Let's take a look at the FIFA World Cup 2018 Referees Salaries as well as FIFA World Cup 2018 Assistant Referees Salaries.
Referees at the World Cup in Russia were drawn from all the six continental federations that operate under FIFA.
The confederations AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, and CONMEBOL each brought six referees. UEFA sent 10 officials which is more than any other confederation, while the OFC is sent just 2 referees.
Conspicuously absent from the soccer referee salary list are referees from the United Kingdom.
In the FIFA World Cup 2010 and 2014, the referees were paid $50,000.
And this number is increased for the 2018 World Cup final referee salary where referees earned $70,000 plus a match fee of $3,000 per match.
Below are FIFA World Cup 2018 Referees Salaries:
No. | Referee | Confederation / Country | Salary |
1 | Fahad Al-Mirdasi | AFC / Saudi Arabia | $70,000 |
2 | Alireza Faghani | AFC / Iran | $70,000 |
3 | Ravshan Irmatov | AFC / Uzbekistan | $70,000 |
4 | Mohammed Abdulla Mohamed | AFC / United Arab Emirates | $70,000 |
5 | Ryuji Sato | AFC / Japan | $70,000 |
6 | Nawaf Abdulla Shukralla | AFC / Bahrain | $70,000 |
7 | Medhi Abid Sharef | CAF / Algeria | $70,000 |
8 | Malang Diedhiou | CAF / Senegal | $70,000 |
9 | Bakary Papa Gassama | CAF / Gambia | $70,000 |
10 | Ghead Grisha | CAF / Egypt | $70,000 |
11 | Janny Sigazwe | CAF / Zambia | $70,000 |
12 | Bamlak Tessema Wayesa | CAF / Ethiopa | $70,000 |
13 | Joel Aguilar | CONCACAF / El Salvador | $70,000 |
14 | Mark W. Geiger | CONCACAF / USA | $70,000 |
15 | Jair Marrufo | CONCACAF / USA | $70,000 |
16 | Ricardo Montero | CONCACAF / Costa Rica | $70,000 |
17 | John Pitti | CONCACAF / Panama | $70,000 |
18 | Cesar Arturo Ramos Palazuelos | CONCACAF / Mexico | $70,000 |
19 | Julio Bascunan | CONCACAF / Chile | $70,000 |
20 | Enrique Caceres | CONCACAF / Paraguay | $70,000 |
21 | Andres Cunha | CONCACAF / Uruguay | $70,000 |
22 | Nestor Pitana | CONCACAF / Argentina | $70,000 |
23 | Sandro Ricci | CONCACAF / Brazil | $70,000 |
24 | Wilmar Roldan | CONCACAF / Colombia | $70,000 |
25 | Matthew Conger | OFC / New Zealand | $70,000 |
26 | Norbert Hauata | OFC / Tahiti | $70,000 |
27 | Felix Brych | UEFA / Germany | $70,000 |
28 | Cuneyt Cakir | UEFA / Turkey | $70,000 |
29 | Sergey Karasev | UEFA / Russia | $70,000 |
30 | Bjorn Kuipers | UEFA / Netherlands | $70,000 |
31 | Szymon Marciniak | UEFA / Poland | $70,000 |
32 | Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz | UEFA / Spain | $70,000 |
33 | Milorad Mazic | UEFA / Serbia | $70,000 |
34 | Gianluca Rocchi | UEFA / Italy | $70,000 |
35 | Damir Skomina | UEFA / Slovenia | $70,000 |
36 | Clement Turpin | UEFA / France | $70,000 |
As for the Assistant referees, there were a total of 63 of them announced for the 2018 World Cup.
Both referees and assistant referees also play other roles like fourth official or video assistant referee. The assistant referees earned $25,000 with an extra match fee of $2,00 per match.
Below is the FIFA World Cup 2018 Assistant Referees Salaries:
Assistant referees | Confederation | Salary |
Yasser Kalil Abdulla Tulefat (Bahrain), Mohammed Al Abakry (Saudi Arabia), Taleb Al Marri (Qatar), Mohamed Alhammadi (UAE), Abdulah Alshalwai (Saudi Arabia), Mohammedreza Mansouri (Iran), Abduxamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan), Toru Sagara (Japan), Jakongi Saidov (Uzbekistan), Reza Sokhandan (Iran) | AFC | $25,000 |
Redouane Achik (Morocco), Waleed Ahmed (Sudan), Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi), Djibril Camara (Senegal), Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola), Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria), Anouar Hmila (Tunisia), Marwa Range (Kenya), El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal), Zakhele Thusi Silewa (South Africa) | CAF | $25,000 |
Frank Anderson (USA), Joe Fletcher (Canada), Miguel Angel Hernandez Paredes (Mexico), Juan Carloa Mora Araya (Costa Rica), Corey Rockwell (USA), Marvin Torrentera (Mexico), Gabriel Victoria (Panama), Juan Zumba (El Salvador) | CONCACAF | $25,000 |
Carlos Astroza (Chile), Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina), Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay), Emerson De Carvalho (Brazil), Cristian De La Cruz (Colombia), Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay), Alexander Guzman (Colombia), Hernan Maidana (Argentina), Christian Schiemann (Chile), Nicolas Taran (Uruguay), Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil), Juan Zorrilla (Paraguay) | CONMEBOL | $25,000 |
Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia), Simon Lount (New Zealand), Tevita Makasini (Tonga) | OFC | $25,000 |
Anton Averianov (Russia), Mark Borsch (Germany), Pau Cebrian Devis (Spain), Nicolas Danos (France), Elnenito Di Liberatore (Italy), Roberto Diaz Perez (Spain), Dalibor Djurdjevic (Serbia), Bahattin Duran (Turkey), Cyril Gringore (France), Tikhon Kalugin (Russia), Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland), Stefan Lupp (Germany), Tarik Ongun (Turkey), Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia), Milovan Ristic (Serbia), Pawel Sokolnicki (Poland), Mauro Tonolini (Italy), Sander van Roekel (Netherlands), Robert Vukan (Slovenia), Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) | UEFA | $25,000 |
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This article was most recently revised and updated 3 years ago
