Referees, across every Champions League.
Every match official from 2000 to today. Most UCL matches have referee data on record — earliest editions sparse, modern ones near-complete. Click any row for full career history.
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107
Distinct referees
668
Matches officiated
across all WCs
0
3+ UCL tournaments
career veterans (all-time)
28
Countries represented
Top 10 referees by UCL tournaments officiated
Career veterans — ties broken by total matches. Surname only on the axis for readability.
- 1.
Felix Brych·Germany WC - 2.
Björn Kuipers·Netherlands WC - 3.
Clément Turpin·France WC - 4.
Cüneyt Çakır·Turkey WC - 5.
Daniele Orsato·Italy WC - 6.
Szymon Marciniak·Poland WC - 7.
Damir Skomina·Slovenia WC - 8.Danny Makkelie·Netherlands WC
- 9.
Frank De Bleeckere·Belgium WC - 10.
Howard Webb·England WC
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Top 10 referee countries by total games
Aggregate matches officiated by referees from each country, across every WC.
- 1.Italy12 refs79
- 2.Germany9 refs74
- 3.
Spain10 refs68 - 4.England8 refs55
- 5.Netherlands7 refs45
- 6.France9 refs44
- 7.Slovenia3 refs30
- 8.
Norway4 refs30 - 9.
Sweden5 refs29 - 10.Turkey3 refs23
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Referee countries by stage
Every country with UCLreferee history — counts of matches officiated at each stage by referees from that country. Group = all group-stage matches combined; KO columns separated. Gold-emphasis on final-stage cells. Filter by country or stage below; stage filter re-ranks by that stage's count.
| # | Country | Group | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | 3rd | F | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy(12 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 79 |
| 2 | Germany(9 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 74 |
| 3 | Spain(10 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 68 |
| 4 | England(8 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 55 |
| 5 | Netherlands(7 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 45 |
| 6 | France(9 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 44 |
| 7 | Slovenia(3 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 30 |
| 8 | Norway(4 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 30 |
| 9 | Sweden(5 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 29 |
| 10 | Turkey(3 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 23 |
| 11 |  Switzerland(3 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 20 |
| 12 |  Portugal(6 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 20 |
| 13 | Poland(2 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 19 |
| 14 |  Romania(2 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 16 |
| 15 | Belgium(1 ref) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 14 |
| 16 |  Russia(4 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 13 |
| 17 |  Scotland(4 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 13 |
| 18 |  Greece(2 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 12 |
| 19 |  Slovakia(2 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 12 |
| 20 |  Denmark(2 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 12 |
| 21 |  Hungary(1 ref) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 10 |
| 22 |  Austria(1 ref) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 9 |
| 23 |  Serbia(2 refs) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 9 |
| 24 |  Czech Republic(1 ref) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| 25 | Luxembourg(1 ref) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| 26 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina(1 ref) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| 27 |  Croatia(1 ref) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| 28 |  Israel(1 ref) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
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All referees — sorted by matches officiated
107 referees| # | Referee | Country | Matches | WCs | Span | Knockout matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felix Brych | Germany | 27 | none | ||
| 2 | Björn Kuipers | Netherlands | 19 | none | ||
| 3 | Clément Turpin | France | 19 | none | ||
| 4 | Cüneyt Çakır | Turkey | 19 | none | ||
| 5 | Daniele Orsato | Italy | 18 | none | ||
| 6 | Szymon Marciniak | Poland | 18 | none | ||
| 7 | Damir Skomina | Slovenia | 16 | none | ||
| 8 | Danny Makkelie | Netherlands | 16 | none | ||
| 9 | Frank De Bleeckere | Belgium | 14 | none | ||
| 10 | Howard Webb | England | 13 | none | ||
| 11 | Jonas Eriksson | Sweden | 13 | none | ||
| 12 | Nicola Rizzoli | Italy | 13 | none | ||
