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Overview of Referee System

Referee's qualification

To be referee at a football or futsal match organised by Japan Football Association or other affiliated football associations, a qualification is required.

Football Referees (Number of referees until 1 April 2022:267,572)
Football RefereesFootball Referees
Class Number of referees Skill
Class 1 212 Can referee football matches organised by JFA
Women
Class 1
53 Can referee women's football matches organised beyond the competence of JFA or matches of 2nd , 3rd , 4th category.
Class 2 O-18 : 3,734 Can referee football matches organised by regional football associations.
U-18 : 8
U-15 : 0
Class 3 General : 34,192 Can referee football marches organised by prefectural football associations.
U-18 : 627
U-15 : 33
Class 4 General :
131,190
Can referee football matches organised by prefectural football associations' branches and by groups and federations etc. registered in the districtual / municipal / local football associations.
※ Class 4 referees who has been recognized as particularly excellent by Prefectural football associations can referee football matches organised by Prefectural football associations.
U-18 : 70,944
U-15 : 26,579
Futsal Referees(Number of referees until 1 April 2022:21,756)
Referee's qualificationReferee's qualification
Class Number of referees Skill
Futsal Class 1 54 Can referee futsal matches organised by JFA as referee or assistant referee.
Futsal Class 2 890 Can referee futsal matches organised by regional football associations as referee or assistant referee.
Futsal Class 3 General : 3,784 Can referee futsal matches organised by prefectural football associations as referee or assistant referee
U-18 : 25
U-15 : 0
Futsal Class 4 General : 15,695 Can referee futsal matches organised by prefectural football associations' branches and by groups and federations etc. registered in districtual / municipal / local football associations, as referee or assistant referee.
※ Class 4 Futsal referees who has been recognized as particularly excellent by Prefectural football associations can referee football matches organised by Prefectural football associations as referees or assistant referees.
U-18 : 961
U-15 : 347
Referee instructor's qualification
Football referee instructors(Number of football instructors until 1 April 2022:2,819)
Football referee
Class Number Skill
Class S 26 Can supervise, assess, certificate class1 to class 4 referees and class1 to class 3 instructors.
Class 1 122 Can supervise, assess, certificate class 1 to class 4 referees and class 2 to class 3 instructors.
Class 2 834 Can supervise, assess, certificate class 2 to class 4 referees and class 3 instructors.
Class 3 1,837 Can supervise, assess, certificate class 3 to class 4 referees.
Futsal referee instructors(Number of Futsal referee instructors until 1 April 2022:584 )
Football referee
Class Number Skill
FUTSAL
Class 1
33 Can supervise, assess, certificate Futsal class 1 to class 4 referees and futsal class 2 to class 3 instructors.
FUTSAL
Class 2
202 Can supervise, assess, certificate Futsal class 2 to class 4 referees and futsal class 3 instructors.
FUTSAL
Class 3
349 Can supervise, assess, certificate Futsal class 3 to class 4 referees.

 

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