Three Indians join the list of FIFA referees


Five more Indian match officials have been added to the FIFA International List of Match Officials 2026.

Rachana Kamani (Gujarat), Ashwin Kumar (Puducherry) and Aditya Purkayastha (Delhi) have been added to FIFA’s list of female and male referees respectively. Meanwhile, Muralitharan Pandurangan (Puducherry) and Peter Christopher (Maharashtra) have been appointed as assistant referees.

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Ashwin and Aditya have also completed their AFC Referee Academy course in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Rachana is currently pursuing the same course.

As many as 19 match officials from India are on FIFA’s 2026 list.

Indians in FIFA International List of Match Officials 2026:

Referees list

Referees: Venkatesh R, Harish Kundu, Senthil Nathan Sekaran, Crystal John, Ashwin Kumar, Aditya Purkayastha, Ranjita Devi Tekcham, Rachana Hasmukhbhai Kamani.

Assistant Referees: Vairamuthu Parasuraman, Sumanta Dutta, Arun Sasidharan Pillai, Ujjal Halder, Muralitharan Pandurangan, Dipesh Manohar Sawant, Sourav Sarkar, Christopher Peter, Riiohlang Dhar and Elangbam Debala Devi.

Hall referee: Vishal Mahendrabhai Vaja

Published on December 31, 2025



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