UEFA Women’s Europa Cup 2025/26 – Semi-finals (Second Leg)

2 April 2026

BK Hacken – Eintracht Frankfurt
Referee: Ivana Martinčić CRO (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Maja Petravić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Staša Špur SVN
Fourth Official: Aleksandra Česen SVN

Hammarby IF – Sparta Praha
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Stefania Signorelli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Veronica Martinelli ITA
Fourth Official: Deborah Bianchi ITA

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2025/26 – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)

1 April 2026

Bayern Munchen – Manchester United
Referee: Tess Olofsson SWE (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Almira Spahić SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Tilde Larsson SWE
Fourth Official: Lina Lehtovaara FIN
VAR: Katalin Kulcsár HUN
AVAR: Tamás Bognár HUN
Referee Observer: Ana Minić SRB

Chelsea WFC – Arsenal WFC
Referee: Frida Klarlund DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Monica Lokkeberg NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Linda Schmid SUI
Fourth Official: Désirée Blanco SUI
VAR: Katrin Rafalski GER
AVAR: Benjamin Brand GER
Referee Observer: Paloma Quintero Siles ESP

2 April 2026
FC Barcelona – Real Madrid
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Camille Soriano FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Melissa Rossignol FRA
Fourth Official: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
VAR: Mathieu Vernice FRA
AVAR: Elisa Daupeux FRA
Referee Observer: Regina Konink-Belksma NED

OL Lyonnnes – VfL Wolfsburg
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Eliana Fernández González ESP
Fourth Official: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP
VAR: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
AVAR: Judit Romano Garcia ESP
Referee Observer: Claudine Brohet BEL

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – UEFA (Play-Offs, Finals)

31 March 2026

Path A
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Italy
Referee: Clément Turpin FRA (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pagès FRA
Fourth Official: José Sánchez Martínez ESP
VAR: Jérôme Brisard FRA
AVAR: Willy Delajod FRA
Referee Assessor: Martin Ingvarsson SWE

Path B
Sweden – Poland
Referee: Slavko Vinčić SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič SVN
Fourth Official: Rade Obrenović SVN
VAR: Christian Dingert GER
AVAR: Robert Schröder GER
Referee Assessor: Matteo Trefoloni ITA

Path C
Kosovo – Türkiye
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG
Fourth Official: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
VAR: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
AVAR: Andrew Dallas SCO
Referee Assessor: Herbert Fandel GER

Path D
Czechia – Denmark
Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA
Fourth Official: Marco Guida ITA
VAR: Marco Di Bello ITA
AVAR: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
Referee Assessor: Stefan Johannesson SWE

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – Play-off Tournament (Finals)

Mexico, 31 March 2026

Congo DR – Jamaica
Referee: Facundo Tello ARG (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Belatti ARG
Assistant Referee 2: Gabriel Chade ARG
Fourth Official: Dario Herrera ARG
VAR: Hernan Mastrangelo ARG
AVAR: Juan Soto VEN

Iraq – Bolivia
Referee: Ivan Barton SLV
Assistant Referee 1: David Moran SLV
Assistant Referee 2: Henri Pupiro NCA
Fourth Official: Said Martinez HON
VAR: Tatiana Guzman NCA
AVAR: Guillermo Pacheco MEX

UEFA Nations League 2024/2025 – League C/D Play-Offs (Second Leg)

31 March 2026

Latvia – Gibraltar
Referee: Sandro Schärer SUI (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Susanne Küng SUI
Fourth Official: Luca Cibelli SUI
VAR: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
AVAR: Michèle Schmölzer SUI
Referee Observer: Alain Hamer LUX

Luxembourg – Malta
Referee: Daniel Siebert GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel GER
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER
Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager GER
VAR: Sören Storks GER
AVAR: Johann Pfeifer GER
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz TUR

Marciniak denies the rumors: "I am already training and heading to the World Cup seminar"

Szymon Marciniak was scheduled to referee the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16 match between Liverpool and Galatasaray, but increasing lower back pain forced him to attend the pre-match warm-up at Anfield Road, less than 40 minutes before kick-off, not only with assistant referees Tomasz Listkiewicz and Adam Kupsik, as usual, but also, exceptionally, with Paweł Raczkowski, the fourth official, also a reserve. The pain was so severe that Marciniak decided not to take any chances and swapped roles with the fourth official. About 15-20 minutes before the match, Raczkowski learned that, after five and a half years since his last Champions League group stage match as referee, he was returning to the competition in the same role – suddenly and immediately to the Round of 16. Shortly thereafter, various accounts of Marciniak's absence from Liverpool emerged in the media. Some suggested a recurrence of the injury that forced the referee to undergo surgery late last year, while others suggested a new, more serious injury that would allegedly mean a months-long break from officiating and exclusion from this year's World Cup in the USA, Mexico, and Canada.

