Vladislav Nazarov from Nevinnomyssk and Alexei Shiryaev from Stavropol will be his assistants. The fourth official will be Sergei Lapochkin from St. Petersburg.

Galimov has been the man in the middle three times previously at Zenit matches. He's seen the blue-white-sky blues get two wins and draw. He last took charge of Zenit on 9 August 2017, when Mancini's team drew 1-1 away to Ural. 

The match with Ufa will be held on Monday, 18 September and will start at 20:00 St. Petersburg time. Tickets are available on tickets.fc-zenit.ru.