The match official appointments for matchday 5 have been selected, check them out below.

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Emirates FA Cup Second Round Match Official Appointments

Tuesday 30th November

Group C

FC Porto v Manchester City 

Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referees: Sander van Roekel and Erwin E. J. Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Lawrence Visser (BEL)
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)
UEFA Delegate:
Bert Andersson (SWE)

Group D

Liverpool v AFC Ajax

Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Assistant Referees: Mike Pickel and Christian Gittelmann (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Harm Osmers (GER)
UEFA Referee Observer: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
UEFA Delegate: Loukas Siotropos (GRE)

Wednesday 1st December

Group E 

Sevilla FC v Chelsea FC 

Referee: Artur Dias (POR)
Assistant Referees: Rui Licínio and Paulo Soares (POR)
Fourth Official:
Hugo Miguel (POR)
Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Martins (POR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
Luís Godinho (POR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Sippel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Emil Ubias (CZE)

FC Krasnodar v Stade Rennais 

Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referees: Francis Connor and David McGeachie (SCO)
Fourth Official: Nicolas Walsh (SCO)
Video Assistant Referee: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Constantine Hatzidakis (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Boško Jovanetić (SRB)
UEFA Delegate: Jovan Šurbatović (SRB)

 Group G

Juventus v FC Dynamo Kyiv  

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (FRA)
Assistant Referees: Hicham Zakrani and Mehdi Rahmouni (FRA)
Fourth Official: Karim Abed (FRA) 
Video Assistant Referee: Benoît Millot (FRA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Willy Delajod (FRA)
UEFA Observer: Francesco Bianchi (SUI)
UEFA Delegate: Jacques Antenen (SUI)

Group H

Manchester United v Paris Saint-Germain  

Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referees: Alessandro Giallatini and Fabiano Preti (ITA)
Fourth Official:
Daniele Doveri (ITA)
Video Assistant Referee:
Marco Guida (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee:
Marco Di Bello (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Georg Lüchinger (LIE)

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