UEFA Europa League - Referee Appointments (MD4)

UEFA has published the 24 referee appointments for the coming fourth matchday of UEFA Europa League.

Finally back at the international whistle: István Vad (HUN)

(RUS) Anzhi			Liverpool (ENG)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 18:00 CET, Stadion Lokomotiv, Moscow (RUS) GROUP A
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP) Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP) Assistant Referee 2: Jorge Canelo Prieto (ESP) Fourth Official: José Fernández Miranda (ESP) Additional Assistant Referee 1: César Muñiz Fernández (ESP) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP) UEFA Delegate: Pertti Alaja (FIN) UEFA Referee Observer: Jean Lemmer (LUX) Referee Liaison Officer: Dennis Mareev (RUS)

(AZE) Neftçi			Rubin Kazan (RUS)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 18:00 CET, Tofig Bahramov Rep. Stadium, Baku (AZE) GROUP H
Referee: Manuel De Sousa (POR) Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR) Assistant Referee 2: Rui Tavares (POR) Fourth Official: Nuno Santos Tomás (POR) Additional Assistant Referee 1: João Capela (POR) Additional Assistant Referee 2: João Ferreira (POR) UEFA Delegate: Michal Listkiewicz (POL) UEFA Referee Observer: Suheil Daood (ISR) Referee Liaison Officer: Rustam Rahimov (AZE)

(ITA) Udinese			Young Boys (SUI)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Stadio Friuli, Udine (ITA) GROUP A
Referee: Kristo Tohver (EST) Assistant Referee 1: Dmitri Vinogradov (EST) Assistant Referee 2: Hannes Reinvald (EST) Fourth Official: Jaanus Mutli (EST) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Hannes Kaasik (EST) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Roomer Tarajev (EST) UEFA Delegate: Markus Stenger (GER) UEFA Referee Observer: Rene Temmink (NED) Referee Liaison Officer: Luca De Reggi (ITA)

(POR) Académica			Atlético (ESP)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra (POR) GROUP B
Referee: Lee Probert (ENG) Assistant Referee 1: Jake Collin (ENG) Assistant Referee 2: Simon Beck (ENG) Fourth Official: Stuart Burt (ENG) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Jonathan Moss (ENG) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Kevin Friend (ENG) UEFA Delegate: Léon Schelings (BEL) UEFA Referee Observer: Marinus Koopman (NED) Referee Liaison Officer: Antonio José Fernandes (POR)

(CZE) Viktoria Plzen			Hapoel Tel-Aviv (ISR)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Stadion mesta Plzne, Plzen (CZE) GROUP B
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (BUL) Assistant Referee 1: Ventsislav Gavrilov (BUL) Assistant Referee 2: Nikolay Angelov (BUL) Fourth Official: Veselin Dobriyanov (BUL) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Nikolay Yordanov (BUL) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Georgi Yordanov (BUL) UEFA Delegate: Ísak Mikladal (FRO) UEFA Referee Observer: Iouri Baskakov (RUS)* Referee Liaison Officer: Adriana Secova (CZE)

(FRA) Olympique Marseille			Borussia M'gladbach (GER)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Stadio Friuli, Udine (ITA) GROUP C
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK) Assistant Referee 1: Roman Slyško (SVK) Assistant Referee 2: Tomas Somolani (SVK) Fourth Official: Erik Weiss (SVK) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Richard Trutz (SVK) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Peter Kralović (SVK) UEFA Delegate: Benny Jacobsen (DEN) UEFA Referee Observer: Rune Pedersen (NOR) Referee Liaison Officer: Pierre Masse (FRA)

(TUR) Fenerbahçe			AEL Limasol (CYP)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Sükrü Saracoglu, Istanbul (TUR) GROUP C
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL) Assistant Referee 1: Johann Gudmundsson (ISL) Assistant Referee 2: Gunnar Gunnarsson (ISL) Fourth Official: Sigurður Þórleifsson (ISL) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (ISL) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Erlendur Eiriksson (ISL) UEFA Delegate: Adrian Titcombe (ENG) UEFA Referee Observer: Milovan Nikolić (SVN) Referee Liaison Officer: Alper Dogmen (TUR)

