Investigated in Serbia for sports betting! UEFA has announced the referees of the parties that FCSB and CFR Cluj will play in the European Cups

UEFA has announced the first referees to enter the “fires” of European matches. FCSB and CFR Cluj will have referees brigades in Serbia.

The champion will benefit from an upward referee in the neighboring country, while the “railway” in Gruia received a “central” previously involved in a match for possible betting irregularities.

Who whistles the European debut of 2025 of the FCSB champion

Serb Danilo Nikolic, 30 years old, will arbitrate the confrontation at the Steaua stadium, between FCSB and the Andorrians at Inter Club d'Acaldes.

Nikolic is considered a promising referee in Serbia, has been promoted on the FIFA list for 2025, already has international experience, but also some national controversies.

Danilo Nikolic

In the Serbian championship it debuted in September 2023and the match that gave him the biggest headaches came after only two months. At the partisan – Cukaricki match, his performance was criticized by the local press.

According to Sportal.rs, Nikolic had a “Weak level of match control, wrong decisions, incorrect card management and an alleged penalty for simulation”.

UEFA at the delegate for the first time as a center referee a year ago, in the first preliminary round of the UEFA Conference League, at the match Paide Linnameeskond (Estonia) – Bala Town (Wales), score 1-1. Later, he began to arbitrate international junior matches.

FCSB – Inter Club D'Acaldes
July 9, 8:30 pm
Referee: Danilo Nikolic
Assistants: Milan Sutulovic, Svetozar Zivin
Var Referee: Novak Simovic
Assistant Var: Lazar Lukic (all of Serbia)

The bookmaker for betting arbitrates CFR in Europe!

A day later, but this time in Hungary, CFR Cluj will also debut in the European Cups. In the second round of the Europa League, the winner of the Romanian Cup will face the Paksi band.

And this time the match will be driven by a brigade of referees in Serbia, with Pavle Ilić (34 years old) at the center. An referee who officiated including in the famous derby of Belgrade, Partizan – Red Star (2-2), on March 9, 2024.

Pavle ilic

Ilic's career was not without controversy. In March 2021, he was delegated to a match in the second Serbian League, Sloga Kraljevo – Trajal, a match in which he granted 10 cards, of which 9 were received by the hosts.

After that match, UEFA opened an investigation to check some suspicions of manipulating the result from the use of sports bets. Finally, Ilić was kept on both Serbia and international referees list.

Where he had debuted in 2024, at the match Urartu (Armenia) – Kalev (Estonia), played in the second leg of the preliminary round of Conference League.

Paksi – CFR Cluj
July 10, 22:00
Referee: Pavle ilic
Assistants: Slobodan Pavlovic, Uros Radovanovic
Var Referee: Aleksandar Zivkovic
Assistant Var: Pavle Tomic (all of Serbia)