Olympic Games 2024 (Men’s Football Tournament) – Group Stage (Matches 1-8)

Match officials have been confirmed for the opening day matches of the Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024, with mixed gender officiating teams working together at an Olympics at the same time. A team led by Argentinian referee Yael Falcon will be assisted by his countrymen Maximilliano del Yesso and Facundo Rodriguez will take charge of the opening game of the men’s Olympic Football Tournament between hosts France and USA at the Stade de Marseille on Wednesday 24 July. They are joined by female Uruguayan official Anahi Fernandez who will act as fourth official while Spanish official Carlos del Cerro Grande is the VAR and Mexico’s Guillermo Pacheco assistant VAR.

The FIFA Referees Committee has appointed 89 match officials (21 referees, 42 assistant referees, 20 video match officials and six support referees) from 45 countries to officiate matches at the Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024. Female Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita, who has experience of officiating at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, will referee the men’s Egypt v Dominican Republic game on Wednesday 24 July at the Stade de la Beaujoire. Male Brazilian referee Ramon Abatti will take charge of the women’s game between USA and Zambia on Thursday July 25th at the Stade de Nice. While the Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024 are this year’s flagship football competitions, for the selected match officials they represent the next important step on the road to the FIFA World Cup 26 and the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027. (Source: FIFA)

24 July 2024

France – USA
Referee: Yael Falcon ARG (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Maximiliano Del Yesso ARG
Assistant Referee 2: Facundo Rodriguez ARG
Fourth Official: Anahi Fernandez URU
VAR: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
AVAR: Guillermo Pacheco MEX

Argentina – Morocco
Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE
Fourth Official: Frida Klarlund DEN
VAR: Paolo Valeri ITA
AVAR: Ovidiu Hategan ROU

Uzbekistan – Spain
Referee: Dahane Beida MTN
Assistant Referee 1: Jerson Dos Santos ANG
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Yiembe KEN
Fourth Official: Drew Fischer CAN
VAR: Lahlou Benbraham ALG
AVAR: Tatiana Guzman NCA

Guinea – New Zealand
Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi UAE
Assistant Referee 1: Ahmed Al-Rashadi UAE
Assistant Referee 2: Sabet Al-Ali UAE
Fourth Official: Veronika Bernatskaia KGZ
VAR: Khamis Al-Marri QAT
AVAR: Rob Dieperink NED

Egypt – Dominican Republic
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita JPN
Assistant Referee 1: Makoto Bozono JPN
Assistant Referee 2: Naomi Teshirogi JPN
Fourth Official: Odette Hamilton JAM
VAR: Sivakorn Pu-Udom THA
AVAR: Hector Paletta ARG

Iraq – Ukraine
Referee: Mahmood Ismail SDN
Assistant Referee 1: Elvis Noupue CMR
Assistant Referee 2: Liban Abdoulrazack DJI
Fourth Official: Shamirah Nabadda UGA
VAR: Ivan Bebek CRO
AVAR: Kate Jacewicz AUS

Japan – Paraguay
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Jelena Cvetkovic SRB
VAR: Jerome Brisard FRA
AVAR: David Coote ENG

Mali – Israel
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh NZL
Assistant Referee 1: Isaac Trevis NZL
Assistant Referee 2: Bernard Mutukera SOL
Fourth Official: Said Martinez HON
VAR: Leodan Gonzalez URU
AVAR: Daiane Muniz BRA