Official FIFA Opening Day with the Referees

FRANKFURT, GERMANY - JUNE 05: (first line L-R) Referees Toru Kamikawa from Japan, Shamsul Maidin from Singapure, Egyptian Essam Abd El Fatah, Coffi Codjia from Benim, Saudi-Arabian Khalil Al Ghamdi, Mohamed Guezzaz from Marocco, Jerome Damon from South-Africa, U.S. Kevin Stott, (second row L-R) Mexican Benito Archundia, Mexican Marco Rodriguez, Carlos Amarilla from Paraguay, Argentinian Horacio Elizondo, Jorge Larrionda from Uruguay, Columbian Oscar Ruiz, Brazilian Carlos Simon, Australian Mark Shield, Carlos Chandia from Chile, (third line L-R) Suisse Massimo Busacca, Belgian Frank De Bleeckere, Russian Valentin Ivanov, Spanish Luis Medina Cantalejo, German Markus Merk, Slovakian Lubos Michel, British Graham Poll, French Eric Poulat and Italian Roberto Rosetti pose for a group picture during the FIFA Media Day at the Kempinski Gravenbruch Hotel on June 5, 2006 in Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo by Getty Images for adidas)