Manfred Amerell (born 25 February 1947 in Munich; died between the 6[1] and 11 December 2012)[2] was a German football Official and Referee.
At the same time, he directed soccer games in the youth and amateur divisions, where he was able to qualify for higher positions.
A highlight of his career was directing the 1994 DFB-Pokal between SV Werder Bremen and Rot-Weiss Essen.
In this position, he repeatedly criticized the player's lack of respect for referee decisions[3] and what he believed to be inappropriate behaviour by club officials on the side lines, to which he spoke of "hypocrites on the bench" who would contribute to a "brutalization" of soccer.
[4] For the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, Amerell commented on current referee decisions in the "Nach-Spiel" column.
[9] On 9 February 2010, Amerell announced that he was leaving position in the DFB office for health reasons; he also gave up his work on the board of the Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband (SFV).
The court stated that there were documents and interrogation records from which violations of his official duties could be proven.