UEFA Champions League Match Officials, Knockout Playoffs, First and Second Legs, Tuesday, 17, Wednesday, 18, Tuesday 24, and Wednesday, 25, February 2026

Match Officials Champions League Knockout Playoffs First and Second Legs

2025-26 UEFA Champions League, Referees Appointments, Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18, and Wednesda 25, February 2026
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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

Tuesday 24 February 2026

CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (ESP) – CLUB BRUGGE KV (BEL)
18:45 CET – Madrid (Estadio Metropolitano)

Referee: Clément Turpin FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pagès FRA
Fourth Official: Éric Wattellier FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Parreira De Castro POR
UEFA Delegate: David McDowell SVN

BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN (GER) – OLYMBIAKÓS SFP (GRE)
21:00 CET – Leverkusen (BayArena)

Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG
Fourth Official: Andrew Madley ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
UEFA Referee Observer: Itchko Lozev BUL
UEFA Delegate: Peter Lundström FIN

FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA) – FK BODØ/GLIMT (NOR)
21:00 CET – Milan (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)

Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández ESP
Assistant Referee 1: José Enrique Naranjo Pérez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP
Fourth Official: José Luis Munuera Montero ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin SVN
UEFA Delegate: Thura Win ENG

NEWCASTLE UNITED FC (ENG) – QARABAĞ FK (AZE)
21:00 CET – Newcastle (St James’ Park)

Referee: Davide Massa ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio ITA
Fourth Official: Luca Pairetto ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Chiffi ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
UEFA Referee Observer: João Ferreira POR
UEFA Delegate: Emmanuelle Puttaert BEL

Wednesday 25 February 2026

ATALANTA BC (ITA) – BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER)
18:45 CET – Bergamo (New Balance Arena)

Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez ESP
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Íñigo Prieto López de Cerain ESP
Fourth Official: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
Video Assistant Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz AUT
UEFA Delegate: Kurt Zuppinger SUI

PARIS SAINT GERMAIN (FRA) – AS MONACO (FRA)
21:00 CET – Paris (Parc des Princes)

Referee: István Kovács ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marica ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU
Fourth Official: Szabolcs Kovacs ROU
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Sokol Jareci ALB
UEFA Delegate: Charles Schaack LUX

JUVENTUS (ITA) – GALATASARAY (TUR)
21:00 CET – Turin (Juventus Stadium)

Referee: João Pinheiro POR
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Jesus POR
Assistant Referee 2: Luciano Maia POR
Fourth Official: João Gonçalves POR
Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson SWE
UEFA Delegate: Neil Morrow NIR

REAL MADRID CF (ESP) – SL BENFICA (POR)
21:00 CET – Madrid (Estadio Santiago Bernabéu)

Referee: Slavko Vinčić SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič SVN
Fourth Official: David Šmajc SVN
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Chiffi ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman NED
UEFA Delegate: Mauro Tonolini ITA

2025-26 UEFA Champions League Live Results Knockout Playoffs

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Be sure to check the live results, scores, streaming, tables, and video highlights of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League! The three Italian Serie A teams participating in the Champions League Playoffs are Inter, Atalanta, and Juventus.

✅       The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League knockout playoffs, featuring teams ranked 9th–24th from the league phase, are scheduled for February 17–18 (first legs) and February 24–25, 2026 (second legs).

The teams advancing to the Round of 16 are Arsenal (24), Bayern Munich (21), Liverpool (18), Tottenham (17), Barcelona (16), Chelsea (16), Sporting (16), and Manchester City (16). Notably absent from the top teams are Real Madrid, PSG, and Atlético Madrid.

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Results UEFA Champions League Knockout Phase Playoff Matchday 1

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17-02-2026
17:45	Galatasaray	5 - 2	Juventus	Rams Park (Ali Sami Yen Stadium)
20:00	Monaco	2 - 3	PSG	Stade Louis II
20:00	Benfica	0 - 1	Real Madrid	Estádio Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Estádio da Luz)
20:15	Dortmund	2 - 0	Atalanta	Westfalenstadion (Signal Iduna Park)
18-02-2026
17:45	Qarabağ	1 - 6	Newcastle	Azersun Arena
20:00	Club Brugge	3 - 3	Atl. Madrid	Jan Breydel Stadium
20:00	Bodø/Glimt	3 - 1	Inter	Aspmyra Stadion
20:00	Olympiacos	0 - 2	Leverkusen	Karaiskaki Stadium
24-02-2026
17:45	Atl. Madrid	4 - 1	Club Brugge	Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium
20:00	Newcastle	3 - 2	Qarabağ	St. James' Park
20:00	Inter	1 - 2	Bodø/Glimt	San Siro Stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)
20:00	Leverkusen	0 - 0	Olympiacos	BayArena
25-02-2026
17:45	Atalanta	4 - 1	Dortmund	New Balance Arena (Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia)
20:00	PSG	2 - 2	Monaco	Parc des Princes
20:00	Juventus	3 - 2	Galatasaray	Juventus Stadium (Allianz Stadium)
20:00	Real Madrid	2 - 1	Benfica	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

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