Last update 8 December, 2023 by Alberto Llopis
¿How much does a referee earn in Spanish football?? That's one of the questions most often asked an amateur. A good salary for, technically and on paper, not be professional. In Spain the situation is as follows.
The salary of a referee in the Spanish First Division
A Spanish First Division referee wins 12.500 monthly euros. From there, Every game they referee goes up to 4.200 euros per game while VAR referees earn 2.100 euros per match. If they also blow a European match, add up 7.000 euros per match. Which is the same, if they beep more than 20 parties and some European, can exceed the 300.000 euros per season between salary, matches and diets. Next to nothing.
How much does a referee earn in the Second Division??
A Second Division referee, desire 6.000 euros per month, to which we must add 1.800 euros per match conducted on the pitch. In the case of being in the VAR, the sum is 900. If the referee whistles 20 games per season and many more in the VAR, a referee from the second Spanish can overcome the 150.000 euros salary per year.
And how much do the referees of lower categories and women's football receive??
In 1RFEF and in the Women's First Division things are already going down and changing a lot, lot. In both cases, the referee or collegial, cobra 167 euros per game and his two assistants 80, along with a diet 78,13 euros if the match is played over a hundred kilometers. In Third, al referee pockets 121 euros and 56 their linieres, along with a diet shift 42,07 euros (if it does night before the meeting) and two diets 78,13 (If you have to travel a day earlier). very very distant numbers that are handled in the first two categories of Spanish football.