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#Post#: 110169--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Champions League 2026/27
DIR By: ben
Date: August 9, 2026, 4:09 am
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Third Qualifying Round - 2nd Legs
Tuesday 11 August 2026
17:00 CET
Türkıstan (Türkıstan Arena)
QAİRAT (KAZ) vs. LEVSKI SOFIA (BUL)
Referee: Daniel Siebert GER
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel GER
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Foltyn GER
Fourth Official: Max Burda GER
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Johann Pfeifer GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov MDA
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandr Aleinik BLR
18:00 CET
Baku (Bank Respublika Arena)
SABAH (AZE) vs. AARHUS (DEN)
Referee: Willy Delajod FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Erwan Finjean FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Valentin Evrard FRA
Fourth Official: Eric Wattellier FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Nicolas Rainville FRA
UEFA Referee Observer: Alain Hamer LUX
UEFA Delegate: Igor Radojčić SRB
18:00 CET
Bodř (Aspmyra Stadion)
BODŘ/GLIMT (NOR) vs. UNION SAINT-GILLOISE (BEL)
Referee: Istvan Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marius Marica ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi ROU
Fourth Official: Horațiu Mircea Feșnic ROU
Video Assistant Referee: Andrew Dallas SCO
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Greg Aitken SCO
UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan ARM
UEFA Delegate: Heri á Rógvi FRO
19:00 CET
Kaunas (Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas)
KAUNO ŽALGIRIS (LTU) vs. DINAMO ZAGREB (CRO)
Referee: Davide Massa ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessio Berti ITA
Fourth Official: Livio Marinelli ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Daniele Doveri ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Manuel Volpi ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Volodymyr Petrov UKR
UEFA Delegate: Daniel Rommedahl DEN
19:30 CET
Nijmegen (Goffertstadion)
NEC NIJMEGEN (NED) vs. OLYMBIAKÓS (GRE)
Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA
Fourth Official: Luca Zufferli ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Fabbri ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Davide Ghersini ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Vlado Svilokos CRO
UEFA Delegate: Milovan Đukanović MNE
20:00 CET
Belgrade (Stadion Rajko Mitić)
CRVENA ZVEZDA (SRB) vs. HAPOEL BE’ER SHEVA (ISR)
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Oscar Johnson SWE
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Richard Martens NED
UEFA Referee Observer: David Fernández Borbalán ESP
UEFA Delegate: Adrian D. Casha MLT
20:15 CET
Bratislava (Národný futbalový štadión)
SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK) vs. MJÄLLBY (SWE)
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Wade Smith ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Blake Antrobus ENG
Fourth Official: Farai Hallam ENG
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Salisbury ENG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Darren England ENG
UEFA Referee Observer: Gianluca Rocchi ITA
UEFA Delegate: Peter Oskam NED
20:15 CET
Celje (Stadion Z'dežele)
CELJE (SVN) vs. ARARAT-ARMENIA (ARM)
Referee: Marco Guida ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Giorgio Peretti ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Valerio Colarossi ITA
Fourth Official: Fabio Maresca ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Francesco Meraviglia ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO
UEFA Delegate: Christoph Kern GER
20:30 CET
Graz (Stadion Graz Liebenau)
STURM GRAZ (AUT) vs. FENERBAHÇE (TUR)
Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández ESP
Assistant Referee 1: José Enrique Naranjo Pérez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Marcos Cerdán Aguilar ESP
Fourth Official: Alejandro Quintero González ESP
Video Assistant Referee: César Soto Grado ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer GER
UEFA Delegate: Eugčne Westerink NED
21:00 CET
Décines-Charpieu (Groupama Stadium)
OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS (FRA) vs. SPARTA PRAHA (CZE)
Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL
Fourth Official: Wojciech Myć POL
Video Assistant Referee: Piotr Lasyk POL
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI
UEFA Referee Observer: Lassin Isaksen FRO
UEFA Delegate: Per Eliasson SWE
#Post#: 110171--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Champions League 2026/27
DIR By: HChip
Date: August 9, 2026, 4:24 am
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Burt and Mainwaring not with Oliver once again… unless they have
a longer holiday than him, I can’t see any other reasoning for
it unless they’ve reshuffled all assistants!
#Post#: 110172--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Champions League 2026/27
DIR By: BabyRef
Date: August 9, 2026, 4:31 am
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--- Quote from: ajb95 link ---
>
> Why are we seeing elite refs for this round? I get it a bit
for fenerbahce and olympiakos but not the others
>
--- End Quote ---
Not surprised and it's in line with previous seasons - there's a
huge amount of money on the line for these UCL qualification
games - way more so than the average group game.
#Post#: 110173--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Champions League 2026/27
DIR By: bmb
Date: August 9, 2026, 4:32 am
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--- Quote from: HChip link ---
>
> Burt and Mainwaring not with Oliver once again… unless they
have a longer holiday than him, I can’t see any other reasoning
for it unless they’ve reshuffled all assistants!
>
--- End Quote ---
Maybe they were away on holiday when the fitness tests were done
so haven't done them yet? I know there are some scheduled for
during training camp next week.
