18.11.2025

Mykola Balakin - referee of the match "Karpaty" - "Metalist 1925"

The UAF Arbitration Committee has appointed officials for the match of the 13th round of the Vbet League "Karpaty" - "Metalist 1925", which will take place next Saturday at the "Ukraine" stadium in Lviv and will start at 13:00.

Referee - Mykola Balakin (Kyiv region)
Assistant referees - Oleksandr Berkut (Sumy) and Volodymyr Visotskyi (Zaporizhzhia)
Fourth official - Oleg Kohut (Ternopil)
VAR referee - Oleksandr Omelchenko (Slovyansk)
VAR assistant - Anastasiia Romaniuk (Ivano-Frankivsk)
VAR observer - Yevhenii Herenda (Kalush)
UAF Arbitration Observer - Mykhailo Ovchar (Kalush)

Our information:

Mykola Oleksandrovych Balakin
Date of birth - 05.01.1989 (35 years old)
Place of residence - Kyiv
Height - 186 cm. Weight - 72 kg.
Education - higher (National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine)
Regional competition referee - 2007-2009
Youth and Amateur Football Federation referee - 2009-2010
Second League referee - 2010-2012
First League referee - 2013-2015
Premier League referee - since 2015
FIFA referee - since 2016

Previously, the paths of "Metalist 1925" and the referee from Kyiv region Mykola Balakin crossed twice. On July 29, 2020, in the match of the 27th round of the First League, "Metalist 1925" lost away to "Mykolaiv" - 2:3, and in the next season in the match of the 8th round of the UPL, "Metalist 1925" played away to FC "Lviv" in a draw - 0:0.

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