FIFA World Cup 2026 – Second Referee Release

Match officials retained

AFC
Referee: Alireza Faghani AUS (photo)

Assistant Referee 1: George Lakrindis AUS
Assistant Referee 2: James Lindsay AUS

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh JOR
Assistant Referee 1: Mohammad Al-Kalaf JOR
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmad Al-Roalle JOR

Video Match Official
Khamis Al-Marri QAT

CAF
Referee: Pierre Atcho GAB
Assistant Referee 1: Boris Ditsoga GAB
Assistant Referee 2: Amos Abeigne GAB

Referee: Jalal Jayed MAR
Assistant Referee 1: Mostafa Akarkad MAR
Assistant Referee 2: Zakaria Brinsi MAR

CONCACAF
Referee: Ivan Barton SLV
Assistant Referee 1: David Moran SLV
Assistant Referee 2: Antonio Pupiro NCA

Referee: Ismail Elfath USA
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Parker USA
Assistant Referee 2: Kyle Atkins USA

Video Match Officials
1. Guillermo Pacheco MEX
2. Tatiana Guzman NCA
3. Joe Dickerson USA
4. Armando Villarreal USA

CONMEBOL
Referee: Wilton Sampaio BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Boschilia BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Bruno Pires BRA

Referee: Jesus Valenzuela VEN
Assistant Referee 1: Jorge Urrego VEN
Assistant Referee 2: Tulio Moreno VEN

Video Match Officials
1. Juan Lara CHI
2. Nicolas Gallo COL
3. Leodan Gonzalez URU
4. Juan Soto VEN

UEFA
Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA

Referee: Espen Eskas NOR
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Engan NOR
Assistant Referee 2: Isaak Bashevkin NOR

Referee: Szymon Marciniak POL
Assistant Referee 1: Tomasz Listkiewicz POL
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Kupsik POL

Referee: Joao Pinheiro POR
Assistant Referee 1: Bruno Jesus POR
Assistant Referee 2: Luciano Maia POR

Referee: Slavko Vinčić SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič SVN

Referee: Glenn Nyberg SWE
Assistant Referee 1: Mahbod Beigi SWE
Assistant Referee 2: Andreas Söderkvist SWE

Video Match Officials
1. Ivan Bebek CRO
2. Bastian Dankert GER
3. Marco Di Bello ITA
4. Dennis Higler NED
5. Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
6. Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP

Match officials released after Quarter-finals

 
AFC
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim QAT
Assistant Referee 1: Taleb Al-Marri QAT
Assistant Referee 2: Saoud Al-Maqaleh QAT

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev UZB
Assistant Referee 1: Andrey Tsapenko UZB
Assistant Referee 2: Timur Gaynullin UZB

Video Match Officials
1. Abdullah Al-Shehri KSA
2. Mohammed Obaid UAE

CAF
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal ALG
Assistant Referee 1: Mokrane Gourari ALG
Assistant Referee 2: Abbes Zerhouni ALG

Referee: Amin Omar EGY
Assistant Referee 1: Mahmoud El-Regal EGY
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Hossam EGY

Referee: Dahane Beida MTN
Assistant Referee 1: Jerson Dos Santos ANG
Assistant Referee 2: Elvis Noupue CMR

Video Match Official
Mahmoud Ashour EGY

CONCACAF
Referee: Drew Fischer CAN
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Barwegen CAN
Assistant Referee 2: Lyes Arfa CAN

Referee: Said Martinez HON
Assistant Referee 1: Walter Lopez HON
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Ramirez HON

Referee: Cesar Ramos MEX
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morin MEX
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Bisguerra MEX

Referee: Tori Penso USA
Assistant Referee 1: Brooke Mayo USA
Assistant Referee 2: Kathryn Nesbitt USA

CONMEBOL
Referee: Yael Falcon ARG
Assistant Referee 1: Maximiliano Del Yesso ARG
Assistant Referee 2: Facundo Rodriguez ARG

Referee: Facundo Tello ARG
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Bellati ARG
Assistant Referee 2: Gabriel Chade ARG

Referee: Ramon Abatti BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Rafael Alves BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Danilo Manis BRA

Referee: Cristian Garay CHI
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Retamal CHI
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Rocha CHI

Referee: Juan Benitez PAR
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Cardozo PAR
Assistant Referee 2: Milciades Saldivar PAR

Referee: Gustavo Tejera URU
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Barreiro URU
Assistant Referee 2: Nicolas Taran URU

Referee: Dario Herrera ARG
Assistant Referee: Cristian Navarro ARG

Referee: Raphael Claus BRA
Assistant Referee: Rodrigo Figueiredo BRA

Video Match Officials
1. Hernan Mastrangelo ARG
2. Antonio Garcia URU

UEFA
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG

Referee: Anthony Taylor ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick ENG
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn ENG

Referee: Francois Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA

Referee: Clement Turpin FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pages FRA

Referee: Felix Zwayer GER
Assistant Referee 1: Robert Kempter GER
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Dietz GER

Referee: Danny Makkelie NED
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries NED

Referee: Istvan Kovacs ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Mihai Marica ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Ferencz Tunyogi RO

Referee: Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez ESP
Assistant Referee 1: José Naranjo Pérez ESP
Assistant Referee 2: Diego Sanchez Rojo ESP

Video Match Officials
1. Bram Van Driessche BEL
2. Jarred Gillett ENG
3. Jerôme Brisard FRA