Champions League - Referee Appointments - Play-Offs (I)

UEFA's Referee Committee have appointed the following five officiating teams to initiate this season's hot phase of UEFA Champions League. Czech Republican Pavel Kralovec has been assigned to blow the earliest starting whistle in Kazakhstan on Tuesday at 17:00 CET.

Cüneyt Çakır (TUR) (c) ZIMBIO

20/08/2013, 17:00 CET
Stadium: Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan
Shakhter Karagandy - Celtic FC
Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Wilczek (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Antonin Kordula (CZE)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Radek Přihoda (CZE)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Michal Patak (CZE)
Fourth Official: Patrik Filipek (CZE)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sergey Zuev (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Sergio Di Cesare (ITA)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Ruslan Duzmambetov (KAZ)
Blog Referee Observer: Nur H. (ENG)

20/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Struncovy Sady Stadión, Plzen, Czech Republic
Viktoria Plzen - NK Maribor
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: João Santos (POR)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Taborda Xistra (POR)
Fourth Official: Nuno Tomás Pereira (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Siegfried Kirschen (GER)
UEFA Delegate: José Luis López Serrano (ESP)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Miroslav Liba (CZE)
Blog Referee Observer: Albin A. (SWE)

20/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France
Olympique Lyon - Real Sociedad
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Danilo Grujić (SRB)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Miodrag Gogić (SRB)
Fourth Official: Milan Minić (SRB)
UEFA Referee Observer: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
UEFA Delegate: Roland Tis (BEL)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Jean-Marc Salza (FRA)
Blog Referee Observer: Philipp S. (GER) 

20/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: PSV Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands
PSV Eindhoven - AC Milan
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Mustafa Emre Eyisoy (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nikolay Levnikov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Steve Stride (ENG)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: Wout Schaap (NED)
Blog Referee Observer: Niclas E. (GER)

20/08/2013, 20:45 CET
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal
Paços de Ferreira - Zenit St. Petersburg
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Long (ENG)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Michael Jones (ENG)
Fourth Official: Stephen Child (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Georgios Bikas (GRE)
UEFA Delegate: Michel Pralong (SUI)
UEFA Referee Liaison Officer: José Ramalho (POR)
Blog Referee Observer: Chefren (ITA)