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Re: UEFA Champions League 2026/27
DIR By: HChip
Date: August 9, 2026, 6:18 am
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I don’t think Letexier will be seen for a while, after the
traumatising events he went through he needs a very long rest.
I read an article - 6000 threats sent to him on Whatsapp after
Argentina vs Egypt in the WC..
#Post#: 110278--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Champions League 2026/27
DIR By: HChip
Date: August 12, 2026, 3:49 am
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A lot of people saying Kovacs didn’t have a good game, as well
as giving an advantage for a Second YC…
Anyone shed some light? Anyone watch the game?
#Post#: 110425--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Champions League 2026/27
DIR By: ben
Date: August 16, 2026, 3:10 am
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Playoffs, 1st Legs
Tuesday 18 August 2026
21:00 CET - Sofia (Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski)
LEVSKI SOFIA (BUL) - AEK (GRE)
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck SWE
Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erwin Blank NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman NED
UEFA Delegate: Irakli Nakaidze GEO
21:00 CET - Zagreb (Maksimir)
DINAMO ZAGREB (CRO) - VIKING FK (NOR)
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük NED
Assistant Referee 1: Patrick Inia NED
Assistant Referee 2: Rogier Honig NED
Fourth Official: Joey Kooij NED
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Richard Martens NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Nobs SUI
UEFA Delegate: Peter Elsworth ENG
21:00 CET - Istanbul (Chobani Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü
Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi)
FENERBAHÇE (TUR) - OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS (FRA)
Referee: Sven Jablonski GER
Assistant Referee 1: Eduard Beitinger GER
Assistant Referee 2: Eric Müller GER
Fourth Official: Tobias Reichel GER
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pascal Müller GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Riley ENG
UEFA Delegate: Iva Olivari-Uliša CRO
#Post#: 110467--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Champions League 2026/27
DIR By: ben
Date: August 17, 2026, 3:19 am
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Wednesday 19 August 2026
21:00 CET - Sofia (Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski)
CELTIC FC (SCO) - LASK (AUT)
Referee: Sandro Schärer SUI
Assistant Referee 1: Stéphane De Almeida SUI
Assistant Referee 2: Jonas Erni SUI
Fourth Official: Anojen Kanagasingam SUI
Video Assistant Referee:Fedayi San SUI
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Lukas Fähndrich SUI
UEFA Referee Observer: Gianluca Rocchi ITA
UEFA Delegate: Arturs Gaidels LVA
21:00 CET - Bratislava (Národný futbalový štadión)
ŠK SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK) - NK CELJE (SVN)
Referee: Feliix Zwayer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
Assistant Referee 2: Nikolai Kimmeyer GER
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner GER
Video Assistant Referee: Robert Schröder GER
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Johann Pfeifer GER
UEFA Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel FRA
UEFA Delegate: Klara Bjartmarz ISL
21:00 CET - Bucharest, Romania (Stadionul Rapid-Giulești)
HAPOEL BE’ER SHEVA (ISR) - SABAH FC (AZE)
Referee: Davide Massa ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alessio Berti ITA
Fourth Official: Matteo Marcenaro ITA
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valerio Marini ITA
UEFA Referee Observer: Jon Skjervold NOR
UEFA Delegate: Andrey Medintsev BUL
21:00 CET - Nijmegen (Goffertstadion)
NEC NIJMEGEN (NED) - FK BODŘ/GLIMT (NOR)
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Romain Lissorgue FRA
Video Assistant Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez ESP
UEFA Referee Observer: Vítor Manuel de Melo Pereira POR
UEFA Delegate: Romano Clavadetscher SUI
#Post#: 110469--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Champions League 2026/27
DIR By: Lanyardhater
Date: August 17, 2026, 3:34 am
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Thanks for these Ben. Interesting to see that Gianluca Rocchi
is working as a UEFA observer even while he is still under
investigation in Italy. Any thoughts, jad?
#Post#: 110538--------------------------------------------------
Re: UEFA Champions League 2026/27
DIR By: jad
Date: August 18, 2026, 8:16 am
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Gianluca Rocchi was indeed suspended while under investigation
for alleged sporting fraud, but that investigation concluded
with a recommendation that criminal charges be dropped, and
hence the suspension has been lifted. This makes him once more
eligible for appointments as a UEFA referee observer, and
Roberto Rosetti has evidently wasted no time in helping out his
erstwhile colleague.
His status in Italy is a little more complicated. His term
office as head of refereeing for Serie A/B (the post from which
he was suspended) expired at the end of June, and, as far as I
can tell, he no longer holds any official position in the
Italian F.A.. He may wish to retain that status, since otherwise
he risks becoming liable for any disciplinary proceedings that
might arise from the file compiled by the examining magistrates
and forwarded for consideration by the football authorities.
In this connection I have a couple of general questions about
UEFA referee observers. I assume the appointments are made by
UEFA, but how much input do individual associations have in the
selection of candidates? And once they are included in the
roster, do observers have to remain in good standing with their
associations, or are their services purely at the discretion of
UEFA?
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