Alireza Faghani (Persian: عليرضا فغانى; born 21 March 1978) is an Iranian-Australian international football referee and former player, who has been on the international referees list for FIFA since 2008. Faghani has officiated in the Persian Gulf Pro League for several seasons until 2022, important matches such as the 2014 AFC Champions League final, the 2015 AFC Asian Cup final, the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup final, the 2016 Summer Olympics football final match, the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final. He has refereed matches in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2019 AFC Asian Cup, 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2023 AFC Asian Cup, AFC Champions League, AFC Champions League Two and AFC Challenge League. Faghani had migrated from Iran to Australia in September 2019, and now referees in the A-League Men, and as an Australian referee in international tournaments since 2023. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article GamesComments (0)Country refs----All games in Database----AFC Challenge Cup 2010AFC Champions League 2010AFC Champions League 2011Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2014AFC Champions League 2012AFC Champions League 2013World Cup U-20 2013Club World Cup 2013Friendlies 2014AFC Champions League 2014AFC Asian Cup 2015AFC Champions League Qualifying 2015AFC Champions League 2015Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2018EAFF E-1 Championship 2015Club World Cup 2015AFC U-23 Championship 2016AFC Champions League 2016Olympic Games 2016AFC Champions League 2017Confederations Cup 2017AFC U-23 Championship 2018AFC Champions League 2018World Cup 2018AFF Championship 2018AFC Asian Cup 2019AFC Champions League 2019Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2022A-League 2019/2020AFC U-23 Championship 2020AFC Champions League 2020A-League 2020/2021AFC Champions League 2021A-League 2021/2022Arab Cup 2021Friendlies 2022AFC Champions League 2022A-League 2022/2023World Cup 2022AFC Champions League 2023/2024Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2026A-League 2023/2024AFC Asian Cup 2023AFC Champions League Elite 2024/2025Intercontinental Cup 2024A-League 2024/2025Club World Cup 2025Saudi Pro League 2025/2026A-League 2025/2026----- by Federation -----FIFA AFC Australia Saudi Arabia Filter team: GoList of games of referee Alireza Faghani Games on databaseFoulsCardsPenAtte 30-Nov-25A-League Rounds - M.6Auckland 1:2 Newc Jets 213 ? 09A-League Rounds - M.4Bris Roar 3:0 Newc Jets 247 1 ? 01A-League Rounds - M.3Macarthur 1:1 West Syd 145 ? 25-Oct-25A-League Rounds - M.2Melb City 4:0 Perth Gl. 214 ? 17A-League Rounds - M.1Adel Utd 2:1 Sydney FC 282 ? 11Qualif WC 4th Round - Group A - M.2U.A.E. 2:1 Oman 8817 19-Sep-25Pro League M.3Al-Ahli 3:3 Al-Hilal 272 ? 13-Jul-25Club World Cup Final - M.7Chelsea 3:0 PSG 266 1 81118 04Club World Cup Quarter-finals - M.5Palmeiras 1:2 Chelsea 304 65782 20-Jun-25Club World Cup Group C - M.2Bayern 2:1 Boca 313 63587 14Club World Cup Group A - M.1Al-Ahly 0:0 Int Miami 215 1 60927 30-Apr-25AFC CL Elite Semi-finals - M.14Al-Nassr 2:3 Kawasaki 1 ? 12A-League Rounds - M.26Well'ton 2:3 Melb Vic 172 ? 06A-League Rounds - M.25Newc Jets 1:2 Well'ton 133 ? 30-Mar-25A-League Rounds - M.24Bris Roar 0:2 Auckland 213 ? 20Qualif WC 3rd Round - Group B - M.7Korea Rep 1:1 Oman 35212 16-Feb-25A-League Rounds - M.19West Syd 2:1 Macarthur 243 ? 12AFC CL Elite East Region - M.9Buriram 2:1 Ulsan 5 ? 04AFC CL Elite West Region - M.9Gharafa 1:0 Pakhtakor 6 ? 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24ACL Semi-finals - M.12YokohamaM 3:2 Ulsan 1 1 ? 19A-League Rounds - M.25Newc Jets 1:1 Well'ton 184 ? 13A-League Rounds - M.24Sydney FC 2:1 West Syd 143 ? 06A-League Rounds - M.23Melb Vic 2:1 Melb City 278 1 ? 01A-League Rounds - M.22Macarthur 1:3 West Syd 275 ? 26-Mar-24Qualif WC 2nd Round - Group F - M.4Vietnam 0:3 Indonesia 8 27832 16A-League Rounds - M.21Well'ton 2:1 Sydney FC 192 ? 12ACL Quarter-finals - M.10Ulsan 1:0 Jeonbuk 3 ? 09A-League Rounds - M.20Adel Utd 1:2 Melb Vic 203 1 ? 21-Feb-24ACL Round of 16 - M.8Al Ain 2:1 Nasaf 3 ? 17A-League Rounds - M.17Melb City 0:0 Melb Vic 265 ? 29-Jan-24Asian Cup Round of 16 - M.4Iraq 2:3 Jordan 94 1 35814 12Asian Cup Group A - M.1Qatar 3:0 Lebanon 184 82490 29-Dec-23A-League Rounds - M.10Sydney FC 3:1 Well'ton 198 ? 23A-League Rounds - M.9Melb City 0:0 Melb Vic 225 ? 15A-League Rounds - M.8West Syd 1:0 Adel Utd 213 1 ? 12ACL Group I - M.6Ulsan 2:2 Kawasaki 3 1 ? 02A-League Rounds - M.6Sydney FC 3:2 Perth Gl. 291 ? 28-Nov-23ACL Group G - M.5Incheon 2:1 YokohamaM 3 ? 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