Ivana Martinčić

Croatian association football referee

Born (1985-07-28) 28 July 1985 (age 40)
Koprivnica, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

Years League

Ivana Martinčić
Domestic
Martinčić in 2025
Born	(1985-07-28) 28 July 1985 (age 40) Koprivnica, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Years	League	Role
2020–	First Football League	Referee
2021–	Croatian Football League	Referee
International
Years	League	Role
2014-^[1]	FIFA listed	Referee

Ivana Martinčić (born 28 July 1985) is a Croatian association football referee.

She has been on the FIFA list since 2014 and officiates international football matches, both men's and women's.^[2]

Martinčić was a referee at the 2020 Algarve Cup. In September 2021, she became the first woman to referee a match in the Croatian Football League.^[3] On 11 November 2021, she became the first female referee to referee a match for the German men's national team, the World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein in Wolfsburg.^[4]

She also refereed at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in England and the 2022 U-17 Women's World Cup in India.

In January 2023, Martinčić was nominated for the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.^[5]

The following year, she was appointed as a referee at the 2024 U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.

On 24 May 2025, Martinčić officiated the UEFA Women's Champions League final between Arsenal and FC Barcelona (1-0).^[6] On 31 March 2025, UEFA announced that she was selected as a match official in the Women's Euro's over the summer.^[7]^[8]

References

↑ "FIFA 2022 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
↑ "FIFA Refereeing 2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
↑ "Ivana Martinčić to be first Croatian female to ref men's international football match". Croatia Week. 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
↑ DFB-Team wird erstmals von einer Schiedsrichterin gepfiffen. Der Spiegel. 10 November 2021. ISSN 2195-1349. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
↑ "Match officials appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™" (Press release). FIFA. 9 January 2023. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
↑ "Women's Champions League Final-Schiedsrichterin: Ivana Martinčić". uefa.com (in German). 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
↑ "Referee teams appointed for UEFA Women's EURO 2025". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
↑ "UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Match Officials" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 31 March 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.

v t e Referees at UEFA Women's Euro 2022
Jana Adámková (CZE) Emikar Calderas Barrera (VEN) Iuliana Demetrescu (ROU) Cheryl Foster (WAL) Stéphanie Frappart (FRA) Marta Huerta de Aza (ESP) Riem Hussein (GER) Lina Lehtovaara (FIN) Ivana Martinčić (CRO) Kateryna Monzul (UKR) Tess Olofsson (SWE) Esther Staubli (SUI) Rebecca Welch (ENG)

v t e Referees at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC	Kate Jacewicz Kim Yu-jeong Oh Hyeon-jeong Casey Reibelt Yoshimi Yamashita
CAF	Vincentia Amedome Bouchra Karboubi Akhona Makalima Salima Mukansanga
CONCACAF	Marianela Araya Marie-Soleil Beaudoin Melissa Borjas Katia Itzel García Katja Koroleva Myriam Marcotte Tori Penso
CONMEBOL	Edina Alves Emikar Calderas María Carvajal Anahi Fernandez Laura Fortunato
OFC	Anna-Marie Keighley
UEFA	Iuliana Demetrescu Maria Sole Ferrieri Cheryl Foster Stéphanie Frappart Marta Huerta de Aza Lina Lehtovaara Ivana Martinčić Kateryna Monzul Tess Olofsson Esther Staubli Rebecca Welch