ACL: Sri Lankan ref Dilan Perera chosen to officiate Persepolis vs Pakhtakor

Tasnim – KUALA LUMPUR, Hettikamkanamge Dilan Perera from Sri Lanka will officiate the match between Persepolis of Iran and Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan in the 2019 AFC Champions League.

Persepolis will host Pakhtakor on Tuesday in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium in Group D of the competition.

Dilan Perera also officiated the match between Persepolis and Al Sadd of Qatar in the last season, where Persepolis defeated the Qatari giant 1-0 in the preliminary round.  

Hettikamkanamge Dilan Perera, 40, is a Sri Lankan professional football referee.

He has been a full international for FIFA since 2004. Perera has refereed some matches in AFC Champions League.