: Iulian Dima ROU
AVAR: Cristina Trafandir ROU
Referee Observer: Nelly Viennot FRA

Paris St. Germain – OH Leuven
Referee: Catarina Campos POR
Assistant Referee 1: Andreia Sousa POR
Assistant Referee 2: Vanessa Gomes POR
Fourth Official: Maria Andrada POR
VAR: André Narciso POR
AVAR: Ana Ribeiro POR
Referee Observer: Teodora Albon ROU

Manchester City – Real Madrid
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giulia Tempestilli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Veronica Martinelli ITA
Fourth Official: Ana Afonso POR
VAR: Michael Fabbri ITA
AVAR: Milica Milovanović SRB
Referee Observer: Cathrine Eide NOR

UEFA Women's Europa Cup 2026/27 – Second Qualifying Round (Second Leg)

30 September 2026

WFC Aktobe – AFC Ajax
Referee: Aleksandra Česen SVN (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Kaja Škrban SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Doroteja Gjerkeš SVN
Fourth Official: Tjaša Misja SVN
Referee Observer: Galina Doneva BUL

Farul Constanta – Sparta Praha
Referee: Maika Vanderstichel FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Elodie Coppola FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Melissa Rossignol FRA
Fourth Official: Elisa Daupeux FRA
Referee Observer: Anja Kunick GER

Valerenga – Feyenoord
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Pavleta Rashkova BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Maria-Yoanna Vasileva BUL
Fourth Official: Lyubima Banova BUL
Referee Observer: Graziella Pirriatore ITA

Rosenborg BK – Slovan Liberec
Referee: Sofiya Prychyna UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Maryna Striletska UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksandra Vdovina UKR
Fourth Official: Liudmyla Telbukh UKR
Referee Observer: Katarzyna Wierzbowska POL

SK Brann – HJK Helsinki
Referee: Eugenia Gil Soriano ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Silvia Fernández Pérez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Andrada Aloman ESP
Fourth Official: Zulema González González ESP
Referee Observer: Sharon Sluyts BEL

Spartak Myjava – PAOK Salonic
Referee: Olga Blotskaya BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Hanna Nalivaika BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Alina Slutskaya BLR
Fourth Official: Valentina Sokolovich BLR
Referee Observer: Cristina Babadac ROU

Fortuna Hjorring – PSV Eindhoven
Referee: Emanuela Rusta ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Nicoleta Bria ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Jena Mala ALB
Fourth Official: Eglantina Pjetrushaj ALB
Referee Observer: Svetlana Patraş MDA

Sturm Graz – VfL Wolfsburg
Referee: Emily Heaslip ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Isabel Chaplin ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Leoni Harland ENG
Fourth Official: Alice Parker ENG
Referee Observer: Carina Vitulano ITA

Eintracht Frankfurt – FH
Referee: Déborah Anex SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Belinda Brem SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Melissa Dos Santos SUI
Fourth Official: Laura Mauricio SUI
Referee Observer: Ingrid Jonsson SWE

Fenerbahce – FC Minsk
Referee: Olivia Tschon AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Biljana Iskin AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Vanja Vukanović AUT
Fourth Official: Lena Hirtl AUT

Malmo FF – Sankt Polten
Referee: Rasa Grigone LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Irina Pozdejeva LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Ieva Ramanauskiene LTU
Fourth Official: Ilona Birgelaite LTU
Referee Observer: Eleni Kyriou GRE

Czarni Sosnowiec – Breidablik
Referee: Ana Terteleac ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Andreea Şuşcă ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Maria Druica ROU
Fourth Official: Enikő Biró ROU
Referee Observer: Lilach Asulin ISR

Real Sociedad – Hearts LFC
Referee: Lotta Vuorio FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Heini Hyvönen FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Taru Tiensuu FIN
Fourth Official: Hanna Laajanen SWE
Referee Observer: Dagmar Damková CZE

Rangers WFC – Hammarby IF
Referee: Kristina Georgieva BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Liliya Dumbalakova BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Dorieta Valeva BUL
Fourth Official: Valeria Petrova BUL
Referee Observer: Miroslava Migalová SVK

Sporting CP – Brondby IF
Referee: Fabienne Michel GER
Assistant Referee 1: Amina Gutschi AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Anne Uersfeld GER
Fourth Official: Karoline Wacker GER
Referee Observer: Antonia Kokotou GRE

SCU Torreense – FC Metalist
Referee: Nanna Andersen DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Anna Schmidt DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Sidsel Dall DEN
Fourth Official: Frederikke Sokjaer DEN
Referee Observer: Knarik Grigoryan ARM

FIFA AR Robathan says tumours have ended his career

It was May 2025 and life was good for Premier League and FIFA assistant referee Dan Robathan. In fact, he was flying high. Years of climbing the football ladder had paid off and he was running the line at the FA Cup final between Crystal Palace and Manchester City. But just months after this career highlight, symptoms Dan thought were sciatic nerve pain and wear and tear were revealed to be benign tumours in his spine, which needed to be operated on immediately. "I saw a neurosurgeon who told me I had two tumours, initially I thought it was one, but it was two," Dan tells BBC Newsbeat. "It was compressing nerves, there was a chance it could affect a motor nerve which means it could affect function in my leg. I needed to go home, lay down and not move. I did that for 15 days, my life turned upside down overnight." BBC Newsbeat met Dan at a football pitch in Norwich, close to where he lives, where he revealed the struggles he has had in trying to regain his fitness and mobility.

Dan picked up his first flag at 10 years old, working his way up from grassroots football to the lines at more than 200 Premier League clashes and World Cup qualifiers. Speaking at the time of the FA Cup final, Dan said it was "a privilege to stand there on behalf of over 37,000 referees across the country". The chances of becoming an elite level referee are low. The FA describes FIFA match officials as the "pinnacle of the officiating ladder". Photos of Dan over the last few years show him doing everything from embracing then Liverpool manager Arne Slot to explaining a decision to Emiliano Martinez, and officiating games without fans due to the Covid pandemic. And in his social media posts, Dan gives a glimpse of everything you would expect from an official at elite level - from the roar of fans to sprinting to be in the right place during split second decisions. To the outside world, all looked well.

