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Match officials for the 22nd round of fixtures, 23-6 January:

INTER – PISA     Venerd์ 23/01 h. 20.45

MARCENARO

MOKHTAR – YOSHIKAWA

IV:      AYROLDI

VAR:     GARIGLIO

AVAR:      MASSA

 

COMO – TORINO    Sabato 24/01 h. 15.00

FELICIANI

MELI – ALASSIO

IV:      GALIPO’

VAR:      PATERNA

AVAR:      DOVERI

 

FIORENTINA – CAGLIARI    Sabato 24/01 h. 18.00

GUIDA

BINDONI – COLAROSSI

IV:       BONACINA

VAR:      DI PAOLO

AVAR:       DI BELLO

 

LECCE – LAZIO    Sabato 24/01 h. 20.45

CHIFFI

IMPERIALE – BAHRI

IV:      RAPUANO

VAR:     MAZZOLENI

AVAR:     ABISSO

 

SASSUOLO – CREMONESE     h. 12.30

COLLU

CECCONI – EL FILALI

IV:      FABBRI

VAR:     GHERSINI

AVAR:    LA PENNA

 

ATALANTA – PARMA    h. 15.00

SACCHI J.L.

PERETTI – BIANCHINI

IV:     MASSIMI

VAR:     NASCA

AVAR:      MARINI

 

GENOA – BOLOGNA     h. 15.00

MARESCA

BERCIGLI – CEOLIN

IV:     PAIRETTO

VAR:     MAGGIONI

AVAR:     MASSA

 

JUVENTUS – NAPOLI    h. 18.00

MARIANI

TEGONI – BERTI

IV:     MARCHETTI

VAR:     DOVERI

AVAR:       DI PAOLO

 

ROMA – MILAN    h. 20.45

COLOMBO

PERROTTI – ROSSI M.

IV:       ZUFFERLI

VAR:     DI BELLO

AVAR:     ABISSO

 

H. VERONA – UDINESE     Luned์ 26/01 h. 20.45

MANGANIELLO

LO CICERO – POLITI

IV:     TURRINI

VAR:    AURELIANO

AVAR:      PAGANESSI

Match officials for the missing fixtures from the 16th round, when four teams were involved in the Supercoppa:

NAPOLI – PARMA       Mercoled์ 13/01 h. 18.30

FABBRI

PERROTTI – MOKHTAR

IV:      AYROLDI

VAR:     GARIGLIO

AVAR:      LA PENNA

 

INTER – LECCE    Mercoled์ 13/01 h. 20.45

MARESCA

PASSERI – DI GIOIA

IV:      MANGANIELLO

VAR:      MAGGIONI

AVAR:      CHIFFI

 

H. VERONA – BOLOGNA    Gioved์ 14/01 h. 18.30

MARIANI

BINDONI – ALASSIO

IV:       MASSA

VAR:      CAMPLONE

AVAR:       DI BELLO

 

COMO – MILAN   Gioved์ 14/01 h. 20.45

GUIDA

LO CICERO – YOSHIKAWA

IV:      PAIRETTO

VAR:     DOVERI

AVAR:     DI PAOLO

To answer TTFL's query, VAR has been in use since the first round (the first post in this thread gives the details).  Before that there was a preliminary round with four matches; if I remember rightly, these were given to Serie C referees (which is why I didn't post the details), and so VAR would not have been used.  Nowadays the Coppa Italia is almost a closed shop for Serie A and B, with just a token presence of a handful of Serie C teams, who are supposed to know their place and get themselves eliminated by the first round.  I should not speak ill of a competition won last year by my local team, but it is somewhat farcical, being hopelessly rigged in favour of the big teams.  You do get the odd surprise in round one, because it takes place pre-season, and teams from the lower reaches of Serie A, knowing that they have no chance of getting to the final, do not necessarily take it all that seriously.  I would hate to think of the reaction of the likes of Juventus and Inter if they were faced mid-season with an open 64-team draw, which could see them sent to a Serie D ground somewhere in Calabria. 

This may not be relevant in this instance, but there has not always been an automatic link between being on the international list and wearing a Fifa badge. At that time (and until, I think, about 1990) the title of FIFA referee was awarded on an ad hominem (as it then was) basis, the minimum qualification being that of having refereed two full internationals. I would imagine most, if not all English international referees would have received that title, but there may have been exceptions.

Match officials for the 19th round of fixtures, 6-8 January

PISA – COMO     Marted์ 06/01 h. 15.00

PAIRETTO

DEI GIUDICI – GALIMBERTI

IV:      ZANOTTI

VAR:     GHERSINI

AVAR:      AURELIANO

 

LECCE – ROMA    Marted์ 06/01 h. 18.00

SACCHI J.L.

