Who is the first female referee to officiate matches in World Cups?
Frappart, 38, made history as the first female referee to serve in the World Cup, which has been held since 1930, and is the number 1 organization of world football at the national team level.
On 1 December 2022, Stephanie Frappart officiated the Costa Rica-Germany match.
Stéphanie Frappart (born 14 December 1983) is a French football referee. She has been on the FIFA International Referees List since 2009, and has refereed several high-profile matches.
The match played against Costa Rica on December 1, 2022, in the World Cup was of critical importance in terms of determining Germany's fate in the tournament. However, more important than the outcome of this match or who would make the round was that it was the first time that a female referee would lead her. French referee Stephanie Frappart made history as the first female referee to serve in the World Cup, which has been held since 1930 and is the number 1 organization of world football at the level of national teams.
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Frappart's assistants were again female referees Neuza Back and Karen Diaz. The 38-year-old referee, who has been on the FIFA International Referees list since 2009, was the 4th referee in the last Mexico-Poland match.
Born in France in 1983, Frappart has been on the FIFA International Referee List since 2011. The 38-year-old referee, who took part in Ligue 2 in 2014 and the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups, also managed the USA-Netherlands final in 2019. She is also included in the list of the French First Football League (Ligue 1) 2019-20 season, again in 2019.
Frappart, who whistled in the match between Amiens and Strasbourg on April 28, 2019, became the first female referee to officiate a Ligue 1 match. Frappart, who we watched in the Super Cup match played between Liverpool and Chelsea in Istanbul on August 14, 2019, won the title of the first female referee to serve in the Champions League in 2020 by managing the match in which Juventus defeated Dynamo Kyiv 3-0.
FIRST WORKS OF FRAPPART
1- In 2011, she first whistled in the 3rd League of France, and in 2014 she was promoted to Ligue 2.
2- She took part in the Women's World Cup in 2015 and 2019. She directed the US-Netherlands final in 2019.
3- On April 28, 2019, the whistle blew in the Ligue 1 match against Amiens and Strasbourg.
4- She directed the UEFA Super Cup match between Liverpool and Chelsea in Istanbul in 2019.