(BEL) Club Brugge			Newcastle Utd (ENG)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges (BEL) GROUP D
Referee: Luca Banti (ITA) Assistant Referee 1: Nicola Nicoletti (ITA) Assistant Referee 2: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA) Fourth Official: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Andrea Gervasoni (ITA) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Domenico Celi (ITA) UEFA Delegate: Andreas Akkelides (CYP) UEFA Referee Observer: Carlos Manuel Ferreira Matos (POR) Referee Liaison Officer: Willy van Driessche (BEL)

(FRA) Girondins Bordeaux			Marítimo (POR)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux (FRA) GROUP D
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU) Assistant Referee 1: Vytautas Simkus (LTU) Assistant Referee 2: Arturas Pipiras (LTU) Fourth Official: Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Nerijus Dunauskas (LTU) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Juriy Paskovskij (LTU) UEFA Delegate: Luis Cuervas Del Real (ESP) UEFA Referee Observer: Vlado Sajn (SVN)* Referee Liaison Officer: Alain Augu (FRA)

(NOR) Molde			Steaua (ROU)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Molde Stadion, Molde (NOR) GROUP E
Referee: István Vad (HUN) Assistant Referee 1: Vencel Tóth (HUN) Assistant Referee 2: István Albert (HUN) Fourth Official: Zsolt Szpisjak (HUN) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Tamás Bognar (HUN) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Mihály Fabián (HUN) UEFA Delegate: Patrick Wattebled (FRA) UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry (ENG) Referee Liaison Officer: Einar Halle (NOR)

(DEN) København			VfB Stuttgart (GER)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Parken, Copenhagen (DEN) GROUP E
Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO)** Assistant Referee 1: Graham Chambers (SCO) Assistant Referee 2: Stuart Stevenson (SCO) Fourth Official: George Drummond (SCO) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Brian Colvin (SCO) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Paul Robertson (SCO) UEFA Delegate: Barry Bright (ENG) UEFA Referee Observer: Valentin Ivanov (RUS) Referee Liaison Officer: Bill René Hansen (DEN)

(SWE) AIK Solna			PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Rasundastadion, Solna (SWE) GROUP F
Referee: Maksim Layushkin (RUS) Assistant Referee 1: Oleg Tselovalnikov (RUS) Assistant Referee 2: Vitaly Drozdov (RUS) Fourth Official: Aleksei Vorontsov (RUS) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Aleksei Nikolaev (RUS) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Vladimir Kazmenko (RUS) UEFA Delegate: Geir Thorsteinsson (ISL) UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Ormandjiev (BUL) Referee Liaison Officer: Leif Sundell (SWE)

(ITA) SSC Napoli			Dnipro (UKR)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 19:00 CET, Molde Stadion, Molde (NOR) GROUP E
Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR) Assistant Referee 1: Danny Krasikow (ISR) Assistant Referee 2: Amihay Yosehua Mozes (ISR) Fourth Official: Nissan Davidy (ISR) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Eli Hacmon (ISR) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Ziv Adler (ISR) UEFA Delegate: Mark Blackbourne (ENG) UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI) Referee Liaison Officer: Giorgio Castronuovo (ITA)

(SUI) FC Basel			Videoton (HUN)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, St. Jakob-Park, Basel (SUI) GROUP G
Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi (UKR) Assistant Referee 1: Oleksyi Andrieiev (UKR) Assistant Referee 2: Serhiy Bekker (UKR) Fourth Official: Mykola Levko (UKR) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Serhiy Boiko (UKR) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Viktor Shevtsov (UKR) UEFA Delegate: Jevgenijs Milevskis (LVA) UEFA Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vazquez (ESP) Referee Liaison Officer: Jürg Burkhart (SUI)

(POR) Sporting			KRC Genk (BEL)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, José Alvalade, Lisbon (POR) GROUP G
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (SWE) Assistant Referee 1: Stefan Wittberg (SWE) Assistant Referee 2: Magnus Sjöblom (SWE) Fourth Official: Henrik Andrén (SWE) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Tobias Mattsson (SWE) UEFA Delegate: Alan McRae (SCO) UEFA Referee Observer: Jan Fasung (SVK) Referee Liaison Officer: João Almeida Esteves (POR)

(SRB) Partizan			Internazionale (ITA)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, FK Partizan, Belgrade (SRB) GROUP H
Referee: Duarte Gomes (POR) Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR) Assistant Referee 2: Venâncio Raposo Tomé (POR) Fourth Official: Tiago Trigo (POR) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Taborda Xistra (POR) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Hugo Miguel (POR) UEFA Delegate: Pat Quigley (IRL) UEFA Referee Observer: George B. Smith (SCO) Referee Liaison Officer: Grujica Tomić (SRB)

