The match official has admitted that the charges are, in essence, true.
The German Football Federation (DFB) had said he was under suspicion of rigging a Hamburg SV cup match last year. The DFB investigation has now been widened to include five more matches Hoyzer was involved in.
“Referees are guarantors for impartiality and fair play and for ensuring that matches are conducted impeccably,” said FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter.
“They therefore have greater moral and ethical responsibilities. FIFA is deeply concerned that a promising young referee has violated those requirements in the worst possible manner, as well as by the fact that his actions went undetected for so long.”
In a letter to the German football association (DFB), the FIFA president said: “The 2006 FIFA World Cup is just over a year away and German football, and with it the DFB, are now in the spotlight. The burden is therefore on the DFB to continue to give their full support to the investigating authorities and to pursue their inquiries within the association itself.
FIFA will hold its first referees’ workshop and training course ahead of the World Cup, near Frankfurt from February 12 to 16 - a little over a year before the final competition itself.
As well as working on their physical fitness and being asked to undergo a rigorous fitness test, the officials will also be advised on how to handle attempts to place them under pressure and illegal approaches from third parties.
FIFA says it will use this workshop to take preventive measures to counter any possible attempts to fix matches.
