Kateryna Monzul

Kateryna Volodymyrivna Monzul (; born 5 July 1981) is a Ukrainian football referee. She was the referee for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final.

Biography Monzul speaks fluent English, and has a degree in architecture and town planning from Kharkiv National Academy of Urban Economy. She took charge of her first international match in September 2005, Finland versus Poland in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers. She first refereed in a final tournament at UEFA Women's Euro 2009, while at the 2011 World Cup she served as a fourth official.

The 2013 UEFA Women's Euro's Norway versus Denmark semi-final marked her first performance in a major nations tournament's final stages. The following year she refereed the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League final. In 2014, she was voted second in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) World's Best Woman Referee poll behind Bibiana Steinhaus.

Monzul refereed the opening match of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, marking her debut in the competition as main referee, in which she awarded a controversial injury time penalty kick to host nation Canada who scored to beat China 1–0. She also refereed the final on 5 July 2015 between the United States and Japan. In 2015, she was named as the IFFHS World's Best Woman Referee.

On 3 April 2016, Monzul started working in the Ukrainian Premier League, in a match between Chornomorets Odesa and Volyn Lutsk. In doing so, she became the first female referee in the elite men's Ukrainian football division.

In June 2017, Monzul was appointed to be an official at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.

On 3 December 2018, it was announced that Monzul had been appointed to be a referee for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. After the conclusion of the round of 16, FIFA announced that Monzul was selected as one of 11 referees who would be assigned to matches during the final 8 matches of the tournament.

In November 2020, she officiated the UEFA Nations League match between San Marino and Gibraltar as part of the first all-female refereeing team to take charge of a senior men's international. In December 2020, Monzul, Maryna Striletska and Oleksandra Ardasheva became the first all-women's officiating team in a men's UEFA match when they took charge of a UEFA Europa League match between K.A.A. Gent and FC Slovan Liberec.

In February 2022 Monzul fled her home country of Ukraine after the Russian invasion.

On 31 July 2022, she refereed the Women's Euro final at Wembley Stadium. The match was won by England, defeating Germany 2-1 after extra time.

On 9 January 2023, FIFA appointed her to the officiating pool for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Personal trivia Monzul is tall.

International competition record Teams in bold progressed past the stage

+Women's national teamsCompetition Qualifiers Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 2007 FIFA World Cup Finland 3–1 Poland Belarus 1–2 Iceland 2009 UEFA Euro Serbia 0–8 France Austria 0–4 Norway Italy 3–0 Hungary Germany 5–1 France Sweden 1–1 England 2011 FIFA World Cup Israel 1–2 Switzerland Finland 4–1 Portugal France 0–0 Italy Italy 1–0 Switzerland 2013 UEFA Euro Belgium 0–1 Norway Spain 2–2 Germany Czech Republic 0–2 Denmark Bosnia-Herzegovina 0–2 Poland Spain 3–2 England Denmark 1–1 Finland Norway 1–1 Denmark (4–2 p aet) 2015 FIFA World Cup Sweden 2–0 Poland Spain 2–0 Italy Netherlands 1–1 Belgium Switzerland 3–0 Iceland Austria 3–1 Finland Germany 2–0 Republic of Ireland Scotland 1–2 Netherlands Canada 1–0 China PR United States 1–0 Nigeria Japan 1–0 Australia United States 5–2 Japan 2017 UEFA Euro Sweden 1–0 Denmark Romania 1–1 Portugal (aet) Denmark 1–0 Belgium Germany 2–1 Italy England 2–1 Portugal Denmark 0–0 Austria (3–0 p aet) 2019 FIFA World Cup Republic of Ireland 0–2 Norway Germany 4–0 Czech Republic Spain 4–0 Austria Netherlands 2–0 Denmark Panama 1–1 Argentina Germany 1–0 Spain Cameroon 2–1 New Zealand France 1–2 United States 2022 UEFA Euro Finland 1–0 Portugal Spain 4–1 Finland Austria 1–0 Norway Sweden 1–0 Belgium England 2–1 Germany (aet) 2023 FIFA World Cup England 1–0 Austria Wales 0–0 Slovenia Portugal 2–1 Belgium Senegal 0–4 Haiti Paraguay 0–1 PanamaNetherlands 1–0 Portugal Panama 0–1 Jamaica

Honours Best arbiter of Ukrainian Premier League: 2019-20