Nikolai Levnikov

Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov is a retired Russian football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the 1998 [FIFA World Cup] in France.
He is known to have served as a FIFA referee during the period from 1993 to 2001. Levnikov was active at numerous international tournaments. He refereed the Group D contest between Turkey and Denmark at the 1996 UEFA [European Football Championship] in England and two matches in the FIFA Confederations Cup">FIFA International Referees List">FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia. He also officiated in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship and UEFA [Euro 1996 qualification|qualifiers for Euro 1996] and Euro 2000 qualification|Euro 2000], in addition to 1998 [FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1998] and 2002 FIFA [World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2002 World Cup qualifiers].
His son Kirill Levnikov became FIFA referee in 2016.