Daniel Schlager is a German football referee born in Rastatt, Germany on 8 December 1989. He made his Bundesliga debut on 16 September 2018. He has been FIFA-listed since 2022. Schlager is a FIFA-listed German referee and was the first Bundesliga official to wear the RefCam in a league match.
Daniel Schlager is a German football referee born in Rastatt, Germany on 8 December 1989. He made his Bundesliga debut on 16 September 2018. He has been FIFA-listed since 2022. Schlager is a FIFA-listed German referee and was the first Bundesliga official to wear the RefCam in a league match. He is part of the current Bundesliga officiating pool and is regularly relevant for pre-match analysis, appointment previews and VAR-focused discussion.
In the 2025/26 Bundesliga season, Schlager has officiated 12 league matches, averaging 20.83 fouls, 0.25 penalties, 3.42 yellow cards and 0.33 red cards per game. Those numbers point to a balanced but firm profile, with a solid middle ground in disciplinary terms. For The VAR Verdict, that statistical snapshot helps readers understand the disciplinary threshold and general tone he has shown this season.
Daniel Schlager is presented with a data-first profile based on publicly available information and the statistics entered in the referee database.
Referee style: Balanced but firm.
