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Kateryna Monzul
Катерина Монзуль
Full name Kateryna Volodymyrivna Monzul
Born (1981-07-05) 5 July 1981 (age 43)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Domestic
Years League Role
2011– Ukrainian First League Referee
2016– Ukrainian Premier League Referee
International
Years League Role
2004– FIFA listed Referee

Kateryna Volodymyrivna Monzul (Ukrainian: Катерина Володимирівна Монзуль; born 5 July 1981) is a Ukrainian football referee.

Biography

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Monzul is 167 cm (5 ft5+12 in) tall, speaks fluent English, and has a degree in architecture and town planning from Kharkiv National Academy of Urban Economy.[1] She took charge of her first international match in September 2005, Finland versus Poland in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers.[2] She first refereed in a final tournament at UEFA Women's Euro 2009, while at the 2011 World Cup she served as a fourth official.

The 2013 UEFA Women's Euro's Norway versus Denmark semi-final marked her first performance in a major nations tournament's final stages. The following year she refereed the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League final. In 2014, she was voted second in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) World's Best Woman Referee poll behind Bibiana Steinhaus.[3]

Monzul refereed the opening match of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, marking her debut in the competition as main referee, in which she awarded a controversial injury time penalty kick to host nation Canada who scored to beat China 1–0.[4] She also refereed the final on 5 July 2015 between the United States and Japan. In 2015, she was named as the IFFHS World's Best Woman Referee.[5]

On 3 April 2016, Monzul started working in the Ukrainian Premier League, in a match between Chornomorets Odesa and Volyn Lutsk. In doing so, she became the first female referee in the elite men's Ukrainian football division.[6]

In June 2017, Monzul was appointed to be an official at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.[7]

Kateryna Monzul during her warm-up before Germany vs Czech Republic (2018)

On 3 December 2018, it was announced that Monzul had been appointed to be a referee for the 2019 FIFA Women's World CupinFrance.[8] After the conclusion of the round of 16, FIFA announced that Monzul was selected as one of 11 referees who would be assigned to matches during the final 8 matches of the tournament.[9]

In November 2020, she officiated the UEFA Nations League match between San Marino and Gibraltar as part of the first all-female refereeing team to take charge of a senior men's international.[10] In December 2020, Monzul, Maryna Striletska and Oleksandra Ardasheva became the first all-women's officiating team in a men's UEFA match when they took charge of a UEFA Europa League match between K.A.A. Gent and FC Slovan Liberec.[11]

In February 2022 Monzul fled her home country of Ukraine after the Russian invasion.[12]

On 31 July 2022, she refereed the Women's Euro finalatWembley Stadium.[13] The match was won by England, defeating Germany 2-1 after extra time.

On 9 January 2023, FIFA appointed her to the officiating pool for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.[14]

International competition record

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Women's national teams
Competition Qualifiers Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
China 2007 FIFA World Cup Finland 3–1 Poland
Belarus 1–2 Iceland
Finland 2009 UEFA Euro Serbia 0–8 France
Austria 0–4 Norway
Italy 3–0 Hungary
Germany 5–1 France
Sweden 1–1 England
0
Germany 2011 FIFA World Cup Israel 1–2 Switzerland
Finland 4–1 Portugal
France 0–0 Italy
Italy 1–0 Switzerland
Sweden 2013 UEFA Euro Belgium 0–1 Norway
Spain 2–2 Germany
Czech Republic 0–2 Denmark
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0–2 Poland
Spain 3–2 England
Denmark 1–1 Finland
0
0
Norway 1–1 Denmark (4–2 p aet)
0
0
0
Canada 2015 FIFA World Cup Sweden 2–0 Poland
Spain 2–0 Italy
Netherlands 1–1 Belgium
Switzerland 3–0 Iceland
Austria 3–1 Finland
Germany 2–0 Republic of Ireland
Scotland 1–2 Netherlands
Canada 1–0 China PR
United States 1–0 Nigeria
0
0
0
0
0
Japan 1–0 Australia
0
0
0
0
0
0
United States 5–2 Japan
0
0
0
0
0
0
Netherlands 2017 UEFA Euro Sweden 1–0 Denmark
Romania 1–1 Portugal (aet)
0
Denmark 1–0 Belgium
Germany 2–1 Italy
England 2–1 Portugal
Denmark 0–0 Austria (3–0 p aet)
0
0
France 2019 FIFA World Cup Republic of Ireland 0–2 Norway
Germany 4–0 Czech Republic
Spain 4–0 Austria
Netherlands 2–0 Denmark
Panama 1–1 Argentina
Germany 1–0 Spain
Cameroon 2–1 New Zealand
0
0
France 1–2 United States
0
0
0
England 2022 UEFA Euro Finland 1–0 Portugal
0
Spain 4–1 Finland
Austria 1–0 Norway
Sweden 1–0 Belgium
0
England 2–1 Germany (aet)
0
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 FIFA World Cup

England 1–0 Austria
Wales 0–0 Slovenia
Portugal 2–1 Belgium
Senegal 0–4 Haiti
Paraguay 0–1 Panama

Netherlands 1–0 Portugal

Panama 0–1 Jamaica

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ Murzina, Elena (23 January 2012). "Первая девушка-арбитр обставила мужчин" (in Russian). Sobesednik. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  • ^ "Kateryna MONZUL". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  • ^ "THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN REFEREE 2014". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  • ^ "Women's World Cup 2015: Controversial penalty gives Canada win". BBC Sport. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  • ^ "THE WORLD's BEST WOMAN REFEREE 2015". IFFHS Official Website. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  • ^ "Вперше в історії матч футбольного чемпіонату України судитиме жінка ("The first time a woman will referee a match of Ukrainian Premier League")". TSN.ua. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  • ^ "Women's EURO referees - the tournament's 17th team". UEFA.com. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  • ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup 2019™ - News - Match officials appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  • ^ "Refereeing - Media briefing" (PDF). FIFA.com. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  • ^ All Female Referee Team to Officiate Gibraltar Match Against San Marino Gibraltar Chronicle. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  • ^ "Ferrieri Caputi Makes History As First Female Referee In Italy's Serie A". Forbes.com. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  • ^ "From Kharkiv bunker to Wembley Stadium: Ukrainian Kateryna Monzul to referee Euro 2022 final". Sky News. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  • ^ "Watch Euro 2022 final: England 0-0 Germany". BBC Sport. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  • ^ "Match officials appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™" (Press release). FIFA. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  • ^ "Найкращі арбітри минулого року отримали нагороди". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  • [edit]
    Preceded by

    Romania Teodora Albon

    2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
    Ukraine Kateryna Monzul
    Succeeded by

    Switzerland Esther Staubli

    Preceded by

    Germany Bibiana Steinhaus

    2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final
    Ukraine Kateryna Monzul
    Succeeded by

    France Stéphanie Frappart


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