The UEFA Referees Committee approved the referee categories for the second half of the season 2025/2026. The changes will take effect on 1 January 2026.
Men
Retired from Elite: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE, 1979).
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Erik Lambrechts (BEL, 1984), Christopher Kavanagh (ENG, 1985), Sven Jablonski (GER, 1990, photo), Donatas Rumšas (LTU, 1988), Nicolas Walsh (SCO, 1990), Rade Obrenović (SVN, 1990).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Jasper Vergoote (BEL, 1992), Radoslav Gidzhenov (BUL, 1991), Patrik Kolarić (CRO, 1995), Javier Alberola Rojas (ESP, 1991), Jérémie Pignard (FRA, 1987), Daniel Schlager (GER, 1989), Robert Hennessy (IRL, 1990), Andrea Colombo (ITA, 1990), Edgars Malcevs (LVA, 1992), Ishmael Barbara (MLT, 1993), Miloš Milanović (SRB, 1993), Michal Očenaš (SVK, 1991), Martin Matoša (SVN, 1995), Oleksii Derevinskiy (UKR, 1989).
Women
Promoted from First Category to Elite: Emanuela Rusta (ALB, 1993).
Promoted from Second Category to First Category: Emily Heaslip (ENG, 1993), Anastasia Mylopoulou (GRE, 1991), Martina Molinaro (ITA, 1994), Eugenia Gil Soriano (ESP, 1996), Tatyana Sorokopudova (KAZ, 1990), Karoline Jensen (NOR, 1993), Filipa Cunha (POR, 1992), Milica Milovanović (SRB, 1997), Vanja Janković (SVN, 1995), Sofiya Prychyna (UKR, 1998).
