The UEFA Referees Committee approved the referee categories for the first half of the season 2023/2024. The changes take effect on 1 July 2023.
Men
Retired from Elite: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP), Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP).
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Irfan Peljto (BIH, photo), Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP), Glenn Nyberg (SWE).
Demoted from First Category to Second Category: Manuel Schüttengruber (AUT), Fran Jovic (CRO), Ruddy Buquet (FRA), Istvan Vad (HUN), Fabio Verissimo (POR), Ali Palabiyik (TUR), Sergii Boiko (UKR).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Juxhin Xhaja (ALB), Sebastian Gishamer (AUT), Igor Pajac (CRO), Morten Krogh (DEN), Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP), Willy Delajod (FRA), Anastasios Papapetrou (GRE), Balazs Berke (HUN), Manfredas Lukjancukas (LTU), Allard Lindhout (NED), Rohit Saggi (NOR), Antonio Nobre (POR), Mykola Balakin (UKR).
Women
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Frida Klarlund (DEN), Eleni Antoniou (GRE), Maria Ferrieri Caputi (ITA), Ewa Augustyn (POL), Catarina Campos (POR), Alina Pesu (ROU), Jelena Cvetkovic (SRB).
Demoted from First Category to Second Category: Vivian Peeters (NED), Simona Ghisletta (SUI), Melis Ozcigdem (TUR).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Emanuela Rusta (ALB), Merima Celik (BIH), Kristina Georgieva (BUL), Zulema Gonzalez Gonzalez (ESP), Olatz Rivera Olmedo (ESP), Triinu Vaher (EST), Minka Vekkeli (FIN), Alexandra Collin (FRA), Reka Molnar (HUN), Deborah Bianchi (ITA), Michalina Diakow (POL), Ana Terteleac (ROU), Deborah Anex (SUI), Michele Schmolzer (SUI), Gamze Durmus (TUR).
Futsal
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Yiangos Yiangou (CYP), Peter Nurse (ENG), Lars Van Leeuwen (NED), Damian Grabowski (POL), Vlad Ciobanu (ROU), Dejan Veselic (SVN), Denys Kutsyi (UKR).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Martin Koster (DEN), Arttu Kyynaeraeinen (FIN), Talgat Kosmukhambetov (KAZ), Dominycas Norkus (LTU), Joern Te Kloeze (NED), Bogdan Hanceariuc (ROU), Darko Boskovic (SUI), Fatma Tursun (TUR).
