UEFA has entrusted Ukrainian referees to officiate the match of the 1st round of the main round of the European League for the 2026/2027 season.

As the Ukrainian Football Association officially informs, the Ukrainian football players are competing in the status game in Italy. The match between Juventus from Turin and Nek from the Netherlands will take place on June 19 in Turin.

Oleksia Derevinsky was appointed as the head referee of the team. The referee's team is in charge of the match against the Ukrainians, which is supported by the English favigator on the video replay system:.

Head referee: Oleksiy Derevinsky (Ukraine) Linesmen: Oleksiy Mironov and Dmytro Zaporozhenko (offensive - Ukraine) Fourth referee: Klim Zabroda (Ukraine) VAR referees: Denis Shurman (Ukraine) and Stuart Attwell (England) For Oleksiy. Having previously competed in a Conference League qualifying match, Danish Copenhagen defeated Finnish Inter Turku 4:1.

In this game, the Ukrainian referee showed 3 yellow cards and awarded a penalty at the guests' gate.

In the Ukrainian Premier League, the referee was able to perform in three fights:.

Veres - Dynamo - 1:2 Kharkiv - Obolon - 5:0 Kolos - Karpaty - 0:2 In three matches of the domestic championship, Derevynskyi showed 15 cards and scored two penalty kicks.

Apparently, it was previously known that Balakin and Derevinsky successfully passed tests at the UEFA seminar in Geneva.