Bjorn Kuipers

Björn Kuipers (2018)

Björn Kuipers (born March 28, 1973 in Oldenzaal ) is a Dutch football referee .

Career

On March 5, 2005 Kuipers made his debut as a referee in the Eredivisie at the game Vitesse Arnheim against Willem II Tilburg . He has been on the list of FIFA referees since 2006 and has since been allowed to direct international matches. He has been one of UEFA's elite referees since January 2009 and as such is suitable for leading particularly sensitive games.

At the U-21 European Football Championship in 2009 , he led the final, which Germany won 4-0 against England. He also directed the final of the 2011 UEFA Super Cup between FC Barcelona and FC Porto at the Stade Louis II in Monaco . At the European Football Championship in 2012 he was used. He was used in two games. On May 15, 2013 Kuipers chaired the final of the UEFA Europa League in Amsterdam between Benfica Lisbon and Chelsea FC . In 2013 he was one of ten referees at the Confederations Cup in Brazil. On May 24, 2014, he also directed the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final in Lisbon between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid . At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, he whistled three games, two in the group stage and one round of 16.

On December 15, 2015, Kuipers was nominated as referee for the 2016 European Football Championship . This makes him one of the seven referees, alongside the German Felix Brych , who were also used at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil . On May 7, 2018, Kuipers was scheduled by UEFA in the final of the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League between Olympique Marseille and Atlético Madrid in Lyon . His assistants were Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra, the fourth official was Szymon Marciniak from Poland . Danny Makkelie and Pol van Boekel were used as back- goal referees , Mario Diks was the substitute assistant .

At the 2018 World Cup he will be on duty with his assistants Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra .

Kuipers is a businessman. He studied at the Nijmegen Radboud University Business Administration . His father was also a football referee.

Tournaments

Appearances at the European Football Championship 2012

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 10, 2012	Poses	Ireland	Croatia	1: 3 (1: 2)
Group stage	June 15, 2012	Donetsk	Ukraine	France	0: 2 (0: 0)

Appearances at the Football World Cup 2014

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 14, 2014	Manaus	England	Italy	1: 2 (1: 1)
Group stage	20th June 2014	Salvador da Bahia	Switzerland	France	2: 5 (0: 3)
Round of 16	June 28, 2014	Rio de Janeiro	Colombia	Uruguay	2: 0 (1: 0)

Appearances at the European Football Championship 2016

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 16, 2016	Saint-Denis	Germany	Poland	0: 0 (0: 0)
Group stage	June 21, 2016	Bordeaux	Croatia	Spain	2: 1 (1: 1)
Quarter finals	03rd July, 2016	Saint-Denis	France	Iceland	5: 2 (4: 0)

Appearances at the Football World Cup 2018

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 15, 2018	Ekaterinburg	Egypt	Uruguay	0: 1 (0: 0)
Group stage	June 22, 2018	St. Petersburg	Brazil	Costa Rica	2: 0 (0: 0)
Round of 16	01st July 2018	Moscow	Spain	Russia	1: 1 (1: 1) n.V., (3: 4 in.E.)
Quarter finals	07th July 2018	Samara	Sweden	England	0: 2 (0: 1)

Web links

Commons : Björn Kuipers  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Björn Kuipers in the transfermarkt.de database
• Björn Kuipers in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UEFA announcement, accessed on December 20, 2011
2. ^ UEFA announcement, accessed on May 13, 2013
3. ↑ Who of the 2014 World Cup referees will also be at the 2016 European Championship? em2016.net, December 17, 2015, accessed January 5, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Björn Kuipers heads the finals of the Europa League. UEFA, May 7, 2018, accessed May 7, 2018 . 
5. ↑ List of Match Officials for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. (PDF; 262 KB) (No longer available online.) FIFA, March 29, 2018, archived from the original on March 30, 2018 ; accessed on May 5, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Netherlands' strict businessman - Euro 2012 referee Bjorn Kuipers | Goal.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018 .