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 8

Wednesday 28 January
Ajax vs Olympiacos – François Letexier (FRA)
Arsenal vs Kairat Almaty – Urs Schnyder (SUI)
Monaco vs Juventus – José María Sánchez (ESP)
Athletic Club vs Sporting CP – Felix Zwayer (GER)
Atlético de Madrid vs Bodø/Glimt – Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Leverkusen vs Villarreal – Espen Eskås (NOR)
Borussia Dortmund vs Inter – István Kovács (ROU)
Club Brugge vs Marseille – Marco Guida (ITA)
Frankfurt vs Tottenham – Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Barcelona vs Copenhagen – Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Liverpool vs Qarabağ – Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Manchester City vs Galatasaray – Alejandro Hernández (ESP)
Pafos vs Slavia Praha – Tobias Stieler (GER)
Paris Saint-Germain vs Newcastle United – Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
PSV Eindhoven vs Bayern München – João Pinheiro (POR)
Union Saint-Gilloise vs Atalanta – Michael Oliver (ENG)
Benfica vs Real Madrid – Davide Massa (ITA)
Napoli vs Chelsea – Clément Turpin (FRA)

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)

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 – Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Bayern München vs Sporting CP – Nicholas Walsh (SCO)
Monaco vs Galatasaray – Danny Makkelie (NED)
Atalanta vs Chelsea – Alejandro Hernández (ESP)
Barcelona vs Frankfurt – Davide Massa (ITA)
Inter vs Liverpool – Felix Zwayer (GER)
PSV Eindhoven vs Atlético de Madrid – Michael Oliver (ENG)
Union Saint-Gilloise vs Marseille – João Pinheiro (POR)
Tottenham vs Slavia Praha – Benoît Bastien (FRA)

Wednesday 10 December 2025
Qarabağ vs Ajax – Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Villarreal vs Copenhagen – Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
Athletic Club vs Paris Saint-Germain – Daniel Siebert (GER)
Leverkusen vs Newcastle United – Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Borussia Dortmund vs Bodø/Glimt – Erik Lambrechts (BEL)
Club Brugge vs Arsenal – Sven Jablonski (GER)
Juventus vs Pafos – Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Real Madrid vs Manchester City – Clément Turpin (FRA)
Benfica vs Napoli – Slavko Vinčić (SVN)

Matchday 7

Tuesday 20 January 2025
Kairat Almaty vs Club Brugge – Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
Bodø/Glimt vs Manchester City – Sven Jablonski (GER)
Copenhagen vs Napoli – Irfan Peljto (BIH)
Inter vs Arsenal – João Pinheiro (POR)
Olympiacos vs Leverkusen – Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
Real Madrid vs Monaco – Espen Eskås (NOR)
Sporting CP vs Paris Saint-Germain – Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Tottenham vs Borussia Dortmund – Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
Villarreal vs Ajax – Nicholas Walsh (SCO)

Wednesday 21 January 2025
Galatasaray vs Atlético de Madrid – István Kovács (ROU)
Qarabağ vs Frankfurt – Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Atalanta vs Athletic Club – Danny Makkelie (NED)
Chelsea vs Pafos – Erik Lambrechts (BEL)
Bayern München vs Union Saint-Gilloise – Rade Obrenovič (SVN)
Juventus vs Benfica – Serdar Gözübüyük (TUR)
Newcastle United vs PSV Eindhoven – Daniel Siebert (GER)
Marseille vs Liverpool – Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Slavia Praha vs Barcelona – Chris Kavanagh (ENG)