Referees from Germany
Wolfgang Stark
| Intl. since: | 1999 |
| Hometown: | Ergolding |
In January 2011 German football magazine Kicker asked 286 professional Bundesliga players which referee was the worst of the first half of the season (2010-2011) and most
Felix Brych
| Intl. since: | 2007 |
| Hometown: | Munchen |
In 2011 Brych was under investigation for tax evasion. In October his house was searched.
Markus Merk
| Intl. since: | 1992 |
| Hometown: | Otterbach |
Markus Merk won WorldReferee's golden whistle in 2007.
Florian Meyer
| Intl. since: | 2002 |
| Hometown: | Burgdorf |
Florian Meyer was voted best referee of the first half of season 2010-2011 in a poll held under professional Bundesliga players. Worst was Wolfgang Stark.
Herbert Fandel
| Intl. since: | 1998 |
| Hometown: | Kyllburg |
The love of music and football runs in Fandel's family, his dad was an administrator with a football team, his three brothers are also referees and his mother is a
Helmut Krug
| Intl. since: | 1991 |
| Hometown: | Gelsenkirchen |
In his 240 national matches Krug showed 975 yellow cards and awarded 89 penalties.
Felix Zwayer
| Intl. since: | 2012 |
| Hometown: | Berlin |
Felix Zwayer became a DFB Referee in 2004 and started refereeing in the 2nd Bundesliga since 2007 and 1st Bundesliga since 2009. In 2012 he became a FIFA Referee. UEFA category 2.
Deniz Aytekin
| Intl. since: | 2011 |
| Hometown: | Oberasbach |
Aytekin owns his own internet company with 75 employees. He has a personal fitness coach and in his office he has a treadmill and a shower to keep fit during business hours.
Kurt Tschenscher
| Intl. since: | 1958 |
| Hometown: | Reilingen / Mannheim |
Kurt Tschenscher was the first referee to show a yellow card, the recipient was Mexican player Gustavo Pena.
Manuel Gräfe
| Intl. since: | 2007 |
| Hometown: | Berlin |
In 2005 Gräfe was one of three referees that incriminated German referee Robert Hoyzer about match fixing manipulation when talking against the German Football Association (DFB)
Aron Schmidhuber
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Ottobrunn |
His friends call him Peter. Schmidhuber never knew his father who left for Israel before he was born.
Siegfried Kirschen
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Brandenburg |
It was the Frankfurter Allgemeine that came with the news about Siegfried Kirscher's Stasi past. Apprently he had been a so called "Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter" - an unofficial emplo
Bernd Heynemann
| Intl. since: | 1989 |
| Hometown: | Nettersheim |
Bernd Heynemann has a website showing information about his life and career.
Peco Bauwens
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Koln |
Bauwens held a doctorate in law, probably, the sources are not clear about it. He worked in construction. Bauwens' wife was Jewish and killed herself in 1940, a fact that doesn't r
Hartmut Strampe
| Intl. since: | 1993 |
| Hometown: | Handorf |
Hartmut Strampe holds 2 records. Both occurred in the same match Borussia Dortmund - Bayern München (1:1), April 2001, He showed 10 yellow cards to players from one team (Bayern
Michael Weiner
| Intl. since: | 2002 |
| Hometown: | Giesen |
Even though the Bulgarian federation doubled the salary for referees, Michael Weiner was asked to take charge of a LitEx-Levski match just to be sure the ref wasn't bought.
Walter Eschweiler
| Intl. since: | 1971 |
| Hometown: | Bonn |
A Peruvian player called Velásquez, shaped like an oran utang according to Eschweiler - bumped into him with his shoulder during the 1982 World Cup match Italy - Peru. The Germa
Tobias Stieler
| Intl. since: | 2014 |
| Hometown: |
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Knut Kircher
| Intl. since: | 2004 |
| Hometown: | Rottenburg |
Knut Kircher works as a development engineer for Daimler Chrysler.
Karl-Heinz Tritschler
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
Karl-Heinz Trischler was the referee of the final of the 1989 European Cup won by AC Milan. He also officiated at the 1988 Olympic Tournament (1 match).
