FIFA World Cup referees
FIFA World Cup referees are FIFA international referees who officiate at the FIFA World Cup matches.
Contents
1 World Cup Final Match Officials
1.1 By Country
1.2 By Confederation
1.3 World Cup Final Related Conclusions
2 Amounts of matches
3 References
World Cup Final Match Officials
| Year | Referee | Assistant Referees | Reserve Referees and Assistant Referees | Video 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.
| 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.
Amounts 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
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^ "Match Report Final 1938".
^ "Match Report Final 1954".
^ "Match Report Final 1958".
^ "Match Report Final 1962".
^ "Match Report Final 1966".
^ "Match Report Final 1970".
^ "Match Report Final 1974".
^ "Match Report Final 1978".
^ "Match Report Final 1982".
^ "Match Report Final 1986".
^ "Match Report Final 1990".
^ "Match Report Final 1994".
^ "Match Report Final 1998".
^ "Match Report Final 2002".
^ "Match Report Final 2006".
^ "Match Report Final 2010" (PDF).
^ "Match Report Final 2014" (PDF).
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 PortalNotes: There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. | |
