Polish football referee
Paweł Raczkowski
Raczkowski in 2013
Full name
Paweł Krzysztof Raczkowski[ 1] Born
(1983-05-10 ) 10 May 1983 (age 41) Warsaw , Poland Years
League
Role 2010–
Ekstraklasa
Referee Years
League
Role 2013–
FIFA listed
Referee
Paweł Krzysztof Raczkowski (born 10 May 1983) is a Polish football referee who officiates in the Ekstraklasa . He has been a FIFA referee since 2013, and is ranked as a UEFA first category referee.
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Refereeing career
In 2010, Raczkowski began officiating in the Ekstraklasa . His first match as referee was on 8 August 2010 between Śląsk Wrocław and Jagiellonia Białystok .[ 3]
In 2013, he was put on the FIFA referees list . His first match as a FIFA referee came on 26 March 2013 between Germany and Bulgaria in the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round . Raczkowski refereed his first UEFA club competition match on 18 July 2013 in the Europa League second qualifying round between Irtysh Pavlodar and Široki Brijeg .
He officiated his first senior international match on 27 May 2014 between Japan and Cyprus . Raczkowski was selected as an official for the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship , his first national team tournament as referee. In March 2016, he was selected as an additional assistant referee for UEFA Euro 2016 .[ 4] [ 5]
His first competitive international as referee was on 10 October 2016 between Gibraltar and Belgium in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification .
In 2019, he was selected to officiate in the 2019 Polish SuperCup between Piast Gliwice and Lechia Gdańsk .[ 6]
Raczkowski has officiated matches in various other countries, including Japan (in the 2014 J.League Division 1 ), Moldova (for the 2016 Moldovan Cup Final ) and Saudi Arabia (in the Saudi Professional League and King Cup ).[ 7]
References
External links
UEFA First Category referees (as of 1 July 2024)