List of German FIFA referees

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The list of German FIFA referees includes all football referees of the German Football Association (DFB) and the German Football Association of the GDR who are and were approved by FIFA to conduct A-level international matches and European Cup matches. Referees who only acted as linesmen or FIFA assistant referees or who only led international matches in the youth field are not listed.

Referee of the DFB

Surname vintage Period Number of international matches Number of European Cup games Tournaments Finals Remarks
Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder 1944 1984 Without any effort
Hermann Albrecht 1961 1993-2003 10 21st U-16-EM 1994
U-20-WM 1995
EM 1996 (replacement)
DFB Cup 2001
Heinz Aldinger 1933 1973-1981 15th 18th EM 1980 DFB-Pokal 1972
EC III 1978
DFB-Pokal 1980
Karl-Josef Assenmacher 1947 1983-1993 12 18th EC III 1993
Erich Asmussen 1922 1957-1960
Jürgen Aust 1960 1995-1997 2 6th DFB Cup 1999
Deniz Aytekin 1978 since 2011 11 29 U-17 World Cup 2015 DFB Cup 2017
Christine Baitinger 1974 since 2004
Günther Baumgärtel 1929 1962-1967 2 11
Peco Bauwens 1886 1922-1941 82 OS 1936 DM 1920
DM 1921
DM 1922
DM 1929
OS 1936
Alfred Birlem 1888 1927-1940 16 OS 1928
WM 34
OS 1936
WM 38
DM 1932
DM 1933
DM 1934
Cup 1935
DM 1936
DM 1937
DM 1936
Ferdinand Biwersi 1934 1969-1988 18th 26th OS 1972
WM 78
DFB Cup 1971
Fritz Bouillon 1903 1928-1950s 4th Baltic Cup 1938
Felix Brych 1975 since 2007 47 78 OS 2012
Confed Cup 2013
WM 2014
EM 2016
WM 2018
EL 2014
DFB-Pokal 2015
UCL 2017
Bastian Dankert 1980 since 2014 1 9
Georg Dardenne 1959 1994-1999 6th 12 U-20 World Cup 1997
Hans-Peter Dellwing 1950 1990-1994 3 6th
Christian Dingert 1980 since 2013 3 11
Albert shower 1912 1951-1962 24 12 WM 58
WM 62
DFB-Pokal 1954
DM 1956
DM 1957
DFB-Pokal 1957
DM 1958
Trade fair cup 1958
EC I 1959
DFB-Pokal 1960
DM 1962
Walter Eschweiler 1935 1971-1984 21st 37 WM 82 DFB-Pokal 1976
UEFA Super Cup 1979
EC II 1981
EC III 1982
Herbert Fandel 1964 1998-2008 26th 56 U-16-EM 1998
U-21-EM 2000
OS 2000
EM 2008
DFB-Pokal 2004
EC II 2006
DFB-Pokal 2006
UEFA-CL 2007
Helmut Fleischer 1964 2000-2006 3 14th U-16-EM 2000
U-18-EM 2001
DFB Cup 2009
Werner Foeckler 1945 1982-1991 6th 10 DFB Cup 1985
Monika Fornaçon 1964 1998-2003
Christine Frai 1965 1995-2006 EM 97
OS 2004
Rudolf Frickel 1932 1974-1979 6th 6th DFB Cup 1977
Helmut Fritz 1923 1964-1968 7th DFB Cup 1969
Marco Fritz 1977 since 2012 1 10 DFB Cup 2016
Lutz Michael Fröhlich 1957 1994-2002 10 14th DFB Cup 2003
Manuel Graefe 1973 2007-2019 13 30th U-19 European Championship 2009 DFB Cup 2013
Elke Günthner 1964 1995-
Günther Habermann 1950 1985-1991 1 1 3 + 3 for the DFV
Gerd Hennig 1935 1979-1982 3 2 U-21 European Championship 1980 DFB Cup 1982
Bernd Heynemann 1954 1989-1999 14th 42 U-16-EM-1989
U-20-WM 1991
EM 1996
WM 1998
DFB Cup 1992
Walter Horstmann 1935 1970-1971
1978-1982
5 5 DFB Cup 1975
Riem Hussein 1980 since 2009 20th 14th U-19 Euro 2012
U-20 World Cup 2016
Euro 2017
DFB-Pokal 2010 (women)
Josef Kandlbinder 1923 1958-1963 10 5 OS 1960 DM 1960
Michael Kempter 1983 2010 Without any effort
Jörg Keßler 1964 2003-2004 +
Paul child father 1940 1976-1979 3 2
