Michel Vautrot

Michel Vautrot (born October 23, 1945 in Saint-Vit, Doubs) is a retired football (soccer) referee from France. He is mostly known for supervising 5 matches in the FIFA World Cup: two in 1982 and three in 1990. He refereed the Club World Cup final in 1983 on National Stadium Tokyo between Hamburg S.V. (West Germany) and Grêmio F.B.P.A. (Brazil). Also refereed three European Championships in 1984 in 1988, including the final game between the USSR and the Netherlands. In addition, he refereed in the European Cup 1985–86, including the final game between the FC Steaua Bucharest and FC Barcelona.

In 2011, Roma director Riccardo Viola admitted that Vautrot was paid 100 million Lire (£50 000) prior to the European Cup semi-final 2nd leg between Roma and Dundee United in 1984. Roma trailed Dundee United 2-0 from the 1st leg at Tannadice Park, and sought to bribe Vautrot to ensure their passage to the final which was to be held at their own stadium. Roma went on to win the 2nd leg 3-0, aided by a very dubious penalty decision. After the game the Scottish Football association representative at UEFA Ernie Walker demanded a probe.

Roma were later to lose the final on penalties to Liverpool.

References

• (German) Profile
  • Jim McLean admits he feels sick after Roma chief reveals Italians bribed ref in 1984 European Cup semi-final

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Intercontinental_Cup

Preceded by 1984 Vojtech Christov	UEFA European Football Championship final match referees 1988 Michel Vautrot	Succeeded by 1992 Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
Preceded by European Cup Final 1985 André Daina	European Cup Referees Final 1986 Michel Vautrot	Succeeded by European Cup Final 1987 Alexis Ponnet