Who is the referee? Which officials are in charge of the UEFA Champions League matches?

The match officials for each UEFA Champions League game will appear on this page as they are announced.

League phase

Matchday 5

Tuesday 25 November 2025
Ajax vs Benfica – Sven Jablonski (GER)
Galatasaray vs Union Saint-Gilloise – José María Sánchez (ESP)
Borussia Dortmund vs Villarreal – Davide Massa (ITA)
Chelsea vs Barcelona – Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Bodø/Glimt vs Juventus – Danny Makkelie (NED)
Manchester City vs Leverkusen – João Pinheiro (POR)
Marseille vs Newcastle United – Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Slavia Praha vs Athletic Club – Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
Napoli vs Qarabağ – Szymon Marciniak (POL)

Wednesday 26 November 2025
Copenhagen vs Kairat Almaty – Nicholas Walsh (SCO)
Pafos vs Monaco – Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Arsenal vs Bayern München – Marco Guida (ITA)
Atlético de Madrid vs Inter – François Letexier (FRA)
Frankfurt vs Atalanta – Chris Kavanagh (ENG)
Liverpool vs PSV Eindhoven – Alejandro Hernández (ESP)
Olympiacos vs Real Madrid – Michael Oliver (ENG)
Paris Saint-Germain vs Tottenham – Felix Zwayer (GER)
Sporting CP vs Club Brugge – Tobias Stieler (GER)

Matchday 6

Tuesday 9 December 2025
Kairat Almaty vs Olympiacos –
Bayern München vs Sporting CP –
Monaco vs Galatasaray –
Atalanta vs Chelsea –
Barcelona vs Frankfurt –
Inter vs Liverpool –
PSV Eindhoven vs Atlético de Madrid –
Union Saint-Gilloise vs Marseille –
Tottenham vs Slavia Praha –

Wednesday 10 December 2025
Qarabağ vs Ajax –
Villarreal vs Copenhagen –
Athletic Club vs Paris Saint-Germain –
Leverkusen vs Newcastle United –
Borussia Dortmund vs Bodø/Glimt –
Club Brugge vs Arsenal –
Juventus vs Pafos –
Real Madrid vs Manchester City –
Benfica vs Napoli –

Matchday 7

Tuesday 20 January 2025
Kairat Almaty vs Club Brugge –
Bodø/Glimt vs Manchester City –
Copenhagen vs Napoli –
Inter vs Arsenal –
Olympiacos vs Leverkusen –
Real Madrid vs Monaco –
Sporting CP vs Paris Saint-Germain –
Tottenham vs Borussia Dortmund –
Villarreal vs Ajax –

Wednesday 21 January 2025
Galatasaray vs Atlético de Madrid –
Qarabağ vs Frankfurt –
Atalanta vs Athletic Club –
Chelsea vs Pafos –
Bayern München vs Union Saint-Gilloise –
Juventus vs Benfica –
Newcastle United vs PSV Eindhoven –
Marseille vs Liverpool –
Slavia Praha vs Barcelona –

Matchday 8

Wednesday 28 January
Ajax vs Olympiacos –
Arsenal vs Kairat Almaty –
Monaco vs Juventus –
Athletic Club vs Sporting CP –
Atlético de Madrid vs Bodø/Glimt –
Leverkusen vs Villarreal –
Borussia Dortmund vs Inter –
Club Brugge vs Marseille –
Frankfurt vs Tottenham –
Barcelona vs Copenhagen –
Liverpool vs Qarabağ –
Manchester City vs Galatasaray –
Pafos vs Slavia Praha –
Paris Saint-Germain vs Newcastle United –
PSV Eindhoven vs Bayern München –
Union Saint-Gilloise vs Atalanta –
Benfica vs Real Madrid –
Napoli vs Chelsea –

Matchday 1

Tuesday 16 September 2025
Athletic Club vs Arsenal – Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
PSV Eindhoven vs Union Saint-Gilloise – Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Juventus vs Borussia Dortmund – François Letexier (FRA)
Real Madrid vs Marseille – Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Benfica vs Qarabağ – Erik Lambrechts (BEL)
Tottenham vs Villarreal – Rade Obrenovič (SVN)

