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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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David Irvine

Ref & VAR officials named for Greece vs Scotland Nations League play-off

UEFA have confirmed the refereeing team for the Nations League match between Greece and Scotland.

The sides face off in the Nations League A/B play-offs with the first leg of the tie in Piraeus, Greece on Thursday, March 20.

Kick-off on Thursday is at 19.45pm with the match being shown free-to-air on BBC.

UEFA have announced a German officiating team will oversee proceedings.

Tobias Stieler has been named as the referee with Christian Gittelmann and Mark Borsch as his assistant referees. Martin Petersen is the fourth official.


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VAR will be in use in the Nations League match with Soren Storks in the booth where he will be assisted by Benjamin Cortus.

Ref Stieler, 43, has taken charge of three matches involving the Scotland national team in the past.

He was the man in the middle for friendly defeats to Costa Rica at Hampden in 2018, 0-1, and France at the Decathlon Arena-Stade Pierre-Mauroy, 4-1, in 2023.

The only competitive match Stieler has officiated involving Scotland was a 1-1 draw with Lithuania in 2016. James McArthur scored an 89th-minute equaliser that day.

Greece vs Scotland match officials

Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)

Assistant referees: Christian Gittelmann (GER) & Mark Borsch (GER)

Fourth official: Martin Petersen (GER)

VAR: Soren Storks (GER)

Assistant VAR: Benjamin Cortus (GER)

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