Support and Development Group — Referees & Assistants — 2006 World Cup Statistics
Twenty-three referees and five reserve-referees have been selected for the 2006 World Cup.
For the first time in a World Cup, matches will be officiated by referees and assistants from the same country or the same confederation. (A couple of changes on the preliminary list issued by FIFA have been due to this new policy. Details available on the Preliminary List page.)
Likewise new in World Cups is the selection of five teams, each comprising one referee and two assistants, to form what has been named the support and development group. The teams in this group will be on stand-by, ready to take over the officiating duties of any World Cup trio of referees, on short notice, whatever reason might prevent an appointed referee to perform his duties at a given match (most likely, illness or injury).
So, in addition to the referees listed on the previous page, the following trios have been selected for the support and development group, an additional novelty introduced in the 2006 World Cup:
Support and Development Group: Referees & Assistants – 2006
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First Name |
Country |
Birth [d-m-yr] |
Matches |
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Al Ghamdi |
Khalil |
Saudi Arabia |
02-09-1970 |
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Al Kadri |
Hamdi |
Syria |
12-04-1965 |
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Rabati |
Fathi |
Jordan |
05-02-1964 |
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Chandia |
Carlos |
Chile |
14-11-1964 |
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Julio |
Cristian |
Chile |
11-02-1964 |
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Gonzalez |
Rodrigo |
Chile |
21-12-1962 |
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Damon |
Jerome |
South Africa |
04-04-1972 |
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Molefe |
Enock |
South Africa |
04-06-1968 |
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Yeboah |
Justice |
Ghana |
23-04-1961 |
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Guezzaz  |
Mohamed |
Morocco |
01-10-1962 |
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Djezzar |
Brahim |
Algeria |
23-01-1963 |
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Endeng Zogo |
Jean Marie |
Cameroon |
11-10-1962 |
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Stott  |
Kevin |
USA |
09-07-1967 |
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Strickland |
Chris |
USA |
29-11-1966 |
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Barkey |
Gregory |
USA |
20-08-1963 |
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referee also present in Korea⁄Japan-2002. For related 2002 statistics, see the 2002 World Cup eBook.
trio added to the 2006 World Cup support and development group, so as to fill a vacant trio-slot that had resulted from the promotion of original reserve trios to the official main referee list. (Compare with the preliminary referee and support-and-development lists.)
On new referee wages (doubled, in 2006), on the chance (albeit unfulfilled) of the first ever female official taking part in the 2006 World Cup, and other related information, see the World Cup Write-up page.
See here related disciplinary data
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