Siegfried Kirschen
Siegfried cherries ( born October 13, 1943 in Chemnitz ) is a German football official and former football referee of the German Football Association and the German Football Association. He led a total of four games in two FIFA World Cup finals and also came in five games as a linesman for use. He was so involved than any other German referee in more games at football World Cup finals.
Referee
Siegfried cherries was initially active even at youth level as a footballer, in 1961 passed his referee examination, conducted since 1972 to 1991 251 Games of the DDR - Oberliga, and on 17 May 1980 the fdgb Cup final between FC Carl Zeiss Jena and FC Red -Weiß Erfurt, which in the Berlin stadium before 45,000 spectators of the world Youth 3:1 nV ended.
The psychologist has long been considered one of the best in his profession. Since 1979, FIFA referee, Siegfried cherries took as Impartial of the Football Association of the GDR to the finals of the football World Cup in Mexico in 1986 with the leadership of the preliminary round game Northern Ireland against Brazil, 0-3 (0-2 ), and the quarter-finals Spain against Belgium, 1-1 aet (1:1, 0:1), 4:5 iE, as well as at the World Cup in Italy in 1990 with the leadership of the preliminary round game against Uruguay, Belgium, 3-1 (2-0), and the second round CSFR against Costa Rica, 4: 1 (1-0 ), Part.
As a linesman he came in the finals in 1986 to three operations against (Bulgaria 1:1 against Italy, Scotland and England against Denmark 0-1 against Morocco 0-0 ), 1990 two appearances in Uruguay against Spain (0-0 ) and Brazil Scotland (1-0 ).
In the European Football Championship in 1988 in the Federal Republic of Germany he became head of the island Derbys England against Ireland 0:1 ( 0:1), transferred.
43 European Cup games, including the UEFA Cup Final 1987 (1) between IFK Gothenburg and Dundee United on 6 May 1987 at Nya Ullevi ( Gothenburg ), which is in front of 50 023 spectators 1-0 (1-0 ) ended and the UEFA Super Cup Final 1989 KV Mechelen against PSV Eindhoven were under his direction. There were 24 internationals.
In the first football league, he headed towards the end of his playing days two more games in the season 1990/1991, namely the northern derby between FC St. Pauli and Hamburger SV and the SUEDDerby between VfB Stuttgart and FC Bayern Munich.
On 30 October 2006 it was announced that he should have been alleged informer of the Ministry of State Security of the GDR. Under the pseudonym " Friedrich" he had spied on over a period of 20 years various people. The allegations were, in turn, however, always denied.
Functionary
Siegfried cherries was in the former district technical committee Frankfurt ( Oder), Chairman of the Referees Committee. Since its founding in 1990, he is president of the Football National Association Brandenburg, member of the board of the Northeast German Football Association ( NOFV ), and - since the summer of 2008 - Chairman of the NOFV referee committee. He works as a DFB referee coach in the Bundesliga as well as an international referee observer.