Check out who has been appointed to officiate the second legs of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League

Written by Nathan Mattick

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Emirates FA Cup Semi- Final Match Official Appointments

Thursday 15th April 

Manchester United FC v Granada CF 

Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant Referees: Vasile Florin Marinescu and Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pawel Gil (POL)
UEFA Referee Observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)
UEFA Delegate: Iveta Stoyanova (BUL)

SK Slavia Praha v Arsenal FC  

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referees: Bahattin Duran and Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Arda Kardeşler (TUR)
Video Assistant Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (TUR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)
UEFA Referee Observer: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
UEFA Delegate:
Per Svärd (SWE)

Villarreal CF v GNK Dinamo  

Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee: Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Allard Lindhout (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Kevin Blom (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (NED)
UEFA Referee Observer: Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)
UEFA Delegate: Lars Richt (SWE)

AS Roma v AFC Ajax 

Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Assistant Referees: Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn (ENG)
Fourth Official: David Coote (ENG)
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Paul Tierney (ENG)
UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Čeferin (SVN)
UEFA Delegate: Boris Stankov (BUL)

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