Manuel Gräfe named for Europa League showdown

The German referee Manuel Gräfe, 42, has been named to take charge of Sporting's Europa League Group H matchday six hosting of Besiktas.

Guido Kleve and Mark Borsch will act as linesmen and Marco Fritz and Benjamin Brand as additional referees. Christoph Bornhorst has been named as the 4th official.

Sporting-Besiktas will kick off at 20h05 on Thursday the 10th of December, in Estádio José Alvalade.