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In the 7th match of the group stage of the 2025/2026 UEFA Europa League, Ferencváros (Hungary) will play against Panathinaikos (Greece). The match, which will take place on January 22 in Budapest, will be officiated by a Ukrainian referee team. UEFA reports this information. The main referee will be Mykola Balakin. Alexander Berkin and Victor Matysh will assist him on the lines. Vitaliy Romanov will perform the duties of the reserve referee, while Denis Shurman and Dmitry Panchishin will be responsible for the VAR system.
In the UEFA Europa League group stage match on December 11 in Bucharest between FCȘB (Romania) and Feyenoord (Netherlands), the refereeing crew will be from Ukraine. The main referee will be Mykola Balakyn. He will be assisted by Oleksandr Berkuṭ and Viktor Matjaš on the lines. Vitalij Romanov will perform the duties of the fourth official, while the Italian Daniele Chiffi and the Ukrainian Viktor Kopievs'kyj will be responsible for the operation of the VAR system.
Today, on July 21 in Nyon, Switzerland, the draw for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League season 2025/2026 took place. Donetsk "Shakhtar," which started the tournament from the first qualifying round, confidently defeated Finnish "Ilves" (6:0, 0:0) and is now preparing to face Turkish "Besiktas" in the second qualifying round matches on July 24 and 31.
In the first qualifying round of the Europa League replay match, Donetsk's «Shakhtar» met with Finnish «Ilves» in Tampere. After winning the first leg 6:0, Arda Turan's charges effectively decided the outcome of the two-legged tie. The first half was dominated by the orange-and-black team, who completely controlled the game initiative and created several goal-scoring opportunities, but failed to score as Traoré, Pedrinho, and Egídio lacked accuracy in their shots.