Ioan Igna

Romanian footballer and referee

Ioan Igna

Ioan Igna (left) with Michel Platini (right) at 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Born|  (1940-06-04) 4 June 1940 (age 84)
Kingdom of Romania
Other occupation|  Footballer
Domestic
Years|  League|  Role
1974–1989|  Liga I|  Referee
International
Years|  League|  Role
1976–1989|  FIFA-listed|  Referee

Ioan Igna (born 4 June 1940) is a Romanian former football referee and player. Igna played football at UTA Arad between 1957 and 1960 and 1964–1967 and at Știința Timișoara between 1961 and 1964, he became a referee in 1972.[1][2][3] He is known for having refereed two matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, including an epic quarter-final match between Brazil and France. Igna made two controversial calls during the tie. In the second period of extra time, he did not penalise a foul by the Brazil goalkeeper Carlos on France attacker Bruno Bellone.[4][5] BBC commentator Jimmy Hill described Igna's decision to ignore the foul by Carlos as "an extreme mistake".[6] In the penalty shootout, he awarded a goal when Bellone's shot hit the post and the ball rebounded off Carlos before entering the goal.[4] The laws of the game were subsequently amended to specifically address the situation that occurred in the penalty shootout.[7]

He also refereed the second leg of the 1987 UEFA Cup Final and a semi-final in the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship in West Germany between the Netherlands and West Germany.

## References

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1. ^ "PREMIUM GSP Poveștile din alte timpuri cu Ioan Igna: 'Am făcut Crăciunul cu Împăratul Selassie al Etiopei. Ne păzeau leii la hotel!'" [PREMIUM GSP Stories from other times with Ioan Igna: "I made Christmas with Emperor Selassie of Ethiopia. We were guarded by lions at the hotel! "] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
2. ^ ""Rivalitatea Timişoara – Arad eu n-o înţeleg". Interviu cu Ioan Igna" ["I do not understand the Timișoara – Arad rivalry". Interview with Ioan Igna] (in Romanian). banatulazi.ro. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
3. ^ "Ioan Igna către tinerii utiști: "Datoria voastră este să aduceți Aradul din nou pe hartă!"" [Ioan Igna to the youngsters: "It is your duty to bring Arad back on the map!"] (in Romanian). uta-arad.ro. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
4. ^ a b "Classic Football". www.fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
5. ^ Yannis, Alex (22 June 1986). "FRANCE BEATS BRAZIL ON PENALTY KICKS". New York Times. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
6. ^ "World Cup 2014: 100 great World Cup moments – 23 days to go". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
7. ^ "Penalty shoot-out hits post and keeper". www.web.orange.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

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Referees at the 1986 FIFA World Cup

AFC|

* Fallaj Al-Shanar
* Jamal Al Sharif
* Shizuo Takada

CAF|

* Ali Ben Nasser
* Edwin Picon-Ackong
* Idrissa Traoré

CONCACAF|

* Rómulo Méndez
* Antonio Márquez Ramírez
* David Socha
* Berny Ulloa Morera

CONMEBOL|

* Romualdo Arppi Filho
* Jesús Díaz
* Carlos Espósito
* Gabriel González
* José Luis Martínez Bazán
* Hernán Silva

OFC|

* Chris Bambridge

UEFA|

* Luigi Agnolin
* Horst Brummeier
* Valeri Butenko
* Vojtech Christov
* George Courtney
* André Daina
* Bogdan Dochev
* Erik Fredriksson
* Ioan Igna
* Jan Keizer
* Siegfried Kirschen
* Lajos Németh
* Zoran Petrović
* Alexis Ponnet
* Joël Quiniou
* Volker Roth
* Victoriano Sánchez Arminio
* Carlos Silva Valente
* Alan Snoddy

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Referees at UEFA Euro 1988

* Horst Brummeier (AUT)
* Paolo Casarin (ITA)
* Erik Fredriksson (SWE)
* Bruno Galler (SUI)
* Keith Hackett (ENG)
* Ioan Igna (ROU)
* Siegfried Kirschen (GDR)
* Dieter Pauly (FRG)
* Alexis Ponnet (BEL)
* José Rosa dos Santos (POR)
* Emilio Soriano Aladrén (ESP)
* Bep Thomas (NED)
* Bob Valentine (SCO)
* Michel Vautrot (FRA)

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