Wednesday 17 September 2025
Olympiacos vs Pafos – István Kovács (ROU)
Slavia Praha vs Bodø/Glimt – Marian Barbu (ROU) 
Ajax vs Inter – Michael Oliver (ENG)
Bayern München vs Chelsea – José María Sánchez (ESP)
Liverpool vs Atlético de Madrid – Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Paris Saint-Germain vs Atalanta – Sandro Schärer (SUI)

Thursday 18 September 2025
Club Brugge vs Monaco – Simone Sozza (ITA)
Copenhagen vs Leverkusen – Aliyar Aghayev (AZE) 
Frankfurt vs Galatasaray – Marco Guida (ITA)
Manchester City vs Napoli – Felix Zwayer (GER)
Newcastle United vs Barcelona – Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Sporting CP vs Kairat Almaty – Damian Sylwestrzak (POL)

Matchday 2

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Atalanta vs Club Brugge – Espen Eskås (NOR)
Kairat Almaty vs Real Madrid – Marco Guida (ITA)
Atlético de Madrid vs Frankfurt – Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Chelsea vs Benfica – Daniel Siebert (GER)
Inter vs Slavia Praha – Chris Kavanagh (ENG)
Bodø/Glimt vs Tottenham – Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Galatasaray vs Liverpool – Clément Turpin (FRA)
Marseille vs Ajax – Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Pafos vs Bayern München – Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU)

Wednesday 1 October 2025

Qarabağ vs Copenhagen - Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Union Saint-Gilloise vs Newcastle United – Urs Schnyder (SUI)
Arsenal vs Olympiacos – François Letexier (FRA)
Monaco vs Manchester City – Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Leverkusen vs PSV Eindhoven – Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Borussia Dortmund vs Athletic Club – Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Barcelona vs Paris Saint-Germain – Michael Oliver (ENG)
Napoli vs Sporting CP – Danny Makkelie (NED)
Villarreal vs Juventus – István Kovács (ROU)

Matchday 3

Tuesday 21 October 2025
Barcelona vs Olympiacos – Urs Schnyder (SUI)
Kairat Almaty vs Pafos – Chris Kavanagh (ENG)
Arsenal vs Atlético de Madrid – Davide Massa (ITA)
Leverkusen vs Paris Saint-Germain – Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Copenhagen vs Borussia Dortmund – Danny Makkelie (NED)
Newcastle United vs Benfica – Szymon Marciniak (POL)
PSV Eindhoven vs Napoli – Daniel Siebert (GER)
Union Saint-Gilloise vs Inter – Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Villarreal vs Manchester City – Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)

Wednesday 22 October 2025
Athletic Club vs Qarabağ – Igor Pajač (CRO)
Galatasaray vs Bodø/Glimt – Michael Oliver (ENG)
Monaco vs Tottenham – Marco Guida (ITA)
Atalanta vs Slavia Praha – Ricardo de Burgos (ESP)
Chelsea vs Ajax – Felix Zwayer (GER)
Frankfurt vs Liverpool – François Letexier (FRA)
Bayern München vs Club Brugge – Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
Real Madrid vs Juventus – Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Sporting CP vs Marseille – Rade Obrenovič (SVN)

Matchday 4

Tuesday 4 November 2025
Slavia Praha vs Arsenal – Aliyar Aghayev (AZE)
Napoli vs Frankfurt – João Pinheiro (POR)
Atlético de Madrid vs Union Saint-Gilloise – Espen Eskås (NOR)
Bodø/Glimt vs Monaco – Damian Sylwestrzak (POL)
Juventus vs Sporting CP – Daniel Siebert (GER)
Liverpool vs Real Madrid – István Kovács (ROU)
Olympiacos vs PSV Eindhoven – Clément Turpin (FRA)
Paris Saint-Germain vs Bayern München – Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Tottenham vs Copenhagen – Erik Lambrechts (BEL)

Wednesday 5 November 2025
Pafos vs Villarreal – Sven Jablonski (GER)
Qarabağ vs Chelsea – Sebastian Gishamer (AUT)
Ajax vs Galatasaray – Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Club Brugge vs Barcelona – Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Inter vs Kairat Almaty – Luis Godinho (POR)
Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund – Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Newcastle United vs Athletic Club – Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Marseille vs Atalanta – José María Sánchez (ESP)
Benfica vs Leverkusen – Simone Sozza (ITA)