"I started having quite bad problems with sexual dysfunction or bladder issues where I'd have to sit down to urinate and I couldn't stand up," he explains. "It got to a point in September [2025] where something's not right at all." A neurosurgeon confirmed to Dan he had two tumours in his spine – and his life ground to a halt. "It was fear, anxiety, not knowing how long it will take me to get back. What would my life look like? Will I be a normal man? Will I walk again?" Surgeons removed one tumour and left one alone, which was deemed safe. The tumours were non-cancerous, but have caused significant damage to Dan, who describes his post-operation recovery as "brutal". Yet there was "no doubt" in his mind that he would return. But by Christmas 2025, Dan was still feeling fatigued and struggling to lift his heel, walk, or feel his calf. "The surgeon said I had under a 10% chance of ever getting back on the field but even then I was like I don't care I will prove everyone wrong," Dan recalls. Yet despite fighting "like mad", he was unable to regain his fitness levels. This week, Dan was forced to medically retire, saying in effect "the decision was made for me".

The 38-year-old says he still has days where he struggles to walk, or where his back feels "on fire". "My body just can't do what I want it to do," he says. Dan underwent testing to confirm his tumours weren't linked to genetics, which was reassuring, but still leaves him facing the unknown. "It's a loss of identity. I've been 'Dan the ref' since I was 10 years old. It's 28 years of being who I am, it's my personality. When you have the recognition that that sort of life is over, psychologically it is really tough." Dan is now working with a psychologist to decide the path forward. "I feel like a 16-year-old who's just left school and trying to work out what I want to do with my life," he jokes. "I have a few options, staying in football. [But] I don't know if I will be able to with the mental health problems I've had. Can I stay involved in a sport that I loved but can't do myself?" One thing he is certain of, is going into the future with his family. "I want to put my son, fiancée, my stepchildren first. I want to try and advocate for men's mental health, for men speaking about health issues. If I can help one or two men in the process, I've done my job." And Dan accepts that if he gets back into football it would need to be for the right reasons. "I need to get that fire my belly."

Source: BBC

UEFA Nations League 2026/2027 – Group Stage (Matchday 2)

27-29 September 2026

League A

Norway – Portugal
Referee: François Letexier FRA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Jérémie Pignard FRA
VAR: Bram Van Driessche BEL
AVAR: Nicolas Rainville FRA
Referee Observer: Juan Fernández Marín ESP

Serbia – Netherlands
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL
Fourth Official: Karol Arys POL
VAR: Piotr Lasyk POL
AVAR: Fedayi San SUI
Referee Observer: Viktor Kassai HUN

Germany – Greece
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Cook ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Alexander James ENG
Fourth Official: Thomas Bramall ENG
VAR: Andrew Dallas SCO
AVAR: Andrew Madley ENG
Referee Observer: Tomasz Mikulski POL

Denmark – Wales
Referee: Willy Delajod FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Erwan Finjean FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Valentin Évrard FRA
Fourth Official: Ruddy Buquet FRA
VAR: Bastien Dechepy FRA
AVAR: Marc Bollengier FRA
Referee Observer: Michael Riley ENG

Belgium – France
Referee: Rade Obrenovič SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Matej Žunič SVN
Fourth Official: Martin Matoša SVN
VAR: Matej Jug SVN
AVAR: Alen Borošak SVN
Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz AUT

Türkiye – Italy
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG
Fourth Official: Darren England ENG
VAR: Stuart Attwell ENG
AVAR: Matthew Donohue ENG
Referee Observer: Peter Sippel GER

Spain – Croatia
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük NED
Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Inia NED
Assistant Referee 2: Rogier Honig NED
Fourth Official: Jeroen Manschot NED
VAR: Pol van Boekel NED
AVAR: Clay Ruperti NED
Referee Observer: Markus Strömbergsson SWE

Czechia – England
Referee: Halil Meler TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Ibrahim Uyarcan TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Abdullah Özkara TUR
Fourth Official: Cihan Aydın TUR
VAR: Fedayi San SUI
AVAR: Onur Özütoprak TUR
Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras GRE

League B

Austria – Kosovo
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: John Beaton SCO
Referee Observer: Marcin Szulc POL

Israel – Ireland
Referee: Harm Osmers GER
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Gittelmann GER
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Dietz GER
Fourth Official: Florian Exner GER
VAR: Pascal Müller GER
AVAR: Katrin Rafalski GER
Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman NED

Georgia – Ukraine
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Akif Amirali AZE
Fourth Official: Rauf Cabarov AZE
VAR: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
AVAR: Ingilab Mammadov AZE
Referee Observer: Aleksandar Stavrev MKD

Romania – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Luis Godinho POR
Assistant Referee 1: Pedro Martins POR
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Almeida POR
Fourth Official: Fabio Verissimo POR
VAR: Fábio Oliveira Melo POR
AVAR: Helder Malheiro POR
Referee Observer: Alon Yefet ISR

Sweden – Poland
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Alfredo Rodriguez Moreno ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Álvarez Fernández ESP
Fourth Official: Victor Garcia Verdura ESP
VAR: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
AVAR: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP
Referee Observer: Alain Hamer LUX

Northern Ireland – Hungary
Referee: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetchea ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Iker De Francisco ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Iván Masso Granado ESP
Fourth Official: Adrian Cordero Vega ESP
VAR: César Soto Grado ESP
AVAR: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP
Referee Observer: Alain Sars FRA

Slovenia – North Macedonia
Referee: Andrea Colombo ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giovanni Baccini ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Valerio Colarossi ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marchetti ITA
VAR: Michael Fabbri ITA
AVAR: Federico La Penna ITA
Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos CRO

Scotland – Switzerland
Referee: Nenad Minaković SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Borović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Boško Božović SRB
Fourth Official: Milan Mitić SRB
VAR: Momčilo Marković SRB
AVAR: Aleksandar Živković SRB
Referee Observer: Mattias Gestranius FIN

League C

Armenia – Montenegro
Referee: José Munuera Montero ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Adrián Díaz González ESP
Fourth Official: Miguel Sesma Espinosa ESP
VAR: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
AVAR: Miguel Ortiz Arias ESP
Referee Observer: Karel Vidlák CZE

Latvia – Cyprus
Referee: Michal Očenáš SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Adam Jekkel SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Tobiáš Pacák SVK
Fourth Official: Ivan Kružliak SVK
VAR: Martin Dohal SVK
AVAR: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
Referee Observer: Michael Koukoulakis GRE

Finland – Belarus
Referee: Nikola Dabanović MNE
Assistant Referee 1: Srdjan Jovanović MNE
Assistant Referee 2: Vladan Todorović MNE
Fourth Official: Miloš Bošković MNE
VAR: Gianluca Aureliano ITA
AVAR: Rosario Abisso ITA
Referee Observer: Gerard Perry IRL

Moldova – Faroe Islands
Referee: Julian Weinberger AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch AUT
Fourth Official: Stefan Ebner AUT
VAR: Alan Kijas AUT
AVAR: Josef Spurny AUT
Referee Observer: Aleksei Kulbakov BLR