"The rumors about my injury, which would keep me out of refereeing for many months, are completely untrue. The truth is that I suffered a lumbar spine injury, which is the only reason I didn't officiate the Liverpool-Galatasaray match. I've already returned to training, albeit lightly for now, and from March 29th to April 3rd, I'll be participating in a FIFA training camp for UEFA World Cup candidates. I'm very keen to participate in my third World Cup, which will be the biggest event of its kind in football history," said Szymon Marciniak, who previously officiated the World Cups in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022. Russia and Qatar each had 32 national teams playing 64 matches, while the USA, Mexico, and Canada – for the first time – will have 48 teams playing 104 matches. This could mean that referees will also be used in more matches than in previous tournaments.

Source: TVP Sport

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – UEFA (Play-Offs, Semi-finals)

26 March 2026

Path A

Italy – Northern Ireland 

Referee: Danny Makkelie NED (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries NED
Fourth Official: Jesus Gil Manzano ESP
VAR: Pol van Boekel NED
AVAR: Jeroen Manschot NED
Referee Assessor: Markus Nobs SUI

Wales – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Istvan Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marica ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU
Fourth Official: Tobias Stieler GER
VAR: Dennis Higler NED
Referee Assessor: Marinus Koopman NED

Path B

Ukraine – Sweden
Referee: Joao Pinheiro POR
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Jesus POR
Assistant Referee 2: Luciano Maia POR
Fourth Official: Erik Lambrechts BEL
VAR: Tiago Martins POR
AVAR: Andre Narciso POR
Referee Assessor: Juan Fernandez Marin ESP

Poland – Albania
Referee: Anthony Taylor ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn ENG
Fourth Official: Donatas Rumsas LTU
VAR: Jarred Gillett ENG
AVAR: Michael Salisbury ENG
Referee Assessor: Costas Kapitanis CYP

Path C

Türkiye – Romania
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Benoît Bastien FRA

VAR: Willy Delajod FRA

AVAR: Jérôme Brisard FRA

Referee Assessor: Elmir Pilav BIH

Slovakia – Kosovo
Referee: Espen Eskas NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Engan NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Isaak Bashevkin NOR
Fourth Official: Nicholas Walsh SCO
VAR: Rob Dieperink NED
AVAR: Clay Ruperti NED
Referee Assessor: Lucilio Batista POR

Path D

Denmark – North Macedonia
Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
Assistant Referee 2: Dominik Schaal GER
Fourth Official: Daniel Siebert GER
VAR: Bastian Dankert GER
AVAR: Sascha Stegemann GER
Referee Assessor: William Young SCO

Czechia – Ireland
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Halil Umut Meler TUR
VAR: Bram Van Driessche BEL
AVAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez ESP
Referee Assessor: Stefan Messner AUT

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – Play-off Tournament (Semi-finals)

Mexico, 26 March 2026

Bolivia – Suriname
Referee: Alireza Faghani AUS (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: George Lakrindis AUS
Assistant Referee 2: James Lindsay AUS
Fourth Official: Mustapha Ghorbal ALG
VAR: Fedayi San SUI
AVAR: Ivan Bebek CRO

New Caledonia – Jamaica
Referee: Gustavo Tejera URU
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Taran URU
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Barreiro URU
Fourth Official: Cristian Garay CHI
VAR: Juan Lara CHI 

AVAR: Antonio Garcia URU

FIFA World Cup 2026: Hernandez (ESP) added last-minute to the pre-selected referees list

Originally planned for 2-6 March 2026 in Dubai (UAE), the last seminar for UEFA pre-selected referees was rescheduled in Viareggio (Italy), with the participants divided in two groups due to the World Cup Qualifiers.

Group 1 (24-27 March 2026)

1. Michael Oliver (ENG, 1985)

2. Clement Turpin (FRA, 1982)

3. Maurizio Mariani (ITA, 1982)

4. Slavko Vincic (SVN, 1979)

5. Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP, 1982)

6. Jose Sanchez Martinez (ESP, 1983)

7. Sandro Schärer (SUI, 1988)

Group 2 (30 March - 2 April 2026)

1. Irfan Peljto (BIH, 1984)

2. Anthony Taylor (ENG, 1978)

3. Francois Letexier (FRA, 1989)

4. Felix Zwayer (GER, 1981)

5. Danny Makkelie (NED, 1983)

6. Espen Eskas (NOR, 1988)

7. Szymon Marciniak (POL, 1981)

8. Joao Pinheiro (POR, 1988)

9. Istvan Kovacs (ROU, 1984)

10. Glenn Nyberg (SWE, 1988)

UEFA Nations League 2024/2025 – League C/D Play-Offs (First Leg)

26 March 2026

Gibraltar – Latvia
Referee: Ivan Kružliak SVK (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Ján Pozor SVK
Fourth Official: Michal Očenáš SVK
VAR: Michael Fabbri ITA
AVAR: Valerio Marini ITA
Referee Observer: Pawel Gil POL

Malta – Luxembourg
Referee: Irfan Peljto BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo BIH
Fourth Official: Miloš Gigović BIH
VAR: Matej Jug SVN
AVAR: Mario Zebec CRO
Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold NOR