03-09-2018, 04:35 PM
In November 2017, FIFA published an initial
list of 36 referees, on the basis of nationality
from all six football confederations for the
2018 FIFA World Cup tournament. [1]
Confederation Referee
AFC
Fahad Al-Mirdasi ( Saudi
Arabia )
Ryuji Sato ( Japan )
Alireza Faghani ( Iran)
Mohamed Abdulla ( UAE)
Ravshan Irmatov
( Uzbekistan )
Nawaf Shukralla ( Bahrain )
CAF
Gehad Grisha ( Egypt)
Mehdi Abid Charef ( Algeria )
Bakary Gassama ( Gambia )
Malang Diedhiou ( Senegal)
Janny Sikazwe ( Zambia)
Bamlak Tessema Weyesa
( Ethiopia )
CONCACAF
Joel Aguilar ( El Salvador)
Mark Geiger ( United States )
Jair Marrufo ( United States )
Ricardo Montero ( Costa Rica)
John Pitti ( Panama )
César Arturo Ramos ( Mexico)
CONMEBOL
Néstor Pitana ( Argentina )
Sandro Ricci ( Brazil)
Julio Bascuñán ( Chile )
Wilmar Roldán ( Colombia )
Enrique Cáceres ( Paraguay )
Andrés Cunha ( Uruguay )
OFC
Matthew Conger ( New
Zealand)
Norbert Hauata ( French
Polynesia )
UEFA
Felix Brych ( Germany )
Cüneyt Çakır ( Turkey )
Sergei Karasev ( Russia )
Björn Kuipers ( Netherlands )
Milorad Mažić ( Serbia)
Antonio Mateu Lahoz ( Spain )
Szymon Marciniak ( Poland )
Gianluca Rocchi ( Italy )
Damir Skomina ( Slovenia )
Clément Turpin ( France )
list of 36 referees, on the basis of nationality
from all six football confederations for the
2018 FIFA World Cup tournament. [1]
Confederation Referee
AFC
Fahad Al-Mirdasi ( Saudi
Arabia )
Ryuji Sato ( Japan )
Alireza Faghani ( Iran)
Mohamed Abdulla ( UAE)
Ravshan Irmatov
( Uzbekistan )
Nawaf Shukralla ( Bahrain )
CAF
Gehad Grisha ( Egypt)
Mehdi Abid Charef ( Algeria )
Bakary Gassama ( Gambia )
Malang Diedhiou ( Senegal)
Janny Sikazwe ( Zambia)
Bamlak Tessema Weyesa
( Ethiopia )
CONCACAF
Joel Aguilar ( El Salvador)
Mark Geiger ( United States )
Jair Marrufo ( United States )
Ricardo Montero ( Costa Rica)
John Pitti ( Panama )
César Arturo Ramos ( Mexico)
CONMEBOL
Néstor Pitana ( Argentina )
Sandro Ricci ( Brazil)
Julio Bascuñán ( Chile )
Wilmar Roldán ( Colombia )
Enrique Cáceres ( Paraguay )
Andrés Cunha ( Uruguay )
OFC
Matthew Conger ( New
Zealand)
Norbert Hauata ( French
Polynesia )
UEFA
Felix Brych ( Germany )
Cüneyt Çakır ( Turkey )
Sergei Karasev ( Russia )
Björn Kuipers ( Netherlands )
Milorad Mažić ( Serbia)
Antonio Mateu Lahoz ( Spain )
Szymon Marciniak ( Poland )
Gianluca Rocchi ( Italy )
Damir Skomina ( Slovenia )
Clément Turpin ( France )