Lajos Németh
Hungarian football referee (1944–2014)
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Lajos Németh (14 August 1944 – 26 January 2014) was a Hungarian football referee and former footballer who was on the FIFA International Referees List between 1983 and 1991.
Gyomaendrőd, Hungary
Hungary
| Born |
14 August 1944 Gyomaendrőd, Hungary | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Died |
26 January 2014 (aged 69) Hungary | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1981–1993 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1983–1991 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Career
Németh was born in 1944 in Gyomaendrőd, Hungary, and began his career as a footballer in 1962.[1] He first played for Kispest Honvéd FC and Békéscsaba 1912 Előre in the 1960s.[2][3] At the age of 34, Németh retired as a footballer and became involved with refereeing, ascending to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in 1981.[4] Two years later, he attained the FIFA international badge and refereed matches at UEFA and intercontinental tournaments.[4]
He was appointed to the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, where he oversaw a single group stage game between Scotland and Denmark for Group E at Estadio Neza 86 in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl.[4][2]
Németh was active at the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, refereeing the so-called Miracle of Grotenburg match on 19 March 1986 in Krefeld.[5] The game was a second-leg quarter-final and was played between KFC Uerdingen 05 and Dynamo Dresden, finishing in a 7–3 victory for the formers. In April 1989, Németh oversaw another high-stakes match between German teams in a semifinal of the 1988–89 UEFA Cup between VfB Stuttgart and Dynamo Dresden in the then Neckarstadion in Stuttgart.[6][7]
In 1991, Németh retired from FIFA refereeing and oversaw his last match in Hungary on 9 June 1993 in a game between Vasas SC and BFC Siófok.[8]