- Bernd Stumpf
Bernd Stumpf (* 16. June 1940 in
Jena ) is a football referee from Jena who served as a match official in the first divisionDDR-Oberliga of the formerEast Germany . He also worked as a FIFA referee and called 6 European Cup matches.Stumpf was infamous for his role as the referee who manipulated the outcome of the 22 March 1986 championship match between "Dynamo Berlin" and "
Lokomotive Leipzig " which ended in a 1:1 draw that handed "Dynamo" its eighth consecutive national title. Down to ten men after an unduly harsh red card, "Lok" held a 1:0 lead as the game was extended into its 94th minute without cause, until "Dynamo" finally tied the match on a questionable penalty. At the time "Dynamo" was under the patronage of theStasi , East Germany's state secret police force headed byErich Mielke , and since the late 70s had benefited from unfair player transfers and questionable officiating.The blatant nature of the manipulation of the decisive match led to nationwide protests by long-suffering fans. The DFV (East German Football Federation) responded by placing a lifetime ban on Stumpf. However, there was no admission of complicity by Stumpf, the Stasi, or the football club, and no sanction against "Dynamo" – their title stood regardless of the protest.
It was eventually learned that Stumpf had worked for the Stasi under the cover name "Peter Richter" since the end of his army service.
After German re-unification in 1990 he trained game officials for the Thüringer Fußballverband (Thuringia Football Federation) and became part of the safety committee of the Nordostdeutschen Fußballverbandes (Northeast German Football Federation). To this day he denies any role in manipulating matches in the DDR.
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*cite news |last=Leske |first=Hanns |url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/archiv/22.03.2006/2424496.asp |title=Foul von höchster Stelle {Foul at the highest level) |publisher=Der Tagesspiegel |date=2006-03-26 |accessdate=2007-02-02 de icon
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