2026 FIFA World Cup: List of all Referees, Assistant Referees & VAR Officials

The World Cup campaign will begin on June 11.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, football’s most prestigious competition, is set to kick off in less than two weeks. The grandest sporting spectacle will begin on June 11, with fans and nations ready for the ultimate footballing tournament.

The 2026 edition will be co-hosted by the USA, Mexico and Canada, marking the first time the competition has been hosted by three nations simultaneously. It will also see the World Cup’s return to North American soil for the first time since 1994.

With the tournament set to get underway, FIFA has announced the official list of main referees, assistant referees and video match officials. The 2026 campaign will have a record 48 teams, instead of the traditional 32. This has led to the total number of matches being raised from 94 to 104.

This has resulted in FIFA appointing 170 match officials, the highest number to be involved for a single World Cup edition. The increase is said to have arisen from meeting the structural demands of running matches across three different host nations.

List for all match officials for the FIFA World Cup 2026

Referees (52)

• Ahmad Al Ali (UAE)
• Abdulrahman Al Jassim (QAT)
• Adham Al Mukhadmeh (JOR)
• Khalid Al Turais (KSA)
• Yusuke Araki (JPN)
• Omar Abdulkadir Artan (SOM)
• Pierre Atcho (GAB)
• Ivan Barton (SLV)
• Dahane Beida (MTN)
• Juan Gabriel Benítez (PAR)
• Juan Calderón (CRC)
• Raphael Claus (BRA)
• Ismail Elfath (USA)
• Espen Eskås (NOR)
• Alireza Faghani (AUS)
• Yael Falcón Pérez (ARG)
• Drew Fischer (CAN)
• Cristian Garay (CHI)
• Katia García (MEX)
• Mustapha Ghorbal (ALG)
• Alejandro Hernández (ESP)
• Darío Herrera (ARG)
• Jalal Jayed (MAR)
• Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (NZL)
• István Kovács (ROU)
• François Letexier (FRA)
• Ma Ning (CHN)
• Danny Makkelie (NED)
• Szymon Marciniak (POL)
• Maurizio Mariani (ITA)
• Héctor Said Martínez (HON)
• Amin Mohamed (EGY)
• Oshane Nation (JAM)
• Glenn Nyberg (SWE)
• Michael Oliver (ENG)
• Al Ali Omar (UAE)
• Kevin Ortega (PER)
• Irfan Peljto (BIH)
• Tori Penso (USA)
• João Pinheiro (POR)
• César Ramos (MEX)
• Andrés Rojas (COL)
• Wilton Sampaio (BRA)
• José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
• Sandro Schärer (SUI)
• Ilgiz Tantashev (UZB)
• Anthony Taylor (ENG)
• Gustavo Tejera (URU)
• Facundo Tello (ARG)
• Abongile Tom (RSA)
• Clément Turpin (FRA)
• Jesús Valenzuela (VEN)
• Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
• Felix Zwayer (GER)

Assistant Referees (88)

• Ramon Abatti (BRA)
• Mohammed Abdulhamid (KSA)
• Al-Khaf Abdulrahman (OMA)
• Mahmoud Abdulrazzaq (EGY)
• Mahmoud Abouelregal (EGY)
• Al-Rashaile Ahmed (JOR)
• Mohammed Al Hammadi (UAE)
• Saoud Al MaqaleH (QAT)
• Taleb Al Marri (QAT)
• Ahmed Al Refaei (KSA)
• Mustapha Akankad (MAR)
• Lyes Arfa (CAN)
• Kyle Atkins (USA)
• Carlos Barreiro (URU)
• Michael Barragán (CHI)
• Isak Bashevkin (NOR)
• Christian Borsch (GER)
• Boschilia Bruno (BRA) [Note: Bruno Boschilia]
• Pires Bruno (BRA) [Note: Bruno Pires]
• Stuart Burt (ENG)
• Eduardo Cardoso (PAR)
• Gabriel Chade (ARG)
• Manis Danilo (BRA) [Note: Danilo Manis]
• Nicolas Danos (FRA)
• Stéphane De Almeida (SUI)
• Jan De Vries (NED)
• Maximiliano Del Yesso (ARG)
• Christian Dietz (GER)
• Boris Ditsiouga (GAB)
• Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
• Rodrigo Figueredo (PAR)
• Timur Gaynullin (UZB)
• Mokrane Gourari (ALG)
• Alexander Guzmán (COL)
• Taha Ahmed Hossam (EGY)
• Santos Jerson (ANG) [Note: Jerson Santos]
• Bruno Jésus (POR)
• Robert Keeble (ENG)
• Al-Marri Khamis (QAT)
• Sacha Klopfenstein (SUI)
• David Knechtli (SUI)
• Andraž Kovačič (SVN)
• George Lakrindis (AUS)
• Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
• Walter López (HON)
• Luciano Maia (POR)
• James Mainwaring (ENG)
• Mihai Marica (ROU)
• Brooke Mayo (USA)
• Jun Mihara (JPN)
• Juan Carlos Mora (CRC)
• David Moran (SLV)
• Tobías Moreno (VEN)
• Alberto Morin (MEX)
• Cyril Mugnier (FRA)
• José Enrique Naranjo Pérez (ESP)
• Cristian Navarro (ARG)
• Kathryn Nesbitt (USA)
• Elvis Noupoue (CMR)
• Adam Nunn (ENG)
• Michael Ortiz (PER)
• Benjamin Pages (FRA)
• Corey Parker (USA)
• Antony Pupiro (NCA)
• Alves Rafael (BRA) [Note: Rafael Alves]
• Mahdi Rahmouni (FRA)
• Jose Ramirez (HON)
• Sandra Ramirez (MEX)
• José Retamal (CHI)
• Miguel Rocha (CHI)
• Facundo Rodríguez (ARG)
• Milciades Saldivar (PAR)
• Diego Sánchez (ESP)
• Zakhele Siwela (RSA)
• Andreas Söderkvist (SWE)
• Hessel Stegstra (NED)
• Nicolás Tarán (URU)
• Alberto Tegoni (ITA)
• Isaac Trevis (NZL)
• Andrey Tsapenko (UZB)
• Ferenc Tunyogi (ROU)
• Jorge Urrego (VEN)
• Caleb Wales (TRI)
• Abbas Akram Zerhouni (ALG)
• Fei Zhou (CHN)

Video Match Officials (30)

• Khamis Al-Marri (QAT)
• Abdullah Alshehri (KSA)
• Mahmoud Ashour (EGY)
• Ivan Bebek (CRO)
• Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
• Bastian Dankert (GER)
• Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
• Marco Di Bello (ITA)
• Joe Dickerson (USA)
• Rob Dieperink (NED)
• Hamza El Fathi (MAR)
• Shaun Evans (AUS)
• Ming Fu (CHN)
• Nicolás Gallo (COL)
• Antonio García (URU)
• Jarred Gillett (ENG)
• Leodán González (URU)
• Tatiana Guzmán (NCA)
• Dennis Higler (NED)
• Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
• Juan Lara (CHI)
• Hernán Mastrangelo (ARG)
• Erick Miranda (MEX)
• Obaid Khadim Mohammed (UAE)
• Mahdi Rahmouni (FRA)
• Fedayi San (SUI)
• Juan Soto (VEN)
• Rodolpho Toski (BRA)
• Bram Van Driessche (BEL)
• Armando Villarreal (USA)

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