The LFP has appointed Jerome Efong Nzolo to whistle the Champions Trophy.
The competition this year will pit PSG winner of Ligue 1 to Bordeaux, winners of Coupe de France.

For several years, that opening match of the season takes place in a foreign country. And this time it is in Gabon, the country of Jerome Nzolo, that it is going to be played. On August 3, at the stadium of Libreville specifically.
Nzolo who has the Belgian nationality, officiates in the Jupiler Pro League. According to LFP, the Belgian-Gabonese referee will be accompanied by Evarist Menkouande, the Cameroonian international FIFA assistant referee since 200

4, and Sylvain Mouala, FIFA international assistant referee from Gabon since 2012.
Nzolo was appointed in May as the Referee of the Year for the fourth time in his career.