title: Heinz Fahnler
text: # Heinz Fahnler
  
  Heinz Fahnler (10 August 1942 – 17 September 2008) was an Austrian football referee.
  
  ## Refereeing career
  
  Fahnler passed his referee exam in 1962, and in 1976 he became a referee in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. Two years later, Fahnler was appointed as a FIFA referee.
  
  In 1984, Fahnler was selected as a referee for UEFA Euro 1984, where he officiated a group stage match between Portugal and Romania.
  
  Fahnler served as a UEFA delegate from 1990 until 2008, when he suffered a heart attack and died in Madrid before his role as a delegate for the UEFA Champions League match between Real Madrid and BATE Borisov.
  
  