UEFA Youth League 2026/2027 – Domestic Champions Path, Round 2 (Second Leg)

3 November 2026 

FC Salzburg – KRC Genk

Referee: Danilo Nikolić SRB (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Šutulović SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Novak Novaković SRB
Fourth Official: Samuel Sampl AUT
Referee Observer: Vladimir Medved SVK

Maccabi Tel Aviv – FC Zurich
Referee: Bolat Sariev KAZ
Assistant Referee 1: Iurii Tihoniuk KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Dmitrii Belogradov KAZ
Fourth Official: Bence Hanyecz HUN
Referee Observer: Zoltán Szarka HUN

Goztepe – Alkmaar
Referee: Szabolcs Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Ionuț Neacșu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Nicușor Marin ROU
Fourth Official: Muhammet Çopur TUR
Referee Observer: Babak Quliyev AZE

4 November 2026
Qairat FK – MTK Budapest
Referee: Tural Qurbanov AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Cəmil Quliyev AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Müslüm Aliyev AZE
Fourth Official: Kirill Tkatşev KAZ

PFC Sofia – AC Fiorentina
Referee: Vilius Paulauskas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Simas Kartočius LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Edvardas Korotkovas LTU
Fourth Official: Mariyan Grebencharski BUL

GNK Dinamo – Qarabag FK
Referee: Loic Thomas LUX
Assistant Referee 1: Rafael Morim LUX
Assistant Referee 2: Kevin Stammet LUX
Fourth Official: Filip Dragašević CRO

Pafos FC – SL Benfica
Referee: Aaron O’Dowd IRL
Assistant Referee 1: Conor Harkin IRL
Assistant Referee 2: Endrit Malaveci IRL
Fourth Official: Constantínos Chrístou CYP

Chelsea FC – Flora Tallinn
Referee: David Dickinson SCO
Assistant Referee 1: David McGeachie SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Jonathan Bell SCO
Fourth Official: Isaac Searle ENG

Crvena Zvezda – NK Bravo
Referee: Ihor Šumilau BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Dzmitryj Žuk BLR
Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Arabiej BLR
Fourth Official: Darko Jeknić SRB

FC Copenhagen – Dinamo Tbilisi
Referee: Aléxandros Tsakalídis GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Polychrónis Kostarás GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Ioánnis Karangizópoulos GRE
Fourth Official: Svend Kristensen DEN

PAOK Thessaloniki – Zrinjski Mostar
Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Iñigo Prieto López ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Gonzalo García González ESP
Fourth Official: Geórgios Kókkinos GRE

MŠK Žilina – HJK Helsinki
Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Brice Le Tellier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Thomas Luczynski FRA
Fourth Official: Filip Malárik SVK

Super Nova – Hammarby IF
Referee: Márton Rúsz HUN
Assistant Referee 1: Theodoros Georgiou HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Nagy HUN
Fourth Official: Vasilijs Mordatenko LVA

Sheriff Tiraspol – Farul Constanta
Referee: Antoine Chiaramonti AND
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Gonçalves AND
Assistant Referee 2: Guillem Miarnau AND
Fourth Official: Andrei Breguța MDA

Hradec Kralove – FK Partizani
Referee: Alex Johnson MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Kurt Saliba MLT
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Ciantar MLT
Fourth Official: Jan Beneš CZE

FK Žalgiris – St. Patrick AFC
Referee: Klym Zabroda UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Valentyn Kutsev UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Vitaliy Skoblya UKR
Fourth Official: Egidijus Amšiejus LTU

TSG Hoffenheim – Brera Strumica
Referee: Snir Levi ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Peleg Atzmon ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Elad Zoler ISR
Fourth Official: Patrick Schwengers GER

Clermont FC – Legia Warszawa
Referee: David Silva POR
Assistant Referee 1: Tiago Costa POR
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Campos POR
Fourth Official: Rémi Landry FRA

Rangers FC – Dynamo Kyiv
Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Bastien Lengacher SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Claudio Dos Santos SUI
Fourth Official: Lewis Hogarth SCO

Cardiff Met – Stabaek FC
Referee: Dominik Stary CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Petr Kotalík CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Beneš CZE
Fourth Official: Jordan Harman WAL

UEFA Youth League 2026/2027 – Group Stage (Matchday 4)

