Martin Atkinson

Martin Atkinson (2012)

Martin Atkinson cautioned Birmingham City player Stephen Carr (2010)

Martin Atkinson (born March 31, 1971 in Dewsbury , West Yorkshire ) is an English football referee . Since 2006 he has been directing international matches for FIFA .

Career

Atkinson began his referee career in 1986 at the age of 15. He made his first division debut in the Premier League on September 18, 2004 on the 6th matchday in the game Crystal Palace against Manchester City . In 2005 Atkinson was included in the English professional referee list “Select Group Referees” and in 2006 appointed FIFA referee. His first international game was the U-19 friendly between Croatia and Greece (2-2) on June 1, 2007. He was director of the 2011 FA Cup final between Manchester City and Stoke City (1-0). At the 2012 European Football Championship , Atkinson was part of the English referee team as goal judge. On February 9, 2013 he led his 200th Premier League game in a 3-1 between Southampton FC and Manchester City. He is divided into the highest UEFA referee category “Elite Group”.

After the game between Chelsea FC and Manchester United on March 1, 2011 in the Premier League, there was an argument with Manchester coach Alex Ferguson . This criticized a not given red card for the Chelsea player David Luiz and a controversial penalty decision for the London club, which led to the 2-1 final result. Then Atkinson should not be used for eleven months in meetings of Manchester United until he should take over their game in the fourth FA Cup round against Liverpool on January 28, 2012. Ferguson, who had already disapproved of Atkinson's leadership of the 2011 FA Cup final, said he wanted a "fair referee" but didn't get it. Ultimately, Mark Halsey was the referee of the game that Manchester United lost 2-1.

Atkinson lives in Wakefield and works full time as a police officer . In his spare time he does fitness training and plays golf.

statistics

Use statistics

season	Premier League	FA Cup	Europe League	Champions League	International matches
2004/2005	4th	0	-	-	-
2005/2006	18th	2	-	-	-
2006/2007	24	4th	0	0	0
2007/2008	26th	5	2/1	0	2
2008/2009	26th	4th	4/0	1/0	5
2009/2010	30th	6th	2/0	5/1	2
2010/2011	26th	4th	3/0	3/1	7th
2011/2012	27	2	3/0	3/1	1
2012/2013	21st	5	1/0	2/1	1
total	202	32	15/1	14/4	18th

Notes: List as of March 28, 2013. The division “x / y” describes the number of appearances in the competition on the left of the slash and the games in the respective qualification on the right. The column “international matches” lists all of these in the A area, both friendly matches and for World Cup / European Championship (qualification) matches.

Games with German participation

competition	date	encounter	Result
UEFA Cup	0Dec 6, 2007	Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Sparta Prague	1: 0 (0: 0)
UEFA Cup	Sep 18 2008	Borussia Dortmund - Udinese Calcio	0: 2 (0: 2)
World Cup qualification Europe	Oct 14, 2009	Germany - Finland	1: 1 (0: 1)
Champions League	0Nov 4, 2009	Sevilla FC - VfB Stuttgart	1: 1 (1: 0)
Friendly matches	03rd Mar 2010	Germany - Argentina	0: 1 (0: 1)
Champions League	11th Mar 2010	FC Valencia - Werder Bremen	1: 1 (0: 1)
Europe League	0Apr 1, 2010	Hamburger SV - Standard Liege	2: 1 (2: 1)
Champions League	Oct 19, 2010	FC Bayern Munich - CFR Cluj	3: 2 (2: 1)
Champions League	0Apr 5, 2011	Inter Milan - FC Schalke 04	2: 5 (2: 2)
European Championship qualification	0Oct 7, 2011	Turkey - Germany	1: 3 (0: 1)
Champions League	Oct 23, 2012	Lille OSC - Bayern Munich	0: 1 (0: 1)
Champions League	Apr 21, 2015	FC Bayern Munich - FC Porto	6: 1 (5: 0)
Champions League	23 Feb 2016	Juventus Turin - FC Bayern Munich	2: 2 (0: 1)
EURO 2016	June 12, 2016	Germany - Ukraine	2: 0 (1: 0)

Appearances at the European Football Championship 2016 in France

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 12, 2016	Lille	Germany	Ukraine	2: 0 (1: 0)
Group stage	June 22, 2016	Lyon	Hungary	Portugal	3: 3 (1: 1)
Round of 16	June 25, 2016	Paris	Wales	Northern Ireland	1: 0 (0: 0)

Web links

Commons : Martin Atkinson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• transfermarkt.de : Referee profile of Martin Atkinson

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} UEFA Champions League - Referees (2011/12 season). UEFA , p. 4 , accessed March 28, 2013 . 
2. ^ Five asides with Martin Atkinson. PremierLeague.com, December 14, 2012, accessed March 28, 2013 . 
3. ^ Matt Phillips: Atkinson takes Cup Final whistle. TheFA.com, April 19, 2011, accessed March 28, 2013 . 
4. ↑ UEFA Referee Categories 2012/2013 (I). (No longer available online.) Footballrefereeing.blogspot.com, archived from the original on December 31, 2012 ; accessed on March 28, 2013 . 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.  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Ferguson feud ref Atkinson to take charge of the FA Cup Final at Wembley. Mail Online , April 19, 2011, accessed March 28, 2013 . 
6. ^ Mark Ogden: Martin Atkinson set to end 11-month absence from Manchester United games for Liverpool FA Cup clash. The Daily Telegraph , January 23, 2012, accessed March 28, 2013 . 
7. ^ Phil McNulty: Liverpool 2-1 Man Utd. BBC Sport , January 28, 2012, accessed March 28, 2013 . 
8. ^ Referee profile of Martin Atkinson. transfermarkt.de , accessed on March 28, 2013 .