List of FIFA international referees


This is a list of notable FIFA international referees. Years in brackets indicate when the referee was added to the FIFA International Referees List.
Current referees are at the top of the section for each country, while entries of former referees are collapsed.

Afghanistan

Algeria

Men's

Referees

Video Match Officials

Women's

Referees

Video Match Officials

Argentina

Women's

Video Match Officials

Armenia

Men's

Assistant Referees

Women's

Assistant Referees

Azerbaijan

Women's

Assistant Referees

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Bahamas

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

The following Canadians are match officials.
  • Lyres Arfa
  • Micheal Barwegen
  • Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
  • Filip Dujic
  • Drew Fischer
  • Stéphanie Fortin
  • Marie-Han Gagnon-Chretien
  • Pierre-Luc Lauzière
  • Gerard-Kader Lebuis
  • Gabrielle Lemieux
  • Myriam Marcotte
  • Carly Shaw-MacLaren
  • Melissa Snedden
  • Stefan Tanaka-Freundt
  • Chris Wattam

China PR

Chinese Taipei

Congo DR

Cook Islands

Cuba

Curaçao

Djibouti

Dominica

Egypt

England

Years refer to seasons on the National List of Referees. These officials operate at Football League level or above. Seasons spent as a Premier League referee or FIFA referee are indicated in addition where they apply.

Eswatini

Women's football

Ethiopia

kinde Tesema

Faroe Islands

Gabon

Ghana

Guinea

Honduras

India

Indonesia

Current Referees

Men's

Referees
Assistant Referees

Women's

Assistant Referees

Iran

•Jarfar Namdar

Iraq

Jamaica

Kazakhstan

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

Current referees

Men's

Referees
Assistant referees
Futsal referees

Women's

Referees

Laos

Current referees

Men's

Referees
Assistant referees
Futsal referees
  • Khampasong Xayavongsy

Women's

Referees

Former

Latvia

Source:

Liberia

Liechtenstein

Macau

Malaysia

Mauritania

Montenegro

Namibia

New Caledonia

Northern Ireland

Palestine

Peru

Philippines

Current referees

Men's

Referees
Assistant referees

Women's

Assistant referees

Qatar

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

San Marino

Scotland

''Updated 23 September 2025''

Sierra Leone

Solomon Islands

Spain

Sri Lanka

Suriname

Men's

Futsal referee

Women's

Assistant referees

Tajikistan

Tonga

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands

United States

2022 US FIFA Referees:
2022 USA FIFA Assistant Referees
2022 US FIFA Video Match Officials :
2022 US FIFA Futsal Referees:
  • Josh Wilkens
Former US FIFA Officials :

United States Virgin Islands

Venezuela

Wales

Years for referees appointed before 1992 refer to their years on the English Football League List; years spent on the Welsh FIFA List and English Premier League List are added where applicable.