Referees Announced for FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025.
Qatar, 3-27 November 2025
AFC
Faisal Albalawi (Saudi Arabia)
Faisal Alqahtani (Saudi Arabia) Ibrahim Aldakhil (Saudi Arabia)
Mohammed Al Shammmari (Qatar)
Khaled Khalaf (Qatar)
Faisal Alshammari (Qatar)
Choi Hyunjai (South Korea)
Bang Giyeol (South Korea)
Cheon Jinhee (South Korea)
Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)
Takeshi Asada (Japan)
Satoshi Michiyama (Japan)
Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)
Sanjar Shayusupov (Uzbekistan)
Akmal Giyosov (Uzbekistan)
CAF
Jelly Chavani (South Africa)Sirak Samuel Mengis (Eritrea)
Hamdani Ally (Tanzania)
Hamza El Fariq (Morocco)
Hamza Naciri (Morocco)
Ahmed Dhouioui (Tunisia)
Tanguy Mebiame (Gabon)
Salim Alao (Benin)
Amos Abeigne (Gabon)
Abdou Mefire (Cameroon)
Eleyeh Robleh (Djibouti)
Joel Doe (Liberia)
CONCACAF
Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)Jose Bare Milano (Dominican Republic)
Lendy Taveras (Dominican Republic)
Filip Dujic (Canada)
Juki Tanaka-Freundt (Canada)
Gerard-Kader Lebuis (Canada)
Steven Madrigal (Costa Rica)
Jeriel Valverde (Costa Rica)
Luis Granados (Costa Rica)
Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
Ainsley Rochard (Trinidad and Tobago)
Kirt Charles (Trinidad and Tobago)
CONMEBOL
Yender Herrera (Venezuela)Antoni Garcia (Venezuela)
Erizon Nieto (Venezuela)
Ivo Mendez (Bolivia)
Jesus Antelo (Bolivia)
William Medina (Bolivia)
Derlis Lopez (Paraguay)
Roberto Canete (Paraguay)
Eduardo Britos (Paraguay)
Paulo Zanovelli (Brazil)
Nailton Sousa (Brazil)
Luanderson Lima (Brazil)
Roberto Perez (Peru)
Leonar Soto (Peru)
Jose Castillo (Peru)
Fernando Vejar (Chile)
Juan Serrano (Chile)
Carlos Poblete (Chile)
Derlis Lopez (Paraguay)
Roberto Canete (Paraguay)
Eduardo Britos (Paraguay)
Paulo Zanovelli (Brazil)
Nailton Sousa (Brazil)
Luanderson Lima (Brazil)
Roberto Perez (Peru)
Leonar Soto (Peru)
Jose Castillo (Peru)
Fernando Vejar (Chile)
Juan Serrano (Chile)
Carlos Poblete (Chile)
OFC
Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)Malaetala Salanoa (Samoa)
Garet Sheehan (New Zealand)
UEFA
Marian Barbu (Romania)Mircea Grigoriu (Romania)
George Neacsu (Romania)
Andrea Colombo (Italy)
Giorgio Peretti (Italy)
Giuseppe Perrotti (Italy)
Oleksii Derevinskyi (Ukraine)
Oleksii Myronov (Ukraine)
Viktor Mathias (Ukraine)
Vasileios Fotias (Greece)
Andreas Meintanas (Greece)
Michail Papadakis (Greece)
Rohit Saggi (Norway)
Anders Dale (Norway)
Jorgen Valstadsve (Norway)
Sander Van Der Eijik (Netherlands)
Rens Bluemink (Netherlands)
Stefan De Groot (Netherlands)
Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)
Michele Seeldraeyers (Belgium)
Martijn Tiesters (Belgium)
Muhammad Ash-Shammari... No comment needed.
ReplyDeleteVery inexperienced pool of officials from UEFA. Saggi and Van der Eijk shine last months but others?
The UEFA squad is rather uninspiring but it seems like FIFA effectively treats the new U17 format as a fourth-tier tournament in terms of refereeing. The level has being dropping steadily in the last few cycles.
DeleteIn 2009 U17 WC (drawing a parallel to the tournament played the year before WC) the UEFA representatives were Webb, Busacca, Lannoy, Stark, Kassai & Ovrebo, i.e. all Elite and only the latter didn't attend WC the following year. And from other confederations, the likes of Irmatov, Amarilla, Maillet, Damon, Pozo & Batres attended too.
In 2013, none of the UEFA representatives ended up attending the WC as main ref, but in terms of continental reputation the squad was much better than this one: Stark, Rocchi, Clattenburg, Královec, Moen & Thomson.
In 2017 there was a mix between Elite (Turpin, Hategan, Sidiropoulos) & First (Vincic, Taylor, Soares Dias & Madden), only Turpin attended WC.
(Due to COVID there was no U17WC in 2021)
Very small room for injuries or poor performances in the group stage. With 48 teams in the tournament, all but two of there referees has to referee on all three gameweeks...
ReplyDeleteI don't understand the UEFA selection.
ReplyDeleteCan someone explain this list to me?
Colombo and Vergoote are too early for me.