Match Officials UEFA Nations League 2026/2027 Group Stage Matchday 1
Games from 24 to 26 September 2026

UEFA Nations League Group A

Norway – Denmark
Referee: Tobias Stieler GER (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Lasse Koslowski GER
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Weickenmeier GER
Fourth Official: Matthias Jöllenbeck GER
VAR: Robert Schröder GER
AVAR: Patrick Hanslbauer GER
Referee Observer: Leslie Irvine NIR

Netherlands – Germany
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández ESP
Assistant Referee 1: José Naranjo Pérez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Sánchez Rojo ESP
Fourth Official: Alejandro Quintero González ESP
VAR: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
AVAR: Javier Iglesias Villanueva ESP
Referee Observer: Domenico Messina ITA

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Serbia – Greece
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck SWE
VAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández ESP
AVAR: César Soto Grado ESP
Referee Observer: Fredy Fautrel FRA

Portugal – Wales
Referee: Donatas Rumšas LTU
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš LTU
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Sužiedėlis LTU
Fourth Official: Robertas Valikonis LTU
VAR: Sören Storks GER
AVAR: Donatas Šimėnas LTU
Referee Observer: Gianluca Rocchi ITA

Italy – Belgium
Referee: Daniel Siebert GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel GER
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER
Fourth Official: Sascha Stegemann GER
VAR: Bastian Dankert GER
AVAR: Pascal Müller GER
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas SCO

Türkiye – France
Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
Assistant Referee 2: Nikolai Kimmeyer GER
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner GER
VAR: Christian Dingert GER
AVAR: Johann Pfeifer GER
Referee Observer: René Temmink NED

England – Spain
Referee: Davide Massa ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessio Berti ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
VAR: Marco Di Bello ITA
AVAR: Rosario Abisso ITA
Referee Observer: Lucílio Batista POR

Czechia – Croatia
Referee: Simone Sozza ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Davide Imperiale ITA
Fourth Official: Giuseppe Collu ITA
VAR: Valerio Marini ITA
AVAR: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
Referee Observer: Georgi Yordanov BUL

UEFA Nations League Group B

Austria – Israel
Referee: Georgi Kabakov BUL
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Margaritov BUL
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Venev BUL
Fourth Official: Radoslav Gidzhenov BUL
VAR: Tiago Martins POR
AVAR: Nikola Popov BUL
Referee Observer: Draženko Kovačić CRO

Kosovo – Ireland
Referee: Lawrence Visser BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Ruben Wyns BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Michele Seeldraeyers BEL
Fourth Official: Kevin Van Damme BEL
VAR: Jan Boterberg BEL
AVAR: Simon Bourdeaud’hui BEL
Referee Observer: William Young SCO

Georgia – Northern Ireland
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Roy Hassan ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Idan Yarkoni ISR
Fourth Official: Snir Levy ISR
VAR: Eli Hacmon ISR
AVAR: Gal Leibovitz ISR
Referee Observer: Hannes Kaasik EST

Hungary – Ukraine
Referee: Jarred Gillett ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Neil Davies ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Nick Greenhalgh ENG
Fourth Official: Robert Jones ENG
VAR: Andrew Dallas SCO
AVAR: Peter Bankes ENG
Referee Observer: Carlos Velasco Carballo ESP

Poland – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou GRE
Assistant Referee 1: Tryfon Petropoulos GRE
Assistant Referee 2: Petros Patras GRE
Fourth Official: Fotios Polychronis GRE
VAR: Ioannis Papadopoulos GRE
AVAR: Spyridon Zampalas GRE
Referee Observer: Stefan Messner AUT

Sweden – Romania
Referee: Ondřej Berka CZE
Assistant Referee 1: Matěj Vlček CZE
Assistant Referee 2: Kamil Hajek CZE
Fourth Official: Ondrej Pechanec CZE
VAR: Michael Fabbri ITA
AVAR: Karel Rouček CZE
Referee Observer: Marco Fritz GER