Ferdinand Biwersi
| Intl. since: | 1969 |
| Hometown: | Bliesransbach |
Biwersi was invited to take charge of the second leg of the 1969 Turkish Cup final between Galatasaray and Goztepe.
Gerhard Schulenburg
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Hannover |
Half an hour before kick-off, Peter comes rushing into the dressing room, face red and eyes wide, shouting: "He's in the fucking referee's dressing room again, I've just seen h
Daniel Siebert
| Intl. since: | 2015 |
| Hometown: |
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Peter Sippel
| Intl. since: | 2003 |
| Hometown: | Munchen |
UEFA Category 2 referee Peter Sippel entered the Bundesliga in 2000 and held his FIFA-badge from 2003 until the end of 2011.
Hermann Albrecht
| Intl. since: | 1993 |
| Hometown: | Baisweil |
Active in the Bundesliga from 1989 till 2005 and FIFA referee from 1993 till 2003. He reached the 2nd round of the 2003 UEFA Cup.
Volker Roth
| Intl. since: | 1978 |
| Hometown: | Salzgitter |
Roth only pulled his red card twice in 129 matches in the Bundesliga.
Thorsten Kinhöfer
| Intl. since: | 2006 |
| Hometown: | Herne |
Thorsten Kinhöfer became a Bundesliga referee in 1997 and earned his FIFA badge in 2006 but really started internationally with a CL qualifier in 2007.
Probably too late to bec
Albert Dusch
| Intl. since: | 1951 |
| Hometown: | Kaiserslautern |
Dieter Pauly
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Monchengladbach |
Puly got to take charge of the 1989 European Cup second round match Red Star Belgrade vs AC Mian twice. The first time the match had to be abandoned in the second half because of t
Christian Dingert
| Intl. since: | 2013 |
| Hometown: |
Michel style
Heinz Aldinger
| Intl. since: | 1973 |
| Hometown: | Walbingen |
His match in the 1980 EC was interupted when just before half-time riots broke out and players on both sides were caught by police tear gas blowing across the pitch.
Hans Joachim Weyland
| Intl. since: | 1966 |
| Hometown: | Oberhausen |
Tall (1.92) and rather heavy, Hans Joachim Weyland is often described as a giant. He took charge of a match in the 1974 World Cup finals in his own country and of the (unofficial)
Karl-Josef Assenmacher
| Intl. since: | 1983 |
| Hometown: | Hürth |
England needed a draw, but lost 0-2. It was in 1993 but the English still talk about it: Koeman pulled do
Lutz Michael Fröhlich
| Intl. since: | 1994 |
| Hometown: | Berlin |
Active in the Bundesliga from 1989 until 2005 and internationally from 1994 until 2002.
Bastian Dankert
| Intl. since: | 2013 |
| Hometown: |
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Hans-Jürgen Weber
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Essen |
First Bundesliga referee from 1984 until 1999, 8 years on the FIFA panel (1991-1999) and now a referee observer and developer.
Georg Dardenne
| Intl. since: | 1994 |
| Hometown: | Nettersheim |
National referee from 1987 untill 2000 and on the FIFA list from 1994 till 1999. he had to stop, shortly before retirement age, because of his day job.
Jan Redelfs
| Intl. since: | 1976 |
| Hometown: | Hannover |
151 matches in the Budesliga and for instance a match in the 1981 u20 World Cup. After his retirement West-German Jan Redelfs worked for FIFA. He died in 1995.
Franz-Xaver Wack
| Intl. since: | 2000 |
| Hometown: | Biberach |
Dr Franz-Xaver Wack - another German referee/dentist - had to stop prematurely because of an ankle injury in 2007.
