UEFA Champions League Match Officials, Knockout Playoffs, Matchday 1: Tuesday, 17, and Wednesday, 18, February 2026
Match Officials Champions League Knockout Playoffs Matchday 1
2025-26 UEFA Champions League, Referees Appointments, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18, February 2026
Referees, Assistants, Fourth Official, Video Assistant Referee, UEFA Referee Observer, UEFA Delegate
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Tuesday 17 February 2026
GALATASARAY (TUR) – JUVENTUS (ITA)
18:45 CET – Istanbul (Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi – RAMS Park)
Referee: Danny Makkelie NED
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries NED
Fourth Official: Allard Lindhout NED
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Brand GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Howard Webb ENG
UEFA Delegate: Arturs Gaidels LVA
AS MONACO (FRA) – PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (FRA)
21:00 CET – Monaco (Stade Louis II)
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP
Fourth Official: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović SRB
UEFA Delegate: Frédéric Veraghaenne BEL
SL BENFICA (POR) – REAL MADRID CF (ESP)
21:00 CET – Lisbon (Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica)
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni NED
Fourth Official: Jérémie Pignard FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Nicola Rizzoli ITA
UEFA Delegate: David Findlay SCO
BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER) – ATALANTA BC (ITA)
21:00 CET – Dortmund (Signal Iduna Park)
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük NED
Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Inia NED
Assistant Referee 2: Rogier Honig NED
Fourth Official: Jeroen Manschot NED
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bram van Driessche BEL
UEFA Referee Observer: William Young SCO
UEFA Delegate: Karl Espen Eriksen NOR
Wednesday 18 February 2026
QARABAĞ FK (AZE) – NEWCASTLE UNITED FC (ENG)
18:45 CET – Baku (Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika Stadionu)
Referee: Espen Eskås NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Erik Engan NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Isaak Elias Bashevkin NOR
Fourth Official: Sigurd Kringstad NOR
Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Higler NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Matteo Simone Trefoloni ITA
UEFA Delegate: Ignas Marcinkevičius LTU
OLYMBIAKÓS SFP (GRE) – BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN (GER)
21:00 CET – Piraeus (Stadio Geōrgios Karaiskakīs)
Referee: João Pinheiro POR
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Jesus POR
Assistant Referee 2: Luciano Maia POR
Fourth Official: João Gonçalves POR
Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Martins POR
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fábio Oliveira Melo POR
UEFA Referee Observer: Edward Foley IRL
UEFA Delegate: Iveta Bankova BUL
FK BODØ/GLIMT (NOR) – FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA)
21:00 CET – Bodø (Aspmyra)
Referee: Daniel Siebert GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel GER
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER
Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager GER
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav BIH
UEFA Delegate: Mirosław Ryszka POL
CLUB BRUGGE KV (BEL) – CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP)
21:00 CET – Bruges (Jan Breydelstadion)
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Kristoffer Karlsson SWE
Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Robert Schröder GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Barış Şimşek TUR
UEFA Delegate: Balázs Makray HUN