Slovenia – Scotland
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Valentin Avram ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Alexandru Cerei ROU
Fourth Official: Szabolcs Kovacs ROU
VAR: Cătălin Popa ROU
AVAR: Marcel Bîrsan ROU
Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís CYP

North Macedonia – Switzerland
Referee: Daniel Schlager GER
Assistant Referee 1: Sven Waschitzki-Günther GER
Assistant Referee 2: Tobias Fritsch GER
Fourth Official: Robin Braun GER
VAR: Benjamin Brand GER
AVAR: Benjamin Cortus GER
Referee Observer: Yevhen Aranovskyy UKR

UEFA Nations League Group C

Armenia – Latvia
Referee: Martin Matoša SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksandar Kasapovič SVN
Fourth Official: Mihael Antič SVN
VAR: Alen Borošak SVN
AVAR: Aleksandar Matkovič SVN
Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson SWE

Montenegro – Cyprus
Referee: Daniele Chiffi ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Tegoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Giorgio Peretti ITA
Fourth Official: Giovanni Ayroldi ITA
VAR: Luca Pairetto ITA
AVAR: Federico La Penna ITA
Referee Observer: Georgi Vadachkoria GEO

San Marino – Finland
Referee: Nathan Verboomen BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Hillaert BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Maarten Toeback BEL
Fourth Official: Jasper Vergoote BEL
VAR: Bert Put BEL
AVAR: Wesli De Cremer BEL
Referee Observer: Paweł Gil POL

Faroe Islands – Kazakhstan
Referee: Ishmael Barbara MLT
Assistant Referee 1: Luke Portelli MLT
Assistant Referee 2: James Muscat MLT
Fourth Official: Slobodan Petrovic MLT
VAR: Paweł Malec POL
AVAR: Bartosz Frankowski POL
Referee Observer: Petteri Kari FIN

Iceland – Estonia
Referee: Miloš Milanović SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Milan Pašajlić SRB
Assistant Referee 2: Svetozar Živin SRB
Fourth Official: Milan Ilić SRB
VAR: Aleksandar Živković SRB
AVAR: Pavle Tomić SRB
Referee Observer: Alfredo Trentalange ITA

Bulgaria – Luxembourg
Referee: Sander van der Eijk NED
Assistant Referee 1: Rens Bluemink NED
Assistant Referee 2: Roy de Nas NED
Fourth Official: Alex Bos NED
VAR: Clay Ruperti NED
AVAR: Robin Hensgens NED
Referee Observer: William Collum SCO

Albania – Belarus
Referee: Samuel Barrott ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Adam Nunn ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Wade Smith ENG
Fourth Official: Farai Hallam ENG
VAR: Matthew Donohue ENG
AVAR: Paul Howard ENG
Referee Observer: Emil Božinovski MKD

Slovakia – Moldova
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja ALB
Assistant Referee 1: Arbër Zalla ALB
Assistant Referee 2: Mario Shazivari ALB
Fourth Official: Andi Koçi ALB
VAR: Kreshnik Bajramaj ALB
AVAR: Albert Doda ALB
Referee Observer: Bariş Şimşek TUR

UEFA Nations League Group D

Andorra – Malta
Referee: Joey Kooij NED
Assistant Referee 1: Dyon Fikkert NED
Assistant Referee 2: Murat Kücükerbir NED
Fourth Official: Jannick van der Laan NED
VAR: Richard Martens NED
AVAR: Robin Hensgens NED
Referee Observer: David Malcolm NIR

Liechtenstein – Lithuania
Referee: Ante Čulina CRO
Assistant Referee 1: Dario Kolarević CRO
Assistant Referee 2: Kristijan Novosel CRO
Fourth Official: Antonio Melnjak CRO
VAR: Tihomir Pejin CRO
AVAR: Fran Jović CRO
Referee Observer: Augustus Constantin ROU