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

3 November 2026

Atletico de Madrid – Bayern Munchen
Referee: François Letexier FRA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Ruddy Buquet FRA
VAR: Jérôme Brisard FRA
AVAR: Piotr Lasyk POL
Referee Observer: Vladimir Petrov UKR

Shakhtar Donetsk – Sporting CP
Referee: Ivan Kružliak SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Pozor SVK
Fourth Official: Peter Kralović SVK
VAR: Marco Di Bello ITA
AVAR: Daniele Chiffi ITA
Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán ESP

Manchester United – AS Roma
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Barbero Sevilla ESP
Fourth Official: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
VAR: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
AVAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
Referee Observer: Markus Nobs SUI

Galatasaray – VfB Stuttgart
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin ENG
Fourth Official: Samuel Barrott ENG
VAR: Darren England ENG
AVAR: Peter Bankes ENG
Referee Observer: Björn Kuipers NED

FC Barcelona – Aston Villa
Referee: Davide Massa ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessio Berti ITA
Fourth Official: Fabio Maresca ITA
VAR: Bastian Dankert GER
AVAR: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
Referee Observer: Thomas Einwaller AUT

Feyenoord – Inter Milano
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck SWE
VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
AVAR: Stuart Attwell ENG
Referee Observer: Howard Webb ENG

Bodo Glimt – LOSC Lille
Referee: João Pinheiro POR
Assistant Referee 1: Luciano Maia POR
Assistant Referee 2: Hugo Marques POR
Fourth Official: João Gonçalves POR
VAR: Tiago Martins POR
AVAR: Dennis Higler NED
Referee Observer: Knut Kircher GER

Villarreal CF – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
Assistant Referee 2: Nikolai Kimmeyer GER
Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager GER
VAR: Christian Dingert GER
AVAR: Robert Schröder GER
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO

LASK Linz – Slovan Bratislava
Referee: Donatas Rumšas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Sužiedėlis LTU
Fourth Official: Dovydas Švėgžda LTU
VAR: Ivan Bebek CRO
AVAR: Angelos Evangelou GRE 

Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin SVN

4 November 2026
Fenerbahce – Liverpool FC
Referee: Clément Turpin FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pages FRA
Fourth Official: Jérémy Stinat FRA
VAR: Willy Delajod FRA
AVAR: Eric Wattellier FRA
Referee Observer: Carlos Clos Gómez ESP

AEK Athens – Real Madrid
Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio ITA
Fourth Official: Simone Sozza ITA
VAR: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
AVAR: Valerio Marini ITA
Referee Observer: David Malcolm NIR

Borussia Dortmund – Real Betis
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük NED
Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Inia NED
Assistant Referee 2: Rogier Honig NED
Fourth Official: Martijn Vos NED
VAR: Dennis Higler NED
AVAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav BIH

FC Porto – SSC Napoli
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG
Fourth Official: Thomas Bramall ENG
VAR: Stuart Attwell ENG
AVAR: Christian Dingert GER
Referee Observer: Augustus Constantin ROU

PSV Eindhoven – Club Brugge
Referee: Irfan Peljto BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo BIH
Fourth Official: Luka Bilbija BIH
VAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez ESP
AVAR: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
Referee Observer: Stephen Tanner ENG

RB Leipzig – Manchester City
Referee: Marco Guida ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
VAR: Daniele Chiffi ITA
AVAR: Marco Di Bello ITA
Referee Observer: Robert Schörgenhofer AUT

Slavia Praha – Arsenal FC
Referee: Tobias Stieler GER
Assistant Referee 1: Lasse Koslowski GER
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Weickenmeier GER
Fourth Official: Harm Osmers GER
VAR: Sören Storks GER
AVAR: Johann Pfeifer GER
Referee Observer: Ante Vučelimović CRO

RC Lens – Como FC
Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Anders Dale NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Ole Haukasen NOR
Fourth Official: Marius Grotta NOR
VAR: Robert Schröder GER
AVAR: Bastian Dankert GER
Referee Observer: João Ferreira POR

Viking FK – Sabah FK
Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan De Groot NED
Fourth Official: Joey Kooij NED
VAR: Jeroen Manschot NED
AVAR: Jérôme Brisard FRA
Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez ESP

UEFA Youth League 2026/2027 – Domestic Champions Path, Round 2 (Second Leg)

