<p>As many as 18 Indian referees have been selected in the FIFA Refereeing International list for 2022, the All India Football Federation announced on Thursday.</p>.<p>The extensive list includes officials who are qualified to be referees and assistant referees, the All India Football Federation said in a statement on their website.</p>.<p>Members of the list are eligible to officiate at the international level and are also entitled to wear a FIFA badge on their uniform for the year they are enlisted.</p>.<p>The selection for the annual list is made through the nominations sent by FIFA member countries and the officials are required to clear a fitness test.</p>.<p>Out of the selected 18 Indians, four are women (two referees and two assistant referees), and 14 men (six referees and eight assistant referees).</p>.<p><strong>List of selected Indian officials:</strong></p>.<p><strong>Men referees: </strong>Tejas Nagvenkar, Srikrishna Coimbatore Ramaswamy, Rowan Arumughan, Crystal John, Pranjal Banerjee, Venkatesh Ramachandran.</p>.<p><strong>Men assistant referees:</strong> Sumanta Dutta, Antony Abraham, Tony Joseph Louis, Vairamuthu Parasuraman, Samar Pal, Kennedy Sapam, Arun Sasidharan Pillai, Asit Kumar Sarkar.</p>.<p><strong>Women referees: </strong>Ranjita Devi Tekcham, Kanika Barman.</p>.<p><strong>Women assistant referees:</strong> Uvena Fernandes, Riiohlang Dhar. </p>
<p>As many as 18 Indian referees have been selected in the FIFA Refereeing International list for 2022, the All India Football Federation announced on Thursday.</p>.<p>The extensive list includes officials who are qualified to be referees and assistant referees, the All India Football Federation said in a statement on their website.</p>.<p>Members of the list are eligible to officiate at the international level and are also entitled to wear a FIFA badge on their uniform for the year they are enlisted.</p>.<p>The selection for the annual list is made through the nominations sent by FIFA member countries and the officials are required to clear a fitness test.</p>.<p>Out of the selected 18 Indians, four are women (two referees and two assistant referees), and 14 men (six referees and eight assistant referees).</p>.<p><strong>List of selected Indian officials:</strong></p>.<p><strong>Men referees: </strong>Tejas Nagvenkar, Srikrishna Coimbatore Ramaswamy, Rowan Arumughan, Crystal John, Pranjal Banerjee, Venkatesh Ramachandran.</p>.<p><strong>Men assistant referees:</strong> Sumanta Dutta, Antony Abraham, Tony Joseph Louis, Vairamuthu Parasuraman, Samar Pal, Kennedy Sapam, Arun Sasidharan Pillai, Asit Kumar Sarkar.</p>.<p><strong>Women referees: </strong>Ranjita Devi Tekcham, Kanika Barman.</p>.<p><strong>Women assistant referees:</strong> Uvena Fernandes, Riiohlang Dhar. </p>