The Central Commission of Referees has received FIFA validation for 11 referees, 15 assistant referees, 10 VAR referees, 4 futsal referees and 3 beach soccer referees, according to the Romanian Football Federation.

Ovidiu HateganPhoto: Jonathan Moscrop / Zuma Press / Profimedia

Ovidiu Hatcegan, who has faced medical problems this year and has only been delegated as a referee in the VAR room, will return as the center referee.

List of FIFA referees for 2023

*Referees in bold are new to this group.

Judges: Ovidiu Hatcegan, Istvan Kovacs, Radu Petrescu, Horaciu Fesnik, Andrei Civulete, Marcel Birsan, Marian Barbu, Iuliana Demetrescu, Alina Pesu, Ana Maria Tertelyak, Christina Trandafir

Referee assistants: Vasile Marinescu, Ovidiu Artene, Mircea Grigoriou, Sebastian Gheorghe, Radu Ginguliak, Valentin Avram, Mihai Marika, Alexandra Cherei, George Neatsu, Ferenc TunyogiPetruţa Iugulescu, Mihaela Ţepusa, Alexandra Apostu, Daniela Constantinescu, Roxana Ivanov

VAR referees: Ovidiu Hatcegan, Istvan Kovacs, Radu Petrescu, Horaciu Fesnik, Marcel Birsan, Andrei Civulete, Iuliana Demetrescu, Sebastian Kolcescu, Catalin Popa, Marian Barbu

Futsal referees: Vlad Chobanu, Bohdan Hanchariuk, Liviu Kitsa, Lawrence the Deacon

Beach soccer referees: Attila Balint, Ionel Boharu Predescu, Liviu Darjan.