3 November 2026 

FC Salzburg – KRC Genk

Referee: Danilo Nikolić SRB (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Šutulović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Novak Novaković SRB
Fourth Official: Samuel Sampl AUT

MAKKABI TEL AVIV FC (ISR) [1:1] FC ZÜRICH (SUI)
Referee: Bolat Sariev KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: Iurii Tihoniuk KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Dmitrii Belogradov KAZ
Fourth Official: Bence Hanyecz HUN

GÖZTEPE (TUR) [1:3] AZ ALKMAAR (NED)
Referee: Szabolcs Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Ionuț Neacșu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Nicușor Marin ROU
Fourth Official: Muhammet Çopur TUR

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

3 November 2026

Galatasaray – VfB Stuttgart

Referee: Luca Zufferli ITA (photo)

Assistant Referee 1: Andrea Zezza ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Glauco Zanellati ITA

Fourth Official: Berat Taşkesen TUR

FK BODØ/GLIMT (NOR) vs. LOSC LILLE (FRA)
Referee: Martin Velikov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Hristo Hadzhiyski BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Krasimir Atanasov BUL
Fourth Official: Martin Berg NOR

VILLARREAL CF (ESP) vs. PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (FRA)
Referee: Kamal Umudlu AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Vüsal Mammadov AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Rahman Imami AZE
Fourth Official: Borja Guijarro Colomer ESP

FC SHAKHTAR DONETSK (UKR) vs. SPORTING CP (POR)
Referee: Arnes Talic AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Amar Rekik AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Johannes Stögerer AUT
Fourth Official: James Durkin ENG

MANCHESTER UNITED FC (ENG) vs. AS ROMA (ITA)
Referee: Jacob Karlsen DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Markus DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Cortzen DEN
Fourth Official: Richard Aspinall ENG

FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM (NED) vs. FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA)
Referee: Menélaos Antoníou CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Giórgos Kondemeniótis CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Evagóras Evagórou CYP
Fourth Official: Erwin Blank NED

LASK LINZ (AUT) vs. ŠK SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK)
Referee: Mateo Tozan SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Jamnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Ermin Sašivarević SVN
Fourth Official: Manuel Baumann AUT

FC BARCELONA (ESP) vs. ASTON VILLA FC (ENG)
Referee: Fótios Polychrónis GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Lázaros Dimitriádis GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Ioánnis Minoúdis GRE
Fourth Official: David López Jiménez ESP

CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP) vs. FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN (GER)
Referee: Mathieu Vernice FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Steven Torregrossa FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Florian Araujo FRA
Fourth Official: Luis Morona del Campo ESP

FIFA U-15 World Festival Final 2026: Agayev (AZE)

30 October 2026

Final
Czechia – Spain
Referee: Aliyar Agayev AZE

CAF Women’s Champions League 2026

Egypt, 1–15 November 2026

Referees
1. Awa Ilboudo BFA
2. Suavis Iratunga BDI (photo)
3. Innocentia Njang CMR
4. Josephine Wanjiku KEN
5. Eveline Lungameni NAM
6. Aline Umutoni RWA
7. Vincentia Amedome TOG
8. Shamirah Nabadda UGA

Assistant Referees
1. Yara Atef EGY
2. Aissatou Kanté GUI
3. Félicité Kourouma GUI
4. Bernadettar Kwimbira MWI
5. Eveline Lungameni NAM
6. Aminata Fullah SLE
7. Patience Madu NGA
8. Aissata Lam MTN

Video Match Officials
1. Carine Atezambong CMR
2. Mary Njoroge KEN
3. Eness Gumbo MWI
4. Maria Rivet MRI
5. Salima Mukansanga RWA
6. Akhona Makalima RSA
7. Letticia Viana SWZ
8. Dorsaf Ganouati TUN
9. Diana Chikotesha ZAM

Referee Assessors/Instructors
1. Lidya Tafesse ETH
2. Janny Sikazwe ZAM
3. Mohamed Guezzaz MAR
4. Hayam Baraka EGY

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2026 – Quarter-finals

1 November 2026

Ghana – Japan
Referee: Vimarest Diaz DOM (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Melissa Nicholas TRI
Assistant Referee 2: Daiana Milone ARG
Fourth Official: Karen Hernandez MEX
Reserve AR: Maria Bevilacqua ARG

Korea DPR – USA
Referee: Lara Lee AUS
Assistant Referee 1: Nuannid Donjangreed THA
Assistant Referee 2: Nicoleta Bria ENG
Fourth Official: Fabienne Michel GER
Reserve AR: Camille Soriano FRA

