Stéphanie Frappart
Born |
Le Plessis-Bouchard, France[1] | 14 December 1983||
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Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2011– | Championnat National | Referee | |
2014– | Ligue 2 | Referee | |
2019– | Ligue 1 | Referee | |
2019 | 2019 UEFA Super Cup | Referee | |
2022 |
2022 Coupe de France Final | Referee | |
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2009– | FIFA listed | Referee | |
2015 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup | Referee | |
2019 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup | Referee | |
2022 | 2022 FIFA World Cup | Referee | |
2023 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | Referee |
Stéphanie Frappart (French pronunciation: [stefani fʁapaʁ]; born 14 December 1983) is a French football referee. She has been on the FIFA International Referees List since 2009,[2] and has refereed several high-profile matches.
Frappart became the first woman to referee a major men's European match and a French Ligue 1 match, both in 2019, and the first woman to officiate a UEFA Champions League match in 2020.[3] In 2021, she became the first woman to take charge of a men's World Cup qualifying match.[4] In 2022, Frappart was one of the three women referees selected to officiate at the men's World Cup,[5] before she became the first woman to referee a men's World Cup match in an all-female referee team.[6][7]
Career
Frappart grew up in Herblay-sur-Seine and began refereeing youth games at the age of 13.[8] By the time she was 18, she was already refereeing national U-19 games.[8] In 2011, Frappart began to referee matches in the Championnat National, the third division of men's football in France.[9] In 2014, Frappart became the first woman to referee in Ligue 2, the second tier of professional men's football in France.[9] She served as a referee at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[10][11]
On 3 December 2018, Frappart was appointed to officiate in the
In April 2019, it was announced that she would become the first female referee in
On 2 December 2020, she became the first woman to referee a
On 7 May 2022, she was the referee for the
On 19 May 2022, she was selected for the officiating pool at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[26] On 1 December 2022, she became the first woman to referee a men's FIFA World Cup match when she officiated the match between Costa Rica and Germany.[27]
On 9 January 2023, FIFA appointed Frappart to the officiating pool for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.[28]
Awards
References
- ^ "Les premières de la première". www.fff.fr. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ FIFA.com. "Football Development - Refereeing - Mission and Goals". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Frappart prva sutkinja u povijesti Lige prvaka". sport.hrt.hr. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ "Frappart becomes first woman EVER to referee World Cup qualifier". MSN.
- ^ MacInnes, Paul (19 May 2022). "Female referees to officiate at men's World Cup for the first time". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Referee Frappart makes history as first woman to referee men's World Cup game". www.fifa.com. 1 December 2022.
- ^ Issy Ronald (1 December 2022). "Stéphanie Frappart to make history as the first woman to referee a men's World Cup match". CNN.
- ^ a b Whitehead, Jacob (15 November 2022). "Stephanie Frappart on refereeing at the World Cup: 'You're there because you deserve it'". The Athletic. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ L'Express (France). 22 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "22 referees, 7 support referees and 44 assistant referees appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup 2015™". FIFA.com. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Referees and Assistant Referees for the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015.
- ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - News - Match officials appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Refereeing - Media briefing" (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup 2019™ - News - Frappart: Final role a huge source of pride - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Stephanie Frappart first woman to referee Ligue 1 match". BBC Sport. 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Ligue of her own: Female ref makes historic debut". ESPN.com. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Stephanie Frappart: Female referee to take charge of Uefa Super Cup". BBC Sport. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Stephanie Frappart 'not afraid' of Super Cup between Chelsea and Liverpool". BBC Sport. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ O'Hehir, Paul (17 October 2019). "Women's World Cup final referee Stephanie Frappart set to officiate Dundalk v Linfield decider". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Dundalk vs. Linfield - 11 November 2019 - Soccerway". 11 November 2019 – via ie.soccerway.com.
- ^ Sriram, Arvind (1 December 2020). "Stephanie Frappart to become first woman to referee a men's Champions League game". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Matches - 04 March 2021 - UEFA". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Netherlands 2–0 Latvia". BBC Sport. 27 March 2021.
- ^ "OGC Nice 0–1 FC Nantes". Fédération Française de Football (in French). 7 May 2022.
- ^ "FIFA makes history, picks first women referees for men's World Cup".
- ^ Nouvian, Tom (1 December 2022). "Referee Stéphanie Frappart Leads First All-Woman Team at World Cup". The New York Times.
- ^ "Match officials appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™" (Press release). FIFA. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "IFFHS AWARDS 2019 – THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN REFEREE : STEPHANIE FRAPPART (FRANCE)". IFFHS. 25 November 2019. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN REFEREE 2020 - STEPHANIE FRAPPART (FRANCE)". IFFHS. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST REFEREE 2021 - STEPHANIE FRAPPART". IFFHS. 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - STEPHANIE FRAPPART, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST REFEREE". IFFHS. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST REFEREE 2023". IFFHS. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
External links
- Profile at WorldFootball.net