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UEFA Champions League

club

1,449

Matches

1,424

Officials

27

Seasons

2026/27

Latest Season

First tracked match

Juventus vs Ajax

Latest tracked match

Sporting CP vs Lask

Officiating insights

Strictest refs →

From recorded scores and the community incident layer. (Official card/foul stats aren’t in the dataset yet.)

2.76

goals / match

2

incidents logged

0

VAR-reviewed

Role distribution · 2026/27

Referee120AR2124th Official105VAR141AVAR111Observer111

Home stadiums

Every stadium that has hosted UEFA Champions League matches. Switch between all-time and the latest season.

Most-appointed referee · 2026/27

🇳🇱 Serdar Gozubuyuk

Who referees UEFA Champions League?

Most-appointed match officials across all UEFA Champions League seasons

1
🇳🇱 Pol van Boekel
NED · Referee · 87×
2
🇩🇪 Bastian Dankert
GER · Referee · 80×
3
🇩🇪 Christian Dingert
GER · Referee · 72×
4
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Attwell
ENG · Referee · 69×
5
🇵🇱 Tomasz Kwiatkowski
POL · Referee · 69×
6
🇮🇹 Massimiliano Irrati
ITA · Referee · 59×
7
🇪🇸 Carlos del Cerro Grande
ESP · Referee · 59×
8
🇫🇷 Jérôme Brisard
FRA · Referee · 58×
9
🇨🇭 Fedayi San
SUI · Referee · 57×
10
🇮🇹 Marco Di Bello
ITA · Referee · 56×

Match Officials(641 officials · 152 matches)

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Pol van BoekelNEDVAR

Fedayi SanSUIVAR

Carlos del Cerro GrandeESPVAR

Robert SchröderGERVAR

Marco Di BelloITAVAR

Tiago Bruno Lopes MartinsPORVAR

César Soto GradoESPVAR

Stuart AttwellENGAVAR

Dennis Johan HiglerNEDVAR

Bastien DechepyFRAVAR

Referee 14th 2VAR 3AVAR 1

Valentín Pizarro GómezESPAVAR

Christian DingertGERVAR

Andrew DallasSCOVAR

Rogier HonigNEDAssistant Referee

Benjamin BrandGERAVAR

Referee 1VAR 2AVAR 3

Sören StorksGERVAR

Bram Van DriesscheBELVAR

Serdar GozubuyukNEDReferee

Ivan BebekCROVAR

Patrick IniaNEDAssistant Referee

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RefereeAR4thVARAVARObserver

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Venues(54 · 2026/27)

Stadiums used in UEFA Champions League during 2026/27.

Národný futbalový štadión

📍 Bratislava, Slovakia

📍 Munich, Germany

Cepheus Park Randers

Estádio do Dragão

📍 Porto, Portugal

Jan Breydelstadion

Olympic Stadium

📍 Athens, Greece

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

Stadio Olimpico

📍 Rome, Italy

Stadion Rajko Mitić

📍 Belgrade, Serbia

📍 Bodø, Norway

Aspmyra Stadion

Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas

📍 Kaunas, Lithuania

Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Estádio José Alvalade

📍 Lisbon, Portugal

📍 Manchester, England

Europa Point Stadium

📍 Gibraltar, Gibraltar

Oberösterreich Arena

📍 Linz, Austria

Parc des Princes

📍 Paris, France

Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

Stadion Maksimir

📍 Zagreb, Croatia

Víkingsvöllur

📍 Reykjavik, Iceland

A. Le Coq Arena

📍 Tallinn, Estonia

Agia Sophia Stadium

Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi

📍 Istanbul, Türkiye

📍 Barcelona, Spain

📍 Prague, Czechia

Emirates Stadium

📍 London, England

Estadio La Cartuja

Estadio Metropolitano

Estadio de la Cerámica

Gradski stadion

Groupama Stadium

📍 Manchester, England

Philips Stadion

Raiffeisen Arena

Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan

📍 Yerevan, Armenia

San Marino Stadium

📍 Serravalle, San Marino

Signal Iduna Park

Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Stadion Zdežele

Stadionul Ion Oblemenco

Stadionul Zimbru

📍 Chisinau, Moldova

Stamford Bridge

📍 London, England

Tallaght Stadium

📍 Dublin, Ireland

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium

📍 Baku, Azerbaijan

Tynecastle Park

📍 Prague, Czechia

Season-by-Season

Season	Matches	Officials	Referees
2026/27	152	641	83
2025/26	312	365	53
2024/25	1	1	1
2023/24	93	418	67
2022/23	160	454	78
2021/22	172	485	91
2020/21	112	379	70
2019/20	16	105	16
2018/19	1	1	1
2017/18	1	1	1
2016/17	1	1	1
2015/16	1	1	1
2014/15	1	1	1
2013/14	1	1	1
2012/13	1	1	1
2010/11	1	1	1
2009/10	1	1	1
2008/09	1	1	1
2005/06	1	1	1
2003/04	1	1	1
2001/02	1	1	1
2000/01	1	1	1
1999/00	1	1	1
1998/99	1	1	1
1997/98	1	1	1
1996/97	1	1	1
1995/96	1	1	1
	412	773	135

Top Venues

Matches by Country

Hungary20

England19

Germany18

Azerbaijan18

Spain18

Serbia17

Italy14

France13

Stadium host countries (all-time)

Referees by Nationality

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ESP14

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GER13

🇮🇹

ITA13

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FRA10

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ENG8

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NED7

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SWE6

🇵🇱

POL5

Referee appointments · 2026/27 (top 300 officials)

UEFA Champions League referees — FAQ

Who is the most-appointed referee in UEFA Champions League?: 🇳🇱 Serdar Gozubuyuk has the most UEFA Champions League refereeing appointments tracked on Referee.Observer, with 6 match(es) as referee.
How many referees have officiated in UEFA Champions League?: 1,424 match officials — referees, assistant referees, fourth officials, VAR and observers — have officiated in UEFA Champions League across 27 season(s) in our data.
How many UEFA Champions League matches are tracked on Referee.Observer?: Referee.Observer tracks 1,449 UEFA Champions League matches with their full match-official appointments across 27 season(s).
Which seasons of UEFA Champions League are covered?: UEFA Champions League referee appointments are covered for 27 season(s), 1995/96 to 2026/27.
Who are the top match officials in UEFA Champions League?: The most-appointed UEFA Champions League match officials are 🇳🇱 Pol van Boekel (87 match(es)), 🇩🇪 Bastian Dankert (80 match(es)), 🇩🇪 Christian Dingert (72 match(es)).
Does UEFA Champions League use VAR officials?: Yes — UEFA Champions League appointments tracked on Referee.Observer include VAR officials, with 141 VAR appointment(s) and 111 assistant VAR (AVAR) appointment(s) recorded.