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Stéphanie Frappart (born 14 December 1983) is a French
football referee. She has been on the
FIFA International Referees List since 2009,
[1] and has refereed several high-profile matches. She 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.
Career
Since 2011, Frappart has refereed matches in the
Championnat National, the third division of men's
football in France.
[2] In 2014, Frappart became the first woman to referee in
Ligue 2, the second tier of
professional men's football in France.
[2] She served as a referee at the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in
Canada.
[3][4]
On 3 December 2018 Frappart was appointed to officiate in the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.
[5] After the conclusion of the round of 16, it was announced that Frappart had been selected as one of 11 officials that would be retained for the remainder of the tournament.
[6] Frappart would go on to be appointed to referee the
final of the tournament which was contested on 7 July 2019 between the
United States and the
Netherlands.
[7]
In April 2019, it was announced that she would become the first female referee in
Ligue 1,
[8] with her first game coming on 28 April 2019, when she officiated a game between
SC Amiens and
RC Strasbourg.
[9] On 2 August 2019, Frappart was appointed to referee the
2019 UEFA Super Cup between
Liverpool and
Chelsea.
[10][11] In doing so she became the first woman to officiate in a major men's European match.
[12] On 11 November 2019, Frappart officiated the second leg of the inaugural
Champions Cup competition, between the league winners of the
League of Ireland Premier Division and the
NIFL Premiership.
[13] The match saw the
Republic of Ireland's champions
Dundalk beat
Northern Ireland's champions
Linfield 6–0, with Frappart showing two yellow cards.
[14]
On 2 December 2020, she became the first female to referee a
UEFA Champions League match, between
Juventus and
Dynamo Kyiv.
[15]