On Thursday, 18 August, FC Krasnodar plays the first leg match of UEFA Europa League Play-off. The team of Oleg Kononov will be playing against Albanian Partizani.

The kick-off time – 19:30, the game will be broadcasted on Match! Futbol 1 TV channel.

The match will be officiated by the referees’ team from Lithuania.

Referee – Gediminas Mazeika – was born on 24 March 1978. He became FIFA referee in 2008. Since that time he has officiated one match of UEFA Champions League and 28 matches of different stages of UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Assistant Referees for this game will be Vytautas Simkus and Vytenis Kazlauskas. The fourth official is Sergejus Slyva. Referer Observer is Niklas Lidarenda from Faroe Islands and UEFA Match Delegate is Kuanysh Kanapyanov from Kazakhstan.

Russian Football Premier League would like to wish good luck to Krasnodar!