Gamal Al-Ghandour
Gamal Mahmoud Ahmed El-Ghandour (Arabic: جمال محمود الغندور) (born June 12, 1957) is a retired Egyptian referee.
Details
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 game Korea-Spain in the 2002 tournament, he disallowed two legal 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 |
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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 | C.d'Ivoire | 1-0 | Mozambiqe | Port. Elz. | African Cup of Nations 96 |
31.01.1996 | Ghana | 0-3 | S.Africa | Johannesburg | African Cup of Nations 96 |
03.03.1996 | Zimbabwe | 0-1 | Nigeria | Harare | African Olympic Q 96 |
16.06.1996 | C.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 | S.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 | B.Faso | 0-1 | R.D.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 | C.d'Ivoire | Accra | African Cup of Nations 2000 |
10.02.2000 | Nigeria | 2-0 | S.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 | N.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 | 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 | C.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 p3/2 | 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 | Korea | 0-0 p5/3 | Spain | Gwangju | World Cup Korea/Japan 02 |
Competition | Number of Matches |
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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
- ↑ Hayward, Paul (2006-06-23). "Korean miracle spoilt by refereeing farce". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2006-12-14.
- ↑ "Korean dream lives on". BBC Sport. 2002-06-22. Retrieved 2006-08-06.