FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers Match Officials UEFA Matchday 7
Here are the match officials for the FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers UEFA Matchday 7. The matches will take place on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 October 2025. The list features referees, assistants, a fourth official, VAR, AVARs, and a Referee Observer.
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👉 Thursday 9 October 2025
Czechia – Croatia
Referee: François Letexier FRA.
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA.
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA.
Fourth Official: Clément Turpin FRA.
VAR: Willy Delajod FRA.
AVAR: Éric Wattellier FRA.
Referee Observer: Tony Asumaa FIN.
Scotland – Greece
Referee: Espen Eskas NOR.
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Engan NOR.
Assistant Referee 2: Isaak Bashevkin NOR.
Fourth Official: Mohammad Aslam NOR.
VAR: Pol van Boekel NED.
AVAR: Kristoffer Hagenes NOR.
Referee Observer: Markus Strömbergsson SWE.
Faroe Islands – Montenegro
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas ESP.
Assistant Referee 1: Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno ESP.
Assistant Referee 2: Iker de Francisco Grijalba ESP.
Fourth Official: José Munuera Montero ESP.
VAR: Alejandro Hernández Hernández ESP.
AVAR: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP.
Referee Observer: Matteo Trefoloni ITA.
Finland – Lithuania
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart FRA.
Assistant Referee 1: Aurélien Drouet FRA.
Assistant Referee 2: Alexis Auger FRA.
VAR: Bastien Dechepy FRA.
AVAR: Jan Boterberg BEL.
Referee Observer: Jens Larsen DEN
Belarus – Denmark
Referee: Filip Glova SVK.
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Poláček SVK.
Assistant Referee 2: Tobiáš Pacák SVK.
Fourth Official: Martin Dohál SVK.
VAR: Michal Očenáš SVK.
AVAR: Boris Marhefka SVK.
Referee Observer: Nuno Castro POR
Malta – Netherlands
Referee: Duje Strukan CRO.
Assistant Referee 1: Alen Jakšić CRO.
Assistant Referee 2: Marjan Tomas CRO.
Fourth Official: Patrik Kolarić CRO.
VAR: Ivan Bebek CRO.
AVAR: Dario Bel CRO.
Referee Observer: Albano Janku ALB.
Cyprus – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Lawrence Visser BEL.
Assistant Referee 1: Ruben Wyns BEL.
Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen BEL.
Fourth Official: Lothar D’Hondt BEL.
VAR: Bram Van Driessche BEL.
AVAR: Bert Put BEL.
Referee Observer: Ruud Bossen NED.
Austria – San Marino
Referee: Yigal Frid ISR.
Assistant Referee 1: Rostislav Talis ISR.
Assistant Referee 2: Tuval Koltunoff ISR.
Fourth Official: David Fuxman ISR.
VAR: Daniel Natan ISR.
AVAR: Eli Hacmon ISR.
Referee Observer: Sergejus Slyva LTU.
👉 Friday 10 October 2025
Kazakhstan – Liechtenstein.
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski POL.
Assistant Referee 1: Marcin Boniek POL.
Assistant Referee 2: Bartosz Heinig POL.
Fourth Official: Patryk Gryckiewicz POL.
VAR: Piotr Lasyk POL.
AVAR: Paweł Pskit POL.
Referee Observer: Giorgi Vadachkoria GEO.
Germany – Luxembourg.
Referee: Nenad Minaković SRB.
Assistant Referee 1: Nikola Borović SRB.
Assistant Referee 2: Boško Božović SRB.
Fourth Official: Pavle Ilić SRB.
VAR: Momčilo Marković SRB.
AVAR: Jelena Cvetković SRB.
Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu ROU.
Northern Ireland – Slovakia
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE.
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE.
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE.
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck SWE.
VAR: Dennis Higler NED.
AVAR: Erwin Blank NED.
Referee Observer: Chaim Ya’akov ISR
Sweden – Switzerland
Referee: Anthony Taylor ENG.
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick ENG.
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn ENG.
Fourth Official: Robert Jones ENG.
VAR: Michael Salisbury ENG.
AVAR: Peter Bankes ENG.
Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić SRB
Kosovo – Slovenia
Referee: Marco Guida ITA.
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti ITA.
Assistant Referee 2: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA.
Fourth Official: Daniele Chiffi ITA.
VAR: Marco Di Bello ITA.
AVAR: Valerio Marini ITA.
Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn GER.
France – Azerbaijan
Referee: Rohit Saggi NOR.