3 November 2026

Galatasaray – VfB Stuttgart

Referee: Luca Zufferli ITA (photo)

Assistant Referee 1: Andrea Zezza ITA

Assistant Referee 2: Glauco Zanellati ITA

Fourth Official: Berat Taşkesen TUR
Referee Observer: Halis Özkahya TUR

Bodo Glimt – LOSC Lille
Referee: Martin Velikov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Hristo Hadzhiyski BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Krasimir Atanasov BUL
Fourth Official: Martin Berg NOR
Referee Observer: Knut Kircher GER

Villarreal CF – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Kamal Umudlu AZE
Assistant Referee 1: Vüsal Mammadov AZE
Assistant Referee 2: Rahman Imami AZE
Fourth Official: Borja Guijarro Colomer ESP
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO

Shakhtar Donetsk – Sporting CP
Referee: Arnes Talic AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Amar Rekik AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Johannes Stögerer AUT
Fourth Official: James Durkin ENG
Referee Observer: Kevin Parry WAL

Manchester United – AS Roma
Referee: Jacob Karlsen DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Markus DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Cortzen DEN
Fourth Official: Richard Aspinall ENG
Referee Observer: Simon Evans WAL

Feyenoord – Inter Milano
Referee: Menélaos Antoníou CYP
Assistant Referee 1: Giórgos Kondemeniótis CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Evagóras Evagórou CYP
Fourth Official: Erwin Blank NED
Referee Observer: Luc Wouters BEL

LASK Linz – Slovan Bratislava
Referee: Mateo Tozan SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Jamnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Ermin Sašivarević SVN
Fourth Official: Manuel Baumann AUT
Referee Observer: Robert Sedlacek AUT

FC Barcelona – Aston Villa
Referee: Fótios Polychrónis GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Lázaros Dimitriádis GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Ioánnis Minoúdis GRE
Fourth Official: David López Jiménez ESP
Referee Observer: Luis Teixeira AND

Atletico de Madrid – Bayern Munchen
Referee: Mathieu Vernice FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Steven Torregrossa FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Florian Araujo FRA
Fourth Official: Luis Morona del Campo ESP
Referee Observer: Andrejs Sipailo LVA

4 November 2026
AEK Athens – Real Madrid
Referee: Rareș Vidican ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Ioan Corb ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Cristi Ilinca ROU
Fourth Official: Michaíl Matsoúkas GRE

Fenerbahce – Liverpool FC
Referee: Andreu Simarro AND
Assistant Referee 1: Heitor Viana AND
Assistant Referee 2: Eithan Martínez AND
Fourth Official: Emrullah Baydar TUR
Referee Observer: Erol Ersoy TUR

FC Porto – SSC Napoli
Referee: Florian Lata ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Taulant Kasa ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Xhulio Mani ALB

Viking FK – Sabah FK
Referee: Lasse Graagaard DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Esad Deronjic DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Jakob Mastrup DEN
Fourth Official: Mischa Kellerhals NOR

PSV Eindhoven – Club Brugge
Referee: Mateo Erceg CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Alen Jakšić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Stipe Brajković CRO
Fourth Official: Rick Sturm NED

Slavia Praha – Arsenal FC
Referee: Artem Gasparyan ARM
Assistant Referee 1: Khachatur Hovhannisyan ARM
Assistant Referee 2: Vanik Simonyan ARM
Fourth Official: Jakub Wulkan CZE

RC Lens – Como FC
Referee: Matthew McDermid SCO
Assistant Referee 1: Christopher Rae SCO
Assistant Referee 2: Ross Anderson SCO
Fourth Official: Guillaume Paradis FRA

RB Leipzig – Manchester City
Referee: Constantínos Fellás CYP
Assistant Referee 1: María Christodoúlou CYP
Assistant Referee 2: Stéfanos Anastasíou CYP
Fourth Official: Eric Weisbach GER

Borussia Dortmund – Real Betis
Referee: Wojciech Myć POL
Assistant Referee 1: Bartosz Heinig POL
Assistant Referee 2: Maciej Majewski POL
Fourth Official: Felix Weller GER

FIFA U-15 World Festival Final 2026: Agayev (AZE)

