Home / Competitions / FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

🏟️

FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

EUR

qualification

60

Matches

320

Officials

1

Seasons

2025/26

Latest Season

All seasons 2025/26

First tracked match

Faroe Islands vs MONTENEGRO

Latest tracked match

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs ITALY

Role distribution · 2025/26

Referee54AR1144th Official57VAR58AVAR56Observer57

Home stadiums

Every stadium that has hosted FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) matches. Switch between all-time and the latest season.

Most-appointed referee · 2025/26

🇸🇮 Slavko Vincic

Who referees FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)?

Most-appointed match officials across all FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) seasons

1
🇸🇮 Slavko Vincic
SVN · Referee · 3×
2
🇸🇮 Andraž Kovačič
SVN · Referee · 3×
3
🇳🇱 Dennis Higler
NED · Referee · 3×
4
🇩🇪 Benjamin Brand
GER · Referee · 3×
5
🇪🇸 Carlos del Cerro Grande
ESP · Referee · 3×
6
🇳🇱 Erwin Blank
NED · Referee · 3×
7
🇩🇪 Bastian Dankert
GER · Referee · 3×
8
🇧🇪 Bram Van Driessche
BEL · Referee · 3×
9
🇮🇹 Marco Di Bello
ITA · Referee · 3×
10
🇳🇱 Clay Ruperti
NED · Referee · 3×

Match Officials(320 officials · 60 matches)

Season:

All Officials →

Showing the latest edition 2025/26 — pick another above, orView all seasons

Sort by:

Andreas SöderkvistSWEAssistant Referee

Mahbod BeigiSWEAssistant Referee

Willy DelajodFRAReferee

Referee 1VAR 1AVAR 1

Benjamin BrandGERAVAR

Momčilo MarkovićSRBVAR

Slavko VincicSVNReferee

Bastian DankertGERVAR

Marco Di BelloITAVAR

Carlos del Cerro GrandeESPVAR

Dennis HiglerNEDVAR

Rade ObrenovicSVNFourth Official

Bram Van DriesscheBELVAR

Erwin BlankNEDAVAR

Clément TurpinFRAReferee

Andraž KovačičSVNAssistant Referee

François LetexierFRAReferee

Pol van BoekelNEDVAR

Clay RupertiNEDVAR

Tomaž KlančnikSVNAssistant Referee

Glenn NybergSWEReferee

Showing 1–20 of 300

1 / 15

RefereeAR4thVARAVARObserver

Showing 300 of 320 officials

View all 320 officials →

Venues(40 · 2025/26)

Stadiums used in FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) during 2025/26.

📍 Dublin, Ireland

Cardiff City Stadium

📍 Cardiff, Wales

Estadi de la FAF

📍 Copenhagen, Denmark

A. Le Coq Arena

Arena Naţională

📍 Bucharest, Romania

Baku Olympic Stadium

📍 Baku, Azerbaijan

Bluenergy Stadium

Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas

Daugavas stadions

Estadi Ciutat de València

Estadio José Zorrilla

Estádio José Alvalade

📍 Lisbon, Portugal

📍 Prague, Czechia

Gradski stadion Varteks

📍 Varaždin, Croatia

📍 Glasgow, Scotland

Johan Cruijff Arena

📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands

Laugardalsvöllur

National Stadium at Windsor Park

New Balance Arena

📍 Bergamo, Italy

Národný futbalový štadión

📍 Bratislava, Slovakia

📍 Warsaw, Poland

Parc des Princes

📍 Paris, France

San Marino Stadium

Stadion Bilino Polje

Stadion Cracovii

Stadion Stožice

📍 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Stadionul Zimbru

Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri

📍 Pristina, Kosovo

Strawberry Arena

📍 Solna, Sweden

Toše Proeski Arena

Tüpraş Stadyumu

📍 Istanbul, Türkiye

Ullevaal Stadion

📍 Gothenburg, Sweden

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium

📍 Yerevan, Armenia

Wembley Stadium

📍 London, England

Yıldız Entegre Kocaeli Stadyumu

📍 Prague, Czechia

Season-by-Season

Season	Matches	Officials	Referees
2025/26	60	320	49

Top Venues

Aviva Stadium, Dublin2

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff2

Parken, Copenhagen2

Estadi de la FAF, Encamp2

City Arena, Trnava1

Bluenergy Stadium, Udine1

Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas, Kaunas1

Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku1

Matches by Country

Ireland2

Wales2

Denmark2

Czechia2

Sweden2

Romania1

Azerbaijan1

Portugal1

Stadium host countries (all-time)

Referees by Nationality

🇫🇷

FRA7

🇸🇮

SVN5

🇪🇸

ESP4

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

ENG4

🇷🇴

ROU4

🇸🇪

SWE3

🇳🇴

NOR3

🇮🇹

ITA3

Referee appointments · 2025/26 (top 300 officials)

FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) referees — FAQ

Who is the most-appointed referee in FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)?: 🇸🇮 Slavko Vincic has the most FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) refereeing appointments tracked on Referee.Observer, with 3 match(es) as referee.
How many referees have officiated in FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)?: 320 match officials — referees, assistant referees, fourth officials, VAR and observers — have officiated in FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) across 1 season(s) in our data.
How many FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) matches are tracked on Referee.Observer?: Referee.Observer tracks 60 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) matches with their full match-official appointments across 1 season(s).
Which seasons of FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) are covered?: FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) referee appointments are covered for 1 season(s), 2025/26.
Who are the top match officials in FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)?: The most-appointed FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) match officials are 🇸🇮 Slavko Vincic (3 match(es)), 🇸🇮 Andraž Kovačič (3 match(es)), 🇳🇱 Dennis Higler (3 match(es)).
Does FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) use VAR officials?: Yes — FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) appointments tracked on Referee.Observer include VAR officials, with 58 VAR appointment(s) and 56 assistant VAR (AVAR) appointment(s) recorded.