He will be assistant referee Mike Pickel, Jan Seidel, Benjamin Brand, Harm Osmers all from Germany. The Fourth Official will Christian Gittelmann also from Germany.

Zenit have had referees from Germany 12 times in the past and the blue-white-sky blues have won five of those games with, four draws and three defeats. 

The match with Rosenborg will be held on Thursday 19 October and will start at 20:00 St. Petersburg time.