Fifa names 2026 Brazilian refs, São Paulo fans fume at choices | OneFootball

Fifa released at the end of last week the list of Brazilian referees who will be part of the governing body’s roster for football in 2026. In addition to referees, the list also included assistants and video referees.

The men’s roster kept the same ten names, and the women’s now has eight representatives, with the addition of Gleika Oliveira Pinheiro from Pará to the list of referees.

This was the first time in many years that there were no changes to the refereeing roster on Fifa’s list, which caused quite a surprise among experts on the subject. The expectation was that Flávio Rodrigues de Souza and Paulo Cézar Zanovelli would lose their badges to Davi de Oliveira Lacerda and Alex Stefano Gomes.

And many of these referees have repeatedly harmed São Paulo over the past seasons. Ramon Abatti Abel, famous for his many mistakes in the derby with Palmeiras in the Brasileirão, who was later suspended, tops the list of the ‘best’ national referees.

Raphael Claus, Wilton Pereira Sampaio, the king of mistakes against Tricolor, Anderson Daronco, Matheus Candançan, Paulo Cesar Zanovelli da Silva, Bruno Arleu de Araújo are more examples of referees who have made several mistakes against São Paulo in recent times.

Check out the complete list of Fifa referees for 2026:

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