As already reported, the main referee for tomorrow’s 4th round match of the Conference League’s main stage between Cypriot Omonia and Kyiv’s Dynamo will be Bulgarian Radoslav Gidzhenov.
Radoslav GidzhenovThis 34-year-old referee has been officiating international matches since 2022 and has so far worked in only 9 European cup matches (4 in the main stage of the Conference League, 4 in the Conference League qualifications, 1 in the Champions League qualification). In total, the Bulgarian has officiated 29 international matches (both at the club and national team levels) in his career so far.
This is Gidzhenov’s first appointment for a match involving a Ukrainian club, but in November 2024, he officiated a European Under-19 Championship qualification match between the Under-19 teams of Ukraine and Slovenia, which ended with a 1:0 victory for Slovenia.
In the same season, the Bulgarian worked on a home European cup match for Omonia against Polish Legia (0:3) in the main stage of the Conference League.
It should be added that Gidzhenov can be considered a fairly strict referee: he shows an average of 5 yellow cards per match. The Bulgarian resorts to direct dismissals approximately in every 9th match.
