Best refereed match all time
| Olegario Benquerenca | (POR) | 9.8 |
| Jorge Larrionda | (URU) | 9.8 |
| Hector Baldassi | (ARG) | 9.8 |
| Daniele Orsato | (ITA) | 9.5 |
| Serge Gumienny | (BEL) | 9.5 |
| Imer Machado | (COL) | 9.5 |
| Massimo Busacca | (SUI) | 9.5 |
| Frank de Bleeckere | (BEL) | 9.5 |
| Kristinn Jakobsson | (ISL) | 9.5 |
| Masaaki Toma Iemoto | (JAP) | 9.5 |
| Alan Kelly | (IRL) | 9.5 |
| Milorad Mazic | (SRB) | 9.4 |
| Gianluca Rocchi | (ITA) | 9.3 |
| Claus Bo Larsen | (DEN) | 9.3 |
| Ravshan Irmatov | (UZB) | 9.3 |
| Milorad Mazic | (SRB) | 9.3 |
| Carlos Velasco Carballo | (ESP) | 9.3 |
| Ravshan Irmatov | (UZB) | 9.3 |
| Pedro Proença | (POR) | 9.3 |
| Howard Webb | (ENG) | 9.3 |
| Felix Brych | (GER) | 9.3 |
| Jiri Jech | (CZE) | 9.3 |
| Sergio Pezzotta | (ARG) | 9.2 |
| Jorge Larrionda | (URU) | 9.1 |
| Alireza Faghani | (IRI) | 9.0 |
Worst refereed match all time
| Konrad Plautz | (AUT) | 1.0 |
| Pieter Vink | (NED) | 1.0 |
| Ivan Bebek | (CRO) | 2.0 |
| Firat Aydinus | (TUR) | 2.3 |
| Samwel Langat Kipngetich | (KEN) | 2.3 |
| Joaquin Antequera | (BOL) | 2.5 |
| Carlos Torres Núñez | (PAR) | 2.5 |
| Zsolt Szabo | (HUN) | 2.8 |
| Michael Hester | (NZL) | 2.8 |
| Wolfgang Stark | (GER) | 2.9 |
| Stephan Studer | (SUI) | 3.0 |
| Ionut Marius Avram | (ROM) | 3.0 |
| Ivan Bebek | (CRO) | 3.0 |
| Víctor Carrillo | (PER) | 3.0 |
| Sung Mi Cha | (KOR) | 3.1 |
| Robert Malek | (POL) | 3.3 |
| Laurent Duhamel | (FRA) | 3.3 |
| Ivan Bebek | (CRO) | 3.3 |
| Víctor Carrillo | (PER) | 3.3 |
| Juan Ernesto Soto Arvalo | (VEN) | 3.3 |
| Omar Ponce | (ECU) | 3.3 |
| Carlos Clos Gomez | (ESP) | 3.5 |
| Silviu Petrescu | (CAN) | 3.5 |
| Olegario Benquerenca | (POR) | 3.5 |
| Marcelo de Lima Henrique | (BRA) | 3.5 |
This top 10 is dynamically generated. All measures are taken to make this a fair list, but it remains the result of a script. It is based on the average of all marks ever given.
An extra percentage is awarded for the number of matches that were reported on. (We don't want a referee who officiated 10 very good matches to be surpassed by a ref who delivered just 1 - albeit excellent - performance).
Marks that are either too high or too low are discarded.
If you were wondering why big names like Collina are not featured in these lists, well, we only started this site in 2005 so there just aren't any reports to do magic with.
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If you were wondering why big names like Collina are not featured in these lists, well, we only started this site in 2005 so there just aren't any reports to do magic with.
Number 1: Frank de Bleeckere
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A third generation referee, Belgian Frank de Bleeckere started as a football player, but too often injured he decided to change his career. Belgian's World Cup record holder with 7 matches had to retire at the end of 2011 because of the age limit.
Number 2: Jorge Larrionda
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This referee, full name Jorge Luis Larrionda Pietrafiesa, was born 9 March 1968. Jorge was a football player himself, as striker he made it into the sixth division. As referee he made his debut in the first division in 1993 and was an international referee since 1998. He was seen by many as the very best referee in South America.
Larrionda retired at the end of 2011.
Number 3: Howard Webb
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The career of UEFA Elite Category referee Howard Webb hasn't gone that smoothly, still it didn't take him long to reach the top. And the top was in 2010 with not only the CL final but also the final of the World Cup.
Number 4: Viktor Kassai
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This Hungarian referee debuted in the first league in 1999 He received his FIFA badge in 2003 and immediately started refereeing UEFA Cup matches. Kassai is an UEFA Elite Category referee.
Number 5: Ravshan Irmatov
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Ravshan Irmatov has been very busy in 2009 and 2010, officiating at youth tournaments, qualifiers, the AFC Champions League and the World Cup
Number 6: Pedro Proença
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His full name is Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves Garcia. In the First division since 1998, international since 2003. Already a year later he officiated the final in the Euro u19. Always one step behind Olegario Benquerenca until 2012. That was his year: he got the CL final, was selected for the European Championship and got that final as well.
Number 7: Felix Brych
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It's doctor Felix Brych. The German referee is a doctor in law. His paper was about sports. Brych was promoted to the elite category at the start of season 2009-2010
Number 8: Sergio Pezzotta
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Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Sergio Fabián Pezzotta is an international top referee and one of the most severe referees in the AFA League. He tends to show red cards whenever the rules allow him to. He started refereeing in Argentina´s 1st division in 1999. He used to be a CONMEBOL Elite Category referee until he retired in 2012 because of his age.
Number 9: Cüneyt Cakir
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"My goal is the World Cup", he once stated, and why not. For starters he officiated a qualifier for the UEFA Cup and one for Euro 2008 in 2007. He moved up to 'UEFA premier development category referee' at the start of 2010 and to Elite in June 2011.
Number 10: Wolfgang Stark
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Bank employee Wolgang Stark from Bavaria already knew he wanted to become a referee when he was 14. In 1994 he reached the highest level in Germany, and in 1999 he got his FIFA license, at almost 30.
He is a UEFA Elite Category referee.
Bummer! Just outside our top 10: Massimo Busacca
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Born in the town of Belinzona in 1969 Massimo Busacca, who used to play football in a lower division in Ticino, started his career as a referee in 1990 and made it to the first division in 1996 . He got his FIFA badge in 1999 and was an Elite Category referee until June 2011 when he decided to retire after having seen it all and having been offered a good job.
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