State Of The Matter! Nigerian Referees Miss Out On Russian Party

World football governing body, FIFA, have released a 36-man list of referees ahead of next year’s World Cup in Russia and Nigerian referees are conspicuously missing on the list in what is the perfect example to illustrate how the quality of Nigerian referees has sunk low.

There were no Nigerian referees on the shortlist despite the fact that six of the 36 referees selected would be representing Africa at a seminar ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The seminar will take place between November 25 and 29 in Abu Dhabi.

See Full List Below:

AFC:
Fahad AL MIRDASI (KSA)
Alireza FAGHANI (IRN)
Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB)
Mohammed Abdulla MOHAMED (UAE)
Ryuji SATO (JPN)
Nawaf Abdulla SHUKRALLA (BHR)

CAF:
Mehdi ABID CHAREF (ALG)
Malang DIEDHIOU (SEN)
Bakary Papa GASSAMA (GAM)
Ghead GRISHA (EGY)
Janny SIKAZWE (ZAM)
Weyesa Bamlak TESSEMA (ETH)

CONCACAF:
Joel AGUILAR (SLV)
Mark W. GEIGER (USA)
Jair MARRUFO (USA)
Ricardo MONTERO (CRC)
John PITTI (PAN)
Cesar Arturo RAMOS PALAZUELOS (MEX)

CONMEBOL:
Julio BASCUÑAN (CHI)
Enrique CACERES (PAR)
Andres CUNHA (URU)
Nestor PITANA (ARG)
Sandro RICCI (BRA)
Wilmar ROLDAN (COL)

OFC:
Matthew CONGER (NZL)
Norbert HAUATA (TAH)

UEFA:
Felix BRYCH (GER)
Cüneyt CAKIR (TUR)
Sergey KARASEV (RUS)
Bjorn KUIPERS (NED)
Szymon MARCINIAK (POL)
Antonio Miguel MATEU LAHOZ (ESP)
Milorad MAZIC (SRB)
Gianluca ROCCHI (ITA)
Damir SKOMINA (SVN)
Clement TURPIN (FRA)