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Massive criticism of female referees in the women’s Bundesliga
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Osman Cankaya, sporting director of 1. FC Nürnberg (archive photo)
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Dissatisfaction with female referees in top women’s football is growing. 1. FC Nürnberg is sounding the alarm – and is demanding from the DFB that referees from the men’s area should also be allowed to whistle.
1. FC Nürnberg has complained massively about the performance of female referees in the women’s Bundesliga. “We are at a point where the current situation in the referee area (…) is no longer acceptable and where we also have to and want to consciously publicly point out qualitative grievances and structural deficits at the DFB,” said Osman Cankaya, sporting director of the club women. In a press release from the promoted team, he emphasized: “We are talking about a cross-club, league-wide problem here.”
All clubs are affected, regardless of the relegation or championship battle, say the people of Nuremberg. “We find both the quality and the quantity of errors alarming, which in our opinion not only affects the competition but also the attractiveness of the Bundesliga,” it continues.
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There have been more complaints about the performance of referees this season. According to those responsible at FC Bayern and VfL Wolfsburg, it is also a problem that referees from the men’s professional leagues are not allowed to whistle in the women’s upper house because there are separate squads at the German Football Association. The DFB also has concerns about young women.
“We only see a short-term, acute solution in abolishing the previous policy of having the games in the 1st and 2nd women’s Bundesliga led exclusively by female referees and placing the focus on quality and competence (…) across gender in the appointments “, suggests 1. FC Nürnberg.
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Christine Beitinger, sports director of female referees at the DFB, recently described dismantling this caste system as a “more complex issue” and said: “The prerequisite must be that male referees are part of the women’s Bundesliga. Then we are basically open to it. Referees should therefore be part of the women’s Bundesliga squad.”
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