The Barbados Football Association (BFA) was founded in 1910
and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010.
Bridgetown,
Barbados – The Barbados Football Association
(BFA) has announced that five local match officials – one Referee and four
Assistant Referees – have made it onto the prestigious 2025 FIFA International
Referees List; the highest status in football refereeing.
The BFA was
notified last week by the FIFA Refereeing Subdivision that current FIFA International
Assistant Referees Kevon Clarke, Angelo Doyle and Abigail Brathwaite would
remain on the List, with the addition this year of BFA Referee Cleon Culley and
BFA Assistant Referee Jaselle Louison, who have now both also been approved by
the FIFA Referees Committee to officiate matches at an international level.
BFA Head
of Refereeing Victor Moore said he is delighted with the accreditation of the Barbadian
match officials to the FIFA International Referees List, confirming it is also the
first time since 2017 that Barbados can boast it has a FIFA-accredited Men’s
Referee.
“The FIFA Referee Badge is the pinnacle of match
officiating in the world of football refereeing,” he said. “To have five of our BFA match officials
on the 2025 FIFA International Referees
List is an outstanding achievement and it is a testament to the calibre of
referees that we have been developing through the BFA. Our ability to continue
to add more local officials to the FIFA International Referees List is the
result of the dedication of
our technical team of instructors with the support of fellow referees, especially
over the last two seasons, and we look forward to adding even more to this List
in years to come.”
Moore
explained that FIFA member countries are annually invited to nominate officials
to be considered to make the FIFA International Referees List – the annual publication of the global list of FIFA
international referees – however,
selection is based on a stringent set of criteria and match experience.
“The
refereeing pathway to reach this kind of top-level accreditation requires a lot
of hard work and commitment,” he said. “At the very beginning, the process here
really starts with local match volunteering, followed by enrollment in the BFA
Referee Recruitment Program which involves game management and match analysis
seminars, fitness sessions, and studying the Laws of the Game. Upon successful completion
of this Program, participants would meet the requirements to be qualified,
certified, and registered with the BFA as a Referee. There are then various
stages of game performance assessment, fitness testing, training, and match
officiating appointments domestically, nationally, and regionally which would ultimately
enable the Referee to be eligible to obtain a recommendation by the BFA
Refereeing Department to be nominated for the FIFA International Referees List.
To then be selected by the FIFA Referees Committee is a real honor and on behalf of the BFA Refereeing Department, I extend my warm congratulations to our successful officials and wish them every success on their match officiating journey as they continue to make the BFA and Barbados proud.”
BFA Representation on the 2025 FIFA International Referees List
Referee
Cleon
Culley – added 2025
Assistant
Referees
Kevon
Clarke – added 2019
Angelo
Doyle – added 2022
Abigail
Brathwaite – added 2023
Jaselle
Louison – added 2025
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Caption: Assistant Referee Angelo Doyle (image courtesy of Concacaf).
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enquires:
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Goulding
BFA Communications Director
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