Russian referees were not invited to the referees’ meeting UEFA. Invited referees included representatives from the elite group: Benoit Bastien, François Létexier, Clement Turpin (all from France), Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia), Serdar Gözübüyük, Danny Makkelie (both from the Netherlands), Orel Grinfeld (Israel), Daniel Siebert, Felix Zweier, Tobias Stieler (all from Germany), Marco Guida, Maurizio Mariani, David Massa (all from Italy), Istvan Kovacs (Romania), Ivan Kruzliak (Slovakia), Szymon Marciniak (Poland), Khalil Umut Meler (Türkiye), Glenn Nyberg (Suede), Michel Olivier, Antoine Taylor (both from England) Irfan Pelto (Bosnia), José María Sánchez Martinez, Jesus Gil Manzano, Alejandro José Hernández-Hernández (all from Spain) Anastase Sidiropoulos (Greece), João Pedro Silva Pinheiro (Portugal), Sandro Scherer (Swiss), Espen Eskos (Norway). They will also be supplemented by a few judges from the first panel and 14 video referees.
Traditionally, in winter, they bring together the referees who will work club and national team matches during the second part of the season. The gathering will take place in Athens from February 3 to 5. At the same time, introductory courses will be organized for young judges registered for the first time on the list. FIFA and received the right to officiate international matches in 2025. On recommendation RFUs this winter emblem FIFA will receive Sergei Chebanbut he is not one of the guests at the gathering. The last time a Russian judge was trained with foreign referees was in the fall of 2023 in Geneva. Sergey Karasev.
