UEFA Champions League Match Officials, League Phase, Matchday 2: Tuesday 30 September and Wednesday 1 October 2025
Match Officials Champions League Matchday 2
2025-26 UEFA Champions League, Referees Appointments, Tuesday 30 September and Wednesday 1 October 2025
Referees, Assistants, Fourth Official, Video Assistant Referee, UEFA Referee Observer, UEFA Delegate
Tuesday 30 September 2025
ATALANTA BC (ITA) – CLUB BRUGGE (BEL)
18:45 CET – Bergamo (Stadio di Bergamo)
Referee: Espen Eskås NOR.
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Erik Engan NOR.
Assistant Referee 2: Isaak Elias Bashevkin NOR.
Fourth Official: Rohit Saggi NOR.
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sören Storks GER.
UEFA Referee Observer: Stéphane Lannoy FRA.
UEFA Delegate: Jenni Kennedy ENG.
QAİRAT FK (KAZ) – REAL MADRID CF (ESP)
18:45 CET – Almaty (Almaty Ortalyk Stadion)
Referee: Marco Guida ITA.
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti ITA.
Assistant Referee 2: Giuseppe Perrotti ITA.
Fourth Official: Simone Sozza ITA.
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA.
UEFA Referee Observer: Dejan Filipović SRB.
UEFA Delegate: Loukas Siotropos GRE.
FC INTERNAZIONALE (ITA) – SK SLAVIA PRAHA (CZE)
21:00 CET – Milan (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh ENG.
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Cook ENG.
Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin ENG.
Fourth Official: Robert Jones ENG.
Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett AUS.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR.
UEFA Referee Observer: Uno Tutk EST.
UEFA Delegate: Kurt Zuppinger SUI.
CHELSEA FC (ENG) – SL BENFICA (POR)
21:00 CET – London (Stamford Bridge)
Referee: Daniel Siebert GER.
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Siedel GER.
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER.
Fourth Official: Sascha Stegemann GER.
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL.
UEFA Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos CRO.
UEFA Delegate: Lennart Vestervall SWE.
FK BODØ/GLIMT (NOR) – TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC (ENG)
21:00 CET – Bodø (Aspmyra)
Referee: Ivan Kružliak SVK.
Assistant Referee 1: Branislav Hancko SVK.
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Pozor SVK.
Fourth Official: Peter Kralović SVK.
Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bert Put BEL.
UEFA Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu ROU.
UEFA Delegate: Peter Lundström FIN.
OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE (FRA) – AFC AJAX (NED)
21:00 CET – Marseille (Vélodrome)
Referee: Anhony Taylor ENG.
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick ENG.
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn ENG.
Fourth Official: John Brooks ENG.
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Salisbury ENG.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP.
UEFA Referee Observer: Edgar Steinborn GER.
UEFA Delegate: Emil Ubias CZE.
GALATASARAY SK (TUR) – LIVERPOOL FC (ENG)
21:00 CET – Istanbul (RAMS Park)
Referee: Clément Turpin FRA.
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA.
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pages FRA.
Fourth Official: Jérémy Stinat FRA.
Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mathieu Vernice FRA.
UEFA Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez ESP.
UEFA Delegate: Milovan Đukanović MNE.
PAFOS FC (CYP) – FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN (GER)
21:00 CET – Limassol (Alphamega Stadium)
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas LTU.
Assistant Referee 1: Mangirdas Mirauskas LTU.
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandras Stepanovas LTU.
Fourth Official: Vilius Paulauskas LTU.
Video Assistant Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP.
UEFA Referee Observer: László Vagner HUN.
UEFA Delegate: Camelia Nicolae ROU.
CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP) – EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (GER)
21:00 CET – Madrid (Estadio Metropolitano)
Referee: Slavko Vinčić SVN.
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik SVN.
Assistant Referee 2: Andraz Kovačič SVN.
Fourth Official: Matej Jug SVN.
Video Assistant Referee: Alen Borošak SVN.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED.
UEFA Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine NIR.
UEFA Delegate: Giel Kirkels NED.
Wednesday 1 October 2025
ROYALE UNION SAINT-GILLOISE (BEL) – NEWCASTLE UNITED FC (ENG)
18:45 CET – Brussels (Lotto Park).
Referee: Urs Schnyder SUI.
Assistant Referee 1: Marco Zürcher SUI.
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Zürcher SUI.
Fourth Official: Sven Wolfensberger SUI.
Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Lukas Fähndrich SUI.
UEFA Referee Observer: Nicola Rizzoli ITA.
UEFA Delegate: Vignir Már Þormóðsson ISL.
FK QARABAĞ AĞDAM (AZE) – FC KØBENHAVN (DEN)
18:45 CET – Baku (Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika Stadionu)
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük NED.
Assistant Referee 1: Erwin Zeinstra NED.
Assistant Referee 2: Patrick Inia NED.
Fourth Official: Jannick Van Der Laan NED.
Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink NED.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jeroen Manschot NED.
UEFA Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci ALB.
UEFA Delegate: Jovan Šurbatovic SRB.
ARSENAL FC (ENG) – OLYMBIAKÓS SFP (GRE)
21:00 CET – London (Emirates)
Referee: François Letexier FRA.
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA.
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA.
Fourth Official: Eric Wattellier FRA.
Video Assistant Referee: Sören Storks GER.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ivan Bebek CRO.
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Nobs SUI.
UEFA Delegate: Mauro Tonolini ITA.
BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN (GER) – PSV (NED)
21:00 CET – Leverkusen (BayArena)
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE.
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE.
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE.
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck SWE.
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alen Borošak SVN.
UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin SVN.
UEFA Delegate: Edgars Pukinsks LVA.
VILLARREAL CF (ESP) – JUVENTUS FC (ITA)
21:00 CET – Villarreal (Estadio de la Cerámica)
Referee: István Kovács ROU.
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marica ROU.
Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU.
Fourth Official: Szabolcs Kovacs ROU.
Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Popa ROU.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER.
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Johannesson SWE.
UEFA Delegate: Aristeidis Stavropoulos GRE.
SSC NAPOLI (ITA) – SPORTING CP (POR)
21:00 CET – Naples (Stadio Diego Armando Maradona)
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: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Michael Salisbury ENG.
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Hansson SWE.
UEFA Delegate: Alojzije Šupraha CRO.
AS MONACO (FRA) – MANCHESTER CITY FC (ENG)
21:00 CET – Monaco (Stade Louis II)
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano ESP.
Assistant Referee 1: Ángel Nevado ESP.
Assistant Referee 2: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP.
Fourth Official: José Luis Munuera ESP.
Video Assistant Referee: César Soto Grado ESP.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández ESP.
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefano Podeschi SMR.
UEFA Delegate: Ignas Marcinkevičius LTU.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER) – ATHLETIC CLUB (ESP)
21:00 CET – Dortmund (Signal Iduna Park)
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL.
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL.
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL.
Fourth Official: Wojciech Myc POL.
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins POR.
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson SWE.
UEFA Delegate: Thomas Grimm SUI.
FC BARCELONA (ESP) – PARIS SAINT GERMAIN FC (FRA)
21:00 CET – Barcelona (Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys)
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG.
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG.
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG.
Fourth Official: Andrew Madley ENG.
Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gillett AUS.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER.
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Meßner AUT.
UEFA Delegate: Angelo Chetcuti MLT.
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By Anna Italia
Gewiss Stadium (Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia)
