German Referee of the Year
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German Referee of the Year is an annual football officiating honor in Germany recognizing the country's top-performing referee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| German Referee of the Year canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6610648 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: German Referee of the Year Context triple: [Markus Merk, awardReceived, German Referee of the Year]
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A.
German Footballer of the Year
German Footballer of the Year is an annual award recognizing the best professional football player in Germany, as voted by sports journalists.
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B.
FIFA World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA World Cup Golden Glove is the tournament’s official award given to the most outstanding goalkeeper at each men’s World Cup finals.
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C.
UEFA Club Football Awards Best Goalkeeper
The UEFA Club Football Awards Best Goalkeeper is an annual accolade presented by UEFA to recognize the top-performing goalkeeper in European club competitions for a given season.
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D.
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
The IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper is an annual international football award presented by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics to the top-performing goalkeeper in the world.
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E.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove is an individual award presented to the best-performing goalkeeper at the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German Referee of the Year Target entity description: German Referee of the Year is an annual football officiating honor in Germany recognizing the country's top-performing referee.
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A.
German Footballer of the Year
German Footballer of the Year is an annual award recognizing the best professional football player in Germany, as voted by sports journalists.
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B.
FIFA World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA World Cup Golden Glove is the tournament’s official award given to the most outstanding goalkeeper at each men’s World Cup finals.
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C.
UEFA Club Football Awards Best Goalkeeper
The UEFA Club Football Awards Best Goalkeeper is an annual accolade presented by UEFA to recognize the top-performing goalkeeper in European club competitions for a given season.
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D.
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
The IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper is an annual international football award presented by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics to the top-performing goalkeeper in the world.
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E.
UEFA Club Best Defender of the Year
The UEFA Club Best Defender of the Year was an annual football award presented by UEFA to recognize the most outstanding defensive player in European club competitions for a given season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual award
ⓘ
football award ⓘ |
| awardedFor | top-performing football referee in Germany ⓘ |
| awardType | individual award ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | German football ⓘ |
| eligibility | football referees officiating in German competitions ⓘ |
| field | football officiating ⓘ |
| frequency | annually ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Association football referees in Germany
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Awards established in 1976 ⓘ German football trophies and awards ⓘ |
| hasGenderSpecificVariant | German Female Referee of the Year ⓘ |
| inception | 1976 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Deniz Aytekin
NERFINISHED
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Felix Brych NERFINISHED ⓘ Florian Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Fandel NERFINISHED ⓘ Lutz Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ Manfred Amerell NERFINISHED ⓘ Markus Merk NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolfgang Stark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialNameInGerman | DFB-Schiedsrichter des Jahres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organisedBy | German Football Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedFor | best football referee in Germany ⓘ |
| presenter |
DFB
NERFINISHED
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German Football Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
German Female Referee of the Year
NERFINISHED
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German Footballer of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
election by referees and officials
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vote ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
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