Muhammad Taqi Al-Jaafari bin Jahari (born 25 October 1986) is a Singaporean international football referee. He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2012, and has also refereed a number of AFC Champions League matches. He has also won the 2014 S.League Referee of the Year and the AFF Referee of the Year in 2017. Taqi refereed the matches in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship, the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. He has also officiated in the finals of the 2012, 2014, and 2019 Singapore Cup Final, the 2019 Indian Super League final, the 2019 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship, the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, as well as matches in the Chinese Super League, Indian Super League, Indonesia Super League, and the Indonesia President's Cup. Taqi was selected as a Video Assistant Referee at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup becoming the first Singaporean to officiate at both the men's and women's World Cup tournaments. He also was selected as the assistant VAR referee in the 2020 Olympic football final between Brazil and Spain. Taqi is the fifth Singaporean referee to officiate at the FIFA World Cup after George Suppiah (1974), Shamsul Maidin (2006), K. Visvanathan (2002) and Jeffrey Goh (2010). Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article GamesComments (0)Country refs----All games in Database----AFC U-23 Championship 2014AFC Cup 2014AFC Champions League 2014AFC Champions League Qualifying 2015AFC Champions League 2015Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2018EAFF E-1 Championship 2015AFC Champions League Qualifying 2016AFC Champions League 2016AFC Champions League Qualifying 2017AFC Champions League 2017Chinese Super League 2017International Champions Cup 2017World Cup U-17 2017EAFF E-1 Championship 2017AFC U-23 Championship 2018AFC Champions League 2018International Champions Cup 2018Friendlies 2019AFC Asian Cup 2019AFC Champions League Qualifying 2019Chinese Super League 2019AFC Champions League 2019World Cup U-20 2019Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2022Suruga Bank Cup 2019EAFF E-1 Championship 2019AFC U-23 Championship 2020AFC Champions League 2020AFC Champions League 2021AFC Champions League 2022Kings Cup 2022Friendlies 2023AFC Champions League 2023/2024Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2026AFC Asian Cup 2023AFC Champions League Elite 2024/2025----- by Federation -----FIFA AFC China, PR Filter team: GoList of games of referee Muhammad Taqi Al-Jaafari bin Jahari Games on databaseFoulsCardsPenAtte 02-Dec-24AFC CL Elite West Region - M.8Wasl 1:1 Al-Rayyan 5 ? 19-Nov-24Qualif WC 3rd Round - Group C - M.6China, PR 1:3 Japan 45336 23-Oct-24AFC CL Elite East Region - M.5Shenhua 2:0 Kawasaki 3 1 1 ? 10Qualif WC 3rd Round - Group A - M.3Qatar 3:1 Kyrgyz R. 4 25195 17-Sep-24AFC CL Elite East Region - M.3Buriram 0:0 Kobe 242 16793 21-Mar-24Qualif WC 2nd Round - Group G - M.3Saudi Arb 1:0 Tajikistan 3 ? 13-Feb-24ACL Round of 16 - M.7Shandong 2:3 Kawasaki 6 1 ? 14-Jan-24Asian Cup Group C - M.1U.A.E. 3:1 Hong Kong 283 2 15586 27-Nov-23ACL Group C - M.5AGMK 1:2 Ittihad 1 ? 16Qualif WC 2nd Round - Group B - M.1Japan 5:0 Myanmar 1 34484 23-Oct-23ACL Group D - M.3Al-Hilal 6:0 Mumbai 5 ? 18-Sep-23ACL Group B - M.1Al-Sadd 0:0 Sharjah 6 ? 28-Mar-23Friendlies Japan 1:2 Colombia 3 ? 