30 October 2026

Final
Czechia – Spain
Referee: Aliyar Agayev AZE

CAF Women’s Champions League 2026

Egypt, 1–15 November 2026

Referees
1. Awa Ilboudo BFA
2. Suavis Iratunga BDI (photo)
3. Innocentia Ntangti CMR
4. Natacha Konan CIV
5. Josephine Wanjiru KEN
6. Yacine Samassa MTN
7. Zakia El Grini MAR
8. Eunice Akintoye NGA
9. Aline Umutoni RWA
10. Aminata Fullah SLE
11. Vincentia Amedome TOG
12. Shamirah Nabadda UGA

Assistant Referees
1. Carine Atezambong CMR
2. Yara Atef EGY
3. Mary Njoroge KEN
4. Bernadettar Kwimbira MWI
5. Eveline Lungameni NAM
6. Diana Chikotesha ZAM

Video Match Officials
1. Eness Gumbo MWI
2. Maria Rivet MRI
3. Salima Mukansanga RWA
4. Akhona Makalima RSA
5. Letticia Viana SWZ
6. Dorsaf Ganouati TUN

Referee Assessors/Instructors
1. Lidya Tafesse ETH
2. Janny Sikazwe ZAM
3. Mohamed Guezzaz MAR
4. Hayam Baraka EGY

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2026 – Quarter-finals

1 November 2026

Ghana – Japan
Referee: Vimarest Diaz DOM (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Melissa Nicholas TRI
Assistant Referee 2: Daiana Milone ARG
Fourth Official: Karen Hernandez MEX
Reserve AR: Maria Bevilacqua ARG

Korea DPR – USA
Referee: Lara Lee AUS
Assistant Referee 1: Nuannid Donjangreed THA
Assistant Referee 2: Nicoleta Bria ENG
Fourth Official: Fabienne Michel GER
Reserve AR: Camille Soriano FRA

China – Brazil
Referee: Natalie Simon USA
Assistant Referee 1: Katarzyna Wasiak USA
Assistant Referee 2: Kali Smith USA
Fourth Official: Caroline Lanssens BEL
Reserve AR: Linda Schmid SUI

Nigeria – Venezuela
Referee: Oh Hyeon-Jeong KOR
Assistant Referee 1: Suwida Wongkraisorn THA
Assistant Referee 2: Ramina Tsoi KGZ
Fourth Official: Carly Shaw-MacLaren CAN
Reserve AR: Anita Vad HUN

Rocchi resigns from AIA to continue with DAZN

Former Serie A and Serie B referee chief Gianluca Rocchi has resigned from the Italian Referees' Association (AIA). According to GianlucaDiMarzio.com, citing Calvar.it, the ex-designator submitted his resignation on Saturday. His new role as a regular pundit on DAZN is incompatible with AIA rules, which strictly limit what members can say publicly about active officials. Rocchi had previously needed individual permission from the association for each television appearance. He made his debut on DAZN's Sunday night show earlier this month, analysing refereeing decisions, and has chosen to continue with that role rather than remain within the AIA.

The decision comes just weeks after Rocchi was cleared in an investigation that had threatened to rock Italian football. He had been placed under investigation by prosecutors in Milan for alleged complicity in sporting fraud, linked to claims of interference in the VAR room at Lissone. Rocchi suspended himself from his role while the case was ongoing. However, the criminal investigation was dropped. On October 1, the FIGC's federal prosecutor also closed the sporting case, with the backing of CONI's sports prosecutor general. Reports in Italy said there was no evidence of any direct contact, even by phone, between the former referee and club officials.

Source: Yahoo

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2026 – Round of 16 (Matches 37-44)

28 October 2026

Korea DPR – Morocco
Referee: Karen Hernandez MEX (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Mayra Mora MEX
Assistant Referee 2: Karla Flores MEX
Fourth Official: Miriama Bockova SVK
Reserve AR: Linda Schmid SUI

Germany – Venezuela
Referee: Deily Gomez CRC
Assistant Referee 1: Iris Vail GUA
Assistant Referee 2: Daiana Milone ARG
Fourth Official: Lara Lee AUS
Reserve AR: Maria Bevilacqua ARG

Argentina – Ghana
Referee: Emanuela Rusta ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Ivona Pejić CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Marilena Nan ROU
Fourth Official: Natalie Simon USA
Reserve AR: Camille Soriano FRA

