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Siegfried Kirschen (born October 13, 1943 in Chemnitz ) is a German football official and former football referee of the German Football Association and the German Football Association . He was in charge of four games in two football World Cup finals and was also a linesman in five games . He was involved in more games in the soccer World Cup finals than any other German referee.

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Referee Siegfried Kirschen in 1990 at a GDR Oberliga game

Siegfried Kirschen was initially active as a footballer himself in the youth field , passed his referee examination in 1961, headed 251 games in the GDR Oberliga from 1972 to 1991 and on May 17, 1980 the FDGB Cup final between FC Carl Zeiss Jena and FC Rot -Weiß Erfurt , which ended in the Berlin Stadium of the World Youth in front of 45,000 spectators 3: 1 afterwards .

The qualified psychologist and member of the army has long been considered one of the best in his profession. From 1962 to 1987 he was with the East German NVA , last rank lieutenant colonel . Since 1979 FIFA referee, Siegfried Kirschen took part as referee of the Football Association of the GDR at the finals of the Football World Cup 1986 in Mexico with the direction of the preliminary round match Northern Ireland against Brazil , 0: 3 (0: 2), and the quarter-finals Spain against Belgium , 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1), 4: 5 i. E., as well as at the 1990 World Cup in Italy with the leadership of the preliminary round game Belgium against Uruguay , 3: 1 (2: 0), and the round of 16 ČSFR against Costa Rica , 4: 1 (1: 0).

As a line judge, he made three appearances in the 1986 finals ( Bulgaria 1: 1 against Italy , Scotland 0: 1 against Denmark and England 0: 0 against Morocco ), in 1990 he played two games in Uruguay against Spain (0: 0) and against Brazil Scotland (1-0).

At the European Football Championship in 1988 in the Federal Republic of Germany , he was appointed to lead the island derby between England and Ireland , 0-1 (0-1).

43 European Cup games , including the 1987 UEFA Cup final (1) between IFK Göteborg and Dundee United on May 6, 1987 at Nya Ullevi , ( Gothenburg ), which ended 1-0 (1-0) in front of 50,023 spectators, and the UEFA Super Cup final 1989 KV Mechelen against PSV Eindhoven were under his direction. There were also 24 international matches.

At the end of his playing days in the 1st Bundesliga , he headed two more games in the 1990/1991 season, namely the north derby between FC St. Pauli and Hamburger SV and the south derby between VfB Stuttgart and FC Bayern Munich .

On October 30, 2006, it became known that he was allegedly an unofficial employee of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR. Under the code name "Friedrich" he spied on various people over a period of 20 years. The allegations were, however, always denied.

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Siegfried Kirschen was the chairman of the referees committee in the former Frankfurt (Oder) district technical committee. Since it was founded in 1990, he has been President of the Brandenburg Regional Football Association , member of the board of the Northeast German Football Association (NOFV) and - since summer 2008 - Chairman of the NOFV Referee Committee. He works as a DFB referee coach in the Bundesliga and as an international referee observer . In March 2018, he announced that he would no longer run for re-election as association president. Jens Kaden was elected as his successor as association president in September 2018 .

Web links

• Appearances at weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See DER SPIEGEL 19/2010: Form der Arbitrariness , p. 109.
2. ↑ FLB President Siegfried Kirschen celebrated his 65th birthday, October 13, 2008 (website of the Brandenburg State Football Association (viewed on February 2, 2010))