Bruno Galler (born 21 October 1946 in

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) is a retired football referee from

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. He refereed one match in the

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(West Germany vs. Chile, 4–1). He also refereed the Cup Winners final on 9 May 1990, at Gothenborg (Sampdoria Genova vs. Anderlecht, 2–0 a.e.t.), and the European Football Championship final on 26 June 1992, also at Gothenborg (Denmark vs. Germany, 2–0). In 1982, Galler took charge of the first leg of the "Supercup" match of Barcelona vs. Aston Villa (1–0). On 1 November 1983, he was suspended for three months by the Swiss Football Association when he didn't abandon a match in first Swiss League (Kuesnacht vs Duebendorf, 17 September 1983). On 27 September 1989, when refereed the UEFA-Cup match between Ajax and Austria Vienna, he abandoned the match in the 104th minute (score 1–1) after an iron bar was thrown at Vienna's goalkeeper, Franz Wohlfahrt. Galler also refereed a German Bundesliga match between

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and Waldhof Mannheim (2–0) on 30 March 1990.

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