The Most Famous

REFEREES from Serbia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Serbian Referees. The pantheon dataset contains 147 Referees, 1 of which were born in Serbia. This makes Serbia the birth place of the 36th most number of Referees behind Poland, and Belgium.

Top 2

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

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1. Milorad Mažić (b. 1973)

With an HPI of 55.35, Milorad Mažić is the most famous Serbian Referee.  His biography has been translated into 34 different languages on wikipedia.

Milorad Mažić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Мажић, pronounced [mǐlorad mǎʒitɕ]; born 23 March 1973) is a former Serbian international association football referee. He became a FIFA referee in 2009. Beside working in the Serbian football league system, Mažić officiated numerous matches in the UEFA Champions League (including the 2018 final) and the Europa League, as well as the 2016 UEFA Super Cup. He refereed matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup (including the final match). He was selected as a referee for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He was awarded a Silver Medal for Merits of the Republic of Serbia. He was selected the best Serbian referee nine consecutive times.

Photo of Srđan Jovanović

2. Srđan Jovanović (b. 1986)

With an HPI of 37.87, Srđan Jovanović is the 2nd most famous Serbian Referee.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Srđan Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Срђан Јовановић; born 9 April 1986) is a Serbian football referee who officiates in the Serbian SuperLiga. He has been a FIFA referee since 2015, and is ranked as a UEFA elite category referee.

People

Pantheon has 2 people classified as Serbian referees born between 1973 and 1986. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Serbian referees include Milorad Mažić, and Srđan Jovanović. As of April 2024, 1 new Serbian referees have been added to Pantheon including Srđan Jovanović.

Living Serbian Referees

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Newly Added Serbian Referees (2025)

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