San Marino – Albania
Referee: Mihály Káprály HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Balázs Buzás HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Péter Kóbor HUN
Fourth Official: Marcel Derdák HUN
VAR: Tamás Bognár HUN
AVAR: Katalin Kulcsár HUN
Referee Observer: William Young SCO

Slovakia – Kazakhstan
Referee: Patrik Kolarić CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Luka Pajić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Starčević CRO
Fourth Official: Ivan Vukančić CRO
VAR: Mario Zebec CRO
AVAR: Ivan Matić CRO
Referee Observer: Carlos Clos Gómez ESP

Bulgaria – Estonia
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili GEO
Assistant Referee 1: Davit Akhvlediani GEO
Assistant Referee 2: Davit Gabisonia GEO
Fourth Official: Bakari Bregadze GEO
VAR: Robert Schröder GER
AVAR: Irakli Kvirikashvili GEO
Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere BEL

Luxembourg – Iceland
Referee: Enea Jorgji ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Denis Rexha ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Ridiger Çokaj ALB
Fourth Official: Ermis Celaj ALB
VAR: Daniele Doveri ITA
AVAR: Albert Doda ALB
Referee Observer: Kevin Parry WAL

League D

Lithuania – Azerbaijan
Referee: Menélaos Antoníou CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Pávlos Georgíou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Iraklís Komodrómos CYP
Fourth Official: Konstantínos Fellás CYP
VAR: Mários Christofórou CYP
AVAR: Dimítris Solomoú CYP
Referee Observer: Nenad Djokić SRB

Gibraltar – Andorra
Referee: Genc Nuza KOS
Assistant Referee 1: Granit Hyseni KOS
Assistant Referee 2: Arbnor Bullatovci KOS
Fourth Official: Rrezart Hasanaj KOS
VAR: Benoît Millot FRA
AVAR: Erdall Zasella KOS
Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter SUI

UEFA U-21 Euro 2027 Qualifiers (Matchday 11)

28 September - 1 October 2026

Denmark – Belarus
Referee: Duncan Nicolson SCO (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Calum Spence SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Christopher Gentles SCO
Fourth Official: Daniel McFarlane SCO
Referee Observer: Nerijus Dunauskas LTU

Slovenia – Israel
Referee: Oliver Reitala FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Jukka Honkanen FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Olli Jantunen FIN
Fourth Official: Matti Roth FIN
Referee Observer: Gunnar Jónsson ISL

Iceland – Switzerland
Referee: Jakob Semler AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Alexander Borucki AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Philipp Duschek AUT
Fourth Official: Alain Sadikovski AUT
Referee Observer: Joeri Van De Velde BEL

Estonia – France
Referee: Pavle Ilić SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Djorović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Uroš Radovanović SRB
Fourth Official: Predrag Janjuš SRB
Referee Observer: Peter Rasmussen DEN

Norway – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Ryan Lee SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Jonathan Bell SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Ross Nelson SCO
Fourth Official: Lloyd Wilson SCO
Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek AUT

Ireland – Kazakhstan
Referee: Loic Thomas LUX
Assistant Referee 1: Rafael Morim LUX
Assistant Referee 2: Johnny Leite LUX
Fourth Official: Jasmin Sabotic LUX
Referee Observer: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich GER

Belgium – Wales
Referee: Jan Všetečka CZE
Assistant Referee 1: David Zoufalý CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Michal Wolf CZE
Fourth Official: Pavel Orel CZE
Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer AUT

Romania – Finland
Referee: Dario Bel CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Ivan Janić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Kruno Šarić CRO
Fourth Official: Patrik Pavlešić CRO
Referee Observer: Zoltán Szarka HUN

Czechia – Bulgaria
Referee: Damian Kos POL
Assistant Referee 1: Marek Arys POL
Assistant Referee 2: Dariusz Bohonos POL
Fourth Official: Lukasz Kuźma POL
Referee Observer: Vadims Direktorenko LVA

Faroe Islands – Luxembourg
Referee: Vilius Paulauskas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Simas Kartočius LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Edvardas Korotkovas LTU
Fourth Official: Egidijus Amšiejus LTU
Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen NOR

Poland – Sweden
Referee: Danilo Nikolić SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Šutulović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Nikola Antić SRB
Fourth Official: Stefan Jeknić SRB
Referee Observer: László Vágner HUN

Malta – Germany
Referee: Ozan Ergün TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Bersan Duran TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Bahtiyar Birinci TUR
Fourth Official: Davut Çelik TUR
Referee Observer: Martin Atkinson ENG

Kosovo – Cyprus
Referee: Robin Hensgens NED
Assistant Referee 1: Roy de Nas NED
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Osseweijer NED
Fourth Official: Alex Bos NED
Referee Observer: Stefan Johannesson SWE

Scotland – Azerbaijan
Referee: Mathias Stofringshaug NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Erland Hareland NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Edvard Helgerud NOR
Fourth Official: Mohammad Aslam NOR
Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo LVA

Portugal – Gibraltar
Referee: Andreu Simarro AND
Assistant Referee 1: Joan Serra AND
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Acosta AND
Fourth Official: Antoine Chiaramonti AND
Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán ESP

Greece – Latvia
Referee: Tural Qurbanov AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Camil Quliyev AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Asiman Azizli AZE
Fourth Official: Cavid Calilov AZE
Referee Observer: Neale Barry ENG

North Macedonia – Montenegro
Referee: Arnes Talic AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Mattias Hartl AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Amar Rekik AUT
Fourth Official: Isa Simsek AUT
Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin SVN

Armenia – Italy
Referee: Fótios Polychrónis GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Zoí Papadopoúlou GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Ioánnis Minoúdis GRE
Fourth Official: Melétios Gioumatzídis GRE
Referee Observer: Ognjen Valjić BIH

Hungary – Lithuania
Referee: Bálint Kišš SVK
Assistant Referee 1: František Ferenc SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Matej Zemko SVK
Fourth Official: Igor Valent SVK
Referee Observer: Dimitar Mečkarovski MKD

San Marino – Spain
Referee: Bolat Sariev KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: Iurii Tihoniuk KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Denis Labaşov KAZ
Fourth Official: Danil Gorda KAZ
Referee Observer: Libor Kovařík CZE

Northern Ireland – Georgia
Referee: Dovydas Švegžda LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Benas Kikutis LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas LTU
Fourth Official: Kestutis Bartuškevičius LTU
Referee Observer: Michael Johansen DEN

FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Final 2026: Straub (BRA)

