AFC Champions League Elite: Referees Announced for Esteghlal and Tractor Matches

According to the sports desk of IRIB News Agency, as the third week of the Asian competitions approaches, the teams Esteghlal, Tractor and Gol Gohar must face their opponents in the coming days; matches whose officiating, as announced by the Asian Football Confederation, has been entrusted to referees from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Tajikistan.

Esteghlal, which will be the guest of Shabab Al-Ahli in the UAE on Monday, October 27, will hold this match under the officiating of Khaled Al-Turais of Saudi Arabia. Faisal Al-Qahtani and Ibrahim Al-Dakhil, both from Saudi Arabia, will be present as assistant referees in this match. Also, Sami Al-Jeris and Faisal Al-Balawi, two Saudi referees, will be in charge of the video assistant referee (VAR) room, and Ryo Tanimoto of Japan will be the fourth official of the match.

In the other match of an Iranian representative, Tractor will face Al Ain of the UAE on Monday, October 26. Abdullah Jamali of Kuwait has been selected as the center referee of this match, and Saud Al-Shammari and Ali Jarragh, other Kuwaiti referees, will assist him in officiating. Ammar Ashkanani is also the fourth official of this match, and Abdullah Arab and Abdullah Al-Kandari will be in charge of video monitoring of the match scenes.

The Gol Gohar football team will also host Arkadag of Turkmenistan on Wednesday, October 28, in the continuation of the Asian competitions. Officiating of this match has been assigned to Nasrullah Kabirov of Tajikistan. Akmal Buriev and Siddiqzad Khosravi, as assistant referees, and Sayyadjon Zainiddinov in the role of fourth official, complete the officiating team of this game.

The schedule of the matches of Iran's representatives in the Asian competitions is as follows:

Monday, October 26

Al Ain (UAE) - Tractor; at 19:30

Tuesday, October 27

Shabab Al-Ahli (UAE) - Esteghlal; at 19:30

Wednesday, October 28

Gol Gohar - Arkadag (Turkmenistan); at 17:15