CONMEBOL Libertadores 2026 – Semi-finals (First Leg)

14-15 October 2026

Fluminense – Palmeiras
Referee: Facundo Tello ARG (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Belatti ARG
Assistant Referee 2: Gabriel Chade ARG
Fourth Official: Nazareno Arasa ARG
VAR: Silvio Trucco ARG
AVAR: Lucas Novelli ARG
SVAR: Hector Paletta ARG
Referee Assessor: Dario Ubriaco URU
VAR Supervisor: Luis Vera ECU

Estudiantes La Plata – Flamengo
Referee: Juan Benitez PAR
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Cardozo PAR
Assistant Referee 2: Milciades Saldivar PAR
Fourth Official: Blas Romero PAR
VAR: Ulises Mereles PAR
AVAR: Eduardo Britos PAR
SVAR: Carlos Benitez PAR
Referee Assessor: Jose Buitrago COL
VAR Supervisor: Carlos Pastorino URU

CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2026 – Semi-finals (First Leg)

13-14 October 2026

Boca Juniors – Vasco da Gama
Referee: Piero Maza CHI (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Retamal CHI
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Poblete CHI
Fourth Official: Mathias Riquelme CHI
VAR: Jose Cabero CHI
AVAR: Juan Serrano CHI
SVAR: Juan Sepulveda CHI
Referee Assessor: Victor Carrillo PER
VAR Supervisor: Carlos Pastorino URU

Atletico Mineiro – Montevideo Torque
Referee: Carlos Betancur COL
Assistant Referee 1: Alexander Guzman COL
Assistant Referee 2: John Gallego COL
Fourth Official: Jose Ortiz COL
VAR: David Rodriguez COL
AVAR: Keiner Jimenez COL
SVAR: Luis Picon COL
Referee Assessor: Ubaldo Aquino PAR
VAR Supervisor: Ricardo Casas ARG

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 Qualifiers – UEFA Play-Offs (Round 1, First Leg)

9 October 2026

Türkiye – Slovenia
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara FIN (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Heini Hyvönen FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Laura Koskinen FIN
Fourth Official: Lotta Vuorio FIN
VAR: Katrin Rafalski GER
AVAR: Johann Pfeifer GER
Referee Observer: Jenny Palmqvist SWE

Kazakhstan – Ireland
Referee: Karoline Jensen NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Monica Lokkeberg NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Line Nymoen NOR
Fourth Official: Sarah Zangeneh NOR
VAR: Marius Lien NOR
AVAR: Franziska Wildfeuer GER
Referee Observer: Emilia Wnuk POL

Israel – Switzerland
Referee: Sofiya Prychyna UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Svitlana Hrushko UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Iryna Chayka UKR
Fourth Official: Kristina Kozoroh UKR
VAR: Katalin Kulcsár HUN
AVAR: Denys Shurman UKR
Referee Observer: Aušra Kancė LTU

Finland – Serbia
Referee: Catarina Campos POR
Assistant Referee 1: Andreia Sousa POR
Assistant Referee 2: Vanessa Gomes POR
Fourth Official: Filipa Cunha POR
VAR: Fábio Melo POR
AVAR: Ana Ribeiro POR
Referee Observer: Wendy Toms ENG

Kosovo – Austria
Referee: Kristina Georgieva BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Liliya Dumbalakova BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandra Vargová SVK
Fourth Official: Angelika Söder GER
VAR: Dimitar Dimitrov BUL
AVAR: Riem Hussein GER
Referee Observer: Snježana Fočić CRO

Albania – Wales
Referee: Eléni Antoníou GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Zoí Papadopoúlou GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Vasilía Tsiklitári GRE
Fourth Official: Nadine Reichmuth SUI
VAR: Athanásios Tzílos GRE
AVAR: Victoria Beyer FRA
Referee Observer: Ana Aguiar POR

Slovakia – Ukraine
Referee: Ivana Projkovska MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Elena Soklevska-Ilievski MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Ceri Williams WAL
Fourth Official: Zoí Stávrou CYP
VAR: Mario Zebec CRO
AVAR: Milica Milovanović SRB
Referee Observer: Anri Saarivainio FIN

Lithuania – Sweden
Referee: Déborah Anex SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Laetitia Nuara SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Melissa Correia SUI
Fourth Official: Laura Mauricio SUI
VAR: Michèle Schmölzer SUI
AVAR: Luca Cibelli SUI
Referee Observer: Sofía Karagiórgi CYP

Belarus – Italy
Referee: Maika Vanderstichel FR
Assistant Referee 1: Mélissa Rossignol FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Siham Boudina FRA
Fourth Official: Audrey Gerbel FRA
VAR: Jérémie Pignard FRA
AVAR: Élisa Daupeux FRA
Referee Observer: Rachel Kohen ISR

Greece – England
Referee: Martina Molinaro ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Stefania Signorelli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giulia Tempestilli ITA
Fourth Official: Jana Van Laere BEL
VAR: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
AVAR: Eszter Urbán HUN
Referee Observer: Vesna Budimir CRO

Croatia – Iceland
Referee: Frida Klarlund DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Katrine Stensholm DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Sidsel Dall DEN
Fourth Official: Frederikke Sokjaer DEN
VAR: Jonas Hansen DEN
AVAR: Reelika Turi EST
Referee Observer: Lilach Asulin ISR

Romania – Norway
Referee: Emily Heaslip ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Emily Carney ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Isabel Chaplin ENG
Fourth Official: Louise Thompson NIR
VAR: Paul Howard ENG
AVAR: Jana Adámková CZE
Referee Observer: Petra Pavlíková SVK

Czech Republic – Scotland
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Pavleta Rashkova BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Maria-Yoanna Vasileva BUL
Fourth Official: Jelena Jermolajeva LVA
VAR: Bert Put BEL
AVAR: Ella De Vries BEL
Referee Observer: Cristina Babadac ROU

Hungary – Netherlands
Referee: Volha Blotskaja BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Nargis Magau KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Ana Ciobotaru MDA
Fourth Official: Jelena Kumer CRO
VAR: Jelena Cvetković SRB
AVAR: Aleksandar Živković SRB
Referee Observer: Esther Staubli SUI

Northern Ireland – Portugal
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Bianca Florea ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ilinca Mazga ROU
Fourth Official: Roxana Timiș ROU
VAR: Iulian Dima ROU
AVAR: Cristina Trandafir ROU
Referee Observer: Elke Günther GER

Belgium – Poland
Referee: Emanuela Rusta ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Marilena Nan ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ivona Pejić CRO
Fourth Official: Senida Petak BIH
VAR: Kreshnik Bajramaj ALB
AVAR: Judit Romano García ESP
Referee Observer: Knarik Grigoryan ARM

Arabian Gulf Cup Final 2026: Jayed (MAR)

6 October 2026

Saudi Arabia – UAE
Referee: Jalal Jayed MAR (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Zakaria Brinsi MAR
Assistant Referee 2: Mostapha Akarkad MAR
Fourth Official: Abdullah Jamali KUW
Reserve AR: Saud Al-Shamali KUW
VAR: Hamza El Fariq MAR
AVAR: Erwin Blank NED
SVAR: Ismail Habib BHR
Referee Assessor: Ibrahim Al-Hosani OMA

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