Vasile Avram, whose CCA is part of the Romanian Football Federation, is accused of receiving 19,000 euros from businessman Sorin-Ioan Terbea in exchange for appointing referees favourable to soccer team FCM Targu Mures.
He would be held for 29 days, officials said.
"Today, a Bucharest court decided to arrest Vasile Avram for bribe-taking and Sorin-Ioan Terbea for giving bribes for 29 days," Livia Saplacan, spokeswoman for the national anti-corruption prosecuting office (DNA) told Reuters.
The DNA said in a statement that on May 21, when he was acting as a supervisor for a first division match between FCM Targu-Mures and Universitatea Cluj, Avram received the money through two intermediaries to nominate referees for matches in the 2011-12 championship.
Avram's lawyers have appealed against his detention, local media reported.
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