{"id":60811,"date":"2026-01-02T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/victor-garcia-verdura-referee-for-espanyol-barca-derby_315655_102\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:13:00","slug":"victor-garcia-verdura-referee-for-espanyol-barca-derby_315655_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/victor-garcia-verdura-referee-for-espanyol-barca-derby_315655_102.html","title":{"rendered":"V\u00edctor Garc\u00eda Verdura: Catalan referee for the Espanyol-Bar\u00e7a derby in LaLiga"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The RFEF confirmed V\u00edctor Garc\u00eda Verdura as the main referee for the Espanyol-Barcelona derby. Juan Luis Pulido Santana will be in charge of VAR in Cornell\u00e0, for matchday 18 of LaLiga<\/h2>  \r\n<div class=\"article-addons\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/calendar-fc-barcelona.html\"\r\n       target=\"_self\"\r\n       title=\"Calendar of FC Barcelona\"\r\n       class=\"blue-gredient-btn\">\r\n       \r\n        Calendar of FC Barcelona    <\/a>\r\n<\/div>   <p><strong>FC Barcelona<\/strong> visits <strong>Espanyol<\/strong> this Saturday, January 3, 2026 (9:00 PM CEST) for matchday 18 of LaLiga, and will do so under the refereeing of <strong>V\u00edctor Garc\u00eda Verdura<\/strong>. The Catalan referee was appointed for the derby by the <a data-external=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/rfef.es\/en\/es\/noticias\/designaciones-estos-son-los-arbitros-para-los-partidos-del-sabado-3-de-enero-de-la-jornada\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Designaciones arbitrales - J18 de LaLiga 25\/26\">Technical Committee of Referees (CTA)<\/a> along with <strong>Juan Luis Pulido Santana<\/strong> (VAR).<\/p>  <p>This season, Garc\u00eda Verdura has refereed 8 league matches, none for Espanyol or Bar\u00e7a. The 31-year-old referee was the main official in the &#8216;pericos&#8221; victory against Atl\u00e8tic Lleida (1-2) in the first round of the Copa del Rey. The Catalans, however, have not played a match with the Matar\u00f3 native as the main referee since the <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/joan-gamper-trophy\/hit-gamper-lojo-barcelona-thrashed-against-monaco-0-3_306401_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/trofeo-joan-gamper\/batacazo-gamper-flojo-barcelona-cae-goleado-monaco-0-3_306401_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/joan-gamper-trophy\/hit-gamper-lojo-barcelona-thrashed-against-monaco-0-3_306401_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\u00a1Batacazo en el Gamper! El Bar\u00e7a cae goleado ante el M\u00f3naco (0-3) en el estreno de Hansi Flick\">2024 Joan Gamper Trophy<\/a> (a 0-3 defeat against Monaco)<\/p>  <h2>How has Bar\u00e7a fared in matches officiated by Garc\u00eda Verdura?<\/h2>  <p>The Catalan referee debuted in LaLiga in the 23\/24 season. So far, <strong>he has officiated 46 matches in LaLiga with a record of 7 expulsions<\/strong>, 5 of them direct red cards. Due to the territoriality criterion, he has not been the main referee in any match involving Bar\u00e7a or Espanyol, except for the aforementioned precedents.<\/p>  <p>In the case of the &#8216;pericos&#8217;, it was a **Cup duel between Catalan teams**. For the blaugrana side, a pre-season friendly. From the 25\/26 season onwards, however, the CTA president, Fran Soto, has broken with the territorial criterion for League derbies<\/p>  <p><strong>Jos\u00e9 Luis Munuera Montero <\/strong>(Andalusia), for example, was selected for the Sevilla-Betis match on matchday 14, while<strong>&nbsp;Juan Mart\u00ednez Munuera <\/strong>(Valencia) was assigned to the postponed Levante-Villarreal match from J17. The same applies to&nbsp;<strong>Miguel \u00c1ngel Ortiz Arias <\/strong>(Madrid), the main referee for Rayo-Getafe, also from matchday 18.<\/p>  <h2>Historic Referee Appointment for Espanyol-Bar\u00e7a<\/h2>  <p>The only precedent in La Liga for an Espanyol-Bar\u00e7a derby with a Catalan referee dates back more than 78 years, in the <strong>1947\/48 season<\/strong>. On December 7, 1947, <b>Ram\u00f3n Az\u00f3n Roma <\/b>officiated the &#8216;blanquiazul&#8217; team&#8217;s victory (2-1) at Sarri\u00e0. The &#8216;cul\u00e9s&#8217; were champions that season, with Valencia finishing as runners-up.<\/p>  <p>The appointment of V\u00edctor Garc\u00eda Verdura as the referee for the Catalan derby on matchday 18, however, was not well received by the &#8216;perico&#8217; coach, <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/manolo-gonzalez-conditions-refereeing-in-espanyol-barca-match_315654_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/laliga\/manolo-gonzalez-elogia-raphinha-critica-designacion-arbitro-catalan-derbi_315654_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/manolo-gonzalez-conditions-refereeing-in-espanyol-barca-match_315654_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Manolo Gonz\u00e1lez elogia a Raphinha y critica la designaci\u00f3n de un \u00e1rbitro catal\u00e1n para el derbi\">Manolo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a>. The Galician coach believes that it puts extra pressure on the referee to officiate a derby in Cornell\u00e0, the hottest match in recent years between Catalan teams due to its context.<\/p>  <p>In addition to the good current form of both teams, Joan Garc\u00eda will also make his return to the RCDE Stadium as a Bar\u00e7a goalkeeper. <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/laliga-standings-j17-barca-are-winter-champions_315598_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/laliga\/clasificacion-laliga-25-26-j17-barca-cierra-2025-como-campeon-invierno_315598_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/laliga-standings-j17-barca-are-winter-champions_315598_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Clasificaci\u00f3n LaLiga 25\/26 J17: \u00a1El Bar\u00e7a cierra 2025 como campe\u00f3n de invierno!\">Bar\u00e7a is the leader and winter champion with 46 points<\/a>, after winning their last 8 matches. Espanyol has won 5 consecutive games and is fifth, with 33 units and one game in hand.<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RFEF confirmed V\u00edctor Garc\u00eda Verdura as the main referee for the Espanyol-Barcelona derby. Juan Luis Pulido Santana will be in charge of VAR in Cornell\u00e0, for matchday 18 of LaLiga FC Barcelona visits Espanyol this Saturday, January 3, 2026 (9:00 PM CEST) for matchday 18 of LaLiga, and will do so under the refereeing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":60820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[448,114],"tags":[65,79,190,95,194],"class_list":["post-60811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laliga-2","category-laliga","tag-fc-barcelona-vs-rcd-espanyol","tag-rcd-espanyol","tag-referees","tag-rfef","tag-var"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>V\u00edctor Garc\u00eda Verdura: the referee for the Espanyol-Bar\u00e7a derby<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The RFEF confirmed V\u00edctor Garc\u00eda Verdura as the main referee for the Espanyol-Barcelona derby. 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