Volker Roth (born 1 February 1942 in

Salzgitter Salzgitter (; Eastphalian: ''Soltgitter'') is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Together with Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, Salzgitter is one of the seven ''Oberzentren'' of Lower ...

) is a retired football referee from

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. He is mostly known for supervising two matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in

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. After retirement he became a referee's advisor for

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