Helmut Fleischer
| Intl. since: | 2000 |
| Hometown: | Sigmertshausen |
In August 2005 Helmut Fleischer received threatening phone calls after he had awarded a penalty to Kaiserslautern. His private phone number was posted on the internet by Koln suppo
Werner Föckler
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
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Tobias Welz
| Intl. since: | 2013 |
| Hometown: |
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Alfred Birlem
| Intl. since: | 1927 |
| Hometown: |
Alfred Birlem played the referee in a Swedish film called Hans livs match. It's film about a boy playing for Sweden who has to let the Danes (their archenemies) win the ma
Marco Fritz
| Intl. since: | 2012 |
| Hometown: | Korb |
UEFA category 2 Marco Fritz became a DFB referee in 2006, started refereeing in 2nd Bundesliga since 2008, in the 1st Bundesliga since 2009 and received his FIFA assesment in 2012
Edgar Steinborn
| Intl. since: | 1995 |
| Hometown: | Sinzig |
Long time referee Edgar Steinborn was active in the Bundesliga from 1988 till -2004 and carried a FIFA badge from 1995 till - 2002. He retired because of his age.
Johannes Malka
| Intl. since: | 1959 |
| Hometown: | Herten |
On August 24th, 1963, Malka awarded the first ever penalty of the Bundesliga (Eintracht Frankfurt vs FC Kaiserslautern).
Werner Treichel
| Intl. since: | 1957 |
| Hometown: | Berlin |
Berliner referee Werner Treichel held a FIFA badge from 1955 till 1958. He took charge of two Cup finals in (west) Germany, only 3 others have done that, and in later life became t
Wieland Ziller
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
100 matches in the DDR-Oberliga, 40 something in the Budesliga after what the Germans call "die Wende" and about twenty international matches. But Wieland Ziller was implicated in
Rudolf Kreitlein
| Intl. since: | 1962 |
| Hometown: | Stuttgart |
Rattin, the Argentinian who was sent off in the Worldr Cup against England in 1966 thinks it was all a conspiracy against his team. He cursed at Kreitlein, he says, but he did so i
Manfred Neuner
| Intl. since: | 1985 |
| Hometown: | Leimen |
Manfred Neuner, FIFA referee from 1985 until 1991, died in 2001.
Josef Kandlbinder
| Intl. since: | 1958 |
| Hometown: | Regensburg |
Kandlbinder considered the German Championship final Hamburg vs Koln the highlight of his career. The ref from Regensburg actually suffered a convulsion in his leg towards the end
Emil Schmetzer
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Mannheim |
Emil Schmetzer took charge of a match in the 1954 World Cup. He died September 1973.
Babak Rafati
| Intl. since: | 2008 |
| Hometown: | Hannover |
Rafati was voted second worst referee of the first half of season 2010-2011. The poll was held under 286 professional Bundesliga players by a magazine called Kicker. Worst referee
Klaus Ohmsen
| Intl. since: | 1971 |
| Hometown: | Hamburg |
Internationally active from 1971 until 1976. Ohmsen was a linesman for two matches at the 1974 World Cup. 131 matches Bundesliga between 1964 and 1981. Ohmsen died in 2. December 2
Hans-Peter Dellwing
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Osburg |
Active in the German first and second League for twenty years, 1974-1994.
Rudolf Frickel
| Intl. since: | 1974 |
| Hometown: | Munich |
German ref of the year 77-78, WE found him on the international list for only one year (1976) but he must have ben active longer than that. See his palmares. Referee in the nationa
Wolf-Günter Wiesel
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Ottbergen |
Now an official at the team Hannover 96, Wolf-Gunther Wiesel was a FIFA referee in the early 1990s.
Karl Weingärtner
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Offenbach / Frankfurt |
The Italians won the match against the Americans not only because they scored the only goal but also because the Italians stopped Weingartner from sending off Archille Piccini for
Bibiana Steinhaus
| Intl. since: | 2005 |
| Hometown: | Hannover |
Bibi Steinhaus is a FIFA referee from Germany, active internationally since 2005. She is "the sheriff" of her town. As referee she was active in the u20 women world cup in 2008 and
Manfred Rössner (Rö
| Intl. since: | 1980 |
| Hometown: | Gera |
One of the very few referees who changed countries while officiating for FIFA, Manfred Rössner started his career as a referee from the DDR (GDR) and ended it as a German.
