Markus Merk (born 15 March 1962) is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit) in recognition of his service to football and his charity work in India. He ended his career by refereeing the match between Bayern Munich and Hertha BSC Berlin on the last day of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season on 17 May 2008. He was ranked the best referee by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 2004, 2005 and 2008. He is currently a pundit for Sky Deutschland and was the main referee commentator of the Turkish football channel Lig TV (which had the rights of the Turkish Super League) in the 2010–2011 season. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article GamesComments (0)Country refs----All games in Database----Champions League 1994/1995Champions League 1996/1997Champions League 1997/1998Champions League 1998/1999Champions League 1999/2000Euro 2000Champions League 2000/2001Champions League 2001/2002World Cup 2002Champions League 2002/2003Confederations Cup 2003Bundesliga 2003/2004Champions League 2003/2004Euro 2004Bundesliga 2004/2005Champions League 2004/2005Bundesliga 2005/2006Champions League 2005/2006World Cup 2006Champions League 2006/20072. Bundesliga 2006/2007Bundesliga 2006/2007Euro Qualifying 2008DFB-Pokal 2006/2007Friendlies 2007Russian Premier League 2007Bundesliga 2007/20082. Bundesliga 2007/2008Champions League 2007/2008----- by Federation -----UEFA FIFA Germany Russia Filter team: GoList of games of referee Markus Merk Games on databaseFoulsCardsPenAtte 17-May-08Bundesliga M.34Bayern 4:1 Hertha 24 69000 10Bundesliga M.33E Cottbus 2:0 Hamburg 371 22746 03Bundesliga M.31Stuttgart 4:1 Frankfurt 301 55500 26-Apr-08Bundesliga M.30Bochum 1:1 Duisburg 391 20000 13Bundesliga M.28Bayern 5:0 Dortmund 242 69000 05Bundesliga M.27Wolfsburg 3:2 Hannover 382 29322 30-Mar-08Bundesliga M.26E Cottbus 2:1 Hertha 514 1 20746 08Bundesliga M.23Duisburg 1:1 Rostock 424 20206 01Bundesliga M.22Werder 2:0 Dortmund 386 42100 23-Feb-08Bundesliga M.21Stuttgart 3:1 Karlsruhe 402 55800 17Bundesliga M.20Hannover 0:3 Bayern 354 49000 15-Dec-07Bundesliga M.17Hertha 0:0 Bayern 242 74220 12Champions 1st Phase Group G - M.6PSV 0:1 Inter 261 35100 08Bundesliga M.16Stuttgart 3:1 Wolfsburg 372 53000 02Bundesliga M.15Duisburg 1:0 Nürnberg 381 20313 17-Nov-07Euro 08 Qual Group C - M.17Norway 1:2 Türkiye 203 24080 10Bundesliga M.13Rostock 3:2 E Cottbus 371 20000 06Champions 1st Phase Group A - M.4Liverpool 8:0 Beşiktaş 261 41143 03Bundesliga M.12Hamburg 2:1 Hertha 22 56493 28-Oct-07Bundesliga M.11Dortmund 0:0 Bayern 454 80708 212. Bundesliga M.10TSV 1860 0:3 Fürth 7 1 60000 06Bundesliga M.9Stuttgart 0:2 Hannover 293 1 1 49000 03Champions 1st Phase Group D - M.2Celtic 2:1 Milan 365 1 58642 29-Sep-07Bundesliga M.8Werder 8:1 Bielefeld 302 40120 22Bundesliga M.6E Cottbus 1:2 Wolfsburg 272 15269 15Bundesliga M.5Leverkusn 2:0 Bochum 394 1 22500 12Euro 08 Qual Group A - M.14Portugal 1:1 Serbia 321 47000 02Bundesliga M.4Karlsruhe 1:0 Stuttgart 454 27800 26-Aug-07Bundesliga M.3Frankfurt 1:0 Rostock 362 44000 18Bundesliga M.2Werder 0:4 Bayern 482 1 42100 01-Jun-07Friendlies England 1:1 Brazil 38 88745 26-May-07RFPL M.11CSKA 2:0 Zenit 385 15000 19Bundesliga M.34Mgladbach 0:2 Bochum 255 50001 12Bundesliga M.33Werder 1:2 Frankfurt 253 42100 05Bundesliga M.32Wolfsburg 0:2 Dortmund 32 30000 28-Apr-07Bundesliga M.31Aachen 0:4 Hertha 273 1 20800 25Champions Semifinals - M.11Chelsea 1:0 Liverpool 281 39483 21Bundesliga M.30Stuttgart 2:0 Bayern 423 56000 13Bundesliga M.29Mgladbach 0:1 Hamburg 321 53500 31-Mar-07Bundesliga M.27Stuttgart 3:1 Aachen 253 43000 24Euro 08 Qual Group G - M.8Nth lands 0:0 Romania 5 49000 17Bundesliga M.26Wolfsburg 3:1 Bochum 374 15743 11Bundesliga M.25Bayern 1:1 Werder 433 69000 03Bundesliga M.24Frankfurt 2:0 Hannover 271 40038 28-Feb-07DFB-Pokal Rounds - M.4Stuttgart 2:0 Hertha 32000 24Bundesliga M.23E Cottbus 2:1 Bielefeld 295 12227 182. Bundesliga M.22TSV 1860 2:2 Duisburg 2 1 32200 04Bundesliga M.20Dortmund 0:1 Stuttgart 322 63600 28-Jan-07Bundesliga M.18Werder 3:0 Hannover 313 1 42100 212. Bundesliga M.18Köln 1:1 Augsburg 2 43000 17-Dec-06Bundesliga M.17Dortmund 1:2 Leverkusn 31 66155 09Bundesliga M.16Stuttgart 1:0 Bochum 292 48000 06Champions 1st Phase Group G - M.6Porto 0:0 Arsenal 22 41500 02Bundesliga M.15Bayern 1:1 Mgladbach 242 69000 18-Nov-06Bundesliga M.13Aachen 2:2 Werder 343 20800 11Bundesliga M.12Leverkusn 2:3 Bayern 272 22500 04Bundesliga M.10Wolfsburg 1:0 Hamburg 403 25623 31-Oct-06Champions 1st Phase Group C - M.4Liverpool 3:0 Bordeaux 321 1 41978 272. 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