Referees

Final official list announced by FIFA on 9 April 2026 — 52 referees, 88 assistant referees and 30 video match officials, the largest refereeing team in World Cup history. Referees are not pre-assigned into fixed trios.

Alejandro Hernández HernándezSpain · age 43

Anthony TaylorEngland · age 47

Clément TurpinFrance · age 44

Danny MakkelieNetherlands · age 43

Espen EskåsNorway · age 37

Felix ZwayerGermany · age 45

François LetexierFrance · age 37

Glenn NybergSweden · age 37

István KovácsRomania · age 41

João PinheiroPortugal · age 38

Maurizio MarianiItaly · age 44

Michael OliverEngland · age 41

Sandro SchärerSwitzerland · age 38

Slavko VinčićSlovenia · age 46

Szymon MarciniakPoland · age 45

Andrés RojasColombia · age 41

Cristián GarayChile · age 37

Darío HerreraArgentina · age 41

Facundo TelloArgentina · age 44

Gustavo TejeraUruguay · age 38

Jesús ValenzuelaVenezuela · age 42

Juan Gabriel BenítezParaguay · age 43

Kevin OrtegaPeru · age 34

Ramon AbattiBrazil · age 36

Raphael ClausBrazil · age 46

Wilton SampaioBrazil · age 44

Yael FalcónArgentina · age 37

César Arturo RamosMexico · age 42

Drew FischerCanada · age 45

Ismail ElfathUnited States · age 44

Iván BartonEl Salvador · age 35

Juan Gabriel CalderónCosta Rica · age 39

Katia Itzel GarcíaMexico · age 33

Oshane NationJamaica · age 35

Saíd MartínezHonduras · age 34

Tori PensoUnited States · age 39

Abongile TomSouth Africa · age 34

Amin Mohamed OmarEgypt · age 40

Dahane BeidaMauritania · age 34

Jalal JayedMorocco · age 39

Mustapha GhorbalAlgeria · age 40

Omar Abdulkadir ArtanSomalia

Pierre AtchoGabon · age 33

Abdulrahman Al-JassimQatar · age 38

Adham MakhadmehJordan · age 39

Alireza FaghaniAustralia · age 48

Ilgiz TantashevUzbekistan · age 42

Khalid Al-TuraisSaudi Arabia · age 39

Ma NingChina · age 46

Omar Al AliUnited Arab Emirates · age 38

Yusuke ArakiJapan · age 40

Campbell-Kirk Kawana-WaughNew Zealand