Stephanie Frappart is set to history at Euro 2020 after being named as the first female referee to officiate at a men’s European Championships in June 2021.
The development was made known after UEFA confirmed the list of referees for this year’s tournament.
The Frenchwoman was not named among the 18 referees to take charge of the 51 Euro 2020 games but will be involved as a support match official, working either as a fourth official or a reserve assistant referee.
In the past two years, the 37-year-old referee became the first female to referee a Ligue 1 match, a Champions League match, and a World Cup qualifier.
Frappart also refereed the 2019 Super Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea, which Liverpool won on penalties.
She also oversaw the Netherlands’ 2-0 win over Latvia in March, becoming the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup Qualifier.
Frappart referred Women’s World Cup final when the Netherlands lost to the USA and also charge of Leicester City‘s clash with Ukrainian side Zorya Luhansk in her debut Europa League game last October.
Meanwhile, premier League officials Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor have been named among the 18 referees for Euro 2020 which has been rescheduled to take place from June 11 to July 11 later this year.
Both Taylor, 42, and Oliver, 36, will be making their debuts at a major international tournament.
Taylor took charge of the Uefa Super Cup final between Bayern Munich and Sevilla last September, while Oliver was on Monday named as the referee for the forthcoming FA Cup final between Chelsea and Leicester.
Stuart Attwell, Lee Betts, and Chris Kavanagh will also attend as video match officials.
There is one other new innovation with Argentinian referee Fernando Rapallini appointed to the tournament as part of an exchange with South American federation Conmebol which will see Spanish referee Jesus Gil Manzano officiate at the Copa America.
