Referees from Netherlands
Bjorn Kuipers
| Intl. since: | 2006 |
| Hometown: | Oldenzaal |
He could have been the ref of the CL 2012 final, if not for Pierluigi Collina. The UEFA referee boss didn't like Kuipers giving his opinion after the quarter-final match Barca - Mi
Kevin Blom
| Intl. since: | 2005 |
| Hometown: | Alphen aan de Rijn |
On February 20, 2004 Kevin Blom refereed his first match in the Eredivisie (the top Dutch league). He received his FIFA badge a year later. When he is not on the field he educates
Bas Nijhuis
| Intl. since: | 2007 |
| Hometown: | Enschede |
Bas Nijhuis refused the job of additional assistant referee to Bjorn Kuipers fot the 2012 European Championships. Van Boekel and Liesveld are better choices, he said. UEFA didn't
Danny Makkelie
| Intl. since: | 2011 |
| Hometown: | Dordrecht |
Danny Desmond Makkelie is a category 2 referee who got his FIFA badge in 2011. He is active in the Dutch Eredivisie since 2009 and an A-group referee since 2010. It was thanks to P
Eric Braamhaar
| Intl. since: | 2002 |
| Hometown: | Enter |
January 2009 in a match De Graafschap - PSV, a fan jumped on the field and deliberately bumped into assistant referee Simons. Simons fell and rolled for a metre or two, a clear div
Mario van der Ende
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Naarden |
Mario van der Ende started as a referee in 1977 in the district of the Hague. Two years later he was promoted to KNVB-referee (Dutch FA) reaching the national C-list in 1984. In 19
Jan Wegereef
| Intl. since: | 1992 |
| Hometown: | Hellevoetssluis |
For a few hours Dutch referee Jan Wegereef held the record for most cards shown during a World Cup match: 12, until he was beaten on the very same day by Lopez Nieto who showed 16
Serdar Gozubuyuk
| Intl. since: | 2012 |
| Hometown: | Haarlem |
At his wedding (we presume)
Jan Keizer
| Intl. since: | 1974 |
| Hometown: | Volendam |
Not Jan Keizer's fault, of course, but famous Scotland manager Jock Stein collapsed of a heart attack (and later died) after the Dutch referee awarded a penalty kick to Stein's Sc
Rene Temmink
| Intl. since: | 1995 |
| Hometown: | Deventer. |
Heavy set and very tall, Temmink officiated more than 400 matches in the Dutch top league (eredivisie).
From 1995 he lead more than 75 international matches.
Dick Jol
| Intl. since: | 1993 |
| Hometown: | Scheveningen |
Dick Jol has his own website: www.dickjol.nl
Leo Horn
| Intl. since: | 1951 |
| Hometown: | Bentveld |
Leo Horn went to Chile to officiate at the 1962 World Cup finals. It came a bit of a shock to the fairly rich businessman when he found out he had to share his hotel room in Santia
Pol van Boekel
| Intl. since: | 2008 |
| Hometown: | Venray |
The fact that Van Boekel used to play for VVV, a team that returned to the Eredivisie - the Dutch highest league - for a year (2007 - 2008), can made some coaches a bit nervous. In
Charles Corver
| Intl. since: | 1972 |
| Hometown: | Voorburg |
Corver has worked for Heineken and he sat in the local council for a party called VVD (right wing liberals) and even made it council man for a year.
Pieter Vink
| Intl. since: | 2004 |
| Hometown: | Noordwijkerhout |
Pieter Vink would like to think of himself as "an honest man holding strong opinions". In a 2008 television interview he showed himself being humble and friendly. Not so on the fie
John Blankenstein
| Intl. since: | 1985 |
| Hometown: | De Bilt |
John Blankenstein believed a referee should adapt to the players and to the style of the country they were from. He strongly believed there should be room for improvisation, thus b
Dick van Egmond
| Intl. since: | 1997 |
| Hometown: | Voorhout |
In his daily life Dick van Egmond is a police spokesman for the Kennemerland district in the Netherlands.
