Ľuboš Micheľ

Ľuboš Micheľ ( born May 16, 1968 in Stropkov, Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak football referee, teachers and managers.

Micheľ is FIFA referee since 1994 and operates the sports cycling, running and tennis. He speaks - in addition to his native language Slovak - English, German, Russian and Polish. Since late 2008, Michel has retired because knee problems did not make more bets possible.

Use in important games

In November 1993 Micheľ debuted on the international field in the qualifier for the U21 World Championship San Marino - England. In the UEFA Champions League Micheľ initiated in the 2001/2002 season, three games, 2002/2003 also three games, 2003/2004 six games and 2004/2005 five games. In the 2007/2008 season, he led the Champions League final. In the UEFA Cup, he led in the season 2002/ 03 the final. Micheľ led four qualifiers for the World Cup in Germany and the relegation match Switzerland - Turkey (2:0) on November 12, 2005 in Bern.

On 23 October 2008, he has finished his referee career due to health problems.

Use in tournaments

Micheľ was referee at the U- 16 European Championship in 1995, the U-17 World Cup in Egypt in 1997 and the U -21 European Championship in 1998 in Romania, where he led the final. 2002 Micheľ was at the World Cup in Korea and Japan at a game in use. Spain and Switzerland - - At the European Championships in Portugal in 2004, the two preliminary round games were France Greece under his leadership. By UEFA, he was named to the quarterfinals of the European Championship between Sweden and the Netherlands (0-0 aet, 4:5 on penalties ) charge on June 26. Micheľ led three games at the Confederations Cup in Germany in 2005. In the Football World Cup 2006, he led the two group matches Sweden - Paraguay and Portugal - Mexico, the knockout Brazil - Ghana and on 30 June 2006, the quarter-finals Germany - Argentina ( 0:0, 1:1, 1:1, 4: 2 on penalties ). At the 2008 European Championships in Austria and Switzerland, he led the preliminaries Switzerland - Turkey and France - Italy. He also led the quarter-final match Netherlands - Russia, in which he retired with his assistant already shown a yellow card for foul play after consultation again. He was supported by his assistants novel Slyško and Martin Balko.

Other activities

Ľuboš Micheľ founded the talent that will support young Slovak footballer, and was from 2006 to 2010 Member of the Slovak Parliament ( National Council of the Slovak Republic ) for the SDKU -DS.

Ľuboš Micheľ works for the club Shakhtar Donetsk, taking care of there for regulatory compliance in international competitions. He also organized and Away Games training camp.