UEFA Champions League - Referee Observers for Play-Offs

The referee observers for next weeks' UEFA Champions League Play-Off matches have already been appointed and indicate first tendencies with regard to who could potentially handle a certain match. 

Nikolay Levnikov is the only UEFA Referee Committee member attending the sonorous match between PSV Eindhoven and AC Milan, while Konrad Plautz in Lyon and Manuel Mejuto González in Glasgow could be a sign for Elite Development Referees or inexperienced Elite officials in these duels.

The referee appointments will be made public by the European football federation on Sunday (and Monday) at 11:00 CET.

First Legs

20/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Struncovy Sady Stadión, Plzen, Czech Republic
Viktoria Plzen - NK Maribor
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Siegfried Kirschen (GER)
UEFA Delegate: José Luis López Serrano (ESP)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)

20/08/2013, 17:00 CET
Stadium: Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan
Shakhter Karagandy - Celtic FC
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Sergey Zuev (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Sergio Di Cesare (ITA)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Ruslan Duzmambetov (KAZ)

20/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France
Olympique Lyon - Real Sociedad
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Roland Tis (BEL)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Jean-Marc Salza (FRA)

20/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: PSV Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands
PSV Eindhoven - AC Milan
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Nikolay Levnikov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Steve Stride (ENG)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Wout Schaap (NED)

20/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal
Paços de Ferreira - Zenit St. Petersburg
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Georgios Bikas (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Michel Pralong (SUI)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: José Ramalho (POR)

21/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: National Arena, Bucharest, Romania
Steaua Bucuresti - Legia Warszawa
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Patrick Kelly (IRL)
UEFA Delegate: Campbell Ogilvie (SCO)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Sorin Cojocaru (ROU)

21/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Schalke 04 - PAOK FC
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Gudmunder Ingi Jónsson (ISL)
UEFA Delegate: Nebojsa Ivković (SRB)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Manfred Wichmann (GER)
Blog Referee Observer: Dino (CRO)

21/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Sükrü Saracoglu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
Fenerbahçe - Arsenal FC
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Zoran Petrović (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Petr Fousek (CZE)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Caglayan Kökkilinç (TUR)

21/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia
Dinamo Zagreb - Austria Wien
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Ilkka Koho (FIN)
UEFA Delegate: Steen Dahrup (DEN)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Igor Pristovnik (CRO)

21/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ludogorets - FC Basel
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Vitković (CRO)
UEFA Delegate: Georg Pangl (AUT)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Georgi Kabakov (BUL)


Second Legs

27/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Austria Arena, Vienna, Austria
Austria Wien - Dinamo Zagreb
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)
UEFA Delegate: Scott Struthers (SCO)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Gerhard Gerstenmayer (AUT)

27/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
FC Basel - Ludogorets
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Leif Sundell (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Johan van Kouterik (NED)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Jürg Burkhart (SUI)

27/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Legia Warsaw Stadium, Warsaw, Poland
Legia Warszawa - Steaua Bucuresti
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Mehmet Murat Ilgaz (TUR)
UEFA Delegate: Jacques Antenen (SUI)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Michal Obukowicz (POL)

27/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece
PAOK FC - Schalke 04
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Neale Barry (ENG)
UEFA Delegate: Kazimierz Oleszek (POL)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer:

27/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Arsenal Stadium, London, England
Arsenal FC - Fenerbahçe
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Adrian Casha (MLT)
UEFA Delegate: Sune Hellströmer (SWE)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Eddie Wolstenholme (ENG)

28/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia
NK Maribor - Viktoria Plzen
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Dervishaj (ESP)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer:

28/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Celtic FC - Shakhter Karagandy
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Manuel Mejuto González (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Milovan Djukanović (MNE)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Sandy Roy (SCO)

28/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Anoeta, San Sebastian, Spain
Real Sociedad - Olympique Lyon
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Barry Bright (ENG)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer:

28/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Stadion Petrovskiy, St. Petersburg, Russia
Zenit St. Petersburg - Paços de Ferreira
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Drago Kos (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: Ivan Lekov (BUL)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer:

28/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy
AC Milan - PSV Eindhoven
Referee:
Assistant Referee 1:
Assistant Referee 2:
Additional Assistant Referee 1:
Additional Assistant Referee 2:
Fourth Official:
UEFA Referee Observer: Ryszard Wójcik (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Dennis Cruise (IRL)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Gregorio Dall'aglio (ITA)