Guruceta Trophy

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In Spanish football, the Guruceta trophy is awarded by Spanish sports newspaper MARCA to the best referee for each season. It is named in honour of the famous Spanish referee, Emilio Guruceta.

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After every match the MARCA journalist covering the match will evaluate the referees performance with a score out of 3 - 3 being the best and 0 the worst. At the end of the season a coefficient will be calculated between the number of matches refereed and the number of points awarded. The referee with the highest coefficient wins the trophy.

Winners

La Liga

Mejuto Gonzalez won the trophy three times. Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez.jpg
Mejuto González won the trophy three times.
Mateu Lahoz won the trophy twice. Antonio Mateu Lahoz (2013).jpg
Mateu Lahoz won the trophy twice.
Velasco Carballo also won twice the trophy. Carlos Velasco Carballo 4513.jpg
Velasco Carballo also won twice the trophy.
SeasonReferee(s)
1986–87Jiménez Moreno and Soriano Aladrén
1987–88Martín Navarrete
1988–89Ramos Marcos
1989–90Ramos Marcos
1990–91Andújar Oliver
1991–92 Díaz Vega
1992–93Andújar Oliver
1993–94 López Nieto
1994–95 López Nieto
1995–96 López Nieto
1996–97 López Nieto
1997–98 Díaz Vega
1998–99Prados García
1999–2000 López Nieto
2000–01 García Aranda
2001–02 Iturralde González and Mejuto González
2002–03 Mejuto González
2003–04 Mejuto González
2004–05Losantos Omar
2005–06Esquinas Torres
2006–07 Undiano Mallenco
2007–08Megía Dávila
2008–09Megía Dávila
2009–10 Undiano Mallenco
2010–11 Mateu Lahoz
2011–12Delgado Ferreiro
2012–13 Velasco Carballo
2013–14 Mateu Lahoz
2014–15Hernández Hernández
2015–16 Velasco Carballo
2016–17 Juan Martínez Munuera
2017–18 Del Cerro Grande
2018–19 Del Cerro Grande
2019-20Valentín Pizarro Gómez
2020-21Javier Alberola Rojas

Segunda División

SeasonReferee
1993–94Antoñana Moraza
1994–95Puentes Leira
1995–96Medina Cantalejo
1996–97Román González
1997–98Román González
1998–99Muñiz Fernández
1999–2000Amilburu Santamaría
2000–01Román González
2001–02Román González
2002–03Delgado Ferreiro
2003–04Fernández Hinijosa
2004–05Fernández Hinijosa
2005–06González González
2006–07Cerro Grande
2007–08Perez Lima

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