Bernd Stumpf
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Bernd Stumpf is a football
referee from Jena who served as a match official in the first division DDR-Oberliga
of the former East 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 the Stasi
, East Germany's state secret police force headed by Erich 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.
Football (soccer)
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referee from Jena who served as a match official in the first division DDR-Oberliga
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...
of the former East 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
Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:...
and Lokomotive Leipzig
Lokomotive Leipzig
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig is a German football club based in the city of Leipzig in Saxony and may be more familiar to many of the country's football fans as the historic side VfB Leipzig, the first national champions of Germany...
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 the Stasi
Stasi
The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS), commonly known as the Stasi (abbreviation , literally State Security), was the official state security service of East Germany. The MfS was headquartered...
, East Germany's state secret police force headed by Erich Mielke
Erich Mielke
Erich Fritz Emil Mielke was a German communist politician and Minister of State Security—and as such head of the Stasi —of the German Democratic Republic between 1957 and 1989. Mielke spent more than a decade as an operative of the NKVD during the rule of Joseph Stalin...
, 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.