Manuel Gräfe, a 45-year-old referee from Berlin, will oversee Saturday's Bundesliga match between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. It will be the 253rd top-flight match he has taken charge of and his 52nd involving BVB. Gräfe will be assisted on the sidelines by linesmen Guido Kleve and Markus Sinn, while Christof Günsch will serve as the fourth official and Daniel Siebert has been appointed as the video assistant.

Gräfe lists his hobbies as travel, French and Italian cuisine, and sport. The 1.94m-tall sports scientist referees for Hertha 03 Zehlendorf. He became a DFB-approved referee in 1999 and oversaw his first Bundesliga match in 2004.