| 13 | Slavko Vinčić | Slovenia | 13 | none | ||
| 14 | Manuel Mejuto González | Spain | 12 | none | ||
| 15 | Antonio Mateu Lahoz | Spain | 11 | none | ||
| 16 | Kyros Vassaras | Greece | 11 | none | ||
| 17 | Wolfgang Stark | Germany | 11 | none | ||
| 18 | Carlos Velasco Carballo | Spain | 10 | none | ||
| 19 | Gianluca Rocchi | Italy | 10 | none | ||
| 20 | Ľuboš Micheľ | Slovakia | 10 | none | ||
| 21 | Mark Clattenburg | England | 10 | none | ||
| 22 | Markus Merk | Germany | 10 | none | ||
| 23 | Terje Hauge | Norway | 10 | none | ||
| 24 | Viktor Kassai | Hungary | 10 | none | ||
| 25 | Alberto Undiano Mallenco | Spain | 9 | none | ||
| 26 | István Kovács | Romania | 9 | none | ||
| 27 | Konrad Plautz | Austria | 9 | none | ||
| 28 | Massimo Busacca | Switzerland | 9 | none | ||
| 29 | Michael Oliver | England | 9 | none | ||
| 30 | Pierluigi Collina | Italy | 9 | none | ||
| 31 | Roberto Rosetti | Italy | 9 | none | ||
| 32 | Svein Oddvar Moen | Norway | 9 | none | ||
| 33 | Anders Frisk | Sweden | 8 | none | ||
| 34 | Herbert Fandel | Germany | 8 | none | ||
| 35 | Jesús Gil Manzano | Spain | 8 | none | ||
| 36 | Martin Atkinson | England | 8 | none | ||
| 37 | Carlos del Cerro Grande | Spain | 7 | none | ||
| 38 | Felix Zwayer | Germany | 7 | none | ||
| 39 | François Letexier | France | 7 | none | ||
| 40 | Kim Milton Nielsen | Denmark | 7 | none | ||
| 41 | Ovidiu Hațegan | Romania | 7 | none | ||
| 42 | Tom Henning Øvrebø | Norway | 7 | none | ||
| 43 | Valentin Ivanov | Russia | 7 | none | ||
| 44 | Anthony Taylor | England | 6 | none | ||
| 45 | Daniel Siebert | Germany | 6 | none | ||
| 46 | Milorad Mažić | Serbia | 6 | none | ||
| 47 | Olegário Benquerença | Portugal | 6 | none | ||
| 48 | Pedro Proença | Portugal | 6 | none | ||
| 49 | Urs Meier | Switzerland | 6 | none | ||
| 50 | Alain Sars | France | 5 | none | ||
| 51 | Claus Bo Larsen | Denmark | 5 | none | ||
| 52 | Luis Medina Cantalejo | Spain | 5 | none | ||
| 53 | Pavel Královec | Czech Republic | 5 | none | ||
| 54 | Sandro Schärer | Switzerland | 5 | none | ||
| 55 | Stéphane Lannoy | France | 5 | none | ||
| 56 | Willie Collum | Scotland | 5 | none | ||
| 57 | Craig Thomson | Scotland | 4 | none | ||
| 58 | Davide Massa | Italy | 4 | none | ||
| 59 | Espen Eskås | Norway | 4 | none | ||
| 60 | Graham Poll | England | 4 | none | ||
| 61 | José María Sánchez Martínez | Spain | 4 | none | ||
| 62 | Maurizio Mariani | Italy | 4 | none | ||
| 63 | Peter Fröjdfeldt | Sweden | 4 | none | ||
| 64 | Serdar Gözübüyük | Netherlands | 4 | none | ||
| 65 | Sergei Karasev | Russia | 4 | none | ||
| 66 | Alain Hamer | Luxembourg | 3 | none | ||
| 67 | Artur Soares Dias | Portugal | 3 | none | ||
| 68 | Gilles Veissière | France | 3 | none | ||
| 69 | Halil Umut Meler | Turkey | 3 | none | ||
| 70 | Marco Guida | Italy | 3 | none | ||
| 71 | Martin Hansson | Sweden | 3 | none | ||
| 72 | Massimo De Santis | Italy | 3 | none | ||
| 73 | Mike Riley | England | 3 | none | ||
| 74 | Paolo Tagliavento | Italy | 3 | none | ||
| 75 | Pieter Vink | Netherlands | 3 | none | ||
| 76 | Srđan Jovanović | Serbia | 3 | none | ||
| 77 | Bertrand Layec | France | 2 | none | ||
| 78 | Deniz Aytekin | Germany | 2 | none | ||
| 79 | Florian Meyer | Germany | 2 | none | ||
| 80 | Hugh Dallas | Scotland | 2 | none | ||
| 81 | Irfan Peljto | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | none | ||
| 82 | Ivan Kružliak | Slovakia | 2 | none | ||
| 83 | João Pinheiro | Portugal | 2 | none | ||
| 84 | Stefano Braschi | Italy | 2 | none | ||
| 85 | Steve Bennett | England | 2 | none | ||
| 86 | Vítor Melo Pereira | Portugal | 2 | none | ||
| 87 | William Collum | Scotland | 2 | none | ||
| 88 | Alejandro Hernández Hernández | Spain | 1 | none | ||
| 89 | Aleksei Nikolaev | Russia | 1 | none | ||
| 90 | Anastasios Sidiropoulos | Greece | 1 | none | ||
| 91 | Antonio López Nieto | Spain | 1 | none | ||
| 92 | Benoît Bastien | France | 1 | none | ||
| 93 | Dick Jol | Netherlands | 1 | none | ||
| 94 | Eric Braamhaar | Netherlands | 1 | none | ||
| 95 | Eric Poulat | France | 1 | none | ||
| 96 | Fırat Aydınus | Turkey | 1 | none | ||
| 97 | Glenn Nyberg | Sweden | 1 | none | ||
| 98 | Ivan Bebek | Croatia | 1 | none | ||
| 99 | Laurent Duhamel | France | 1 | none | ||
| 100 | Lucílio Batista | Portugal | 1 | none | ||
| 101 | Orel Grinfeld | Israel | 1 | none | ||
| 102 | Paweł Raczkowski | Poland | 1 | none | ||
| 103 | Rade Obrenovič | Slovenia | 1 | none | ||
| 104 | Rene Temmink | Netherlands | 1 | none | ||
| 105 | Stefano Farina | Italy | 1 | none | ||
| 106 | Tobias Stieler | Germany | 1 | none | ||
| 107 | Yuri Baskakov | Russia | 1 | none |
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