Günther Baumgärtel
| Intl. since: | 1961 |
| Hometown: | Hagen |
Günther Baumgärtel was a West-German Bundesliga referee from 1953 and a FIFA referee from 1961 until he retired in 1967. He took charge of 39 international matches. Günthe
Günter Linn
| Intl. since: | 1979 |
| Hometown: | Altendiez |
Gunter Linn was a FIFA referee from 1979 until the end of 1982. He has been a referee for almost 30 years (1958-1985).
Helmut Fritz
| Intl. since: | 1964 |
| Hometown: | Ludwigshafen |
Active internationally from 1964 until 1968.
Günther Ternieden
| Intl. since: | 1957 |
| Hometown: | Oberhausen |
Gunther Ternieden was an international referee from 1957 until 1962. He was listed as a deputy ref during season 1953/54. Ternieden took charge of the
1953 DFB-Finale between Kai
Sascha Stegemann
| Intl. since: | 2019 |
| Hometown: |
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Georg Muntau
| Intl. since: | 1929 |
| Hometown: |
From his palmares you can see he mostly (or perhaps always) took charge of matches in the Baltic region. George Muntau was from Koningbergen which is closer to the Baltic Republics
Karl Riegg
| Intl. since: | 1967 |
| Hometown: | Augsburg |
FIFA referee from 1967 until the end of 1972.
Kurt Handwerker
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Ketsch |
Kurt Handwerker was active internationally between 1965 and 1968.
Walter Horstmann
| Intl. since: | 1970 |
| Hometown: | Gross Enschede |
FIFA referee from 1970 until 1981
Gerd Hennig
| Intl. since: | 1978 |
| Hometown: | Duisburg |
Gerd Hennig was a FIFA referee from probably around 1978 until also probably the end of 1981. He came from West-Germany and took charge of 161 Bundesliga matches between 1964 and 1
Jörg Kessler
| Intl. since: | 2003 |
| Hometown: | Hohenkirchen |
In his first year as FIFA referee Jörg Keßler already took charge of a match in the UEFA Cup. A promising start, but he retired a year later because he couldn't find the time
Wilhelm Peters
| Intl. since: | 1936 |
| Hometown: |
Wilhelm Hans Christian Carl Peters (Willi) was an international referee between 1936 and 1939. A perhaps promising career until the war broke out. Peters died in 1941 of a brain tu
Alfred Ott
| Intl. since: | 1967 |
| Hometown: | Rheinbrohl |
A referee from - then - West-Germany, who had his debut in the highest German League in 1963. He was an international referee for at least one season 1968/69, maybe two (66/67)
Helmut Fink
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Frankfurt |
A national referee for at least twenty years (1930-1950) and referee at the 1936 Olympic Tournament. His last season was 1951-52.
Heinz Siebert
| Intl. since: | 1968 |
| Hometown: | Mannheim |
Heinz Siebert was a FIFA referee in 1968 and probably also in 1969/70.
Carl Koppehel
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
Active as a referee in the 1920s. His first match was in 1917 (South Germany vs Central Germany). In 1920 he went to Gotherburg for a, international tournament. Carl (sometimes wr
Riem Hussein
| Intl. since: | 2009 |
| Hometown: |
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Erich Asmussen
| Intl. since: | 1957 |
| Hometown: | Flensburg |
Erich Asmussen was active as a referee from 1957/58 until 1959/60, he was a deputy ref the three seasons before that.
Paul Neumann
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
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Moritz Fuchs
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
A German referee from the late 1920s and early 1930s. We found three international matches.
Edgard/Willi Ommerborn
| Intl. since: | 1954 |
| Hometown: | Saarbrücken |
When Willi (or Edgar) Ommerborn was an international referee for season 1954/55 he came from a country named Saar, or Saarland, something like an interim country formed by the Alie
Paul Schröder
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
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Paul Kindervater
| Intl. since: | 1975 |
| Hometown: | Koln |
FIFA referee for two or three years, last year 1977, 81 BundesLiga matches, Kindervater retired in 1979 after he got a few bad reports.
Alois Pennig
| Intl. since: | 1954 |
| Hometown: | Mannheim |
International referee 1954/55 - 1956/57. Penning was the referee of the first ever match for a European tournament, the Inter City Fairs Cup in 1955.
