Bartosz Frankowski | |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1986[1] |
Birth Place: | Poland |
Years1: | 2008–2015 |
League1: | II liga |
Role1: | Referee |
Years2: | 2010– |
League2: | I liga |
Role2: | Referee |
Years3: | 2012– |
League3: | Ekstraklasa |
Role3: | Referee |
Internationalyears1: | 2014– |
Confederation1: | FIFA listed |
Internationalrole1: | Referee |
Bartosz Frankowski (born 23 September 1986) is a Polish football referee who officiates in the Ekstraklasa. He has been a FIFA referee since 2014, and is ranked as a UEFA first category referee.[2]
Frankowski began officiating in the II liga in 2008, the I liga in 2010 and the Ekstraklasa in 2012.[1] He officiated his first Ekstraklasa match on 6 May 2012 between GKS Bełchatów and Cracovia.[3] In 2014, he was put on the FIFA referees list. He officiated his first senior international match on 23 May 2014 between Slovakia and Montenegro.[4] He officiated his first UEFA club competition match on 24 July 2014, a meeting between Swedish club IFK Göteborg and Hungarian club Győr in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.[5]
Frankowski has been selected for various youth international tournaments, including the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan,[6] the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Finland and the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Hungary and Slovenia.[7] [8] He also served as a video assistant referee at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[9]
Frankowski officiated the 2019 Polish Cup Final between Jagiellonia Białystok and Lechia Gdańsk.[10] He has also officiated matches in other countries, including in the 2016 J1 League of Japan and the 2018–19 Saudi Professional League,[11] [12] as well as the 2018 Moldovan Cup Final.[13]
On 21 April 2021, Frankowski was selected as a support match official for UEFA Euro 2020, held across Europe in June and July 2021, and acted as a fourth official.[14] [15]