25-Sep-22Kings Cup 3rd place playoff - M.2Trinidad 1:2 Thailand 5 ? 22Kings Cup Semi-finals - M.1Thailand 1:1 Malaysia 5 1 ? 30-Apr-22ACL Group I - M.6Kawasaki 1:0 GZ FC 2 ? 15-Jun-21Qualif WC 2nd Round - Group A - M.12China, PR 3:1 Syria ? 24-Apr-21ACL Group C - M.4Esteghlal 2:2 Al-Duhail 4 2 closed 21ACL Group C - M.3Al Shorta 0:3 Al-Ahli 1 closed 15ACL Group C - M.1Al-Duhail 2:0 Al Shorta closed 03-Dec-20ACL Group F - M.6Shenhua 1:4 Ulsan 2 1 closed 30-Nov-20ACL Group E - M.5Guoan 3:1 FC Seoul 5 closed 03-Oct-20ACL Semi-finals - M.9Al-Nassr 1:1 Perspolis 5 1 1 closed 20-Sep-20ACL Group B - M.5Shabab AE 0:0 Pakhtakor 5 closed 15ACL Group C - M.3Al-Duhail 2:1 Sharjah 4 1 closed 15-Jan-20U-23 AFC Chmps Group B - M.3Qatar 1:1 Japan 3 1 1 ? 10U-23 AFC Chmps Group D - M.1Vietnam 0:0 U.A.E. 5 3967 15-Dec-19EAFF E-1 M.2Korea Rep 1:0 China, PR 3 7916 19-Nov-19Qualif WC 2nd Round - Group C - M.8Iraq 0:0 Bahrain 10366 27-Oct-19CSL M.27SH Port 3:0 Dalian P 3 12635 22ACL Semi-finals - M.12Al-Hilal 2:4 Al-Sadd 5 1 20743 10Friendlies Brazil 1:1 Senegal ? 10-Sep-19Qualif WC 2nd Round - Group B - M.4Kuwait 0:3 Australia 4 11852 12-Aug-19ACL Round of 16 - M.8Wahda 2:3 Al-Nassr 8 5742 07Suruga Bank Final - Shonan 0:4 At.-PR 9129 30-May-19U-20 World Cup Group C - M.3Norway 12:0 Honduras 6 2 1 5646 23U-20 World Cup Group A - M.1Tahiti 0:3 Senegal 2 4661 04CSL M.8SH Port 2:0 GZ City 4 20933 23-Apr-19ACL Group C - M.4Al Ain 0:2 Al-Duhail 5 6126 12-Mar-19ACL Group D - M.2Pakhtakor 1:0 Al-Ahli 4 25250 19-Feb-19ACL Qualifying Play-off round - M.3Al-Nassr 4:0 AGMK 4 6915 22-Jan-19Asian Cup Round of 16 - M.4Qatar 1:0 Iraq 7 14701 12Asian Cup Group D - M.2Vietnam 0:2 Iran 4 10841 17-Sep-18ACL Quarter-finals - M.10Al-Sadd 2:2 Esteghlal 4 1 1 6462 30-Jul-18ICC PSG 3:2 A. Madrid 1 50038 15-May-18ACL Round of 16 - M.8Al-Duhail 4:1 Al Ain 2 2 6853 04-Apr-18ACL Group E - M.5Kitchee 0:1 Tianhai 5 6299 14-Mar-18ACL Group G - M.4Jeju Utd 0:2 GZ FC 3 1 4035 20-Feb-18ACL Group C - M.2Al-Sadd 3:1 Perspolis 4 5842 14ACL Group H - M.1Kashima 1:1 Shenhua 3 9192 23-Jan-18U-23 AFC Chmps Semi-finals - M.5Qatar 2:2 Vietnam 6 1 630 12U-23 AFC Chmps Group A - M.2Uzbekistan 1:0 China, PR 4 13800 12-Dec-17EAFF E-1 M.2Japan 2:1 China, PR 3 1 17220 04-Nov-17CSL M.30GZ FC 1:2 Tianhai 4 48536 14-Oct-17U-17 World Cup Group E - M.3France 5:1 Honduras 3 12831 09U-17 World Cup Group B - M.2Türkiye 0:3 Mali 3 18323 05-Sep-17Qualif WC 3rd Round - Group A - M.22Uzbekistan 0:0 Korea Rep 4 34000 25-Jul-17ICC Singapore - Chelsea 2:3 Bayern 311 ? 13-Jun-17Qualif WC 3rd Round - Group B - M.20Thailand 1:1 U.A.E. 2 24411 11-Apr-17ACL Group C - M.4Zob Ahan 2:1 Bunyodkor 1 3833 28-Mar-17Qualif WC 3rd Round - Group A - M.19Iran 1:0 China, PR 5 78115 ...* Penalties given, not necessarily scored --- Today Top Games --- AC Milan - Hellas Verona Algeria - Burkina Faso Atalanta - Inter Milan Braga - Benfica Casa Pia - Vitoria de Guimaraes Cremonese - Napoli Crystal Palace - Tottenham Hotspur Ivory Coast - Cameroon Sporting Lisbon - Rio Ave Sunderland - Leeds United --- Tomorrow Top Games --- Accrington Stanley - Harrogate Town Angola - Egypt Birmingham City - Southampton Burton Albion - Wigan Athletic Cardiff City - Stevenage Coventry City - Ipswich Town FC Porto - AVS FS Leicester City - Derby County Luton Town - Leyton Orient Middlesbrough - Hull City Norwich City - Watford Oxford United - Swansea