Background
She was born in Balıkesir on December 30, 1982. Her father Mehmet Özdemir was a football referee, who inspired her for her later career as referee.
She was born in Balıkesir on December 30, 1982. Her father Mehmet Özdemir was a football referee, who inspired her for her later career as referee.
She studied physical education and sports in Balıkesir University, becoming a teacher after graduation.
She is a teacher of physical education from profession. Referee
Koçbay began her referee career officially as an assistant referee in a match of the TFF Third League on October 20, 2007. She made her debut as a referee in the PAF League, the predecessor of A2 League, on February 17, 2007.
She officated a youth super league, (Turkish: Deplasmanlı Süper Gençler Ligi, DSGL), match for the first time on March 8, 2008.
She was promoted to officiate Turkish men"s reserve team league, called A2 Ligi, matches on September 20, 2010. Then on November 4, 2012, Koçbay served for the first.time as referee in the Regional Amateur League.
In September 2012, she officiated the friendly match between Turkey women"s national U-19 and Wales teams held in Turkey. Koçbay served as referee at two of the 2014 Union of European Football Associations Women"s Under-17 Championship qualification - Group 5 matches in October 2013.
She served as fourth official in the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup qualification – Union of European Football Associations Group 6 match of Turkey vs Belarus on September 17, 2014.
