-João Gonçalves is the referee for Sp. Braga-Benfica, a big game on the 16th round of the League, scheduled for Sunday. The appointments of the Arbitration Council (CA) of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) for seven of the nine games in the round were announced this Wednesday.
At the reception of the leader FC Porto to the last classified AVS, on Monday, in the game that closes the day, will be Bruno Costa. Sporting-Rio Ave, on Sunday, is led by Carlos Macedo.
On Saturday, in the first two games of the day, Luís Godinho officiates Famalicão-Estrela and Fábio Veríssimo of Estoril-Alverca.
On Sunday, in addition to the games in Braga and Alvalade, José Bessa officiates Arouca-Gil Vicente and Luís Filipe of Casa Pia-Vitória.
Nacional-Santa Clara and Moreirense-Tondela will be played on January 11, 2026 and the referees are not yet known.
FC Famalicão-CF Estrela (Saturday, 6pm)
Referee: Luís Godinho
Assistants: Rui Teixeira and Rúben Silva
4th referee: Gustavo Correia
VAR: Rui Costa
WHAT: André Neto
Estoril Praia-FC Alverca (Saturday, 8:30 pm)
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
Assistants: Pedro Martins and Hugo Marques
4th referee: Pedro Ramalho
VAR: Luís Ferreira
AVAR: Valdemar Maia
FC Arouca-Gil Vicente FC (Sunday, 3:30 pm)
Referee: José Bessa
Assistants: Hugo Santos and Miguel Martins
4th referee: Sérgio Guelho
VAR: Manuel Oliveira
AVAR: Fábio Silva
Casa Pia AC-Vitória SC (Sunday, 3:30 pm)
Referee: Luís Filipe
Assistants: Hugo Coimbra and Ricardo Carreira
4th referee: Bruno Vieira
VAR: Joao Casegas
AVAR: Marco Vieira
SC Braga-SL Benfica (Sunday, 6pm)
Referee: João Gonçalves
Assistants: Pedro Ribeiro and Tiago Costa
4th referee: Iancu Vasilica
VAR: Tiago Martins
AVAR: Pedro Felisberto
Sporting CP-Rio Ave FC (Sunday, 8:30 pm)
Referee: Carlos Macedo
Assistants: Luís Costa and João Macedo
4th referee: David Silva
VAR: Bruno Esteves
AVAR: Sílvia Domingos
FC Porto-AVS (Monday, 8:15 pm)
Referee: Bruno Costa
Assistants: Jorge Fernandes and João Bessa Silva
4th referee: Diogo Araújo
VAR: João Malheiro Pinto
AVAR: Nuno Pires
