One familiar and one… new! The KED announced the definitions of the arbitrators for the first matchday of the playoffs and playoffs, by Nikola Dabanovic to get the… anointing to run the big summit derby between AEK and Panathinaikos at Opap Arena.
In the derby of Thessaloniki, KED appointed the Swede, Al-Hakim Mohammed who so far has not come to our country for a league match. To Bullet and in the match of the local team with Olympiakos, the whistle will be blown by Aristotle Diamantopoulos.
As for him Dabanovic he has been called seven other times to referee a match. Most recently it was her Cup match AEK with Olympiakos, on 09/02 in which the Union had won 3-0, while before that he had whistled his own Panathinaikos with Aris on 23/10/2022 with the greens taking the win 1-0.
Hakimi serves in the armed forces in Sweden and previously officiated Atromitos’ game against Dunaiská Streda in 2019.
The referees of the 1st round of the Play-offs and Play-outs in detail:
Saturday 18/03
Asteras Tripoli – Panaitolikos (17:00), Referee: Tsimenteridis, Assistants: Baliakas and Diamantis, Fourth: Maloutas, VAR: Perrakis, Koulas
OFI – Levadeakos (17:00) Referee: Zambalas Assistants: Psaris and Triantafillou, Fourth: Toikos, VAR: Gortsilas and Nikolaidis
Fearless – Ionian (19:30) Referee: Polychronis Assistants: Kourobylias and Savvas, Fourth: Tsetsilas, VAR: Koumbarakis and Moysiadis
Lamia – PAS Ioannina (19:30), Referee: Tsagarakis, Assistants: Christakoglou and Staikos, Fourth: Matsoukas, VAR: Manouhos and Fotopoulos
Sunday 19/03
Volos – Olympiacos (17:30), Referee: Diamantopoulos, Assistants: Costaras and Dimitriadis, Fourth: Tzovaras, VAR: Papadopoulos and Petropoulos
Aris – PAOK (19:00), Referee: Mohamed Al-Hakim, Assistants: Fredrik Cleaver and Robin Wilde, Fourth: Fotias, VAR: Juhin Tsatzia, Papadakis
AEK – Panathinaikos (21:30), Referee: Nikola Dabanovic, Assistants: Vladan Todorovic and Jovanovic Srdan, Fourth: Sidiropoulos, VAR: Esteves, Meidanas
Source: Sport Fm
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