City Peterborough United - Reading Plymouth Argyle - Wycombe Wanderers Portsmouth - Charlton Athletic Roma - Genoa Sheffield Wednesday - Blackburn Rovers Stoke City - Sheffield United Walsall FC - Oldham Athletic West Bromwich Albion - Queens Park Rangers Wrexham - Preston North End Zambia - Morocco Zimbabwe - South Africa --- Recent games --- Australia - A-LeagueEngland - FA Premier LeagueEngland - League OneEngland - League TwoEngland - National League NorthEngland - National League SouthEngland - The ChampionshipItaly - Serie AItaly - Serie BPortugal - Primeira LigaSaudi Arabia - Saudi Pro LeagueScotland - Scottish PremiershipWales - Welsh Premier League------ - Africa Cup of Nations select match 26-Dec --- Newc Jets 4:5 Macarthur27-Dec --- Adel Utd 3:2 West Syd select match 26-Dec --- Man.Utd 1:0 Newcastle27-Dec --- Not.Forest 1:2 Man.City27-Dec --- Liverpool 2:1 Wolves27-Dec --- Arsenal 2:1 Brighton27-Dec --- Burnley 0:0 Everton27-Dec --- West Ham 0:1 Fulham27-Dec --- Brentford 4:1 Bournemth27-Dec --- Chelsea 1:2 A.Villa select match 26-Dec --- Wimbledon 0:0 Stevenage26-Dec --- Barnsley 2:3 Mansfield26-Dec --- Blackpool 1:0 Doncaster26-Dec --- Bolton 2:1 Rotherham26-Dec --- Bradford 2:1 Wigan26-Dec --- Burton 5:1 Northmptn26-Dec --- Cardiff 1:0 Exeter26-Dec --- Huddersfd 5:0 Port Vale26-Dec --- Luton Town 4:0 Wycombe26-Dec --- Peterboro 1:0 L Orient26-Dec --- Plymouth 1:4 Reading26-Dec --- Stockport 1:2 Lincoln C select match 26-Dec --- Bristol.R 2:3 Bromley26-Dec --- Walsall 1:0 Crewe26-Dec --- Chesterfd 2:0 Notts Co26-Dec --- Gillinghm 1:1 Cambridge26-Dec --- MK Dons 1:0 Swindon26-Dec --- Accringtn 2:1 Barrow26-Dec --- Crawley 1:1 Colchestr26-Dec --- Newport 0:0 Barnet26-Dec --- Cheltnham 3:1 Shrewsbry26-Dec --- Tranmere 1:0 Fleetwood26-Dec --- Salford 1:0 Harrogate select match 26-Dec --- Macclesfd 0:2 Buxton26-Dec --- AFC Fylde 1:0 Chorley26-Dec --- Oxford C 1:3 Merthyr26-Dec --- Telford 3:1 Chester26-Dec --- Hereford 0:1 Kiddmster26-Dec --- Curzon As 0:3 Radcliffe26-Dec --- Worksop 1:0 Alfreton26-Dec --- Marine 4:2 Southport26-Dec --- Scarboro 0:1 Darlington26-Dec --- S Shields 6:0 Spnymoor26-Dec --- Kings Lyn 2:2 Peterb Sp26-Dec --- Leamingtn 2:2 Bedford select match 26-Dec --- Dagenham 2:3 Hornchurc26-Dec --- Maidstone 1:0 Dover Ath26-Dec --- Torquay 3:1 Westn-s-M26-Dec --- Maidenhd 1:3 Slough26-Dec --- Ebbsfleet 1:0 Tonbridge26-Dec --- Chesham 1:0 Hemel Hmp26-Dec --- Eastbourn 0:3 Worthing26-Dec --- Enfield T 0:4 Chelmsfrd26-Dec --- Farnboro 0:2 Hamp Rich26-Dec --- Salisbury 3:1 Totton26-Dec --- Chippenhm 3:2 Bath City26-Dec --- Dorking 2:0 Horsham select match 26-Dec --- Birminghm 1:1 Derby26-Dec --- Millwall 0:0 Ipswich26-Dec --- Leicester 1:2 Watford26-Dec --- West Brom 1:2 Bristol.C26-Dec --- Middlsbro 0:0 Blackburn26-Dec --- Norwich C 1:0 Charlton26-Dec --- Sheff.Wed 2:2 Hull City26-Dec --- Stoke City 0:0 Preston26-Dec --- Oxford U 2:1 Southmptn26-Dec --- Coventry 1:0 Swansea26-Dec --- Portsmth 1:1 QPR26-Dec --- Wrexham 5:3 Sheff.Utd select match 27-Dec --- Parma 1:0 Fiorentina27-Dec --- Torino 1:2 Cagliari27-Dec --- Lecce 0:3 Como27-Dec --- Udinese 1:1 Lazio27-Dec --- Pisa 0:2 Juventus select match 26-Dec --- Modena 1:2 Monza27-Dec --- Spezia 2:1 Pescara27-Dec --- Sampdoria 2:1 Reggiana27-Dec --- Empoli 1:1 Frosinone27-Dec --- Venezia 1:0 V.Entella27-Dec --- J. 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