27 September 2026

Final

Spain – Korea DPR

Referee: Charly Straub BRA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Fernanda Antunes BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Anne Sa BRA
Fourth Official: Anahi Fernandez URU
Reserve AR: Daiana Fernandez URU
VAR: Diana Perez MEX
AVAR: Ismael Cornejo SLV
SVAR: Sivakorn Pu-Udom THA

Match for Third Place
Italy – Colombia
Referee: Lizzet Garcia MEX
Assistant Referee 1: Aranza Quero MEX
Assistant Referee 2: Fernanda Juarez MEX
Fourth Official: Alyssa Pennington USA
Reserve AR: Meghan Mullen USA
VAR: Catarina Campos POR
AVAR: Rodrigo Carvajal CHI
SVAR: Maria Rivet MRI

AFC Asian Cup 2027

Saudi Arabia, 7 January – 5 February 2027

Referees

1. Alexander King AUS (photo)
2. Alireza Faghani AUS
3. Ammar Mahfoodh BHR
4. Ma Ning CHN
5. Mooud Bonyadifard IRN
6. Zaid Mohammed IRQ
7. Yusuke Araki JPN
8. Adham Makhadmeh JOR
9. Abdullah Jamali KUW
10. Ahmad Al-Ali KUW
11. Nazmi Nasaruddin MAS
12. Qasim Al-Hatmi OMA
13. Abdulrahman Al-Jassim QAT
14. Salman Falahi QAT
15. Mohammed Al-Hoish KSA
16. Khalid Al-Turais KSA
17. Choi Hyun-Jai KOR
18. Kim Jong-Hyeok KOR
19. Kim Yu-Jeong KOR
20. Omar Al-Ali UAE
21. Adel Al-Naqbi UAE
22. Asker Nadjafaliev UZB
23. Ilgiz Tantashev UZB

Assistant Referees
1. George Lakrindis AUS
2. James Lindsay AUS
3. Andrew Meimarakis AUS
4. Abdulla Al-Rowaimi BHR
5. Mohamed Salman BHR
6. Luo Zheng CHN
7. Zhou Fei CHN
8. Bahman Abdollahiharouni IRN
9. Farhad Moravveji IRN
10. Ameer Al-Windawi IRQ
11. Hayder Ubaydee IRQ
12. Kohei Ando JPN
13. Kota Watanabe JPN
14. Mohammad Al-Kalaf JOR
15. Ahmad Al-Roalle JOR
16. Ahmad Abbas KUW
17. Ali Jraq KUW
18. Saoud Al-Shemali KUW
19. Mohamad Zainal MAS
20. Mohamad Tan MAS
21. Hamed Al-Ghafri OMA
22. Nasser Ambusaidi OMA
23. Heba Saadieh PLE
24. Majid Al-Shammari QAT
25. Saoud Al-Maqaleh QAT
26. Taleb Al-Marri QAT
27. Zaid Al-Shammari KSA
28. Abdulrahim Al-Shammari KSA
29. Saad Al-Subaie KSA
30. Cheon Jin-Hee KOR
31. Jang Jong-Pil KOR
32. Park Kyun-Yong KOR
33. Jasem Al-Ali UAE
34. Sabet Al-Ali UAE
35. Mohamed Al-Hammadi UAE
36. Timur Gaynullin UZB
37. Bakhtiyorkhuja Shavkatov UZB
38. Andrey Tsapenko UZB
39. Ha Thi Phuong VIE

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

Referee Exchange (UEFA)
Referee: Donatas Rumšas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Sužiedelis LTU
Video Match Official: Marco Di Bello ITA

Technical Instructors
1. Hakan Anaz AUS
2. Ali Al-Qaysi IRQ
3. Ismail Al-Hafi JOR
4. Sachiko Yamagishi JPN
5. Ali Al Traifi KSA
6. Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh MAS
7. Abdulrahman Hassain QAT
8. Chia Eng John SIN
9. Mohammed Abdulla UAE
10. Valentin Kovalenko UZB

Fitness Instructors
1. Choi Youngin KOR
2. Banjar Al-Dosari QAT
3. Ganesan Maniam SIN 

4. Rustam Abdulloev TJK

UEFA Nations League 2026/2027 – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

24-26 September 2026

League A

Norway – Denmark
Referee: Tobias Stieler GER (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Lasse Koslowski GER
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Weickenmeier GER
Fourth Official: Matthias Jöllenbeck GER
VAR: Robert Schröder GER
AVAR: Patrick Hanslbauer GER
Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine NIR

Netherlands – Germany
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández ESP
Assistant Referee 1: José Naranjo Pérez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP
Fourth Official: Alejandro Quintero González ESP
VAR: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
AVAR: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP
Referee Observer: Domenico Messina ITA

Serbia – Greece
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck SWE
VAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
AVAR: César Soto Grado ESP
Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel FRA

Portugal – Wales
Referee: Donatas Rumšas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Sužiedėlis LTU
Fourth Official: Robertas Valikonis LTU
VAR: Sören Storks GER
AVAR: Donatas Šimėnas LTU
Referee Observer: Gianluca Rocchi ITA

Italy – Belgium
Referee: Daniel Siebert GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel GER
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER
Fourth Official: Sascha Stegemann GER
VAR: Bastian Dankert GER
AVAR: Pascal Müller GER
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas SCO

Türkiye – France
Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
Assistant Referee 2: Nikolai Kimmeyer GER
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner GER
VAR: Christian Dingert GER
AVAR: Johann Pfeifer GER
Referee Observer: René Temmink NED

England – Spain
Referee: Davide Massa ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessio Berti ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
VAR: Marco Di Bello ITA
AVAR: Rosario Abisso ITA
Referee Observer: Lucílio Batista POR

Czechia – Croatia
Referee: Simone Sozza ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Davide Imperiale ITA
Fourth Official: Giuseppe Collu ITA
VAR: Valerio Marini ITA
AVAR: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov BUL

League B

Austria – Israel
Referee: Georgi Kabakov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Venev BUL
Fourth Official: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL
VAR: Tiago Martins POR
AVAR: Nikola Popov BUL
Referee Observer: Draženko Kovačić CRO

Kosovo – Ireland
Referee: Lawrence Visser BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Ruben Wyns BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Michele Seeldraeyers BEL
Fourth Official: Kevin Van Damme BEL
VAR: Jan Boterberg BEL
AVAR: Simon Bourdeaud'hui BEL
Referee Observer: William Young SCO

Georgia – Northern Ireland
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Roy Hassan ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Idan Yarkoni ISR
Fourth Official: Snir Levy ISR
VAR: Eli Hacmon ISR
AVAR: Gal Leibovitz ISR
Referee Observer: Hannes Kaasik EST

