Nikolai Levnikov

{{Short description|Russian football referee}}

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| name = Nikolai Levnikov

| fullname = Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|05|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pinsk, Soviet Union now Belarus

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| role1 = Referee

| league1 = Russian Football Premier League

| years1 = 1989–2001

| internationalyears1 = 1990–2001

| internationalrole1 = Referee

| confederation1 = FIFA-listed

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Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov ({{langx|ru|Николай Владиславович Левников}}; born 15 May 1956 in Pinsk, Belarus) is a retired Russian football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.{{cite web|publisher=FIFA|title=Referees and assistants for France 98 chosen|url=https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=70367.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107083335/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=70367.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2008|date=1998-02-02|access-date=2009-04-10}}

He is known to have served as a FIFA referee during the period from 1993Morrison, Neil. [https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1993e2.html "International Matches 1993 - Europe, April-June"]. RSSSF, February 2, 2005. Retrieved on May 2, 2013. to 2001.FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044521/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19740/report.html "Match Report - Greece - Albania 1:0 (0:0)"]. June 2, 2001. Retrieved on May 2, 2013. 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 EnglandUEFA. [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/52517--turkiye-vs-denmark/ "Turkey 0-3 Denmark"]. June 19, 1996. Retrieved on May 2, 2013. and two matches in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia.Courtney, Barrie. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconcup97.html "Intercontinental Cup for Nations 1997"]. RSSSF, August 15, 2005. Retrieved on May 2, 2013. He also officiated in the 1995 FIFA World Youth ChampionshipFIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071211161934/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191263/matches/match=30962/report.html "Match Report - Argentina - Honduras 4:2 (3:0)"]. April 20, 1995. Retrieved on May 2, 2013. and qualifiers for Euro 1996UEFA. [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/50623--turkiye-vs-iceland/ "Turkey 5-0 Iceland"]. October 12, 1994. Retrieved on May 2, 2013. and Euro 2000,UEFA. [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54993--croatia-vs-fyr-macedonia/ "Croatia 3-2 FYROM"]. October 14, 1998. Retrieved on May 2, 2013. in addition to 1998Brown, Alan & Tossani, Gabriele. [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-intres2001.html "Scotland - International Matches 1996-2001"]. RSSSF, August 16, 2012. Retrieved on May 2, 2013. and 2002 World Cup qualifiers.

His son Kirill Levnikov became FIFA referee in 2016.