Five more Indians added to FIFA International List of Match Officials 2026

Five more Indian referees and assistant referees, including Rachana Kamani, Ashwin Kumar and Aditya Purkayastha, have been added to the FIFA International List of Match Officials 2026. With this, India now has 19 officials on the prestigious list

Hyderabad: Five more Indian match officials have been added to the FIFA International List of Match Officials 2026, according to a media release of the All India Football Federation on Wednesday.

Rachana Kamani (Gujarat), along with Ashwin Kumar (Puducherry) and Aditya Purkayastha (Delhi), have been added to the FIFA list of women and men referees, respectively. Meanwhile, Muralitharan Pandurangan (Puducherry) and Peter Christopher (Maharashtra) have been inducted as assistant referees.

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Ashwin Kumar and Aditya Purkayastha, along with making the FIFA list, have also completed their AFC Referee Academy course in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Rachana Kamani is currently undergoing the same course.

As many as 19 match officials from India are part of the FIFA list for 2026.

Indians in FIFA International List of Match Officials 2026:

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, Elangbam Debala Devi.

Futsal Referee: Vishal Mahendrabhai Vaja.