FRAPPART. The French Stéphanie Frappart will be at the whistle of Germany – Costa Rica this Thursday, December 1 and enters a little more in history.
She has twice been 4th referee since the start of the World Cup, notably on the occasion of Mexico – Poland for Robert Lewandowski’s first goal in a World Cup. Tuesday, November 29, the story is even more beautiful for the French who was officially appointed as central referee on the occasion of the last match of the group stage of Germany against Costa Rica. As a reminder, Stéphanie Frappart is one of the three women selected among the thirty-six field referees of this World Cup with the Rwandan Salima Mukansanga and the Japanese Yoshimi Yamashita. A dream for the French. A World Cup is the pinnacle, the biggest competition in the world “, she explained at the end of September during a press briefing in Clairefontaine.
This presence is in particular due to the lobbying of the FFF which has borne fruit, up to Pierluigi Collina, the chairman of the FIFA referees committee: “I hope that in the future, the presence of female referees in high-level men’s competitions will be considered the rule rather than the exception. The referees selected deserve to be included in the list because they have been performing for several years at a high level.”
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Biography Stephanie Frappart. Stéphanie Frappart was born on December 14, 1983 in Plessis-Bouchard, a town located in Val-d’Oise in Île-de-France. If she started playing football at AS Herblay, Stéphanie quickly turned to refereeing where she had more professional prospects. “She was playing number ten and was good”, explained her former partner Ludivine Floirac for 20 minutes, referring to a child “shy, quite introverted in her emotions but who had character traits that were not so surprising when you see her career. Jean -Claude Guillemet, boss of the referees of Val d’Oise also remembers her: “She was very small, the chip! It was for a meeting of U15 boys. They were taller and looked down on her, but she put them in her pocket. Stephanie already had everything! Authority, presence… ” Although she has been officiating in women’s D1 since 2003, it was only recently that the native of Plessis-Bouchard led Ligue 1 matches. Recognized today as one of the best referees in the world , Stéphanie Frappart is one of three female referees who will officiate during a 2022 World Cup match (November 19 – December 18).
What is Stephanie Frappart’s salary?
In Ligue 1, each referee receives a fixed salary of around 6,500 euros according to The Team not to mention bonuses linked to matches depending on the level of the championship and the role of the referee. In the elite, a central referee receives 3,029 euros gross in bonuses, an assistant €1,478 and €1,000 for a video assistant. In the second division, the match bonus is €1,583 for the central referee and €711 for his assistants.
What are Stéphanie Frappart’s major designations?
Since the beginning of her career as a football referee, here are the major matches where Stéphanie Frappart has officiated as a referee:
- 2003: first game of D1 Women Hénin-Beaumont – La Roche-sur-Yon
- 2011: Final of the women’s challenge Montpellier – Saint-Etienne
- 2014: named best female referee at the UNFP trophies
- 2014: first female referee to officiate a professional match (in Ligue 2)
- 2015: FIFA Women’s World Cup
- 2016: Summer Olympics Women’s Football Tournament
- 2017: European Women’s Football Championship
- April 28, 2019: first woman to referee a Ligue 1 match (Amiens-Strasbourg on the 34th day)
- 2019: Women’s World Cup final (United States – Netherlands)
- 2019: UEFA Super Cup (Liverpool – Chelsea)
- 2020: Nations League (Malta-Latvia)
- 2020: Europa League (Leicester – Zorya Luhansk)
- 2020: Champions League (Juventus – Dynamo Kyiv)
- 2021: Summer Olympics Women’s Football Tournament
- 2022: Women’s Champions League (FC Barcelona – Real Madrid)
- 2022: French Cup (FC Nantes – OGC Nice)
- 2022: World Cup in Qatar
Stéphanie Frappart and the 2022 World Cup
Since May 19, 2022, she has been one of the 3 women selected as main referees during the final phase of the FIFA World Cup 2022 (November 19 – December 18). She is the only European in this list which also includes 33 main male referees, including the French Clément Turpin.