{"id":295704,"date":"2023-10-09T18:26:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T18:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295704"},"modified":"2023-10-09T18:26:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T18:26:26","slug":"female-referee-stephanie-frappart-will-make-history-at-wembley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/female-referee-stephanie-frappart-will-make-history-at-wembley\/","title":{"rendered":"Female referee Stephanie Frappart will make history at Wembley"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Female referee\u00a0Stephanie Frappart will become the first woman to\u00a0officiate a men&#8217;s international game at Wembley when England host Australia<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>England&#8217;s upcoming game against Australia will be overseen by a female referee<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephanie Frappart will be the first woman to officiate a men&#8217;s game at Wembley<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>England&#8217;s upcoming friendly clash against Australia will see a female referee officiate a men&#8217;s international match at Wembley for the first time in history.<\/p>\n<p>French official\u00a0Stephanie Frappart will take charge of the match on Friday October 13 that pens Gareth Southgate&#8217;s Three Lions up against Graham Arnold&#8217;s Socceroos.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old will lead out a team of French referees taking charge of the international fixture with Frappart joined by assistant referees Mikael Berchebru and Aur\u00e9lien Drouet.<\/p>\n<p>Hakim Ben El Hadj will be the fourth official, while VAR responsibilities will fall to\u00a0Mathieu Vernice and Nicolas Rainville.<\/p>\n<p>Frappart is a trailblazer in officiating and widely recognised as one of the top performing female referees being handed opportunities in the men&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/16\/76343261-12611255-image-a-1_1696865542664.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>French official Stephanie Frappart will become the first female referee to oversee a men&#8217;s international game at Wembley<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/16\/76343263-12611255-England_take_on_Australia_in_a_friendly_clash_at_Wembley_on_Frid-a-4_1696865652933.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England take on Australia in a friendly clash at Wembley on Friday\u00a0October 13<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>She previously became the first woman to referee in men&#8217;s Ligue 2 and Ligue 1 fixtures in her home nation of France before featuring in European competition.<\/p>\n<p>The French official made her European debut in the Champions League before refereeing the UEFA Supercup game between Chelsea and Liverpool in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Further milestones followed when Frappart travelled to Qatar last year as a team of competition officials and\u00a0became the first woman to referee a men&#8217;s FIFA World Cup match.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/16\/76343259-12611255-image-a-3_1696865560699.jpg\" height=\"475\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Frappart will lead out a team of French officials at the home of English football on Friday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/16\/76343521-12611255-image-a-5_1696865855038.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Frappart middle featured at the Qatar World Cup last year and has overseen matches in the France and Europe<\/p>\n<p>England were keen to take the opportunity to appoint Frappart after the French Football Federation revealed she was available to take charge.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Elsworth, head of the English FA&#8217;s refereeing operations, explained the reasoning behind the history-making decision.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;Stephanie is an outstanding referee and she has officiated on the highest stage within France, across Europe and recently at the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re delighted she and her team will take charge of our upcoming fixture against Australia in front of a sold-out crowd at Wembley Stadium and we&#8217;re looking forward to welcoming them to the home of English football.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support 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