Hungary – Ukraine
Referee: Jarred Gillett ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Neil Davies ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Nick Greenhalgh ENG
Fourth Official: Robert Jones ENG
VAR: Andrew Dallas SCO
AVAR: Peter Bankes ENG
Referee Observer: Carlos Velasco Carballo ESP

Poland – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Tryfon Petropoulos GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Petros Patras GRE
Fourth Official: Fotios Polychronis GRE
VAR: Ioannis Papadopoulos GRE
AVAR: Spyridon Zampalas GRE
Referee Observer: Stefan Messner AUT

Sweden – Romania
Referee: Ondřej Berka CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Matěj Vlček CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Kamil Hajek CZE
Fourth Official: Ondrej Pechanec CZE
VAR: Michael Fabbri ITA
AVAR: Karel Rouček CZE
Referee Observer: Marco Fritz GER

Slovenia – Scotland
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Valentin Avram ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandru Cerei ROU
Fourth Official: Szabolcs Kovacs ROU
VAR: Cătălin Popa ROU
AVAR: Marcel Bîrsan ROU
Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís CYP

North Macedonia – Switzerland
Referee: Daniel Schlager GER
Assistant Referee 1: Sven Waschitzki-Günther GER
Assistant Referee 2: Tobias Fritsch GER
Fourth Official: Robin Braun GER
VAR: Benjamin Brand GER
AVAR: Benjamin Cortus GER
Referee Observer: Yevhen Aranovskyy UKR

League C

Armenia – Latvia
Referee: Martin Matoša SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandar Kasapovič SVN
Fourth Official: Mihael Antič SVN
VAR: Alen Borošak SVN
AVAR: Aleksandar Matkovič SVN
Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson SWE

Montenegro – Cyprus
Referee: Daniele Chiffi ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Tegoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgio Peretti ITA
Fourth Official: Giovanni Ayroldi ITA
VAR: Luca Pairetto ITA
AVAR: Federico La Penna ITA
Referee Observer: Georgi Vadachkoria GEO

San Marino – Finland
Referee: Nathan Verboomen BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Hillaert BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Maarten Toeback BEL
Fourth Official: Jasper Vergoote BEL
VAR: Bert Put BEL
AVAR: Wesli De Cremer BEL
Referee Observer: Paweł Gil POL

Faroe Islands – Kazakhstan
Referee: Ishmael Barbara MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Luke Portelli MLT
Assistant Referee 2: James Muscat MLT
Fourth Official: Slobodan Petrovic MLT
VAR: Paweł Malec POL
AVAR: Bartosz Frankowski POL
Referee Observer: Petteri Kari FIN

Iceland – Estonia
Referee: Miloš Milanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Pašajlić SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Svetozar Živin SRB
Fourth Official: Milan Ilić SRB
VAR: Aleksandar Živković SRB
AVAR: Pavle Tomić SRB
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange ITA

Bulgaria – Luxembourg
Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED
Assistant Referee 2: Roy de Nas NED
Fourth Official: Alex Bos NED
VAR: Clay Ruperti NED
AVAR: Robin Hensgens NED
Referee Observer: William Collum SCO

Albania – Belarus
Referee: Samuel Barrott ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Adam Nunn ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Wade Smith ENG
Fourth Official: Farai Hallam ENG
VAR: Matthew Donohue ENG
AVAR: Paul Howard ENG
Referee Observer: Emil Božinovski MKD

Slovakia – Moldova
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Arbër Zalla ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Mario Shazivari ALB
Fourth Official: Andi Koçi ALB
VAR: Kreshnik Bajramaj ALB
AVAR: Albert Doda ALB
Referee Observer: Bariş Şimşek TUR

League D

Andorra – Malta
Referee: Joey Kooij NED
Assistant Referee 1: Dyon Fikkert NED
Assistant Referee 2: Murat Kücükerbir NED
Fourth Official: Jannick van der Laan NED
VAR: Richard Martens NED
AVAR: Robin Hensgens NED
Referee Observer: David Malcolm NIR

Liechtenstein – Lithuania
Referee: Ante Čulina CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Dario Kolarević CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Kristijan Novosel CRO
Fourth Official: Antonio Melnjak CRO
VAR: Tihomir Pejin CRO
AVAR: Fran Jović CRO
Referee Observer: Augustus Constantin ROU

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2026

Qatar, 19 November - 13 December 2026

AFC
Referee: Mohammed Al-Ismail KSA (1992)

Assistant Referee 1: Saad Al-Subaie KSA
Assistant Referee 2: Omar Al-Jamal KSA

Referee: Abdulhadi Al-Ruaile QAT (1993)
Assistant Referee 1: Yousuf Al-Shamari QAT
Assistant Referee 2: Zahy Al-Shammari QAT

Referee: Ahmed Darwish UAE (1991, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Yasser Sabeil UAE
Assistant Referee 2: Amir Al-Ali UAE

Referee: Du Jianxin CHN (1991)
Assistant Referee 1: Luo Zheng CHN
Assistant Referee 2: Liu Zongqi CHN

Referee: Asker Nadjafaliev UZB (1994)
Assistant Referee 1: Bakhtiyorkhuja Shavkatov UZB
Assistant Referee 2: Avazbek Abdullayev UZB

CAF
Referee: Kasimu Abdulsalam NGA (1992)
Assistant Referee 1: Eba Ettien CIV
Assistant Referee 2: Emmanuel Habumugisha RWA

Referee: Mohamed El Baroudi MAR (1992)
Assistant Referee 1: Abdessamad Abertoune MAR
Assistant Referee 2: Yacine Benslama DJI

Referee: Willy Ngah CMR (2000)
Assistant Referee 1: Guylain Ngila COD
Assistant Referee 2: Nkemazem Vincent CMR

Referee: El Hadji Sy SEN (1992)
Assistant Referee 1: Vital Mapangoulou CGO
Assistant Referee 2: Dofinte Lamien BFA

CONCACAF
Referee: Ismael Lopez MEX (1994)
Assistant Referee 1: Jonathan Gomez MEX
Assistant Referee 2: Leonardo Castillo MEX

Referee: Fernando Moron PAN (1996)
Assistant Referee 1: Andres Vargas PAN
Assistant Referee 2: Alejandro Camarena PAN

Referee: Josue Ugalde CRC (1989)
Assistant Referee 1: Felix Quesada CRC
Assistant Referee 2: Danny Sojo CRC

Referee: Michael Venne CAN (1997)
Assistant Referee 1: Twayne Anderson CAN
Assistant Referee 2: Jose Da Silva USA

