# List of FIFA World Cup referees

FIFA World Cup referees are FIFA international referees who officiate at the FIFA World Cup matches.

## World Cup Final match officials

| Year | Referee | Assistant Referees | Reserve Referees and Assistant Referees | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs |
| 1930 | John Langenus | Ulises Saucedo Henri Christophe | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1934 | Ivan Eklind | Louis Baert Mihály Iváncsics | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1938 | Georges Capdeville | Hans Wüthrich Augustin Krist | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1954 | William Ling | Vincenzo Orlandini Sandy Griffiths | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1958 | Maurice Guigue | Albert Dusch Juan Gardeazábal Garay | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1962 | Nikolay Latyshev | Leo Horn Bobby Davidson | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1966 | Gottfried Dienst | Tofiq Bahramov Karol Galba | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1970 | Rudi Glöckner | Rudolf Scheurer Ángel Coerezza | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1974 | Jack Taylor | Alfonso González Archundía Ramón Barreto Ruiz | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1978 | Sergio Gonella | Ramón Barreto Ruiz Erich Linemayr | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1982 | Arnaldo Cézar Coelho | Abraham Klein Vojtech Christov | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1986 | Romualdo Arppi Filho | Erik Fredriksson Berny Ulloa Morera | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1990 | Edgardo Codesal Méndez | Armando Pérez Hoyos Michał Listkiewicz | Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1994 | Sándor Puhl | Venancio Zárate Vázquez Mohammad Fanaei | Francisco Lamolina | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 1998 | Said Belqola | Mark Warren Achmat Salie | Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 2002 | Pierluigi Collina | Leif Lindberg Philip Sharp | Hugh Dallas | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 2006 | Horacio Elizondo | Darío García Rodolfo Otero | Luis Medina Cantalejo Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 2010 | Howard Webb | Darren Cann Michael Mullarkey | Yuichi Nishimura Toru Sagara | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 2014 | Nicola Rizzoli | Renato Faverani Andrea Stefani | Carlos Vera Rodríguez Christian Lescano Guerrero | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018 |
| 2018 | Néstor Pitana | Hernán Maidana Juan Pablo Belatti | Björn Kuipers Erwin Zeinstra | Massimiliano Irrati Mauro Vigliano Carlos Astroza Cárdenas Danny Makkelie |
| 2022 | Szymon Marciniak | Paweł Sokolnicki Tomasz Listkiewicz | Ismail Elfath Kathryn Nesbitt | Tomasz Kwiatkowski Juan Soto Arévalo Kyle Atkins Fernando Guerrero Ramírez Corey Parker Bastian Dankert |

### By country

As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final, 33 countries have been represented in the officials body of the FIFA World Cup Final.
| Country | Total | Referees | Assistant Referees | Reserve Referees | Reserve Assistant Referees | VARs | Assistant VARs |
| Argentina | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| England | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Poland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czechoslovakia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Israel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wales | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals: | 75 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 |

### By confederation

| Confederation | Total | Referees | Assistant Referees | Reserve Referees | Reserve Assistant Referees | VARs | Assistant VARs |
| UEFA | 47 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| CONMEBOL | 19 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| AFC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CONCACAF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OFC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals: | 75 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 |

## Number of matches

11 matches:
* Ravshan Irmatov (2010, 2014, 2018)
9 matches:
* Néstor Pitana (2014, 2018)
8 matches:
* Joël Quiniou (1986, 1990, 1994)
* Benito Archundia (2006, 2010)
* Jorge Larrionda (2006, 2010)
7 matches:
* John Langenus (1930, 1934, 1938)
* Sandy Griffiths (1950, 1954, 1958)
* Juan Gardeazábal Garay (1958, 1962, 1966)
* Ali Bujsaim (1994, 1998, 2002)
* Carlos Eugênio Simon (2002, 2006, 2010)
* Frank De Bleeckere (2006, 2010)
* Marco Antonio Rodríguez (2006, 2010, 2014)
* Björn Kuipers (2014, 2018)
* César Arturo Ramos (2018, 2022)
6 matches:
* Ivan Eklind (1934, 1938, 1950)
* Arthur Edward Ellis (1950, 1954, 1958)
* Nikolay Latyshev (1958, 1962)
* Jamal Al Sharif (1986, 1990, 1994)
* Arturo Brizio Carter (1994, 1998)
* Gamal Al-Ghandour (1998, 2002)
* Óscar Ruiz (2002, 2006, 2010)
* Roberto Rosetti (2006, 2010)
* Howard Webb (2010, 2014)
* Mark Geiger (2014, 2018)
* Sandro Ricci (2014, 2018)
* Cüneyt Çakır (2014, 2018)
* Alireza Faghani (2018, 2022)