{"id":45061,"date":"2025-12-30T10:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=45061"},"modified":"2025-12-30T10:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:59:35","slug":"fifa-releases-list-for-ghanaian-referees-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/fifa-releases-list-for-ghanaian-referees-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA releases list for Ghanaian referees for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>FIFA has officially unveiled the list of Ghanaian referees approved to officiate international matches for the 2026 calendar year, reaffirming Ghana\u2019s strong representation on the global officiating stage.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div>The approved roster comprises 23 officials, made up of 10 Centre Referees, 10 Assistant Referees, one Futsal Referee, one Beach Soccer Referee, and one Video Assistant Referee (VAR).<\/div>\n<div>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Week 16 Review : Kotoko win as Aduana stumble away to Young Apostles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/week-16-review-kotoko-win-as-aduana-stumble-away-to-young-apostles\/\">Week 16 Review : Kotoko win as Aduana stumble away to Young Apostles<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Daniel Laryea tops the list as a Centre Referee and a VAR. The contingent also welcomes new assistant referee Richard Kwaku, while Portia Oppong earns recognition in the Beach Soccer category.<\/div>\n<div>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Hearts of Oak beat Samartex 1-0 at home\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/hearts-of-oak-beat-samartex-1-0-at-home\/\">Hearts of Oak beat Samartex 1-0 at home<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The full list of officials approved by FIFA is attached.<\/div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45062\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/fifa-releases-list-for-ghanaian-referees-for-2026\/fifa-referees\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FIFA-Referees.jpg?fit=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"724,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FIFA Referees\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FIFA-Referees.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FIFA-Referees.jpg?fit=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45062\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FIFA-Referees.jpg?resize=643%2C910\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FIFA-Referees.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FIFA-Referees.jpg?resize=150%2C212&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FIFA-Referees.jpg?resize=450%2C636&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FIFA-Referees.jpg?w=724&amp;ssl=1 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA has officially unveiled the list of Ghanaian referees approved to officiate international matches for the 2026 calendar year, reaffirming Ghana\u2019s strong representation on the global officiating stage. The approved roster comprises 23 officials, made up of 10 Centre Referees, 10 Assistant Referees, one Futsal Referee, one Beach Soccer Referee, and one Video Assistant Referee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":45073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8417],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DANIEL-LARYEA.jpg?fit=235%2C214&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-bIN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26754,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/thirty-ghanaian-referees-undergo-fifa-elite-course\/","url_meta":{"origin":45061,"position":0},"title":"Thirty Ghanaian Referees to undergo FIFA Elite course","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"August 18, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Thirty Ghanaian Referees to undergo FIFA Elite course The Referees Committee of the Ghana Football Association in consultation with the Assessors and Classification Panel have approved a list of Thirty Referees for next month\u2019s FIFA\/MA ELITE Online Course. 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