The UEFA Referees Committee approved the referee categories for the second half of the season 2022/2023. The changes took effect on 1 January 2023.
Men
Retired from Elite: Deniz Aytekin (GER), Cuneyt Cakir (TUR).
Retired/removed from First Category: Ivan Bebek (CRO), Mattias Gestranius (FIN), Robert Madden (SCO), Ievgenii Aranovskyi (UKR), Sergii Boiko (UKR).
Retired/removed from Second Category: Christopher Jager (AUT), Alexandre Boucaut (BEL), Nicolas Laforge (BEL), Ivaylo Stoyanov (BUL), Mario Zebec (CRO), Vasilis Dimitriou (CYP), Nikolas Neokleous (CYP), Loukas Sotiriou (CYP), Ondrej Pechanec (CZE), Jorgen Burchardt (DEN), Peter Bankes (ENG), David Coote (ENG), Paul Tierney (ENG), Kaarlo Hamalainen (FIN), Alex Troleis (FRO), Massimiliano Irrati (ITA), Besfort Kasumi (KOS), Alain Durieux (LUX), Laurent Kopriwa (LUX), Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA), Veaceslav Banari (MDA), Dejan Jakimovski (MKD), Tore Hansen (NOR), Svein Moen (NOR), Pavel Kukuian (RUS), Aleksei Matiunin (RUS), Luca Zani (SMR), Zorbay Kucuk (TUR).
Women referees added to men’s Second Category: Ivana Martincic (CRO, photo), Cheryl Foster (WAL).
New FIFA referees entered into Second Category: Antoine Chiaramonti (AND), Stefan Ebner (AUT), Antoni Bandic (BIH), Radoslav Gidzhenov (BUL), Ante Culina (CRO), Patrik Kolaric (CRO), Menelaos Antoniou (CYP), Andreas Argyrou (CYP), Kyriakos Athanasiou (CYP), Marek Radina (CZE), Dominik Stary (CZE), Mikkel Redder (DEN), John Brooks (ENG), Jarred Gillett (ENG), Robert Jones (ENG), Oliver Reitala (FIN), Pierre Gaillouste (FRA), Johan Ellefsen (FRO), Robert Schroder (GER), Simone Sozza (ITA), Mervan Bejtullahu (KOS), Jeremy Muller (LUX), Ivo Torres (LUX), Edgars Malcevs (LVA), Roman Jitari (MDA), Jovan Kachevski (MKD), Sivert Amland (NOR), Mahammad Aslam (NOR), Artem Liubimov (RUS), Pavel Shadykhanov (RUS), David Dickinson (SCO), Milan Stefanovic (SRB), Attila Karaoglan (TUR), Erkan Ozdamar (TUR).
Women
Retired from Elite: Olga Zadinova (CZE), Sara Persson (SWE).
Retired from First Category: Tanja Subotic (SVN).
Retired from Second Category: Maria Krcova (SVK).
New FIFA referees entered into Second Category: Jana Van Laere (BEL), Michaela Pachtova (CZE), Nanna Andersen (DEN), Lotta Vuorio (FIN), Audrey Gerbel (FRA), Teona Sturua (GEO), Eirini Pingiou (GRE), Rita Vehapi (KOS), Elena Gobjila (MDA), Filipa Cunha (POR), Vanja Jankovic (SVN), Tjasa Misja (SVN), Maral Mirzai (SWE).
Futsal
Retired from Elite: Borislav Kolev (BUL).
Retired from First Category: Moshe Bohbot (ISR).
Retired from Second Category: Arman Alaberkyan (ARM), Alem Bajrovic (BIH), Igor Puzovic (BIH), Josip Dujmic (CRO), Aurelien Uzan (FRA), Sarunas Tamulynas (LTU), Michael Lima (LUX), Clinton Cassar (MLT), Omar Rafiq (NOR), Dominik Cipinski (POL), Katarzyna Netkowska (POL), Daniel Deca (ROU), Haris Curovac (SWE), Murat Colak (TUR), Yaroslav Vovchok (UKR).
New FIFA referees entered into Second Category: Gevorg Yeghoyan (ARM), Vedran Marcinko (KOS), Nikola Tadic (KOS), Ivan Ivanov (BUL), Dino Kramar (CRO), Larisa Avramidou (CYP), Alice Vevodova (CZE), Daniel Sorensen (DEN), Oliver Rodriguez (ENG), Jordan Faltesse (FRA), Mark Patchell (IRL), Idan Elmalem (ISR), Martina Piccolo (ITA), Irmantas Kaprasovas (LTU), Steve Ribeiro (LUX), Dag Tangvik (NOR), Pawel Tokarewicz (POL), Laurentiu Deaconu (ROU), Kastriot Gerxhaliu (SWE), Hakan Tezcan (TUR), Orest Dutsiak (UKR).
