Espen Berntsen (born 12 May 1967) is a Norwegian football referee from Vang outside the Norwegian municipality of Hamar. He debuted as a referee in 1990, Tippeligaen-official in 1997 [1] and served as a FIFA official from 2002 [2] until 2012. [3] He is no longer included on the FIFA list as of 2013, [4] because he reached the international retirement age of 45 in 2012. Berntsen represents Vang Fotballag and has, in addition to the domestic league, officiated in many European cup and national team matches.
Berntsen has served as a referee in international competitions, including the 2006 [5] and 2010 World Cup qualifiers, [6] as well as qualifying matches for Euro 2008 [7] and Euro 2012. [8]
Graham Poll is an English former football referee in the Premier League and is considered the best English referee of the last 25 years in a list maintained by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). With 26 years of experience, he was regarded as one of the most prominent referees in the Premier League, often taking charge of the highest-profile games. His final domestic game in a career spanning 1,544 matches was the Championship play-off final on 28 May 2007 between Derby County and West Bromwich Albion.
Mark Clattenburg is an English professional football referee.
Tommy Skjerven is a Norwegian football referee from Kaupanger. He debuted as a referee in 1984, and served as a FIFA referee from 2001 until 2012. He is no longer included on the FIFA list as of 2013, because he reached the international retirement age of 45 in 2012. Skjerven represents Kaupanger IL. Skjerven was the main referee in the cup final between Odd Grenland and Vålerenga in 2002. His day job is working for noreg.no in Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality.
Frederikus Johannes (Eric) Braamhaar is a Dutch football referee. Braamhaar is known to have served as a FIFA referee during the period from 2003 to 2011. He officiated at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship and 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, as well as qualifying matches for the 2006 and 2010 World Cups.
Gilles Veissière is a football referee from France, best known for supervising two matches during the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan. He also led two matches at the 2000 and 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, and has refereed numerous UEFA Champions League matches. He was selected for the FIFA Europe vs. Rest of the World match to accompany the World Cup draw in Marseille in 1997.
Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov is a retired Russian football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.
Johannes "Jan" Nicolaus Ignacius Keizer is a retired Dutch referee. He is known for having refereed two matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. He also refereed one match in the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship in France.
Tom Harald Hagen is a Norwegian football referee from Grue in the Norwegian municipality of Hedmark.
Laurent Duhamel is a French football referee. He has been a referee in the French Football Federation (FFF) since 1993 and a FIFA referee since 1999. He was suspended from refereeing in France in 2009, but allowed to continue to referee international matches.
Alon Yefet is an international referee who was the first Israeli to officiate a UEFA Champions League match.
Domenico Messina is an Italian football referee. He has refereed in the Serie A since 1995; his first match was played between Genoa and Padova on 15 January. Since then, he has refereed almost 200 matches in the Serie A.
Alain Sars is a retired French football referee.
Alexandru Dan Tudor is a retired Romanian football referee. He refereed his first match in the Romanian First Division on 15 May 1999, when he officiated a match between Universitatea Craiova and Universitatea Cluj. He was a FIFA-listed referee from 2001 to 2016, and refereed his first UEFA Champions League qualifying match on 31 July 2002. He took charge of a UEFA Cup first round match between Celta de Vigo and Odense Boldklub two months later, but it was not until 4 November 2008 that he refereed his first Champions League group stage match, when he officiated a match between Barcelona and Basel. He refereed his last official match in the Romanian First Division on 14 December 2018, when he officiated a thrilling game between Concordia Chiajna and FC Politehnica Iași, 3-6. Nicknamed Brad Pitt thanks to his looks, Tudor holds the record for the most games officiated in Liga 1, with over 380 matches under his badge.
Marit Helene Fiane Grødum is a Norwegian football central back. Christensen married Øystein Grødum on 31 August 2013 and changed her name to Marit Helene Fiane Grødum. She currently plays for Amazon Grimstad of Norway's Toppserien league. She is member of the Norway women's national football team, having made her debut on 16 March 2003, in a match against the United States.
Aleksandr Petrovich Gvardis is a retired Russian football referee. He became a FIFA international referee in 2003, and his last known activity as a referee was in 2010. He lives in Kaliningrad and is a businessman. He has refereed games in the qualification rounds for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup, as well as 2010 World Cup qualifiers.
Zsolt Szabó is a Hungarian football referee. He was a full international for FIFA beginning in 1999; as of 2013, however, he was not included on the FIFA list.
Marijo Strahonja is a Croatian association football referee who currently officiates in the Prva HNL as well as UEFA competitions such as the European Champions League and the Europa League.
Hendrikus Sebastian "Bas" Nijhuis is a Dutch football referee. Since 2007 he has officiated for FIFA international matches. Nijhuis comes from Enschede.
Alyaksey Mikalayevich Kulbakow is a Belarusian football referee, who is a listed international referee since 2005. He is a FIFA-licensed and UEFA first group referee. He is the only Belarusian official who regularly takes part in the group stages of UEFA club competitions.
Anastasios Kakos is a Greek football referee. He refereed at 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.