The UAF Referees Committee has appointed the refereeing team for the central match of Matchday 12 of the Premier League between Shakhtar and Dynamo.
The match will be officiated by a team headed by 39-year-old Kharkiv native Dmytro Panchyshyn, who has been refereeing Premier League matches since 2018.
This season, Panchyshyn has officiated matches in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Conference League. Since the start of the season, he has already taken charge of six UPL matches, including three involving Shakhtar and one involving Dynamo.
Shakhtar and Dynamo matches officiated by Dmytro Panchyshyn as the referee in the 2026/27 season:
Matchday 1. Shakhtar – Kudrivka – 5:1 (3 yellow cards)
Matchday 4. Shakhtar – Polissia – 0:2 (3 yellow cards)
Matchday 7. Zoria – Dynamo – 0:2 (4 yellow cards)
Matchday 9. Shakhtar – Kolos – 2:1 (5 yellow cards, including one sending-off for a second yellow card)
Referees and match officials for the Matchday 12 fixture Shakhtar – Dynamo
Referee – D. Panchyshyn (Kharkiv)
Assistant referees – V. Dumenko (Kharkiv), Y. Povazhnyi (Kharkiv)
Fourth official – O. Kalionov (Khmelnytskyi)
Referee observer – Y. Mozharovskyi (Lviv)
VAR – A. Kovalenko (Poltava)
AVAR – V. Novokhatnii (Cherkasy)
VAR observer – Y. Moseichuk (Chernivtsi)
As a reminder, the next Ukrainian Clasico will take place on Sunday, November 8, at Arena Lviv.
