Manuel Gräfe (45) from Berlin will officiate this Saturday's Bundesliga match away to VfB Stuttgart. He will be assisted by Guido Kleve and Christian Gittelmann. The fourth official will be Robert Hartmann. It will be the 49th time that the internationally renowned referee has officiated a match involving BVB.

Gräfe became a Bundesliga referee in 2004. Since then, he has officiated a total of 242 Bundesliga matches. His home club is Hertha 03 Zehlendorf. The Berlin based sports scientist has been a DFB referee since 1999. He is married, loves French and Italian cuisine, plays a lot of sport and is interested in history. He has been a FIFA referee since 2007.

The 1.97 metre tall referee has officiated 39 Bundesliga and 9 DFB-Cup matches involving Borussia Dortmund, the last of which was last season away to Hoffenheim. (br)