FALSE: This video of player fighting referee during a football match is not from Rumbek, South Sudan

The video is from September, 2016 and was taken in Zimbabwe and not South Sudan as alleged

A video posted on Facebook claiming to show a footballer fighting a referee during a match at Rumbek, South Sudan is False. 

The video shared online on October 31, 2022 alleged that a player in Rumbek fought a match referee after being red carded.

“A football referee was beaten by a player in Rumbek after issuing him a straight red card.

According to the player, he says the referee was against him for nothing,” reads the caption of the post we are fact-checking.

However, we performed a keyword search on Google and established that the video was recorded in Zimbabwe and first went viral in September, 2016.

The video was taken from a Southern Division One league match pitting Victoria Falls Tigers against Amagagasi.

Trouble began when the referee gave a Victoria Tigers’ player matching orders, only for the latter to descend on him with punches, forcing the match official to retaliate.

211 Check has examined a videoposted on Facebook claiming to show a footballer fighting the match referee during an ongoing game at Rumbek, South Sudan and finds it to be False

This fact check was published by 211 Check with support from Code for Africa’s PesaCheck and the African Fact-Checking Alliance.