Who is Clément Turpin, the referee for Bayern - Real Madrid in the UCL?
Frenchman Turpin has been appointed to the first leg of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid’s 2023/24 UEFA Champions League semi-final.
Clément Turpin, who took charge of Real Madrid’s Champions League final win in 2022, will referee Los Blancos’ semi-final first leg against Bayern Munich in Europe’s top men’s club competition.
A FIFA international referee since 2010, Turpin has crossed paths with Madrid once already this season, overseeing the LaLiga leaders’ group-stage win over Napoli in October. That clash in Italy is one of six occasions on which the Frenchman has refereed games involving Madrid - and the Spaniards have been victorious every time.
Most notably, Turpin was appointed to Madrid’s 1-0 victory over Liverpool in the Champions League’s trophy decider in Paris two years ago, as Los Merengues lifted a record-extending 14th European title.
Meanwhile, Turpin has coincided with Bayern eight times. The Germans are also unbeaten in games overseen by the 41-year-old, winning five and drawing three.
His highest-profile assignment involving Bayern came in 2022/23, when he refereed the Bavarians’ 1-1 draw with eventual tournament winners Manchester City, in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
Before being handed the 2022 Champions League final, Turpin took charge of the 2021 Europa League final in Gdansk, where Villarreal defeated Manchester United on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
At international level, Turpin refereed five matches across the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, officiating Brazil’s last-16 victory over South Korea in Qatar. At the European Championship, he was part of the 2016 and 2020 refereeing teams, overseeing a total of four group-stage fixtures.
In the first leg of the 2023/24 Champions League
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