UEFA announced the names of the referees who will referee the first two matches of Ludogorets in Europe in the new season, Topsport reported.
The matches are from the first qualifying round of the Champions League, and the opponent of the team from Razgrad is the Belarusian Dinamo (Minsk). UEFA also announced the referees for the second match, as on Hungarian soil, where Dinamo will host its rivals, Georgians will play.
The refereeing team for the first match on Bulgarian soil is from Austria with chief referee Christian-Petru Chokirka and assistants Michael Orbitzberger and Stefan Pichler, and the fourth referee is Arnes Talic.
Alan Kijas is responsible for the video assistance system (VAR). Igor Shatchi from Moldova is a referee observer, and Mert Tuncay from Turkey is a UEFA duty delegate. The second leg is on July 16 in Meszokovesd (Hungary).
Then the referees are from Georgia, led by Goga Kikacheishvili and assistants David Akhvlediani and Davit Gabisonia.
Irakli Kvirikashnily is the fourth official, and Clay Ruperti from the Netherlands will be responsible for the VAR system.
The eventual winner continues in the second round against Croatian Rijeka.
A Bulgarian refereeing team led by Volen Chinkov will officiate the first preliminary round match of the Champions League between Armenian champion Noah and Montenegrin champion Buducnost.
The match is on July 8 at 19:00 Bulgarian time in the Armenian city of Abovyan.
Chinkov's assistants will be Deniz Sokolov and Todor Vukov, and the fourth official is Dimitar Dimitrov. The VAR is headed by Nikola Popov.