Willy Guyenz
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Essen |
Willy (Wilhelm?) Guyenz was active as a referee in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Albert Meissner
| Intl. since: | 1954 |
| Hometown: | Nurnberg |
International "deputy" 1952/53, 1953/54 and cetre referee 1954/55 until season 1957/58.
Angelo Rossi
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Stuttgart |
Notwithstanding the Italian name, Angelo Rossi was a German referee, born in Switzerland of Italian descent, active in the 1920s. He started refereeing in 1911.
Edgar Blüher
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
Edgar Blüher the referee is probably the same as the famous player from Leipzig. He died in 1918.
Curt von Paquet
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
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Josef Wershoven
| Intl. since: | 1954 |
| Hometown: | Euskirchen |
International referee from 1954 until 1957,
Paul Marum
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Koln |
In 1911 the English team was considered the best in the world and scores like 11-0 were not uncommon. But in the friendly against The Netherlands in Amsterdam it was still only 0
Erich Chemnitz
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Leipzig |
Chemnitz sometimes wrote in his passport when he had run out of paper during a match, he wrote in shorthand - illegible for others - and once he was held at a border for espionage.
Willi Langer
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
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Rudolf Pohl
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
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Fritz Bouillon
| Intl. since: | 1938 |
| Hometown: | Marburg |
Born in Konigsberg, East Prussia, now a Russian enclave, Fritz Bouillon was a player for ASCO Konigsberg who turned to refereeing in 1928. He took charge of matches until 1950 whil
Karl Winkler
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
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Adolf Reinhardt
| Intl. since: | 1951 |
| Hometown: | Stuttgart |
On the international list for only one season 1951/52. he was the first German referee to take charge of an international "A" match after WWII in 1952 (Austria-Ireland). Reinhardt
Walter Sanss
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Dortmund |
Walter Sanß was a pioneer in German football. Association president, leader of the team that won 16 - 0 against Russia in the 1912 Olympic tournament and also a part-time intern
Paul Heyne
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
A player and one of the founders of the side Viktoria Berlin, Paul Heyne also took charge of a few international matches at the beginning of the 20th centuty.
Konstantin Riso
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Leipzig |
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Gustav Manning
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
German, British, American, Gustav Manning was born in London, he died in New York (1953) and lived in Germany. He started a few teams and football organizations in Germany, went to
Albert Sohn
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
Sohn was a member of the Frankfurter Club Victoria.
Otto Kehm
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Munich |
One friendly between Austria and Hungary in 1918. The date was the 6th of October only two weeks or so before the Austro-Hungarian empire was dissolved. Kehm was one of the founder
Max Brandt
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
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Peter Muller
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Soest ? |
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Karl Wald
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
Karl Wald was never an international referee, but he is the inventor of the penalty shoot-out to decide the winner after a draw. That was in 1970.
Friedrich Eix
| Intl. since: | 1953 |
| Hometown: | Emden |
International referee only in season 1953/54. His last year as a referee was 1955.
Gunther Sparing
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Kassel |
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Michael Kempter
| Intl. since: | 2010 |
| Hometown: |
There seems to be an e-mail in which Kempter writes he hopes Bayern will lose to Milan.
Walter Zimmermann
| Intl. since: | 1951 |
| Hometown: | Gottingen/Wolfsburg |
Zimmermann was on the international list for two seasons: 1951/52 and 1952/53.
Erich Burmeister
| Intl. since: | 1950 |
| Hometown: |
Burmeister took charge of the first German championship final after the war in 1948. FIFA since 1950, probably for only one season. He worked for BP, was a coach with Altenwerder a
Josef Nettekoven
| Intl. since: | 1953 |
| Hometown: | Bonn |
Josef Nettekoven was an international referee for only one season 1953/54.
Marion Pucka
| Intl. since: | 1952 |
| Hometown: | Berlin |
Internationally listed in seasons 1953/54 and 1954/55. He was a intl deputy ref the season before that.
Ewald Skuballa
| Intl. since: | 1957 |
| Hometown: | Berlin / Hamburg |
Ewald Skuballa was an international referee for one season 1957/58 and an international deputy referee in 1951/52.