Walter Eschweiler

Walter Eschweiler ( born September 20, 1935 in Bonn ) is a former German football referee. Eschweiler whistled several times European Cup final and ran a game at the 1982 World Cup.

Whistle of the nation

Walter Eschweiler was one of the 1975 feature - until the early 1990s, Germany's most famous referees in football, nationally and internationally. He attained to a well known through his role as arbitrator in by the West German Radio in the 1960s to the 1980s produced game show game without boundaries, as well as a commercial for the brand chewy Maoam. On the other hand, it can also refer to an impressive national and international use statistics. As a longtime Bundesliga ( since 1966) and FIFA referee (since 1971) he whistled 154 Bundesliga games, numerous international matches and some European games, including three Final pairings. In addition, Walter Eschweiler initiated in 1974, the first cup final in the German women's football.

Highlights were the management of the UEFA Super Cup 1980 match between FC Barcelona and Nottingham Forest, the final leg of the UEFA Cup in 1980/81 between AZ 67 Alkmaar and Ipswich Town and the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup 1981/82 match between FC Barcelona and standard Liege.

With the Football World Cup 1982 he was employed as a referee and initiated on 18 June, the game Italy - Peru (1-1). International reputation and he reached involuntarily when he was accidentally run over by the Peruvian José Velásquez during the encounter. Eschweiler fell backwards; his pipe and playing cards flew in a high arc on the lawn. He was then treated briefly and finally whistled the game over. Other highlights include Eschweiler Referee intervention in so far 14 games farewell, from, among others, Franz Beckenbauer, Uwe Seeler, Sepp Maier, Horst -Dieter Höttges, Pele, Hermann Ohlicher, Dino Zoff and Ronnie Hellström.

Sports diplomat

Eschweiler worked as a trained diplomat with the rank of consul since 1958 in the Foreign Office.

Since 1986 he has worked as a sports representative in the Office for International Sports Relations: He advises athletes and large organizations (IOC, FIFA, UEFA, DFB, DOSB etc. ), makes people acquainted with each other from sports and politics. His responsibilities are large events, trips abroad or even athletes transfers. Only for celebrities games he still acts about 20 times a year as a referee.

Others

Eschweiler committed today as a sympathizer of Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Nottingham Forest F.C. 1980–81 UEFA Cup AZ Alkmaar Ipswich Town F.C. 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup International Olympic Committee Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund 1971–72 UEFA Cup 1972–73 UEFA Cup Erich Linemayr 1973–74 UEFA Cup 1974–75 UEFA Cup 1975–76 UEFA Cup 1976–77 UEFA Cup 1977–78 UEFA Cup Nicolae Rainea 1978–79 UEFA Cup 1979–80 UEFA Cup Adolf Prokop 1981–82 UEFA Cup 1982–83 UEFA Cup 1983–84 UEFA Cup Volker Roth 1984–85 UEFA Cup Michel Vautrot 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 Aron Schmidhuber 1990–91 UEFA Cup 1991–92 UEFA Cup 1992–93 UEFA Cup John Blankenstein 1993–94 UEFA Cup Kim Milton Nielsen 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 Pierluigi Collina 2004–05 UEFA Cup Graham Poll 2005–06 UEFA Cup Herbert Fandel 2006–07 UEFA Cup 2007–08 UEFA Cup 2008–09 UEFA Cup Luis Medina Cantalejo Nicola Rizzoli Carlos Velasco Carballo Wolfgang Stark 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup Kurt Tschenscher 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 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 Markus Merk 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1935 Tschammerpokal 1936 Tschammerpokal 1937 Tschammerpokal 1938 Tschammerpokal 1939 Tschammerpokal 1940 Tschammerpokal 1941 Tschammerpokal 1942 Tschammerpokal 1943 Tschammerpokal 1952–53 DFB-Pokal 1953–54 DFB-Pokal 1954–55 DFB-Pokal 1955–56 DFB-Pokal 1956–57 DFB-Pokal 1957–58 DFB-Pokal 1958–59 DFB-Pokal 1959–60 DFB-Pokal 1960–61 DFB-Pokal 1961–62 DFB-Pokal 1962–63 DFB-Pokal 1963–64 DFB-Pokal 1964–65 DFB-Pokal 1965–66 DFB-Pokal 1966–67 DFB-Pokal 1967–68 DFB-Pokal 1968–69 DFB-Pokal 1969–70 DFB-Pokal 1970–71 DFB-Pokal 1971–72 DFB-Pokal 1972–73 DFB-Pokal 1973–74 DFB-Pokal 1974–75 DFB-Pokal 1975–76 DFB-Pokal 1976–77 DFB-Pokal 1978–79 DFB-Pokal 1979–80 DFB-Pokal 1980–81 DFB-Pokal 1981–82 DFB-Pokal Gerd Hennig 1982–83 DFB-Pokal 1983–84 DFB-Pokal 1984–85 DFB-Pokal 1985–86 DFB-Pokal 1986–87 DFB-Pokal 1988–89 DFB-Pokal Karl-Heinz Tritschler 1989–90 DFB-Pokal 1990–91 DFB-Pokal 1991–92 DFB-Pokal Bernd Heynemann 1992–93 DFB-Pokal 1993–94 DFB-Pokal 1994–95 DFB-Pokal Hellmut Krug 1996–97 DFB-Pokal 1997–98 DFB-Pokal 1998–99 DFB-Pokal 1999–2000 DFB-Pokal 2000–01 DFB-Pokal 2001–02 DFB-Pokal 2002–03 DFB-Pokal 2003–04 DFB-Pokal 2004–05 DFB-Pokal Florian Meyer 2005–06 DFB-Pokal 2006–07 DFB-Pokal Michael Weiner (referee) 2007–08 DFB-Pokal Knut Kircher 2008–09 DFB-Pokal 2009–10 DFB-Pokal 2010–11 DFB-Pokal 2011–12 DFB-Pokal Peter Gagelmann 2012–13 DFB-Pokal

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