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 Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: * 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 The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 ...

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.

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External links

Stats at Footballdatabase
{{DEFAULTSORT:Batta, Marc 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