Being a referee in any field is a risk sport; be in the world of soccer is reserved only for a few daring. The mission redoubles its danger if it is Spain, a country with strong football culture that usually leads to the personal field everything that happens in green.
The most recent episode with the harassment received by Munuera Montero after arbitrating the Osasuna-Real Madrid is another sample of Being collegiate in the Spanish championship is practically a recklessness.
Despite always being in the spotlight, the Spanish referees are the best considered in Europe. Not only do the reports issued by European organizations corroborate it, but also this fact is transferred at the salary level. And it is to be collegiate in Spain, However incredible it may seem, it is better paid than in the rest of the continent leagues …
Calculating the salary of a referee becomes a task with many asterisks. While before the roles were more simplified with a main collegiate, two line judges and a fourth referee, the professionalization of sport has brought more positions to occupy within the arbitration body. It has been the introduction of the VAR in the late last decade that has forced to see the functions of the members with figures such as the referee or assistant of said tool increased. It is expected, then, that the referees perceive a different amount depending on the position they occupy within the party.
The Spaniards, the ones who charge the most
Complications are not ended in different roles; An referee receives a base salary, but also packed a plus per arbitrated party, compensation for transfer, image rights … Not to mention that it can arbitrate matches in European competitions. The conditions are many, although a 'brand' report has collected these details within the framework of the Spanish referees.
According to the aforementioned rotary, The top category Spanish referee can receive from € 267,000 to € 300,000 annual gross as long as it directs a minimum of 20 games. The salary is distributed between € 167,000, € 4,830 per directed party, € 25,500 of image rights plus the costs per transfer they can receive. If international matches are also added to € 7,000 per meeting in the case of the Champions League – the salary shoots beyond € 300,000, higher quantities compared to the rest of the European leagues.
The Premier, the fourth behind Bundesliga and Series A
'La Gazzetta dello Sport' is responsible for collecting the rest of wages at European level of the five major leagues of the continent. In Germany, the referees can receive a total of € 194,000 annual gross as long as they run 20 games during the season. The fixed salary is € 87,000, almost half compared to Spain, although the remuneration for each match is higher than that of the Spanish collegiate, € 5,800.
Series A is the third in discord; With an annual salary close to € 159,000, Italian members perceive slightly more than the English. And is that, Despite being the championship with better economic conditions among all teams, an referee of the Premier League wins about € 157,000 every year that remain really far from leagues like the German or the Spanish. Ligue 1, with € 145,000 of annual salary, closes a ranking that must always be adapted based on the role of each collegiate within the match.
Being a soccer referee has a defined professional horizon; If a good job on the pitch is done, the future can bring arbitrate in the highest category and perceive more money annually.
Despite being an economic profession, the latest episodes related to harassment received by Munuera Montero after arbitrating the Osasuna-Real Madrid show that being a referee is also a risk profession.
Condemn any offensive or dangerous attitude for referees is necessary, although to the same extent it is also self -critical from the arbitration collectivesomething that seems that it costs to enter the CTA no matter how much the years go by …