Laurens van Ravens
| Intl. since: | 1966 |
| Hometown: | Schiedam / Voorburg |
The Rangers had won the first leg of the 2nd round of the 1972 Cup Winner's Cup and Sporting won the return match so Lau Van Ravens ordered a penalty shoot-out. The Portuguese won.
D. Johannes Mutters
| Intl. since: | 1919 |
| Hometown: |
Mutters had a hard time communicating during the OG games final. Mutters spoke no Spanish and the players of both teams had no English either.
Ruud Bossen
| Intl. since: | 2001 |
| Hometown: | Haarlem |
Inside the Dutch football association Ruud Bossen has pleaded often to abolish the off-side rule in amateur football.
Jaap Uilenberg
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
The Dutch referee boss Jaap Uilenberg is a bit of a controversial character. As a referee he took the then referee boss to court to change the retirement age for officials. Uilenbe
Piet Roomer
| Intl. since: | 1956 |
| Hometown: | Rotterdam |
Piet Roomer also used to be a host for foreign referees visiting Feyenoord in Rotterdam.
Roelof Luinge
| Intl. since: | 1992 |
| Hometown: | Bussum |
Of course there have been protest against him and bad reviews, you can't stay faultless in over 700 matches. Luinge remembers only one really grave mistake. That was when he sent o
Richard Liesveld
| Intl. since: | 2008 |
| Hometown: |
Richard Liesveld once sent off a player when he booked him for the first time, thinking it was the second warning.
Karel van der Meer
| Intl. since: | 1939 |
| Hometown: | Den Haag |
Hungarian Major Puskas was a real character and a great player who had spat at referee George Ellis in 1955, when Van der Meer encountered him a few months later in a match Hungary
Johann Bronkhorst
| Intl. since: | 1946 |
| Hometown: | Velp |
Bronkhorst once refused to take charge of a match, because one of the players had insulted him a few months before. When the Dutch Football Federation wanted to suspend him, Bronkh
Egbert Mulder
| Intl. since: | 1979 |
| Hometown: | Slochteren, Ijmuiden |
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Dennis Higler
| Intl. since: | 2017 |
| Hometown: |
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Jack van Hulten
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
Internationally active for only two or three years, Jack van Hulten lasted much longer in the Dutch Eredivisie from which he retired at 50, June 2011 and only because he was offere
Gerard Geurds
| Intl. since: | 1980 |
| Hometown: | Tongelre |
Many Dutch referees stepped into local politics after their retirement. In his home town of Eindhoven Geurds was part of a party called Ouderen Appèl (elderly people).
Christiaan Groothoff
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Woudrichem |
In 1920, Christiaan Groothoff went to the Olympic Games in Antwerp, as a journalist. He wrote articles about it and more thsn one was about Spain, a new team to enter the internati
Andries van Leeuwen
| Intl. since: | 1957 |
| Hometown: | Enschede |
An international referee from 1957 until 1963.
Bep Thomas
| Intl. since: | 1979 |
| Hometown: | Amsterdam |
As a player he once told a bad referee he was sure he could do better and he did. Thomas was a national referee from 1975 until 1991 and international from around 1979 until 1990.#
Herbert James Willing
| Intl. since: | 1906 |
| Hometown: | Rotterdam |
Herbert (Bep) Willing took charge of matches in the 1912 Olympic Games. One of the matches was the consolation final.
Leo van der Kroft
| Intl. since: | 1969 |
| Hometown: | The Hague |
In 1972 Leo van der Kroft was the first ref to have shown a yellow card in the Netherlands (to Feyenoord player Van Hanegem).
Johan Martens
| Intl. since: | 1957 |
| Hometown: | Zeist |
International referee from 1957 until 1963.
