World Cup 2022: 129-Member FIFA ‘Team One’ Reaches Qatar. See Full List

Day of orientation for ‘Team One’ saw sessions on health and fitness, VAR and assistive technologies, and decision-making.

FIFA World Cup trophy replica in front of the Al-Bayt Stadium in al-Khor on November 10, 2022, ahead of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup football tournament.

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FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: The team of 129 referees, assistant referees and video match officials who will be overseeing the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 arrived in the capital Doha Thursday. FIFA president Gianni Infantino welcomed the ‘Team One’, as they are lovingly labelled, and called them “the most important team in the tournament” as he kicked off their official training camp, FIFA said Wednesday.

Infantino addressed ‘Team One’ at a seminar where he stressed on the role “FIFA’s team” will play in the tournament. “You are our team and you are actually the most important team in the tournament because without you there is no football; there is no FIFA World Cup,” he said, adding: “We need Team One to enter the pitch first. We need Team One to kick off the first game on 20th November, and we need Team One to stop the last game and award the title to the World Champions.”

According to an article on the official FIFA website, the FIFA chief told the team to “both savour the moment and to believe in themselves”.

The 129-member team — 36 referees, 69 assistant referees and 24 match officials — include six female match officials, for the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup.

“There are, for the first time, six women as well, present. But whether men or women, it’s referees. For us, for me, we are all part of the same team,” Infantino was quoted as saying. 

The list of team members was announced in May this year. The FIFA Referees Committee had then said the selection was made based on the quality and the performances they delivered at FIFA and other international and domestic tournaments in recent years. 

The day of orientation for ‘Team One’ Thursday also saw sessions on health and fitness, VAR and assistive technologies, and decision making, the FIFA article said.

Here is the full list of 129 referees, assistant referees and match officials.

Referees (36)

AL JASSIM Abdulrahman	QAT
BARTON Ivan	SLV
BEATH Chris	AUS
CLAUS Raphael	BRA
CONGER Matthew	NZL
ELFATH Ismail	USA
ESCOBAR Mario	GUA
FAGHANI Alireza	IRN
FRAPPART Stephanie	FRA
GASSAMA Bakary	GAM
GHORBAL Mustapha	ALG
GOMES Victor	RSA
KOVACS Istvan	ROU
MA Ning	CHN
MAKKELIE Danny	NED
MARCINIAK Szymon	POL
MARTINEZ Said	HON
MATEU Antonio	ESP
MATONTE CABRERA Andres Matias	URU
MOHAMMED Mohammed Abdulla	UAE
MUKANSANGA Salima	RWA
NDIAYE Maguette	SEN
OLIVER Michael	ENG
ORSATO Daniele	ITA
ORTEGA Kevin	PER
RAMOS Cesar	MEX
RAPALLINI Fernando	ARG
SAMPAIO Wilton	BRA
SIEBERT Daniel	GER
SIKAZWE Janny	ZAM
TAYLOR Anthony	ENG
TELLO Facundo	ARG
TURPIN Clement	FRA
VALENZUELA Jesus	VEN
VINCIC Slavko	SVN
YAMASHITA Yoshimi	JPN

Assistant Referees (69)

ABOLFAZLI Mohammadreza	IRN	KLANCNIK Tomaz	SVN
ABOUELREGAL Mahmoud	EGY	KOVACIC Andraz	SVN
AL MARRI Taleb	QAT	LISTKIEWICZ Tomasz	POL
ALHAMMADI Mohamed	UAE	LOPEZ Walter	HON
ALMAHRI Hasan	UAE	MAKASINI Tevita	TGA
ALMAQALEH Saoud Ahmed	QAT	MANSOURI Mohammadreza	IRN
ARTENE Mihai	ROU	MARENGULE Arsenio	MOZ
ATKINS Kyle	USA	MARINESCU Vasile	ROU
BACK Neuza	BRA	MORA Juan Carlos	CRC
BEECHAM Ashley	AUS	MORAN David	SLV
BELATTI Juan Pablo	ARG	MORENO Tulio	VEN
BENNETT Simon	ENG	MORIN Alberto	MEX
BESWICK Gary	ENG	NESBITT Kathryn	USA
BONFA Diego	ARG	NOUPUE Elvis	CMR
BOSCHILIA Bruno	BRA	NUNN Adam	ENG
BRAILOVSKY Ezequiel	ARG	ORUE Michael	PER
BURT Stuart	ENG	PARKER Corey	USA
CAMARA Djibril	SEN	PHATSOANE Souru	LES
CAO Yi	CHN	PIRES Bruno	BRA
CARBONE Ciro	ITA	RULE Mark	NZL
CEBRIAN Pau	ESP	SAMBA El Hadji	SEN
CHADE Gabriel	ARG	SANCHEZ Jesus	PER
DANOS Nicolas	FRA	SEIDEL Jan	GER
DE VRIES Jan	NED	SHCHETININ Anton	AUS
DIAZ MEDINA Karen	MEX	SHI Xiang	CHN
DIAZ Roberto	ESP	SIMON Danilo	BRA
DOS SANTOS Jerson	ANG	SIWELA Zakhele	RSA
ETCHIALI Abdelhak	ALG	SOKOLNICKI Pawel	POL
FELIZ Raymundo Helpys	DOM	SOPPI Martin	URU
FIGUEIREDO Rodrigo	BRA	STEEGSTRA Hessel	NED
FOLTYN Rafael	GER	TARAN Nicolas	URU
GIALLATINI Alessandro	ITA	URREGO Jorge	VEN
GOURARI Mokrane	ALG	WALES Caleb	TRI
GRINGORE Cyril	FRA	ZEEGELAAR Zachari	SUR
HERNANDEZ Miguel	MEX

Video Match Officials (24)

AL MARRI Abdulla	QAT
BASCUNAN Julio	CHI
BIN JAHARI Muhammad	SGP
BRISARD Jerome	FRA
DANKERT Bastian	GER
DE BURGOS Ricardo	ESP
EVANS Shaun	AUS
FISCHER Drew	CAN
FRITZ Marco	GER
GALLO Nicolas	COL
GONZALEZ Leodan	URU
GUERRERO Fernando	MEX
HERNANDEZ Alejandro	ESP
IRRATI Massimiliano	ITA
JIYED Redouane	MAR
KWIATKOWSKI Tomasz	POL
MARTINEZ Juan	ESP
MILLOT Benoit	FRA
SOTO Juan	VEN
VALERI Paolo	ITA
VAN BOEKEL Paulus	NED
VIGLIANO Mauro	ARG
VILLARREAL Armando	USA
ZOURAK Adil	MAR