Karl-Heinz Tritschler

Karl-Heinz Tritschler
Personal
Surname	Karl-Heinz Tritschler
birthday	September 16, 1949
place of birth
country	Germany
Club information
society	SV Rhodia Freiburg
classification
1977-1991 1980-1991 1977-1991 1986-1991 1983-1991	DFB referee 1st Bundesliga 2nd Bundesliga DFB-Pokal FIFA referee A international matches European Cup	98 63 5 8 3
Finals
DFB-Pokal 1988/89 European Champion Clubs ' Cup 1988/89 Bundesliga relegation 1985/86

Karl-Heinz Tritschler (born September 16, 1949 ) is a former German football referee . He had his most successful year as a referee in the 1988/89 season, when he led both the DFB Cup final and the final of the European Cup and was named Germany's Referee of the Year.

Games

He led his first professional game on August 6, 1977 in the 2nd Bundesliga (South) in the 6-0 success of SV Waldhof Mannheim over FV Würzburg . Tritschler made his first Bundesliga appearance on August 23, 1980 in a 1-1 draw between VfL Bochum and MSV Duisburg . In total, he headed 98 Bundesliga games and 63 matches in the second division . There were also five games in the DFB Cup and the legendary relegation replay in the 1985/86 season between SC Fortuna Köln and Borussia Dortmund , which Dortmund won 8-0. The last encounter of his career was the game between Borussia Dortmund and FC St. Pauli , which Dortmund won 5-2 on matchday 34 of the 1990/91 Bundesliga season . In his 98 Bundesliga games he showed 250 yellow cards and four red cards , 33 times he decided on penalties . Most often he led matches of 1. FC Köln , namely 17 times.

Tritschler was also used in international competitions. For example, he whistled the preliminary round match between Brazil and Australia (3-0) at the 1988 Olympic Games , worked as an assistant at the European Football Championship in 1988 and headed the final in the 1988/89 European Cup between Steaua Bucharest and AC Milan , which Milan won 4-0. He also had his last international appearance in the European Cup in the quarter-final first leg between Spartak Moscow and Real Madrid on March 6, 1991; the game ended 0-0.

Important missions

Finals

• DFB-Pokal final 1988/89 between Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen (4: 1)
• European Cup final 1988/89 between AC Milan and Steaua Bucharest (4: 0)
• Bundesliga relegation 1985/86 (play-off) between Borussia Dortmund and Fortuna Köln (8: 0)

Tournaments

• 1988 Olympic Games : 1 game (preliminary round game Brazil - Australia, 3-0)
• European Football Championship 1988 : 1 game (as assistant; preliminary round game USSR - Netherlands, 1-0)
• 1985 U-17 World Cup : 2 games (preliminary round; Qatar 1-3 Mexico; Brazil 2-0 Mexico)

• Football European Championship qualification : 4 games (2 European Championship 1984 games; 1 Euro 1988 game; 1 Euro 1992 game)
• Football World Cup qualification : 4 games (3 games from the 1986 World Cup; 1 game from the 1990 World Cup)

Trivia

In a Bundesliga match between VfB Stuttgart and FC Bayern Munich in the 1984/85 season , there was an unusual dialogue between Hermann Ohlicher and Karl-Heinz Tritschler. Ohlicher berated Tritschler with the words "You're the biggest pig" after Tritschler had awarded Bayern Munich a free kick. Tritschler then asked "Did you mean me?" When Ohlicher replied "Yes", Tritschler consequently showed him the red card.

honors and awards

• " DFB Referee of the Year" (1): 1988/89
• " World Referee of the Year" (1): 8th place
• golden badge of honor of the Hochrhein Referees Association ( Südbadischer Fußballverband )
• Honorary member of the Freiburg Referees Association (Südbadischer Fußballverband)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karl-Heinz Tritschler on transfermarkt.de
2. ↑ Karl-Heinz Tritschler on weltfussball.de
3. ↑ Data on the 1988 Olympic Football Tournament
4. ↑ Karl-Heinz Tritschler on fussballzz.de
5. ↑ www.hefleswetzkick.de ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. ↑ Overview of the “Referee of the Year” ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Overview of the "World Referee of the Year" ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
8. ↑ Species protection for referees
9. ^ Badische Zeitung online, accessed on March 18, 2013