DUSHANBE, 10.01.2018. /NIAT “Khovar”/. The Asian Football Confederation has announced the composition of the team of referees, which will serve the match of the first round of the 2018 AFC Cup group stage between Dushanbe’s FC “Istiqlol” and the winner of the playoff pair. It was reported by the press service of the Football Federation of Tajikistan /FFT/.

This match will be served by the FIFA referee Adel Ali Ahmed Khamis Al Naqbi from the United Arab Emirates. He will be assisted on the lines by his compatriots, FIFA assistant referees – Jasem Abdullah Yousef Abdullah Al-Ali and Sabet Obaid Suroor Sabet Al-Ali. Backup referee will be FIFA referee Yakub Yousef Qasim Hasan Al-Hammadi. Masoud Inoyat of Iran will inspect the referees, and Ahmed Hamid Saeed Al-Husaybi from Oman has been appointed as the match commissioner.

The match of the first round of the 2018 AFC Cup group stage in quartet D between Dushanbe’s FC “Istiqlol” and the winner of the playoff pair will be held on March 7 at the Hisor Central Republican Stadium.