REFEREES from Slovenia

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Slovene Referees of all time. This list of famous Slovene Referees is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Damir Skomina (b. 1976)

With an HPI of 54.03, Damir Skomina is the most famous Slovene Referee.  His biography has been translated into 36 different languages on wikipedia.

Damir Skomina (born 5 August 1976) is a Slovenian former UEFA Elite category football referee. He is currently working as analyst of referee decisions on Croatian radiotelevision.

2. Slavko Vinčić (b. 1979)

With an HPI of 42.19, Slavko Vinčić is the 2nd most famous Slovene Referee.  His biography has been translated into 26 different languages.

Slavko Vinčić (born 25 November 1979) is a Slovenian football referee. He has been an international-listed referee for FIFA since 2010. Vinčić went to UEFA Euro 2012 as additional assistant in the team of Damir Skomina. Additionally, Vinčić refereed the 2024 UEFA Champions League final at Wembley Stadium. As of July 2021 he has been in charge of 12 Champions League and 19 Europa League matches, including 2020–21 Champions League quarterfinal between Porto and Chelsea and 2020–21 Europa League semifinal between Arsenal and Villarreal. He was also the referee for the 2022 UEFA Europa League final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers. Vinčić was selected as a match official for Euro 2020, where he refereed two group stage matches (Spain-Sweden and Switzerland-Turkey) and the QF clash between Italy and Belgium. On 30 May 2020, Vinčić was arrested by mistake as part of a police probe into a prostitution and drugs ring in Bosnia and Herzegovina but was soon cleared of any wrongdoing. On 13 May 2024, he was selected by UEFA to referee 2024 UEFA Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid.