Who Are the Referees at FIFA World Cup 2026? 52 Referees, 88 Assistants & 30 VAR Officials, All 170 Officials
FIFA has officially announced the list of match officials for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be held from June 11 to July 19, 2026 across Canada, Mexico, and the United States.A total of 52 referees, 88 assistant referees, and 30 video match officials (VAR) have been selected to officiate the tournament.
FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Officials: 52 Referees, 88 Assistants & 30 VAR Officials
Referees (52)
Abdulrahman Al Jassim (Qatar)
Khalid Al Turais (Saudi Arabia)
Yusuke Araki (Japan)
Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)
Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
Ivan Barton (Slovakia)
Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
Juan Gabriel Benitez (Paraguay)
Juan Calderon (Costa Rica)
Raphael Claus (Brazil)
Ismail Elfath (USA)
Espen Eskås (Norway)
Alireza Faghani (Australia)
Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)
Drew Fischer (Canada)
Cristian Garay (Chile)
Katia García (Mexico)
Mustapha Ghorbani (Algeria)
Alejandro Hernández (Spain)
Dario Herrera (Argentina)
Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
István Kovács (Romania)
François Letexier (France)
Ma Ning (China)
Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Héctor Said Martínez (Honduras)
Amin Mohamed (Egypt)
Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Michael Oliver (England)
Mohammed Omar Al Ali (UAE)
Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Tori Penso (USA)
Joao Pinheiro (Portugal)
Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
Cesar Ramos (Mexico)
Andres Rojas (Colombia)
Sandro Schaerer (Switzerland)
Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Anthony Taylor (England)
Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
Facundo Tello (Argentina)
Abongile Tom (South Africa)
Clément Turpin (France)
Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Video Match Officials (VAR – 30)
Jerome Brisard (France)
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Marco Di Bello (Italy)
Joe Dickerson (USA)
Shaun Evans (Australia)
Fu Ming (China)
Nicolas Gallo (Colombia)
Antonio García (Uruguay)
Jarred Gillett (England)
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Juan Lara (Chile)
Hernan Mastrangelo (Argentina)
Erick Miranda (Mexico)
Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico)
Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)
Armando Villarreal (USA)
Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)
Hamza El Fariq (Morocco)
Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)
Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
Muhammad Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Sivakorn Pu-Udom (Thailand)
Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)
Tatianna Guzmán (Nicaragua)
Assistant Referees (88)
1. Amos Abeigne (Gabon)
2. Mahmoud Abouelregal (Egypt)
3. Mostafa Akarkad (Morocco)
4. Mohammed Al Abakry (Saudi Arabia)
5. Mohamed Al Hammadi (UAE)
6. Mohammad Al Kalaf (Jordan)
7. Saoud Al Maqaleh (Qatar)
8. Taleb Al Marri (Qatar)
9. Ahmad Al Roalle (Jordan)
10. Rafael Alves (Brazil)
11. Lyes Arfa (Algeria)
12. Kyle Atkins (USA)
13. Carlos Barreiro (Uruguay)
14. Micheal Barwegen (Canada)
15. Isaak Bashevkin (Norway)
16. Mahbod Beigi (Sweden)
17. Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
18. Gary Beswick (England)
19. Daniele Bindoni (Italy)
20. Marco Bisguerra (Mexico)
21. Bruno Boschilia (Brazil)
22. Zakaria Brinsi (Algeria)
23. Stuart Burt (England)
24. Bruno Pires (Brazil)
25. Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)
26. Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
27. Nicolas Danos (France)
28. Stephane De Almeida (Switzerland)
29. Jan De Vries (Netherlands)
30. Maximiliano Del Yesso (Argentina)
31. Christian Dietz (Germany)
32. Boris Ditsoga (Gabon)
33. Jan Erik Engan (Norway)
34. Rodrigo Figueiredo (Brazil)
35. Timur Gaynullin (Uzbekistan)
36. Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)
37. Alexander Guzman (Colombia)
38. Ahmed Hossam Taha (Egypt)
39. Bruno Jesus (Portugal)
40. Jerson Santos (Angola)
41. Robert Kempter (Germany)
42. Tomaz Klancnik (Slovenia)
43. Andraz Kovacic (Slovenia)
44. Adam Kupsik (Poland)
45. George Lakrindis (Australia)
46. James Lindsay (Australia)
47. Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
48. Walter Lopez (Honduras)
49. Luciano Maia (Portugal)
50. Danilo Manis (Brazil)
51. James Mainwaring (England)
52. Mihai Marica (Romania)
53. Brooke Mayo (USA)
54. Jun Mihara (Japan)
55. Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica)
56. David Moran (El Salvador)
57. Tulio Moreno (Venezuela)
58. Alberto Morin (Mexico)
59. Cyril Mugnier (France)
60. Cristian Navarro (Argentina)
61. Kathryn Nesbitt (USA)
62. Elvis Noupue (Cameroon)
63. Adam Nunn (England)
64. Michael Orue (Peru)
65. Benjamin Pages (France)
66. Corey Parker (USA)
67. Antonio Pupiro (Nicaragua)
68. Mehdi Rahmouni (France)
69. Christian Ramirez (Honduras)
70. Sandra Ramirez (Mexico)
71. Jose Retamal (Chile)
72. Miguel Rocha (Chile)
73. Facundo Rodriguez (Argentina)
74. Milciades Saldivar (Paraguay)
75. Diego Sanchez (Spain)
76. Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
77. Andreas Söderkvist (Sweden)
78. Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands)
79. Nicolas Taran (Uruguay)
80. Alberto Tegoni (Italy)
81. Isaac Trevis (New Zealand)
82. Andrey Tsapenko (Uzbekistan)
83. Ferencz Tunyogi (Romania)
84. Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)
85. Caleb Wales (Trinidad & Tobago)
86. Abbes Akram Zerhouni (Algeria)
87. Fei Zhou (China)
88. José Enrique Naranjo (Spain)
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