List of All Referees for EURO 2020


List of All Referees for EURO 2020

The EURO 2020 is only a week away from commencing after a long wait of an extra year due to the Covid-19 pandemic which caused the tournament to be postponed to this summer. The Top-24 teams in Europe will all compete against each other to grab the EURO 2020 trophy on 11th July when it comes to a close.

And in a football match there are times when the focus shifts to one other person rather than the star studded 22 players who are playing from both sides. The 23rd person on the football pitch is the referee who has the final say regarding all decisions on a football pitch.

And with the addition of VAR to football, referee’s often have a bigger say in a football match than expected. UEFA announced in 2018, that VAR will be used in the EURO 2020 to eliminate the errors made by the referees on-field.

Referees For EURO 2020

Referees are awarded for their performance at the end of the tournament
Referees are awarded for their performance at the end of the tournament

UEFA announced a total of 19 refereeing teams for the marquee event which included a team Argentine officials from CONMEBOL as part of the referee exchange program between the two boards.

A total of 9 referees will be allotted for each EURO 2020 game , out of which 5- the Match Referee, 2 assistant referees, the Fourth official and a reserve referee will be in charge of proceedings on the field. The other 4 officials would see over the VAR proceedings seated in UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The VAR team will consist of 4 officials- the main Video Assistant referee, an assistant video assistant referee (who concentrates on following the match), an offside VAR (who reviews all potential offside situations) and a support VAR (who acts in a coordination capacity).

CountryRefereeAssistant referees
GermanyFelix BrychMark Borsch
Stefan Lupp
TurkeyCüneyt ÇakırBahattin Duran
Tarık Ongun
SpainCarlos del Cerro GrandeJuan Carlos Yuste Jiménez
Roberto Alonso Fernández
SwedenAndreas EkbergMehmet Culum
Stefan Hallberg
IsraelOrel GrinfeldRoy Hassan
Idan Yarkoni
RomaniaOvidiu HațeganSebastian Gheorghe
Radu Ghinguleac
RussiaSergei KarasevIgor Demeshko
Maksim Gavrilin
RomaniaIstván KovácsVasile Marinescu
Ovidiu Artene
NetherlandsBjörn KuipersSander van Roekel
Erwin Zeinstra
NetherlandsDanny MakkelieHessel Steegstra
Jan de Vries
SpainAntonio Mateu LahozPau Cebrián Devís
Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar
EnglandMichael OliverStuart Burt
Simon Bennett
ItalyDaniele OrsatoAlessandro Giallatini
Fabiano Preti
ArgentinaFernando RapalliniJuan Pablo Belatti
Diego Bonfá
GermanyDaniel SiebertJan Seidel
Rafael Foltyn
PortugalArtur Soares DiasRui Tavares
Paulo Soares
 EnglandAnthony TaylorGary Beswick
Adam Nunn
FranceClément TurpinNicolas Danos
Cyril Gringore
SloveniaSlavko VinčićTomaž Klančnik
Andraž Kovačič

Video Assistant Referees for EURO 2020

Referees for EURO 2020
VAR will be in effect in the EURO 2020
CountryVideo assistant refereesOffside VAR
EnglandStuart Attwell
Chris Kavanagh
Lee Betts
FranceJérôme Brisard
François Letexier
Benjamin Pagès
GermanyBastian Dankert
Christian Dingert
Marco Fritz
Christian Gittelmann
ItalyMarco Di Bello
Massimiliano Irrati
Paolo Valeri
Filippo Meli
NetherlandsKevin Blom
Pol van Boekel
PolandPaweł Gil
PortugalJoão Pinheiro
SpainAlejandro Hernández Hernández
Juan Martínez Munuera
José María Sánchez Martínez
Íñigo Prieto López de Cerain

Also Read: List of broadcasters for Euro 2020