Der Schiedsrichter im deutschen Profifußball als Arbeitnehmer

Discussions on sports law have so far concentrated on the legal classification of players and coaches in professional football without taking a closer look at the legal status of referees. The increasing professionalisation and commercialisation of football has long since reached the referees as well. The paper first deals with the significant question of whether referees in German professional football qualify as employees of the „Deutscher Fußball-Bund“. It then looks at other labour law issues that are relevant to the legal status of the referee.