CONMEBOL
Referee: Derlis Benitez PAR (2000)
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Villagra PAR
Assistant Referee 2: Luis Onieva PAR

Referee: Oswaldo Contreras ECU (1999)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Aguiar ECU
Assistant Referee 2: Mauricio Lozada ECU

Referee: Mathias De Armas URU (1994)
Assistant Referee 1: Pablo Llarena URU
Assistant Referee 2: Matias Muniz URU

Referee: Jairo Mayorga COL (1996)
Assistant Referee 1: Cristian Aguirre COL
Assistant Referee 2: David Fuentes COL

Referee: Daiane Muniz BRA (1988)
Assistant Referee 1: Leila Cruz BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Maira Moreira BRA

Referee: Sebastian Zunino ARG (1988)
Assistant Referee 1: Pablo Acevedo ARG
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Mamani ARG

OFC
Referee: Calvin Berg NZL (1994)
Assistant Referee 1: Malaetala Salanoa SAM
Assistant Referee 2: Jeremy Garae VAN

UEFA
Referee: Willy Delajod FRA (1992)
Assistant Referee 1: Erwan Finjean FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Alexis Auger FRA

Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL (1991)
Assistant Referee 1: Petar Mitrev BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Vukov Todor BUL

Referee: Patrik Kolaric CRO (1995)
Assistant Referee 1: Luka Pajic CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Starcevic CRO

Referee: Elchin Masiyev AZE (1991)
Assistant Referee 1: Elshad Abdullayev AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Parvin Talibov AZE

Referee: Milos Milanovic SRB (1993)
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Pasajlic SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Nikola Djorovic SRB

Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP (1996)
Assistant Referee 1: Eliana Fernandez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Iragartze Fernandez ESP

Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak POL (1992)
Assistant Referee 1: Adam Karasewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Bartosz Heinig POL

UEFA U-21 Euro 2027 Qualifiers (Matchday 8)

24-25 September 2026

San Marino – Kosovo
Referee: David Fuxman ISR (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Matityahu Yakobov ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Guy Klipper ISR
Fourth Official: Dekel Zino ISR
Referee Observer: Clayton Pisani MLT

Belgium – Belarus
Referee: Martin Velikov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Krasimir Atanasov BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Hristo Hadzhiyski BUL
Fourth Official: Ventsislav Mitrev BUL
Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović SRB

Azerbaijan – Czechia
Referee: Aaron O'Dowd IRL
Assistant Referee 1: Darragh Keegan IRL
Assistant Referee 2: Shane Gerard O'Brien IRL
Fourth Official: Paul Norton IRL
Referee Observer: Alexandre Boucaut BEL

Iceland – France
Referee: Luca Zufferli ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Khaled Bahri ITA
Fourth Official: Daniele Perenzoni ITA
Referee Observer: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich GER

Finland – Spain
Referee: Gergo Bogár HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Theodoros Georgiou HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Dávid Rózsa HUN
Fourth Official: Imre Kovács HUN
Referee Observer: Ladislav Gádoši SVK

Bulgaria – Portugal
Referee: Ihar Šumilau BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Dzmitryj Žuk BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Arabiej BLR
Fourth Official: Anton Lašuk BLR
Referee Observer: Nicolae Grigorescu ROU

Cyprus – Romania
Referee: Lukáš Dzivjak SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Ákos Juhos SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Patrik Kmec SVK
Fourth Official: Filip Glova SVK
Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel FRA

Estonia – Faroe Islands
Referee: Kristaps Ratnieks LVA
Assistant Referee 1: Arturs Šakurovs LVA
Assistant Referee 2: Nikita Ivlevs LVA
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs LVA
Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely HUN

Slovakia – Ireland
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyy UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Semen Shlonchak UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Nyzhnyk UKR
Fourth Official: Dmytro Panchyshyn UKR
Referee Observer: Mika Peltola FIN

Netherlands – Norway
Referee: Márton Rúsz HUN
Assistant Referee 1: István Albert HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Gergő Vígh-Tarsonyi HUN
Fourth Official: Márió Zimmermann HUN
Referee Observer: Paolo Dondarini ITA

Switzerland – Luxembourg
Referee: Alex Johnson MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Kurt Saliba MLT
Assistant Referee 2: David Castillo MLT
Fourth Official: Ezekiel Barbara MLT
Referee Observer: Alieh Čykun BLR

England – Kazakhstan
Referee: Mateo Tozan SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Manuel Vidali SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Jure Jamnik SVN
Fourth Official: Žan Jazbec SVN
Referee Observer: Stávros Mántalos GRE

Georgia – Greece
Referee: Yura Mahtesyan ARM
Assistant Referee 1: Narek Poghosyan ARM
Assistant Referee 2: Arman Hakobjanyan ARM
Fourth Official: Artem Gasparyan ARM
Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci ALB

Croatia – Hungary
Referee: Karl Koppel EST
Assistant Referee 1: Riivo Stolts EST
Assistant Referee 2: Neeme Neemlaid EST
Fourth Official: Rasmus Maalin EST
Referee Observer: Simon Evans WAL

Latvia – Germany
Referee: Vasil Minev BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Todor Vukov BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Darin Ivanov BUL
Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer AUT

Ukraine – Türkiye
Referee: David Šmajc SVN
Assistant Referee 1: David Gabrovec SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Tomaž Cerne SVN
Fourth Official: Denis Halilović SVN
Referee Observer: Jonathan Lardot BEL

Malta – Northern Ireland
Referee: Ioannis Christodoulou CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Nikos Egglezou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Petros Petrou CYP
Fourth Official: Antonis Konstantinidis CYP
Referee Observer: Robert Małek POL

FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026 – Semi-finals

23 September 2026

Italy – Spain

Referee: Alina Peșu ROU (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniela Constantinescu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Heini Hyvönen FIN
Fourth Official: Marianela Araya CRC
Reserve AR: Lourdes Noriega HON
VAR: Angelos Evangelou GRE
AVAR: Eszter Urbán HUN
SVAR: Letticia Viana SWZ

Korea DPR – Colombia 

Referee: Casey Reibelt AUS
Assistant Referee 1: Emma Kocbek AUS
Assistant Referee 2: Madelaine Allum AUS
Fourth Official: Twanyanyukwa Antsino NAM
Reserve AR: Diana Chikotesha ZAM
VAR: Maria Rivet MRI
AVAR: Rodrigo Carvajal CHI
SVAR: Sivakorn Pu-Udom THA