Thorsten Kinhöfer 1968 2006-2013 7th 21st DFB Cup 2010
Knut Kircher 1969 2004–2012 12 23 U-21 European Championship 2007 DFB Cup 2008
Rudolf Kreitlein 1919 1962-1967 7th 15th World Cup 1966 DFB Cup 1963
World Cup 1965
EC I 1966
Hellmut Krug 1956 1991-2001 29 40 1994 World Cup,
1996 European Championship
UEFA Super Cup 1994
DFB Cup 1996
CL 1998
World Cup 1999
Günter Linn 1935 1979-1982 3 3 DFB Cup 1979
Johannes Malka 1922 1959-1966 7th 10 DFB Cup 1964
Markus Merk 1962 1992-2007 50 78 OS 1992,
EM 2000,
2002,
2004,
2006, 2006
DFB-Pokal 1993
EC III 1997
CL 2003
EM 2004
Florian Meyer 1968 2002-2013 25th 52 DFB-Pokal 2005
DFB-Pokal 2014
Georg Muntau 1898 1928-1930 5 Baltic Cup 1930
Manfred Neuner 1945 1985-1991 6th 6th DFB Cup 1990
Klaus Ohmsen 1935 1971-1977 6th 5 DFB Cup 1977
Alfred Ott 1934 1968-1970 2 8th
Dieter Pauly 1942 1982-1989 16 23 EM 1988 UEFA Super Cup 1984
DFB Cup 1986
Babak Rafati 1970 2008-2011
Jan Redelfs 1935 1975-1983 12 16 DFB Cup 1978
Karl Riegg 1929 1967-1976 8th 4th
Volker Roth 1942 1978-1986 18th 19th OS 1984,
EM 1984
World Cup 1986
DFB Cup 1984
World Cup 1985
Emil Schmetzer 1908 1951-1958 13 1 World Cup 1954 Cup 1943
DM 1954
Aron Schmidhuber 1947 1982-1993 26th 39 1990 World Cup,
1992 European Championship
UEFA Super Cup 1988
DFB Cup 1991
EC I 1992
Gerhard Schulenburg 1926 1960-1974 16 37 OS 1972
World Cup 1974
DFB-Pokal 1959
DM 1961
DFB-Pokal 1967
DFB-Pokal 1970
Daniel Siebert 1984 since 2015 3 13 U-20 World Cup 2019
Heinz Siebert 1925 1968-1970 3
Peter Sippel 1969 2003-2011 4th 21st
Angelika Söder 1989 since 2015 1 3 DFB-Pokal 2016 (women)
Wolfgang Stark 1969 1999-2014 42 84 U-17 WM 1999
U-18 EM 1999
U-20 WM 2007
OS 2008
WM 2010
EM 2012
DFB Cup 2011
EL 2012
Sascha Stegemann 1984 since 2019
Edgar Steinborn 1957 1995-2002 13 19th DFB Cup 1997
Bibiana stone house 1979 since 2005 29 17th U-20 World Cup 2008
EURO 2009
U-20 World Cup 2010
World Cup 2011
OS 2012
EURO 2013
U-20 World Cup 2014
World Cup 2015
EURO 2017
U-20 World Cup 2018
DFB-Pokal 2003 (women)
WM 2011
OS 2012
Tobias Stieler 1981 since 2014 8th 20th U-21 European Championship 2017 DFB Cup 2019
Hartmut Strampe 1956 1993-2001 17th 32 U-17 World Cup 1995 DFB Cup 1998
Günther Ternieden 1928 1957-1962 5 2
Werner Treichel 1921 1955-1966 7th 11 DFB-Pokal 1956
DFB-Pokal 1958
Karl-Heinz Tritschler 1949 1981-1991 21st 26th U-17 World Cup 1985
OS 1988
DFB Cup 1988/89
EC I 1989
Kurt Tschenscher 1928 1958-1975 41 45 1966 World Cup,
1968
World Cup, 1970 World Cup,
1972 OS
1974 World Cup
EC III 1962
DM 1963
EC I 1967
OS 1972
DFB Cup 1973
Franz-Xaver Wack 1965 2000-2006 7th 22nd U-21 European Championship 2002 DFB Cup 2002
Karoline Wacker 1991 since 2017 1 0
Hans-Jürgen Weber 1955 1991-1998
Michael Weiner 1969 2002–2012 U-19 European Championship 2003 DFB Cup 2007
Tobias Welz 1977 since 2013 5 9
Hans-Joachim Weyland 1929 1966-1976 20th 22nd U-23 European Championship 1972
World Cup 1974
U-23 European Championship 1976
U-23 European Championship 1972
UEFA Super Cup 1972
DFB Cup 1974
U-23 European Championship 1976
Wolf-Günter Wiesel 1947 1986-1992 10 7th
Wieland Ziller 1952 -1994 U-16 European Championship 1987 U-16 European Championship 1987
Felix Zwayer 1981 since 2012 14th 41 U-19 European Championship 2013
U-20 World Cup 2015
DFB Cup 2018