MOKHTAR – CAVALLINA

IV:      TREMOLADA

VAR:      GARIGLIO

AVAR:      CHIFFI

 

SASSUOLO – JUVENTUS    Marted์ 06/01 h. 20.45

ZUFFERLI

TEGONI – C. ROSSI

IV:       PERRI

VAR:      CAMPLONE

AVAR:       FABBRI

 

BOLOGNA – ATALANTA     h. 18.30

DI BELLO

PASSERI – TRINCHIERI

IV:      FERRIERI CAPUTI

VAR:     MERAVIGLIA

AVAR:     ABISSO

 

NAPOLI – H. VERONA     h. 18.30

MARCHETTI

ZINGARELLI – FONTANI

IV:      ARENA

VAR:     MARINI

AVAR:    MAGGIONI

 

LAZIO – FIORENTINA     h. 20.45

SOZZA

LO CICERO – DI GIOIA

IV:     CREZZINI

VAR:     PEZZUTO

AVAR:      PRONTERA

 

PARMA – INTER    h. 20.45

COLOMBO

VECCHI – PALERMO

IV:     PERENZONI

VAR:     LA PENNA

AVAR:     CAMPLONE

 

TORINO – UDINESE     h. 20.45

MARESCA

MINIUTTI – GIUGGIOLI

IV:     MANGANIELLO

VAR:     VOLPI

AVAR:       DI PAOLO

 

CREMONESE – CAGLIARI     Gioved์ 08/01 h. 18.30

BONACINA

BACCINI – BERCIGLI

IV:       MUCERA

VAR:     MAZZOLENI

AVAR:     NASCA

 

MILAN – GENOA     Gioved์ 08/01 h. 20.45

MARIANI

BINDONI – MORO

IV:     TURRINI

VAR:    DI PAOLO

AVAR:      PATERNA

6. La Boheme (and yes I am)

And now another round of fixtures.  Some poor souls will think they've gone to sleep and woken up in England.  Match officials for the 18th round of fixtures, 2-4 January:

CAGLIARI – MILAN     Venerd์ 02/01 h. 20.45

ABISSO

ROSSI L. – BARONE

IV:      MARCHETTI

VAR:     CAMPLONE

AVAR:      DI BELLO

 

COMO – UDINESE      h. 12.30

ARENA

IMPERIALE – MONDIN

IV:      SOZZA

VAR:      DI BELLO

AVAR:      VOLPI

 

GENOA – PISA    h. 15.00

CHIFFI

PERETTI – COLAROSSI

IV:       CALZAVARA

VAR:      MAZZOLENI

AVAR:       NASCA

 

SASSUOLO – PARMA    h. 15.00

FELICIANI

LO CICERO – ZEZZA

IV:      GALIPO’

VAR:     MERAVIGLIA

AVAR:     PEZZUTO

 

JUVENTUS – LECCE    h. 18.00

COLLU

BERTI – BIANCHINI

IV:      MARCENARO

VAR:     DOVERI

AVAR:    GHERSINI

 

ATALANTA – ROMA    h. 20.45

FABBRI

CECCONI – BERCIGLI

IV:     ZUFFERLI

VAR:     MARESCA

AVAR:      DI PAOLO

 

LAZIO – NAPOLI    Domenica 04/01 h. 12.30

MASSA

MELI – ALASSIO

IV:     PICCININI

VAR:     DI PAOLO

AVAR:     DOVERI

 

FIORENTINA – CREMONESE     Domenica 04/01 h. 15.00

LA PENNA

BAHRI – ROSSI M.

IV:     BONACINA

VAR:     MARINI

AVAR:       GARIGLIO

 

H. VERONA – TORINO    Domenica 04/01 h. 18.00

RAPUANO

FONTEMURATO – MONACO

IV:       DI MARCO

VAR:     MAGGIONI

AVAR:     PEZZUTO

 

INTER – BOLOGNA    Domenica 04/01 h. 20.45

GUIDA

CECCON – LAUDATO

IV:     MARINELLI

VAR:    GHERSINI

AVAR:      MARESCA

Italy has published its list of FIFA officials for 2026:

Male referees: Luca Zufferli replaces Fabio Maresca

Male assistant referees: Khaled Bahri replaces Ciro Carbone

Female assistant referees: Laura Gasparini replaces Tiziana Trasciatti

No changes to the list of VMOs.