International Friendly Matches – September 2026

23-30 September 2026

Azerbaijan – Tajikistan

Referee: Roman Jitari MDA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Vlad Lifciu MDA
Assistant Referee 2: Vadim Vicol MDA
Fourth Official: Kamranbay Rahimov AZE
VAR: Abdurashid Xudoyberganov UZB
AVAR: Kamran Bayramov AZE

Gibraltar – Sao Tome & Principe
Referee: Thomas Owen WAL
Assistant Referee 1: Lewiss Edwards WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Johnathon Bryant WAL
Fourth Official: Timothy Reoch GIB

Japan – Uruguay
Referee: Alexander King AUS
Assistant Referee 1: George Lakrindis AUS
Assistant Referee 2: Bradley Wright AUS
Fourth Official: Koki Nagamine JPN
VAR: Timothy Danaskos AUS
AVAR: Jack Morgan AUS

South Korea – Ecuador
Referee: Shen Yinhao CHN
Assistant Referee 1: Zhou Fei CHN
Assistant Referee 2: Luo Zheng CHN
Fourth Official: Kim Dae-Yong KOR
VAR: Ma Ning CHN
AVAR: Du Jianxin CHN

Uzbekistan – Iran
Referee: Kirill Levnikov RUS
Assistant Referee 1: Dmitriy Yermakov RUS
Assistant Referee 2: Andrey Vereteshkin RUS
Fourth Official: Olim Toychiboyev UZB
VAR: Akobirxoja Shukurullayev UZB
AVAR: Islom Azimov UZB

Australia – Brazil
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto JPN
Assistant Referee 1: Kota Watanabe JPN
Assistant Referee 2: Kohei Ando JPN
Fourth Official Yusuke Araki JPN

Malta – Liechtenstein
Referee: Daniiar Sahi KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: Samat Tergeusızov KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Sergei Kalatşov KAZ
Fourth Official: Alex Johnson MLT

Australia – Brazil
Referee: Yusuke Araki JPN
Assistant Referee 1: Kota Watanabe JPN
Assistant Referee 2: Kohei Ando JPN
Fourth Official: Ryo Tanimoto JPN

India – Panama
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin MAS
Assistant Referee 1: Muhammad Tan MAS
Assistant Referee 2: Muhammad Zainal MAS
Fourth Official: Muhammad Zubir MAS

USA – Peru
Referee: Steffon Dewar JAM
Assistant Referee 1: Kemar Gayle JAM
Assistant Referee 2: McKenzie Ricardo JAM
Fourth Official: Shavin Greene GUY

Canada – Chile
Referee: Marco Ortiz MEX
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Espinosa MEX
Assistant Referee 2: Michel Morales MEX
Fourth Official: Daniel Quintero MEX

Mexico – Colombia
Referee: Guido Gonzales USA
Assistant Referee 1: Jeremy Kieso USA
Assistant Referee 2: Chris Elliott USA
Fourth Official: Elijio Arreguin USA
VAR: José Rivero USA
AVAR: Jonathan Johnson USA

China – New Zealand
Referee: Choi Hyun-Jae KOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jang Jong-Pil KOR
Assistant Referee 2: Baxtiyorxoja Shavkatov UZB
Fourth Official: Zhang Lei CHN
VAR: Choi Cheol-Jun KOR
AVAR: Asker Najafaliyev UZB

Jordan – Syria
Referee: Muhammad Issa LBN
Assistant Referee 1: Muhammad Al-Hadj LBN
Assistant Referee 2: Ali Al-Barri LBN

Japan – Venezuela
Referee: Timothy Danaskos AUS
Assistant Referee 1: George Lakrindis AUS
Assistant Referee 2: Bradley Wright AUS
Fourth Official: Koji Takasaki JPN
VAR: Alexander King AUS
AVAR: Jack Morgan AUS

Korea – Uruguay
Referee: Ma Ning CHN
Assistant Referee 1: Zhou Fei CHN
Assistant Referee 2: Luo Zheng CHN
Fourth Official: Won Myeong-Hee KOR

Russia – Iran
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev UZB
Assistant Referee 1: Andrey Tsapenko UZB
Assistant Referee 2: Timur Gaynullin UZB
Fourth Official: Inal Tanashev UZB

Lithuania – Andorra

Referee: Andris Treimanis LVA

Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis LVA

Assistant Referee 2: Arturs Šakurovs LVA

Fourth Official: Manfredas Lukjančukas LTU

USA – Chile
Referee: Jorge Camacho MEX
Assistant Referee 1: Jonathan Gómez MEX
Assistant Referee 2: Leonardo Castillo MEX
Fourth Official: Víctor Cáceres MEX

Mexico – Peru
Referee: Jon Freemon USA
Assistant Referee 1: Kyle Atkins USA
Assistant Referee 2: José Da Silva USA
Fourth Official: Guido Gonzales USA
VAR: Chris Penso USA
AVAR: José Rivero USA

Argentina – Bolivia
Referee: John Ospina COL
Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Roldán COL
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Padilla COL
Fourth Official: Carlos Ortega COL

India – Brazil
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev UZB
Assistant Referee 1: Andrey Tsapenko UZB
Assistant Referee 2: Timur Gaynullin UZB
Fourth Official: Rustam Lutfullin UZB

Korea – Venezuela
Referee: Alireza Faghani AUS
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Meimarakis AUS
Assistant Referee 2: Owen Goldrick AUS
Fourth Official: Ko Min-Gook KOR
VAR: Timothy Danaskos AUS
AVAR: Alexander King AUS

China – Palestine
Referee: Asker Najafaliyev UZB
Assistant Referee 1: Baxtiyorxoja Shavkatov UZB
Assistant Referee 2: Jang Jong-Pil KOR
Fourth Official: Dan Ning CHN
VAR: Choi Cheol-Jun KOR
AVAR: Choi Hyun-Jae KOR

Russia – Namibia
Referee: Abdurashid Xudoyberganov UZB
Assistant Referee 1: Avazbek Abdullayev UZB
Assistant Referee 2: Eldos Murzabekov KGZ
Fourth Official: Nikita Novikov RUS

Uzbekistan – Syria
Referee: Sayyodjon Zayniddinov TJK
Assistant Referee 1: Ismoil Nuraliev TJK
Assistant Referee 2: Farkhod Kuralov TJK

Colombia – Paraguay
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière CAN
Assistant Referee 1: José Da Silva USA
Assistant Referee 2: Jeremy Kieso USA
Fourth Official: Ricardo Montero USA

Canada – Peru
Referee: Josue Ugalde CRC
Assistant Referee 1: Ibrahim Martínez MEX
Assistant Referee 2: José Baré CRC
Fourth Official: Bryan Cruz CRC