Brazil – Poland
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren CAN
Assistant Referee 1: Melissa Snedden CAN
Assistant Referee 2: Stephanie Yee Sing JAM
Fourth Official: Fabienne Michel GER
Reserve AR: Amina Gutschi AUT

29 October 2026
China – France
Referee: Alejandra Quisbert BOL
Assistant Referee 1: Elizabeth Blanco BOL
Assistant Referee 2: Maria Cabezas BOL
Fourth Official: Vimarest Diaz DOM
Reserve AR: Santa Medina DOM

Nigeria – Mexico
Referee: Miriama Bockova SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Anita Vad HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Tilde Hedberg SWE
Fourth Official: Lara Lee AUS
Reserve AR: Nuannid Donjangreed THA

Japan – Kenya
Referee: Paula Fernandez COL
Assistant Referee 1: Nataly Arteaga COL
Assistant Referee 2: Carolina Vicuna COL
Fourth Official: Natalie Simon USA
Reserve AR: Stasa Spur SVN

Spain – USA
Referee: Dong Fangyu CHN
Assistant Referee 1: Xie Lijun CHN
Assistant Referee 2: Bao Mengxiao CHN
Fourth Official: Oh Hyeon-Jeong KOR 

Reserve AR: Suwida Wongkraisorn THA

IFAB: "Daylight" offside trial unlikely to be extended

Arsene Wenger's "daylight" offside trial is unlikely to be extended after receiving a lack of support at the International Football Association Board's (IFAB) assessment panels on Tuesday. The trial, which sees a player ruled to be onside if any part of the body is level with the second-last opponent, has been operating in the Canadian Premier League (CPL) throughout the year. The regular CPL season finished on Sunday, with mixed results. The IFAB's football and technical panels, made up of former players, coaches and referees, were told that the trial had led to a 54% reduction in offside decisions and 13 additional goals across the 112 matches. But it also resulted in the defensive line retreating three metres across the course of the season. The CPL also trialled Football Video Support - a version of VAR which allows coaches to challenge decisions twice a game. This helped limit the impact of the trial, which would not be possible in most leagues. The biggest impact appeared to be on set-pieces, with defences having to compensate for the advantage of the "daylight" offside.

There was support for a change to the coin toss before a penalty shootout. At present there is a toss to decide which end a penalty is taken from, and then a captain makes a call for choice of first spot-kick. It means the same team can get the advantage of both decisions on a shootout. The planned change would see the captain who wins the toss the choice of ends or first kick, with the opposition skipper automatically getting to decide the other.

There was little support for extending the five-second countdown for throw-ins and goal-kicks to other situations such as free-kicks and corners.

The goalkeeper injury trial currently being using in English football was viewed as a success so far. This sees an outfield player leave the field of play if a goalkeeper goes down for treatment, to try to end the tactical timeout which had become prevalent. It has only been enforced twice in 80 Premier League games so far. One suggestion was a player who claims a head injury in the penalty area and gets up quickly after the referee stops play should not have up stay off the field for one minute.

The technical panels meetings on Tuesday were the first step to potential law changes for the 2027-28 season. Footballs lawmakers are eager not to make too many changes after so many modifications in the summer ahead of the World Cup.

Source: Yahoo

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2026/27 – Group Stage (Matchday 3)

28 October 2026

Bayern München – Real Madrid
Referee: Eleni Antoniou GRE (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Zoi Papadopoulou GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Vasilia Tsiklitari GRE
Fourth Official: Eirini Pingiou GRE
VAR: Athanasios Tzilos GRE
AVAR: Elisa Daupeux FRA
Referee Observer: Lilach Asulin ISR

Servette CH – OH Leuven
Referee: Rasa Grigone LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Irina Pozdejeva LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Ieva Ramanauskiene LTU
Fourth Official: Olivia Tschon AUT
VAR: Donatas Šimenas LTU
AVAR: Riem Hussein GER
Referee Observer: Stéphanie Frappart FRA

Chelsea FCW – AS Roma
Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Iragartze Fernández Esesúmaga ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Eliana Fernández González ESP
Fourth Official: Elisabeth Calvo Valentín ESP
VAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
AVAR: Judit Romano Garcia ESP
Referee Observer: Blaženka Logarušić CRO

