Swedish officials for the Europa League 1st leg

Young match official Andreas Ekberg is 28 years old, from the Swedish city of Malmo. He became a FIFA match official this year. He has been officiating matches since 2004, moving to the second division in Sweden during 2007-2009. He has been refereeing league games in the top division since 2009. Ekberg was most recently involved in the U19 European qualifier match between Bulgaria and Czech Rep.