Neslihan Muratdağı becomes Turkey's first female VAR referee

Significant changes were made to the refereeing staff during the mid-season break of the 2024-25 season; Neslihan Muratdağı made history as Turkey's first female VAR referee.

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Neslihan Muratdağı becomes Turkey's first female VAR referee

The refereeing staff for the mid-season break of the 2024-25 football season has been announced.

Feridun Daldaş and Oğuzhan Uğurlu, who were on the Elite Referee list at the beginning of the season, were not included in the list for the new period.

The VAR (Video Assistant Referee) staff included notable names: Emre Malok, Neslihan Muratdağı, Onur Özütoprak, Özgür Yankaya, Alper Çetin, Erkan Engin, Mustafa İlker Coşkun, and Bülent Birincioğlu.

Among these changes, Neslihan Muratdağı wrote her name into history as Turkey's first female VAR referee.