French referee Jérémie Pignard to officiate Bosnia and Herzegovina against Poland

French officiating team assigned for Zenica fixture

European football governing body UEFA has appointed 39-year-old French referee Jérémie Pignard to officiate the upcoming UEFA Nations League match between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Poland. The matchday four fixture will be held on Monday in the city of Zenica. UEFA confirmed that Pignard will be supported by an all-French refereeing delegation throughout the fixture. Aurélien Drouet and Hicham Zakrani have been assigned as the two assistant referees on the touchlines. Jérémy Stinat will perform the duties of the fourth official on the sideline. The video assistant referee operations will be handled by Willy Delajod as the primary VAR official, alongside Mathieu Vernice serving in the assistant VAR capacity.

International career and previous club assignments

Pignard has been an accredited FIFA international referee since 2019 and regularly presides over domestic league fixtures in France's Ligue 1. The scheduled match in Zenica marks the first time that Pignard will referee a senior international game involving either Poland or Bosnia and Herzegovina. The referee has previously crossed paths with a Polish side only once in European club competition nearly one year ago. In October 2025, Pignard was the referee for a UEFA Europa Conference League group encounter between Polish club Legia Warsaw and Turkish side Samsunspor, which concluded in a 0-1 home defeat for Warsaw. Outside league fixtures, his recent assignments in French football include refereeing the French Super Cup, where RC Lens defeated Paris Saint-Germain by a 1-0 scoreline.

Group standings and head-to-head record

The match in Zenica serves as the opening fixture of the second half of the UEFA Nations League group stage, beginning the round of return fixtures. Bosnia and Herzegovina enters the match positioned ahead of Poland in the group standings with five points accumulated across three matches. Poland sits in second position with four points, trailing their hosts by a single point. The two national teams last faced each other on 25 September 2026 at the PGE Narodowy stadium in Warsaw, where the encounter ended in a 0-0 draw with neither side scoring. Poland's other group fixtures produced a 1-3 defeat against Sweden and a 6-0 victory over Romania.

Outlook for the autumn international window

Monday's match brings a conclusion to the first of two autumn international windows on the European football schedule. The Polish national team travels to Zenica following their 6-0 win against Romania, which stands as their most decisive victory of the campaign so far. The fixture in the Balkans completes the initial set of group games before the competition pauses ahead of the second autumn international window. With only one point separating Bosnia and Herzegovina and Poland in the table, the result in Zenica will determine the ranking between the two sides before group play resumes.