Assistant Referee 1: Jorgen Valstadsve NOR.
Assistant Referee 2: Ole Haukåsen NOR.
Fourth Official: Daniel Higraff NOR.
VAR: Tom Hagen NOR.
AVAR: Sigurd Kringstad NOR.
Referee Observer: Michal Beneš CZE.
Iceland – Ukraine
Referee: Sven Jablonski GER
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger GER
Assistant Referee 2: Lasse Koslowski GER
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner GER
VAR: Benjamin Brand GER
AVAR: Daniel Schlager GER
Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav BIH
Belgium – North Macedonia
Referee: Halil Meler TUR
Assistant Referee 1: Abdullah Özkara TUR
Assistant Referee 2: Bersan Duran TUR
Fourth Official: Kadir Sağlam TUR
VAR: Fedayi San SUI
AVAR: Onur Özütoprak TUR
Referee Observer: Howard Webb ENG
Saturday 11 October 2025
Latvia – Andorra
Referee: Georgi Kabakov BUL.
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov BUL.
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Venev BUL.
Fourth Official: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL.
VAR: Dragomir Draganov BUL.
AVAR: Nikola Popov BUL.
Referee Observer: Nerijus Dunauskas LTU
Hungary – Armenia
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Cook ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin ENG
Fourth Official: Samuel Barrott ENG
VAR: Darren England ENG
AVAR: Andrew Madley ENG
Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin SVN
Norway – Israel
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL
Fourth Official: Damian Kos POL
VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
AVAR: Wojciech Myc POL
Referee Observer: Ante Vučemilović CRO
Spain – Georgia
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Mangirdas Mirauskas LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Vytenis Kazlauskas LTU
Fourth Official: Donatas Rumšas LTU
VAR: Tiago Martins POR
AVAR: Donatas Šimenas LTU
Referee Observer: Michael Riley ENG
Bulgaria – Türkiye
Referee: Luis Godinho POR
Assistant Referee 1: Rui Teixeira POR
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Almeida POR
Fourth Official: Miguel Nogueira POR
VAR: André Narciso POR
AVAR: Helder Malheiro POR
Referee Observer: Edward Foley IRL
Portugal – Ireland
Referee: Ivan Kružliak SVK
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko SVK
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Pozor SVK
Fourth Official: Peter Kralović SVK
VAR: Clay Ruperti NED
AVAR: Richard Martens NED
Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez ESP
Estonia – Italy
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük NED.
Assistant Referee 1: Erwin Zeinstra NED.
Assistant Referee 2: Patrick Inia NED.
Fourth Official: Joey Kooij NED.
VAR: Rob Dieperink NED.
AVAR: Jeroen Manschot NED.
Referee Observer: Calum Murray SCO
Serbia – Albania
Referee: Istvan Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marica ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU
Fourth Official: Horațiu Feșnic ROU
VAR: Bastian Dankert GER
AVAR: Pascal Müller GER
Referee Observer: John Ward IRL
Sunday 12 October 2025
Group H
15:00 CET – Serravalle (San Marino Stadium)
SAN MARINO – CYPRUS
Referee: Əliyar Ağayev AZE.
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov AZE.
Assistant Referee 2: Akif Əmirəli AZE.
Fourth Official: Elçin Məsiyev AZE.
Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Malec POL.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tamás Bognár HUN.
UEFA Referee Observer: David Malcolm NIR.
UEFA Delegate: Márton Esterházy HUN.
Group C
18:00 CET – Glasgow (Hampden Park)
SCOTLAND – BELARUS
Referee: Marian Alexandru Barbu ROU.
Assistant Referee 1: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu ROU.
Assistant Referee 2: George Florin Neacșu ROU.
Fourth Official: Szabolcs Roland Kovacs ROU.
Video Assistant Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hațegan ROU.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Adrian Sorin Costreie ROU.
UEFA Referee Observer: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista POR.
UEFA Delegate: Mirosław Ryszka POL.
Group G
18:00 CET – Amsterdam (Johan Cruijff ArenA)
NETHERLANDS – FINLAND
Referee: Slavko Vinčić SVN.
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik SVN.
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič SVN.
Fourth Official: Matej Jug SVN.
Video Assistant Referee: Alen Borošak SVN.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Asmir Sagrković SVN.
UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter SUI.
UEFA Delegate: Mauro Tonolini ITA.
