FIFA World Cup referees

FIFA World Cup referees are FIFA international referees who officiate at the FIFA World Cup matches.

World Cup Final Match Officials

YearRefereeAssistant RefereesReserve Referees and Assistant RefereesVideo Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs
1930
[1]

John Langenus

Ulises Saucedo

Henri Christophe
Reserve Referees
since 1994


Reserve Assistant Referees
since 2006
Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs
since 2018
1934
[2]

Ivan Eklind

Louis Baert

Mihály Ivanicsics
1938
[3]

Georges Capdeville

Hans Wüthrich

Augustin Krist
1954
[4]

William Ling

Vincenzo Orlandini

Sandy Griffiths
1958
[5]

Maurice Guigue

Albert Dusch

Juan Gardeazábal Garay
1962
[6]

Nikolay Latyshev

Leo Horn

Bobby Davidson
1966
[7]

Gottfried Dienst

Tofiq Bahramov

Karol Galba
1970
[8]

Rudi Glöckner

Rudolf Scheurer

Ángel Coerezza
1974
[9]

Jack Taylor

Alfonso González Archundía

Ramón Barreto Ruiz
1978
[10]

Sergio Gonella

Ramón Barreto Ruiz

Erich Linemayr
1982
[11]

Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

Abraham Klein

Vojtech Christov
1986
[12]

Romualdo Arppi Filho

Erik Fredriksson

Berny Ulloa Morera
1990
[13]

Edgardo Codesal Méndez

Armando Pérez Hoyos

Michał Listkiewicz
1994
[14]

Sándor Puhl

Venancio Zárate Vázquez

Mohammad Fanaei

Francisco Lamolina
1998
[15]

Said Belqola

Mark Warren

Achmat Salie

Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid
2002
[16]

Pierluigi Collina

Leif Lindberg

Philip Sharp

Hugh Dallas
2006
[17]

Horacio Elizondo

Darío García

Rodolfo Otero

Luis Medina Cantalejo

Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco
2010
[18]

Howard Webb

Darren Cann

Michael Mullarkey

Yuichi Nishimura

Toru Sagara
2014
[19]

Nicola Rizzoli

Renato Faverani

Andrea Stefani

Carlos Vera Rodríguez

Christian Lescano
2018
Néstor Pitana

Hernán Maidana

Juan Pablo Belatti

Björn Kuipers

Erwin Zeinstra

Massimiliano Irrati

Mauro Vigliano

Carlos Astroza Cárdenas

Danny Makkelie

By Country

As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final, 33 countries have been represented in the officials body of the FIFA World Cup Final.

CountryTotalRefereesAssistant
Referees
Reserve RefereesReserve Assistant RefereesVARsAssistant VARs
 Argentina9251001
 England7340000
 Italy7330010
 Belgium4130000
 Netherlands4011101
 Spain3011100
 Sweden3120000
  Switzerland3120000
 Brazil2200000
 Czechoslovakia2020000
 Ecuador2001100
 France2200000
 Hungary2110000
 Japan2001100
 Mexico2110000
 Scotland2011000
 Soviet Union2110000
 Uruguay2020000
 Austria1010000
 Bolivia1010000
 Chile1000001
 Colombia1010000
 Costa Rica1010000
 East Germany1100000
 Iran1010000
 Israel1010000
 Morocco1100000
 Paraguay1010000
 Poland1010000
 Saudi Arabia1001000
 South Africa1010000
 Wales1010000
 West Germany1010000
Totals:7520407413

By Confederation

ConfederationTotalRefereesAssistant
Referees
Reserve RefereesReserve Assistant RefereesVARsAssistant VARs
UEFA4714263211
CONMEBOL194102102
AFC4012100
CONCACAF3120000
CAF2110000
OFC0000000
Totals:7520407413

As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final,

  • 88% of match officials have come from the UEFA and CONMEBOL confederations.
  • 90% of referees have come from UEFA and CONMEBOL.
  • 90% of assistant referees have come from UEFA and CONMEBOL.
  • 60% of referees have come from five nations. These nations are: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, and Italy.
  • The AFC has never had a World Cup Final referee.
  • The OFC has never had a World Cup Final match official.
  • All 18 match officials between 1934 and 1966 came from UEFA.
  • Approximately 92.8% of match officials for the 2002 to 2018 finals have come from UEFA and CONMEBOL.

Number of matches

11 matches:

9 matches:

8 matches:

7 matches:

6 matches:

5 matches:

4 matches:

3 matches:

References

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