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.
Historical coverage is selective. We only show seasons and competitions where our sources provide enough verified referee data, so some older seasons may not be available.
Union Berlin
2–2
FC Koln
FC Augsburg
2–2
1899 Hoffenheim
Borussia Mönchengladbach
2–0
FC St. Pauli
VfL Wolfsburg
2–3
FC Augsburg
RB Leipzig
1–2
FSV Mainz 05
1899 Hoffenheim
1–0
Bayer Leverkusen
Eintracht Frankfurt
3–3
Borussia Dortmund
Union Berlin
3–1
RB Leipzig
SC Freiburg
4–0
FSV Mainz 05
Bologna FC 1909
0–0
Brann
FC Koln
4–1
Hamburger SV
Werder Bremen
1–0
Union Berlin
Union Berlin
0–0
RB Leipzig
Eintracht Frankfurt
2–0
Borussia Dortmund
FC Augsburg
0–1
VfB Stuttgart
Borussia Mönchengladbach
4–1
Holstein Kiel
Bayern Munich
3–0
FC Augsburg
Eintracht Frankfurt
7–2
VfL Bochum
VfL Wolfsburg
2–4
Werder Bremen
Borussia Mönchengladbach
1–0
Union Berlin
1899 Hoffenheim
1–4
Bayer Leverkusen
Historical coverage is selective. Only seasons with sufficient verified referee data are shown; some competitions and older seasons are intentionally unavailable when coverage is incomplete.
VAR event counts describe provider-coded incidents. They do not represent The VAR Verdict's editorial judgment on whether a decision was correct or incorrect.
Referee style: Balanced but firm
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