Ion Crăciunescu

Ion Crăciunescu
Domestic
Ion Crăciunescu in 2010
Born	(1950-09-27)27 September 1950 Craiova, Romania
Other occupation	Footballer
Years	League	Role
1981–1996	Liga I	Referee
International
Years	League	Role
1984–1996	FIFA-listed	Referee

Ion Crăciunescu (born 27 September 1950) is a Romanian former football referee. Born in Craiova, he comes from the town of Râmnicu Vâlcea. He became an international referee in 1984. Although he never refereed at a World Cup or European Championship finals, he was selected as one of five referees for the 1995 King Fahd Cup (later known as the FIFA Confederations Cup). He is best known for officiating the 1995 UEFA Champions League Final between Ajax and Milan. He retired as a professional later that year. From 2003 to 2005, he was the president of the Romanian Referees Committee.

External links

Profile at WorldReferee.com

European Cup and UEFA Champions League Final referees

European Cup	1956: Arthur Edward Ellis (ENG) 1957: Leo Horn (NED) 1958: Albert Alsteen (BEL) 1959: Albert Dusch (FRG) 1960: Jack Mowat (SCO) 1961: Gottfried Dienst (SUI) 1962: Leo Horn (NED) 1963: Arthur Holland (ENG) 1964: Josef Stoll (AUT) 1965: Gottfried Dienst (SUI) 1966: Rudolf Kreitlein (FRG) 1967: Kurt Tschenscher (FRG) 1968: Concetto Lo Bello (ITA) 1969: José Ortiz de Mendíbil (ESP) 1970: Concetto Lo Bello (ITA) 1971: Jack Taylor (ENG) 1972: Robert Helles (FRA) 1973: Milivoje Gugulović (YUG) 1974: Vital Loraux (BEL) and Alfred Delcourt (BEL) 1975: Michel Kitabdjian (FRA) 1976: Károly Palotai (HUN) 1977: Robert Wurtz (FRA) 1978: Charles Corver (NED) 1979: Erich Linemayr (AUT) 1980: António Garrido (POR) 1981: Károly Palotai (HUN) 1982: Georges Konrath (FRA) 1983: Nicolae Rainea (ROU) 1984: Erik Fredriksson (SWE) 1985: André Daina (SUI) 1986: Michel Vautrot (FRA) 1987: Alexis Ponnet (BEL) 1988: Luigi Agnolin (ITA) 1989: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (FRG) 1990: Helmut Kohl (AUT) 1991: Tullio Lanese (ITA) 1992: Aron Schmidhuber (GER)

UEFA Champions League	1993: Kurt Röthlisberger (SUI) 1994: Philip Don (ENG) 1995: Ion Crăciunescu (ROU) 1996: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP) 1997: Sándor Puhl (HUN) 1998: Hellmut Krug (GER) 1999: Pierluigi Collina (ITA) 2000: Stefano Braschi (ITA) 2001: Dick Jol (NED) 2002: Urs Meier (SUI) 2003: Markus Merk (GER) 2004: Kim Milton Nielsen (DEN) 2005: Manuel Mejuto González (ESP) 2006: Terje Hauge (NOR) 2007: Herbert Fandel (GER) 2008: Ľuboš Micheľ (SVK) 2009: Massimo Busacca (SUI) 2010: Howard Webb (ENG) 2011: Viktor Kassai (HUN) 2012: Pedro Proença (POR) 2013: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) 2014: Björn Kuipers (NED) 2015: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR) 2016: Mark Clattenburg (ENG)

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