Three news from UEFA on the list of Romanian referees »in which value category do the changes appear for 2025-2026
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 16:53 / Updated Wednesday, 02 July 2025 17:05
UEFA has validated the composition of the list of referees that will be able to take matches in the next season of European competitions. Compared to the 2024-2025 edition, the names of the four Romanians from Elite Class and First Class are kept, but the configuration of the boilers admitted to the Second Class will be modified. Instead of three, there will be four Romanians in the third value level.
The two news approved by the Nyon referees commission refers to the promotion of Szabolcs Kovacs and Rareș Vidican. Istvan's younger brother (37 years old) and the 36 -year -old from Oradea increase in four second class list.
Szabolcs Kovacs will debut in Malta in Conference League!
Szabolcs Kovacs also received his first official international match as a central referee, within the preliminaries Conference League. The match will take place on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, from 8:30 pm, on Centenary Stadium in TA 'Qali, Malta, and will bring the teams Floriana FC (Malta) and Haverfordwest County AfC (Wales).
Szabolcs Kovacs needed lime to give penalty in favor of FCSB, with U Cluj/ PHOTO Ionuț Iordache (GSP)
They maintain their position occupied in the previous season Andrei Florin Chivulete and Iuliana Elena Demetrescu, who can whistle both at the male and female games. Instead, Marcel Bîrsan came out.
What does the situation of the Romanian power stations look at the first two values? The number 1 continues to be the referee who led the last final of the Champions League, PSG – Inter 5-0, on Allianz Arena in Munich.
Istvan Kovacs in Elite. Barbu, feast, Petrescu in First Class
However, Istvan Kovacs remains our only representative in Elite Class (Ovidiu Hațegan was only at the beginning in Elite in 2024-2025, after which he passed as lime, due to cardiac problems).
Rareș Vidican / Photo: Imago
Status quo is also in First Class, where we maintain the three names of season 2024-05. That is, in the alphabetical order, Marian Alexandru Barbu, Horațiu Feșnic and Radu Marian Petrescu.
On the lists set by UEFA for the first part of the next season, there are 30 center referees in Elite Class from 20 countries (England, Spain, Italy and Germany. In First Class there are 58 referees from 35 countries on the continent, and in Second Class there are 204 referees representing all 53 federations affiliated with UEFA.
