The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has appointed Azerbaijani referee Aliyar Agayev to oversee the 2017-2018 UEFA Europa League third group stage football (soccer) match, which will be played by Vardar from Macedonia and Spain’s Real Sociedad de Fútbol. The match will take place at the Philipp II National Arena in the Macedonian capital of Skopje on October 19.
Assistant referees will be Zeynal Zeynalov and Rza Mammadov, both from Azerbaijan. Mubariz Hashimov, also representing Azerbaijan, will serve as the off-pitch assistant referee.
Agayev, who acquired his FIFA Referee card in 2013, is the most internationally recognized referee in the country. In 2016, he was assigned to the UEFA Europa League matches and UEFA Under-19 EURO final game in Germany. As an internationally recognized referee, Agayev participated in the 25th UEFA training course alongside well-known referees, such as Martin Atkinson, Mark Clattenburg and Cüneyt Çakır, in December 2016. That same month he was recognized with the “Rising Referee Star 2016” award by the blog “The 3rd Team.”
After two games played, Real Sociedad comes in at number two in Group L, with three points, while Vardar currently has an empty scorecard. The Russian team Zenit is the Group L leader, while Norway’s Rosenborg occupies the third spot.
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