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Dietmar Drabek

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Dietmar Drabek
Dietmar Drabek, Schiedsrichter (1).jpg
Dietmar Drabek in September 2009
Born (1965-06-30) 30 June 1965 (age 57)
Steyr
NationalityAustrian
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
TitleFIFA referee
Term1997–2006

Dietmar Drabek (born 30 June 1965) is a former Austrian football referee. He is a member of the Upper Austrian Football Association. Drabek was an international FIFA referee from 1997 to 2006. Since 2011, he has been a speaker for refereeing development and head of talent funding for the Upper Austrian referees.[1][2]

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Austria

Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of 83,871 km2 (32,383 sq mi) and has a population of 9 million.

Referee (association football)

Referee (association football)

In association football, the referee is the person responsible for interpreting and enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. The referee is the final decision-making authority on all facts connected with play, and is the match official with the authority to start and stop play and impose disciplinary action against players and coaches during a match.

Upper Austrian Football Association

Upper Austrian Football Association

The Upper Austrian Football Association is the umbrella organization of the football clubs of the Austrian state Upper Austria. The OFV was founded in 1919 and has its headquarters in Linz.

FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération internationale de football association is the international governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC, UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF, OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL.

Life

Dietmar Drabek was born in Steyr. His father was also a referee, who had begun his career at the age of 17 and, according to his own accounts, managed around 3700 games, including 84 games of the Bundesliga or its predecessor the Nationalliga.[3][4] At the age of nine, Dietmar Drabek started playing football, in the junior category, of the then second division SK Vorwärts Steyr. Drabek soon decided to become a referee and at the age of 17 completed the referee examination.[5]

Initially, Dietmar Drabek refereed games in the Upper Austrian lower leagues. In 1992, he began directed games in the Upper Austrian League, which was then the third highest league. Only two years later, the trained retail salesperson, directed games in the second highest league, the Erste Liga. On 1 July 1994 he was in the squad of the Bundesliga referees. He refereed his first game in the National League, on 13 August 1994, between FC Puch and the SV Stockerau (1-1).[6]

Just one year later he referring in the Austrian Bundesliga. His first game there was on 1 April 1, 1995, where SK Sturm Graz played against FC Admira Wacker Mödling (2-2).

Drabek became a FIFA referee in 1997 and directed 40 international matches.[5] Taking into account the assignments as Assistant referee (association football) and as fourth official, Drabek can account for 67 foreign assignments in 39 different European countries.[7] Drabek's career included one negative event. On 5 May 2005 he had to stop the match between FK Austria Wien and Grazer AK in the 80th minute after FK Austria Wien fans stormed the pitch in protest against the poor performance of their team. Since security could not bring the situation under control, a halt to the game could not be avoided.[8] The match was replayed on 9 May 2005, with a 3:0 win for Grazer AK. Bundesliga board member, Georg Pangl praised Drabek's prudent behaviour he demonstrated while dealing with the situation.[9]

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Steyr

Steyr

Steyr is a statutory city, located in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. It is the administrative capital, though not part of Steyr-Land District. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated town and the 3rd largest city in Upper Austria.

SK Vorwärts Steyr

SK Vorwärts Steyr

SK Vorwärts Steyr is an Austrian association football club based in Steyr. It was founded in 1919. They play at the Vorwärts Stadium. Currently the club has about 300 members. Is one of the oldest football clubs in Upper Austria. In 1999 the club went bankrupt and reformed in lower leagues later in 2001. In 2011 Vorwärts was promoted to the Regional League (Middle) which is part of the third division of Austrian league football. In 2018 they were promoted to the Austrian Second League.

Austrian Landesliga

Austrian Landesliga

The Austrian Landesliga is the fourth tier of professional football in Austria. It is divided into nine conferences — one for each Austrian state:Burgenland: Landesliga Burgenland Lower Austria: 1. Niederösterreichische Landesliga Vienna: Wiener Stadtliga

Austrian Football Bundesliga

Austrian Football Bundesliga

The Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA. Since Austria stayed in sixteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2015–16 season, the league gained its first spot for the UEFA Champions League for the 2016-2017 season.

SK Sturm Graz

SK Sturm Graz

Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white.

FC Admira Wacker Mödling

FC Admira Wacker Mödling

Fußballklub Flyeralarm Admira Wacker Mödling, also known as Flyeralarm Admira for sponsorship reasons or simply Admira, is a football club from Mödling, Austria. The club was originally formed in 1905 as SK Admira Wien in the Austrian capital. Mergers in 1971 with SC Wacker Wien, in 1997 with VfB Mödling and in 2008 with SK Schwadorf led to its current name.

FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération internationale de football association is the international governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC, UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF, OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL.

Assistant referee (association football)

Assistant referee (association football)

In association football, an assistant referee is an official empowered with assisting the referee in enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. Although assistants are not required under the Laws, at most organised levels of football the match officiating crew consists of the referee and at least two assistant referees. The responsibilities of the various assistant referees are listed in Law 6, "The Other Match Officials". In the current Laws the term "assistant referee" technically refers only to the two officials who generally patrol the touchlines, with the wider range of assistants to the referee given other titles.

FK Austria Wien

FK Austria Wien

Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊstri̯aː ˈviːn]; known in English as Austria Vienna, and usually shortened to Austria in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the most trophies of any Austrian club from the top flight, with 24 Austrian Bundesliga titles and 27 cup titles, although its rival SK Rapid Wien holds the record for most national championships with 32. Alongside Rapid, Austria is one of only two teams that have never been relegated from the Austrian top flight. With 27 victories in the Austrian Cup and six in the Austrian Supercup, Austria Wien is also the most successful club in each of those tournaments. The club reached the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1978, and the semi-finals of the European Cup the season after. The club plays at the Franz Horr Stadium, known as the Generali Arena since a 2010 naming rights deal with an Italian insurance company.

Grazer AK

Grazer AK

Grazer Athletiksport Klub, better known simply as Grazer AK, is an Austrian sports club based in the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria. The football section used to be one of the most popular Austrian clubs, mostly successful in the decade 1995–2005. The other sections are basketball, diving and tennis, which however all act as separate legal entities. The "GAK" football section was folded during the 2012–13 Regionalliga Mitte Season in Autumn 2012. It has since been revived and returned to Austrian Second League in 2019.

Source: "Dietmar Drabek", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, August 1st), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietmar_Drabek.

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References
  1. ^ "Schiedsrichterausschuss" (in German). Oberösterreichischer Fussballverband. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  2. ^ "Talentekader" (in German). Oberösterreichischer Fussballverband. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  3. ^ Fehringer, Hannes; Lechner, Franz (2010-11-19). "Drabek bildet nun Nachwuchs der Referees aus" (in German). Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  4. ^ "Profil Paul Drabek" (in German). weltfussball.at. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b Bartl, Harald; Mayrhofer, Günther (2011-09-28). "Schiedsrichter-Krise: Mehr Hilfe und weniger Freunderlwirtschaft" (in German). Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  6. ^ "Spielbericht" (in German). Austria Soccer. 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  7. ^ "Raimund Buch im Interview" (in German). OÖ FUSSBALLVERBAND. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Wütende Austria-Fans stürmen den Rasen: Spielabbruch bei Skandal im Horr-Stadion!" (in German). News. 6 May 2005. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Austria droht ein "Geisterspiel"" (in German). DERSTANDARD. 10 May 2005. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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