Iosif Ritter

Iosif Ritter
Personal information
Date of birth	2 December 1921
Place of birth	Timișoara, Kingdom of Romania
Date of death	30 August 2006 (aged 84)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1938	Chinezul Timișoara
1938–1940	Rapid București
1940	CFR Timișoara
Senior career*
Years	Team
1941–1945	Rapid București
1946–1955	Locomotiva Timișoara
Total
International career
1945–1949	Romania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iosif Ritter (2 December 1921 – 30 August 2006) was a Romanian football midfielder and referee.^[3]^[4] As a player he reached the 1948 Cupa României final with CFR Timișoara, which was lost with 3–2 against ITA Arad.^[5] As a referee, he arbitrated the 1967 Cupa României final.^[6]^[7] He also arbitrated at international and European club level.^[8]

International career[edit]

Iosif Ritter played 17 matches for Romania's national team, including 12 at the 1946, 1947 and 1948 Balkan Cups.^[9] He was part of Romania's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Locomotiva Timișoara

^ The Divizia A 1940–41 was the last season before World War II and the Divizia A 1946–47 was the first one after, so the appearances and goals scored during this period for Rapid București are not official.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Iosif Ritter at National-Football-Teams.com
^ Iosif Ritter at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
^ "Legende feroviare. Gara Mare, înainte de Apocalipsa ultimilor ani" [Railway legends. Gara Mare, before the Apocalypse of the last years] (in Romanian). Ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ "Iosif Ritter referee profile". Labtof. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Romanian Cup - 1947-1948". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ "Romanian Cup - 1966-1967". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ "Steaua vs Foresta Falticeni Cupa Romaniei 1966-1967". Labtof. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ "Referee profile". WorldFootball.
^ "Iosif Ritter". European Football. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ "Iosif Ritter". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1921-12-02)2 December 1921^[1]
Place of birth	Timișoara, Kingdom of Romania^[1]
Date of death	30 August 2006(2006-08-30) (aged 84)^[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder^[1]
Youth career
1938	Chinezul Timișoara
1938–1940	Rapid București
1940	CFR Timișoara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1941–1945	Rapid București^[a]	4	(1)
1946–1955	Locomotiva Timișoara	173	(5)
Total		177	(6)
International career
1945–1949	Romania	17	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals