Olofsson and Mariana, referees for the Barça Femení and Rayo Vallecano finals

The Swedish referee Tess Olofsson was appointed by UEFA to officiate the final of the Women’s Champions League between Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnais, which will be played at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo (Norway) on May 23 (6:00 p.m.), while the Italian Maurizio Mariana will officiate the Conference League final, between Crystal Palace FC and Rayo Vallecano, at the Leipzig Stadium (Germany), on May 27 (9:00 p.m.).

The UEFA Referees Commission also announced that the Swedish Tess Olofsson will referee the final of the Women’s Champions League between FC Barcelona and Lyon, at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo (Norway) on Saturday, May 23. At 38 years old, he has been international since 2015 and will direct his first final of the top continental club competition, after having whistled the second leg of last year’s semifinals between Chelsea and Barça.

This season, she has officiated four Champions League games, and also refereed last year in the final phase of the Women’s Euro Cup, including the quarterfinal match between the French and German teams.

In addition, UEFA announced that Maurizio Mariani will be the referee for the Conference League final, which will face Rayo Vallecano and the English Crystal Palace at the Leipzig Stadium in Germany, on Wednesday, May 27. 44 years old, he has been an international referee since 2019 and will officiate his first final of a UEFA club competition.

Although he has already directed the finals of the Italian Cup of the 2024-25 season and the final of the U-20 World Cup last year, between Argentina and Morocco. Last year he was the fourth referee in the Europa League final, and this season he has refereed seven Champions League games and one Europa League match.

Finally, Spain will have a presence in the Champions League final with Carlos del Cerro Grande as VAR assistant, in a duel that German Daniel Siebert will direct; and in the Europa League, thanks to the Canarian Alejandro Hernández Hernández, who will be the fourth referee in a referee team led by the Frenchman François Letexier.