Arie van Gemert
| Intl. since: | 1967 |
| Hometown: | Dubbeldam |
In 1969 Feyenoord player Piet Romeijn yelled "Hondelul" (dog's prick) at Arie van Gemert, he denied it of course and said he had used the word "onbenul" (nitwit). The case became k
Ignace van Swieten
| Intl. since: | 1983 |
| Hometown: | Eindhoven |
Ignace van Swieten was the first referee in the Netherlands to abandon a match because of calls from spectators. In a match Ajax - AZ ('67) in 1984 Ajax fans yelled Keesie is a
Henk van Ettekoven
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Ede |
Disappointed when he had to stop assessing refs in The Netherlands because of his age, Henk van Ettekoven keeps himself active in other ways. As a chairman of the rules committee h
Jan Beck
| Intl. since: | 1975 |
| Hometown: | Amsterdam, Osdorp |
An international referee from 1975 until the end of 1979. Two matches in the third round of the UEFA Cup may have been his matches with the highest profile.
Theo Boosten
| Intl. since: | 1968 |
| Hometown: | Hoensbroek |
This is not about him but about his assistant who, in a match Feyenoord - PSV in 1975, head butted a PSV sider. The player had complained to him about a canceled goal. Boosten didn
Ad Boogaerts
| Intl. since: | 1964 |
| Hometown: | Dordrecht |
Ad (Adrianus) Boogaerts is a retired Dutch referee who was active internationally from 1964 until (probably) 1972.
Willem Eymers
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
The match Denmark - Spain at the 1920 Olympics was the first international match for the Spanish team.
Wolf Simon Boas
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
We not sure about his first name, it may be Marcus, Wolf or Simon or something else. Boas was active as a referee in the 1920s an 30s. He is known in the Netherlands as the referee
Klaas Schipper
| Intl. since: | 1947 |
| Hometown: | Groningen |
In 1959, in the town of Groningen, in a sold out Oosterpark stadium, Feyenoord and FC Santos played a farewell match for referee Klaas Schipper. FC Santos won 3-0. Although it was
Janus Aalbrecht
| Intl. since: | 1966 |
| Hometown: | Hoek van Holland |
In 1965 during a Eredivisie match MVV-Heracles, through a faulty watch or a lack of a stadium clock, Janus Aalbrecht ended 14 minutes early. His linesmen and the spectators had to
Dennis Higler
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
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Jef Dorpmans
| Intl. since: | 1967 |
| Hometown: |
The can (see his Bio), now in the Vitesse museum, prompted a man named Jan Stellenburg to invent the PET-bottle. Thinking he had to come up with a bottle that - when thrown - could
Johannes van Moorsel
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Rotterdam |
It wasn't one of the requirements in those days to be able to speak English, so when the English national team players found out Van Moorsel could understand them, he heard them wa
Frans Derks
| Intl. since: | 1975 |
| Hometown: | Breda |
from: Andre Hoogeboom: Op z'n Frans
Hans Boekman
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
Hans Boekman was the subject of a "this is your life" radio programme in the 50s.
Cees Bakker
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
The picture of Cees bakker is from a larger one featuring Bakker, Jaap Uilenberg and Frans Houben.
Hendrik Weerink
| Intl. since: | 1974 |
| Hometown: | Coevorden |
A referee in professional football for 19 years, Henk Weerink started in 1963 and got his FIFA badge in 1974 and took charge of 37 intl. matches.
Herman van Dijk
| Intl. since: | 1995 |
| Hometown: |
Herman van Dijk played forward for Heerenveen before the team turned professional. He was the kind of player who always had something to say to the ref and who was often suspended
Ben Haverkort
| Intl. since: | 2002 |
| Hometown: | Exloo |
As a 4th referee in an international match, Ben Haverkort once forgot his time board to show the added stoppage time. The referee (Haverkort doesn't say who) realized this and wise
Jef van Vliet
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Sprundel |
Internationally active in the early 1990s, now a referee educator.
Hans Reygwart
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
Researching Hans Reygwart you'll find many politically coloured articles. Apparently he has enemies (national newspaper De Telegraaf) and friends (UEFA's Jaap Uilenberg).
Wim Schalks
| Intl. since: | 1964 |
| Hometown: | Leiden |
The World Cup qualifier Northern Ireland - Turkey in 1968 could have been his most important international match. Schalks was internationally active 1964-1968.
