FIFA World Cup referees

After the 2006 FIFA World Cup 332 referees have conducted World Cup matches. Ravshan Irmatov from Uzbekistan is the referee with most matches (9). 19 referees have conducted the 19 finals.

Referees in finals of World Cup

YearRefereeAssistant refereesFourth official
Fifth official
Notes
1930Belgium John Langenus[1]--0Bolivia Ulises Saucedo
Belgium Henri Christophe
since 1994 Saucedo was also the Bolivian coach at the tournament
1934Sweden Ivan Eklind[2]--0Belgium Louis Baert
Hungary Mihaly Ivancsics
1938France Georges Capdeville[3]--0Switzerland Hans Wuthrich
Belgium Augustin Krist
1950England George Reader[4]--0England Arthur Ellis
Scotland George Mitchell
1954England William Ling[5]--0Italy Vincenzo Orlandini
Wales Sandy Griffiths
1958France Maurice Guigue[6]--0West Germany Albert Dusch
Spain Juan Gardeazábal Garay
1962Soviet Union Nikolay Latyshev[7]--0Netherlands Leo Horn
Scotland Bob Davidson
1966Switzerland Gottfried Dienst[8]--0Soviet Union Tofik Bakhramov
Czechoslovakia Karol Galba
Also refereed the 1968 UEFA Euro Final
1970East Germany Rudi Glöckner[9]200Switzerland Rüdi Scheurer
Argentina Ángel Norberto Coerezza
1974England Jack Taylor[10]400Uruguay Ramón Barreto
Mexico Alfonso González Archundia
1978Italy Sergio Gonella[11]400Uruguay Ramón Barreto
Austria Erich Linemayr
Also refereed the 1976 UEFA Euro Final
1982Brazil Arnaldo Cézar Coelho[12]500Israel Abraham Klein
Czechoslovakia Vojtech Christov
First referee in final from CSF, also refereed the 1979 Copa América Final
1986Brazil Romualdo Arppi Filho[13]600Costa Rica Berny Ulloa Morera
Sweden Erik Fredriksson
Also refereed the 1987 Copa América Final
1990Mexico Edgardo Codesal[14]411Colombia Armando Pérez Hoyos
Poland Michał Listkiewicz
First referee in final from CONCACAF
1994Hungary Sándor Puhl[15]400Paraguay Venancio Zárate
Iran Mohammad Fanaei
Argentina Francisco Lamolina
1998Morocco Said Belqola[16]410England Mark Warren
South Africa Achmat Salie
Saudi Arabia Rahman Al ZaidFirst referee in final from CAF, also refereed the 1998 African Cup of Nations Final
2002Italy Pierluigi Collina[17]200Sweden Leif Lindberg
England Philip Sharp
Scotland Hugh Dallas
2006Argentina Horacio Elizondo[18]401Argentina Darío García
Argentina Rodolfo Otero
Spain Luis Medina Cantalejo
Spain Victoriano Giraldez Carrasco
Elizondo became the first referee to officiate the opening game and World Cup Final in the same tournament.
2010England Howard Webb[19][20]1210England Darren Cann
England Michael Mullarkey
Japan Yuichi Nishimura
Japan Toru Sagara
All three referees also worked the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final
2014Italy Nicola Rizzoli[21]400Italy Renato Faverani
Italy Andrea Stefani
Ecuador Carlos Vera
Ecuador Christian Lescano

The yellow card and red card were introduced in 1970. Before, cautions or "bookings" were not registered, only Dismissals or Red card.

By Country

Before the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final 31 countries have been represented in the officials body of the FIFA World Cup Final. Ecuador will be the 32nd country represented in the officials body.

CountryTotalRefereeAssistantFourthFifth
 England94500
 Italy63300
 Argentina51310
 Belgium41300
 Scotland30210
 Spain30111
 Sweden31200
  Switzerland31200
 Brazil22000
 Czechoslovakia20200
 Ecuador20011
 France22000
 Hungary21100
 Japan20011
 Mexico21100
 USSR21100
 Uruguay20200
 Austria10100
 Bolivia10100
 Costa Rica10100
 Colombia10100
 East Germany11000
 Iran10100
 Israel10100
 Morocco11000
 Netherlands10100
 Paraguay10100
 Poland10100
 Saudi Arabia10010
 South Africa10100
 Wales10100
 West Germany10100

Most matches

Only the referees with 6 matches or more.

RefereeWorld CupsMatchesHighlights
Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov2010, 20149Semi-final (Netherlands vs Uruguay) in 2010
France Joël Quiniou1986, 1990, 19948Third place match (Italy vs England) in 1990
Semi-final (Bulgaria vs Italy) in 1994
Mexico Benito Archundia2006, 20108Semi-final (Germany vs Italy) in 2006
Third place match (Uruguay vs Germany) in 2010
Uruguay Jorge Larrionda2006, 20108Semi-final (Portugal vs France) in 2006[22][23]
Mexico Marco Antonio Rodríguez2006, 2010, 20147Semi-final (Brazil vs Germany) in 2014
United Arab Emirates Ali Bujsaim1994, 1998, 20027Semi-final (Brazil vs Netherlands) in 1998
Belgium Frank De Bleeckere2006, 20107
Spain Juan Gardezábal Garay1958, 1962, 19667Third place match (Chile vs Yugoslavia) in 1962
Wales Sandy Griffiths1950, 1954, 19587Semi-final (Hungary vs Uruguay) in 1954
Semi-final (France vs Brazil) in 1958
Belgium John Langenus1930, 1934, 19387Semi-final (Argentina vs United States) in 1930
Final (Uruguay vs Argentina) in 1930
Third place match (Sweden vs Brazil) in 1938
Brazil Carlos Eugênio Simon2002, 2006, 20107
Egypt Gamal Al-Ghandour1998, 20026
Syria Jamal Al Sharif1986, 1990, 19946
Mexico Arturo Brizio Carter1994, 19986
England Arthur Edward Ellis1950, 1954, 19586
Sweden Ivan Eklind1934, 1938, 19506Semi-final (Italy vs Austria) in 1934
Final (Italy vs Czechoslovakia) in 1934
Soviet Union Nikolay Latyshev1958, 19626Final (Brazil vs Czechoslovakia) in 1962
Italy Roberto Rosetti2006, 20106
Colombia Oscar Ruiz2002, 2006, 20106

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