Referee of the DFV

Surname vintage Period Number of international matches Number of European Cup games Tournaments Finals Remarks
Werner Bergmann 1912 1957-1963 2 1 FDGB-Pokal 1958
FDGB-Pokal 1959
FDGB-Pokal 1960
Horst Di Carlo 1934 1974-1980 - 2
Heinz Einbeck 1931 1970-1980 7th 13
Rudi Glöckner 1929 1962 24 38 OS 1964
World Cup 1970,
European Championship 1972,
OS 1972
World Cup 1974
FDGB-Pokal 1963
FDGB-Pokal 1968
World Cup 1971
Trade Fair Cup 1971
FDGB-Pokal 1971
UEFA Super Cup 1973
FDGB-Pokal 1974
EC II 1976
Günther Habermann 1950 1985-1991 3 3
Widukind Herrmann 1936 1980-1985 3 5 FDGB Cup 1979
Siegfried Cherries 1943 1979-1990 24 43 OS 1964
World Cup 1986,
EM 1988
World Cup 1990
FDGB-Pokal 1980
EC II 1987
UEFA Super Cup 1989
Helmut Koehler 1917 1957-1967 3 5
Fritz Koepcke 1914 1955-1967 2 6th FDGB-Pokal 1952
FDGB-Pokal 1956
FDGB-Pokal 1966
Hans Kulicke 1934 2 FDGB Cup 1982
Gerhard Kunze 1924 1963-1974 3 14th FDGB-Pokal 1962
FDGB-Pokal 1964
FDGB-Pokal 1970
Günter Mannig 1928 1964-1988 5 24 FDGB Cup 1972
Klaus Peschel 1941 1980-1990 12 40 1986 FDGB Cup
Robert Pischke 1941 1974 No use
Adolf Prokop 1939 1973-1988 27 60 OS 1976
World Cup 1978,
1980
World Cup, 1982 World Cup,
1980 European Championship
FDGB-Pokal 1976
FDGB-Pokal 1978
UEFA Super Cup 1979
EC II 1981
EC III 1984
FDGB-Pokal 1987
Walter Reinhardt 1907 1952-1957 3 -
Wolfgang Riedel 1929 1964-1988 11 14th FDGB-Pokal 1965
FDGB-Pokal 1973
Manfred Rossner 1941 1984 5 9 1985 FDGB Cup
Klaus Scheurell 1941 1979-1990 14th 16 OS 1980 FDGB Cup 1977
Bernd Stumpf 1940 1983 3 6th FDGB Cup 1981
Erwin Vetter 1962 4th 7th
Wieland Ziller 1952 1986-1994 3 8th U-16 European Championship 1987 U-16 European Championship 1987, FDGB Cup 1989

