David Silva to referee FC Porto v Rio Ave clash | OneFootball

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·18 February 2026

David Silva to referee FC Porto v Rio Ave clash

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The Arbitration Council of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) revealed this Wednesday the referee appointments for the 23rd round of the League, which is set to begin next Friday with the match between Estrela da Amadora and Tondela.

On Saturday, at Luz, the BenficaAves SAD match will have Miguel Fonseca as the referee, marking his debut in matches involving the reds and only his seventh game in the top tier of Portuguese football. At the same time (18:00), Moreirense and Sporting will play, with Bruno Costa officiating. The league leader, FC Porto, will take the field on Sunday against Rio Ave, with David Silva as the referee.


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On Saturday, at 20:30, João Pinheiro will referee the Minho derby between SC Braga and Vitória de Guimarães.

Referee teams for the 23rd round:

Estrela da Amadora-Tondela

Referee: Gustavo Correia

Assistants: André Dias and Fábio Silva

4th official: Diogo Araújo

VAR: Cláudia Ribeiro

AVAR: André Narciso

Referee: Hélder Carvalho

Assistants: José Mira and Alexandre Ferreira

4th official: José Rodrigues

VAR: Sérgio Piscarreta

AVAR: Pedro Felisberto

Referee: Luís Filipe

Assistants: Hugo Ribeiro and Gonçalo Freire

4th official: António Nobre

VAR: Vasco Santos

AVAR: Sérgio Jesus

Benfica-Aves SAD

Referee: Miguel Fonseca

Assistants: João Martins and David Soares

4th official: Hélder Malheiro

VAR: Paulo Barradas

AVAR: Rui Cidade

Referee: Bruno Costa

Assistants: Jorge Fernandes and João Morte

4th official: Sérgio Guelho

VAR: Rui Costa

AVAR: Tiago Costa

Referee: João Pinheiro

Assistants: Bruno Jesus and Luciano Maia

4th official: Vítor Lopes

VAR: Luís Ferreira

AVAR: Valdemar Maia

Referee: Iancu Vasilica

Assistants: José Pereira and Inácio Pereira

4th official: Gonçalo Neves

VAR: Ricardo Moreira

AVAR: Jonathan Bab

FC Porto-Rio Ave

Referee: David Silva

Assistants: Carlos Campos and Nelson Cunha

4th official: Anzhony Rodrigues

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.

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