Marc Batta (born 1 November 1953) is a French former
football referee.
Football career
Born in
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...
, Batta reached
FIFA international status in 1990. He was namely in charge of the
1993–94 Coupe de France
The Coupe de France
The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all ...
final
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* Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
, also directing the first leg of the
1996–97 UEFA Cup decisive match between
FC Schalke 04 and
Inter Milan
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...
.
In national team competitions, Batta was present at the
UEFA Euro 1996
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and the
1998 FIFA World Cup tournaments, refereeing two games in the latter. During the qualification group match between Germany and Portugal (1-1 draw), with Portugal leading after 71 minutes, Batta controversially sent off Rui Costa while he was being sub off. This directly led to Portugal failing the qualification to the World Cup.
In July 2004 Batta succeeded
Michel Vautrot
Michel Jean Maurice Vautrot (born 23 October 1945 in Saint-Vit, Doubs) is a retired football (soccer) referee from France. He is mostly known for officiating five matches in the FIFA World Cup: two in 1982 and three in 1990. He refereed the Club ...
as head of referees in the
French Football Federation, remaining in the position for four years. On 1 August 2012, he took up the equivalent post with the
Romanian Football Federation.
References
External links
Stats at Footballdatabase
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1953 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Marseille
French football referees
UEFA Champions League referees
FIFA World Cup referees
1998 FIFA World Cup referees
French expatriate sportspeople in Romania
UEFA Euro 1996 referees