Vitaliy Romanov - referee of the match "Metalist 1925" - "Chernihiv"
The UAF Arbitration Committee has appointed officials for the Vbet Ukrainian Cup semi-final match "Metalist 1925" - "Chernihiv", which will take place this Wednesday at the "Central City Stadium" in Zhytomyr starting at 18:00.
Referee - Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro)
Assistant referees - Dmytro Zaporozhenko (Zaporizhzhia) and Oleksandr Korniiko (Myrhorod)
Fourth official - Taras Klymenko (Khmelnytskyi region)
VAR referee - Andriy Kovalenko (Poltava)
VAR assistant - Dmytro Yevtukhov (Dnipro)
VAR observer - Andriy Shandor (Lviv)
UAF arbitration observer - Oleh Derevinskyi (Khmelnytskyi)
Our reference:
Vitaliy Mykolayovych Romanov
Date of birth - 12.02.1980 (46 years old)
Place of residence - Dnipro
Height - 187 cm. Weight - 85 kg.
Education - higher (Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology and Dnipropetrovsk University of Economics and Law)
Regional competition referee - 1997-1999
Youth and Amateur Football League referee - 1999-2001
Second League referee - 2001-2007
First League referee - 2007-2011
Premier League referee - since 2011
FIFA referee - since 2018
Previously, the paths of "Metalist 1925" and FIFA referee Vitaliy Romanov crossed fourteen times. He officiated in First League matches "Kolos" - "Metalist 1925" - 0:0, "Metalist 1925" - "Chornomorets" - 0:0, was a VAR referee in the match "Metalist 1925" - "Prykarpattia" - 3:1. In the 2020/2021 season, he worked in the 18th round match of the First League "Ahrobiznes" - "Metalist 1925" - 1:2 and the 28th round "Metalist 1925" - "Chornomorets" - 0:1, as well as in Vbet League matches "Metalist 1925" - "Minai" - 1:0, "Metalist 1925" - "Rukh" - 0:0, "Inhulets" - "Metalist 1925" - 0:0, "Metalist 1925" - "Shakhtar" - 1:2, "Veres" - "Metalist 1925" - 4:3 and "Metalist 1925" - "Obolon" - 1:1. Last season in the playoff second leg match for the right to participate in the UPL "Metalist 1925" - "Levyi Bereh" - 1:0, and this season in the matches "Shakhtar" - "Metalist 1925" - 1:0 and "Metalist 1925" - "Veres" - 4:0.
