The UEFA Referees Committee approved the referee categories for the second half of the season 2023/2024. The changes take effect on 1 January 2024.
Men
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Marco Guida (ITA), Espen Eskas (NOR, photo).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Urs Schnyder (SUI).
Retired/removed from Second Category: Manuel Schüttengruber (AUT), Rauf Jabarov (AZE), Georgi Davidov (BUL), Tomaš Klima (CZE), Jan Machalek (CZE), Peter Kjaersgaard (DEN), Antti Munukka (FIN), Petri Viljanen (FIN), Karim Abed (FRA), Benoît Millot (FRA), Kari a Hovdanum (FRO), Stefanos Koumparakis (GRE), Adam Farkas (HUN), Ferenc Karako (HUN), Neil Doyle (IRL), Michael Fabbri (ITA), Artyom Kuchin (KAZ), Jochem Kamphuis (NED), Andrew Davey (NIR), Krzysztof Jakubik (POL), Tomasz Musial (POL), Vitor Ferreira (POR), Kevin Clancy (SCO), Lazar Lukic (SRB), Milan Stefanovic (SRB), Nejc Kajtazovic (SVN), Bojan Pandzic (SWE), Kaspar Sjöberg (SWE), Erkan Ozdamar (TUR), Ali Palabiyik (TUR), Yasar Ugurlu (TUR), Sergii Boiko (UKR).
Women referees added to men’s Second Category: Maria Ferrieri Caputi (ITA), Ivana Projkovska (MKD), Iuliana Demetrescu (ROU), Esther Staubli (SUI).
New FIFA referees entered into Second Category: Florian Lata (ALB), Alan Kijas (AUT), Kamal Umudlu (AZE), Georgi Ginchev (BUL), Dalibor Černy (CZE), Ladislav Szikszay (CZE), Jakob Carlsen (DEN), Javier Alberola Rojas (ESP), Alejandro Muniz Ruiz (ESP), Peiman Simani (FIN), Bastien Dechepy (FRA), Eric Wattellier (FRA), Heini Vidoy (FRO), Christos Vergetis (GRE), Bence Csonka (HUN), Mihaly Kapraly (HUN), Kevin O'Sullivan (IRL), Andrea Colombo (ITA), Rustam Omarov (KAZ), Marc Nagtegaal (NED), Benjamin McMaster (NIR), Damian Kos (POL), Lukasz Kuzma (POL), Claudio Pereira (POR), Matthew MacDermid (SCO), Michele Beltrano (SMR), Pavle Ilić (SRB), Danilo Nikolić (SRB), Martin Matoša (SVN), Granit Maqedonci (SWE), Joakim Östling (SWE), Zorbay Küçük (TUR), Kadir Saglam (TUR), Bahattin Şimşek (TUR), Dmytro Kubriak (UKR), Dmytro Panchyshyn (UKR).
Women
Retired/removed from Elite: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS).
Retired/removed from First Category: Maria Martinez Madrona (ESP).
Demoted from First Category to Second Category: Triinu Vaher (EST).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Kirsty Dowle (ENG), Fabienne Michel (GER), Franziska Wildfeuer (GER), Silvia Gasperotti (ITA).
Retired/removed from Second Category: Mirela Cemeri (ALB), Maria Ennsgraber (AUT), Viki De Cremer (BEL), Tanja Racic (BIH), Maryia Buiko (BLR), Lisa Benn (ENG), Claire Purcell (IRL), Vivian Peeters (NED), Cristina Trandafir (ROU), Simona Ghisletta (SUI), Neslihan Muratdagi (TUR), Liudmyla Telbukh (UKR), Kateryna Usova (UKR).
New FIFA referees entered into Second Category: Eglantina Pjetrushaj (ALB), Kathrin Huber (AUT), Vesna Miletic (BIH), Emily Heaslip (ENG), Eugenia Gil Soriano (ESP), Mzevinari Sharashanidze (GEO), Ugne Smitaite (LTU), Joanna Vassallo (MLT), Wendy Gijsbers (NED), Karoline Jensen (NOR), Roxana Timis (ROU), Karina Afanaseva (RUS), Milica Milovanović (SRB), Laura Mauricio (SUI), Melek Dakan (TUR), Kristina Kozoroh (UKR), Sofiya Prychyna (UKR), Charlotte Carpenter (WAL).
Futsal
Demoted from Elite to First Category: Lukas Pesko (SVK), Admir Zahovic (SVN).
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Pablo Delgado Sastre (ESP), Julien Lang (FRA), Dominykas Norkus (LTU), Viktor Bugenko (MDA), Telmen Undrakh (NOR), Ruben Santos (POR), Bogdan Hanceariuc (ROU).
Retired/removed from First Category: Tomasz Frak (POL), Iuri Neverov (RUS).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Mislav Dzeko (CRO), Maximilian Alkofer (GER), Besar Beqiri (KOS), Besart Ismajli (KOS), Dag Tangvik (NOR), Monica Czudzinovicz (POL), Ademir Avdic (SWE), David Glavonjic (SWE), George Jansizian (SWE), Mariia Myslovska (UKR).
Retired/removed from Second Category: Maksim Dzeikala (BLR), Anatol Ustsuizhanin (BLR), Mark Patchell (IRL), Idan Elmalem (ISR), Mariia Glekova (ISR), Vedran Marcinko (KOS), Nikola Tadic (KOS), Steve Ribeiro (LUX), Eduards Fatkulins (LVA), Done Ristovski (MKD), Nebojsa Panic (SRB), Carl Hughes (WAL).
New FIFA referees entered into Second Category: Aliaksandr Auramau (BLR), Maryia Kacheyeva (BLR), Yahueni Zhalabkou (BLR), Marijana Orešić (CRO), Sara Gutierrez Echeverria (ESP), Noelia Gutierrez Munoz (ESP), Adam Czene-Joo (HUN), Ofer Grosfeld (ISR), Simone Zanfino (ITA), Nurlybek Kalimaganbetov (KAZ), Sergejs Sacmans (LVA), Andrea Naudi (MLT), Dominik Cipinski (POL), Filipa Prata (POR), Ilya Pogonin (RUS), Laurentiu Ilie (SMR), Jasmina Mickoska (SRB), Srdjan Mihajlovic (SRB), Elwyn Parry (WAL).
