Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov (russian: Николай Владиславович Левников; born May 15, 1956, in

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) is a retired

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n football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the

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. He is known to have served as a

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referee during the period from 1993 to 2001.FIFA
"Match Report - Greece - Albania 1:0 (0:0)"
June 2, 2001. Retrieved on May 2, 2013. Levnikov was active at numerous international tournaments. He refereed the Group D contest between

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and

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at the

1996 UEFA European Football Championship The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 ...

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and two matches in the

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. He also officiated in the

1995 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1995 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 10th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held in Qatar from 13 to 28 April 1995. The tournament too ...

and qualifiers for Euro 1996 and

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, in addition to

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Brown, Alan & Tossani, Gabriele
"Scotland - International Matches 1996-2001"
''RSSSF'', August 16, 2012. Retrieved on May 2, 2013. and 2002 World Cup qualifiers. His son

Kirill Levnikov Kirill Nikolayevich Levnikov (russian: Кирилл Николаевич Левников; born 11 February 1984) is a Russian professional football referee and a former player. He has been a FIFA referee since 2016. His father Nikolai Levnikov ...

became FIFA referee in 2016.

References

1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Pinsk Russian people of Belarusian descent Russian football referees 1998 FIFA World Cup referees Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class UEFA Euro 1996 referees {{Russia-footy-bio-stub