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Gottfried Dienst was a Swiss association football referee. He was mostly known as the referee of the 1966 FIFA World Cup final.
Carlos Arecio Amarilla Demarqui is a football referee from Paraguay. Amarilla has been a referee since 1997 and his first international game was between Uruguay and Ecuador. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup he took charge of the opening Group E match between the United States and the Czech Republic, and the Group G match between Switzerland and Togo. Amarilla was not chosen to officiate Knockout Round matches.
Massimo Busacca is a Swiss former football referee, who is FIFA Director of Refereeing, overseeing the protection of football’s core values and the continuous improvement of the game through the development of match officials and referee coaches. He lives in Monte Carasso, Ticino, Switzerland, near Bellinzona.
Bruno Galler is a retired football referee from Switzerland. He refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He also refereed the Cup Winners final on 9 May 1990, at Gothenborg, and the European Football Championship final on 26 June 1992, also at Gothenborg.
André Daina is a retired Swiss football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. He also refereed one match in the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship in France. He refereed a European Cup semi-final leg in 1984 and the European Cup final in 1985.
Rudolf Scheurer was a football (soccer) referee from Bettlach, most remembered for supervising four matches at the FIFA World Cup: two in 1970 and 1974. During his peak times, Scheurer was a high-profile referee: In 1970, he was nominated as linesman in the final between Brazil and Italy. In 1974, he was awarded the opening game. Scheurer also whistled in 1970 and 1974 World Cup qualifiers, UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying, and many European club competition matches. After he retired from his active career, Scheurer served as chief of the Swiss soccer referees. He died on November 1, 2015.
Nikolaj Haenni is a Swiss football referee. He refereed his first match in the Swiss Super League on 18 August 2007, when he officiated between F.C. St. Gallen and Neuchâtel Xamax. He has been a FIFA-listed referee since 2011, and is a UEFA category 3 referee.
Sergei Gennadyevich Karasev is a Russian international referee.
Slavko Vinčić is a Slovenian football referee. He has been an international-listed referee for FIFA since 2010. Vinčić went to UEFA Euro 2012 as additional assistant in the team of Damir Skomina. Additionally, Vinčić refereed the 2024 UEFA Champions League final at Wembley Stadium.
Esther Staubli is a Swiss football referee. German-speaking Staubli is 168 cm tall and has been on the FIFA International Referees List since 2006. An agronomist by trade, Staubli also lectures in a university.
Rita Binti Gani is a Malaysian association football referee. A corporal in the Royal Malaysia Police force, she began officiating in 2004 and was added to the FIFA international list of referees in 2006. She was voted the AFC Woman Referee of the Year in 2014 after officiating six matches in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Vietnam including the semi-final between Australia and South Korea.
Stephan Klossner is a Swiss professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2012.
Alain Bieri is a Swiss professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2011.
Adrien Jaccottet is a Swiss lawyer and former professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2012.
Sandro Schärer is a Swiss professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2015.
Walter Hungerbühler was a Swiss football referee.
Manuel Schüttengruber is an Austrian football referee who officiates in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. He has been a FIFA referee since 2014, and is ranked as a UEFA first category referee.
Daniel Bogdan Stefański is a Polish football referee who officiates in the Ekstraklasa. He has been a FIFA referee since 2013, and is ranked as a UEFA first category referee.
Jérôme Brisard is a French football referee who officiates in Ligue 1. He has been a FIFA referee since 2018, and is ranked as a UEFA first category referee.
Marco Di Bello is an Italian football referee who officiates in Serie A. He has been a FIFA referee since 2018, and is ranked as a UEFA first category referee.
