Szymon Marciniak

Szymon Marciniak (born 7 January 1981) is a Polish professional football referee. He is considered one of the most highly-rated Polish referees.[1][2]

Szymon Marciniak
Marciniak in 2013
Full name Szymon Marciniak
Born (1981-01-07) 7 January 1981
Płock, Poland
Domestic
Years League Role
2009–present Ekstraklasa Referee
International
Years League Role
2011–present FIFA listed Referee

Early career

He was born in 1981 in Płock, Poland. He began his career as a football referee at the age of 21. Initially, he combined refereeing football matches with playing as an amateur footballer. In 2006, he switched to working as a football referee professionally.[3] He refereed his first match in the top Polish professional league Klasa C in 2009 at the GKS Bełchatów stadium. Since then, he has refereed more than 200 matches in Ekstraklasa having been appointed the head referee in the 2016 Polish Cup final match as well as the 2017 Polish SuperCup final.[4][5]

International career

He became a FIFA listed referee in 2011.[6] The same year, he also debuted as a referee in the Europa League in the qualifying match between Aalesunds FK and Ferencvárosi TC.[7] In 2012, he refereed his first match in the Champions League between FK Ventspils and Molde FK.[8] He refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[9] beginning with the Group F match between Portugal and Azerbaijan.[10]

On 30 June 2015 he was the head referee at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final.[11]

He participated in the 2016 UEFA European Championships and refereed three matches: Spain-Czech Republic and Iceland-Austria in the group stage of the tournament as well as Germany-Slovakia in the knockout phase.

On 29 March 2018, FIFA announced that he would officiate some matches at 2018 FIFA World Cup along with Pawel Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz as assistant referees.[12] He officiated two group stage matches: Argentina-Iceland and Germany-Sweden. He was also selected as the head referee in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup final match between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid.[13]

See also

References
  1. Ekstraklasa. Szymon Marciniak, czyli najlepszy sędzia też człowiek/
  2. Najlepsi polscy sędziowie – ranking. Od Mycia do Marciniaka
  3. "Szymon Marciniak: Gdy zostałem sędzią, zrozumiałem, jakim byłem dupkiem" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. "Szymon Marciniak poprowadzi finał Pucharu Polski" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. "Znamy sędziego Superpucharu Polski! Mecz poprowadzi Szymon Marciniak" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. FIFA. "Poland: Referees". Retrieved on 28 April 2013.
  7. "2011/12, Second qualifying round, 2nd leg". Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. "2012/13, Second qualifying round, 2nd leg". Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. Profile
  10. FIFA. "Match Report – Portugal – Azerbaijan 3:0 (0:0)". 11 September 2012. Retrieved on 28 April 2013.
  11. "MME 2015: Szymon Marciniak sędzią turnieju finałowego" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  12. "List of Match Officials at 2018 FIFA World Cup" (PDF). fifa.com. 29 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  13. "WIELKIE WYRÓŻNIENIE DLA SZYMONA MARCINIAKA. POLAK POSĘDZIUJE MECZ O SUPERPUCHAR EUROPY" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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