Stéphanie Frappart will officiate as the 4th referee at the Euro. – LOIC VENANCE / AFP
Under fire from Lyon critics after the OL-Monaco quarter-final on Wednesday evening, the French Stéphanie Frappart can console herself by telling herself that she will become the first female referee to officiate during a men’s football Euro, the one organized from June 11 to July 11, 2021, where she will be the 4th referee as announced by UEFA on Wednesday.
At 37, the French Stéphanie Frappart is climbing the ranks of arbitration at full speed. By refereeing Juventus Turin-Dynamo Kiev (3-0) in early December 2020, she became the first woman to officiate as the main referee of a Champions League match, and her performance that evening, under control, had been praised by the press.
Clément Turpin on the whistle
Stéphanie Frappart had already been entrusted with the European Supercup of August 2019 opposing Liverpool and Chelsea, after having been the first woman to referee in the French second division (2014) then in the French elite (2019) men, where she arbitrated in early October 2020 his first Lyon-Marseille shock. 18 main referees have also been appointed for this competition, including the French Clément Turpin.