Refereeing Teams
Below are the details of the 21 groups of match officials in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. For assistants, a flag is only shown if his nationality varies from that of the referee with whom he is grouped.
Most teams (consisting of a referee and two assistants) are drawn from the same nation, and all are made up of officials from the same confederation. In the first round of the tournament, officials other than from UEFA member associations only operate in groups that do not include a representative of their confederation.
Mexico is the only country with 2 referees on the panel.
For the first time at a World Cup, match officials will be equipped with microphones and earpieces so they can communicate better with each other during each game. Furthermore this World Cup sees the introduction of a fifth official who can be called upon to replace an injured assistant referee. The fourth official would replace the referee..
| Referee | Assistants | Matches | Red cards | Yellow cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essam Abd El Fatah | D. Dante M. Ndoye |
Group F: Australia vs. Japan | 0 | 7 |
| Carlos Amarilla | A. Andino M. Bernal |
Group E: United States vs Czech Republic Group G: Togo vs Switzerland Group H: Tunisia vs Ukraine |
1 | 18 |
| Benito Archundia | J. Ramirez H. Vergara |
Group F: Brazil vs Croatia Group G: France vs South Korea Group E: Czech Republic vs Italy Round 2: Switzerland vs Ukraine Semifinal: Germany vs Italy |
1 | 14 |
| Massimo Busacca | F. Buragina M. Arnet |
Group H: Spain vs Ukraine Group B: Sweden vs England Round 2: Argentina vs Mexico |
1 | 11 |
| Coffi Codjia | C. Ntagungira A. Aderodjou |
Group A: Ecuador vs Costa Rica Group H: Spain vs Saudi Arabia |
0 | 10 |
| Frank De Bleeckere | P. Hermans W. Vromans |
Group C: Argentina vs Côte d'Ivoire Group F: Croatia vs Japan Round 2: England vs Ecuador Quarterfinal: Italy vs Ukraine |
0 | 19 |
| Horacio Elizondo | D. Garcia R. Otero |
Group A: Germany vs Costa Rica Group E: Czech Republic vs Ghana Group G: South Korea vs Switzerland Quarterfinal: England vs Portugal Final: Italy vs France |
3 | 24 |
| Valentin Ivanov | N. Golubev E. Volnin |
Group G: France vs Switzerland Group A: Ecuador vs Germany Round 2: Portugal vs Netherlands |
4 | 26 |
| Toru Kamikawa | Y. Hiroshima Kim Dae Young |
Group A: Poland vs Ecuador Group B: England vs Trinidad and Tobago Third Place play-off: Germany vs Portugal |
0 | 14 |
| Jorge Larrionda | W. Rial P. Fandino |
Group D: Angola vs Portugal Group E: Italy vs United States Group G: Togo vs France Semifinal: Portugal vs France |
3 | 15 |
| Shamsul Maidin | P. Permpanich E. Ghuloum |
Group B: Trinidad and Tobago vs Sweden Group D: Mexico vs Angola Group A: Costa Rica vs Poland |
2 | 20 |
| Luis Medina Cantalejo | V. Giraldez P. Medina |
Group A: Germany vs Poland Group C: Netherlands vs Argentina Round 2: Italy vs Australia Quarterfinal: Brazil vs France |
2 | 25 |
| Markus Merk | C. Schraer J.-H. Salver |
Group C: Serbia and Montenegro vs Netherlands Group F: Brazil vs Australia Group E: Ghana vs United States |
0 | 16 |
| Ľuboš Micheľ | R. Slysko M. Balko |
Group B: Sweden vs Paraguay Group D: Portugal vs Mexico Round 2: Brazil vs Ghana Quarterfinal: Germany vs Argentina |
3 | 32 |
| Graham Poll | P. Sharp G. Turner |
Group G: South Korea vs Togo Group H: Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine Group F: Croatia vs Australia |
4 | 20 |
| Eric Poulat | L. Dagorne V. Texier |
Group D: Portugal vs Iran Group F: Japan vs Brazil |
0 | 9 |
| Marco Rodríguez | J. Camargo L. Leal |
Group B: England vs Paraguay Group C: Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia and Montenegro |
2 | 12 |
| Roberto Rosetti | C. Copelli A. Stagnoli |
Group D: Mexico vs Iran Group C: Argentina vs Serbia and Montenegro Group B: Paraguay vs Trinidad and Tobago Round 2: Spain vs France |
1 | 15 |
| Oscar Ruiz | F. Tamayo J. Navia |
Group C: Netherlands vs Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 7 |
| Mark Shield | N. Gibson B. Wilson |
Group H: Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia Group D: Iran vs Angola |
0 | 10 |
| Carlos Simon | A. Tavares E. Corona |
Group E: Italy vs Ghana Group H: Spain vs Tunisia Round 2: Germany vs Sweden |
1 | 18 |
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