Björn Kuipers

Björn Kuipers
Björn Kuipers in 2013
Full name	Björn Kuipers
Born	(1973-03-28) 28 March 1973 Oldenzaal, Netherlands

Björn Kuipers (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbjɵrn ˈkœypərs]; born 28 March 1973) is a Dutch football referee. He is an enlisted FIFA referee since 2006. He refereed the 2011 UEFA Super Cup, the 2013 UEFA Europa League Final, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, and the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final.

Football referee

Kuipers is enlisted as a FIFA referee since 2006.^[1]

Matches he refereed include finals in the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship^[2] and matches in the UEFA Cup, UEFA Europa League,^[3] UEFA Champions League,^[4] FIFA Confederations Cup and UEFA European Football Championship. Kuipers is on the A-list (the top table) for football referees from the KNVB.^[5]

On 14 January 2009 the leader of the technical staff of the referees of the KNVB, Jaap Uilenberg confirmed that Kuipers was promoted to the highest class within European football. Kuipers is one of the only three Dutchmen who is active on the highest European level.^[6]

At UEFA Euro 2012, Kuipers was notably in charge of the Group D match between France and co-hosts Ukraine. In that match, Kuipers took the rare step of suspending the match due to a torrential electrical storm.^[7]^[8]

Kuipers was in charge of the 2011 UEFA Super Cup, the 2013 UEFA Europa League Final between Benfica and Chelsea,^[9] and the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final between Brazil and Spain.^[10]

On 7 May 2014, he was appointed to referee the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid.^[11]

During the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he refereed the Group D game between England and Italy, the Group E game between Switzerland and France and the Round of 16 clash that saw Colombia eliminate Uruguay. He also appeared on the cover of the 2014-2015 FIFA Laws of the Game publication.

References

↑ Bjorn Kuipers - Football Referee
↑ WorldReferee.com - referee - Bjorn Kuipers - bio
↑ WorldReferee.com - Bjorn Kuipers matches
↑ Chelsea - Meet tonight's ref: Björn Kuipers
↑ Netherlands - B. Kuipers - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway
↑ "Scheidsrechter Kuipers promoveert naar hoogste klasse" op 14 januaari 2009 op sportweek.nl
↑ Burke, Chris (15 June 2012). "France find their stride to pick off Ukraine". Union of European Football Associations.
↑ Dawkes, Phil (15 June 2012). "Euro 2012: Sweden v England". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation).
↑ "Kuipers to referee UEFA Europa League final". UEFA.com. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
↑ Kuipers fluit finale Confederations Cup - NOS Sport
↑ "Kuipers handed UEFA Champions League final". UEFA. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

External links

Media related to Björn Kuipers at Wikimedia Commons

Sporting positions
Preceded by Wolfgang Stark	UEFA Europa League Final referee 2013	Succeeded by Felix Brych
Preceded by Martin Hansson	FIFA Confederations Cup Final referee 2013	Most recent
Preceded by Nicola Rizzoli	UEFA Champions League Final referee 2014	Succeeded by Cüneyt Çakır

UEFA Elite referees

Referees at UEFA Euro 2012

Cüneyt Çakır (TUR) Jonas Eriksson (SWE) Viktor Kassai (HUN) Björn Kuipers (NED) Stéphane Lannoy (FRA) Pedro Proença (POR) Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) Damir Skomina (SVN) Wolfgang Stark (GER) Craig Thomson (SCO) Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP) Howard Webb (ENG)

Referees at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

AFC	Ravshan Irmatov Yuichi Nishimura

CAF	Djamel Haimoudi

CONCACAF	Joel Aguilar

CONMEBOL	Diego Abal Enrique Osses

UEFA	Felix Brych Björn Kuipers Pedro Proença Howard Webb

Referees at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

AFC	Ravshan Irmatov Yuichi Nishimura Nawaf Shukralla Ben Williams

CAF	Noumandiez Doué Bakary Gassama Djamel Haimoudi

CONCACAF	Joel Aguilar Mark Geiger Marco Antonio Rodríguez

CONMEBOL	Enrique Osses Néstor Pitana Wilmar Roldán Sandro Ricci Carlos Vera

OFC	Peter O'Leary

UEFA	Felix Brych Cüneyt Çakır Jonas Eriksson Björn Kuipers Milorad Mažić Pedro Proença Nicola Rizzoli Carlos Velasco Carballo Howard Webb

European Cup and UEFA Champions League Final referees

European Cup	1956: Arthur Edward Ellis (ENG) 1957: Leo Horn (NED) 1958: Albert Alsteen (BEL) 1959: Albert Dusch (FRG) 1960: Jack Mowat (SCO) 1961: Gottfried Dienst (SUI) 1962: Leo Horn (NED) 1963: Arthur Holland (ENG) 1964: Josef Stoll (AUT) 1965: Gottfried Dienst (SUI) 1966: Rudolf Kreitlein (FRG) 1967: Kurt Tschenscher (FRG) 1968: Concetto Lo Bello (ITA) 1969: José Ortiz de Mendíbil (ESP) 1970: Concetto Lo Bello (ITA) 1971: Jack Taylor (ENG) 1972: Robert Helles (FRA) 1973: Milivoje Gugulović (YUG) 1974: Vital Loraux (BEL) and Alfred Delcourt (BEL) 1975: Michel Kitabdjian (FRA) 1976: Károly Palotai (HUN) 1977: Robert Wurtz (FRA) 1978: Charles Corver (NED) 1979: Erich Linemayr (AUT) 1980: António Garrido (POR) 1981: Károly Palotai (HUN) 1982: Georges Konrath (FRA) 1983: Nicolae Rainea (ROU) 1984: Erik Fredriksson (SWE) 1985: André Daina (SUI) 1986: Michel Vautrot (FRA) 1987: Alexis Ponnet (BEL) 1988: Luigi Agnolin (ITA) 1989: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (FRG) 1990: Helmut Kohl (AUT) 1991: Tullio Lanese (ITA) 1992: Aron Schmidhuber (GER)

UEFA Champions League	1993: Kurt Röthlisberger (SUI) 1994: Philip Don (ENG) 1995: Ion Crăciunescu (ROU) 1996: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP) 1997: Sándor Puhl (HUN) 1998: Hellmut Krug (GER) 1999: Pierluigi Collina (ITA) 2000: Stefano Braschi (ITA) 2001: Dick Jol (NED) 2002: Urs Meier (SUI) 2003: Markus Merk (GER) 2004: Kim Milton Nielsen (DEN) 2005: Manuel Mejuto González (ESP) 2006: Terje Hauge (NOR) 2007: Herbert Fandel (GER) 2008: Ľuboš Micheľ (SVK) 2009: Massimo Busacca (SUI) 2010: Howard Webb (ENG) 2011: Viktor Kassai (HUN) 2012: Pedro Proença (POR) 2013: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) 2014: Björn Kuipers (NED) 2015: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)

Referees at UEFA Euro 2016

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