Károly Palotai

Károly Palotai ( born September 11, 1935) is a former Hungarian football player and umpire.

He played himself a successful football Serie A club Gyori ETO FC in the Hungarian and won with the national team the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964. But He became world famous as one of the outstanding referee of the 1970s and 1980s.

In addition to numerous national games, he also launched a number of games at international level. Highlights were the three participations in the Football World Cup in 1974, 1978 and 1982 and the UEFA European Football Championship in 1980 and the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. In addition, he also directed the finale in the European Champions Cup in 1976 between FC Bayern Munich and AS Saint- Étienne, and 1981 between Real Madrid and Liverpool as well as the first leg of the finals in the UEFA Cup 1974/75 between Borussia Moenchengladbach and FC Twente Enschede.

1975–76 European Cup 1980–81 European Cup 1974–75 UEFA Cup 1955–56 European Cup Arthur Edward Ellis 1956–57 European Cup 1957–58 European Cup 1958–59 European Cup 1959–60 European Cup 1960–61 European Cup 1961–62 European Cup 1962–63 European Cup 1963–64 European Cup 1964–65 European Cup 1965–66 European Cup 1966–67 European Cup Kurt Tschenscher 1967–68 European Cup 1968–69 European Cup 1969–70 European Cup 1970–71 European Cup 1971–72 European Cup 1972–73 European Cup 1973–74 European Cup 1974–75 European Cup 1976–77 European Cup 1977–78 European Cup 1978–79 European Cup Erich Linemayr 1979–80 European Cup 1981–82 European Cup 1982–83 European Cup Nicolae Rainea 1983–84 European Cup Erik Fredriksson 1984–85 European Cup 1985–86 European Cup Michel Vautrot 1986–87 European Cup 1987–88 European Cup 1988–89 European Cup Karl-Heinz Tritschler 1989–90 European Cup Helmut Kohl (referee) 1990–91 European Cup 1991–92 European Cup Aron Schmidhuber 1992–93 UEFA Champions League 1993–94 UEFA Champions League 1994–95 UEFA Champions League 1995–96 UEFA Champions League 1996–97 UEFA Champions League 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Hellmut Krug 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Pierluigi Collina 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League 2000–01 UEFA Champions League Dick Jol 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Urs Meier 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Markus Merk 2003–04 UEFA Champions League Kim Milton Nielsen 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Terje Hauge 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Herbert Fandel 2007–08 UEFA Champions League 2008–09 UEFA Champions League 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Howard Webb 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Viktor Kassai 2011–12 UEFA Champions League 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Nicola Rizzoli 1971–72 UEFA Cup 1972–73 UEFA Cup 1973–74 UEFA Cup 1975–76 UEFA Cup 1976–77 UEFA Cup 1977–78 UEFA Cup 1978–79 UEFA Cup 1979–80 UEFA Cup 1980–81 UEFA Cup Adolf Prokop Walter Eschweiler 1981–82 UEFA Cup 1982–83 UEFA Cup 1983–84 UEFA Cup Volker Roth 1984–85 UEFA Cup 1985–86 UEFA Cup Bob Valentine (referee) 1986–87 UEFA Cup Siegfried Kirschen 1987–88 UEFA Cup 1988–89 UEFA Cup 1989–90 UEFA Cup 1990–91 UEFA Cup 1991–92 UEFA Cup 1992–93 UEFA Cup John Blankenstein 1993–94 UEFA Cup 1994–95 UEFA Cup 1995–96 UEFA Cup 1996–97 UEFA Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup 1998–99 UEFA Cup 1999–2000 UEFA Cup 2000–01 UEFA Cup 2001–02 UEFA Cup 2002–03 UEFA Cup 2003–04 UEFA Cup 2004–05 UEFA Cup Graham Poll 2005–06 UEFA Cup 2006–07 UEFA Cup 2007–08 UEFA Cup 2008–09 UEFA Cup Luis Medina Cantalejo Carlos Velasco Carballo Wolfgang Stark 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup 1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup Heinz Aldinger 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup 1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup Dieter Pauly 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup Karl-Josef Assenmacher 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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