Doğan Babacan

Doğan Babacan (30 November 1929 – 18 May 2018) was a Turkish football referee. He was the first Turkish referee to supervise a match in FIFA World Cup history.^[1]

Babacan was born in

European Cup semi-final match against Celtic in Glasgow.^[3]^[4]

Later he was referee for the

1975 UEFA Super Cup final between FC Bayern Munich and FC Dynamo Kyiv

. He retired from international refereeing in 1978.

He died on 18 May 2018, aged 88.[5]

References

^ Doğan Babacan kimdir? Kaş yaşında ve neden öldü? (in Turkish)
^ FIFA match report Archived November 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Bloody Farce". Daily Mirror. 11 April 1974. p. 40.
^ "1974 bir baska dunyanin kupasi" [Another World Cup in 1974] (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 September 2017. 'The West Germany-Chile match in Berlin will be managed by ... Doğan Babacan
^ "Dünya Kupası'nda görev alan ilk Türk hakem olan Doğan Babacan hayatını kaybetti - Son Dakika Spor Haberleri". Star.com.tr (in Turkish). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

External links

Doğan Babacan at WorldReferee.com
Doğan Babacan referee profile at WorldFootball.net
Doğan Babacan referee profile at EU-Football.info

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[1] Doğan Babacan kimdir? Kaş yaşında ve neden öldü? (in Turkish)

[fifareport-2] FIFA match report Archived November 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[dmreport-3] "Bloody Farce". Daily Mirror. 11 April 1974. p. 40.

[cruyffprofile-4] "1974 bir baska dunyanin kupasi" [Another World Cup in 1974] (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 September 2017. 'The West Germany-Chile match in Berlin will be managed by ... Doğan Babacan

[5] "Dünya Kupası'nda görev alan ilk Türk hakem olan Doğan Babacan hayatını kaybetti - Son Dakika Spor Haberleri". Star.com.tr (in Turkish). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

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