Matt Stevic

Australian rules football field umpire

Australian rules footballer

Matt Stevic
Stevic in April 2018
Personal information
Full name	Matt Stevic
Date of birth	(1979-11-12) 12 November 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Leongatha, Victoria
Umpiring career
Years	League	Role	Games
2004–present	AFL	Field umpire	449
Career highlights
AFL Debut 2004 2012 AFL Grand Final 2014 AFL Grand Final 2015 AFL Grand Final 2016 AFL Grand Final 2017 AFL Grand Final 2018 AFL Grand Final 2019 AFL Grand Final 2020 AFL Grand Final 2021 AFL Grand Final 2022 AFL Grand Final 2023 AFL Grand Final

Matt Stevic (born 12 November 1979) is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has umpired 449 career games in the AFL, which has him sitting currently at number 4 on the All-time Games umpired list. The 449 games includes eleven grand finals.^[1] Stevic was born in Leongatha, Victoria. He made his debut umpiring his first match in the AFL in Round 1, 2004, between the Western Bulldogs and the West Coast Eagles at the Telstra Dome, and he has since umpired internationally.^{[citation needed]}

He used to teach physical education, business management and geography at secondary schools, including Melbourne Grammar, Scotch College and Xavier College.

Stevic umpired his first grand final alongside Brett Rosebury and Simon Meredith, which was the 2012 AFL Grand Final; after not being selected in 2013, he umpired in every grand final from 2014 until 2023. Since the 2023 grand final, his eleventh, he has held the outright record for most VFL/AFL grand finals umpired, surpassing the long-standing record held by Jack Elder.^[2]^[3] As of the end of the 2023 season, he has umpired a total of 57 finals matches in his career, also a VFL/AFL record.^[4]

Stevic studied applied science (sport coaching and administration) at Deakin University with a major in sport coaching.^[5]

Footnotes

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^ AFLUA Statistics Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, aflua.com.au. Accessed on 19 January 2010.
^ "Matt Stevic". Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ Waterworth, Ben (27 September 2023). "Matt Stevic to break 101-year record, two debutants named as AFL Grand Final umpires revealed". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "Field umpires". Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "Best on ground – AFL Grand Final, 2012". Deakin Life. Deakin University. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.