French woman Stephanie Frappart will lead an all-female refereeing team to take charge of a men’s World Cup game for the first time in Thursday’s group-stage game between Costa Rica and Germany.
The Frenchwoman became the first female official at the tournament when she was named as the fourth official for Mexico and Poland’s game last Tuesday.
She will be joined by Brazil’s Neuza Back and Mexican Karen Diaz Medina. Frappart became the first woman to referee a men’s Champions League game in 2020.
The 38-year-old was also the first woman to take charge of a match in a major men’s Uefa competition when Liverpool and Chelsea met in the 2019 European Super Cup.
Three women – Frappart, Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga and Japan’s Yoshimi Yamashita – are among the 36 officials selected to take charge of games in Qatar.
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