Leonardus van der Kroft

Leonardus Wilhelmus "Leo" van der Kroft (2 February 1929 Hague, Netherlands - 24 November 2016[1]) was a Dutch international football referee.[2][3]

Career

He was member of FIFA in 1970-76 and refereed 6 international matches.[4] He officiated two matches in EURO 1976 qualifying and four friendly matches (include 1973–74 British Home Championship match).

In club football, he officiated some UEFA competition matches such as the Champions League (4), the UEFA Cup (6) and the Cup Winners Cup (1).[5] He refereed 179 Eredivisie matches in 1966-76. He gave the first yellow card in the history of the Eredivisie in the first matchday of the 1972/73 season, Feyenoord Rotterdam-NEC Nijmegen match.

Controversial episode

In 1976, van der Kroft was appointed referee by UEFA for quarter-final second leg match in Champions League between Real Madrid and Borussia Mönchengladbach at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.[6]

Personal life

After his refereeing career Van der Kroft founded the Belangenvereniging Scheidsrechters Paid Voetbal (BSBV) in 1971 together some former dutch referees. On October 13, 2000 he was appointed by the KNVB as a federal knight.[7]

References and notes
  1. "Oud-scheidsrechter Van der Kroft (87) overleden". volkskrant.nl. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  2. "Profile of referee". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  3. "Zoals de ouden floten" (PDF). covseindhoven.nl. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  4. "List of matches officiated by the referee". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  5. "Officiated matches in club football". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  6. "Gladbachs gestohlenes Wunder". spiegel.de. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  7. "Oud-betaald voetbalscheidsrechter Leo van der Kroft overleden". haaglandenvoetbal.nl. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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