Official: Referee appointed for Bayern Munich vs Inter | OneFootball

Swiss referee Sandro Scharer will officiate Tuesday’s Champions League match between Bayern Munich and Inter.

UEFA has appointed 37-year-old Scharer as the referee for the upcoming Champions League quarter-final first leg between Bayern Munich and Inter at the Allianz Arena.

Stéphane De Almeida and Jonas Erni will be Scharer’s assistants, Lukas Fähndrich the fourth official and Fedayi San the VAR referee.

Official: Referee Scharer appointed for Bayern Munich vs Inter

MILAN, ITALY – MARCH 11: Referee Ivan Kruzliak interacts with Denzel Dumfries of FC Internazionale during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Round of 16 Second Leg match between FC Internazionale Milano and Feyenoord at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on March 11, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Scharer has already encountered the Nerazzurri twice in his career: first, in an away 2-0 Champions League win over Viktoria Plzen in 2022 (Edin Dzeko and Denzel Dumfries scored the goals), and then in a 0-0 home draw against Real Sociedad a year later.

The Swiss official has only officiated Bayern Munich once, when the Bavarians beat Lokomotiv Moscow 2-0 in a 2020-21 Champions League group stage game.

Scharer has already overseen Roma, Milan, Atalanta and Italy’s national team games this season.

Scharer made his debut in the Swiss fourth division when he was only 21, and after three years, he took charge of his first game in the second division.

He was promoted to the senior division after less than one year, making his debut in the Swiss Super League in 2013, when he was barely 25.

His debut in European competitions came in 2015 in a Europa League play-off match between Elfsborg and Lahti while his first Champions League game was Barcelona’s 5-1 victory over Ferencvaros at Camp Nou.