The match official appointments for matchday 2 for the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League group stages have been announced, check them out below.

Written by Nathan Mattick

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UEFA Europa League Match Official Appointments - Matchday 1

Tuesday 27th October 

Group C

Olympique de Marseille v Manchester City 

Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Assistant Referees: Mike Pickel and Christian Gittelmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Florian Badstübner (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Sascha Stegemann (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Harm Osmers (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Per Svärd (SWE)

Group D

Liverpool v FC Midtjylland 

Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
Assistant Referees Radosław Siejka and Adam Kupsik (POL)
Fourth Official: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
Video Assistant Referee: Pawel Gil (POL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Bernardino González Vázquez (ESP)
UEFA Delegate: Eduard Dervishaj Nelaj (ESP)

Wednesday 28th October

Group E

FC Krasnodar v Chelsea 

Referee: Ali Palabıyık (TUR)
Assistant Referees: Ceyhun Sesigüzel and Serkan Olguncan (TUR)
Fourth Official: Arda Kardeşler (TUR)
Video Assistant Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)
UEFA Delegate: Mark Bos (NED)  

Group F

Club Brugge v S.S. Lazio

Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referees: Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Lee Betts (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Vladimir Antonov (MDA)
UEFA Delegate: Balász Makray (HUN) 

Group H

Manchester United v RB Leipzig

Referee:  Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referees: Tomaž Klančnik  and Grega Kordež (SVN)
Fourth Official: Asmir Sagrković (SVN)
Video Assistant Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Haim Jakov (ISR)
UEFA Delegate: Peadar Ryan (IRL)

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