The match official appointments for matchday 1 for the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League group stages have been announced, check them out below.

Written by Nathan Mattick

Tuesday 20th October

Group E

Chelsea v Sevilla 

Referee: Davide Massa (ITA)
Assistant Referees: Stefano Alassio and Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
Fourth Official: Gianpaolo Calvarese (ITA)
Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Nils Fisketjonn (NOR) 

Group H

Paris Saint-Germain v Manchester United 

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referees: Pau Cebrián Devís and Roberto del Palomar (ESP)
Fourth Official: Javier Estrada Fernández (ESP)
Video Assistant Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Guilllermo Cuadra Fernández (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nikolai Levnikov (RUS)
UEFA Delegate: Irakli Nakaidze (GEO)

Wednesday 21st October

Group A

FC Bayern München v Club Atlético de Madrid 

Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referees: Stuart Burt (ENG) and Simon Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Andrew Madley (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Craig Pawson (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Jean Paul Mievis (BEL)

Group C

Manchester City v FC Porto  

Referee: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Assistant Referees: Haralds Gudermanis and  Aleksejs Spasjonnikovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
Video Assistant Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Kevin Blom (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)
UEFA Delegate: Jeroen Roest (NED)

Group D

AFC Ajax v Liverpool 

Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referees: Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Fritz (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Uno Tutk (EST)
UEFA Delegate: Jacques Antenen (SUI)

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