China – Brazil
Referee: Natalie Simon USA
Assistant Referee 1: Katarzyna Wasiak USA
Assistant Referee 2: Kali Smith USA
Fourth Official: Caroline Lanssens BEL
Reserve AR: Linda Schmid SUI

Nigeria – Venezuela
Referee: Oh Hyeon-Jeong KOR
Assistant Referee 1: Suwida Wongkraisorn THA
Assistant Referee 2: Ramina Tsoi KGZ
Fourth Official: Carly Shaw-MacLaren CAN
Reserve AR: Anita Vad HUN

Rocchi resigns from AIA to continue with DAZN

Former Serie A and Serie B referee chief Gianluca Rocchi has resigned from the Italian Referees' Association (AIA). According to GianlucaDiMarzio.com, citing Calvar.it, the ex-designator submitted his resignation on Saturday. His new role as a regular pundit on DAZN is incompatible with AIA rules, which strictly limit what members can say publicly about active officials. Rocchi had previously needed individual permission from the association for each television appearance. He made his debut on DAZN's Sunday night show earlier this month, analysing refereeing decisions, and has chosen to continue with that role rather than remain within the AIA.

The decision comes just weeks after Rocchi was cleared in an investigation that had threatened to rock Italian football. He had been placed under investigation by prosecutors in Milan for alleged complicity in sporting fraud, linked to claims of interference in the VAR room at Lissone. Rocchi suspended himself from his role while the case was ongoing. However, the criminal investigation was dropped. On October 1, the FIGC's federal prosecutor also closed the sporting case, with the backing of CONI's sports prosecutor general. Reports in Italy said there was no evidence of any direct contact, even by phone, between the former referee and club officials.

Source: Yahoo

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2026 – Round of 16 (Matches 37-44)

28 October 2026

Korea DPR – Morocco
Referee: Karen Hernandez MEX (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mayra Mora MEX
Assistant Referee 2: Karla Flores MEX
Fourth Official: Miriama Bockova SVK
Reserve AR: Linda Schmid SUI

Germany – Venezuela
Referee: Deily Gomez CRC
Assistant Referee 1: Iris Vail GUA
Assistant Referee 2: Daiana Milone ARG
Fourth Official: Lara Lee AUS
Reserve AR: Maria Bevilacqua ARG

Argentina – Ghana
Referee: Emanuela Rusta ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Ivona Pejić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Marilena Nan ROU
Fourth Official: Natalie Simon USA
Reserve AR: Camille Soriano FRA

Brazil – Poland
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren CAN
Assistant Referee 1: Melissa Snedden CAN
Assistant Referee 2: Stephanie Yee Sing JAM
Fourth Official: Fabienne Michel GER
Reserve AR: Amina Gutschi AUT

29 October 2026
China – France
Referee: Alejandra Quisbert BOL
Assistant Referee 1: Elizabeth Blanco BOL
Assistant Referee 2: Maria Cabezas BOL
Fourth Official: Vimarest Diaz DOM
Reserve AR: Santa Medina DOM

Nigeria – Mexico
Referee: Miriama Bockova SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Anita Vad HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Tilde Hedberg SWE
Fourth Official: Lara Lee AUS
Reserve AR: Nuannid Donjangreed THA

Japan – Kenya
Referee: Paula Fernandez COL
Assistant Referee 1: Nataly Arteaga COL
Assistant Referee 2: Carolina Vicuna COL
Fourth Official: Natalie Simon USA
Reserve AR: Stasa Spur SVN

Spain – USA
Referee: Dong Fangyu CHN
Assistant Referee 1: Xie Lijun CHN
Assistant Referee 2: Bao Mengxiao CHN
Fourth Official: Oh Hyeon-Jeong KOR 

Reserve AR: Suwida Wongkraisorn THA

IFAB: "Daylight" offside trial unlikely to be extended

Arsene Wenger's "daylight" offside trial is unlikely to be extended after receiving a lack of support at the International Football Association Board's (IFAB) assessment panels on Tuesday. The trial, which sees a player ruled to be onside if any part of the body is level with the second-last opponent, has been operating in the Canadian Premier League (CPL) throughout the year. The regular CPL season finished on Sunday, with mixed results. The IFAB's football and technical panels, made up of former players, coaches and referees, were told that the trial had led to a 54% reduction in offside decisions and 13 additional goals across the 112 matches. But it also resulted in the defensive line retreating three metres across the course of the season. The CPL also trialled Football Video Support - a version of VAR which allows coaches to challenge decisions twice a game. This helped limit the impact of the trial, which would not be possible in most leagues. The biggest impact appeared to be on set-pieces, with defences having to compensate for the advantage of the "daylight" offside.