German referee at world championships

WM Surname Number of games as Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg Red card.svg Remarks
SR LR
1934 Alfred Birlem 1 1
1938 Alfred Birlem 1 1
1954 Emil Schmetzer 1 2
1958 Albert shower 1 1 2 4th
1962 Albert shower 1 1 1 3
1966 Kurt Tschenscher 1
Rudolf Kreitlein 2 1 0 0 0
1970 Kurt Tschenscher Germany BRBR Germany 1 5 0 0
Rudolf Glöckner Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 2 2 2
1974 Kurt Tschenscher 1 4th 0 1
Gerhard Schulenburg 1 1 2 0 0
Hans-Joachim Weyland 1 1 3 0 0
Ferdinand Biwersi 0 0 0 0
Walter Eschweiler 0 0 0 0
Rudolf Glöckner 1 2 1 0 0
1978 Ferdinand Biwersi 1 1 0 0
Adolf Prokop 1 2 2 0 0
1982 Walter Eschweiler 1 2 0 0
Adolf Prokop 1 3 3 0 0
1986 Volker Roth 2 1 8th 0 0
Siegfried Cherries 2 2 5 0 0
1990 Aron Schmidhuber 2 1 6th 0
Siegfried Cherries 2 3 7th 0 0
1994 Hellmut Krug 2 0 7th
1995 Christine Frai 0 3 0 0 0
1998 Bernd Heynemann 2 0 9
1999 Elke Günthner 1 0 2 0 1
2002 Markus Merk 2 0 8th 0 0
2006 Markus Merk 3 0 15th 0 0
2007 Christine Beck 3 0 6th 0 0
2010 Wolfgang Stark 3 0 9 0 0
2011 Bibiana stone house 3 0 6th 0 1
2014 Felix Brych 2 0 6th 0 1
2015 Bibiana stone house 2 0 4th 0 0
2018 Felix Brych 1 0 5 0 0
2019 Bibiana stone house 1 0 2 0 0
2019 Riem Hussein 1 0 3 0 0
2019 Katrin Rafalski 0 1 0 0 0

German referee at European championships

EM Surname Number of games as Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg Red card.svg Remarks
SR LR
1968 Kurt Tschenscher 1 0 0 0 0
1972 Rudolf Glöckner 1 0 3 0 0
1980 Heinz Aldinger 1 0 0 0 0
Adolf Prokop 1 0 2 0 0
1984 Volker Roth 1 0 1 0 1
Adolf Prokop 1 0 2 0 0
1988 Siegfried Cherries 1 0 0 0 0
Dieter Pauly 1 0 2 0 0
1992 Aron Schmidhuber 1 0 2 0 0
1996 Bernd Heynemann 1 0 3 0 0
Hellmut Krug 2 0 13 1 0
1997 Christine Frai 2 0 0 0 0
2000 Markus Merk 3 0 19th 2 0
2001 Elke Fielenbach 2 0 4th 0 1
2004 Markus Merk 3 0 17th 0 0
2008 Herbert Fandel 3 0 10 0 0
2009 Bibiana stone house 3 0 4th 0 1
2012 Wolfgang Stark 2 0 10 0 0
2013 Bibiana stone house 3 0 4th 0 0
2016 Felix Brych 3 0 10 0 0
2017 Bibiana stone house 3 0 10 0 1
2017 Riem Hussein 2 0 5 0 0

German referee at the Olympic Games

OS Surname Number of games as Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg Red card.svg Remarks
SR LR
1928 Alfred Birlem 1 0 0 0 0
1936 Alfred Birlem 1
Peco Bauwens 1
Wine grower 1
Wilhelm Peters 1 1
Helmut Fink 1
1960 Josef Kandlbinder 3
1964 Rudolf Glöckner 3 0 0 0 0
1972 Ferdinand Biwersi 1
Rudolf Glöckner 1
Kurt Tschenscher 2 Final game
Gerhard Schulenburg 1 0 1 0 0
1976 Adolf Prokop 1
1980 Klaus Scheurell 2
1984 Volker Roth 1 0 1 0 0
1988 Karl-Heinz Tritschler 1 0 3 0 0
1992 Markus Merk 2 0 10 2 2
2000 Herbert Fandel 3 0 13 1 1
2004 Christine Frai 2 0 7th 0 0
2008 Wolfgang Stark 2 6th 1
Christine Beck 2 0 2 0 0
2012 Felix Brych 2 0 11 2 1
Bibiana stone house 2 0 2 0 0

literature

  • Referee committee of the NOFV Chronicle from 1948 to 1991 of the referee committee of the DFV of the GDR
  • Gotthard Dikty Referee : Telephone! Academia Verlag 1999 ISBN 3-89665-111-0