Referee teams appointed for Armenian clubs’ first European matches

UEFA has approved the referee appointments for the first qualifying round matches of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League and Conference League involving Armenian clubs. Matches will be officiated by referees from Bulgaria, Germany, Croatia, Montenegro, Moldova, and Albania.

Champions League, First Qualifying Round
First leg: Noah (Armenia) vs Budućnost (Montenegro) | July 8

• Referee: Volen Chinkov (Bulgaria)

• Assistants: Denis Sokolov, Todor Vulkov (Bulgaria)

• Fourth official: Dimitar Dimitrov (Bulgaria)

• VAR: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Second leg: Budućnost vs Noah | July 15

• Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck (Germany)

• Assistants: Christoph Günsch, Jonas Weickenmeier (Germany)

• Fourth official: Robin Braun (Germany)

• VAR: Benjamin Brand (Germany)

Conference League, First Qualifying Round
First leg: Urartu (Armenia) vs Neman (Belarus) | July 10

• Referee: Mateo Erceg (Croatia)

• Assistants: Hrvoje Radić, Bojan Zabenica

• Fourth official: Ante Čulina

• No VAR

Second leg: Neman vs Urartu | July 17

• Referee: Miloš Bošković (Montenegro)

• Assistants: Marjan Paunović, Nikola Radulović

• Fourth official: Nikola Vadević

• No VAR

First leg: Tre Fiori (San Marino) vs Pyunik (Armenia) | July 10

• Referee: Igor Boșca (Moldova)

• Assistants: Vadim Vicol, Victor Luchita

• Fourth official: Dumitru Muntean

• No VAR

Second leg: Pyunik vs Tre Fiori | July 17

• Referee: Florian Lata (Albania)

• Assistants: Giulio Mani, Taulant Kasa

• Fourth official: Andi Koçi

• No VAR