Gamal Al-Ghandour

Gamal Mahmoud Ahmed El-Ghandour (Arabic: جمال محمود الغندور; born June 12, 1957) is a retired Egyptian referee. He became infamous for being the referee of the 2002 World Cup quarterfinal between Spain and South Korea.

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El-Ghandour has refereed the 2002 African Cup of Nations final (Cameroon vs Senegal), the second leg of the 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup final (Kotoko (Gha) 2:1 WAC (Mar)), and five successive African Cup of Nations, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. He is the first African referee to run a match in the UEFA European Football Championship. He has also participated in one Olympic Games, one FIFA Confederation Cup (2001), and one AFC Asian Cup.

He also refereed in two FIFA World Cups, France 1998 and Korea/Japan 2002. In the South Korea vs. Spain match in the 2002 World Cup, he controversially disallowed two Spanish goals and his linesmen—one Ugandan, the other Trinidadian—judged one Spanish attack after another to be offside.[1][2]

He is also the first Egyptian referee to play as a professional referee (Japanese League 1999).

International match list

Date / Match / Venue Competition
24.07.1993 Uganda 1–0 Sudan Kampala African Cup of Nations Q 94 
13.11.1994 Tunisia 1–1 Togo Tunis African Cup of Nations Q 96
24.08.1995 KSA 2–0 Syria Ta'ef Asian Olympic Q 96
16.01.1996 Gabon 1–2 Liberia Durban African Cup of Nations 96
21.01.1996 Côte d'Ivoire 1–0 Mozambique Port. Elz. African Cup of Nations 96
31.01.1996 Ghana 0–3 South Africa  Johannesburg African Cup of Nations 96
03.03.1996 Zimbabwe 0–1 Nigeria  Harare African Olympic Q 96
16.06.1996 Côte d'Ivoire 1–1 Congo Abidjan African World Cup Q 98
01.07.1996 Sweden 0–2 China Miami Women Olympics 96 
02.07.1996 Brazil 3–1 Hungary Miami Olympic Games Atlanta 96
01.08.1996 Argentina 4–0 Spain Birmingham Olympic Games Atlanta 96
02.08.1996 Brazil 5–0 Portugal Athens Olympic Games Atlanta 96
17.11.1996 Angola 2–1 Zimbabwe Luanda African World Cup Q 98
01.12.1996 KSA 6–0 Thailand Dubai Asian Cup of Nations 96
02.12.1996 UAE 1–0 Iraq Abu Dhabi Asian Cup of Nations 96
03.12.1996 KSA 5–4 Iran Abu Dhabi Asian Cup of Nations 96
08.06.1997 South Africa 3–0 Zambia  Johannesburg  African World Cup Q 98
17.08.1997 Zimbabwe 1–2 Cameroon  Harare African World Cup Q 98
13.10.1997 KSA 1–0 Qatar Riyadh Asian World Cup Q 98
07.02.1998 Burkina Faso 0–1 D. R. Congo  Ouagadougou African Cup of Nations 98
27.02.1998 B.Faso 3–4 Cameroon Ouagadougou African Cup of Nations 98
17.06.1998 Chile 1–1 Austria  Saint-Étienne World Cup France 98
25.06.1998 Yugoslavia 1–0 USA  Nantes World Cup France 98
03.07.1998 Brazil 3–2 Denmark Nantes World Cup France 98
01.08.1999 Lebanon 3–1 Jordan  Amman 9th Panarab Games
02.08.1999 Iraq 4–0 Lebanon  Amman 9th Panarab Games
16.08.1999 Jordan 3–1 Qatar  Amman 9th Panarab Games
31.08.1999 Jordan 3–1p Iraq  Amman 9th Panarab Games
09.10.1999 Slovenia 0–3 Greece  Maribor European Cup Nations Q 2000
23.01.2000 S.Africa 3–1 Gabon Kumasi African Cup of Nations 2000 
31.01.2000 Ghana 0–2 Cote d'Ivoire  Accra African Cup of Nations 2000
10.02.2000 Nigeria 2–0 South Africa Lagos African Cup of Nations 2000
13.06.2000 Norway 1–0 Spain Rotterdam European Cup of Nations 2000
21.06.2000 Czech 2–0 Denmark Liège European Cup of Nations 2000
06.01.2001 Egypt 2–1 UAE Cairo Friendly
15.01.2001 Tunisia 0–1 Morocco Tunis African Cup Qualifiers
15.01.2001 Egypt 1–0 North Korea Cairo Friendly
27.01.2001 Nigeria 3–0 Sudan Nigeria African World Cup Q 2002
25.02.2001 Cameroun 1–0 Zambia Yaoundé African World Cup Q 2002
19.03.2001 Egypt 3–3 Estonia Cairo Friendly
30.05.2001 France 5–0 South Korea Daegu FIFA Confederation Cup
07.06.2001 France 2–1 Brazil Suwon FIFA Confederation Cup
02.09.2001 Mexico 2–1 Jamaica Jamaica CONCACAF World Cup Q 2002
25.01.2002 Cameroon 1–0 Côte d'Ivoire Mali African Cup of Nations 2002
30.01.2002 South Africa 3–1 Morocco Mali African Cup of Nations 2002
10.02.2002 Cameroon 0–0 (3–2 pen.) Senegal Mali African Cup of Nations 2002 Final
07.06.2002 Spain 3–1 Paraguay Jeonju World Cup Korea/Japan 02
13.06.2002 Brazil 5–2 Costa Rica Suwon World Cup Korea-Japan 02
22.06.2002 South Korea 0–0 (5–3 pen.) Spain Gwangju World Cup Korea-Japan 02
Competition Number of Matches
World Cup 6
FIFA Confederation Cup 2
Olympic Games 4
European Cup of Nations 2
African Cup of Nations> 11
Asian Cup of Nations 3
Asian World Cup Qualifiers 1
European Cup Qualifiers 1
Asian Olympic Qualifiers 1
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers 1
African Cup Qualifiers 3
African World Cup Qualifiers 6
African Olympic Qualifiers 1
Pan Arab Games 4
Friendlies 3

References

  1. Hayward, Paul (2006-06-23). "Korean miracle spoilt by refereeing farce". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2006-12-14.
  2. "Korean dream lives on". BBC Sport. 2002-06-22. Retrieved 2006-08-06.
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