Michael Weiner (born 21 March 1969) is a former German football referee who is based in Giesen. He refereed for TSV Ottenstein of the Lower Saxony Football Association.

Refereeing career

Weiner was entitled to take charge of matches in DFB-administered leagues in 1993. Two years later, he was promoted to the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

before eventually working his first

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footbal ...

match in 1998. In 2002, Weiner was admitted to the FIFA list of referees. He was one of the referees at the

2003 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship The 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was held in Liechtenstein from 16 to 26 July 2003. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this competition. Venues Qualifications There were two separate rounds of qualifications ...

. He has been in charge of 16 international matches until this date. Weiner was the referee of the

2006–07 DFB-Pokal The 2006–07 DFB-Pokal was the 64th season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 8 September 2006 and ended on 26 May 2007. In the final, 1. FC Nürnberg defeated VfB Stu ...

Final between

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. Vf ...

and 1. FC Nürnberg. Weiner retired from officiating in 2016 because he reached the age limit for German referees, which is 47. His final Bundesliga match officiated was between

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional foot ...

and

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballsp ...

Personal life

Unit 2014 Weiner was chief superintendent and director of the police station in Holzminden. Meanwhile, Weiner operates a department in the

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

police department.Ab sofort eine neue Leitung: Polizeichef Michael Weiner verlässt die Holzmindener Polizei
, Retrieved 6 May 2015 He lives with his family in Giesen.

References

External links

Official profile at the German FA website

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