2026 FIFA World Cup officials

The following is a list of match officials (referees, assistant referees, and video assistant referees) who will officiate at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and United States.

Referees and assistant referees

On April 9, 2026, FIFA announced the list of 52 referees, 88 assistant referees, and 30 video assistant referees for the tournament. ^{[1] [2]}

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees	Matches assigned	Fourth official
AFC	Omar Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)	Mohamed Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
	Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)	Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar) Saud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar)
	Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)	Mohammed Al-Bakry (Saudi Arabia)
	Alireza Faghani (Australia)	George Lakrindis (Australia) James Lindsay (Australia)
	Ma Ning (China)	Zhou Fei (China)
	Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)	Mohammad Al-Kalaf (Jordan) Ahmad Al-Roalle (Jordan)
	Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)	Timur Gaynullin (Uzbekistan) Andrey Tsapenko (Uzbekistan)
	Yusuke Araki (Japan)	Jun Mihara (Japan)
CAF	Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)	Elvis Noupue (Cameroon)
	Pierre Atcho (Gabon)	Boris Ditsoga (Gabon) Amos Abeigne Ndong (Gabon)
	Dahane Beida (Mauritania)	Jerson Emiliano dos Santos (Angola)
	Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)	Mokrane Gourari (Algeria) Abbes Akram Zerhouni (Algeria)
	Jalal Jayed (Morocco)	Zakaria Brinsi (Morocco) Mostafa Akarkad (Morocco)
	Amin Omar (Egypt)	Mahmoud Abouregal (Egypt) Ahmed Hossam Taha (Egypt)
	Abongile Tom (South Africa)	Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
CONCACAF	Iván Barton (El Salvador)	David Morán (El Salvador) Henry Pupiro (Nicaragua)
	Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)	Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica)
	Ismail Elfath (United States)	Corey Parker (United States) Kyle Atkins (United States)
	Oshane Nation (Jamaica)	Caleb Wales (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Drew Fischer (Canada)	Lyes Arfa (Canada) Micheal Barwegen (Canada)
	Katia Itzel García (Mexico)	Sandra Ramírez (Mexico)
	Saíd Martínez (Honduras)	Walter López (Honduras) Christian Ramírez (Honduras)
	Tori Penso (United States)	Kathryn Nesbitt (United States) Brooke Mayo (United States)
	César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)	Alberto Morín (Mexico) Marco Bisguerra (Mexico)
CONMEBOL	Ramon Abatti (Brazil)	Rafael Alves (Brazil) Danilo Manis (Brazil)
	Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay)	Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay) Milcíades Saldívar (Paraguay)
	Raphael Claus (Brazil)	Rodrigo Figueiredo (Brazil)
	Yael Falcón (Argentina)	Facundo Rodríguez (Argentina) Maximiliano Del Yesso (Argentina)
	Cristián Garay (Chile)	José Retamal (Chile) Miguel Rocha (Chile)
	Darío Herrera (Argentina)	Cristian Navarro (Argentina)
	Kevin Ortega (Peru)	Michael Orué (Peru)
	Andrés Rojas (Colombia)	Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)
	Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)	Bruno Boschilia (Brazil) Bruno Pires (Brazil)
	Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)	Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay) Carlos Barreiro (Uruguay)
	Facundo Tello (Argentina)	Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
	Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)	Jorge Urrego (Venezuela) Tulio Moreno (Venezuela)
OFC	Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)	Isaac Trevis (New Zealand)
UEFA	Espen Eskås (Norway)	Jan Erik Engan (Norway) Isaak Bashevkin (Norway)
	Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)	Jose Enrique Naranjo Perez (Spain) Diego Sánchez Rojo (Spain)
	István Kovács (Romania)	Mihai Marius Marica (Romania) Ferencz Tunyogi (Romania)
	François Letexier (France)	Cyril Mugnier (France) Mehdi Rahmouni (France)
	Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)	Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands) Jan de Vries (Netherlands)
	Szymon Marciniak (Poland)	Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Adam Kupsik (Poland)
	Maurizio Mariani (Italy)	Daniele Bindoni (Italy) Alberto Tegoni (Italy)
	Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)	Mahbod Beigi (Sweden) Andreas Söderkvist (Sweden)
	Michael Oliver (England)	Stuart Burt (England) James Mainwaring (England)
	João Pinheiro (Portugal)	Bruno Jesus (Portugal) Luciano Maia (Portugal)
	Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)	Stéphane De Almeida (Switzerland)
	Anthony Taylor (England)	Gary Beswick (England) Adam Nunn (England)
	Clément Turpin (France)	Nicolas Danos (France) Benjamin Pagès (France)
	Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)	Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia) Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia)
	Felix Zwayer (Germany)	Robert Kempter (Germany) Christian Dietz (Germany)

Video assistant referees

Confederation	Video assistant referee
AFC	Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
	Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)
	Shaun Evans (Australia)
	Fu Ming (China)
CAF	Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)
	Hamza El Fariq (Morocco)
CONCACAF	Joe Dickerson (United States)
	Armando Villarreal (United States)
	Erick Miranda (Mexico)
	Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)
CONMEBOL	Juan Lara (Chile)
	Hernán Mastrangelo (Argentina)
	Antonio García (Uruguay)
	Leodán González (Uruguay)
	Juan Soto (Venezuela)
	Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
	Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
UEFA	Jérôme Brisard (France)
	Bastian Dankert (Germany)
	Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
	Marco Di Bello (Italy)
	Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
	Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)
	Jarred Gillett (England)
	Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
	Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
	Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)
	Fedayi San (Switzerland)

References

1. "Match officials appointed for World Cup 2026". FIFA. April 9, 2026. Retrieved April 9, 2026.
2. "Match officials appointed for World Cup 2026" (PDF). FIFA. April 9, 2026. Retrieved April 9, 2026.

External links

• List of match officials