USA – Mexico
Referee: Selvin Brown SLV
Assistant Referee 1: Gerson Orellana SLV
Assistant Referee 2: Roney Salinas SLV
Fourth Official: Jefferson Escobar SLV

Argentina – Burkina Faso
Referee: José Cabero CHI
Assistant Referee 1: Wladimir Muñoz CHI
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Venegas CHI
Fourth Official: Fernando Véjar CHI

Argentina – Benin
Referee: Fernando Véjar CHI
Assistant Referee 1: Wladimir Muñoz CHI
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Venegas CHI
Fourth Official: José Cabero CHI

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2026/27 – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

22 September 2026 

Bayern Munchen – Manchester City
Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Rita Cabañero Mompó ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Eliana Fernández González ESP
Fourth Official: Paola Cebollada López ESP
VAR: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
AVAR: Judit Romano Garcia ESP
Referee Observer: Caroline De Boeck BEL

Inter Milano – BK Hacken
Referee: Ivana Martinčić CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Maja Petravić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Susanne Küng SUI
Fourth Official: Jelena Kumer CRO
VAR: Fran Jović CRO
AVAR: Audrey Gerbel FRA
Referee Observer: Marta Frias Acedo ESP

Arsenal WFC – HB Koge
Referee: Eleni Antoniou GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Zoi Papadopoulou GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Vasilia Tsiklitari GRE
Fourth Official: Eirini Pingiou GRE
VAR: Athanasios Tzilos GRE
AVAR: Victoria Beyer FRA
Referee Observer: Silvia Spinelli ITA

Real Madrid – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Ivana Projkovska MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Elena Soklevska-Ilievski MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Diana Vanaga-Araja LVA
Fourth Official: Sabina Bolic CRO
VAR: Mario Zebec CRO
AVAR: Reelika Turi EST
Referee Observer: Christine Baitinger GER

Juventus FC – SL Benfica
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Laura Koskinen FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Sandra Nigulis EST
Fourth Official: Lotta Vuorio FIN
VAR: Tamás Bognár HUN
AVAR: Sara Telek AUT
Referee Observer: Esther Azzopardi MLT

23 September 2026
OH Leuven – AS Roma
Referee: Frida Klarlund DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Katrine Stensholm DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Sidsel Dall DEN
Fourth Official: Nanna Andersen DEN
VAR: Sandi Putros DEN
AVAR: Elisa Daupeux FRA
Referee Observer: Regina Konink-Belksma NED

Servette FC – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Michaela Pachtová CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Lucie Ratajová CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Zuzana Špindlerová CZE
Fourth Official: Natálie Čampišová CZE
VAR: Katalin Kulcsár HUN
AVAR: Christian Ciochirca AUT
Referee Observer: Viola Raudzina LVA

FC Barcelona – Paris FC
Referee: Michalina Diakow POL
Assistant Referee 1: Marilena Nan ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ivona Pejić CRO
Fourth Official: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk POL
VAR: Michèle Schmölzer SUI
AVAR: Bartosz Frankowski POL
Referee Observer: Sofia Karagiorgi CYP

Chelsea FCW – Austria Wien
Referee: Miriama Bočková SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Tilde Larsson SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Anita Vad HUN
Fourth Official: Zuzana Valentová SVK
VAR: Michal Očenáš SVK
AVAR: Jana Adámková CZE
Referee Observer: Stéphanie Frappart FRA

UEFA Women's Europa Cup 2026/27 – Second Qualifying Round (First Leg)

23 September 2026

Slovan Liberec – Rosenborg BK
Referee: Gamze Durmuş Pakkan TUR (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Esra Arikboga TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Arzu Görgün TUR
Fourth Official: Melek Dakan TUR

FC Metalist – SCU Torreense
Referee: Merima Čelik BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Aida Jusufović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Laura Dugandžić BIH
Fourth Official: Senida Petak BIH

PAOK Salonic – Spartak Myjava
Referee: Lizzy Van Der Helm NED
Assistant Referee 1: Martina Boer NED
Assistant Referee 2: Isabelle van Gilst NED
Fourth Official: Wendy Gijsbers NED

HJK Helsinki – SK Brann
Referee: Abigail Byrne ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Anastasiya Voloshchuk ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Ruby Sykes ENG
Fourth Official: Alice Parker ENG

Sparta Praha – Farul Constanta
Referee: Marina Višnjić-Živković SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Ivana Jovanović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Andrijana Damjanović SRB
Fourth Official: Jasmina Mickoska SRB

Brondby IF – Sporting CP
Referee: Milica Milovanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandra Kostić SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Mijailović SRB
Fourth Official: Mima Stanković SRB

Breidablik – Czarni Sosnowiec
Referee: Karoline Wacker GER
Assistant Referee 1: Melissa Joos GER
Assistant Referee 2: Silke Fritz GER
Fourth Official: Selina Menzel GER

FH – Eintracht Frankfurt
Referee: Karoline Jensen NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Helle Reiten NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Victoria Nilsen NOR
Fourth Official: Maren Hatletvedt NOR

Sankt Polten – Malmo FF
Referee: Filipa Cunha POR
Assistant Referee 1: Sara Cunha POR
Assistant Referee 2: Raquel Pinho POR
Fourth Official: Ana Afonso POR

VfL Wolfsburg – Sturn Graz
Referee: Frederikke Sokjaer DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Anna Schmidt DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Rie Rasmussen DEN
Fourth Official: Julie Thomsen DEN

Feyenoord Rotterdam – Valerenga FD
Referee: Angelika Soeder GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jasmin Matysiak GER
Assistant Referee 2: Marina Bachmann GER
Fourth Official: Sina Diekmann GER

Hammarby IF – Rangers WFC
Referee: Ewa Augustyn POL
Assistant Referee 1: Julia Bukarowicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandra Ulanowska POL
Fourth Official: Anna Adamska POL

PSV Eindhoven – Fortuna Hjorring
Referee: Martina Molinaro ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Laura Gasparini ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Valeria Spizuoco ITA
Fourth Official: Rossella Daidone ITA

AFC Ajax – WFC Aktobe
Referee: Alexandra Collin FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Clothilde Brassard FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Clémentine Dubreil FRA
Fourth Official: Romy Fournier FRA

Hearts LFC – Real Sociedad
Referee: Henrikke Nervik NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Monica Lokkeberg NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Elisabeth Thoresen NOR
Fourth Official: Stine Jensen NOR

26 September 2026
FC Minsk – Fenerbahce 

Referee: Tatyana Sorokopudova KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: Nargis Magau KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Dinara Idrisova KAZ
Fourth Official: Jelena Jermolajeva LVA