The UEFA Referees Committee has announced the referee team appointments for the 2024 UEFA club competition finals which, with Slavko Vinčić, Istvan Kovacs and Artur Soares Dias, also features three of the referees nominated for UEFA Euro 2024.
The UEFA Referees Committee has appointed Slavko Vinčić from Slovenia to referee the 2024 UEFA Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid CF, which takes place at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on Saturday 1 June at 21:00 CEST (20:00 local time). The 44-year-old, an international referee since 2010, will be officiating his second UEFA club competition final after his appointment as the referee for the 2022 UEFA Europa League final in Seville, Spain, between Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers FC. He has refereed seven UEFA Champions League matches this season, including the quarter-final second leg between Borussia Dortmund and Club Atlético de Madrid.
1 June 2024
Borussia Dortmund – Real Madrid
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
Fourth Official: François Letexier (FRA)
Reserve AR: Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
VAR: Nejc Kajtazović (SVN)
AVAR: Rade Obrenović (SVN)
SVAR: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)
Istvan Kovacs will referee the 2024 UEFA Europa League final between Atalanta BC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen, to be played at Dublin Arena in the Republic of Ireland, on Wednesday 22 May at 21:00 CEST (20:00 local time). An international referee since 2010, the 39-year-old Romanian has taken charge of eight UEFA Champions League matches and one UEFA Europa League match this season. This will be his second European club competition final as a referee after having officiated AS Roma against Feyenoord in the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final in Tirana, Albania.
22 May 2024
Atalanta – Bayer Leverkusen
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Ivan Kruzliak (SVK)
Reserve AR: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
VAR: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR: Catalin Popa (ROU)
SVAR: Rob Dieperink (NED)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)
The UEFA Referees Committee has revealed that Artur Soares Dias of Portugal will referee the 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final between Olympiakos FC and ACF Fiorentina, to be played at the AEK Arena in Athens, Greece on Wednesday 29 May at 21:00 CEST (22:00 local time). The Portuguese has been an international referee since 2010 and will be taking charge of his first UEFA club competition final. This season the 44-year-old has officiated four UEFA Champions League matches and two UEFA Europa League matches, including the UEFA Europa League quarter-final first leg between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and West Ham United FC.
29 May 2024
Olympiakos FC – ACF Fiorentina
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Paulo Soares (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Ribeiro (POR)
Fourth Official: Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Reserve AR: Mahbod Beigi (SWE)
VAR: Tiago Martins (POR)
AVAR: Christian Dingert (GER)
SVAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
Referee Observer: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
The UEFA Referees Committee has also announced that Rebecca Welch will referee the 2024 UEFA Women’s Champions League final between FC Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnais, to be played at San Mames Stadium in Bilbao, Spain, on Saturday 25 May at 18:00 CEST. An international referee since 2015, the 40-year-old, from England, will take charge of her first UEFA Women’s Champions League final. This season, she has refereed six UEFA Women’s Champions League matches, including the quarter-final second leg between Paris Saint-Germain and BK Häcken FF. She was also appointed as 4th official at last season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League final between FC Barcelona and VfL Wolfsburg in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
25 May 2024
FC Barcelona – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Rebecca Welch (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Natalie Aspinall (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Emily Carney (ENG)
Fourth Official: Ivana Martinčić (CRO)
Reserve AR: Sanja Rodjak-Karšić (CRO)
VAR: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
AVAR: Katrin Rafalski (GER)
SVAR: Katalin Kulcsar (HUN)
Referee Observer: Dagmar Damkova (CZE)