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[]

Year	Referee	Assistant Referees	Reserve Referees and Assistant Referees	Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs
1930 ^[1]	Jean Langenus	Ulises Saucedo Jean Langenus	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.

Country	Total	Referees	Assistant Referees	Reserve Referees	Reserve Assistant Referees	VARs	Assistant VARs
Argentina	9	2	5	1	0	0	1
England	7	3	4	0	0	0	0
Italy	7	3	3	0	0	1	0
Belgium	4	1	3	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	4	0	1	1	1	0	1
Spain	3	0	1	1	1	0	0
Sweden	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
Switzerland	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
Brazil	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Czechoslovakia	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ecuador	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
France	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Japan	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mexico	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Scotland	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Soviet Union	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Austria	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bolivia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Chile	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Colombia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
East Germany	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Iran	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Israel	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Morocco	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Poland	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
South Africa	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wales	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
West Germany	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals:	75	20	40	7	4	1	3

By Confederation[]

Confederation	Total	Referees	Assistant Referees	Reserve Referees	Reserve Assistant Referees	VARs	Assistant VARs
UEFA	47	14	26	3	2	1	1
CONMEBOL	19	4	10	2	1	0	2
AFC	4	0	1	2	1	0	0
CONCACAF	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
CAF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
OFC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals:	75	20	40	7	4	1	3

World Cup Final Related Conclusions[]

Darren Cann

Néstor Pitana

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:

Ravshan Sayfiddinovich Irmatov (2010, 2014, 2018)

9 matches:

Néstor Pitana (2014, 2018)

8 matches:

Joël Quiniou (1986, 1990, 1994)
Benito Archundia Téllez (2006, 2010)
Jorge Larrionda Pietrafesa (2006, 2010)

7 matches:

John Langenus (1930, 1934, 1938)
Sandy Griffiths (1950, 1954, 1958)
Juan Gardeazábal Garay (1958, 1962, 1966)
Ali Bujsaim (1994, 1998, 2002)
Carlos Eugênio Simon (2002, 2006, 2010)
Frank de Bleeckere (2006, 2010)
Marco Rodríguez Moreno (2006, 2010, 2014)
Björn Kuipers (2014, 2018)

6 matches:

Ivan Eklind (1934, 1938, 1950)
Arthur Ellis (1950, 1954, 1958)
Nikolay Latyshev (1958, 1962)
Jamal Al Sharif (1986, 1990, 1994)
Arturo Brizio Carter (1994, 1998)
Gamal Al-Ghandour (1998, 2002)
Óscar Ruiz Acosta (2002, 2006, 2010)
Roberto Rosetti (2006, 2010)
Howard Webb (2010, 2014)
Mark Geiger (2014, 2018)
Sandro Meira Ricci (2014, 2018)
Cüneyt Çakır (2014, 2018)

5 matches:

István Zsolt (1954, 1958, 1966)
Gottfried Dienst (1962, 1966)
Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (1962, 1966, 1970)
Ramón Barreto Ruiz (1970, 1974, 1978)
Abraham Klein (1970, 1978, 1982)
Nicolae Rainea (1974, 1978, 1982)
Michel Vautrot (1990, 1994)
Peter Mikkelsen (1990, 1994)
Kurt Röthlisberger (1990, 1994)
Mario van der Ende (1994, 1998)
Pierluigi Collina (1998, 2002)
Kim Milton Nielsen (1998, 2002)
Markus Merk (2002, 2006)
Ľuboš Micheľ (2002, 2006)
Carlos Batres González (2002, 2010)
Horacio Elizondo (2006)
Milorad Mažić (2014, 2018)
Wilmar Roldán Pérez (2014, 2018)

4 matches:

Rinaldo Barlassina (1934, 1938)
Reginald Leafe (1950, 1958)
Paul Wyssling (1954, 1958)
Maurice Guigue (1958)
Albert Dusch (1958, 1962)
Pierre Schwinte (1962, 1966)
Rudolf Scheurer (1970, 1974)
Jack Taylor (1970, 1974)
Károly Palotai (1974, 1978, 1982)
Erik Fredriksson (1982, 1986, 1990)
Luigi Agnolin (1986, 1990)
George Courtney (1986, 1990)
Siegfried Kirschen (1986, 1990)
Zoran Petrović (1986, 1990)
José Roberto Ramiz Wright (1990)
Sándor Puhl (1994)
José Torres Cadena (1994)
Hugh Dallas (1998, 2002)
Urs Meier (1998, 2002)
Vítor Melo Pereira (1998, 2002)
Toru Kamikawa (2002, 2006)
Graham Poll (2002, 2006)
Luis Medina Cantalejo (2006)
Massimo Busacca (2006, 2010)
Héctor Baldassi (2010)
Viktor Kassai (2010)
Djamel Haimoudi (2014)
Nicola Rizzoli (2014)
Nawaf Shukralla (2014, 2018)
Alireza Faghani (2018)