Arsenal WFC – SL Benfica
Referee: Ivana Projkovska MKD
Assistant Referee 1: Elena Soklevska-Ilievski MKD
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandra Vargová SVK
Fourth Official: Sabina Bolic CRO
VAR: Momčilo Marković SRB
AVAR: Déborah Anex SUI
Referee Observer: Hilda McDermott IRL

Olympique Lyonnais – Inter Milano
Referee: Lotta Vuorio FIN
Assistant Referee 1: Laura Koskinen FIN
Assistant Referee 2: Heini Hyvönen FIN
Fourth Official: Hanna Laajanen SWE
VAR: Michèle Schmölzer SUI
AVAR: Anojen Kanagasingam SUI
Referee Observer: Emilia Wnuk POL

29 October 2026
Austria Wien – Juventus FC
Referee: Ewa Augustyn POL
Assistant Referee 1: Paulina Baranowska POL
Assistant Referee 2: Julia Bukarowicz POL
Fourth Official: Anna Adamska POL
VAR: Bartosz Frankowski POL
AVAR: Victoria Beyer FRA
Referee Observer: Elke Günther GER

Paris FC – BK Hacken
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Pavleta Rashkova BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Maria-Yoanna Vasileva BUL
Fourth Official: Kristina Georgieva BUL
VAR: Dimitar Dimitrov BUL
AVAR: Jana Adámková CZE
Referee Observer: Svetlana Cebanu MDA

Manchester City – Paris St. Germain
Referee: Alina Peşu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Daniela Constantinescu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Bianca Florea ROU
Fourth Official: Roxana Timiş ROU
VAR: Radu Petrescu ROU
AVAR: Cristina Trandafir ROU
Referee Observer: Sofia Karagiorgi CYP

HB Koge – FC Barcelona
Referee: Olga Blotskaya BLR
Assistant Referee 1: Nargis Magau KAZ
Assistant Referee 2: Rachel Greer NIR
Fourth Official: Marina Višnjić-Živković SRB
VAR: Jelena Cvetković SRB
AVAR: Pavle Tomić SRB
Referee Observer: Olga Tanschi MDA

UEFA Women's Europa Cup 2026/27 – Round of 16 (First Leg)

28 October 2026

PSV Eindhoven – Eintracht Frankfurt

Referee: Katalin Kulcsár HUN (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Noemi Hegedus-Barath HUN
Assistant Referee 2: Nikolett Bizderi HUN
Fourth Official: Réka Molnar HUN
Referee Observer: Gitte Holm DEN

SK Brann – Czarni Sosnowiec
Referee: Maika Vanderstichel FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Melissa Rossignol FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Elodie Coppola FRA
Fourth Official: Romy Fournier FRA
Referee Observer: Ana Minić SRB

Spartak Myjava – Hammarby IF
Referee: Eugenia Gil Soriano ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Rita Cabañero Mompó ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Mariona Peralta Geis ESP
Fourth Official: Beatriz Cuesta Arribas ESP
Referee Observer: Kirsi Heikkinen FIN

Real Sociedad – Fenerbahce
Referee: Martina Molinaro ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Veronica Martinelli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Silvia Scipione ITA
Fourth Official: Maria Marotta ITA
Referee Observer: Anri Saarivainio FIN

VfL Wolfsburg – Feyenoord Rotterdam
Referee: Karoline Jensen NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Helle Reiten NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Victoria Nilsen NOR
Fourth Official: Maren Hatletvedt NOR
Referee Observer: Pernilla Larsson SWE

AFC Ajax – Malmo FF
Referee: Milica Milovanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandra Kostić SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Mijailović SRB
Fourth Official: Mima Stanković SRB
Referee Observer: Gyöngyi Gaál HUN

29 October 2026
Sparta Praha – SCU Torreense
Referee: Sofiya Prychyna UKR
Assistant Referee 1: Oleksandra Vdovina UKR
Assistant Referee 2: Maryna Striletska UKR
Fourth Official: Liudmyla Telbukh UKR
Referee Observer: Carina Vitulano ITA

Rosenborg BK – Brondby IF
Referee: Shona Shukrula NED
Assistant Referee 1: Isabelle van Gilst NED
Assistant Referee 2: Hannah McLean SCO
Fourth Official: Abbie Hendry SCO
Referee Observer: Petra Pavlíková SVK