Saša Ihringová

Alexandra "Saša" Ihringová (born 29 January 1975) is a Slovak-born football referee, based in Shropshire, who officiates in the role of assistant referee in the Football League.

In addition she has refereed several major women's football matches at domestic and international level. These include the FA Women's Cup final, the UEFA Women's Champions League final, the UEFA Women's Championship final and the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup final.

Ihringová is tall and, as well as her native Slovak, can speak English, German, Russian and Spanish. Ihringová grew up in a sporting family in Bratislava. As a player, Ihringová was a national champion three times from 1991 to 1994 with her club Filozof Bratislava. She attended a course for women officials in 1995. Her move into refereeing was inspired by Ihringová's uncle, Karol Ihring, a FIFA official named the best referee in Slovakia three times.

England In 2006 Ihringová emigrated to England, and was "adopted" by the Football Association. She oversaw two consecutive FA Women's Cup finals in 2008 and 2009.

Ihringová took charge of the second–leg of the 2008 UEFA Women's Cup Final between 1. FFC Frankfurt and Umeå IK, before 27,000 spectators at Commerzbank-Arena.

International career Ihringová was appointed to the FIFA list in 2001

In June 2005 Ihringová was selected to referee the final of UEFA Women's Euro 2005, as Germany defeated Norway at Ewood Park. After switching her allegiance to England, Ihringová refereed the United States' victory over North Korea at Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, in the final of the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.