Group L
18:00 CET – Tórshavn (Tórsvøllur)
FAROE ISLANDS – CZECHIA
Referee: Andrea Colombo ITA.
Assistant Referee 1: Giovanni Baccini ITA.
Assistant Referee 2: Davide Imperiale ITA.
Fourth Official: Luca Pairetto ITA.
Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Doveri ITA.
UEFA Referee Observer: Michaíl Koukoulákis GRE.
UEFA Delegate: Florin Prunea ROU.
Group C
20:45 CET – Copenhagen (Parken – Connected by 3)
DENMARK – GREECE
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG.
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG.
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG.
Fourth Official: John Brooks ENG.
Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett AUS.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell ENG.
UEFA Referee Observer: Uno Tutk EST.
UEFA Delegate: Eugène Westerink NED.
Group G
20:45 CET – Kaunas (Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas)
LITHUANIA – POLAND
Referee: Ondřej Berka CZE.
Assistant Referee 1: Ivo Nádvorník CZE.
Assistant Referee 2: Kamil Hájek CZE.
Fourth Official: Marek Radina CZE.
Video Assistant Referee: Gianluca Aureliano ITA.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Paterna ITA.
UEFA Referee Observer: Jon Eilif Skjervold NOR.
UEFA Delegate: Diana Bulgaru MDA.
Group H
20:45 CET – Bucharest (Arena Națională)
ROMANIA – AUSTRIA
Referee: Davide Massa ITA.
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA.
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio ITA.
Fourth Official: Simone Sozza ITA.
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Fabbri ITA.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rosario Abisso ITA.
UEFA Referee Observer: Mehmet Murat Ilgaz TUR.
UEFA Delegate: Luis Cuervas del Real ESP.
Group L
20:45 CET – Varaždin (Gradski stadion Varteks)
CROATIA – GIBRALTAR
Referee: Oleksii Derevinsʹkyy UKR.
Assistant Referee 1: Viktor Matyash UKR.
Assistant Referee 2: Oleksiy Myronov UKR.
Fourth Official: Klym Zabroda UKR.
Video Assistant Referee: Viktor Kopiyevsʹkyy UKR.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Denys Shurman UKR.
UEFA Referee Observer: Barış Şimşek TUR.
UEFA Delegate: Ignas Marcinkevičius LTU.
Monday 13 October 2025
Group A
20:45 CET – Belfast (Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor Park)
NORTHERN IRELAND – GERMANY
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano ESP.
Assistant Referee 1: Ángel Nevado Rodríguez ESP.
Assistant Referee 2: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP.
Fourth Official: César Soto Grado ESP.
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP.
UEFA Referee Observer: Alan Mario Sant MLT.
UEFA Delegate: Paolo Rondelli SMR.
Group A
20:45 CET – Trnava (City Arena – Štadión Antona Malatinského)
SLOVAKIA – LUXEMBOURG
Referee: Rade Obrenovič SVN.
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik SVN.
Assistant Referee 2: Grega Kordež SVN.
Fourth Official: Martin Matoša SVN.
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valerio Marini ITA.
UEFA Referee Observer: Ichko Lozev BUL.
UEFA Delegate: Milovan Đukanović MNE.
Group B
20:45 CET – Gothenburg (Ullevi)
SWEDEN – KOSOVO
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: Clay Ruperti NED.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erwin Blank NED.
UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Sippel GER.
UEFA Delegate: Jaroslav Doležal CZE.
Group B
20:45 CET – Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
SLOVENIA – SWITZERLAND
Referee: Felix Zwayer GER.
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER.
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Dietz GER.
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner GER.
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Brand GER.
UEFA Referee Observer: Nicola Rizzoli ITA.
UEFA Delegate: Roxana Berceanu ROU.
Group D
20:45 CET – Reykjavík (Laugardalsvöllur)
ICELAND – FRANCE
Referee: Orel Grinfeld ISR.
Assistant Referee 1: Roi Hassan ISR.
Assistant Referee 2: Matityahu Yakobov ISR.
Fourth Official: Gal Leibovitz ISR.
Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sven Wolfensberger SUI.
UEFA Referee Observer: Marián Ružbarský SVK.
UEFA Delegate: Outi Saarinen FIN.
Group D
20:45 CET – Kraków, POL (Stadion Cracovii)
UKRAINE – AZERBAIJAN
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer AUT
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Riedel AUT
Assistant Referee 2: Santino Schreiner AUT
Fourth Official: Walter Altmann AUT
Video Assistant Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber AUT
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca AUT
UEFA Referee Observer: Paweł Gil POL
UEFA Delegate: Olesea Berdea MDA
Group J
20:45 CET – Cardiff (Cardiff City Stadium)
WALES – BELGIUM
Referee: Daniel Siebert GER.
