Alireza Faghani

Alireza Faghani (2013)

Alireza Faghani ( Persian علی‌رضا فغانی, DMG ʿAlī-Reżā Faġānī ; * 21st March 1978 in Kashmar , Khorasan ) is an Iranian football referee . Among other things, he led the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia and was named the best referee of the World Cup.

career

He has been international referee since 2008. Faghani was nominated as a support referee for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and was appointed fourth official in seven games . He was also a referee at the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia , where, among other things, he led the final between the hosts and South Korea.

On December 20, 2015, he directed the final of the Club World Cup between CA River Plate and FC Barcelona .

At the 2016 Olympic Games , he led the final between hosts Brazil and Germany.

On April 27, 2017, he was nominated by FIFA as one of nine referees for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia .

Bets in tournaments

Alireza Faghani at the 2018 World Cup

Appearances at the 2016 Olympic Football Tournament

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	04th Aug 2016	Salvador	Mexico	Germany	2: 2 (0: 0)
Group stage	10 Aug 2016	Salvador	Denmark	Brazil	0: 4 (0: 2)
final	Aug 20, 2016	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Germany	1: 1 n.V. (1: 0), 5: 4 i. E.

Appearances at the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	22nd June 2017	Kazan	Germany	Chile	1: 1 (1: 1)
Semifinals	June 28, 2017	Kazan	Portugal	Chile	0: 0 n.V., 0: 3 i. E.

Appearances at the Football World Cup 2018

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	17th June 2018	Moscow	Germany	Mexico	0: 1 (0: 1)
Group stage	June 27, 2018	Moscow	Serbia	Brazil	0: 2 (0: 1)
Round of 16	June 30, 2018	Kazan	France	Argentina	4: 3 (1: 1)
3rd place match	July 14, 2018	St. Petersburg	Belgium	England	2: 0 (1: 0)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com: "Match officials appointed for the men's medal games"
2. ↑ fifa.com: "FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 - Referees"

Web links

• Alireza Faghani at Spox.com
• Alireza Faghani at fifa.com
• Alireza Faghani in the database of weltfussball.de