National Leagues - Ligue 1 (France) - Match officials appointed for Day 1

The referees of the first matchday in France's Ligue 1 have been appointed. Among others, Ruddy Buquet will take charge of the opener, featuring VAR for the first time in the French League.

Ruddy Buquet appointed to take charge of this season's opening game

10/08/2018, 20:45 CET
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille (FRA)
Olympique de Marseille - Toulouse FC
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FIFA)
Assistant Referee 1: Guillaume Debart (FIFA)
Assistant Referee 2: Julien Pacelli (FIFA)
Fourth Official: Jeremie Pignard
VAR: Clément Turpin (FIFA)
AVAR: Alexandre Castro

11/08/2018, 17:00 CET
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes (FRA)
FC Nantes - AS Monaco
Referee: Jérome Brisard (FIFA)
Assistant Referee 1: François Boudikian
Assistant Referee 2: Hicham Zakrani (FIFA)
Fourth Official: Aurélien Petit
VAR: Mikael Lesage
AVAR: Lionel Jaffredo

11/08/2018, 20:00 CET
Stade Raymond Kopa, Angers (FRA)
Angers SCO - Olympique Nîmes
Referee: Antony Gautier
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Annonier
Assistant Referee 2: Philippe Jeanne
Fourth Official: Lakhda El Bedoui
VAR: François Letexier (FIFA)
AVAR: Stéphane Bré

11/08/2018, 20:00 CET
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq (FRA)
Lille LOSC - Stade Rennais
Referee: Willy Delajod
Assistant Referee 1: Stephan Luzi
Assistant Referee 2: Yannick Boutry
Fourth Official: Yohann Rouinsard
VAR: Benoît Millot (FIFA)
AVAR: Dominique Julien

11/08/2018, 20:00 CET
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier (FRA)
Montpellier HSC - Dijon FCO
Referee: Florent Batta
Assistant Referee 1: Matthieu Lombard
Assistant Referee 2: Julien Aube
Fourth Official: Rémi Landry
VAR: Thomas Léonard
AVAR: Bruno Coué

11/08/2018, 20:00 CET
Allianz Riviera, Nice (FRA)
OGC Nice - Stade de Reims
Referee: Johan Hamel
Assistant Referee 1: Mathieu Grosbost
Assistant Referee 2: Stephan Pignatelli
Fourth Official: Arnaud Baert
VAR: Clément Turpin (FIFA)
AVAR: Wilfried Bien

11/08/2018, 20:00 CET
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne (FRA)
AS Saint-Etienne - EA Guingamp
Referee: Amaury Delerue (FIFA)
Assistant Referee 1: Bertrand Jouannaud (FIFA)
Assistant Referee 2: Frederic Hebrard
Fourth Official: Mathieu Vernice
VAR: Karim Abed (FIFA)
AVAR: Eric Wattellier

12/08/2018, 15:00 CET
Stade des Lumières, Lyon (FRA)
Olympique Lyonnais - Amiens SC
Referee: Frank Schneider (FIFA)
Assistant Referee 1: Djemel Zitouni
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Drouet
Fourth Official: Romain Delpech
VAR: Karim Abed (FIFA)
AVAR: Abdelali Chaoui

12/08/2018, 17:00 CET
Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux (FRA)
Girondins de Bordeaux - RC Strasbourg Alsace
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
Assistant Referee 1: Gwenael Pasqualotti
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Berthomieu
Fourth Official: Gael Angoula
VAR: Mikael Lesage
AVAR: Christian Guillard

12/08/2018, 21:00 CET
Parc des Princes, Paris (FRA)
Paris Saint-Germain - SM Caen
Referee: Benoît Bastien (FIFA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Haquette (FIFA)
Assistant Referee 2: Huseyin Ocak
Fourth Official: Thierry Bouille
VAR: Thomas Leonard
AVAR: Bastien Dechepy