About Herbert Fandel
Herbert Fandel (born 9 March 1964 in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a former German football referee who was in charge of the 2007 UEFA Champions League final. Fandel refereed the UEFA Cup final in 2006 between the English side Middlesbrough and the Spanish side Sevilla. He also refereed the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup on home soil in Germany. He officiated the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The director of a music school by occupation, he is married with two children. He ended his field career on 8 June 2009, and has served as head of the German Football Association's Referee Commission since 2010. On 2 June 2007, Fandel took charge of the Euro 2008 qualifying game between Denmark and Sweden in Copenhagen, the first ever UEFA qualifier between the two teams. Denmark had rallied back to 3 - 3 from 0 - 3 down when in the 89th minute, Fandel awarded Sweden a penalty kick and sent off Danish midfielder Christian Poulsen for punching Markus Rosenberg in the stomach. AC Milan went on to record a 2 - 1 victory. He also took charge of the Spain v Italy quarter final in Vienna on 22 June 2008, in which Spain won 4–2 on penalties.
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