Referee Ovidiu Hatcegan, who suffered a heart attack in March 2022, was delegated for the Lugano-Brugge match. Conference League Group D action on Thursday at 7:45 p.m.

Ovidiu Hatsegan will judge the match “Lugano” – “Bruges” in the Conference League

Hatcegan will be assisted by assistants Mihai Marika and Sebastian Gheorghe, and the fourth referee will be Sebastian Coltescu. Italians Marco Guida and Francesco Meravilla will be in the VAR room.​

Hatcegan’s last European match was Olympique Lyon vs FC Porto on March 17, 2022 in the Europa League.

Romanian referees and observers at matches in UEFA competitions

Champions League

Lens – PSV / Group B / Referee: Radu Petrescu – Assistants: Radu Ginguliak and Mircea Grigoriou – Fourth referee: Marcel Birsan – VAR camera: Katelin Popa and Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland).

League of Europe

Bayer Leverkusen – Karabakh / Group H / Referee: Horace Fesnik – Assistants: Valentin Avram and Alexandra Cherei – Fourth referee: Sabolch Kovacs – VAR camera: Thiago Martins (Portugal) and Paolo Valeri (Italy).

Conference League

Lugano – Bruges / Group D / Referee: Ovidiu Khatsegan – Assistants: Mihai Marica and Sebastian Gheorghe – Fourth referee: Sebastian Coltescu – VAR camera: Marco Guida and Francesco Meravilla (Italy).

Zrynski – Legia Warsaw / Group E / Referee: Andrii Chivulete – Assistants: Ferenc Tugnogi and Andrei Constantinescu – Fourth referee: Florin Andrei – VAR camera: Marco Di Bello and Daniele Paterna (Italy).

Romania will also have two referee observers at matches in the European Cups. Aleksandra Diacona will oversee the team from Slovenia for Liverpool v Toulouse (Europa League, Group E), while Nicolae Grigorescu will be present for Fenerbahce v Ludogorets (Conference League, Group H).