15 Facts About Bibiana Steinhaus

Bibiana Steinhaus-Webb was born on 24 March 1979 and is a German football referee.

Bibiana Steinhaus was a FIFA referee, and was ranked as a UEFA women's elite category referee.

Bibiana Steinhaus became a referee for the club SV Bad Lauterberg and began in the Frauen-Bundesliga after receiving DFB certification in 1999, having taken professional courses since the age of 15.

Bibiana Steinhaus moved to the Regionalliga in 2001 and was the main referee for the 2003 DFB-Pokal der Frauen Final between 1.

Bibiana Steinhaus was selected for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro 2009, and 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Bibiana Steinhaus was one of the sixteen referees chosen for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where she officiated two group stage matches and the final between Japan and the United States.

Bibiana Steinhaus was selected to officiate the women's football gold medal match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, between Japan and the United States.

On 12 May 2017, Bibiana Steinhaus was chosen by UEFA as the referee for the 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, played between Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain in Cardiff.

Bibiana Steinhaus was named the female referee of the year by DFB in 2018.

Bibiana Steinhaus has been the target of abuse and controversial incidents on several occasions, including a physical confrontation from Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola while serving as the fourth official in a 2014 match, and an accidental groping of her breast by a player in 2010.

IRIB, the state broadcaster of Iran, cancelled their broadcast of a Bundesliga fixture in February 2019 due to Bibiana Steinhaus being named as its head referee.

The television channel had previously broadcast a match officiated by Bibiana Steinhaus, but cut to crowd shots instead of using the close-up shots of Bibiana Steinhaus in the normal feed.

Bibiana Steinhaus was appointed to officiate the 2020 DFL-Supercup between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund on 30 September 2020.

Bibiana Steinhaus announced that the match would be the last of her refereeing career.

Bibiana Steinhaus lives in Langenhagen, and is a trained police officer with the rank of Chief Inspector.