UEFA Europa League - Round of 16 - Referee Appointments (I)

One Elite Group referee, three Elite Development Group and four First Group referees will head their officiating crews into the eight first legs of UEFA Europa League Round of 16 matches. One of the assistant referees, Romanian Cristian Nica, has established a new Europa League record, as he has been appointed for the seventh time in this current Europa League season.

Russian Sergei Karasev in his last EL match (c) weltfussball.de

Thursday, 7 March 2013, 18:00 CET

Stadion Luzhniki, Moscow, Russia
Anji - Newcastle Utd.
Referee: István Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: István Albert (HUN)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Tamás Bognar (HUN)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Mihaly Fabián (HUN)
Fourth Official: Zsolt Attila Szpisjak (HUN)
UEFA Referee Observer: Kaj Østergaard (DEN)
UEFA Delegate: Zoran Cvrk (CRO)

Thursday, 7 March 2013, 19:00 CET

VfB Arena, Stuttgart, Germany
VfB Stuttgart - Lazio Roma
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Cristian Nica (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Aurel Onita (ROU)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Pavel Cristian Balaj (ROU)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Radu Marian Petrescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Octavian Sovre (ROU)
UEFA Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)
UEFA Delegate: Eggert Magnusson (ISL)

Stadio mesta Plzne, Plzen, Czech Republic
Viktoria Plzen - Fenerbahçe
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Gianluca Cariolato (ITA)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Andrea De Marco (ITA)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Mauro Bergonzi (ITA)
Fourth Official: Massimiliano Grilli (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Stefan Ormandjiev (BUL)
UEFA Delegate: Johan Van Kouterik (NED)

National Arena, Bucharest, Romania
Steaua Bucuresti - Chelsea London
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Averianov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Nikolay Golubev (RUS)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Maksim Layushkin (RUS)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Aleksei Nikolaev (RUS)
Fourth Official: Dmitry Mosyakin (RUS)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bo Karlsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Christian Kofoed (DEN)

Thursday, 7 March 2013, 21:05 CET

Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal
Benfica SL - Girondins Bordeaux
Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Danny Krasikow (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Amihay Yehoshua Mozes (ISR)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Liran Liany (ISR)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Eli Hacmon (ISR)
Fourth Official: Oren Bornshtain (ISR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Jones (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Mehmet S. Önen (TUR)

White Hart Lane, London, England
Tottenham - Internazionale
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Javier Aguilar Rodríguez (ESP)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Fourth Official: Roberto Díaz Pérez Del Palomar (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bertrand Layec (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Dr. Rainer Koch (GER)

Estadi Ciutat de València, Valencia, Spain
Levante UD - Rubin Kazan
Referee: Antony Gautier (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fredji Harchay (FRA)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Fourth Official: Philippe Jeanne (FRA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nuno Castro (POR)
UEFA Delegate: Dusan Tittel (SVK)

St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
FC Basel - Zenit St. Petersburg
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Nicola Nicoletti (ITA)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Andrea Gervasoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Alessandro Giallattini (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Ioannis Tsachilidis (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Mike Foster (ENG)