The new FIFA referees’ committee has been elected. This is the committee responsible for appointing referees to competitions organised by FIFA.
Chairman
Angel Maria Villar Llona, Spain
Deputy Chairman
Michel D’Hooghe, Belgium
Zhang Jilong, China
Members competition
Peter Mikkelsen, Denmark
Carlos Batres, Guatemala
Lambert Maltock, Vanuatu
Tarek Bouchamaoui, Tunisia
Fatou Gaye, Senegal
Toru Kamikawa, Japan
Ingrid Jonsson, Sweden
Jorge Larrionda, Uruguay
Celestin Ntagungira, Rwanda
Jassim Mandi Abdul-Rahman, Bahrain
Alfredo Trentalange, Italy
Terence Babwah, Trinidad and Tobago
Members development
Belaid Lacarne, Algeria
Carlos Alarcon, Paraguay
Ted Howard, USA
Katriina Elovirta, Finland
Lee Harmon, Cook Islands
Jacqueline Leleu, Australia
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh, Malaysia
Michael Riley, England
Michal Listkiewicz, Poland
Oscar Ruiz, Colombia
Hector Vergara, Canada
James Sekajugo, Uganda
Some of these names may be familiar to those who has been following international referees the last decade. Carlos Batres, Jorge Larrionda, Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh, Celestin Ntagungira, and Hector Vergara all participated in the last World Cup in South Africa.
Michael Riley is the manager of PGMOL, running the referees for the English Premier League. Toru Kamikawa refereed the third place match in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Peter Mikkelsen refereed in the 1990 and 1994 World Cup.
Ingrid Jonsson was one of the first women allowed to referee in a FIFA tournament, then as a linesman/lineswoman in 1991. Michał Listkiewicz refereed in the 1990 World Cup and subsequently became the president of the Polish FA.
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Out: Teixeira (BRA, ex Deputy Chairman), Austin (Barbados), Sene (Ghana), Mihaylov (Bulgaria), Al Serkal (Bahrein), Tavergeux (New Caledonia), Romo (Argentina)
In: D’Hooghe, Zhang, Bouchamaoui, Jonsson, Gaye, Larrionda, Ntagungira, Trentalange, Babwah, Elovirta, Harmon, Leleu, Mohd Salleh, Riley, Ruiz, Vergara, Sekajugo