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World Cup 2026 referees: Which English officials are at the tournament?
You might recognise some of those in black...
(Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP via Getty Images)
- Ned Holmes
Published: Tuesday, 23 June 2026 at 3:45 pm
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It's not just the players and coaches for whom the World Cup is football's biggest stage.
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It is the pinnacle for the referees as well, particularly those who get to officiate during the latter stages.
Refereeing can be a thankless task and the pressure is on at a World Cup, where one decision can turn an entire nation against you, but the event simply wouldn't run without those on the whistle.
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World Cup 2026 is the biggest tournament ever, following the expansion to 48 teams and 104 matches, and that means more officials than ever before, including some familiar faces.
Radio Times brings you a full round-up of the referees at World Cup 2026 this summer.
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Which Premier League officials are at World Cup 2026?
Seven Premier League officials will oversee games at the tournament in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Referees Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor reprise their roles after officiating at World Cup 2022.
Premier League referees
- Michael Oliver (England)
- Anthony Taylor (England)
Premier League assistant referees
- Gary Beswick (England)
- Stuart Burt (England)
- James Mainwaring (England)
- Adam Nunn (England)
Premier League video match officials
- Jarred Gillett (England)
Full list of World Cup 2026 officials
In total, there will be 170 officials at this summer's World Cup – 52 referees, 88 assistant referees, and 30 video match officials.
All six confederations and 50 of FIFA's member associations are represented.
Referees
- Abdulrahman Al Jassim (Qatar)
- Khalid Al Turais (Saudi Arabia)
- Yusuke Araki (Japan)
- Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
- Ivan Barton (El Salvador)
- Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
- Juan Gabriel Benitez (Paraguay)
- Juan Calderon (Costa Rica)
- Raphael Claus (Brazil)
- Ismail Elfath (USA)
- Espen Eskas (Norway)
- Alireza Faghani (Australia)
- Yael Falcon Perez (Argentina)
- Drew Fischer (Canada)
- Cristian Garay (Chile)
- Katia Garcia (Mexico)
- Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
- Alejandro Hernandez (Spain)
- Dario Herrera (Argentina)
- Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
- Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
- Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
- Francois Letexier (France)
- Ning Ma (China)
- Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
- Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
- Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
- Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
- Hector Said Martinez (Honduras)
- Amin Mohamed (Egypt)
- Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
- Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
- Michael Oliver (England)
- Omar Al Ali (UAE)
- Kevin Ortega (Peru)
- Tori Penso (USA)
- Joao Pinheiro (Portugal)
- Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
- Cesar Ramos (Mexico)
- Andres Rojas (Colombia)
- Sandro Schaerer (Switzerland)
- Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
- Anthony Taylor (England)
- Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
- Facundo Tello (Argentina)
- Abongile Tom (South Africa)
- Clement Turpin (France)
- Jesus Valenzuela (Venezuela)
- Slavko Vincic (Slovenia)
- Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
- Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Assistant referees
- Amos Abeigne (Gabon)
- Mahmoud Abouelregal (Egypt)
- Mostafa Akarkad (Morocco)
- Mohammed Al Abakry (Saudi Arabia)
- Mohamed Al Hammadi (UAE)
- Mohammad Al Kalaf (Jordan)
- Saoud Al Maqaleh (Qatar)
- Taleb Al Marri (Qatar)
- Ahmad Al Roalle (Jordan)
- Lyes Arfa (Canada)
- Kyle Atkins (USA)
- Carlos Barreiro (Uruguay)
- Micheal Barwegen (Canada)
- Isaak Bashevkin (Norway)
- Mahbod Beigi (Sweden)
- Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
- Gary Beswick (England)
- Daniele Bindoni (Italy)
- Marco Bisguerra (Mexico)
- Zakaria Brinsi (Morocco)
- Bruno Boschilia (Brazil)
- Bruno Pires (Brazil)
- Stuart Burt (England)
- Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)
- Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
- Danilo Manis (Brazil)
- Nicolas Danos (France)
- Stephane De Almeida (Switzerland)
- Jan De Vries (Netherlands)
- Maximiliano Del Yesso (Argentina)
- Christian Dietz (Germany)
- Boris Ditsoga (Gabon)
- Jan Erik Engan (Norway)
- Rodrigo Figueiredo (Brazil)
- Timur Gaynullin (Uzbekistan)
- Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)
- Alexander Guzman (Colombia)
- Ahmed Hossam Taha (Egypt)
- Jerson Santos (Angola)
- Bruno Jesus (Portugal)
- Robert Kempter (Germany)
- Tomaz Klancnik (Slovenia)
- Andraz Kovacic (Slovenia)
- Adam Kupsik (Poland)
- George Lakrindis (Australia)
- James Lindsay (Australia)
- Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
- Walter Lopez (Honduras)
- Luciano Maia (Portugal)
- James Mainwaring (England)
- Mihai Marica (Romania)
- Brooke Mayo (USA)
- Jun Mihara (Japan)
- Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica)
- David Moran (El Salvador)
- Tulio Moreno (Venezuela)
- Alberto Morin (Mexico)
- Cyril Mugnier (France)
- Jose Enrique Naranjo Perez (Spain)
- Cristian Navarro (Argentina)
- Kathryn Nesbitt (USA)
- Elvis Noupue (Cameroon)
- Adam Nunn (England)
- Michael Orue (Peru)
- Benjamin Pages (France)
- Corey Parker (USA)
- Antonio Pupiro (Nicaragua)
- Rafael Alves (Brazil)
- Mehdi Rahmouni (France)
- Christian Ramirez (Honduras)
- Sandra Ramirez (Mexico)
- Jose Retamal (Chile)
- Miguel Rocha (Chile)
- Facundo Rodriguez (Argentina)
- Milciades Saldivar (Paraguay)
- Diego Sanchez (Spain)
- Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
- Andreas Soderkvist (Sweden)
- Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands)
- Nicolas Taran (Uruguay)
- Alberto Tegoni (Italy)
- Isaac Trevis (New Zealand)
- Andrey Tsapenko (Uzbekistan)
- Ferencz Tunyogi (Romania)
- Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)
- Caleb Wales (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Abbes Akram Zerhouni (Algeria)
- Fei Zhou (China)
Video Match Officials
- Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
- Abdullah Alshehri (Saudi Arabia)
- Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)
- Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
- Jerome Brisard (France)
- Bastian Dankert (Germany)
- Carlos Del Cerro Grande (Spain)
- Marco Di Bello (Italy)
- Joe Dickerson (USA)
- Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)
- Hamza El Fariq (Morocco)
- Shaun Evans (Australia)
- Ming Fu (China)
- Nicolas Gallo (Colombia)
- Antonio Garcia (Uruguay)
- Jarred Gillett (England)
- Leodan Gonzalez (Uruguay)
- Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)
- Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
- Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
- Juan Lara (Chile)
- Hernan Mastrangelo (Argentina)
- Erick Miranda (Mexico)
- Mohammed Obaid Khadim (UAE)
- Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico)
- Fedayi San (Switzerland)
- Juan Soto (Venezuela)
- Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
- Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)
- Armando Villarreal (USA)
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Ned Holmes
Ned is a sports writer at RadioTimes.com. He has covered a host of sports from EFL football, international cricket and golf all the way through to bike polo and triathlon.
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