Ivana Martinčić (born 28 July 1985) is a Croatian association football referee.
 Martinčić in 2025 | |||
| Born |
28 July 1985 Koprivnica, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2020– | First Football League | Referee | |
| 2021– | Croatian Football League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2014-[1] | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Career
editShe has been on the FIFA list since 2014 and officiates international football matches, both men's and women's.[2]
Martinčić was a referee at the 2020 Algarve Cup. In September 2021, she became the first woman to referee a match in the Croatian Football League.[3] On 11 November 2021, she became the first female referee to referee a match for the German men's national team, the World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein in Wolfsburg.[4]
She also refereed at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in England and the 2022 U-17 Women's World Cup in India.
In January 2023, Martinčić was nominated for the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.[5]
The following year, she was appointed as a referee at the 2024 U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.
On 24 May 2025, Martinčić officiated the UEFA Women's Champions League final between Arsenal and FC Barcelona (1-0).[6] On 31 March 2025, UEFA announced that she was selected as a match official in the Women's Euro's over the summer.[7][8]
References
edit- ↑ "FIFA 2022 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ↑ "FIFA Refereeing 2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ↑ "Ivana Martinčić to be first Croatian female to ref men's international football match". Croatia Week. 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ DFB-Team wird erstmals von einer Schiedsrichterin gepfiffen. Der Spiegel. 10 November 2021. ISSN 2195-1349. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "Match officials appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™" (Press release). FIFA. 9 January 2023. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ↑ "Women's Champions League Final-Schiedsrichterin: Ivana Martinčić". uefa.com (in German). 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ↑ "Referee teams appointed for UEFA Women's EURO 2025". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ↑ "UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Match Officials" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 31 March 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.