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel GER.
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER.
Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager GER.
Video Assistant Referee: Pascal Müller GER.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Harm Osmers GER.
UEFA Referee Observer: Gylfi Þór Orrason ISL.
UEFA Delegate: Per Svärd SWE.
Group J
20:45 CET – Skopje (Nacionalna arena “Todor Proeski”)
NORTH MACEDONIA – KAZAKHSTAN
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP.
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla ESP.
Assistant Referee 2: Iván Massó Granado ESP.
Fourth Official: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz ESP.
Video Assistant Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP.
UEFA Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel FRA.
UEFA Delegate: Aurel Mihail Ionescu ROU.
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Group I
18:00 CET – Tallinn (A. Le Coq Arena)
ESTONIA – MOLDOVA
Referee: Igor Pajač CRO.
Assistant Referee 1: Bojan Zobenica CRO.
Assistant Referee 2: Ivan Mihalj CRO.
Fourth Official: Dario Bel CRO.
Video Assistant Referee: Mario Zebec CRO.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fran Jović CRO.
UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry ENG.
UEFA Delegate: Déspina Koxénoglou GRE.
Group E
20:45 CET – Valladolid (Estadio José Zorrilla)
SPAIN – BULGARIA
Referee: Willy Delajod FRA.
Assistant Referee 1: Erwan Finjean FRA.
Assistant Referee 2: Brice Parinet Le Tellier FRA.
Fourth Official: Jérémie Pignard FRA.
Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler NED.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jan Boterberg BEL.
UEFA Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere BEL.
UEFA Delegate: Georges Lüchinger LIE.
Group E
20:45 CET – Kocaeli (Yıldız Entegre Kocaeli Stadyumu)
TÜRKİYE – GEORGIA
Referee: Radu Petrescu ROU.
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Ghinguleac ROU.
Assistant Referee 2: Ovidiu Artene ROU.
Fourth Official: Andrei Chivulete ROU.
Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Popa ROU.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marcel Birsan ROU.
UEFA Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci ALB.
UEFA Delegate: Gilles Petitmangin FRA.
Group F
20:45 CET – Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade)
PORTUGAL – HUNGARY
Referee: Srđan Jovanović SRB.
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković SRB.
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović SRB.
Fourth Official: Novak Simović SRB.
Video Assistant Referee: Momčilo Marković SRB.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jelena Cvetković SRB.
UEFA Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís CYP.
UEFA Delegate: Jiří Novák CZE.
Group F
20:45 CET – Dublin (Aviva Stadium)
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND – ARMENIA
Referee: Benoît Bastien FRA.
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani FRA.
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Berthomieu FRA.
Fourth Official: Stéphanie Frappart FRA.
Video Assistant Referee: Eric Wattellier FRA.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bert Put BEL.
UEFA Referee Observer: Cyril Zimmermann SUI.
UEFA Delegate: Vignir Már Þormóðsson ISL.
Group I
20:45 CET – Udine (Bluenergy Stadium)
ITALY – ISRAEL
Referee: Clément Turpin FRA.
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA.
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pages FRA.
Fourth Official: François Letexier FRA.
Video Assistant Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL.
UEFA Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel GER.
UEFA Delegate: Balázs Makray HUN.
Group K
20:45 CET – Riga (Daugavas stadions)
LATVIA – ENGLAND
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos GRE.
Assistant Referee 1: Polychronis Kostaras GRE.
Assistant Referee 2: Lazaros Dimitriadis GRE.
Fourth Official: Christos Vergetis GRE.
Video Assistant Referee:Angelos Evangelou GRE.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos GRE.
UEFA Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov BUL.
UEFA Delegate: Victor Marius Radu ROU.
Group K
20:45 CET – Encamp (Estadi de la FAF)
ANDORRA – SERBIA
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou GRE.
Assistant Referee 1: Tryfon Petropoulos GRE.
Assistant Referee 2: Iordanis Aptosoglou GRE.
Fourth Official: Vassilis Fotias GRE.
Video Assistant Referee: Athanasios Tzilos GRE.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Spyridon Zampalas GRE.
UEFA Referee Observer: Kevin Parry WAL.
UEFA Delegate: Richard Havrilla SVK.