(ISR) Hapoel Kiryat Shmona			Sparta Praha (CZE)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa (ISR) GROUP I
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR) Assistant Referee 1: Andrei Hetsikau (BLR) Assistant Referee 2: Dmitry Zhuk (BLR) Fourth Official: Aleh Maslianka (BLR) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Dzianis Shcherbakou (BLR) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Siarhei Tsynkevich (BLR) UEFA Delegate: Ghenadie Scurtul (MDA) UEFA Referee Observer: Christer Fällström (SWE) Referee Liaison Officer: Yossi Benishty (ISR)

(ESP) Athletic Club			Olympique Lyon (FRA)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao (ESP) GROUP I
Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED) Assistant Referee 1: Angelo Boonman (NED) Assistant Referee 2: Berry Simons (NED) Fourth Official: Rob van de Ven (NED) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Tom van Sichem (NED) UEFA Delegate: Jean Paul Mievis (BEL) UEFA Referee Observer: Kaj Østergaard (DEN) Referee Liaison Officer: Jon Aguirre Huerga (ESP)

(ITA) Lazio Roma			Panathinaikos (GRE)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, Stadio Olimpico, Rome (ITA) GROUP J
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT) Assistant Referee 1: Alain Hoxha (AUT) Assistant Referee 2: Matthias Winsauer (AUT) Fourth Official: Roland Brandner (AUT) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Harald Lechner (AUT) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Rene Eisner (AUT) UEFA Delegate: Tryvge Bornø (NOR) UEFA Referee Observer: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP) Referee Liaison Officer: Danilo Filacchione (ITA)

(ENG) Tottenham			Maribor (SVN)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, White Hart Lane, London (ENG) GROUP J
Referee: Antti Munukka (FIN) Assistant Referee 1: Matti Heininen (FIN) Assistant Referee 2: Jan-Peter Aravirta (FIN) Fourth Official: Jukka Honkanen (FIN) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Mattias Gestranius (FIN) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Dennis Antamo (FIN) UEFA Delegate: Georg Lüchinger (LIE) UEFA Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR) Referee Liaison Officer: Keren Barratt (ENG)

(UKR) Metalist			Rosenborg (NOR)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv (UKR) GROUP K
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN) Assistant Referee 1: Gregor Rojko (SVN) Assistant Referee 2: Marko Stančin (SVN) Fourth Official: Andrej Kokolj (SVN) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Slavko Vinčić (SVN) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Balažič (SVN) UEFA Delegate: Velid Imamović (BIH) UEFA Referee Observer: László Vagner (HUN) Referee Liaison Officer: Vitalii Shved (UKR)

(GER) Bayer Leverkusen			Rapid Wien (AUT)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, BayArena, Leverkusen (GER) GROUP K
Referee: Libor Kovarik (CZE) Assistant Referee 1: Krystof Mencl (CZE) Assistant Referee 2: Jiri Molaček (CZE) Fourth Official: Patrik Filipek (CZE) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Radek Prihoda (CZE) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Tomas Kocourek (CZE) UEFA Delegate: Sergio Di Cesare (ITA) UEFA Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis (CYP) Referee Liaison Officer: Jürgen Aust (GER)

(GER) Hannover 96			Helsingborg (SWE)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, AWD Arena, Hannover (GER) GROUP L
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (FRA) Assistant Referee 1: Christophe Capelli (FRA) Assistant Referee 2: Huseyin Ocak (FRA) Fourth Official: Nicolas Danos (FRA) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Clément Turpin (FRA) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Benoît Millot (FRA) UEFA Delegate: Carmel Bartolo (MLT) UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Jones (ENG) Referee Liaison Officer: Wolfgang Mierswa (GER)

(NED) FC Twente			Levante UD (ESP)
Thursday, 08 November 2012, 21:05 CET, FC Twente Stadion, Enschede (NED) GROUP L
Referee: Tony Chapron (FRA) Assistant Referee 1: Fredji Harchay (FRA) Assistant Referee 2: Emmanuel Boisdenghien (FRA) Fourth Official: Frédéric Cano (FRA) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Rainville (FRA) Additional Assistant Referee 2: Alexandre Castro (FRA) UEFA Delegate: Mehmet S. Onen (TUR) UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE) Referee Liaison Officer: Jef van Vliet (NED)

* UEFA Referee Committee Member
** replaced Euan Norris (SCO).