Frans Houben
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Mariahoop |
The picture of Frans Houben is from a larger one featuring Cees Bakker, Jaap Uilenberg and Houben.
Willem Beltman
| Intl. since: | 1957 |
| Hometown: | Deventer |
In 1959 Willem Beltman took charge of a match Galatasaray - Besiktas for the Turkish championship.
Theo van Zwieteren
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
Internationally active in the 1920s
Joop Vervoort
| Intl. since: | 1972 |
| Hometown: | Bennekom |
Johannes (Joop) Vervoort was a FIFA referee in 1972, 73 and 74. Vervoort died in 1993, age 61.
Chris van der Laar
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Enschede |
After his career as a referee and FIFA referee (briefly), Chris van der Laar became the general manager of team Den Bosch until he was fired in 1994.
Hugo Luyten
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Elslo |
In 2003 in a lower division match Eindhoven - Heracles Luijten knocked a player down with an elbow while pulling a yellow card.
Jan de Wolf
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
Internationally active in the 1930s.
Bertus Ausum
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Dordrecht |
Bertus Ausum (sometimes "Aussum") was a FIFA referee until season 1955/56.
H.A. Meerum Terwogt
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Rijswijk |
The story goes that Amsterdam born Albert Meerum Terwogt just happened to pick up a whistle one day and grew into refereeing. His first international match was Sweden - Hungary in
Aad van Welzenes
| Intl. since: | 1941 |
| Hometown: | Rotterdam |
Van Welzenes once canceled the winning goal by DHC (Leiden) in an important regional match against ADO (The Hague) because time was up. He had not whistled to indicate end of match
Gerrit J Berrevoets
| Intl. since: | 1975 |
| Hometown: | Amsterdam |
Berrevoets was a lines man in the 1976 European Cup quarter-final Madrid Borussia. 1976 was his last year as a FIFA referee which he had been for one or two years.
Wim Egbertzen
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
In 1991 the Dutch FA (KNVB) told Egbertzen he was no longer a referee. He had had too many bad reviews and had to make way to new refs (one of them was future World Cup ref Jan Weg
Henri Vermeulen
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
Henri Constant Albert Vermeulen took charge of a friendly in 1905, one of the many Holland-Belgiums.
Gerard Dyxhoorn
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
In Dutch his name written as Dijkshoorn makes more sense, Dyxhoorn is the name we found on international sites. Gerard Willem Dijkshoorn took charge of a match between Belgium and
Jaap van der Niet
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
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Ben Hoppenbrouwer
| Intl. since: | 1974 |
| Hometown: |
Sources name him Koen Hoppenbrouwer, but it is Ben. He was a FIFA referee for two years, 1974 and 1975.
van Bisselink
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
It could also be Besselink. We found no first name.
Hendrik Pijper
| Intl. since: | 1972 |
| Hometown: | Vlaardingen |
An international referee in 1972 and 1973.
Dirk Nijs
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Rotterdam |
Dirk Nijs owned a shop that sold coal, was a goalkeeper and later member of the board of a amateur team called De Musschen (the sparrows) and a renowned referee before and after WW
Andre la Croix
| Intl. since: | 1961 |
| Hometown: | Amsterdam |
An international referee during two season 1961/62, 1962/63.
A P Formanoy
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Ijmuiden |
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Johan Hazeu
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Rotterdam, Breda |
A referee from 1910 till 1936 and a member of the referee committee until 1960. Hazeu did not read a manual before his debut and wore a cap and a rain coat in his first match.
J C van Gelder
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Voorburg |
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Max Foltynski
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: |
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Koen Brouwer
| Intl. since: | 1970 |
| Hometown: | Vlaardingen |
Koen(raad) Brouwer was an international referee for at least one season 1971/72, maybe one more. He retired in 1972.
Siem Wellinga
| Intl. since: | 1975 |
| Hometown: | Boekelo |
National referee 1967 -1978, international ref for at least one year: 1976, possibly one more before that.