FIFA Referees List for 2026 revealed

The 2026 FIFA Refereeing International List has been revealed, with a number of officials from England named across the various roles.

New additions for 2026 include assistant referees Wade Smith and Leoni Harland, while Esther Perry becomes our first-ever FIFA Futsal women referee.

There are also promotions for Chris Kavanagh to Elite and Emily Heaslip to Category 1 in UEFA’s refereeing categories for the rest of the 2025-26 season.

The full list of English officials in the FIFA Refereeing International List can be seen below.

Referees

Stuart Attwell
Samuel Barrott
John Brooks
Melissa Burgin
Abigail Byrne
Kirsty Dowle
Darren England
Jarred Gillett
Emily Heaslip
Robert Jones
Chris Kavanagh
Andrew Madley
Michael Oliver
Stacey Pearson
Anthony Taylor

Assistant Referees

Georgia Ball
Simon Bennett
Gary Beswick
Nicoleta-Romana Bria
Stuart Burt
Emily Carney 
Isabel Chaplin
Daniel Cook
Neil Davies
Sophie Dennington
Leoni Harland
Ian Hussin
James Mainwaring 
Lucy McCann
Adam Nunn
Daniel Robathan
Wade Smith 
Anastasiya Voloshchuk

Video Match Officials

Natalie Aspinall
Stuart Attwell
Peter Bankes
Lee Betts
Darren England
Jarred Gillett
Chris Kavanagh
Andrew Madley
Sian Massey-Ellis
Michael Salisbury
 
Futsal Referees

Oliver Ballinger
Jordan Griffiths
Peter Nurse
Esther Perry