Referee appointments for the third qualifying round of 2023/24 UEFA Champions League, first legs.
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| István Kovács (ROU) to referee the most sonorous clash of the round |
Tuesday 8 August 2023
20:00 CET - Częstochowa (Miejski Stadion Piłkarski “Raków”)
RKS Raków Częstochowa (POL) - Áris Lemesoú (CYP)
Referee: Duje Strukan (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Bojan Zobenica (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Alen Jakšić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Igor Pajač (CRO)
Video Assistant Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mario Zebec (CRO)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Edy Kindle (LIE)
20:00 CET - Copenhagen (Parken)
FC København (DEN) - AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Berthomieu (FRA)
Fourth Official: Jérémie Pignard (FRA)
Video Assistant Referee: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Benoît Millot (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)
UEFA Delegate: René Siegrist (SUI)
20:30 CET - Eindhoven (Philips Stadion)
PSV (NED) - SK Sturm Graz (AUT)
Referee: Radu Marian Petrescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Radu Adrian Ștefan Ghinguleac (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Iulian Dima (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Sorin Popa (ROU)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Sebastian Constantin Colțescu (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Fívos Konstandinídis (CYP)
20:45 CET - Athens (OPAP Arena)
AEK (GRE) - GNK Dinamo (CRO)
Referee: Espen Andreas Eskås (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Isaak Elias Skjeseth Bashevkin (NOR)
Fourth Official: Rohit Saggi (NOR)
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: David Coote (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Jan Willem Wegereef (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Thibault De Gendt (BEL)
20:45 CET - Tórshavn (Tórsvøllur)
KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) - Molde FK (NOR)
Referee: Əliyar Ağayev (AZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Zeynal Zeynalov (AZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Akif Əmirəli (AZE)
Fourth Official: Elçin Məsiyev (AZE)
Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Malec (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Markus Nobs (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Mihail Kasabov (BUL)
21:00 CET - Ljubljana (Stadion Stožice)
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) - Galatasaray (TUR)
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2: Niklas Nyberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: Granit Maqedonci (SWE)
Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jeroen Manschot (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Johny Vanspauwen (BEL)
21:00 CET - Braga (Estádio Municipal de Braga)
SC Braga (POR) - FK TSC Bačka Topola (SRB)
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Andreas Heidenreich (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Fourth Official: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (AUT)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Alan Kijas (AUT)
UEFA Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Michal Mertinyák (SVK)
Wednesday 9 August 2023
20:00 CET - Athens (Stádio Apóstolos Nikolaḯdis)
Panathinaïkós AO (GRE) - Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Florin Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihai Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marcel Bîrsan (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Mark Blackbourne (ENG)
20:30 CET - Bratislava (Národný futbalový štadión)
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) - Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
Video Assistant Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: César Soto Grado (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Sippel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Mark Evans (WAL)
20:45 CET - Glasgow (Ibrox Park)
Rangers FC (SCO) - Servette FC (SUI)
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (LTU)
Assistant Referee 1: Aleksandr Radiuš (LTU)
Assistant Referee 2: Dovydas Sužiedėlis (LTU)
Fourth Official: Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU)
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Benjamin Brand (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Hansson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Paolo Rondelli (SMR)