UEFA named the referee team for the match of the 2nd round of the Europa League group stage between Dynamo Kyiv and AEK Cypriot, which will be held next Thursday, September 15, in Krakow, Poland international home matches).
Jacob Kehlet is the chief referee of the Dynamo-AEK matchAll judges in the field represent Denmark. The main referee of the upcoming match will be 42-year-old Jacob Kehlet. Lars Hummelgaard and Viktor Skitte will help him on the lines. The fourth referee is Sandy Putros. But the main arbiter of VAR represents the Netherlands - this is Jeroen Manschot.
Kehlet has been a FIFA referee since 2011. For all the time he has already worked in 73 international fights. The Dane will serve the Europa League match for the 33rd time in his career.
The last international match that Kehlet worked on was the meeting of the 3rd qualifying round of the current Conference League between the Latvian "Riga" and the Portuguese "Gil Vicente" (1: 1), which took place on August 3.
Kehlet is a very experienced referee, so it is not surprising that he had previously worked on a match involving Dynamo Kyiv: in the 2017/18 season, the Dane was the main referee of the match of the 4th qualifying round of the Europa League Maritimo - Dynamo (0:0). In that meeting, Kekhlet showed as many as 8 yellow cards, and also sent off the defender of Kiev Evgeny Khacheridi from the field.
In total, Kehlet's track record includes four European Cup matches with the participation of Ukrainian clubs (it is interesting that, at the same time, domestic teams have never lost a referee):
Europa League 2012/13, 2nd qualifying round. "Metallurg" D - Celik (Montenegro) - 7:0
Europa League 2016/17, group stage. "Dawn" - Feyenoord (Netherlands) - 1:1
Europa League 2016/17, 4th qualifying round. Maritimo (Portugal) "DYNAMO" - 0:0
Champions League 2018/19, group stage. "Miner" - Hoffentheim (Germany) - 2: 2
As for the degree of severity of the chief referee of the meeting between Dynamo and AEK, Kekhlet is a fairly loyal referee: he shows an average of 3 yellow cards per match, and is marked with removals in approximately every eighth match. The Dane appoints a penalty in about every fourth match under his leadership.
Jakob Kehlet's work statistics at international matches
