Eight top soccer referees from the Fiji Football Association have been included in the Fifa Referee's panel for the 2010 season.

The local referees in the 2010 panel included Rakesh Varman as Referee, Ashwin Kumar, Salesh Chand and Ravinesh Kumar as Assistant Referees.

Amitesh Behari will be the Futsal Referee while Rajnish Dave and Faraz Hussein as Beach Soccer Referees and Finau Vulivuli as Fifa Womens Referee.

Fiji FA chief executive Bob Kumar said their inclusion was a milestone for the association and their exposure gained at the top level will help the local referees get better.

The eight referees from Fiji, will be officiating at some of top Fifa sanctioned tournament next year.