Craig Powson will judge the match in Albania.

Match qualifying round group I World Cup 2018 between the national teams of Kosovo and Ukraine. The game will be held in Albania and will be held on October 6. This is reported by the official website of FFU.

- Chief referee: Craig Powson (England) - Assistant referees: Lee Betts, Ian Hassin (both - England) - Reserve referee: Martin Atkinson (England) Powson is FIFA referee since 2015. Worked in the qualification of the Champions League and the group round of the League of Europe. For an Englishman this will be the first appointment of an arbitrator for official matches in international tournaments.

Earlier, the head coach of the Ukrainian national team Andriy Shevchenko announced the list of players who received a challenge to the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Kosovo and Croatia. Note that Shevchenko dovyzval two players in the national team of Ukraine.