3 matches:

Giovanni Galeati (1950)
Vincenzo Orlandini (1954, 1958)
Leo Horn (1962)
Kurt Tschenscher (1966, 1970, 1974)
Rudi Glöckner (1970, 1974)
Vital Loraux (1970, 1974)
Ángel Coerezza (1970, 1978)
Erich Linemayr (1974, 1978)
Clive Thomas (1974, 1978)
Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (1978, 1982)
Charles Corver (1978, 1982)
António da Silva Garrido (1978, 1982)
Alexis Ponnet (1982, 1986)
Juan Cardellino de San Vicente (1982, 1990)
Romualdo Arppi Filho (1986)
Carlos Silva Valente (1986, 1990)
Edgardo Codesal Méndez (1990)
Neji Jouini (1990, 1994)
Rodrigo Sequeira Badilla (1994)
Alberto Tejada Noriega (1994, 1998)
Said Belqola (1998)
José María García-Aranda Encinar (1998)
Epifanio González Chaves (1998)
Saad Mane (2002)
Felipe Ramos Rizo (2002)
Coffi Codjia (2002, 2006)
Mark Shield (2002, 2006)
Carlos Amarilla Demarqui (2006)
Valentin Ivanov (2006)
Shamsul Maidin (2006)
Olegário Faustino Benquerença (2010)
Wolfgang Stark (2010)
Alberto Undiano Mallenco (2010)
Jonas Eriksson (2014)
Pedro Proença (2014)
Carlos Velasco Carballo (2014)
Ben Williams (2014)
Joel Aguilar Chicas (2014, 2018)
Felix Brych (2014, 2018)
Andrés Cunha Soca (2018)
Malang Diedhiou (2018)
César Ramos Palazuelos (2018)
Gianluca Rocchi (2018)
Damir Skomina (2018)

References[]

^ "Match Report Final 1930". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
^ "Match Report Final 1934". Archived from the original on 2009-03-23.
^ "Match Report Final 1938". Archived from the original on 2009-01-21.
^ "Match Report Final 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20.
^ "Match Report Final 1958". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
^ "Match Report Final 1962". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
^ "Match Report Final 1966". Archived from the original on 2009-03-25.
^ "Match Report Final 1970". Archived from the original on 2009-01-25.
^ "Match Report Final 1974". Archived from the original on 2009-01-26.
^ "Match Report Final 1978". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12.
^ "Match Report Final 1982". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
^ "Match Report Final 1986". Archived from the original on 2009-01-29.
^ "Match Report Final 1990". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02.
^ "Match Report Final 1994". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02.
^ "Match Report Final 1998". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
^ "Match Report Final 2002". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
^ "Match Report Final 2006". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07.
^ "Match Report Final 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2015.
^ "Match Report Final 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014.

[1] "Match Report Final 1930". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.

[2] "Match Report Final 1934". Archived from the original on 2009-03-23.

[3] "Match Report Final 1938". Archived from the original on 2009-01-21.

[4] "Match Report Final 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20.

[5] "Match Report Final 1958". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.

[6] "Match Report Final 1962". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.

[7] "Match Report Final 1966". Archived from the original on 2009-03-25.

[8] "Match Report Final 1970". Archived from the original on 2009-01-25.

[9] "Match Report Final 1974". Archived from the original on 2009-01-26.

[10] "Match Report Final 1978". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12.

[11] "Match Report Final 1982". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.

[12] "Match Report Final 1986". Archived from the original on 2009-01-29.

[13] "Match Report Final 1990". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02.

[14] "Match Report Final 1994". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02.

[15] "Match Report Final 1998". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.

[16] "Match Report Final 2002". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.

[17] "Match Report Final 2006". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07.

[18] "Match Report Final 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2015.

[19] "Match Report Final 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014.

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