Ryszard Wójcik Explained

Ryszard Wójcik
Birth Date:6 June 1956
Birth Place:Opole, Poland
Role1:Referee
Years1:1988-2002
League1:Ekstraklasa
Internationalyears1:1990-2001
Confederation1:FIFA-listed
Internationalrole1:Referee

Ryszard Wójcik (born 6 June 1956) is a retired Polish football referee who is best known for refereeing a match at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and two at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal.

He was born in Opole in 1956 and refereed over 300 matches in the Polish Football League. In 1991, he refereed two matches at the FIFA World Youth Championship - a group stage match between Brazil and the Ivory Coast which ended 2-1 and a further quarter-final in which Portugal defeated Mexico 2-1.

In 1998 he was selected to referee in that year's World Cup in France as a UEFA representative. He refereed one match - a group match between the Netherlands and South Korea which the Dutch won 5-0.

He also refereed the 1999 UEFA Super Cup, which Lazio won 1-0. Amongst others, he has refereed matches in the UEFA Champions League. He retired in 2002.

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