There was support for a change to the coin toss before a penalty shootout. At present there is a toss to decide which end a penalty is taken from, and then a captain makes a call for choice of first spot-kick. It means the same team can get the advantage of both decisions on a shootout. The planned change would see the captain who wins the toss the choice of ends or first kick, with the opposition skipper automatically getting to decide the other.

There was little support for extending the five-second countdown for throw-ins and goal-kicks to other situations such as free-kicks and corners.

The goalkeeper injury trial currently being using in English football was viewed as a success so far. This sees an outfield player leave the field of play if a goalkeeper goes down for treatment, to try to end the tactical timeout which had become prevalent. It has only been enforced twice in 80 Premier League games so far. One suggestion was a player who claims a head injury in the penalty area and gets up quickly after the referee stops play should not have up stay off the field for one minute.

The technical panels meetings on Tuesday were the first step to potential law changes for the 2027-28 season. Footballs lawmakers are eager not to make too many changes after so many modifications in the summer ahead of the World Cup.

Source: Yahoo

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2026/27 – Group Stage (Matchday 3)

28 October 2026

Bayern München – Real Madrid
Referee: Eleni Antoniou GRE (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Zoi Papadopoulou GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Vasilia Tsiklitari GRE
Fourth Official: Eirini Pingiou GRE
VAR: Athanasios Tzilos GRE
AVAR: Elisa Daupeux FRA
Referee Observer: Lilach Asulin ISR

Servette CH – OH Leuven
Referee: Rasa Grigone LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Irina Pozdejeva LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Ieva Ramanauskiene LTU
Fourth Official: Olivia Tschon AUT
VAR: Donatas Šimenas LTU
AVAR: Riem Hussein GER
Referee Observer: Stéphanie Frappart FRA

Chelsea FCW – AS Roma
Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Iragartze Fernández Esesúmaga ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Eliana Fernández González ESP
Fourth Official: Elisabeth Calvo Valentín ESP
VAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
AVAR: Judit Romano Garcia ESP
Referee Observer: Blaženka Logarušić CRO

Arsenal WFC – SL Benfica
Referee: Ivana Projkovska MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Elena Soklevska-Ilievski MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandra Vargová SVK
Fourth Official: Sabina Bolic CRO
VAR: Momčilo Marković SRB
AVAR: Déborah Anex SUI
Referee Observer: Hilda McDermott IRL

Olympique Lyonnais – Inter Milano
Referee: Lotta Vuorio FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Laura Koskinen FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Heini Hyvönen FIN
Fourth Official: Hanna Laajanen SWE
VAR: Michèle Schmölzer SUI
AVAR: Anojen Kanagasingam SUI
Referee Observer: Emilia Wnuk POL

29 October 2026
Austria Wien – Juventus FC
Referee: Ewa Augustyn POL
Assistant Referee 1: Paulina Baranowska POL
Assistant Referee 2: Julia Bukarowicz POL
Fourth Official: Anna Adamska POL
VAR: Bartosz Frankowski POL
AVAR: Victoria Beyer FRA
Referee Observer: Elke Günther GER

Paris FC – BK Hacken
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Pavleta Rashkova BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Maria-Yoanna Vasileva BUL
Fourth Official: Kristina Georgieva BUL
VAR: Dimitar Dimitrov BUL
AVAR: Jana Adámková CZE
Referee Observer: Svetlana Cebanu MDA

Manchester City – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Alina Peşu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Daniela Constantinescu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Bianca Florea ROU
Fourth Official: Roxana Timiş ROU
VAR: Radu Petrescu ROU
AVAR: Cristina Trandafir ROU
Referee Observer: Sofia Karagiorgi CYP

HB Koge – FC Barcelona
Referee: Olga Blotskaya BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Nargis Magau KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Rachel Greer NIR
Fourth Official: Marina Višnjić-Živković SRB
VAR: Jelena Cvetković SRB
AVAR: Pavle Tomić SRB
Referee Observer: Olga Tanschi MDA