Stéphanie Frappart
Stéphanie Frappart is a French football referee. She has been on the FIFA International Referees List since 2009, and has refereed several high-profile matches. She became the first woman to referee a major men's European match when she took charge of the 2019 UEFA Super Cup between Liverpool and Chelsea on 14 August 2019 in Vodafone Park of Beşiktaş J.K. Istanbul
Since 2011, Frappart has refereed matches in the Championnat National, the third division of men's football in France. In 2014, Frappart became the first woman to referee in Ligue 2, the second tier of professional men's football in France. She served as a referee at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.
On 3 December 2018 Frappart was appointed to officiate in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. 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. 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.
In April 2019 it was announced that she would become the first female referee in Ligue 1. On 28 April 2019 she officiated her first Ligue 1 match between SC Amiens and RC Strasbourg.
On 2 August 2019 it was announced that Frappart had been appointed to referee the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. In doing so she became the first woman to officiate in a major men's European match.
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. The match saw the Republic of Ireland's champions Dundalk beat Northern Ireland's champions Linfield 6–0, with Frappart showing two yellow cards.
