Kopievsky – referee at the Kiev derby in the last round of 2023
Referee appointments for matches became known 16th round of the Ukrainian Premier League.
The central match between representatives of the top 3 Polissya and SC Dnepr-1 will be officiated by top Ukrainian referee Nikolai Balakin. Kharkov resident Ekaterina Monzul will also work in the Shakhtar-Veres match on Friday, December 8th. The derby between Dynamo and Obolon will be judged by Viktor Kopievsky from Kropyvnytskyi.
The final tour in 2023 will be incomplete – earlier it became known that the LNZ-Minai match would be postponed to the spring. All seven matches will feature VAR.
- December 8
15:00. Polesie — SK Dnepr-1. Zhytomyr. Central Stadium. Arbitrator – Nikolay Balakin (Kyiv oblast.). BAA referee – Yaroslav Kozyk (Mukachevo)
17:00. Miner — Veres. Lviv. Stadium “Arena Lviv”. Arbitrator – Ekaterina Monzul (Kharkiv). BAA referee – Vitaly Romanov (Dnepr)
- 9th December
15:00. Krivbass — Zarya. Krivoy Rog. SC “Gornyak”. Arbitrator – Dmitry Bondarenko (Odessa). BAA referee – Yuriy Ivanov (Donetsk region)
- December 10
13:00. Vorskla — Rukh. Poltava. Vorskla Stadium named after. A. Butovsky. Arbitrator – Alexey Derevinsky (Khmelnitsky). VAA referee – Igor Paskhal (Kherson)
15:00. Chernomorets — Ear. Odessa. Chernomorets Stadium. Arbitrator – Dmitry Panchishin (Kharkiv). BAA referee – Andrey Kovalenko (Poltava)
- December 11th
14:00. Metalist 1925 — Alexandria. Kyiv. Left Bank Stadium. Arbitrator – Alexander Solovyan (Kyiv oblast.). BAA referee – Denis Shurman (Kiev region)
15:00. Dynamo — Obolon. Kyiv. Stadium “Dynamo” named after. V.V. Lobanovsky. Arbitrator – Victor Kopievsky (Kropyvnytskyi). BAA referee – Maxim Kozyryatsky (Zaporozhye)
In the UPL, before the last round of the “autumn” part of the season, Krivbass and Dnepr-1 are leading, with 33 points each. Polesie has two less. Defending champion Shakhtar scored 28 points, but played two fewer games. Dynamo has 22 points and four games in reserve compared to the leading three.
Source: Sportarena

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