The referee for the Juventus-Galatasaray match has been announced.

23.02.2026 13:25

In the second leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 playoff match, Galatasaray will face Juventus away, and the match will be officiated by Portuguese referee Joao Pinheiro.

Galatasaray's UEFA Champions League Round of 16 playoff match against Juventus, which will be played away, will be officiated by Portuguese referee Joao Pinheiro.

Joao Pinheiro Will Officiate the Galatasaray-Juventus Match

UEFA has determined the referee for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 playoff second leg match that Galatasaray will play against Juventus in Turin on Wednesday night.

In the rematch of the 5-2 match, 38-year-old Portuguese referee Joao Pinheiro will blow the whistle. His assistants will be Bruno Jesus and Luciano Maia.

Polish Tomasz Kwiatkowski will serve as the VAR referee, while French Jerome Brissard will be the assistant VAR referee.

HE HAD OFFICIATED THE AZ ALKMAAR MATCH

This season, Pinheiro also officiated the UEFA Super Cup final between PSG and Tottenham, and he had officiated the match where Galatasaray lost 4-1 to AZ Alkmaar away last season. While the match was continuing 2-1, Kaan Ayhan was sent off with two yellow cards.

Matches officiated by Joao Pinheiro involving Turkish teams:

13.02.2025 Alkmaar 4-1 Galatasaray
07.03.2024 Union SG 0-3 Fenerbahçe
31.08.2023 Beşiktaş 1-0 Dinamo Kiev
27.10.2022 Red Star 2-1 Trabzonspor
04.08.2022 Fenerbahçe 3-0 Slovacko
25.07.2019 Yeni Malatyaspor 2-2 Olimpija Ljubljana
30.03.2016 Italy U19 2-2 Turkey U19

The referee for the Juventus-Galatasaray match has been announced.

In the second leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 playoff match, Galatasaray will face Juventus away, and the match will be officiated by Portuguese referee Joao Pinheiro.

HE HAD OFFICIATED THE AZ ALKMAAR MATCH

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