Volker Roth

{{Short description|German football referee (1942–2025)}}

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| name = Volker Roth

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1942|2|1}}

| birth_place = Salzgitter, Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick, Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2025|2|17|1942|2|1}}

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| role1 = Referee

| league1 = Bundesliga

| years1 = 1972–1986

| internationalyears1 = 1978–1986

| confederation1 = FIFA-listed

| internationalrole1 = Referee

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Volker Roth (1 February 1942 – 17 February 2025) was a German football referee. He is mostly known for refereeing two matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. After retiring, he became a referee's advisor for UEFA.{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/datencenter/personen/volker-roth/schiedsrichter |title=Volker Roth |website=DFB.de |access-date=15 August 2018 |language=German}} Roth died on 17 February 2025, at the age of 83.{{cite news |title=DFB trauert um Volker Roth |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/dfb-trauert-um-volker-roth#error=login_required&state=f31f886f-df32-4e10-8416-f550e377b2a4 |access-date=18 February 2025 |publisher=DFB |date=18 February 2025}}