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Michał Józef Listkiewicz (born 20 May 1953) is a Polish former football referee and a former president of the
Polish Football Association The Polish Football Association ( PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the ), the national cups, and manages the men's and women's national teams. It also runs the nati ...
. He graduated from Warsaw University in 1977. He was a football referee since 1973, officiating internationally since 1983. Referee of the World Cup in Italy 1990, included final match and USA 1994, also Euro 1988 and Olympic Games in Seoul 1988. Since 1989, he held numerous roles within the Polish Football Association, including press officer, deputy General Secretary, General Secretary and vice-president. From June 1999 to October 2008, he was the Polish FA's president. On 8 July 2016, he became chairman of referees committee of the
Football Association of the Czech Republic The Football Association of the Czech Republic (; FAČR), or colloquially the Czech Football Association, is the governing body of association football in the Czech Republic based in Prague. It organizes the lower-level league competitions in the ...
. Besides his native Polish, he also speaks fluent Hungarian, English,
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Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...
and Finnish.


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1953 births Living people University of Warsaw alumni Polish football referees 1990 FIFA World Cup referees Sportspeople from Warsaw Polish sports executives and administrators Polish football executives Polish expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic {{poland-footy-bio-stub